sitting on the fence

2007-04-12T22:18:00.000+08:00

presenting.. the 3 gays and their love triangle. xD

no. make it the 3 monkeys and their scandal. hahaha.

happy birthday dear. :)

2007-04-03T21:26:00.000+08:00

i am suffering from post-camp blues! :( somebody help me pleaseeee?

novices

2007-01-24T23:34:00.000+08:00

hello people!
did u enjoy the videos posted earlier on?
u want more?

there, u got it, a short clip of some of us after novices..
enjoy =)

joanna

RJ Sai Kang Squad

2007-01-07T03:22:00.000+08:00

JX and Darren would make wonderful house husbands =)...

Now if only they could remember to put detergent in the water...

Snapshots

2006-12-15T22:05:00.000+08:00

They say pictures paint a thousand words...

new layout is ready!

2006-11-26T23:29:00.000+08:00

hello people! as you can already see, this is our new blog layout!!

what we're lacking is a proper working and functional tagboard. >.<>.<

btw a million and one thanks to wenhao for sending me the pictures! x)

`cherie!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..

2006-11-05T00:50:00.000+08:00

..loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..
..loooooooooooooooooo..
..looooooo..
..looo..
..lo

wow. the blog's so vacant i can hear my own echo. cool.

ahahahaha..
..hahaha..
..haha

we need a new tagboard! whoever can edit the html code of this thing, get us a cbox or something! tagboard is clearly, once again, non-existent. BOO!oo...o....

yepp, c'mon it's post promos! we're supposed to all be happy cheery and alive! hooray!..ay..ay..

"It's sports"

2006-10-09T00:18:00.000+08:00

Sup fellas.

Hope all who went had fun at the BBQ. Those who didn't should probably go for the next one. They're actually fun.

Ok so I was talking to my coach recently about the 2006 fencing world championships, which were held in Turin this year. Russia got a gold and a bronze in the indiv, Hungary got a silver and Korea got the other bronze (see asians can challenge the europeans). Russia has Podzniakov, at 33 widely held as the best saber fencer still competing, and Yakimenko, who has one of the best attacks in the world. They also have Frossine, who won the bronze. In 2005 Podzniakov pulled them through the team championships even with screwups by Frossine and Yakimenko in their last bouts (they lost 5-3 and 5-0). This year they only got a bronze. Ukraine beat them in the semifinals, and France (in their first martial victory since Napoleon) won the team event. I was stunned; their fencers finished 6th, 10th and 17th and they have never been noted for being strong in saber.

The point (as my coach kept trying to tell me) is that "it's sports", and anything can happen. No one is 'supposed' or 'destined' to win. You can do all the preparation in the world but on the piste, its down to you and your opponent and no god has any control over the outcome. So remember, anything can happen. Train your hardest and don't ever give up.

JX

WOOHOO

2006-10-02T22:59:00.000+08:00

YESSSSS....

THE WEEK OF TORTURE IS FINALLY OVER!!!!

Now go do your Chem Spa Skill A people!

WAHAHAHA!

until the results come...

SHHHIOOK

2006-09-29T17:50:00.000+08:00

ARE YOU READY TO PARTAAAAAYYYYYY

Yessshhh.. o wait

sum pple still got bioo

ooo la la

Cya all soon!

2006-09-24T21:43:00.000+08:00

Not sure how many of you will be reading this but..

Good luck for promos!

It will all be over before we know it. =)

Fencing by Uncyclopedia

2006-09-17T00:59:00.000+08:00

Hey guys and girls, I suspect you guys are all mugging your brains out for promos so keep it up and best of luck! Only a mere 8 more days to go! For those who are feeling the strain and miss fencing sorely, check out this link for a laugh: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Poking_people_with_bits_of_sharp_metal. I quote Darren, don't expect it to regenerate any brain cells. And as with everything on Uncyclopedia (anti-thesis of wikipedia), take it with a bucket of salt =).

30th post!

2006-09-02T22:29:00.000+08:00

everyone seems to have died o___O

mugging for promos right? damn. why am i still blogging then!! ahahaha

anyway, national trials on 10th september! gogo (: i still don't get why we have to sign an excusal form when 10th sept is clearly a sunday and thus we will not be missing school!! ~~unfortunately~~ fortunately.

jiayou for promos. rawr. mug.

