感同身受？

你是否也有过这样的经历呢？

每次主动发出简讯给某人的都是你。。。
每次发问问题的也是你。。。
发出了短讯，等了很久都没有回复呢。。。
要不就是发了很多短讯，才收到回复。。。
所得到的回复什么解释也没有，就只有冷漠的几个字。。。

现在的手机不难让人查阅是否有这样的一个趋势。。。

当发现有这样的一种趋势时，真的不禁会让人觉得如同

自己在对方的世界是多余的吗？
难道自己在对方的世界里连5分的简讯都不值？
还是在对方的心里，要花上几分钟来回复一则相样的简讯都是在浪费时间？


有时，真的想帮对方找个理由或借口：或许，对方忙吧？或许，对方的手机不在身边吧？更或许，对方的手机没电还是不见了吧？

但是，找了很久的理由或借口，人，总是会累。。。

一个人，若真的会珍惜彼此的友谊的话，应该不会让这样的事或误会发生吧？

难道说，当这样的趋势发生时，将会是一段友情步入尽头的预兆？

难道自己失去了利用价值时，就必须面对这样的待遇，来证实这个现实世界的残酷？

还是，这只不过是一个人的无心之失？“做”者无意，“受”者有心呢？

毕竟，人还是人，总有累的一天。。。

当一个人很累时，难免都会胡思乱想。。。

友情，是需要时间去经营的。。。

试着去想想，你身边的朋友值得你花时间在他们身上吗？

在茫茫人海中能结识为朋友是一种缘分。。。

不要等到失去了才后悔。。。

You will never know, dat may be the last chance that you will get to reply your FRIEND....

且行，且珍惜吧。。。

True True???

NEVER believe in 3 people :
Sagittarius, Aries, Pisces.
They are the most selfish and mean.

NEVER lose 3 people :
Taurus, Cancer, Capricorn.
They are the most sincere and true lovers.

NEVER leave 3 people :
Virgo, Libra, Scorpio.
They can keep secrets, friendship , and they can see your tears.

NEVER reject 3 people :
Leo, Gemini, Aquarius.
They are true, honest friends. :)

What's your sign?

乱环诀：

上下随合妙无穷，
陷敌深入乱环内，
四两能拔千斤力，
手脚齐进竖找横，
手中乱环落不空，
预知乱环法何在，
发落点对即成功！

主动久了，会累...

如果有一个女生/男生，放下自己的身段，主动联系你。
一次，两次，三次

如果有一个女生/男生，放下所谓的尊严，有事没事都联系你。
一天，两天，三天

或者，你觉得她/他很廉价，
或许，你根本不在乎。

甚至，你以为一切都是理所当然的。

只是，她/他，毕竟只是一个人，一个很平凡的女孩/男孩，
她/他也需要有人疼，有人照顾。

终有一天，她他会累了，倦了，
她/他会哭着下定决心，再也不主动了。

因为，每一次的主动换来的只是更深的伤害。
她/他，宁愿没有这样一个借口让自己痛苦。

她/他会离开，再也不打扰你的生活，
她/他会离开，悄无声息，从此你的生活不会再被打扰。

————————————————————————

其实，在爱情里，只要幸福，主动与否，并不重要。

只是，不算爱情的爱情，主动的代价则显得太大了 。

说一句最难听的俗语，人都爱犯贱，不属于自己的东西却花很大的气力去追求，去挽留，最后还会被伤的遍体鳞伤，什么世界上最遥远的距离不是我在你面前，你却看不见我，而是我上线了，你却隐身了，我隐身了，你却上线。

其实我们很多时候没有必要挽留不属于自己的东西。要找就找个深爱自己的女孩（男孩），毕竟感情是两个人的事情了，你一个人再累，再去用心呵护，感情最终还是会破裂。

希望大家都放下该放下的，珍惜该珍惜的，因为人生很多时候都在不断的选择，失去的只能说，哪是不属于你的。

就算你留下了，那也不是你想要的结果，他（她）只会对你热几天，冷几天，看人家心情，你会隔几天心就被刺痛。

没有开始，就不会有结束，所以希望大家开始的时候都慎重。

更希望，男生都能够大度点，专一点，既然选择那个女孩，就要给她幸福，别做对不起女孩的事，意外的出轨会让她心碎的一塌糊涂。

女孩也都大度点，理解点，有时候给男孩留点尊严，有时候别太孩子气了。

爱毕竟是两个人心灵碰撞的结晶。

真爱无限，希望大家都能准确的找见自己的另一半，别搞的心灵憔悴，堕落放纵。

Good post extracted from the web....

Thank you and only Thank you....

2010 年已将近尾声。。。
是该回顾一下今年所发生的一切。。。
对我来说，是个特别的一年吧，有着许多的结束与道别。。。

终于有时间好好地看了下那些小瓜s 送的礼物。
感触良多。。。

5年的时光一眨眼就过去了。
一向立定好目标，把事情解决完，就潇洒地离开的我从来都没想过会在一个地方待那么久。早在3年前就应该离开的，或许在那时找到了“a certain reason to stay” 吧，才留到现在。是福还是祸呢？因人而异吧。


一向都是我行我素的我，相信在这间学校得罪的人也不少吧。哈哈！
想起了刚到了这间学校就把St. John的骂 到狗血淋头（记得这件事的学员应该不多了吧）。搬到Malan Rd后，经常在porch或 hall练习时（特别是在准备比赛的时期），那些穿过场地的学生也会被骂得很残（相信学校大概有至少50%的学生被我骂过吧），连老师都会遭到池鱼之殃。甚至，有时还会在学生面前，跟负责老师起争执。

相信当时也有许多学生在背后臭骂吧。还有些在blog上面写到我是“神经病”，“什么都罚”的教练，等等（就只差粗话没有出来吧）。还有很多学生看到我时就好像见到鬼一样，不是看到我就惊叫一声然后跑掉；不然就是在远处看到我后便绕道而行。也有许多队员想尽各种方法要求换cca。(或许也是这个原因这里的学生看到教练不会叫“教练”吧。哈哈！)再加这个队成立不到多久就受到许多家长的投诉，也引起了校方负面的注目，还曾被家长打电话来骂过。当然没忘了还有一个Guest巴不得看到RV和我的失败（要不是为了不要让她如愿以偿，或许我会更早些离去）。这一切的一切都是些非常精彩的经历！

那时，我已经在心中盘算着在这间学校的日子应该不多了，已做好了学校要另请教练的准备。

没想到，居然还能待到今年。

在这段日子当中，在教导的过程中，我学到了很多。我相信我从学生的身上所学到的比我所给于他们的还要多。没有他们，我就没有这个平台来体验这样的人生。也没有这个机会看到自己的盲点和自己的失败。。。

在这里，我得衷心地向我的学生说一声：“谢谢！”

还记得我第一批的学生，一开始练习，就会不停的练，直到我让他们停止为止。要到比赛时，都会抽出一整个星期六的时间刻苦地练习。。。而我第二批学生，为了比赛，个个都把手练得脱皮了。就算是脱皮了，还是不断地 继续练下去。练得都吐了出来，甚至要晕倒过去。。。

也有一些傻傻的，为了练习，不辞劳苦地一大清早从新加坡的一端搭到另一端。。。还记得有一位，睡过站了，赶回来时，练习已经结束了。。。这一切 我都看在眼里，感动着，心疼着。。。虽然每次都会骂他们“笨”，“傻”，“没用”，“不用心”，“懒”，也会经常动不动就罚他们。但在我心中，他们都是最好的，最棒的！又有多少学生能做到他们这样呢？若 他们有什么做得不足，做得不好的，就只能怪我这个教练教导无方吧。。。

