Aloha!!!! Here's a long overdue post.

Lotsa stuff happened, is happening and will happened during this few months.

Oki. I'll just tok about the happier stuff that happened yah.

6th HKUST INTERNATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT 07

We went, we fought we conquered!!!! Yep, SMU won a total of 5 medals, men's individuals gold & bronze, men's team gold & silver, women's team gold!!!

SMU reigns in HK.

As for me, i really learned a lot. At HK, i was exposed to different styles of fencing. I was a real eye opener for me. Apparently, the standard was higher this year as compared to last year.


I was placed 7th for men's individuals of which im very proud of. It was a real tough fight.


I had my most memorable bout thus far. It was between me and this damn tall and lanky china fencer from tsing hua university. I was trailing pretty badly, around 8 -3, when he sort of rammed my balls. I got pretty pissed off and so after a short rest, i fought back real hard and managed to catch up before kicking his ass 15-13!!!!!


The part about this bout that i relished the most is that i proved a lot of people wrong. Before and during the bout, MANY people, myself included, thought that i would lose for sure but against all odds i proved them and myself wrong!!!! hahahahahaha


I live for moments like this...wahahahahaha


Anyways, i finally lost to the current 2nd place guy (former champion) and was placed 7th finally. That guy was really good and i have no regrets losing to him. I learned a lot from that match too...lol


As for men's team, i was in the silver team after losing to SMU team A in the finals. However, the highlight of the day was our semifinal match with the HKUST team which was placed 2nd last year and placed 3rd this year.


It was a nail bitting match with us playing catch up until the last bout where we equalised in the last minute and secured a razor thin victory on the last 4 seconds during the priority minute!!!!! Our hearts stopped at least 4 times with the 4 doubles scored during priority!!!! Still, we WON!!!!!! wahahahahaha

Nail bitting finish.

As for the final match with team A, we played catch up till we narrowed the gap to 2 points for the final bout but team A's anchor was too strong and we lost. Still, i really appreciated the efforts of the team and the good fights that team A gave us.

Men's epee silver team.

Presenting TEAM SMU!!!

My favourite picture of the tournament.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who made all these possible. The whole team for being the best that we can be and also for being there for me. The gals, especially xh n suan for putting up with my nonsense all the time and cheering me on during my memorable bout. Team B for being so supportitive for one another and putting up such good fights. Team A for being Team A. Coach for training us up from noobs at novices to what we are now. Coach's wife for helping us take videos during the tournament. Basically, i wanna thank EVERYONE!!!! THANK YOU ALL!!!!!

Enuff siad.

R&R was good too. Since it was my 4th time in hk, i suggested going to Macau. We took a ferry from HK there. It took about an hour.

I must say that Macau's really a nice place, with many nice colonial buildings, chapels and stuff. Really rustic, totally worth a day trip or two.

Postcard material

The Macau gang.

Macau had loads to offer but what took the cake was it's PORTUGUESE EGG TARTS!!!!

Little piece of heaven.

The crust was all sooooo crispy and chewy and the egg filling was of just the right sweetness and all so creamy, literally melting in your mouth!!!!! The tarts were pieces of pure bliss!!!

We visited the museum and it was there that i took my favourite picture of the trip!!!!

Young and his BIG cannon.

Till next year!!!!

SMU SOCIAL SCIENCE ORIENTATION CAMP 2007 (24 - 25/07/07)

It was quite a fun experience for me. I was part of the logistics team and we stayed over from the 23th onwards. We did all our logs preparation and stuff. I must say that the logs team are a fun bunch, really interesting combination of people to work with.

Anyway, i was the safety officer of the camp and for most of the camp, i was carrying my first aid kit and roaming around the activity areas, making sure that things were safe and dispensing plasters, panadols and fixing ankles...lol

I must say that i really enjoyed my job. It sorta feels really nice inside when i make others feel better. The knowledge of knowing that u made a difference is really priceless :)

The activity which i dreaded the most in terms of safety, the water bomb fight, turned out pretty well in the end with no injuries! I was relieved...lol

There was also alcohol abound during the camp, with me bringing an absolut apeach, wei quan bring a keg of heineken and a sheridan's and other people bringing other stuff.

I guess after this camp, most of the freshies will know me as the safety officer...hahahhaha

Overall, i must say that the camp was tons of laughter and fun mixed with a splash of alcohol plus minimal sleep....lol

AVFC 2007

Coming up next will be the AVFC 07... ... something which i personally dread and am still a bit sore about.

We are currently running into problems, problems which i anticipated and sounded off to no avail.

Haiz... ... :(

Oki i shall stop bitching and switch to a more positive mindset... ...

On a totally random note, dinner today sucked so bad that i puked!!!!!!!

Oh yah i'll be going for the Pesta Sukan tournament in a few hours time. Wish me luck!!!!

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