Amsterdam Team Totally Awesome, along with the national skeeler squad for the Netherlands spent the day rowing coxed fours in Amsterdam forest. The session was the final [more...]
Heerenveen Several days ago, a new wooden floor arrived from the US with the purpose of enriching the experience of inline speed skating training in the Netherlands. Four [more...]
Enschede Training for the Olympics isn’t easy. It isn’t cheap either. I made a short promotional video recently as part of our quest to find sponsors (it also [more...]
Enschede Those who have seen the movie “Team America” will know that, to go from being a beginner to a being a pro, you need a montage. So I have constructed a [more...]
Enschede This evening I raced on the ice for the first time. Here is what happened. Just in case there was any lingering doubt, this is NOT what is supposed to happen in a [more...]
Q: What exactly are you doing Daniel? A: I’m living in Enschede, the Netherlands. I am training to represent Australia at the next Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in [more...]
Daniel Yeow for Columbia Daily Spectator… Baseball is supposed to be a great American pastime. Well, one thing is for certain, time does seem to pass (and you really [more...]
Daniel Yeow for Columbia Daily Spectator… Softball is an interesting sport. It is similar to baseball in many ways except that it is played with a different ball, on a [more...]
Now Columbia isn’t known for its sporting prowess. There are, however, a handful of sports in which we excel. These sports are characterized by being very… [more...]
Every year since about 1980, during MIT’s independent activity period (IAP), a mystery hunt takes place. This hunt is organised by the previous year’s winning [more...]
Memories from the 2006 Australian University Games It has been 5 years since I last represented Melbourne Uni at the Uni Games. In 2001, I smacked some people in the head [more...]
Everyone seems to have an opinion on this, so I thought i’d join the bandwagon. Yes, I watched most of the games. Yes, I believe that Australia got robbed because it [more...]
Road Day 1 Australian nationals, or “nationals” as they shall be referred to from this point forth, began today on an initially forboding morning characterised by [more...]
Wednesday 1st September Sitting in the lounge at Changi (Singapore’s International Airport). While, being a Hong Kong person, I have never been a big fan of Singapore, [more...]