ASEAN University Games (AUG)

Opening Ceremony
apparently this AUG thingy is a big thing in Hanoi. the opening ceremony was so grand, almost like our NDP parade. guards of honour, mass display and fireworks display for almost 20 minutes!


Key People
NTU TKD Coach Mr Keith Chua
International Referees Mr Darren Lee (L) and Mr Robin Chow (R)
Physiotherapist Yi Jun (L) and Team Manager Celine (R)
didn't manage to take a photo with Uncle Sam; the sports trainer who was attached to TKD cos he is too camera shy. man, i love him!!! he melts my heart!!! (erm, don't think too much ok, he is old enough to be my father + he is married liao)

TKD Team and Supporters

7 ardent fans from NTU TKD flew to Hanoi to support us in this event!
Food
biggest bowl of rice i have ever seen! heh...
four vietnamese friends brought me out for dinner on the last night
hawker food

Afterthoughts
the entire Singapore contingent only managed 2 golds. 1 from Silat and 1 from Taekwondo! so proud! it's like the very first time TKD became "the" sport to look out for in any Games. martial arts rulez!

was really proud that TKD managed to clinch a gold and four bronzes...it was quite an emotional moment to hear Majulah Singapura and watch our flag go up in first position. although i was not the one who got the gold, i was happy to witness this happening.

this trip must be the best TKD trip i have ever been to, for the past 7-8 years! free and easy, no politics, no need to hide my real feelings...everyone (well, almost everyone if you know what i mean) was really sincere. everyday we wake up and start talking crap until we fall asleep again at night. damn shiok! oh and we managed to get a teammate drunk and what she did after was Hilarious! heh.

we participated in the opening ceremony thingy, went to watch volleyball, basketball matches and supported our fellow athletes from Team Singapore. very interesting. something i always wanted to do when i go for such sports meet, but never had the chance because the national squad people were never participative in such events. sigh.

anyways conclusion is, very happy, very enjoyable, had heaps of fun, nice weather, met lots of kind people like uncle sam, Yi Jun and Dr Low, kept in touch with old friends from Vietnam and other countries...

SIMPLY AWESOME!

was really sad when we had to leave. nearly wanted to cry...serious! although i don't look quite like the emotional type..but yeah...wanted to cry. :(

weigh in woes

Hanoi is getting colder and colder as each day passes...

i arrived in Hanoi on the 15th, almost 3 kgs overweight! 2 days have passed and i managed to lose like 2 kgs.i'm so hungry now that i'm starting to get hallucinations! damn it. haven't been eating and i've been training twice a day. 1 more kg to go! arghs...

my match is on the 20th, can't wait for it to come! good news is, a medal is within reach, i just have to make sure that the team manager doesn't screw up during the drawing of lots.

alright, signing off now. using my friend's macintosh laptop and it's so damn difficult to use...

TKD trips, one after another

i helped to bring Mel's TKD club on a friendly match visit to a Malaysian club over last weekend in KL. the trip was good, the bunch of teenagers we brought over were rather interesting, and quite well behaved too i'd say. it was great to see how these youngsters mingle among their Malaysian counterparts.

it turned out that the Malaysian club we were supposed to visit belong to two of my Malaysian friends. we got to know each other at the regional games, that is quite a coincidence yeah...i was happy to catch up with them, we haven't saw each other for almost 2 years now as i have left the national team. (both of them left the national team the same time as me too)

the Malaysian team had very good discipline! their students came over to bow and greet me before and after the class. even at the farewell dinner, they waited for me to start eating before picking up their chopsticks. hmm... very impressed. this is what i call respect.

ok, leaving for the ASEAN University Games this friday. hopefully we find something to do in Hanoi or else it is going to be a boring 7 days. anyhows, i know that i am unprepared in terms of speed, stamina, fitness, (and being overweight by 2kgs is not much of a help) but i still hope that my skills and experience can bring me some results. at least a bronze.

we shall see!

what's the password?

my NTU student password gets expired every end of the semester and i am supposed to change it for security purposes.

my greatest passwords of all time revealed!
yr 1 sem 1: ntusucks
yr 1 sem 2: ntufoodsucks
yr 2 sem 1: ntututorssucks
yr 2 sem 2: ntutoiletssucks
yr 3 sem 1: ntueverythingsucks
yr 3 sem 2: ??

just realised that the "sucks" passwords are longer each time. well guess it makes sense since i feel ntu gets suckier each semester.

since it is my final semester in school i thought i should be slightly different, a few passwords came to my mind:

iamsodonewithntu
thankgodiamoverntu
sogladiamleavingntu

not bad, but all like very long leh...maybe i should use this instead:

tpisthebest

short and sweet heh...

crack ass

man...as far as i am concerned, exams have officially ended 3 days ago. sure it feels great to finish those evil papers that were set to make us feel like we're dumb asses when we're writing our scripts, by some dumbass lecturers to begin with!

finally got our backsides moving when me and NY met up for FYP. it took us forever to get started. after sitting 7 hours in the freezing cold NTU computer lab, we've got together some stuff and hopefully it's good enough to pull us through...now i'm starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel. but i'm still not sure if those lights are rays of hope, or headlights from an oncoming train that is gonna hit our buttocks hard at the end of my 3 years spent in school.

anyhow, what was i doing for the past few days yeah? i spent 2 days watching prison break (almost non stop) and managed to finish all 22 episodes of season 1. very efficient indeed. anyone with season 2?? i love the show. tell me if you have it please! tsk tsk...