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Conversation over the dinner table on 2008

My brother: I know what will happen in 2008. There'll be wars in the middle east and global warming
Me: Oil prices will go up...
My mother: ...have gone up
Me: Will continue to go up
My mother: Everything's going up
Me: Mentoses will cost $1.20...
My brother: ... and Arsenal will win the Premier League
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Thursday and friday was pretty eventful. Thursday morning with handball training, Thursday night with the VCF Christmas Play and thankfully after a stuttering start, Wing Yee and my games took off ok. Then was considering whether to go for fencing camp that night. The tie-breaker came when Maurice called from FM asking "when was I coming".

So went there, too late for the Indiv tournament, but participated in the Team event from about 1 to 3 am. Was paired with SuSan, but there were only two of us so we had to double up for the last person, making it quite tiring. Our advantage is that ours was an all-foilist team heheh.

And much to my surprise, at the end of the night, after roping in Aleks from ACSI and ChangLing, my second gen. VJ fencing captain, we actually won =D For myself it was largely thanks to circular sixtes executed as quickly as I could manage.... Plus a few close quarters...

In the morning we had an hour long yoga course (which nearly killed me. I don't exist well on my head), and Maurice and I gave some talk about winning Novices and A-div.

Actually not that many people this year. Coach increased the price to see who would be committed enough to come. Was VERY encouraged to see the four VJ musketeeresses coming =)

Then back to NUS for ANOTHER handball training, after sleeping a grand total of 3 hours next to an icy cold metal piste in FM (My mother scolded me for pulling this stunt. Apparently it's bad for the heart), but it was kinda worth it cos I made my best ever handball save heheh... WuHong managed to pass through the defenders and jumped and tried to lob me while I came dashing from the line and jumped and JUST deflected the ball past the far post. He gave me that smirk that he does when someone does a good play. Ok but I concede it was a little lucky.

AND

on the other hand there's my-other-sport, which I don't really want to talk about. But apparently the fact that KE's the IHG champ for my-other-sport gives some people the impression that training's not much needed and that instead, the freshies' committment are to blame. And to that I say " " cos its to my certain knowledge that only me and another freshie had the moral compulsion to come down to the field for the one training which people cancelled without telling us.

Well, I won't be shedding tears over my-other-sport's account. Cos I already gave ample warning that I was nowhere near the other-sport's goalkeeping standards and had to be trained. Instead, I go there every week, get muddy, get scolded, get my water drunk and get treated with very little respect and don't get trained. Which, ok, I can take, but if you question my commitment, boy, you're REALLY pushing my buttons.

Because, you see, I've been the captain of a sports team too, and this is definitely not the way to get the allegiance of your members.