以前当别人看到我带队 的时候总是会说：“哇，你的学生很多哦！”，但我总会回答：“我教的人很多，但我的学生并不多。”对我来说，会把我当老师/教练的，或是从我身上有学到东西的才叫做学生吧。A teacher never teach if a student never learn. If a teacher never teach then there is no student！有教，不代表另外一方有学到吧。千里巡师，万里巡徒，也是这个意思吧。

这也是我一向的理念吧。虽然，经常也会跟他们说一些礼节的东西和一些人生道理。如：仁，义，礼，智，信，严，勇 ，但从来都不会要求他们 在课堂外称呼我“教练”。第一，是因为我不喜欢这种称呼和其背后所需扛的责任与压力。没有这些责任的羁绊，我可以过得更自在，更无忧无虑，也更可以毫无拘束地做一些奇怪的事。第二，是认为 It’s easy to command respect but it’s hard to earn respect… 要求他们这样做，他们肯定会做因为他们会怕不做会被罚还是被骂吧。只有他们做得心甘情愿的才有意义。也只有这样才能测量出自己是个成功还是失败的教练吧。也只有这样才能知道谁才是真正的学生而谁是被迫的。。。

或许，我不适合当一个教练吧。我宁愿当一个学生。至少，惹出了什么事端，都还有人去扛，有人去顶，有人去调解。当一个教练惹出了什么麻烦都会把整个队，和所有的学生牵连在内。很多时候都得以大局为重，做事总是绑手绑脚的。。。这太不符合我的性格了！如果当初我不是教练，相信早就有人趴在地上了。。。:P

读了学生的卡片，信件和寄语，我也感到非常感动也非常惭愧。感动的是，他们怎么会知道我喜欢《红蜻蜓》？这是我小学时最喜欢的一首歌！他们的运气也太好了吧！Well, dat’s besides the point… 真正感动的是还能看到那些以离去的队员的留言。还有，一些华语真的不行的学生用华语写的寄语。真的是不简单!还有一张简单的卡片，日记本，日历，相框 ，还有一封长长的信。这些心意，我都感受到了。。。

惭愧的是，我何得何能，值得他们做这一些吗？里面所提到的，似乎好像并不是在形容我。Patience? Since when 我 有 patience了呢？我看我就差没 把他们掐死/打死。:P

我的教练经常都跟我说：“做一个老师/教练必须可以做到3 点：传道，传艺，解惑/祸。”
以上的这三样，我又能做到多少呢？

一个好的教练所应该做的是让学生realize their full potential, 发挥他们的所长，甚至超越自己。。
一个好的教练也应该可以motivate 学生，让他们能够做到自动自发，积极向上。。。
一个好的教练更可以把一个地方变得让大家有归属感，让大家感到依依不舍，不舍得离去。。。
一个好的教练还有很多很多该做的和该达到的，而我，又能达到了多少？

似乎，作为一个教练，我太过严厉了。在加上我寡言欢笑的性格，经常都给学生带来莫大的压力。再加上吝啬于夸奖他们的缘故才会让他们失去对自己的信心，导致他们非常约束自己，没法发挥所长，展翅高飞。。。对于这一点，我深表歉意。。。

学生不需要证明给教练看他们从教练身上学了些什么，他们只需要证明给自己，让自己知道自己有成长，有突破了，那才是最重要的。不管你是在队里，学到了，成长了，或是在别的领域/环境/cca 有所小成，身为教过你的教练，总会感到欣慰。。。不用把这些成就归咎于教练的功劳。。。教练的工作就是教导与引导，但一个学生的成功在于他肯不肯去学，有没有认真地去学，和努力的成果。。。每当别人跟我说：“哇，你把学生教得很好哦！”，我总会说：“哪里，哪里，这是他们懂事，用心练的成果。。。”因为我相信，一个学生若不想学习的话，不管教练多有本事都没有用。。。在这里， 我也得向那些努力学习的学生道谢，因为他们真的是让我脸上添光不少。。。

在这个世界上，好的教练和老师还有很多，我或许还称不上是一个。我本身也在学习中， 努力中。很多教练/老师都还有很多值得我去学习的地方。若真的遇到了一个，千万不要活在他影子里。要想办法接近他，尽学他的所有，然后再慢慢的超越他。这样才不会辜负他。这也是一个好教练所希望看到的。这也是一个好学生应尽的责任。也应这样，好的东西才能传承下去，让更多人受惠。。。

这是一个很有趣的队，有人想尽方法来加入，也有许多用尽各种方法离开。。。我并不知道这个队有什么样的魅力会把人吸引过来，但队友的离去通常都是教练没有办法maintain the interests in the students ba… 也可能是他们发现从教练身上没有东西可学了吧。面对这样的状况，我也应当反省一下，也应该想办法提升自己！

对于那些离队的学生，希望你们在别的地方可以找到值得你学习的东西，和值得你留恋的地方。不要因为离队了就感到sorry or 愧疚… 这个大家庭的门永远敞开着！在外头总会学到不一样的东西和不一样的体会。但当你累了，想休息时，心若还在这边，就回来歇一歇，喘一口气吧。这将是一个绝佳 的避风港。。。The team/me may just be a phone call/sms/msn/facebook away when u need it….

一个还会有人继续回来的一个团体才是一个成功的团体。。。

Don’t say sorry because u chose to leave… I am happy that u were once here….
在这茫茫人海中能够相遇，怎么说都是一种缘分吧。我还是会珍惜这份缘分的。。。
最后，Thank you to all those who have supported me all these while….

Special mention:

谢谢那些曾经在这个团体当过leader 的学生。难为你们了！这个团体太新，太嫩了。以你们的年纪和经验要带领和建立一个这样的队到今天的成就，真的是不简单。 U ppl have done a great job!
谢谢你们的那股热诚和心思，和你们那不轻言放弃的决心。。。

谢谢那些曾经与我一起并肩作战的运动员们。在我心中，你们 都是冠军！

谢谢liling, wanyan and James for making the DVD… especially James who got scolded by his parents right?

谢谢to the past and present members who bothered to contribute to the making of the DVD in one way or another. And those ex-members who came back on my last day…

谢谢those who put in the effort for the calendar and the photoframe….
谢谢xinzhe for the card and the diary…就算不能一帆风顺，但我也会乘风破浪的。。。
谢谢yuhong for the keychain, the card and the long long letter… Hope I answered some of your questions in this entry…
谢谢 those who spent effort in the bottle of hearts (2009)…
谢谢 for always remembering to bring back presents (chocolate, chopstick, figurine, fan, magnet, Maggie mee) from overseas trip…. I really appreciate it…

更要谢谢的是我的教练，没有他，就没有今天在武术的我！谢谢他这些年的教导与支持。。。

谢谢Guest 这些年一直进行着恶意的破坏，也因如此，才让我看到了这些学生有多么成熟,多么理智。
谢谢那些经常entertain Guest 的学生们，你们是蛮有时间和创意的 :P 。。。
相信，随着我的离去，Guest 也不会再来捣蛋了吧。。。

Like what my 教练 suggested, last but not least a very big



THANK YOU



for reading this, and sealed with a kiss…. Haha…

这则 biohazard 的blog entry 是为有心的学生写的，正如我当初setup blog 一样。但或许就只有有缘的学生才会看到吧。。。

其实，还有很多很多的感激，千言万语，但就让这一切静在不言中吧！

武术不练会贬值，语言不用会不通顺。。。太久没写东西，语法也会变得乱七八糟。。。请海量包容。。。

从2010 年开始写，2011年 才完成。。。祝大家2011 年 HUAT AH!!!!

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Final Countdown!!!

This year marks the end of many things in my life...
And on 29 Nov, I had the final exam (I hope)...
It was a challenging one which would determine if my years in uni had been wasted...
5 years of hard work (or slacking I supposed as I seldom find myself in sch)...
And this exam would determine it all...

