Win or Lose, Singapore still loves Team Singapore!

The school has sponsored about twenty tickets for students to be at the Semifinals and Final events for swimming the Tuesday night, August 18, 2010. The students were busy flipping through the booklet of events and the manuals found in the brochure where the YOG EZ-Link Card was placed in as they waited at the foyer for their bus to arrive.

It took about fifty minutes for the group to arrive at the Sports School as many other buses ferrying students from other schools in Singapore to witness this event that comes once every four years and which might be the only inaugural event they would ever attend to in a lifetime.

They found it a hassle to have their bags checked and having to peel off the wrappers of their sweet drinks. Even though it caused the students from East Spring were late for the event, it did not let the enthusiasm of those cheering on for the swimmers down. The first event the students managed to cheer on for was the women's semi-finals for 100m breaststroke swimmers. The clappers they got as they passed the security checks were blown and the students began clapping them in the air the moment they were seated.

As swimmers from Singapore were announced to be in any of the event, these eighteen students of East Spring Secondary would cheer proudly out loud to show that they support Singapore all the way. They were as excited to be a part of this swimming event as youth swimmer, Rainer Ng Kai Wee, 18, was the first Singaporean to qualify for the finals in the individual swimming 50m backstroke round although his relay team did not manage to qualify for the finals. He had the second fastest time overall of 26.37 seconds.

From that, it is obvious that no other Singaporean qualified to the other rounds but the entire group of East Springians was one of those who showed their support for every swimmer from every country there, whether or not the athlete was a Singaporean. But their hearts were still cheering on for Singaporean athletes, who have done Singapore proud in being one of those representing the country.