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Sunday, August 13, 2006

pesta women's foil (:

heyhey update u all on women's foil!

first round we met nus, and after a close tight fight we won them 45-41, hoho (: thank god we've got serene.

after that we met prc, and i guess due to complacency+tiredness we didnt perform our best, even serene underperformed, so we lost badly 27-45 ):

BUT we didn't get eliminated cos there were only 8 teams so since we got into top 4 we had to fight for 3rd position. me and sichen didn't know about this and happily (not so) undressed, and after we found out we still had another round we kanchiong-ly dressed up again, heh so embarrassing ><

last round we met pjc, when the 2nd bout ended we were still leading, but after that me and sichen really pulled the team down badly and serene didnt manage to pull it back much until the last bout. at a score of 40-17 she earned the team 16 points and so we lost 45-33. if we won this round we would have come home with a bronze medal, sad ):

but still this is my best fencing competition ever (ya ya i know i only had 2 so far lol) cos i guess serene really taught me alot. it takes much more than just outstanding skills to qualify for a national, it's her attitude that made her even more respectable. me and sichen fenced like s*** but she never showed any sign of frustration or whatever, she only made sure she did her best to make up for our lousiness. when she didn't do that well for the second round, there was no making of noise or throwing of tantrum, she only lay on the floor quietly reflecting (at least that's what i thought she was doing haha). and i can tell she really put in her best into the very last bout. she might already know it's impossible to gain 28 points within 3 minutes before the opponent gains 5 points, but she still tried very very hard, just to make our score not so ugly. she took it as a challenge rather than a simple bout. and after that she thanked us and gave us hugs, smiling all over.

like oh my god la, have you ever met a fencer as nice and humble and zai as her? i've not. serene rocks (:

yup yup that's all, please update on all the other events! and did you all have pasta? i think i deserve to be treated to pasta cos i tried my best for pesta, teehee (:

zf posted at 9:52 AM.

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