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As I was cleaning my wardrobe today , I stumbled upon an old t-shirt of mine ; the Certified Fit award that was given to me as an achievement for getting a Gold in my NAPHA during my second year of ITE . As soon as I held the t-shirt, i tried finding my old taekwondo uniform that i've worn for my CCA back in ITE. I used to be very unfit. Very skinny and lacking muscles. 

During my first year of ITE, i was the nerdy skinny boy till i started joining taekwondo. The ITE taekwondo club was totally different from the outside CommunityClub taekwondo that my friends told me about. It was intense. We trained for hours building our stamina , doing cardio , and strengthening our body. I made bunch of friends from my club where we train together, went for grading together and rose up through our ranks from white belt to wherever they are right now. Some were blue , some were brown, but i was stuck at green as i was injured at one point of the training ,fracturing my hand while we were sparring. Hehe. Due to that incident, i could not take part in their grading and i stopped taekwondo for a few months, feeling very left behind as my friends were all already higher ranks than me. 

I started going to the gym and doing calisthenics after i recovered from my broken hands. Training and practicing alone either with friends or myself. I got Gold for my NAPHA and I started training  taekwondo almost a year later after boosting my self confidence ; thinking "hey ! It's okay to be left behind as long as you are proud and work hard enough." During that absence though , my kicks got stronger, my fitness got better and my overall mental strength improved. I was able to endure the harsh training that I thought was intense when i just joined Taekwondo. As only a YELLOW BELT , I won a few black belts in our friendly sparring.

Moral of the story is, even if you are left behind and others are succeeding , do not give up! Keep working hard. You might not realized that you are actually stronger than them when you leave them. When you get out of your comfort zone and doing something way more behind the scenes.

P.S : I have not attended training for about 6 months after i graduated from ITE. I have not been going to the gym or training my body. I am a fat man.