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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Been a hectic week. Little sleep and a lot of hallplay. Ticketing jumped enormously in the last week, but I still hope its enough.
Hallplay's tomorrow already! Am not doing anything big like the cast, but am usher IC means I get to lead half a section worth of people in directing people around in UCC (and ensuring they don't barge into someone else's performance). All the best to Melody, Jeevan, Arshvin et al in the performance!
Its also been a week of sleeping late, what with Ami's birthday celebration, and another night after hallplay final briefing sitting in the meeting room with Hongju and YueZhi talking about ticketing, our different faculties, CCAs, etcetc (Since we had one medic, one engin and one biz student, it proved to be quite an interesting evening).
Well, see how things go. Soccer IHG's coming up this week!
Hallplay's tomorrow already! Am not doing anything big like the cast, but am usher IC means I get to lead half a section worth of people in directing people around in UCC (and ensuring they don't barge into someone else's performance). All the best to Melody, Jeevan, Arshvin et al in the performance!
Its also been a week of sleeping late, what with Ami's birthday celebration, and another night after hallplay final briefing sitting in the meeting room with Hongju and YueZhi talking about ticketing, our different faculties, CCAs, etcetc (Since we had one medic, one engin and one biz student, it proved to be quite an interesting evening).
Well, see how things go. Soccer IHG's coming up this week!
~JcZw~ at 10:23 pm
Saturday, January 26, 2008
FSC was almost a flop. My conclusion is that my stop hit / timing hits are above average but my technique's really quite lousy.
Won half the bouts in round robin, but the three I won was my own teammate, a short tanglin guy and a PRC feller who wanted to go home early. Had a fun bout with WuJie, in which he flicked me on the edge of my electric vest at my neck while I was lunging. So now I have a crick neck and a headache. Nuts. But I managed to pull one back doing an epee six-eight lock hoho.. Rocks man...
DE was bad. Fencing against this guy from Duxton and within 15 seconds I had already scored one through the hidden blade attack, and I already knew that I had the capacity in me somewhere to thrash him. But with my fingers suffering from a very shiong week of handball, I just couldn't manipulate my blade fast enough to get my timing correct. In the end lost quite narrowly like 15-12 or something darn.
But oh well. I hope next weekend goes better.
Won half the bouts in round robin, but the three I won was my own teammate, a short tanglin guy and a PRC feller who wanted to go home early. Had a fun bout with WuJie, in which he flicked me on the edge of my electric vest at my neck while I was lunging. So now I have a crick neck and a headache. Nuts. But I managed to pull one back doing an epee six-eight lock hoho.. Rocks man...
DE was bad. Fencing against this guy from Duxton and within 15 seconds I had already scored one through the hidden blade attack, and I already knew that I had the capacity in me somewhere to thrash him. But with my fingers suffering from a very shiong week of handball, I just couldn't manipulate my blade fast enough to get my timing correct. In the end lost quite narrowly like 15-12 or something darn.
But oh well. I hope next weekend goes better.
~JcZw~ at 8:38 pm
A great yet a sad day.
Some things happened that made my heart bleed (I wanted to use the word "fibrillate" but people wouldn't like it). I promise myself, I will never ever do that thing to other people, and I really hope I can keep my promise to myself.
Handball was what made today happy =) Not the result. We lost 24-12 cos we were too nervous. My goalkeeping was not that worthy of mention, though Hendrik said that his most vivid memory of this year's IHG was me leaping off the line to deny the point blank shot of the Eusoff second man, and so taking a knee to the descending colon. But I kept my promise to Eric about defending the goal at all costs. Well, almost.
But I made two mistakes I shouldn't have. Diving too early, being disoriented by the ricocheting shots, being inflexible and not coming out in the first half.
So, having saved two impossible shots, and committing two mistakes, my PERSONAL score is 2-2. If I manage to stay in hall, I will improve the ratio!
But I was very very grateful that ChiaHui, Matilda, Rebecca and Beatrice from M1 came down to support =) I didn't know they came down (my eyesight is notoriously bad in the evening), and that was probably for the best, so I didn't get too nervous or anything, but their appearance at the end of the match really made my day! Its really the first time anyone (outside my very supportive family) has come down specifically to support me in any event! To me it was so "whoa!", so thank you all so much!
