We had our annual cross country at the Nanyang Polytechnic this year. It was very generous of them to let us have our cross country there, and some of the teachers and students were running with us too. We were supposed to gather at the amphitheater and then go to the stadium together and run. We started celebrating the Total Defence Day first. Students of the National Police Cadet Cops (NPCC), National Cadet Cops (NCC) and the Red Cross Cadets demonstrated the basic life saving skills. Some was really very useful and can be use in our daily life. After that we proceeded to the stadium, and started our warming up exercise. We were required to run 2.8 kilometers, sound simple, but when we started running, it was really tiring.
After running, we went to the Milo van to have our break and drink. It was so cooling after we drank the Milo down. After that we went back to our places and started chit chatting with our friends. Teachers and principle were also running and some students were cheering for them. This year, we are very lucky to invite Pathlight students to join us. Most of them were running for their very first time and everyone was awarded either the top three awards or the participation awards. I learn that no matter what we do, we must persevere like what the Pathlight students did too.
Our class has gotten first for girls and second for boys. And pretty soon, we were being dismissed. It was a fun and memorable day there and we really hope that next year we will go there again for our Cross Country. Okay, that’s all for now! I’ll post again!

Vanessa

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