Sweet Schtuff

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Awesome weekend is awesome! 

Yeah as you can see in the picture, i finished third in this year's Schull Novice Cup. Sweettttt victory lepas kena belasah last year. Sweeetttt memory before i leave Ireland for good next year.

So here's the video of last half of my semi-final game. 

I lost 11-15 to a girl from NUIG, she finished second in the end. The girl yang menang 1st place pun dari NUIG, whom i beat 5-4 in poule stage. At least, that makes me feel better. Haha..The semi-final was at 4pm. And i've been fencing since about 10.30 in that morning. Im prolly too wrecked to keep focusing on the game, plus i only had one Snickers bar since morning to avoid perut penuh and muntah. Itu pun i had a gastric reflux that taste like Snickers + some bitter gastric content after my first match. Memang tak lunch dah laaa walaupun ada orang baik hati hantar mi bandung to Mardyke Arena ;)

At the end of 2/3 of the game, we were tied at 11-11. Then we had 1 minute break. I think masalah besar most org Malaysia ialah cepat kena psiko. Terus gelabah. Including myself. Seperti yang anda lihat pada minit 3:06, ada seorang lelaki kepochi pakai hoodie hitam tiba-tiba approach ref nak tengok markah. He's a jurulatih from TCD. i have no idea why dia nak sebok2 padahal my opponent is from NUIG. Go mind your own team la! Dari tahun lepas lagi memang tak pernah suka this guy. Masa UCD Intermediates hari tu pun, he did the exact psycho-ing thingy during my match. 

Oh also, my shoes are so slippery, you can actually see me sliding in some of my lunges (eg: minute 3:27). Most of my attack tak sempat nak kena, i actually can do a re-double. But my shoes are slippery, so i tend to lose stability after a 1st lunge, making it hard to re-double. Somebody gave me tips to lap tapak kasut guna tapak tangan, as you can see in minute 6:32 (lepas lap kasut pegi atur tudung, memang tak hygienic sungguh perlakuan itu). Not really working though.

Macam mana pun, tak boleh nak salahkan org lain selain diri sendiri kalau kalah. Since i've fenced her teammate earlier, they know i like to go down and low for the attack. So she just wait for my failed attack and just cucuk me while im unstable after a failed lunge (eg: minute 8:26). My fault that i didn't realize that earlier and keep on doing what seemed to be an ineffective strategy on her.

But seeing it from a positive side, i should learn to neglect benda-benda pscyho ni, and keep on doing what i do best calmly. Banyakkkk lagi nak kena belajar. i hope i can make full use of my limited less-than-4-months time in Dublin.

Above all, it was fun weekend, with funnnn people! The feelings bila satu team ramai-ramai duduk to support you, God....it felt so good!

Credit to:

Dian Syafiqah from TCD for the video

Aoife from UCD for the group photo