2006-08-27T15:17:00.000+08:00

hobbitss

hi all! just thought i'd post sth to liven up this space. Hope your mugging is going well and i know we're all dying to go back to training but its just one more month (seems so short when they tell us we only have a month left to promos). Anyway for those who have been fusing their brain cells over promos mugging hope this retarded clip relaxes your neurons but don't count on it to regenerate them.

Important

2006-08-17T22:18:00.000+08:00

Yes guys you dont EVER want this shit happening to you.... of course for some of us its happened already.... right Jun Hao? :)

oh this was a good one.

"The reason hitting below the belt is not counted in sabre is that it could cause brain damage."

Pesta

2006-08-15T19:38:00.001+08:00

yoz. pesta was pretty fun.

Hmmm, now that training's over, is anybody going to organise training for those who don't want to get rusty (no, the oil you use on your blades doesn't work here. lolx). I wonder if henry and juliana's done with reorganising their place to accomodate a salle. but the great thing is that we can use it for a low price and THERE'S AIRCON!

Haha, just hogging some blog space. anyway, congrats to the medallists. :)

p.s. i posted a short reflection on my blog (http://home.faii.net)with a video of just me fencing JB, if anyone's interested. can't upload those of the other guys given the huge amounts of space required. darren, reub and yu feng, plx remind me to burn the disc for you. thanks :)

Photos: candid and random and plain poser (part 2)

2006-08-15T00:04:00.000+08:00

And now for the rest...
Everybody wants
a piece of Choon Wing

Packing
Up

Cuttlefish
Boys

CATFISH
DARREN!

Fencing with cuttlefish

I like my blade
licked
clean

*GASP*
Indecent exposure!?!?
Oh wait..he's
WEARING
pants...

Bronze
Medallists

Spot the odd
one out

Photos: random and candid and plain poser (part 1)

2006-08-14T23:40:00.000+08:00

Here are the photos with my ten dollars worth of comments =P Enjoy!

Not camera shy,
this one

Looking all smart
and handsome

Foil dudes

All ready for
BATTLE!

Bonnie
Sabre lasses

Two of the hottest,
coolest sabre dudes!
=P
I can see someone's
head swelling already...

Choong Wing!!?
Or is it...

Pesta Sukan 2006

2006-08-14T23:21:00.000+08:00

Sup all. Congratulations to all for a good job done, whether you won or not. Remember this competition is just for the experience; any medals are just a sweet, sweet bonus :).

The fencing aside, what really cheered me was the fighting spirit I saw so many of you demonstrate. Though I was denied the pleasure of watching most of your bouts, the stories of your numerous exploits reach me again and again. Even faced with lopsided scorelines all of you still fenced on. Technique can be taught, moves can be learnt but spirit you are born with.

Thanks to Serene, Liesl and Tooong for fencing; and thanks to all of you for doing your best. One for all and all for one. Try to get some training in, if not keep in shape. See ya'll soon.

JX

one P after another

2006-08-14T21:28:00.000+08:00

heyhey
haha.. of course i went on Sun to support my teammates. though not sure if i was of much help... nevertheless, it was nice seeing everyone cheering on one another..

hmm.. now as one p is over, here comes another P
i foresee tough days ahead.
in the recently concluded interweapon ct competition, it seemed like epee and sabre were still in dormant. haha, but i am sure for the major competition coming in about one month's time, foil will face a tough fight.
again, that is if someone settle ming long and benjamin..
but that aside, everyone jiayou and before you know it, you will have to start lugging your equipment to school again..

yeps, c u all soon

joanna

finale

2006-08-13T23:41:00.000+08:00

Woohoo! pesta is over! haha. Having mixed feelings now though, cuz that will be our last competition in a long while (except for those going for asian schools), and our last time fencing until October after PPPROMOS (argh.) are over. blehh =/

Anyway, great job to everyone and i hope all of u had fun, whether u got thrashed or not. Personally, this was one heck of an experience and it feels really good fencing team bouts, with all your teamates cheering you on and putting their hopes on you. And in the end, whether we win or lose, we come out more united than before. For those who felt they did not fence well enough, don't let your performance this time trouble you but take it as a learning point and train harder cuz this isn't the end. Novices and a whole new round of competitions next year so don't worry and focus on yr studies for now :) (or mr teo will come and hunt u down O__O)

To the Men's Sabre team A and Women's Sabre team congrats on the medal! =D woohoo! Make sure the next one u get is shinier and more yellowish in colour k? ;) And to my team (faii, reub and yufeng), i think we did a splendid job. We managed to give David's team quite a challenge and i think you guys really showed your stuff today. Jiayou! Keep at it!