Halfway through my presentation, the full Prof, Prof Wang interrupted my presentation... And throughout the presentation, he was asking questions after questions and disrupting my flow of thoughts... Merciless!!!

All the questions from the panel was dealt with ease...
Except those coming from Prof Wang...

Was being whacked up, down, left, right, centre by him.... and couldn't really answer some of the questions posed by him... From the way he asked the questions and finding fault with me, it seemed that he wasn't really happy with my work and would not be willing to pass me...

Then I was asked to leave the room for the panel to decide on the outcome...

For the 1st time in my life, I froze. Never felt so freaked out before in my life...
It was a long 15min... and I felt cold... the thought of not going to make it frightened me... Was the 5 yrs going to be wasted? Am I gg to attempt it again if I could not make it? Would I still have the energy and time to attempt it again...
The thoughts were scary...

Then the door openned and my prof asked me in...

The panel of examiners extended their hands to me and said , "Congratulations! You have fulfilled all the requirements. Now we can officially address you XX Pang."

That was sweet....

Opportunity cost...

Suddenly it dawned on me the real meaning of opportunity cost.
Sometimes the sacrifices to make is really too huge?

The decision was made before sept 2008 before I went Taiwan...
I made the decision to fulfil the promises that I made and to build what I set out for....

Never would I expect the sum to come up to SGD $76,400, when you put down in dollars and cents!

That's money!!! I think I can buy alot of things with it and wouldn't be as poor as what I am now...

Is this sacrifice too huge? I've been wondering for the past 1 yr....

Especially, for something that's not going to be mine or should I say something that I am losing .....

Did I fulfil the promises I made?
To the best of my ability , yes...

Did I manage to build what I set out for?
I am still wondering.... probably yes? I hope....

But it no longer belongs to me....
当东西已不属于你，只有把手放开，潇洒地走开。。。
就让别人继承吧！

Any regrets?
尽了全力就好。。。不要再回头看了。。。:)

Come to think of it, how many people are willing to give up SGD $76,400 for something that .......

And wait... I forgot to take into account the bonuses in my calculations... $.$ .... Haha...

Back From Overseas?

Haha... just came back from an overseas trip...
Was an interesting one... though still counting the injuries... :S
But never had such a good nite slp for a long long time....
Basically, besides training, I would just be sleeping....

And.... It's been a long time since I last dreamt of something....
Or should I say remember my dreams....

I almost had a dream every nite.... n all of them seemed so interesting...
Been dreaming of the ppl I miss very much, frens from overseas, some unsettled stuff, some things I wished for, some things that I wished will never happen and even some things that happened in the past but without any conclusion and about the day watching the fireworks....

Seemed that these dreams were trying to provide me answers to some questions I've been asking and to some unsettled stuff in the past...

But one of them was a nightmare where I dreamt of my greatest fear and greatest wish in the same episode...

Weird...

My 师公。。。

有您这么一位伟大的武术家为师公，我真的是感到很自豪！

能陪您走完最后这段路真是我荣幸！

师公，谢谢您为武术界付出的一切。。。您一路上走好。。。

08 Aug 2010

Happy Belated Birthday Singapore.... Seems that I always have a bad habit of belated wishes or presents...

Oops.... Though it's a little bit belated...
As usual, went to Changi Airport on the eve of National Day to have my annual ice cream on that day...

However, this yr was rather different as I went there when the clock struck 12 on the day...
The reason for this was that I thought I couldn't make it on the afternoon on the 08 itself?
Or probably never will again... well... seems that everything is ok and it was juz a 虚惊一场。。。 Haha...

Learnt something new: 人之将死，其言也善！！！

Haha....

Another one to my collection:

Sometimes a short run can be good....

Though I hate to run but sometimes it can help you destress and think thru lotsa things when doing some short run...
Been thinking alot these days...
Probably need a long long break...

Finally clock 10km...
Next run... 15km...

From 1 hand to no hand...

Thought it was bad enough to be having a injured right hand for 2 yrs...
Now only left with 1 hand with my left hand suffering the same fate...
Would be out of action for quite some time again...

Hotmail and Msn Back

Haha... Finally got back my hotmail, MSN and facebook!
What a tedious process...
But all the contacts in my msn gone... :(

Well... anyway I dun use msn much already... so be it ba...

No more time... Brain not working much... counting down....

Jiayou!!!

减肥ing from 07/06/2010

Wah... so looking forward to 07 june!
So many things I want to do...
Shall start with exercising, playing, slacking, etc...
Haven't been exercising for a few months already...
Hope all these would be over soon!

Still got two tough questions to go.... :(
Emo....

Counting down to 06/06/2010

Currently 66.67% down...
13 days left...
Effectively, only 4 full days left...

Will I be able to finish it in time?

A life without technology...

MSN, HOTMAIL AND FACEBOOK all kenna hacked!!!
Realized totally cut off from the world when you dun have all these technology...
Even a handphone is redundant...

Probably I can live a life without all these?

Haha...

以下的人与我有缘，有谁认识他们吗？

Birthdates on:

02月22日 03月30日 05月13日 05月19日
07月10日 07月26日 09月23日 10月09日
10月25日 11月08日 12月07日 12月16日

01月02日 01月11日 02月08日 03月24日
04月14日 04月22日 05月07日 07月20日
09月15日 10月01日 11月22日 12月03日

Haiz, I only know ppl whose birthdays are on 10月26日, 01月03日, 07月20日, all miss by 1 day...
Help me find them ? Haha...

我是不是应该安静地走开，还是该勇敢留下来？

或许该如此吧。。。

天下无不散之宴席。。。
人早晚都得各奔前尘， 各分东西。。。
大家都会以不一样的步伐前进着，追寻着自己的所求。。。
或许， 到最后， 只有那些会放慢/加快脚步来配合自己，
走在自己身边的，不离不弃的，才叫朋友吧。。。

朋友一生一起走，那些日子不再有，
一句话，一辈子，一生情，一杯酒，

朋友不乘孤单过，一声朋友你会懂，
还有伤，还有痛，还要走，还有我。。。

谢谢你，
走在身边的朋友。。。 :)

Never Been so Broke in my life....

Wow! Realised my bank account only left with SGD$1.00 exactly!
This is the record low liao... The previous record low was $10...

Now need to think who still owe me money liao...
N find ppl to treat me to eat liao ... :P

碟仙

Near knew can get this thing in Singapore... N the bookshop only sell it for SGD$2!!!
N left with only 1 set... sounds like the beginning of an eerie ghost story when someone crazy bought it, play with it, get cursed, bla bla bla...

Well, I tried 笔仙 and Psychic Circle b4, as 4 this.... Any takers?

Think I am moving towards the dark dark side liao .... Haha... :P

説明：
取相等于本图内圈大小之碟一只，碟底朝天，然后在碟边用黑墨画箭头一个，焚香三支。由虔心诚意者三人，用中指轻按碟底。三人预先决定请某某亡魂来临，默默通陈渠之姓名，贯藉，年龄。约半小时上下，亡魂请到时，碟子移动，并询问各种问题，由箭头指出图上之字，得到解答。

Actually, I wanted to take some pictures of it and post it in the web one.... But after some serious thoughts, I think better not... Think I am still sane... Haha...

Round Round Moon!

OOooo... The moon on the 15th was so big and round... so pretty....
Thought the moon only affect astrological signs of Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio...
Cancerians are usually affected the most...
Their mood swing with the presence of the moon...
Never knew that I would be so affected by it too...
So are the astrological signs accurate? Or do I belong to a new astrological sign?
Haha...
月亮真的能代表我的心吗？
So what does it represent when it is "圆" and what does it means when it's "缺"？
Well, no time to think of all these liao and also no time to indulge in any of my interests....
Must really focus for the next 3 months... 06 june!!!
Focus... Focus...

