Ok. I admit. I exaggerated like Sheila :)) It is not a கப்பல் but a Canoe, a "Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe".
Recently one of the projects we are working on, reached a major milestone and the whole team decided to celebrate at the beautiful Mission Bay, right off the Pacific ocean. If you love being in water or just enjoy the sunny outdoors, you can't go wrong with Mission Bay.
It has 27 miles of shoreline, 19 miles of beaches and 14 miles of bike path. On any given day, you would see people biking, roller-blading, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, volley balling, kite-flying, running, walking and sun-bathing.
I thought, I would go there, enjoy the lunch outdoors and take off early for home. After reaching Mission Bay, I learned that there is going to be a Canoe race. Having enjoyed Canoeing and Kayking (back in Boston) Hawaiian Outrigger Canoeing sounded fun and I fully got in to competition mode.
We were divided in to teams of 5 and there were around 8 teams. Each team raced with 2 other teams 3 times. The instructors taught us how to use the paddle.
Each team was asked to come up with a "Victory Chant". I influenced the team to go with my suggestion and our victory chant was "ஏலேலோ ஐய்லசா , ஏலேலோ ஐய்லசா , ஏலேலோ ஐய்லசா " :))
We won all the 3 races :)) Another team also won all three of their races and we had a playoff race with them. We lost the final by few seconds. Win or lose doesn't matter it was a day full of FUN :))
Recently one of the projects we are working on, reached a major milestone and the whole team decided to celebrate at the beautiful Mission Bay, right off the Pacific ocean. If you love being in water or just enjoy the sunny outdoors, you can't go wrong with Mission Bay.
It has 27 miles of shoreline, 19 miles of beaches and 14 miles of bike path. On any given day, you would see people biking, roller-blading, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, volley balling, kite-flying, running, walking and sun-bathing.
I thought, I would go there, enjoy the lunch outdoors and take off early for home. After reaching Mission Bay, I learned that there is going to be a Canoe race. Having enjoyed Canoeing and Kayking (back in Boston) Hawaiian Outrigger Canoeing sounded fun and I fully got in to competition mode.
We were divided in to teams of 5 and there were around 8 teams. Each team raced with 2 other teams 3 times. The instructors taught us how to use the paddle.
Each team was asked to come up with a "Victory Chant". I influenced the team to go with my suggestion and our victory chant was "ஏலேலோ ஐய்லசா , ஏலேலோ ஐய்லசா , ஏலேலோ ஐய்லசா " :))
