Nam Wah Pai training camp.

Very. The. Tired. It's been a long time since i last felt this tired. With pain and ache all over my body until every tiny strain of the muscle is a pain. Seeing any flight of stairs will send chill down my spine. Climbing them will result in excruciating pain in the thigh muscle. i really believe the lactic acid build-up in my muscle has reached the maximum level. i need more alanine to convert it back to glucose..

We had light jog yesterday and morning run this morning. Needless to say, i fall behind, again. i know what i said about improving my stamina since the training camp last year..but yah, i did nothing about it. =P

After breakfast and morning run is the sword learning session. Oklar, i sucked at technique. The sword moves and pattern really look graceful lar..but somehow i just can't remember the moves. And coach said thin people look good with sword. =.=|||

After resting for lunch, it's the NWP interbranch sparring competition!

Oklar, it was supposed to be a friendly match between NUS NWP and the HQ NWP. Somehow, it turned out to be quite a serious event. With scoreboard, 4 judges and referees and all. Even coach put on his "special gee".

After so many exercises and training, i was actually having jelly legs and sore shoulder. i could not imagine myself even facing my opponent, wearing that god-forsaken sparring full gear and still sparr for a full two minutes. Don't be fooled. The two minutes felt like an eternity; the full set of gear, inclusive of body guard, head guard, knee guard, groin guard, etc, is capable of inducing claustraphobia on the wearer.

i would say everyone did well today. The black-belts would be proud of us ha ha. But we also have some casualties..

i won in the first round, which result in me facing WenRu, a girl i know from HQ, as my opponent. She's a nice girl really. i actually find it hard to sparr with her. It's hard to have your friend as your opponent in the ring.

She's good lar.. i won by margin only ha ha, which is something to say about since my belt level is higher than hers. =.=|||

So yah, i won, by margin. Heh. There are talks about having a real interbranch sparring competition next sem. o_O

i'll worried about it then. But now, please excuse me while i go apply some ointment on this big patch of blue-black on my thigh haha.

p/s: Oh yah, thanks for the birthday cake. It wasn't very subtle 'cos i actually guess it but still, it's a nice surprise. Thanks everyone!