December! It is HERE!

DECEMBER babies! Happy Birthday!!!

2  Sophia Tran 
8  Victor Ung 

11  John Lim 

13  Tyler Tran 

13  Sophia Gibson
17  Roy Tam 

17  Tucker Coad 
17  Darius Dragnea
26  Mark Linares

27  Jeremy Huynh 

29  Matthew Ly

The Graduates | Morgan Hill 2014

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every year when someone moves on from Rossi Swim Team to pursue higher education or other interests, tradition calls they be thrown into the pool. But as time passed, they themselves voluntarily jump in rather than being thrown in =.)

A few college-bound high school graduates (Anand, Alison, Warren & Patrick) who made it to the Morgan Hill meet DID just that! I supposed it's more honorable to plunge in rather than be thrown in =.) All the same, CONGRATULATIONS to all graduates as you plunge into the thick of life where it is always interesting!

Thank you, Mr. Peter Tran, for capturing these images. 

Reminder: if you use any image from this blog, please give proper photo credit to the photographer.

Fall Babies...

Autumn is the perfect time to take account of what we’ve done, what we didn’t do, and what we’d like to do next year. ~Unknown

Wishing everyone bright and awesome birthdays!

SEPTEMBER

7  Andrew Au
8  Caius Dragnea
11  Calvin Luo (2012 graduate)

13  Aaron Liu
14  Aaron Lee
17  Samantha Lau

24  Danny Chan
26  Christie Lum 

30  Brooke Vu
      Tim Wong

OCTOBER 

3  Kyle Wang
14  Iain Paul

20  Justin Huynh  

20  Megan Nguy 

21  Samuel Hong (2012 graduate)
27  Lucas Cheung
28  Wendy Jian
29  Emily Gong (2013 graduate)

NOVEMBER
5  Gilmark Pacumio
8  Justin Lee
7  Harrison Shalar
7  William Ju
11  Kyung Lee
13  Ethan Cheung 

16  Winston Liu 

21  Victoria Wong 

21  Ryan Szeto 

23  Eric Chen 

26  Amanda Yee
27  Benjamine Liu
28  Kelsey Choy

End of Summer Swimming Invitational | Morgan Hill, CA • August 29-31, 2014

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~Jim Rohn

EAT, SLEEP, SWIM

For Rossi swim team, Labor Day weekend simply means that all swimmers are required to compete at the Morgan Hill meet. This significantly marks that summer is officially ending.  This is where you see all your summer's hard work put to the test.

If you live a #rossiswimmerslife, this may have been your routine:
- wake up to swim at 5am
- teach Learn-to-Swim program immediately after the rigorous morning routine
- go home to eat and maybe sleep, OR
- sacrifice your sleep to socialize (you figure you can sleep at the movies =.)
- get ready to get back to the pool at 3:30 till 6pm
- go home, eat, sleep
- REPEAT

If you're lucky, you get a break when you go on a family vacation =.)

I know this routine all too well because my daughter relentlessly went through this for years. Parents, as we all know, play a vital role in helping their children reach their goals. The rigor and discipline they/we learn from swimming applies to everything else in life.

Having said that, check out this EPIC photo montage by Mr. Peter Tran! Don't forget that if you use any of the photos taken by our lovely parents to please give proper photo credits and link them back here. 

Click HERE to view (music: 300 Violin Orchestra and Bruno Mars' Count on Me)

Here's to all our coaches, swimmer, officers and parents for another awesome season! Wishing everyone a great school year...especially to those who are entering their first year of college!

Awesome shots, once again, Peter! So blessed to have you take these moments to share with everyone. 

If anyone else took photos and would like to share them, please send me a link of all your photos and we'll include them in here.

Happy September!
Note: Please don't forget to pay your monthly dues!

Raging Waters, San Jose • August 16, 2014

“Life is more fun if you play games.”

~Roald Dahl

And just like that, summer is over. And what a great way to end it!
Here's to an awesome school year. 

Thanks to Mr. Peter Tran for taking and posting these fun photos.

Please remember that when you use any photos from this blog for your social media purposes to please link them back here and give proper credit to the photographer. Thank you.

Day at the Meet | Zone 3 Championship July 2014 | Vallejo, Ca

 A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty

I don't know about you but I'm SO grateful for our team's parent-photographers (namely Mr. Peter Tran, Mr. Gary Wong, Mr. William Chen and more) for capturing awesome images for this blog. I seldom carry my SLR camera these days for obvious reasons. They're heavy and sometimes really, I do get a photographer's block, a creative block! While my little iPhone does its job, I would then wish I had my SLR =.( All the same, enjoy these "day at the meet" images in between timing and socializing with my swim moms.

And CONGRATULATIONS for snatching that coveted Zone 3 Championship 1st place trophy. 

Y'all worked doubly hard and deserve it.
Now back to work.

Please make sure you check out the photos posted in the previous posts.

 Other reminders:

-Don't forget to register for the Morgan Hill Meet and sign up for the relay team. 

Sign up sheet is up already.

- I'm still collecting Graduation photos. Please those in, too.

- There's also an annual event on August 16th. Make sure you check in with Ms. Irene and Ms. Tina to let them know you're coming.

Happy August! Whoa! Already!