so, what comes after 10??

after my 10TH GOLD MEDAL four years ago i made a comeback this year to clinch my 11th Gold medal at the Nationals.

it feels great to be represented alongside with international athletes like J and Y who were both Thailand and Indonesia's ex national players respectively.

it was especially a pleasant surprise to meet with J this time as we found out we were actually in the same weight category in the 2003 SEA Games and lost to the same opponent who was the eventual winner of that Games. 9 years later we met again in Singapore, this time representing the same martial art school.

it was a great night for ZEN school which went home with 5 major prizes and i was glad i contributed to it!

once again i proved i am the best of my time - in fact, best for a long long time.. i miss the feeling of winning, i miss being the Champion..

tick, tock, clock is ticking..

time is going by day by day.. it is getting nearer and nearer to the competition day. at the same time, as each day passes by it means my holidays are nearing the end too. the former is getting me all excited while the latter is making me super sian. training this week in ZEN school has been quite good. feel like i am back on form slowly but surely. decided to replay some of my competition videos just to remind myself of how i used to fight! by watching those videos, i must say i am quite impressed by myself. hohoho.

the cramps

when was the last time i laughed till i felt the cramps? i really cannot remember. but tonight, i had the feeling.. came home to three familiar faces at the airport waiting to bring me to the local prata shop. i miss late night suppers, i miss speaking in a familiar language that does not require explanation nor pretense. i miss laughing to my hearts content. i miss the feeling i do not get from living in HK..

a good deed

wow i actually 'saved' someone's life today.. like literally! a colleague at work broke into a fit and started foaming. some of the people around her were in clueless about what to do, one screamed "oh my god!" then ran away =_= ... i was the first to rush to her and applied all my first aid procedures.. thank god i still remember some stuff from BEFORE ..

maybe it is time for me to go back for recertification! anyways i am glad i did one thing that was meaningful today. :)

TRAUMA MAMA!

i knew the can of baygon i bought two years ago was going to come in handy one day!! shit finally came face to face with a massive cockroach today.. i was determined exterminate it even though it was THE SCARIEST thing ever!!

first thought: i need to relocate back to Singapore..
second thought: i need a man in the house.

sigh.

seriously not the kind of situation i want to deal with after coming back from work at midnight.

double sigh..

the royal wayang

a warm (literally) welcome to Prince William and Kate Middleton!!

frisbee

played frisbee for the first time today, all thanks to AN for organising it. actually i was a little taken aback when i realise that today's frisbee session was not just going to be a me and AN affair but also four others i have never met. (funnily why would i think frisbee would be a two person affair to begin with??) hmm..

it turned out to be better than expected. mainly because most of the people met for the first time too so it was not just me vs. them kind of feeling like the one i got from dodgeball..

guess it helps too, that three out of six people were Singaporeans haha.. frisbee was quite fun and requires a lot of stamina - so it is a timely event for me to train a little for my upcoming competition in Singapore hah! unfortunately for me i do not play too much of team sports so anything that requires me to coordinate with other players - not good. haha.

but hey - HK is all about trying something new isn't it? and i am glad i did it today :)

back to basics

old school training in the park/open space/concrete floors with SY in HK is quite funny at times. feels like two oldies kicking the targets with all their might and then patting each others' back saying "yes you are still doing great!" hahaha..

well it is back to basics - no fancy gym with full length mirrors and nice tkd mats - only ourselves, the strange stares from passer-bys and enough targets for us to get by. :) if i do win in this Nationals i will have to share half a medal with SY - for he is the one sending me text messages like "DONT SLACK LET'S KICK SOME TARGETS!"

win

there are two things i want to win in the month of September. both things will not make a difference 10 years from now. that is how frivolous they are..

but i want to win leh!!!

hmm ok if you include striking TOTO then make that three things i want to win. haha!

note to self

欲速则不达..
"慢慢来, 比较快"