And also, Hendrik, a senior and our team manager, took me aside and told me that he was impressed at my performance in the match. That meant a lot to me too, cos I had been very depressed at the end of the event initially. Its this kinda thing which makes you want to stay on and play handball for KE for all 5 years haha =)
Till then I shall sleep first... FSC tomorrow!
Some things happened that made my heart bleed (I wanted to use the word "fibrillate" but people wouldn't like it). I promise myself, I will never ever do that thing to other people, and I really hope I can keep my promise to myself.
Handball was what made today happy =) Not the result. We lost 24-12 cos we were too nervous. My goalkeeping was not that worthy of mention, though Hendrik said that his most vivid memory of this year's IHG was me leaping off the line to deny the point blank shot of the Eusoff second man, and so taking a knee to the descending colon. But I kept my promise to Eric about defending the goal at all costs. Well, almost.
But I made two mistakes I shouldn't have. Diving too early, being disoriented by the ricocheting shots, being inflexible and not coming out in the first half.
So, having saved two impossible shots, and committing two mistakes, my PERSONAL score is 2-2. If I manage to stay in hall, I will improve the ratio!
But I was very very grateful that ChiaHui, Matilda, Rebecca and Beatrice from M1 came down to support =) I didn't know they came down (my eyesight is notoriously bad in the evening), and that was probably for the best, so I didn't get too nervous or anything, but their appearance at the end of the match really made my day! Its really the first time anyone (outside my very supportive family) has come down specifically to support me in any event! To me it was so "whoa!", so thank you all so much!
And also, Hendrik, a senior and our team manager, took me aside and told me that he was impressed at my performance in the match. That meant a lot to me too, cos I had been very depressed at the end of the event initially. Its this kinda thing which makes you want to stay on and play handball for KE for all 5 years haha =)
Till then I shall sleep first... FSC tomorrow!
~JcZw~ at 1:03 am
Friday, January 25, 2008
Long time no update. That's cos, other than a very tiring handball match against RH (see the KE blog), nothing much has happened... Been running around, doing ticketing, training, and squeezing in work here and there.. I'm very behind in physio, but anat's still ok...
Am not too sure what to make out of my new tutor, but seems to be pretty ok =) Am sure we got the long end of the stick...
The next two days will be interesting. A close fight against EH handball tomorrow then FSC on saturday... IF I play tomorrow I hope I don't do anything stupid. Keep thinking about the two events throughout school =Pp though I should be concentrating on my studies...
Oh yea, got a new FS blade =) ultra light and flicky, but at the moment I can't flick anyway cos of my injured DIPs...
K PBL later today. Shall sleep first..
Am not too sure what to make out of my new tutor, but seems to be pretty ok =) Am sure we got the long end of the stick...
The next two days will be interesting. A close fight against EH handball tomorrow then FSC on saturday... IF I play tomorrow I hope I don't do anything stupid. Keep thinking about the two events throughout school =Pp though I should be concentrating on my studies...
Oh yea, got a new FS blade =) ultra light and flicky, but at the moment I can't flick anyway cos of my injured DIPs...
K PBL later today. Shall sleep first..
~JcZw~ at 1:04 am
Monday, January 21, 2008
Am feeling rather melancholy now. Not outright depressed, but a feeling of "urghhh".
The weekend was not what it could have been.. But I'm thankful for handball that has trained my catching. All through the soccer warmup whenever a high ball flew my way I was telling myself "Itsahandball itsahandball" and voila! I didn't spill any shots yay. But, like I expected, no one really noticed. Hmmm. Didn't play either. It was nice to have the experience and it was nice to see KE thrash the other team (which wasn't very good), but somehow... Being there in the afternoon to help people carry water and to loan out my gloves isn't very nice.
Still, I know if I keep my head, if Terence and Long Wu get their body parts knocked off in the course of IHG, I know I can keep KE's goal alive. I guess I knew it ever since the M1 friendly at Woodlands, when my other two keepers couldn't come. That was my best game of my life. Every catch went ok, I ran out at the correct times, even managed to smother loose balls at the opponent's feet. I know somewhere in there I have the "right idea". Just need confidence.