And so ends Pesta Sukan. Time to get out the books and unread lecture notes =(. On an unrelated note, THANKS CHERIE FOR VOLUNTEERING TO DO THE LAYOUT!! woohoo! u rock xD. Haha yup take your time. I'll try to find some photos u can use.

We also need more team dinners! Today's fencing dinner turned out to be a sabre dinner with 1 foilist >__< (and lots of sashimi and fun with soya sauce and wasabi and florence getting owned but u can ask her about it). Thanks terence for staying all the way to support the teams and joanna for coming down anyway. I guess its kinda unreasonable to ask like the guy foilists who finished at 1 to stay all the way till 5 for dinner. So we're prob having one at the end of the week for everyone so PLEASE try to make it!

Ok signing off now. Good luck to everyone with the mugging.

darren.

P.S. if there's anyone who hasn't received an invite please tell me. Might have left out ppl in my state of blurness.

Photos and other random stuff (On the Piste)

2006-08-13T23:24:00.000+08:00

Yo people! Just want to say a BIG thank you to all those who came down and supported and helped out in one way or another:). Doesn't it make you feel so warm and sweet inside =P? Before you all start ogling at the photos, anyone up for fencing dinner on Friday? The one we had today was more like a sabre one with the exception of Terence, who owes me ALCOHOL! =P And lastly, to all those who fenced for Pesta, great job fencing and keep working at it! We're gonna pwn at Novices bigtime! I'll split the photos into 2 sections, on the piste and cam-whoring aka random stuff.

One thing about takin' photos of people fencing is that you can't tell who they are. Doesn't matter. Trust me when I say they're all from RJ. Well, most. :)

Alvin lunging...

Darren and David

Last Point

Xun Scoring

Sun Lu's Point

Choon Wing's point

PS. I apologise for the inane captions (hard to niao people when you can barely tell who they are =P) and bad layout (blogspot, not my fault)

woooots!

2006-08-13T22:30:00.000+08:00

congrats to all who did well! x) i'm so proud of all of you! well done RJ fencers!! wheeee~

anyway i wanted to go down to support you all today but some how i injured my foot last night ~~at eme's house (eme better not have seen this. >.<)~~ and my parents didnt want to fetch me down nor allow me to go there on my own so i didnt go in the end. hope the women's epee team did well!

oh ya anyway if you all are in need of a layout, i can volunteer to do it. but my designs are kinda simple. and you've gotta wait for me to have inspiration and time. which probably wouldnt be anytime soon. alternatively, you all can send me any picture you want to add on the layout or something and i can try to see how i can match it in the layout nicely. yup. but dont expect anything anytime soon as i am kinda busy trying to bury my head into my books. (teehee!)

so.. yup! hope everyone had a fruitful weekend!

much love,
cherie!

p.s. that was a nice layout provided by zhangfan! if you all decide to use it then i guess i wont need to come up with a design for a layout already right? =p

pesta sukan: the second day

2006-08-13T19:46:00.000+08:00

WE GOT BRONZE!

--

Okay, so I don't know how to keep people in suspense. That was for women's sabre, by the way.

Didn't stay for dinner because my mother wanted me to go back and *study*. I'm sure I did just that. When I left, Jingxun, Choon Wing, Sunlu and Zhidong were still fighting for their medal. I would probably know their results by now, except dear Florence forgot to message their results immediately and I don't think she actually checks her handphone, despite carrying it around everywhere with her. ^-^

We beat RGS. :O Uber cool. But we lost to the other one whose name I can't spell. I think it was people from some poly?

Thanks are owed, obviously. :P To my teammates, Liesl (who helped us catch up all the time), Florence (supposedly aggressive but actually very worried) and Yuhua (our favourite cheerleader). I was quite surprised that Joanna bothered to come down, because she isn't competing. But it turns out she just wanted to show off her new handphone. . .

Also to people like Terence, who helps with the dratted wire and shouts advice, and Jingxun, for (afterward) talking about our great potential in a bid to inspire us to train more. >_< Yay for all the random cheerleaders too, like the other sabreurs (saberers? Sabrerers? This problem suddenly starts to bother me).

It really helps when you know people want to see you win. :)

- Alaris -
Also known as Charmaine.

a nice layout!