~ 月下浪人
(Haha.. havent use this pen name for many many years liao)

Back from Ramunia

Back from Ramunia and survived the big big waves... Well, this year the waves are not disappointing at all as we get at least 2m waves on the average...

It was definitely a very good getaway... away from the busy lifestyle and many many things to do... There, in Ramunia, all you need to do was to engage the challenging waves and thinking of nothing else... And after all the physical torture, would be a sumptous dinner followed by a good nite rest!

N I really mean a good nite rest... It was so seldom that I get to sleep 10hours a day... sometimes I would be glad i I get to lie down on bed to have a proper rest for > 2 hrs.... but in Ramunia, I felt refreshed, very much refreshed, though it was demanding on my body...

That was really a very good trip for me... at least it gave me the opportunity to rest and think... For the past few months, I do not have any time to think at all... Whatever energy I had was to use it to keep my eyes open... Busy, busy, busy...
N I shall see how long I can keep up with it... Probably, it's time, time to hand-over and step-down from all these busy life... Probably, it's time, to embark on a new lifestyle and put the past behind... It wouldn't make much of a difference to anyone anyway... There's always someone who can take over my position easily and I can finally rest...

Time flies and now it's 2010... It's a bad way to start the year off when you know that you have alot of stuff left over from the previous year... Maybe 年年有余？That's what u called it... but it doesn't look good from any angle....

Work, work, work... wushu? wushu? wushu? Studies, studies, studies... Kayak, red cross... and many of the miscellanous courses I am halfway through... seems that time is always not enough...

Balancing them is not possible at all.. The only option is to choose which to give up... It's a tough decision... Well, probably I'll stick to the old rule ... I'll go to where I am needed most.... Or... I can also choose to put aside everything and start everything afresh... Doing things which I should be doing instead of what I like to do... Well, something got to go.... it's just a matter of what.... still thinking, thinking, thinking....

Dateline approaching soon, 1 month down and left with only 5 months... Nothing is done yet... What a challenge! Really need to find time to sit down and answer those unanswerable questions... Do I have the energy to run the dash through the finishing line? Or would I be giving up on the final lap? I'll need the energy to face it... N it's all one my own again... No one can help me with it... so good luck ba!

This trip also make me realise how unfit I've become after I did not exercise for 4 months... I actually feel tired, breathless and weak after confronting the waves... Probably, age is catching up too? Haha.... Well, need to start exercising again...
Shall set a target for myself... Should go easy 1st... Every week 30km run, everyday 100 pull-ups, 200 abdominals and 100 jumps...

Hope I have enough time to complete these once my working schedule is more or less settled down....

Jiayou !!!

Setting a new record...

Not going to get any sleep for the next 48hrs....
Let see if I will survive through it... :P

Embarking on a new journey

Well, it's really a new journey....
Today experienced something special...
7 hours of meeting...
From 2.30 pm to 9.30 pm...
Cool rite?
More to come...

New life... No life...

A Unique Traveling Experience...

Try asking me how's the trip to Macau last weekend, and all I could say is that it was an unique experience of a lifetime that not many get to enjoy... i.e. when you look on the bright side of life... :)

It is a 5 star hotel...
The room is definitely spacious and luxurious...
The Duty Manager and the Head of Security served us upon arrvial...
And of course, throughout our stay there...
We were given V.I.P treatment...
There's always a limousine to drive us around...
We traveled a total of 10 times across the bridge connecting Macua Island and Taipan Island in just 1.5 days...
The main attraction was that you get to see how the CID actually work in Macau...
And the police also served us for 1.5 days!
So cool rite...

Y so?

Our luggage was stolen right at the front desk when we were checking into the hotel upon arrival and all our valuables were gone...

Wasn't this an unique experience? How mani tourist get to visit the police station so often in a span of 2 days? So... must look on the bright side of life....

Emo-ing.... now gg to eat grass liao... haha...

I should be 1.5 cm taller!!!

Went to the chiropractor last week, had some interesting findings:

1) My left leg is longer than my right leg by 1.5 cm!
So what does this means?
It means I should be taller by 1.5 cm if both legs are the same length!
2) My left leg is supporting 32 kg of my body weight and my right leg only 28 kg which is also quite unbalanced!

So what's the conclusion? Probably it's a simple physics question. Could someone answer it?
a) If my right leg is as long as my left leg, how much taller would I be?
Is it true that I'll be 1.5 cm taller?
b) Based on the amount of weight supported by each leg, by what percentage is my c.g. shifted to the left or right?

Have fun solving! Should be QED... :P

Sometimes, attending lectures can be fun though....

Hmmm, today is the 1st day of NTU lessons...
It's been a very very long time since I last attended a lecture in sch....
I really couldn't recall of any!
Though I have been studying for so many yrs, I realize I hardly go for any lectures at all! Wat I can recall from my JC days or uni days were days ponning lessons....
I do everything and go anywhere except attending lectures and going to sch....
Well... I am a bad student.... when it comes to studying.... Haha...
To me, lectures are for ponning one... and school is meant to be skipped!

Today, I actually attended half a lecture...
I found it quite fun though... to be sitting there, brainlessly, listening to the lecturer... quite slack and relac... feels dumb though...
Well, ignorance is always a bliss...
It's good to be a student and doesn't need to think much...

Looking around, I saw many people who were filled with anticipation... this is what a freshman should feel, isn't it? Of course, there were also people like me whose heads were always on the tables when the lecturer was tokking...

Well... conclusion? Live your life as a student and enjoy it...

Being a student is a fun thing!

*think there are too mani gramatical mistakes liao... but well, who cares? This is the priviledge of a student! :P

Another 08-08 ....

又是另一个八月八日。。。
或许对一般新加坡人来说，它最大的意义就可能只是国庆日前夕吧。。。
还有多少人会记得它的意义，还是，它根本都毫无意义呢?
或是，它在某人心中有着特殊的意义？
更可能是，它的特殊意义只不过是某人的一厢情愿呢？

世界上有永恒的友谊吗？有best friend forever吗？有天长地久吗？
往往人们都会信口雌黄地make empty promises...
Talk is cheap... Actions always speak louder than words...
又有多少人会记得，或是实践它呢？

自从那一天开始，除了不在新加坡的那一年，
我每年的这一天都会回到这个地方。。。
那就是Airport 的Swensens...

昨天，
我又旧地重游。。。

真有“物非人非事事休，欲语泪先流”之感。。。
十多年了，旧的Swensens已经不在了。。。机场也变了许多。。。

我到底为了什么而回来？是为了等待吗? 还是为了寻找？
那么多年来，他门都从不出现。。。

还是在等待吗?还需要再寻找吗？
或许回到这里最大的意义就是收集不同年份，附有08 Aug的Swensens收据吧？
或许这就是最好的珍藏，最美好的回忆的印证吧？

从来都没想到会在这里遇见熟人，昨天却遇到了Wanyan...
她是来庆祝朋友的生日。。。
而我呢？是来庆祝的吗？
来庆祝曾经有过真挚的友谊？
为友谊万岁而高呼喝彩？
还是，是来哀悼的呢？
哀悼着。。。哀悼着。。。
我也说不上来。。。

心中只懂：
一句话，一个承诺，一个誓言，一辈子。。。致死不渝。。。（致死不渝是有一点跨张:P）

这就是“信”。。。

又有多少人能做到呢?
只要这份情谊还在，我就会继续。。。

朋友一生一起走，那些日子不再有，一句话，一辈子，一生情，一杯酒。。。
朋友不曾孤单过，一声朋友你会懂，还有伤，还有痛，还要走，还有我。。。

朋友是一生一世，到老到丑，属于我们的故事。。。

Well, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.... :)

New Laptop!!!

