Thursday, March 13, 2008
due the fact that i have really nothing to do now... i will blog about yesterday... a freaking long and tiring day
13th march
J1 fencing camp... i was there to help out... i woke up at 0600 to get ready to go to school... when i got there... it was around 0740... we were told to meet at 0800...so yeah... bit early... but, till 0810... no one came yet... and the other J2s didn't come till 0815...
the plan for morning is to have PT till 1200 and break for lunch... the J2s other than Jason, Kain and Sonia joined in with the J1s to play some ice breakers...some old but yet fun games later... we were to start some basic footwork training... if we had that kind of training every training, than by may we will have rock hard legs... so that gives a idea of how tough the training was...
running and push ups came after that... first, the guys were to assume the push up position while the girls run one round around the track... and when they returned[quite a while later] we were to do 10 push ups... than it was the guys turn to run around the track while the girls assume the push up position... we ran faster so the girls didn't have to hold the position for so long... we did this 4 times, but the each time we were doing more pull ups and harder ver of push ups...
after that, we went into real fencing training... the basics that all J1s must know... i joined in to teach the J1s and to help them if they needed any... lunch followed after that
after lunch, the J1s were given the chance to fence in full gear... we had to lent them our suits and blades so that we can watch how they fence and those see who remains in fencing and who has to leave... the girls were to fence first while the guys were to have training under the teacher...i was to judge the matches and teach them how the game works... my blade is one of the blades that was in hot demand... cause its the ONLY french grip in the room... but it was heart pain when the GIRLS were poking so hard with my blade such that it was bending upwards[like all other blade that was used that day] my heart cries out for my blade every time it got hit... but i spotted some rather good female fencers and hope that they can remain in fencing and develop their skills... the guys came and fence after that... same thing... but the guys were ALOT less rough when it comes to using of blades... but one blade did have its wire cut...haiz...
dinner was pizza.. at 1800... the camp ended at 1700 but many stayed back to fence[so nice of them]... we fenced till 2000 before going off to town with mr.tan and some of the J1s and had tea at wheelock place... i took 167 home with Novielene and Victor... Victor got off 2 stops later... Novielene and i went on to some prata place there where we got off... it was not far from where we stay but her father was coming to fetch her from that bus stop... i bid she farewell and walked home in the dark protecting myself with my blade... in the end, i think i got home faster than her...haha...
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stupid, where is the john bull i strive to be?
how can i leave her behind me?
i must set some rule,
and follow them in what even i do.
that's all for today... still got another fencing camp for the J2s on Friday...yay... my full body pain is still gonna get worse... i'm so happy...
now for what happen during the fencing trip to Malaysia... day 2
8th march
[spelling of names may be wrong]
I set my alarm to go off at 0600... but, Morgan called and woke us up at 0557, and the morning call service called at 0559... THAN my alarm went off...haha... QY and i bathe before going down to the 2nd floor to have breakfast... its a classic hotel breakfast... we were told that the guys could go back and rest till 1000 where we were to meet in the lobby to make our way to the venue of the competition, Olympic hotel...
QY and i returned to watch anime till 1000 while Morgan played QY’s PSP in the room... when we met at the lobby, some were late... so we decided to go off in 2 groups... i followed Jason, Kain and Bjorn and took a taxi to the hotel... total trip fare...RM5... which is bout $2.50...lol... Singapore meter starting price...
The girls have not started fencing yet... but Joseph, victor and JJ have already started their men foil round robins... from the looks of it, they were up against very tough people... JJ won only one match in the poll and the others i dunno... soon the girls started fencing and those they were fencing were net fencers, it is no douth that most of they loss most of their matches... and i don’t blame them... even i can’t even hope to beat those FEMALE fencers[not that i’m sexist or anything but female fencers are generally weaker] the only one that did alright was Sam... she got a few wins in her poll... but those that made it through, grace, Sam and Anabelle, none got through their first DE... so yeah...
QY and i went to cheer Joseph on... even though my voice is dead-ish, i still cheered for him... he made it through his first DE and we were hoping that he could go further... but sadly he didn’t go any further... he lost against a nat fencer... we went back to the hotel after that... QY, me, Joseph, Kay and Kai wen...
We went to a shopping center next to our hotel after returning while waiting for Joseph to bath before going for dinner... i tried to buy an apple... but it seem that i need a price tag on the apple before i can buy it... o.O... we met back at the hotel and went off to get dinner... Joseph showed us this restron called naab where we could get good erande food... we were joined by an FM/ex CJ fencer call Ming how [spelling maybe wrong]...it was a short walk away from the hotel and we ate a good dinner... it was damn filling... one big bowl of rice and lamb meat for me... can compare to MY chicken cutlet at RP... we went around to walk aimless for 2 hours[i kid you not] after that following Joseph and ka wen through the different shopping centers around the area...
We returned at 2200 to get orders for tomorrow... men epee and men saber... before going up to sleep... but before that, Bjorn came up to our room to pass us Kain’s and QY’s PSP for charging[long story] and cause Jason, Kain and the epee girls having some meeting in his room, 614... he was ether-ing on QY’s laptop... super fun game... he left at 2320 and we went to sleep and got ready for tomorrow... QY’s and my big day...
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i watch those that others don't,
for i know what its like to fight alone.
is it better to be with you at the end,
or watching from the back from from the start to the end?
pictures from day 2
the epee fencers
joseph fencing... in blue
died at
12:26
