i think i have to wear long-sleeves top for some time starting from today.

i got bruises on both my hands. *sobs*

Today was damn tired. i totally stretched myself down to the max. Don't know whether i should say fortunately or unfortunately, i was paired up with 2 black-belt seniors today during stretching and body-conditioning.

There were only 4 girls today, including me, and all are currently white-belts. i just realised that girls are really the minorities in NWP and it was even more apparent today cos none of the senior girls showed up (probably because their grading had just ended).

During stretching, my two legs are trembling so hard cos i think i have really reach the max; but the senior kept pushing me even further down. *ouch* It really hurts. i think i was practically gritting my teeth during the whole ordeal while waiting the instructor to say "Ok, you can rise now."

Then during body-conditioning, which requires you to block and attack the person standing in front of you, the other senior was punching and kicking so hard that in the end both my hands were hurting from blocking all the blows.

The good news is, i've finally finish learning all the patterns for white-belt. And i must say some of the moves are really very nice to look at; just that when i do it, don't know why it always come short and in the end it just looks like i was flapping my arms or something. *lol*

The grading will on the end of this month. But still, finish learning is one thing, remembering each and every step is another.

i think that when you do the wrong moves, you can
1) still continue and act intelligent like you know what you're doing so that the examiner will not notice you. Or

2) suddenly caught off-guard and start doing all the wrong moves subsequently and got singled out by the instructor who then lectured you on the moves. "You must do this, see, punch by twisting your waist a bit and breath out at the same time, not like this..." Huh? What's the diff?

And i did exactly the latter. It didn't help either that i've aquired a bad habit of sort of stick my tongue out everytime i punch the wrong hand or move the wrong leg in front, which is a real disadvantage, as you can see, cos it certainly does not fit into the 'act-intelligent' criteria.

i keep forgetting and my muscle is aching. i'm probably getting old and senile already.

However, i hope i can really persevere in this and one day, actually look good when doing all the moves and pattern. Ha ha. i shall dream on then.

And oooh, Michelle Yeoh is currently my idol. No price for guessing why.


...And i probably can't get out of bed tomorrow, cos i've 'teared' my left leg muscle a bit (i think). But never mind, help is just..erm..two doors away. Susan said she'll call maintanence to break down the door to 'rescue' me. And feed me food while i lay bed-ridden. So thoughtful. Thanks lar gal. =)