FINA vs LEN
Well sure anyone into sports knows that the FINA is the International body that represents all the water sports and the LEN is the one that represents Europe.
What was I doing in Russia apart from kicking their asses?? Right, playing the preliminary rounds for the world league which actually went really well!
so where do the FINA and the LEN come in? well let me tell you:
We played a really good tournament, beat all the big European countries except for Spain. Problem was that Greece beat everyone except us and Spain beat everyone except Greece. Greece had a better goal difference in the wins so they came first, applying the LEN rules we would have come second by beating Greece, but as this is an international tournament we came second as Greece was taken out fo the race and they only looked at head to head scores between Spain and us. Now that was a bummer!
I did get top play a bunch and it was quite fun and went quite well but the end result of such a tournament really puts that in perspective for you.
About other things in life: I just picked up a guitar.. kinda of forgot that those things hurt your fingers if you don't keep up playing!!!
Also still in the process of cleaning my room but I really just want a new one to redoecorate.. so back to searching for one tonight!
Art... I wonder if it really was me who used to paint, but paint needs water and I feel like a dry well, or maybe the problem is that chlorine doesnlt mix with paint? Whatever... que sera sera.
Did get some reading done in Russia. Two rather disturbing books in a way: Such a Pretty Girl by Laura wiess, about a girls who got abused by her dad who gets out of prison early because of good behaviour but with bad intentions, and Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini about a boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan, the intercultural relationships, honour, love, justice and really I hope you are all familiar with this book because it is a definite must read. It drags you through all the absurdities of life and is brutally honoust about them. Hmmmm 7 more books lined up!
Music: the same cd they always play on the bus in Russia... LOL
Quote: "If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?" -Vince Lombardi
What was I doing in Russia apart from kicking their asses?? Right, playing the preliminary rounds for the world league which actually went really well!
so where do the FINA and the LEN come in? well let me tell you:
We played a really good tournament, beat all the big European countries except for Spain. Problem was that Greece beat everyone except us and Spain beat everyone except Greece. Greece had a better goal difference in the wins so they came first, applying the LEN rules we would have come second by beating Greece, but as this is an international tournament we came second as Greece was taken out fo the race and they only looked at head to head scores between Spain and us. Now that was a bummer!
I did get top play a bunch and it was quite fun and went quite well but the end result of such a tournament really puts that in perspective for you.
About other things in life: I just picked up a guitar.. kinda of forgot that those things hurt your fingers if you don't keep up playing!!!
Also still in the process of cleaning my room but I really just want a new one to redoecorate.. so back to searching for one tonight!
Art... I wonder if it really was me who used to paint, but paint needs water and I feel like a dry well, or maybe the problem is that chlorine doesnlt mix with paint? Whatever... que sera sera.
Did get some reading done in Russia. Two rather disturbing books in a way: Such a Pretty Girl by Laura wiess, about a girls who got abused by her dad who gets out of prison early because of good behaviour but with bad intentions, and Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini about a boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan, the intercultural relationships, honour, love, justice and really I hope you are all familiar with this book because it is a definite must read. It drags you through all the absurdities of life and is brutally honoust about them. Hmmmm 7 more books lined up!
Music: the same cd they always play on the bus in Russia... LOL
Quote: "If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?" -Vince Lombardi
posted by Nooy at Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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