Haha... Finally! Got my new laptop and found out my blog address...
Time to revive it... if i have the time...
Since I just updated it... so it's not dead!!! haha...

Missing FOOOOooooooood!!!!

This shall be the first and last time I am going on a diet… It’s torturing! I missed eating lots of food! N my stomach always feel empty! I am going to stuff myself with all the good Hong Kong food once the weighing is done on 28th Feb 0800 hrs!!! Yum … Yum… just another18 hours to endure …

My current stats is as below:
Weight : 59.9 Kg
Body Fat: 9.9 % (For male below age 30 normal values is between 14% to 20%)
Total Body Water: 66.0 %
Visceral Fat: 1 (I dunno what is this also… Any bio students?)
Muscle Mass: 51.2 Kg
Bone Mass: 2.8 Kg
Kcal : 1504
BMR : 17

So basically it’s quite hard for me to reduce my weight by burning off fats as I am underfats… Jealous!?! Hahahaha …. :P

Wow! This is way too belated liao! Haha...

Well, supposed to like do this quiz last year… but no time to do it until now… eventhough now still no time…

Rules:
1.each player of this game start of with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself
2.people who get tagged have to write 10 thing little known facts.
3.the end you need to choose 10 people to tag and list out their names.
4.No tag back the person who tagged you

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Here's the 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about myself:

1) I am very noisy when I am stress… so when u see that I am very noisy… try to de-stress me!
2) I hate any form of writing… It will take me super long to write something or reply email or whatever… (so pardon me if I reply late… haha)
3) I have stopped waiting after 11 years… :(
4) I mood swing a lot… haha… so u better watch out!!!
5) I get bored easily… (Entertain me!!!)
6) I am a very sentimental person …. I keep everything ppl gives me… but no rubbish please!
7) I dun like to talk… too lazy to make sound come out of my mouth…
8) I like to appreciate the fine things in life… juz dat I dun have the money to…
9) I am actually worried about my career… no job… no money… no future… haha
10) I am too nice already but now want to convert to become evil…. Hehehe….

+_+

My name :
A: you like to drink
B: you like people
C: you are really silly
D: you like to eat
E: you like to play with dogs
F: you are dead sexy
G: you never let people tell you what to do
H: you have good personality and good looks
I: easy to be with
J: people adore you
K: you are wild and crazy
L: everyone loves you
M: best kisser ever
N: best GF/BF anyone could ask for
O: easy to fall in love with
P: you are popular with all types of people
Q: you are a tomboy
R: you are loyal to those who love you
S: crazy
T: awesome kisses
U: you really like to chill
V: awesome in bed
W: you are very broad minded
X: you love sports
Y: best GF/BF anyone could ask for
Z: always ready

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P: you are popular with all types of people (of course! I am nice… told you so…)
A: you like to drink (hmmm… haha… )
N: best GF/BF anyone could ask for (so who’s gg to be the lucky one?)
G: you never let people tell you what to do (try telling me what to do…)

T: awesome kisses (anyone wanna try?)
E: you like to play with dogs (SIT! FETCH! YUAN DI TIAO! Ooopss… haha…)
N: best GF/BF anyone could ask for (it takes a long time to find some1 who really deserves me)
G: you never let people tell you what to do (I kill you!)

S: crazy (haha… I am absolutely normal but probably have some crazy ideas…)
E: you like to play with dogs (probably small ones…)
N: best GF/BF anyone could ask for (so would I get a best GF?)
G: you never let people tell you what to do (I am the boss!)

+_+

10 People I've tagged to do the following quiz :D

Ban-Dong, Jiahui, Jiahui, Jiahui, Jiahui (Haha… I noe too many Jiahui s liao! So I juz treat the 4 Jiahui s as 1… ), Yueling, Yuling (almost the same rite?), Aunty, SB, Small black back bad bat, everyone I know, everyone I dunno, those who visit my blog and those who dun visit my blog…

3rd International Traditional Wushu Championship

Time to backdate my China trip 25 Oct to 04 Nov 2008... Well, I know it's a bit too late... But can't help it... Coz I am bussssyyyyy (or lazzzyyyy)... Haha...

25 Oct 2008 (Sat)

Our flight is at 0055 to Shanghai.
Current status: 50 routines since day of preparation.
People sending us off: Jiaolian, Shimu, Xiaoxuan, Youxun, Xiangqi and Jiece.

对我来说，其实一向来参加比赛，最重要的不是比赛的成绩或结果，而重要的是至亲好友的支持与鼓励。 这或许也是为何近些年参加比赛失去了他的意义的主原因。。。只有一种孤军作战的凄凉感。。。 或许是周遭的人对我太有信心了吗？或许是真的只有我孤军一人。。。或许是。。。还有许许多多的或许，或许。。。 这次的比赛，对我来说是一个我非常重视的比赛。也是最后一个我会认真的比赛。就跟当年一莫一样。连情绪也一莫一样。 也跟当年一样，多么希望得到某人的支持与鼓励。。。但最后还是决定了默默去面对这项极大的挑战。。。只发了几个简讯给几个“好友”谈些“有的没的”。。。或许这是我最后的决定吧。。。默默地承受这一切。。。因为我了解，那些支持与鼓励都可能变成莫大的压力。。。也可能化成莫大的失望。。。 但也非常感谢到机场为我们送行的教练一家人，捷策和祥祺。他们的出现多少都给了我们一些安慰。。。 那一刻，我才深深的体会到一个运动员在比赛前所会有的复杂情绪。。。参赛过的运动员，你们是否也有过这种复杂的情绪？

何谓“好友”？
谜语：或许你知我知，他知你不知，我知你未必知，我和他知，但你永远不一定知。。。
谜底：当你知，这就是所谓的“好友”。。。

26 Oct 2008 (Sun)

Reach Shanghai Pudong Airport. Met 师伯's student Chen Wenbiao at Loyang Rd Station and he drove us to Hanting Hotel at 武夷路。At the hotel, Kaiyu was asked to demonstrate his Xingyiquan. It was also where Chen Wenbiao demonstrated the practical usage of 钻拳劈掌，which impressed Kaiyu alot. This is just the 1st few hours of our wushu adventure in China and it was very rewarding for him. B4 he left, we wanted to thank him for the trouble of bringing us ard and gave him the bottle of 花雕酒。He refused to accept n we wanted to push it to him but we couldn't outpush him as his 功力很深。So no choice, we have to carry the bottle of 花雕酒 throughout our whole trip in China... After a short rest, we headed out to 吴江路to explore the different kind of food there... Yum!!! Yum!!! Taking into consideration the comp is in a few days time, we dare not eat too much as we afraid dat we will get stomach upset and affect our performance. How we wish we were in Shanghai after the comp instead of b4 it. The whole afternoon was spent there and until evening time, we headed to 人民广场，there we learnt a very expensive lesson... a really expensive one... b4 we headed to 外滩。Along the way, we got the 高胡as requested by jiaolian. We ended the day wif KFC b4 heading back to our hotel. It was a tiring day and we gave up practicing our routine...

27 Oct 2008 (Mon)

Woke up early to explore the interesting places of Shanghai. In the end, we decided to go to 七浦路to shop ... Spend the whole day shopping there... Was very tiring as need to bargain alot... Well, good for Kaiyu, he managed to get a Diesel bag for 80 RMB. Initially, the shop owner quoted 360 RMB! I regretted not getting the Oakley bag as I was too lazy to bargain... In the end I only get a belt ... At nite, we headed back to 吴江路 to eat our 大闸蟹and our 麻辣小龙虾！Yum.. Yum ... 麻辣小龙虾 is something dat I wanted to eat in Beijing 4 yrs ago but in the end didn't managed to as I was too tired from the training from 什刹海体育学院, learning Baguazhang from 孙志君老师and learning 梅花桩from 王亮老师。Finally! Managed to eat it liao!