And Novices are over. Am happy for SMU =) I'm glad I didn't have to eat my epee like I told Jonah. I'm glad that I vindicated my treatment of Cephas in A-div two years ago, although I think I may have been the only person to remember. I think the CJC seniors did too.
And I'm proud of VJ's girls' team. They worked hard I know. Maybe not as crazily as Maurice, but they did put in a lot of effort, even coming for the epee camp. It was well worth my saliva cheering them on and teaching them. Maybe some have given up on VJ, but with them I can't. Well, not yet anyway. It was fine to see them turn the tables on X-JC at the last minute and then stage a near comeback against an experienced ABF team.
But somewhere in me, I also know that they definitely had the same or even greater amount of potential than some of the medallists, but potential untapped and undiscovered. They knew what to do, but not how to go about doing it. I know with the correct resources, permission and support they would go even farther. It wouldn't be too much to expect a medal of them next year. It kinda pains the heart to see them walk away without anything this competition.
Being allowed to do bladework in school, being allowed to train in an alloted area, even being allowed to fence under the school's name, are liberties which many other institutions take for granted. But, like two years ago, some people in authority are blind to the fact that fighting without acknowledgement or even simply moral support is heart breaking. It was to me. It still is.
They deserve better. Dear God, help me to be able to help them somehow.
IHG tomorrow. Am starting for KE against RH in handball. Let us win, if we cannot win, let us be brave in our attempt.
The weekend was not what it could have been.. But I'm thankful for handball that has trained my catching. All through the soccer warmup whenever a high ball flew my way I was telling myself "Itsahandball itsahandball" and voila! I didn't spill any shots yay. But, like I expected, no one really noticed. Hmmm. Didn't play either. It was nice to have the experience and it was nice to see KE thrash the other team (which wasn't very good), but somehow... Being there in the afternoon to help people carry water and to loan out my gloves isn't very nice.
Still, I know if I keep my head, if Terence and Long Wu get their body parts knocked off in the course of IHG, I know I can keep KE's goal alive. I guess I knew it ever since the M1 friendly at Woodlands, when my other two keepers couldn't come. That was my best game of my life. Every catch went ok, I ran out at the correct times, even managed to smother loose balls at the opponent's feet. I know somewhere in there I have the "right idea". Just need confidence.
And Novices are over. Am happy for SMU =) I'm glad I didn't have to eat my epee like I told Jonah. I'm glad that I vindicated my treatment of Cephas in A-div two years ago, although I think I may have been the only person to remember. I think the CJC seniors did too.
And I'm proud of VJ's girls' team. They worked hard I know. Maybe not as crazily as Maurice, but they did put in a lot of effort, even coming for the epee camp. It was well worth my saliva cheering them on and teaching them. Maybe some have given up on VJ, but with them I can't. Well, not yet anyway. It was fine to see them turn the tables on X-JC at the last minute and then stage a near comeback against an experienced ABF team.
But somewhere in me, I also know that they definitely had the same or even greater amount of potential than some of the medallists, but potential untapped and undiscovered. They knew what to do, but not how to go about doing it. I know with the correct resources, permission and support they would go even farther. It wouldn't be too much to expect a medal of them next year. It kinda pains the heart to see them walk away without anything this competition.
Being allowed to do bladework in school, being allowed to train in an alloted area, even being allowed to fence under the school's name, are liberties which many other institutions take for granted. But, like two years ago, some people in authority are blind to the fact that fighting without acknowledgement or even simply moral support is heart breaking. It was to me. It still is.
They deserve better. Dear God, help me to be able to help them somehow.
IHG tomorrow. Am starting for KE against RH in handball. Let us win, if we cannot win, let us be brave in our attempt.
~JcZw~ at 12:02 am
Thursday, January 17, 2008
IHG is almost on me! And I finally attained my OPL at the end of the last training being the girls' keeper against my own team! Was jumping higher and diving faster than ever before, even stopping a few lob balls...
Until Teo Peng jumped in from the wing, I leapt out to stop him and he planted the ball squarely in my solar plexus and Loo Bing had to replace me.. It seems everywhere I go, I'm a source of entertainment, whether in anat tutorial or in handball training...
Am much less satisfied with my other KE CCA. Again, they tell us there's a friendly on Saturday when its almost friday. But I guess I'd better put in an appearance even if I'm not going to play. Now I'll have to tell my VJ juniors that I may not be with them for the whole of the novices. Still, I'll see how it goes. Don't even know if my captain knows I exist, cos he doesn't have my contact number and during the whole of last sem I was just addressed as "keeper".
Heh to them I'm just an object who's not very good at his job. On the other hand, handball and fencing offer praise when I do well and advice and training, ESPECIALLY TRAINING when I don't. No wonder my allegiances and priorities lie as they are. Boon Lay to Clementi... It had better be worth my time otherwise I'll be super irritated.
Fencing today was fun! Had a clear head to fence for practise and not for ego, even though I lost most of my bouts, but learned a lot through experimentation during the bouts. That is, after all, what free fencing is about. JC is a massive improvement in the coaching sector too... At least he doesn't put down other people's fencing schools without good reason. Learned a lot indeed.
Well, anat prac tomorrow, shall start pushing off..
Until Teo Peng jumped in from the wing, I leapt out to stop him and he planted the ball squarely in my solar plexus and Loo Bing had to replace me.. It seems everywhere I go, I'm a source of entertainment, whether in anat tutorial or in handball training...
Am much less satisfied with my other KE CCA. Again, they tell us there's a friendly on Saturday when its almost friday. But I guess I'd better put in an appearance even if I'm not going to play. Now I'll have to tell my VJ juniors that I may not be with them for the whole of the novices. Still, I'll see how it goes. Don't even know if my captain knows I exist, cos he doesn't have my contact number and during the whole of last sem I was just addressed as "keeper".
Heh to them I'm just an object who's not very good at his job. On the other hand, handball and fencing offer praise when I do well and advice and training, ESPECIALLY TRAINING when I don't. No wonder my allegiances and priorities lie as they are. Boon Lay to Clementi... It had better be worth my time otherwise I'll be super irritated.
Fencing today was fun! Had a clear head to fence for practise and not for ego, even though I lost most of my bouts, but learned a lot through experimentation during the bouts. That is, after all, what free fencing is about. JC is a massive improvement in the coaching sector too... At least he doesn't put down other people's fencing schools without good reason. Learned a lot indeed.
Well, anat prac tomorrow, shall start pushing off..
~JcZw~ at 11:35 pm
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Have been doing quite a large amount of thinking the last few days... Triggered off mainly from being the senior IC of mock comp.
I've just completed 7 years in St. John, and am proud to say that I was the batch to lead the transformation from the old AHS to the present one. But with it was the transitional stage and growing politics which devastated our bid for the N-comp championship in 2004. Things have always been changing and on one hand there are the teachers who want to move forward.
Then again there are the seniors, most of whom have endured harsh but effective training under the old system and, adopting a "If it ain't broke why fix it" attitude, wish for it to remain the same. For myself there are some things which are good to be removed, but some things simply must stay the same.
For e.g., I see no reason why cadets should pump on a parade square hot enough to scorch the skin off, and on the other hand, I don't see why pumping should be eliminated completely either. It is, after all, an integral part of a uniformed group.
But other things are changing. Standards, expectations, etc. Though I've made generations of good friends in St. John from basic acquaintances to the closest friends in my life, even in the batches whom I did not command directly, I'm wondering whether it's time to step away, retire and give it up. With my schedule, I can't really keep going back already. It gives me no pleasure to say this, but I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.
This doesn't have anything to do with anyone, just that I need to rethink my life, a third of which has been centred around AHSJAB (besides God, that is)
And then again, there was Novices today. Was really happy to see my juniors giving all they had, even though some might have started out slowly. But could tell the effort and concentration was there for the most part. I can really see they want to learn, and even if I'm not the most epee-epeeist, I still should try to go back and help out. Give KB and SY something to hit at least (CL and RY too if they want..)...
And lastly I want to go to Selangor, even though its two weeks before my CAs. Is that a bit rash? But since I don't shop, I'd spend one day competing and one day mugging...
Am incoherent. Off me to bed. Once again, well done to my juniors, SJ and fencing!
I've just completed 7 years in St. John, and am proud to say that I was the batch to lead the transformation from the old AHS to the present one. But with it was the transitional stage and growing politics which devastated our bid for the N-comp championship in 2004. Things have always been changing and on one hand there are the teachers who want to move forward.
Then again there are the seniors, most of whom have endured harsh but effective training under the old system and, adopting a "If it ain't broke why fix it" attitude, wish for it to remain the same. For myself there are some things which are good to be removed, but some things simply must stay the same.
For e.g., I see no reason why cadets should pump on a parade square hot enough to scorch the skin off, and on the other hand, I don't see why pumping should be eliminated completely either. It is, after all, an integral part of a uniformed group.
But other things are changing. Standards, expectations, etc. Though I've made generations of good friends in St. John from basic acquaintances to the closest friends in my life, even in the batches whom I did not command directly, I'm wondering whether it's time to step away, retire and give it up. With my schedule, I can't really keep going back already. It gives me no pleasure to say this, but I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.
This doesn't have anything to do with anyone, just that I need to rethink my life, a third of which has been centred around AHSJAB (besides God, that is)
And then again, there was Novices today. Was really happy to see my juniors giving all they had, even though some might have started out slowly. But could tell the effort and concentration was there for the most part. I can really see they want to learn, and even if I'm not the most epee-epeeist, I still should try to go back and help out. Give KB and SY something to hit at least (CL and RY too if they want..)...
And lastly I want to go to Selangor, even though its two weeks before my CAs. Is that a bit rash? But since I don't shop, I'd spend one day competing and one day mugging...
Am incoherent. Off me to bed. Once again, well done to my juniors, SJ and fencing!
~JcZw~ at 11:30 pm
So fast one year has past. EXACTLY one year ago I was tossing turning in my bed dreading the ferry to Tekong, wondering whether I'd come out still the same old me. Well, I'd say there were some slight alterations and thankfully none of them were really for the worst.
To all my juniors enlisting: Don't worry and trust in God for your strength. Army is not that difficult (for BMT and OCS ST at least), just keep a positive attitude...
And to those from AHSJAB, you HONESTLY, REALLY have nothing to worry about =)
To all my juniors enlisting: Don't worry and trust in God for your strength. Army is not that difficult (for BMT and OCS ST at least), just keep a positive attitude...
And to those from AHSJAB, you HONESTLY, REALLY have nothing to worry about =)
~JcZw~ at 12:16 am
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
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The occasional appearance of my sister in my room in hall usually culminates with a visit to The Biscuit Tin (she has an uncanny ability to appear just after I've come back from PGP with junk food =Pp). Then again, she helped me wash my clothes cos there's no laundrette near my room, so it evens out =D
Oh and a second female visited my room and declared it "Very messy!!!" mann...
Anyway school's started proper, but looks like I'm not going to get much work done till Mock Comp's over. Still, I've finished playing KOTOR 2 so I'll be less distracted haha... But I still want to try it as a female of another jedi class.
The quote of the week comes from Louis, who, when I told him we were starting on the vaunted renal physio and "it seems ok, but I don't think we've reached the hard part yet", he laughed evily and declared "OH! You haven't seen anything yet!"
The past few days of lectures were unspeakably hectic. The Prof and The Doctor were super efficient and finished this ultra thick set of notes in two days. Still, next week's relatively free, giving us "enough time to digest the information".
No doubt, we'll be required to sh*t out the information as and when needed after digestion... which is bad cos I've always had constipation with regards to physio.
Anyway, pictures from orientation. Watching SJ's performance never ceases to give me a adrenaline rush. Adrenaline's cotransported with memories I guess =)
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~JcZw~ at 11:01 pm
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Today was terrifically unhealthy. Not only were my meals irregular like mad, but while sleeping on the bus on the way back to VJ, my natural oscillations and the oscillations of the bus coincided to create resonance so my right temple slammed into the frame of the bus window which, at that point in time, was jerking backwards towards my face.
Woke up with a bang and thought my specs had somehow spontaneously exploded. Pahhhh...
