Monday, November 06, 2006 | 10:26 pm

YESTERDAE! and todae too.

lol, actuali wanted to blog abt ytd cos it WAS SO FUN! but some idiots wanted to bridge and we ended up bridging till 3am. crazy. dats 5 hrs of bridge non-stop? so yeah, was DEAD tired, couldnt tink. now eyes still hurt frm lookin at the screen for too long.

ok ytd. woke up late, was bridging the other nite. went to church etc. after church my dad brought mi down to the fencing club to watch the sabre pple spar and mebbe i'll get a chance to spar.

so ok went down to the club wif my dad, den when i pushed open the door and stepped in, it felt real weird, cos dere were all dese pple in their sport attire and some fencing each other. but thankfully the coach was aso sitting dere and when he noticed mi n my dad he sae hello and invited us to sit down. so yeah we did, n he explained dat dere was an epee competition todae but its finishing. so yeah i sat down n watched, it was g8! n yeah aso chatted wif the coach, dad too, inquired abt when to get the equipment and the costs. in came a young gal and her mom, e gal frm wad i learnt l8r is in rgs la, n her mom brought her down to watch the sabre pple fence cos the gal's not sure abt wad weapon to choose. so yeah, blah blah blah. oh, a few interesting facts to note. dis married guy won the epee competition in the end. so it was den dat i noticed some of dem were quite old, lyk, adults, n yeah, so was glad la dat i could continue fencing even when im thru ns, in uni, and out working. yay~ n yeah, he won, so my coach joked dat he proved dat the theory dat married men haf no energy is untrue, since epee compeitions r lyk, whoa, physically demanding from the clashes during the bouts i saw. and yeah the second fact is dat both he and his wife hu was present and watchin both fence, and that after they got married the second dae both of dem turned up for trg. lol, tok abt the passion for the sport!

so ok lor, nth much, juz dat, realized e epee pple r all quite tall, abt 1.7-ish. neways ok one fencer turned up. so he was lyk ): and the coach was lyk ._." but dere was dis lady, l8r on i learnt she was 40 yrs old, present, his student too but she helps out at the club, hu aso fences sabre and foil and probably can do epee too, so he asked her and she sportingly agreed. so e rest of us were lyk whoa! and yeah, we did give her support. so the epee players left (oh dere was dis geylang methodist sec gal, not bad looking :P), and when dey were suited up and took their positions, the coach took mi n e gal to e side to watch. so when the referee said allez!, the lady immediately sprang frm her starting position and started attacking, and my, she's FAST! she practically moved lyk she was half her age! i couldnt believe it lor. n though she was leading initially, it was till 15 pts so yeah, e other guy hu trains more often won in the end, but yeah throughout the match, usuali she is the one attacking. so i was lyk, whoa! but at e same time, lyked sabre even more cos, i dunno, its fast, and the action is intense and all concentrate within that few seconds, unless off course both sides parry reali well. but yeah, wow! EXCITING!

ok so while dat was going on, dese 2 vj pple came in la, dressed in vjc tees and tracks. and yeah dey were both epee players so dey started gettin ready to fence. meanwhile, he coach's nephew aso came in, late apparently, cos e coach aso called him down. so yeah, dey started messing arnd, and dis epee pro guy hu was 22 and the pro sabre guy hu played juz now took foils, and started fencing each other. n yeah, it was quite interesting, cos both had no prior exp in foil! but yeah, kinda 4got the outcome of it. l8r on the nephew whom i learnt had onli proper foil training took on the sabre expert in sabre, and yeah, he did haf some skill, cos frm the coach, dis guy learnt sabre thru observing him teaching his sabre students. tok abt natural talent man! but yeah, dat young guy was quite amusing to watch, cos of his antics when he fights. dat coupled wif his confidence which is sometimes too much, so when he tries some funnie thing onli to realize his opponent alrdy had him, is reali juz hilarious. but yeah, he's a nice guy, though the coach saes he has to work for him for 20 more yrs as the nephew alrdy broke 1 foil, 1 epee, and 1 sabre and so has to work to pay off the blades. LOL. so yarz, neways had alotta fun, met new pple (the vj gal aso not bad!) yarz. oh yarz n the vj guy dat went down, he's j2 takin 'A" lvls and has a paper on tues! tok abt pro! he claims he's relieving stress, and yeah, frm the way he fences and how hard he hits, yeah, he is.

ok had a GREAT AFTERNOON!

den yeah l8r on in the evening chatted, and ended up playing bridge till 3am. urgh, damn addictive. i still rmb e time b4 our IB chi paper when we had to attend chi remedials everydae n we'ld stay baq for an hr or an hr and a half to play bridge den eat lunch and go home. and the teachers would walk by and ask 'dun u guys haf an exam to prepare for?' LOL. oh yeah, dis is a pic of last nite's bridge score b4 one of us had to leave:






cool right? wahahaha, its my highest yet! budden l8r on mi n my new partner got trashed, but its not her fault la, its mine. (i dunno y e image doesnt appear, but juz click on it n u'll see)







but i realized dat i could draw a parallel frm e bridge game to fencing, and partly cos gab was aso playing, against mi. lol, cos dat guy had a tendency to fake bid to try and get mi to bid higher, but everyone would pass n he would go lyk, oh shit. so its lyk, every bridge game e first part its lyk e fencing equivalent of attacking, and the attacker wins usuali. den i tried using the parry repose tactic so whenever gab comes forward, i parry and strike. and i won alot. den l8r on i got adventurous and started attacking and its gab's turn to defend and come round to parry and repose. ok la, it seems quite a lame comparison.

monday, todae! ok, woke up frm a reali sad dream. i dunno how, usuali dreams r either HAPPIE! or TERRIFYING! but dis ones juz sad ): haiz, but quite weird, dreamt abt some stuff wif my grand uncle. oh well, nvm la. slacked e most of e dae. went gym, ran 5.5km! yay~ n yeah, after dat went home, etc etc. n juz when princess hrs was over, the guards called up to sae dat i havent returned the key for the weights machine, dat lill piece of steel dats meant to secure the weights. damnit, i was so tired todae i 4got. i nv 4got e last few times i went down to gym lor! urgh. n yeah, a whole messy incident which ended up in my mom gettin angry at mi n mi at my mom but thankfully my dad wasnt e least but angry. so ok lor, dats abt todae, juz dat e stupid incident spoiled my mood. chattin on msn so my tots in dis post might be scattered. wanted to post abt e fencing ytd dis morning but cos of e sad dream and e wrong mood decided not to. oh well, if i dun post by todae, i'll 4get, so sowie, but i was reali reali enthu abt it when i was chattin ytd nite!

OH YEAH, IM GETTING MY SABRE ON TUESDAE! YAY~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it cost a bomb la, my other equipment too. haiz, feel reali guilty. wonder if i shuld get a job to pay off all dese plus fencing trg and my trip to hk. we'll see...

oh yeah, updating, wise words frm jason goh abt fencing n gals: at least fencing is not lyk gals, it cant give u much heartache (rite, wad happens when i break my sabre?), and its not so complicated (riteeeeee, lyk the Right of Way rules?), so its gd 4 u. hahaha, we'll see.

cheer up dearie, everything's gonne be fine kae? hang in dere.

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