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rushed over to training from sch...
was late... the rain was quite heavy so i had to wait it out... then run to beach... really appreciate mr tan... thanks mr tan... i really dunnoe who else would have done wat you've done for me today... there was no wind in front of europa... so if i had to sail down to NSC it would take forever... so mr tan kinda borrowed the boat... and dragged my rig to where there was wind... quite some distance away after the jetty... he's the best.. really... dotes on us like we were his kids... i said no wind rite??? but when there was wind... it was spectacular... i got slammed a couple of times... really lose balance and got thrown forward... pain leh... but bo pian... for the love of the sport man... =P training was tough today... even though i was pretty late... tried to do some carve gybes... but ended up flaring them instead... aint good... coz will lose speed like that... tried to visualise the gybe liaoz... will try again tomorrow... if i can finish my homework and proposals by tonite... wind got light again when sailing back to europa.... tough... but pretty cool... coz i saw a football... which reminded me of wilson... the ball in tom hanks' castaway... a jumping fish... kinda skipped past me... over my board... a beautiful bird... dont really know wad it was.. but it was really pretty... beach at NSC was really yucky... today 15th day of lunar calendar... so tide was super low... stepped on some yucky barnacles... and i-dont-know-wat... and got cut... sam too... small small ones... but bled... ouch... sam was really nice today... waiting for me to beach start coz he knows i would lag behind... helped me alot knowing i have difficulty carrying my equipment... the board is approximately 17kgs... the sail is abt 5m tall... hahha.... more than twice WH's height... have to train harder... penang is in 3 weeks... how to compete with those amazing pple??? piangz... they can beat me hands down lor... but maybe soprandi will be there... but then again... he's 19.... overage liaoz... argh... andrew wants us to train thrice a week... not very possible though... max i can give him is twice... and thats sacrificising my sunday... even God got to rest on sunday... will try to get some work done now... so that i can sail in peace tmr... ----Stef stopped rambling at 23:33 --Link to Post |
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