28 Oct 2008 (Tues)

Early, in the morning, we went to the 中山公园to look for some "excitement". To our disappointment, we can only see many people practicing Taiji and nothing much. Juz before we were about to leave the park, we saw 3 person practicing push-hands... As we got a plane to catch, we dun have the time to "play" wif them... The flight to Wuhan Airport was ard 2hrs. When we reached there, it was around 12pm... Once we reach the airport, we met the organizing committee of the 3rd International Wushu Championship. Initially, we were told to wait until all the Singaporeans arrived then we go to Shiyan City together, which was like we have to wait until 5PM???!!! But luckily later they grow brain, once there are enough ppl to occupy the whole bus, then they proceed to Shiyan City. The trip was long. From Wuhan Airport to Shiyan City is about 400km, and the bus journey was around 5 to 6 hours... On the same bus were the Sino Wushu ppl, some Liaoning ppl, and some atheles from Canada... We reached Shiyan City ard 7 or 8pm... Once our bus entered the city, we were impressed by how serious they took the competition... There were signs and posters everywhere advertising about the competition; unlike competition in Singapore, where it seems that there's always no one knowing abt the presence of wushu comp... Everyone in Shiyan would know about this competition. It's a big thing in Shiyan and also in China. There's even a TV channel dedicated to the reporting of this major wushu event!


We checked in at the世纪百强hotel at ard 9pm. At the lobby, we saw many athletes from different parts of the world namely, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Macau, Hong Hong, Malaysia, Australia, South Africa, USA, Russia, etc. All of them are in cool windbreakers, except us! It's a rare opportunity to see so many wushu athletes from all over the world. And it is definitely rare to see so mani ppl practicing wushu in the lobby of the hotel! After eating out buffet dinner, we checked out our competition schedule. Luckily, ours is on the very 1st night (31 Oct), meaning, once we finish our comp, we can go play already! Haha... But sadly, when we saw the number of competitors competing in our event, we were rather disappointed. For the international group, there were only 8 competitors in the Xingyiquan event and 8 competitors in the Baguazhang event. There wasn't any event for the female category for both events. For the national group, there were only 15 competitors in the C divison and 14 competitors in the D division for Xingyiquan. As for Baguazhang, there were only 7 competitors in the C division. Similarly, there wasn't any event for the female category for both events! This was rather disappointing as there was only a total of 37 ppl competing in Xingyiquan and 15 ppl competing in Baguazhang. At that point of time, I was rather disappointed and do not have the mood to compete anymore! This is not why I am here for! How boring can it get?!? I was expecting at least 10 or 20 people in the comp then it would be fun... but.... SIAN! My mentality totally changed: I am here to PLAY! Not here to compete anymore! Haha... After which, we proceeded back to our room 9695 to take a rest. There, we open our competition package and realise that Bedok community centre become "Wulou Demotic Club" liao... Haha.. 1st time hearing this... funny right? But the 5 star hotel is really cool!

29 Oct 2008 (Wed)

Early in the morning, we wake up to eat our breakfast, followed by a "briefing". After which, we went for a museum visit opposite our hotel. Nothing interesting in the museum except for the dinosaurs. I think the most interesting thing in the museum is the big Taiji stage. For us, the wushu practitioners, it is somewhere where almost all wanted to take a picture on, including me and Kaiyu. There were so many ppl crowding around it n waiting for their chance to take a pic so we could only gave it a pass. BUT, we are clever! We waited for everyone to leave 1st then we returned to take pics! Haha... it is also where our 1st encounter with the local volunteers namely BAN-DONG Jun Jun, Tingting and Fangliang. They helped us to take the pics... keke... and we actually regretted not getting their contacts as we wished that they could bring us around Shiyan City after our comp...
Haha... It's definitely a worthwhile trip to China...因为我可以把八极拳的发源地沧州市踩在脚底了!!! 哈哈!

In the afternoon, we had our welcome banquet and then we were brought to the Shiyan Indoor Stadium to familarize with the competition ground. Getting a bit worried already as I realized the competition carpet was not as friendly as what I expected it to be... N it was a bit difficult to find my directions as everywhere looked the same! After spinning a few rounds, I couldn't find my 正前方! A bit regret that I did not bring my frictionless shoes with me... *Big Sigh*... After which, we went back to the hotel for some more practice, rest, dinner and get ready to attend the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was definitely a glamorous one in which, it really made you feel proud to be a competitor in this event. There were many splendid wushu performances. S.H.E, 任贤齐and other artistes were also there. Not forgeting the 非常壮观的fireworks display! I think they are out to blow up and pollute the whole of Shiyan City!

30 Oct 2008 (Thurs)

Early in the morning, we woke up and get ready for sight-seeing at the Wudang Mountain. Some of the pictures were already uploaded in the previous post. Similarly, along the way up the Wudang Mountain there were many kids lining up beside to road chanting "欢迎，欢迎，热烈欢迎！"... Heard that this is China's signature way of welcoming the foreign guests. There were also mass wushu display and performances. Looking at the numbers of performancers, we were actually wondering whether we were watching them performaning or the other way round. I believe there were much more performancers than the number of audiences. The scale of performance may even be bigger than that of our NDP!

Due to time constraint, we did not finish watching the whole performances. And we returned back to hotel before mid-noon for our buffet AGAIN! At this point of time, I am already sick of the food of the buffet already. Everyday we had buffet at the same restaurant. Though the food was good, eating it everyday was also very sian. Then we went to 2nd storey to settle our administrative stuff. There, we saw Ban-Dung and company slacking outside the admin office. So 巧and so 有缘! This time round we got their contact num and hinted that we are gg out to explore the city and asked if they are free to show us around. Haha.. it worked and then they brought us to walk ard 五堰and六堰area. We walked until around it's time for to attend the Taiji Seminar at the Stadium. But before that we went to a place where they sell tea as our dear friend 林心慧wanted to get some good tea leaves. It so happened that the owner of the shop used to be a wushu practitioner practicing Xingyiquan. His is 祖传one and his hometown was near 陈家沟so he know quite alot abt their style of martial arts. We had so much to talk about but as we were rushing to attend the seminar, we had no choice but to leave the shop. We were thinking of visiting the old man again to 研究研究一番... In the end, the Taiji talk was abit boring as it was meant for beginners... Gained nothing much from the seminar, except that this Master 李德印mentioned that doing Taiji don't keep focusing on 气. Just be natural abt it will do. And both Kaiyu and me laughed as it reminded us of Xiangqi's "good fren" - 小熊掌.

The most interesting thing happened when we reached the hotel lobby. There we saw a display of Push-hands by the 掌门人of Wudang! It looks weird though as his opponents fly out without any apparent reason. Then I moved ahead of the crowd awaiting a chance to have a taste of his skills. Later, I realized it was not people challenging him, in fact, he was there to give guidance to his 徒孙and at the same time showcasing his ability. His 徒孙s were the Italy team and they took turns to display their routines for him to comment and he also made his student perform for them to see too (Actually, I feel that the Italians were much better than his students). What caught my attention was 1 Italian who displayed his Baguazhang. The way he did it was full of 战意, and was rather aggressive as well. The contents of his routine was very complete and aggressive and stood out as compared to mine which was much softer. And he was going to be my competitor! For a brief moment, I could actually feel that I was nervous! It had been such a long time that I was affected by a competitor. He gave me the kind of pressure that I haven't experience for a very very long time. And this made me feel that doing well in this competition was not easy at all. Well, after all, it's an International event where we are expected to meet many pro ppl. All the conflicting and negative thoughts came in again! A moment of joy, a moment of sadness, a moment of wanting to compete and a moment of feeling of giving up! Wow! Cool! I was not that emotionless afterall. In that brief moment in time, I recovered many of the senses which I thought I've already lost. What a cool feeling... I never knew that I would be ever affected by a competitor! Haha...

