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Courage doesn’t always roar,
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. For the past 3 weeks I was here in Sydney, I have been training on water on my own (with my coach) and you know when you're doing...
The cure for lost souls, confused minds and broken hearts
A prayer. Or two. Or plenty. You see. I'm getting what I want right now; training full-time, having this opportunity to be in this beautiful country again, living with these 2 amazing people who are kind and generous enough to share their home with...
To give anything less than the best is to sacrifice the gift.
If life was perfect, I would be in Sydney right now, probably basking under the Australian sun on one of my favourite beaches, taking a selfie and posting it on Instagram with the hashtags "lifeisgood" and "dontwannagohome". But life doesn't always seem to go the...
#lifeasarower
There's a first time for everything. Yesterday was the first time I had to withdraw from a race because I was medically unfit to row. My coach pulled me out from my Final B of the Open Lightweight Women Single Scull race in the Australian Champs...
Letting Go;
I know its been forever since I updated my blog and being really busy is a terrible excuse, but I have been very busy, really! But now that I've decided to take no-pay leave from work from April to August, life has been pretty good so...
Explore, Dream, Discover.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails." WAH! Read this quote...
You fight for what you believe in.
So news is that Rowing is very likely to be in the SEA Games although its not confirmed that it's in but it's in- that sort of thing. Whatever it is I AM SO HAPPY that I get to finally row on home waters but...
Exercising makes you beautiful;
There's a first time for everything, they say. Last week's story #02. I had to skip the usual Sunday morning training (first time skipping training!! *gasp*) but for a good cause. I was invited to be the Guest of Honour for the first ever Muslimah Run...
An athlete can’t run with money in his pockets,
An athlete must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head, says Emil Zatopek. LAST WEEK'S STORY #01 (I really need to learn to update things on time) So the story was that I received $10k at the MAP Awards Ceremony for winning...