2006-08-13T12:11:00.000+08:00

hey i've found a pretty nice blog template:
http://blogskins.com/apply.php?sid=67244&action=Preview
heart in the fence.

but it seems a bit too..erm..petite for a big group blog like ours. if you all don't like it i may take it for myself then haha.

please comment!

pesta women's foil (:

2006-08-13T09:52:00.000+08:00

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 (:

oh the darkness.

2006-08-12T23:33:00.000+08:00

haha, yeah we should really do something about the layout! it's too... black!! not that i'm racist or anything... ahahaha, randomness. just came back from dinner!! and darren is -still- online despite claiming to follow uncle xun's advice and sleep at 10. well it's 11.30 now!! ahahaha, okay i should be sleeping soon too!! i digress.

yeah, all you ~~geeks with no life~~ pro html designers come volunteer your services! actually i wouldn't mind trying to think up a design but well, hate translating it to html. especially from scratch. i suggest taking a layout and editing it!! yupp, YOU! yes YOU!! GO DO IT!! (not that i have any power to abuse. darn.)

ahahaha, anyway, congrats to the women's foil team! (now i phrase it right =.=") on getting 4th! woohoo! gogo men's sabre team! must.. get.. gold. rawr. beat david!! lol. okay, on second thoughts if we're inviting the coaches to join the blog i'd better delete that before he reads it =X

well, all the best for tomorrow anyway people! it doesn't matter if we win or lose, or thrash your fellow rjc team, in the end we're all winners!! (yeah, right. sorry the cynic in me couldn't resist. lol.) and remember we are all one big happy fencing family. awwwwwwwww.

ahahahaha, cheerios,
~~matthew reuben~~ uh, darren. (just in case.)

pesta blues

2006-08-12T22:54:00.000+08:00

ARGH... i'm super nervous abt tml's event and feeling jittery the whole day. Oh well. I guess for those participating tml we should just do our best and have fun! Haha small comforts for those feeling as butterflies-in-stomachy as me (or maybe im the only loser =X eep).

Anyway, all the best to those going on the piste tomorrow =D and for those who went for it today, ie men's epee and women's foil, hope u all had fun and took back something from it. Great job! And someone PLZ post abt the event. I'm sure we are all dying to know how it went. RAWR and photos!! More PHOTOS!! haha (sorry for the obsesssion... the depressive blackness of the blog is getting to me...more colour needed!) or cool videos even better =)

Speaking of which, faii yr bringing yr digicam tml right? i dun wanna bring my cuz its big and bulky and the resolution is horrible cuz its a camcorder. Sorry for dumping the responsibility on u to upload pics ><

Ok i've ranted long enough. Signing off. Gonna follow uncle xun's advice to sleep early and wake up late. All those going to clementi sports hall tomorrow and want to have a group dinner after that try to have a place in mind so we won't be bumming there for half an hour thinking of a plce to eat (which happens quite often speaking from experience).

Seeyu all tomorrow!

darren.

=))

2006-08-12T21:26:00.000+08:00

ya how did men's epee and women's foil do?! i want to knowwwww! anyway this is eme and cherie again. and cherie is still at eme's house. wheeee. just here to make some noise!

tataz! x)

pasta!

2006-08-12T17:48:00.000+08:00

ahahahaha!

how'd the men's epee and women's foil do?

cheerios,
matthew reuben

=)

2006-08-12T10:16:00.000+08:00

yayy sixth person to blog! (: hello from cherie and emerald. cherie's staying over at my place now till i kick her out at night. anyway, can everyone pls identify yourself when you post? i have no idea who most of you are. ok shan't bore you with my ramblings.

all the best for pesta people!

fast sia

2006-08-10T19:17:00.000+08:00

woa..
u guys too fast liao la..
haha.. just 2 days and there are so many posts..

yupyup, take more photos during training and put them here..

btw, anyone went for ndp?
rox man.
happy birthday singapore!

I've got places to go...

2006-08-10T14:55:00.000+08:00

Sup all. This is the first weapon captain post. I think. Don't tell me if i'm wrong.

Anyway there are several nice places to eat around the sports hall. I've never been to a competition there without eating out afterwards so... yeah. Besides eating is good for you. Theres a KFC, Macs and Pizza Hut, as well as 3-4 hawker centers around. Never really bothered to count. Also my personal favourite: Momoya (I think) a Jap restaurant with decent food at cheap, cheap prices. 5 big slices of salmon sashimi at 6 bucks. Only place cheaper is at a sashimi buffet. Yeah.