When everything ended, we proceeded back to our room and started practicing as the comp was tomlo! In the room, in front of the big mirror, I practiced much harder and realized that I tend to make more mistakes that I usually don't. That was definitely a sign of nervousness! Haha... #!?!%#... Then I go to the corridor and do my 趟泥步for a few rounds... I got tripped n stuck for so mani times and legs got tired so fast! I understood something... I was affected already! I should juz stop my practice and 希望明天会更好! Well, suddenly I felt that I do not have so much confidence as compared to the time I saw the competition line-up. I never felt like this this before. Wanting so much to win in this competition. Probably it's because it was just before a memorable day and the medal would serve as a very memorable present... Haha... Though, i know very clearly as a competitor, I couldn't be thinking of results but all these juz flooded my mind... Well, probably that's what a competitor can't avoid no matter how experienced or how confident he/she is... Wanted to talk to many people BUT the phone bill was high and each SMS is $0.70... Somehow, taking on a competition all by oneself was tough with no one to share your burden, especially overseas...

31 Oct 2008 (Fri)

Have to wake up early today as we wanted to watch the China nationals competing in the traditional events. It started off with the Xingyiquan. After watching many of the competitors, we realized that on average, the standard was so-so only. There wasn't many who were particularly impressive. In the end, we were quite bored then. Then, we also watched the competitors doing Baguazhang. I was not impressed by them except for the ones who got first and second and I feel that they were not bad... Well, they didn't give me the kind of pressure like what the Italian did the night b4... The scores (in descending order) of the 7 competitors were : 8.73, 8.70, 8.64, 8.60, 8.60, 8.60 and 8.59. The person who gt first was from Wudang and the 2nd came from Beijing. The 2nd half of the routine of the Beijing competitor was my teacher's 子掌。Haha... 看了真有亲切感! Was actually quite disappointed with the kind of standard that they displayed... I dun mind competing with them at all... Haha... We manage to see some old uncles performing very weird weapons, like the praying mantis claws, a staff with a goat's head on it, etc, etc...

During lunch time, we went back to our hotel to rest as our competition was at night. In the end, I didn't sleep much as I was watching <<倚天屠龙记>>. Was still considering whether we should go back to stadium to attend the seminar on traditional wushu. But in the end, we agreed that rest was more important so we slack in our room. Luckily, we didn't go. Heard from the others that the seminar was lousy as the speaker was not professional at all. At ard 4pm plus, we went to the shop nearby to get some makan and get ready our costume for competition.

We reached the competition ground at ard 5plus where we waited at the holding area for the competitors. We were there early and start practicing our routines... To warm myself up, I did a 旋风腿. Then kaiyu said, "如果你跌倒，我就回笑". True enough for his 乌鸦嘴, on my next attempt to do a 720 spin, I missed cue, landed and sprained my ankle. Then sian liao ... Luckily, it was only a slight sprain... but still it was uncomfortable. While Kaiyu was doing warmup, the coach from the Russia team came over and complemented how good his Xingyiquan was. She was very impressed by the way he 发劲. Then slowly, all the other Baguazhang competitors came in one by one. Then we chatted with each other, including the Italian. Though he looked dao, in fact he was rather friendly. There was another Italian doing exactly the same routine as me BUT he included the 3 掌which I took out. Pro! So cool that there's someone doing the same routine as mine! Haha... there was another Swiss who learnt his Baguazhang from 王德明 (孙老师's student)... So cool! Basically, we are from the same lineage!

After a long wait, it was finally my turn to enter the competition arena. I dunno why, but when it was my turn to enter, I felt totally relaxed and was enjoying every moment of it. There were no fear, no nervousness or any intention of performing well in the routine. I was in a playing mood then and felt like I was going down to play... In fact, I was actually speaking to myself out rather loud during the comp. I was actually looking around at the spectators and the judges instead of concentrating on my moves... The body simply took over and I was enjoying every moment in it! Never ever felt like this before in the competition. Really, enjoying myself in the competition. After the results were flashed, I was asked to go to the head judge! I was thinking "Huh? They are trying to deduct my points again???" When I go to him, he told me to go to where the reporters were as they wanted interview me. That really gave me a relieve. I thought as always, I would get my marks deducted! Hahaha...

When I gt back to the holding area, the rest of the Baguazhang competitors gathered around me and congratulate me. Actually, I did not know how I actually fare as I did not manage to see their performances and their scores. I also did not really care abt how I did at that point of time as I felt that to be able to compete with ppl of the same standard was a happy thing already. It did not matter if I win or lose. What mattered most was that I was enjoying myself in the competition arena and got to know this group of friends. What I felt then was that these opponents were like good friends to me and we were all happy no matter who won the comp! This was definitely different from the competitions that I took part in before... We were playing, chatting and enjoying ourselves there! N we agreed to meet up in the hotel to 研究研究一番! Later when we checked the results, the results were as follows: 8.77, 8.73, 8.62, 8.59, 8.59, 8.51 and 8.48.

I would really like to thank the following people: My 教练and family, 孙老师, 戈老师, other wushu teachers, 师兄姐妹弟, my family, friends, students, supporters, other competitors, the volunteers, and all those who wished us good luck and 加油ed for us. Without your support and encouragement, I wouldn't be able to do well... I would also like to thank all my enemies, people who hated, disliked, looked down on me, ignored me, people who wished that I would fall, people who only 应酬me, 对不起me, took me for granted, and people who keep backstabbing me, etc, etc... I would like to sincerely thank all of you. Without you people, I wouldn't have the courage and energy to go so far. It was always because of the negative comments that made me stronger everytime YOU people hurt me! Really thanks alot! I promised not let you all down by becoming stronger and better! Haha... Well... being lame again...

After the competition we really feel very relieved as we could really enjoyed ourselves already. We went around taking pictures, watched others performed near the prize presentation stage. Never felt so happy before as the prize is definitely a memorable present for this big event... :)

1 Nov 2008 (Sat)

Woke up early in the morning, but one good thing, no more competition pressure! Wanted to wake up early so that we could go to different parks to find 高手to "play". Walked for so long, but didn't see any interesting people. Only when we decided to go back to the hotel, we walked passed the Stadium where there were many people practicing Wudang quan. There was this Master 岳武, who was teaching. We managed to talk to him and he explained to us what Wudang quan is all about. I managed to 向他讨教. It was quite interesting and irritating also, as he kept attacking my left hand fingers! Well, it was fun... Haha... Back in the hotel, after the breakfast, there's a granny with her grandchildren promoting their form of Wudang quan. And it happened that this granny is Zhou Susheng Laoshi's friend. She also gave us some tips on some practical wushu... It's definitely rewarding! Instead of watching the wushu competition, we decided to go to KTV with the volunteers instead. People who were present were Jun Jun, Wu Ting Ting, Chen Jie Yin, Fang Liang, Shiya, Ruan Ruan, Me, Kaiyu, Wende, Fiona, Jiagen, etc... In the end, it turned out to be a celebration instead. It was kinda fun and that was the first time I had a celebration overseas with all these newly made frens! Thank you very much! It's really an unforgettable experience. After dat, we went out for a steamboat dinner. It was really a fun day and we put wushu all behind us. Actually wanted to pose exactly the same move as the little boy, but he chose 朝天蹬! Then I was like ..... He win liao lor... :S

2 Nov 2008 (Sun)

This was the last day of the wushu competition. Instead of watching the wushu comp, we decided to visit the Wudang Mountain again as we did not reach the top the other day. We managed to reach the top of Wudang Mountain. And I had the honour of setting my foot on the top of "武当之巅". The scenery up there was splendid. We spent the whole afternoon and managed to rush back to the hotel to attend the closing ceremony and farewell banquet. After the banquet, we went around taking pictures with athletes from other countries and exchanging contacts. And this marked the end of the 3rd Internatinal Traditional Competition.... Suddenly feel that this trip was a very short one... Just when were starting to enjoy ourselves... everything came to an end... though we only got to know the voluteers JunJun, Tingting, Fang Liang, Jieyin for a few days, we really couldn't bear to leave them... Maybe it's because of the short encounter that made everything so memorable... I'll definitely miss them...

