Fencing camp's over, as mentioned a post earlier. Forgive me Sihui, but I need to write about this for a while... Haha...

3 pm on the 27th Dec to 3 pm on 28th Dec. I got my new blade! Its fantastic.... so light and flexible but yet very strong (and it did take a lot of pressure during the course of the camp). Well, it is made in Sheffield, England, where all the coal and steel comes from heheh...

Yup... we had theory talks, we had two tournaments (one of which was from 10 pm to 4 am). I lost in both quite badly... both to CJ people... One was Jaimes, a Year 2 guy, and the other was Jeraldine, the Year 2 girl (who had a 5-point handicap, is the 2005 Novices Champion, and a left-hander to boot). But yea we made a lot of friends... and yay I think all of us benefitted... The camp was especially to train the psychological part of our fencing, and it went off quite well!

Yesterday we had a friendly team event against CJ and SMU (Me, Maurice and Daniel). We managed to beat both teams, CJ comfortably at 45-38, but very narrowly to SMU (45-43). But still, its nothing to be complacent about cos its not the actual event, and we, especially me conceded some easy points. Daniel saved our necks though, by remaining calm throughout... whoa... haha... n Maurice can really soak up pressure as the last fencer.

Well, we video-ed the bouts then Maurice and I came to my house to review them. We spent over an hour watching, rewatching, slow motion, normal motions, analysing our mistakes and our hits until at the end of it both of us had severe headaches, I think because we were just tired.

Today also, go back to AHS so tired and my eyes were watering like mad, n my running nose was really bad... Anyway, pictures of the team event....


Against CJC, Daniel vs Cephas, the CJ captain. This is his signature move, the stop hit on the retreat... Virture of his long arm... haha... oh... for identification purposes... CJ people wear blue, VJ people wear yellow... And with the exception of the writer, VJ people are taller


Myself, tangling with Cephas during close quarters.. funny that only foilists do this move... its very useful to know. I must admit that Cephas is the person of lowest volume I've done CQC on.


Maurice. His long lunge against Lewis. His is scary... its virtually a split lar... By the way, thats Jeraldine in the background, who knocked me out of the tournament.


Against SMU. My fleche against Yong Hui... He's also a leftie.... heh... Short fleche though, I didn't need to fly through the air. My blade is also bent in the wrong direction =/


Daniel, hitting ChuanYao who's in a particularly unglam position... Not to worry, the hit was on the thigh, not on *that* part =D


Maurice, foothit against ChuahYao. Perfectly timed... my goodness... haha...

Oh well, well played, well played... haha... its the first time we've won any team event, but as I said, nothing to be complacent about. And well done to CJC's girls team too... beat SMU twice...

Oh and my goodness I like the design of the SMU jackets! The blue and yellow embroidery is visible on ChuanYao's right upper arm in the pics... haha...
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I was surfing around last night (or rather this morning at 1++) when i chanced across LiLing's blog. I think her poem that's there is really meaningful, and a good value to bring into the new year. It was about trusting in God and not worrying because he had plans for us which we may or may not understand, but which would be meant for good.

Indeed, this thing about not worrying has helped me through a lot this year, especially after entering into a much faster-paced education level compared to AHS. Especially with fencing and all that. I think the nights which I would lie awake thinking about CCA problems, for instance, has decreased significantly since St. John days. Although sometimes I think wonder how Novices will go, but I also know at the back of my mind God will lead me to a medal if he means it to be so, or if not, then its also in his plan.

Actually, the priority should be on my own member's motivation too, as well as to ensure I don't wind up with the blade through my suit either. And those I can trust to God as well...

Truly, if one has God, you can be comforted from your problems the same way a child runs to his parents when he's in trouble. Its just a nice feeling... haha..

Nice poem, Liling =)

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