39th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships

I woke up early today after a night of partying to catch the 39th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships 2008 sponsored by Manulife. This serves as the selection trials for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 32nd Age Group Swimming Championships 2008 in Thailand, each with its own qualification details.

This is the 2nd swimming competition I've caught at the Singapore Sports School, one of the venues for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games which the country will host. (The first one was the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup which had Singapore as one of its stops).

Since there were younger people in this event, the venue was packed with parents. I can just imagine how pressured these kids felt to perform according to their parents' expectations. Well, I hope they did well.

After my company's pay review which I am very much involved in, I will resume my attempt to learn swimming. Yes, this has consistently been on my annual list of personal targets and almost got replaced by tennis last year which also didn't happen. *sigh*