3rd Nov 2008 (Mon)

Our bus was scheduled to leave very early in the morning at ard 7.45am. We were quite surprised that Ban-Dung, Tingting and Jieyin came to sent us off! They rushed from school right after their flag raising ceremony. We were so touched by them. They also brought along kiwi fruits for us and Ban-Dung Jun Jun also handed us a hand-written letter in english. When we were about to leave, Ban-Dung was already crying... We also couldn't bear to leave... but... thanks for everything! I'll definitely be back again! 你真的是一个Ban-Dung! Goodbye!

Eh... dunno why leh... tried to upload the videos but cannot leh... May probably upload them and other pictures somewhere else in friendster or facebook...

“先诛武当，后灭少林”(金庸)

唯我"神交" 武林称王!!!

哈！哈！Need I say more?


Just take a look at this -->>
Do you think it's actually possible ?
壮观吧？
他们一人吐你一口口水都可以把你淹死！

Disclaimer:

“先诛武当，后灭少林”is quoted from Mr. 金庸's <<倚天屠龙记>>
The above is meant as a joke only, if u don't like the way it sound, you may:
(1) Challenge Mr. 金庸 or
(2) Please leave immediately

No one ask you to come here and read anyway! Haha... :P

Wish Me Good Luck 吧 !

Finally...... a few more hours and I'll be flying....
Think this time round have to stop at 50...
Now only 自然 divide by 20 liao ... Haha...
Well... it all depends on luck!!!

Wish me luck ba!!! :)

Counting down ... 604800 more seconds, 10080 more minutes, 168 more hours, 7 more days, 1 more week, 1/52 more year, 1/520 more decade, 1/5200 more century, 1/52000 more millennium to go!!!

Gosh... I could actually count!!! Haha....

练拳千遍，身法自然

练拳千遍，身法自然， 那，练拳百遍， 身法不就自然 divide by 10 吗？
Well, bobian, counting down 11 days left, 34 down and 66 more to go... On average 6 per day...
It's not about the quantity involved, but the quality...
But still, no FEEL... 我还是感觉不到你！！！就只有听天由命吧。。。
又是一个“三掌”之间的抉择，正宗与不正宗呢？
随正宗的老师习正宗的拳就是正宗吗？
那随正宗的老师习正宗的拳又拿掉了三掌还是正宗吗？
正宗与不正宗重要吗？那就得问卖Katong laksa的才可得知了。。。=P
听得一头雾水吧？唯有内行人明了。。。善哉。。。善哉。。。
无聊到极点的牢骚。。。果真是无聊。。。哈！哈！哈！

Taiwan Trip

Well... Time to update about my Taiwan trip...

It's been a long time since I am involved in a performance as a performer. Really forgotten how it actually feels to be a performer to bask in this kind of atmosphere. Probably the last time I was involved in such performance was the 集体九节鞭 in the National Indoor Stadium in 2001 with the 99’ batch of kids?

This time I was involved in the drums and wushu performance. Well, the last time I did drums was more than 10 years ago? And for wushu, I am doing 三节棍进棍with jiaolian and 九节鞭. The whole performance lasted for ard 16min. It was really a challenge! For the drums, I was only able to join the whole team for practice for only 3 times before the performance due to my hectic schedule. For the九节鞭, it was my first time doing it as a solo performance, so not very familiar with the routine. And the 三节棍进棍 is also very new as we dun get to practice it often. So everything to me is new! What a challenge… Haha…

The sequence was like this: Mass drums performance, 三节棍进棍, 形意拳，雪片刀，春秋大刀，空手对刀，九节鞭，洪拳 and mass drums performance again.

Luckily on the actual performance, the drums went well for me. But when it comes to the sparring routine, we make a mistake on the 2nd move! N the whole sparring routine became a totally new routine! We performed the routine by feel and the signals and cue given by jiaolian. But later when we watched the video, the sparring looked surprisingly fluid, though we made many many mistakes. N I got a very swollen finger contributed by jiaolian. Haha… Next was九节鞭, there was only around 5min of rest between my sparring routine and 九节鞭. Tried to speed up, but was still panting due to the sparring with jiaolian. Well, no mistakes tough, juz a bit slow… :P The whole performance went well as a whole and 得到全场最热烈的掌声！(Though we feel dat our performance is still not up to standard yet) We became rather famous after the performance. Many people came to talk to us and congratulate us. Not forgetting many who came to take photos with jiaolian… Hee… Well, for a performer or a competitor, cheer, support and acknowledgement from frens and audience are what make him/her feels good. :)

Basically, this trip is a rewarding one. Made many new frens from different part of the world n get to eat a lot a lot of vegetarian food everyday, to the extend that I couldn’t try every dish available. We also get to 切磋 with 2 taiji masters in Taiwan and a Wing Chun master from US. On the day before we left Taiwan, we were caught in a situation where I got to learn, 江湖人讲江湖话，出来江湖走就必须懂江湖的Law! And I remember, before we went to the other Master’s 武馆 to settle some issue, jiaolian told me, “穿轻便一点” and that totally psyched me up. N luckily, nothing happened… hahaha…

Ya... tokking abt Wushu Law... please do not anyhow comment on other ppl's wushu on their blog or on youtube, or forum, etc, especially negative comments!!! I dun wish to be accused for not coaching my students well and I do not wish to be the next person to 敬茶认错 hor... For those who see this post, pls spread the msg around!!! Thank you... Thank you... Haha... Too many interesting things happening in the wushu world these days liao ... :P

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Thank You Kiddos!!!

This blog is specially set up to show my appreciation for the effort the kiddos put in for the present...

Thank you kiddos for the time and effort for the present... Not in order of merit, namely, Wanyan, Huixian, Xunhong, Yueling, Jiale, Angel, Yishyuan, Francis, Ziyi, Claire, Xinzhe, Tony, Jelena, Valerie, Songning, Junwei, Jiahui(小), Jiahui (大), Chenxi, Zihao, and all the rest of the rvwushuxst .... Thank you!

Wanyan and Huixian, I think the word "patient" should be in very big inverted commas... haha...

Chenxi, well, it's stilll too early to judge... keke...

Wanyan and Jiahui (大), if I turned into a vampire one day, you'll understand why rite? :P

Jiale, Junwei, Songning, Claire, Francis, Yueling, and Jelena, that's what I am here for.... hee...

Angel, being more bonded would be what we all would like to see! Jiayou ba everyone!

Xunhong, Huixian, Jiahui(小), nice cartoons... and Jiahui(小), weird doesn't mean ugly... probably cute is a better term to describe it... :)

Valerie, I am also still trying to grasp the real meaning of xingyiquan, there's more for us to learn!

Tony, Yishyuan, Xinzhe, Zihao and Ziyi, stay happy and smilez always too! Cheers!

And Ziyi, late is better than never... true... and food for thought, hope some things wouldn't be too late in life... lol...

Hope I didn't miss out anyone...

Really appreciate it... :)

All the best for the coming final year exams!

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