2011 has been a pretty great year for me.
Some time in February, I decided to step out of my comfort zone (of being a couch potato) and signed up for the search for the SG Redbull Rookie..
...which led to a series of flights across the little red dot to the capital of the neighbouring country (I have never travelled across the straits that many times before in my life, combined)...
...where I met and made many new friends who widened my narrow and innocent view of the world, and taught me some very valuable lessons in life.
As luck would have it, I won the search *gasp* *insert victory sign*
...which led to more media and radio interviews (also, I realised that I really can't pose like the girls on ANTM -_-).
super dazed me at the Bugis roadshow
top 10
top 10 @ SIC
top 6
top 2
the teammates (:
the people who made s1k smooth sailing :D
Since I was already doing zany stuff, I might as well plunge into another one, so I tried my luck at the CLEO Star search in September...
...and I was the 1st runner-up (:
That's a whole lot of media stuff for an ordinary person like me haha. Never would have thought I'd end up in magazines :P
My future children would think I'm a cool mom, heh.
So anyways, the climax of my Redbull Rookie stint came on 3rd December 2011, at the Sepang 1000km Endurance Race.
Up until 2nd Dec, which was the qualifying day, I honestly wasn't feeling anxious nor scared. I felt like I was just going through the motions, until it was my turn to clock a qualifying timing.
The heavy down pour wrecked my nerves, ruined my frontal vision and I drove with the intention of just bringing the car back in one piece. Prior to this, I've never driven in such a heavy rain, not even in Singapore.
The race then stopped and restarted 30 mins later, so I went out again with hopes of clocking a better timing.
That's when things went haywire and I spun out a few times, causing me to not even finish a proper lap before I was called back to pit ):
Thinking back now, I could have spun in the wrong direction and end up crashing into the concrete barrier, which is NOT GOOD AT ALL ))):
In the end, I was scared and looked terribly scared on the 3rd. My qualifying time caused the team to be placed at a not-so-good grid position. I was feeling sooooo apologetic ):
But, my brother came and encouraged me to move on. With his encouragement (plus a few others'), I trudged on and managed to clock a personal best :D
I was rather apprehensive during the last drive because I really could not see a couple of turns and had to trust my gut all the way. It was my first time driving in SIC at night as well :\
But I brought the car past the chequered flag, and that feeling was simply amazingggg :D Everyone started waving their hand on the track and I was starting to feel really sad that this could very well be my last time on the track ):
joyous moment captured ^_^
Although we did not end up on the podium, it was a great finish for me. My priority was, afterall, to finish the race and finish it with the car intact (:
And so, I really have to thank Redbull SG for giving me the opportunity to step into the world of racing.
Without them, I'd probably be stuck with playing with Daytona the rest of my life and never experience what real racing would be like :P
THANK YOU!!!
I hope I get to be a Rookie again *crosses fingers* hahahaha
In 2011, I finally attended my first peer wedding - my longest pal, Cheryl's.
They always thought I'd be the first to get hitched haha.
I wish them both a happy, blissful and blessed marriage (: *MUACKS*
2011 also marks the end of a couple of relationships, stupidity, gullibility, and the beginning of a fresh new start.
If the world does not end in 2012, I think it would most definitely be another awesome year.
Happy New Year, my friends (:
