okay, so i shall recall

friday training was fun. randori, chokes and armlocks. no PT. and chance to practice my beloved-but-never-used uchimata. i wun mind doing uchimata nagekomi or uchikomi, even like 300. seoi-nage uchikomi is tough shit.

saturday training was quite slack considering that it was a saturday training :) . chin-ups, 15- min run, randori, chokes, armlocks, groundwork. all very fun. no PT as well(wait a minute, is running and chin-ups considered PT?).

oh yes, special mention to jimmer for correcting the fatal error that i have been committing for a year(which leads to zhao3 si3 type of playing). grabbing the sleeve during attacking is much more useful than pushing it away. avoided getting whacked by lincoln and mitchell like i always had. first step.... yes.... and tyco "countered" justin.... thanks a lot jimr. you are great.

and, recalling the steamboat race on friday, it was quite nice. at first we saw other schools' boat designs and we were quite scared...esp chung cheng high and nanhua. their boats looked damn solid(on a side note, chung cheng's boat was designed in such a way that it looked like some sorta communist campaign...things like ai4 wo3 zhong1 zheng4 and zhong1 zheng4 zhan3 chi4 were written on their boat....quite intimidating, i would say).

we sent the boat that was able to keep straight for the race. it was a good choice. most schools had fast boats, but were unable to keep straight, leading to their downfall. three of them gostaned.

our boat moved straight, but wasn't really fast. was much faster than many other schools though. we did 2.5metres in 26 secs, breaking the 34-seconds record so far. we were first. then were like shocked... "how many secs?" "26 seconds." "36?" "no, 26!" "really?" "yes, we won!!!"

then we had our pic taken by about 6 cameras. someone interviewed us as well. i was euphoric. it was almost like a dream. then when we were about to be interviewed, another boat broke our record by one second.

so we got interviewed. she was asking us about our level, our stream, and how we came together... and stuff like why we chose this boat, and how many other boats we tested and made. in short, the process involved in this competition.

we got third.

we were kinda bu4 gan1 xing1... coz they apparently changed the rules in favour of the people who did not read them carefully. for example, it was stated that the judges and contestants were not allowed to touch the boat while it was running the race. then the first boat gostaned. the second boat didn't move. the third boat crashed to the side and remained stagnant. the fourth boat gostaned as well. the fifth boat ran around in circles. the sixth boat capsized due to stability problem.... so the competition went for about half-an-hour without any boat reaching the finishing line.

so they changed the rules there and then. the competition restarted. WOW. now the judges would tap the boat back on course if it is off course. our boat was the only boat that didn't require any tapping.

and then also there was a rule on : NO OTHER FUELS OTHER THAN CANDLE WAX which was only mentioned in the briefing, not in the rule sheet. one of the schools that overtook us did not attend the briefing, and they happily used cotton wool soaked in kerosine. they didn't get disqualified. they got awarded for creativity.

so we got third. -ilii nex year i would consult Lulu for the kind of "fuel" to use. and ggy for the kind of "propulsion" to use.

but well, we won a hundred bucks. which will be donated to the school. the next person to break a window, thank us.