But anyway VJ fencing orientation was pretty ok today. Hope I can go back for their intro session next week, but its highly unlikely what with IHG training and physio pracs. May not even get to watch them in action during novices =(
SJ CCA walkabout tomorrow. Hope everything goes well. They've certainly put in the effort. Wish there were more seniors around to guide.
Woke up with a bang and thought my specs had somehow spontaneously exploded. Pahhhh...
But anyway VJ fencing orientation was pretty ok today. Hope I can go back for their intro session next week, but its highly unlikely what with IHG training and physio pracs. May not even get to watch them in action during novices =(
SJ CCA walkabout tomorrow. Hope everything goes well. They've certainly put in the effort. Wish there were more seniors around to guide.
~JcZw~ at 11:55 pm
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Well, 2 days late am I with my summary-of-the-year post. I think, actually, it can be summarized with the testimony I gave during the Thanksgiving service last wednesday:
God has protected me through the past year, from myself (heheh), from other dangers and from the flora and fauna of Pulau Tekong and Marsiling, and provided for me in education, recreation, relationships and many more things which I can't start counting. This year I've really gone into the heights of exhiliration and the depths of depression haha...
My family who supported me throughout the year, (quote from my testimony) "My father who never failed to bring me back for book in in time [He never failed to get me to VJC in time either in 05 and 06 =D], my mother who always ensured that I got all the stuff I needed for my next field camp, my sister who baked me a box of cookies for my confinement weeks in OCS (of which I ate half a cookie every day ), and my brother who provided monosyllabic words of support down the phone"
From BMT all the way to OCS, I met good friends and people whom I would trust my back with in a war.
Great friends and squadmates from SJAB (unfortunately I do not have an up to date picture of my camera-shy No. 1) and
new friends made in training for St. John once deferment occured and Yiyang put me to work within 24 hours training the NC team
Friends back from JC
one who left for Southampton
and another for Thailand
Teachers who wrote books!
And then it was on to university with
The best OG with whom I've surfed the highs of Medicamp and the lows of CAs (and finals haven't even started yet =Pp) where I made new friends and discovered old ones
The best anat group who've given me a lot of fun, laughter and embarrassment =D
KE7 VCF which I owe a lot to in terms of support and encouragement (Peng Siang and Melody missing from the picture. Why did I close my eyes!?)
Pushing ahead in my fencing life with the NUS team, though, of course, I am and always will call myself a FM fencer!
Oh yea, its certainly been a very topsy-turvy year. And maybe 2008 will be just like it =D
God has protected me through the past year, from myself (heheh), from other dangers and from the flora and fauna of Pulau Tekong and Marsiling, and provided for me in education, recreation, relationships and many more things which I can't start counting. This year I've really gone into the heights of exhiliration and the depths of depression haha...
My family who supported me throughout the year, (quote from my testimony) "My father who never failed to bring me back for book in in time [He never failed to get me to VJC in time either in 05 and 06 =D], my mother who always ensured that I got all the stuff I needed for my next field camp, my sister who baked me a box of cookies for my confinement weeks in OCS (of which I ate half a cookie every day ), and my brother who provided monosyllabic words of support down the phone"
From BMT all the way to OCS, I met good friends and people whom I would trust my back with in a war.
Great friends and squadmates from SJAB (unfortunately I do not have an up to date picture of my camera-shy No. 1) and
new friends made in training for St. John once deferment occured and Yiyang put me to work within 24 hours training the NC team
Friends back from JC
one who left for Southampton
and another for Thailand
Teachers who wrote books!
And then it was on to university with
The best OG with whom I've surfed the highs of Medicamp and the lows of CAs (and finals haven't even started yet =Pp) where I made new friends and discovered old ones
The best anat group who've given me a lot of fun, laughter and embarrassment =D
KE7 VCF which I owe a lot to in terms of support and encouragement (Peng Siang and Melody missing from the picture. Why did I close my eyes!?)
Pushing ahead in my fencing life with the NUS team, though, of course, I am and always will call myself a FM fencer!
Oh yea, its certainly been a very topsy-turvy year. And maybe 2008 will be just like it =D
~JcZw~ at 8:58 am