Golfing and Friendship

My friends from Catholic High School told me that its bit bored to read my blog as it seemed to be a reporting channel and piled with all school work too profound to be digested. Be frank, I felt the same way too, maybe, if time permits, I shall write something based on my life in Hwa Chong Institution and my life while I am still growing up.

Just two days ago, I received my dream club - a loft wedge. It was from my dad’s old friend, David, from Los Angeles. I met Uncle David two years ago during our visit in California. I learnt golf at the age of 6. Due to parental support, I am fortunate enough to golf in many beautiful and scenic golf courses all around the world. However this year onwards, sad to say, I have to sacrifice my golf to play more squash and to master this racket game. Not only golf, coach told me to stop playing tennis too-another favorite sport of mine-as the positioning is totally different from squash.

In life, we always face choices. The hardest to do is to decide on which to own and which to sacrifice due to certain constraints. Now, staring at this new loft wedge which I long to have, I asked myself: “When can I swing my golf club again? And where are my golf buddies to share the precious moments together on the golf course? May I urge now---Anyone in my class plays golf? Can we swing together on the golf course? Please let me know and I shall arrange a flight to tee off.

Another issue I want to voice out is—The Los Angeles friend-Uncle David-was my dad’s primary school friend and they have been bosom buddies for more than 35 years. The amazing thing is this group of friends, separated in all parts of the world, will meet up twice yearly for golf and good food in any countries so long as there are nice golf courses. What keeps them together? Simply because they were childhood pals and they share the same hobbies-golfing and travelling. Most importantly, they treasure their friendship and enjoy one another’s company.

I am proud to be a Hwa Chong student and an ex-Catholic High boy. I hope my friendship with all my old and new friends, will last and one day I can proudly tell my children the same story that my dad told me about him, his friends and his golf trips!