For the canoeing team

We were strangers, starting out on a journey
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
This is the start

And life is a road that I wanna keep going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful journey
Ill be there when the world stops turning
Ill be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming, how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand, unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

And life is a road that I wanna keep going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful journey
Ill be there when the world stops turning
Ill be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

Knew there was somebody, somewhere
A new love in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothings gonna tear us apart

And life is a road that I wanna keep going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful journey
Ill be there when the world stops turning
Ill be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

Yeah

Life is a road that I wanna keep going on
Love is a river, I wanna keep going
Starting out on a journey
Life is a road that I wanna keep going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

To all my canoeists j1s this song is for you. It speaks my heart and i think we're going to have a good 12 months ahead. Don't ever give up, don't ever think you can't, and no matter how bad things may seem, stand stong, so in the end we can stand together. Together as a team, like family. If there is any unhappiness don't keep it inside, we share the good times and the bad times. I'll always be here, and i know that everyone of you has so much amazing potential to achieve great things. And there is no doubt that you will all try your best and give your everything, for yourself for the team.

To the all the seniors, i really think there is nothing much i can say beside i will really miss all of you. You have really guided me through in many ways. you helped me get my strokes right, you encouraged me when i was learning my k1, you told me to go faster when you knew that i was tired, you gave me so much laughter by all the things you did, you were there for us to talk to if we needed to, you pushed us so hard that tears came, you said we were noisy but in a teasing way, you sang with me at bedok interchange, you nearly killed me at one point with sumo house, but most of all, above everything, you made me feel at home in canoeing. It's only been 7 months, but i feel like it's been some of the most awesome 7 months. AWESOME. thank you seniors, you helped me start of my jc life with a wonderful beginning. i will never forget and i will always treasure, jonathan, alicia, weiming, sarah, grace, huiying, cheryl, clara, weekang, hui jie, jacob.

with love, rachel lian.