I think it'll be good if we eat out together after the 2 days of tournament, and more importantly if we go down to support our teammates even if we're not fencing on that day. Trust me support from the sidelines can really make a difference.

Good luck everyone. Grab a few friends and get some sparring in on friday if you can.

JX

kendo vs fencing

2006-08-10T01:52:00.000+08:00

I was looking for some videos to upload to make the blog less depressing and i came across this.

We clearly win :P

Ouch.

2006-08-10T00:25:00.000+08:00

yeah, we should do something together sometime.

anyway, i'll be bringing my cam for pesta. can anyone can help us film men's sabre?

ouch, i pulled my left shoulder while swimming yesterday. not something i'd expect. getting better now.

and silly xun. whacked me so hard while dry fencing after trng on mon. still go a patch the size of a GC screen on my left arm (a rather deep bruise). And that whack was after the last scored point.

we need pictures here. and weird things.

Dinner after pesta??

2006-08-09T21:32:00.000+08:00

heyhey people! are you guys up for fencing dinner/lunch after pesta, depending on how long we stay in the competition (I would prefer we stay long enough for dinner =) ) ? Or since some of the events are rather far apart, howabout dinner on Monday (screw H3 bio if you take it, seriously =P) ? tagtagtag if you have any comments! I sure do hope we all can turn up!

darn.

2006-08-09T13:51:00.001+08:00

this is not like livejournal where you can hijack the first post :( boo.

maybe cuz it's a group blog. damn.

ahahahha, oh well. uh 6th post? or is it 7th? hm.

happy national day everyone!!

and let's go kick some butt in pesta! woohoo!

cheerios,
matthew reuben

2006-08-09T05:05:00.000+08:00

ah i don't have anything to post. its 5am and i'm bored. just thot i'd say hi. *waves*

get down get down get movin all around

2006-08-09T02:35:00.000+08:00

Hello everybody it's 2.30 am and I'm deadbeat, but totally happy since I've gotten rid of some baggage work (i.e. overdue).

See my username: travelmatess? Travelmate as a username is rarrthurr happening right, budden blogger say cannot, so I feminiz-ed it.

Hee heee...

Wa sae can bullet, number, spellcheck and add image... so happening. Take a look at my desktop wallpaper:

(blogger takes quite long to upload pics leh)

(okay forget it)

(but if you really want to know (although I can't imagine why) click here)

(alternatively I could just tell you: It's Gromit)

ntlz

MUAHAHAHAHA

2006-08-09T01:43:00.000+08:00

a rather weird title for the third post.

sabreurs have something for the trinity (i will not mention anything about the exco). haha. i think this blog's a great idea, so we can carry our *cough cough* conversations of very sinister/sarcastic/confused/humourous/corny/idiotic nature.

oh man. where's everyone else?

Good luck for pesta everyone =D

damn...second post

2006-08-09T01:07:00.000+08:00

Hello all! Since my html sux as badly as my chem we really need u guys who can spare the time and effort to make this blog hip and cool and happening. For one, we need a nicer layout and also a tagboard. And for those who have joined tell your fellow fencers about it in case they are lazy to check their emails, like me =/. And get as many people posting as possible! If no one posts, i will personally...erm...bring my digicam to trainings and capture embarassing photos of u all and upload it here to take up space xP. rawr. okay just kidding.

Darn =< Florence beat me to the first post.

On a side note, all the best to all those participating in Pesta Sukan this Sunday! Just do your best and have fun! It will be a tough competition since it is regional and even our coaches are participating, but don't give up hope and take it as a learning experience. I trust that this time we'll do more ass-kicking than the other way round =)

IT IS BORN!

2006-08-09T00:57:00.000+08:00

Heyhey people! Our wonderful captain has conceived the fencing blog at long, long last! The design looks kinda standard, so those IT-savvy folks out there, if you think you have a cooler layout for this blog, go ahead and change it =)! Feel free to blog about anything, fencing related or otherwise. Please do not, unless you are socially challenged (or Jing Xun =P ), insult others, spam people, blah and blah (other little misdemeanours). Have fun blogging and let the entries start rolling! :)

PS. Best of luck for Pesta people! Strive for every single point and who knows, we might just bag a medal =)