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Well, the school week has ended.... It's been pretty ok, except for a severe lack of sleep that is compromising my ability to think straight and to talk coherently.... and that I haven't bought much junk food, so I still have a lot of 5 cent coins from our trip to Swensen's...

That, as well as a whooping great blister that is causing me a slight problem.... My constant companion for the past year when I was still using the blue BF blade with the smaller handle... Anyway, as mentioned earlier, my big-gripped V-blade is in repair because of a worn out tang (have you ever heard of that one??) so I was using Victoria's China blade with a small handle once again, thinking "I have survived blisters before so this should be fine for 2 weeks".

Unfortunately, I forgot that I was moving much faster than I was a year back... It should have been a warning sign that my blister reformed by the time Wednesday's training had concluded (It took me half a year to get it to that stage previously).

So yesterday, the second training day in a row, after my private lesson with Coach, my blister had already turned white with blood on the finger, but I thought it was a trick of light because I couldn't see any open injury.. So I just slapped on a plaster and continued

Then I decided to fence against Chuanyao.. and here many people ask me why I didn't feel anything... Mainly it was because it had been hurting the whole evening anyway, and also when you're tired the arm starts to go numb by the middle of the bout...

Anyway after losing 15-14, I noticed that the centre of the red-and-gray glove had a darker red wet patch which was spreading slowly... Apparently the plaster had fallen off somewhere in my glove, and there was a patch of skin under the little finger hanging loose with blood all over the place....well, not like it was pouring out or what (there are only capillaries there anyway) but it covered a good 2 cm radius around the injury or so... Everyone in FM thought it was quite disgusting with the exception of Gerad the SJI guy who said "hey cool let me see" hehh...

Anyway since it was in such an awkward position to put a plaster, and also as to partially immobilise the hand, my mother had me bandage my hand up for the day.... it looks more normal now though, and no infection occured =) so hopefully I'll be able to fence on wednesday again! But it was a pain to write stuff.... not like I can't write with only 3 fingers, but my handwriting looked like I was asleep or something, cos although I could flex my fingers at the segment nearest the palm, I couldn't move my whole finger (the bandage had stuck it in a permanently crooked position). Maybe I should learn to be ambidextrous...

Anyway one of the ways to get a rush-of-blood-to-the-brain is to get an injury as mentioned above, then go try washing it. The feeling is unforgettable...

Met some of the CJC year 1s... I think some of their girls are taller than me... They fence decently I guess...

Well, anyway I will stop here, may add on in the near future..