Pushed to the Limit!

Haiz... I am drooping off to wonderland as I am typing this new post... its 11:28pm now. Just hours before this I had kendo training and I feel really ravaged by exhaustion and fatigue. Its not kendo that made me feel this way. It was only the final straw that my body can take.

Early in the morning today I woke up at around 7am? Haiz gotta get to school by 8.45am and gotta prep my kendo stuffs...

Alright then, off to school. The moment I reached school I knew I was too early... not a soul to be seen in sight. Then so be it... however what din expect was to wait for Yamon until 9.03am? Btw I reached school at 8.20am so do the calculations yourself. Couldn't really blame anyone though, She lived too far and normally takes about 1.5h to reach school but for today she even took a cab down... For me? I am early and being early is nothing to be blamed for... right?

Ok moving on, she opened the door and everyone started moving inside to do some final preparations. My brain was kinda in a hibernation mode still, so as a matter of fact I kinda looked like a dummy standing there looking at everyone ravaging through the piles and heaps of materials for the RDC.

Right then everyone got their stuffs, off to Block P lvl 3... why is everyone still lingering in the club room...? HELLO? Move it guys! Right then, off we went. By the time I reached lvl 3 there were already people there waiting. Looked like a rather quiet bunch... or so I thought! I couldn't really put my heart into believing that the rumored nerdy - sorry year 1 pals - year 1s are actually rather the hype of the day! Its not too bad... ok not bad... OK OK!! With the super enthu. spartan-OGLs/CMs the time I spent with them was as much fun as I've had in months!

A fantastic time I would have to admit, quite a few cute faces too XD as opposed to the things that I've been hearing. Yeap all in all a fun time until I had to break off with the group to set up the Treasure hunt item. Its irritating enough just to do the clue cards, much worse was the Route Plan sorting! Saiful and I did it once... error... ok check... done... cont... error... check... done... error.... GOODNESS knows how long we took to sort the thing out! I really wonder what kind of super inhumane will power Saiful has that that point of time!

Was getting kinda worried by then about not being able to set up the TH before I went off for kendo. Boy... was I right in worrying.. but instead of the TH, I should be more worried that I will nearly faint in kendo later on.

In kendo after about 30 minutes into the warm up, I was starting to feel the effect of not having a proper lunch and break fast. Ya and ... well... coerced by situation into not having dinner at all. Hmm of firstly I felt giddy and Gabriel asked for me whether I can take a water break. As quickly as I could, which was only walking, I went to take a sip at the water cooler. I felt better and started training again, only to feel worse and worse. It was not until I had a cramp in my toes that I squatted down and was asked to take a break outside the dojo (squash court).

When I bent down to stretch my leg that I felt a wave of light-headedness smack me in my face. I almost crumpled right there and then, but somehow I managed to remain balanced. After awhile, they had their first break and I was rather sulky not being able to train fully. I stood up and all I knew was a blank. I remembered that I could still take in visual cues, but I have not the faintest idea of what I saw back then. Well that's that, then as the stubborn me tried to force my way to the water cooler, I was hit by at least two waves of fainting spell and barely managed to get there panting like I had never taking in a breath before.

KC tried to ask how I was out of good will and gave me a light pat, but to me who was bending over trying to breath for my life, it felt like shove by a heavy weight lifter. The next thing that I knew I was tilting slightly over, then more and more until I just realised that I was falling and tried to grab KC's hand that patted my shoulder. But my feeble grip, or more like touching his hand, could not grab on and started stumbling backwards, and hitting the wall behind me and sliding down into a heap of panting gi and hakama.

After that they helped me back to the outside of the dojo, where I stayed for QUITE a long while. Then more and more people began feeling ill and started coming out to sit with me. Funny how diseases seem to like to strike at Singapore all at the same time. Then I decided that it was enough resting for me, and the others seemed to think the same, so in we went into the dojo.

This is the most interesting part of the day for me. As soon as i got in we sort of had a mini tournament between the two split halves of the juniors. Slowly as the pairs started to compete and end, I realised that I was an extra sum, an unexpected additional member of my side of the juniors. As soon as we reached the second last pair, it seems like my fellow kendo ka finally realised that I had no partner. It was when my CPT side junior started pointing at Nabil Senpai. I shook my head rather vigorously denying him and hoping that Nabil will not be my "partner".

Soon it reached the last official pair, and when Nabil thought it was over, I was relieved. That was a short-lived relieved, perhaps the shortest I've known my entire 18 years of existence, a mere split second. He smile and the horrified me smiled feebly and shook my hand... I was kinda sure that it seemed more like a wave to him though... Then he pointed to himself and I smiled, in nervousness and anxiousness, and kinda splatted myself on the wall for abit before standing at the middle facing him.

Its miraculous how all my anxiousness was gone only to be replaced with a firm determination and iron will to do my best in my first, though unofficial, match against Nabil. Had it been anyone else, I think I would not have done as best as I did today. So the match started, he seemed so full of confidence and smiling lightly, whereas I only felt a stone face and saw perspiration raining down on my gi. I tired my best but I could not concentrated on my first few strokes of Shomen. Then I remembered - I was tensing too much and was attempting speed instead of perfection. It was then I felt my strokes became more fluid and lighter with better Tenouchi. Though I barely noticed then, there was a round of cheers for me and encouragements.

Next up was the Hayasuburi. I only remembered that I was attempting to do it well when Nabil upped his shouting and tempo, unconsciously I brought myself to try and overwhelm his voice and match his tempo, then it ended. I was still in a solemn mood when KC cheekily came and declared that I won. This hilarious move broke the competitive atmosphere and everyone began laughing out loud and I do mean it. Even Nabil thought it was funny and smiled and went forward and tried to playfully hit KC on his butt XD. After that we greeted each other and started normal practice until the end of the training. During this time I had a sudden awareness of my arms feeling like lead and wouldn't move.

Well, that's all for the training. Btw Josh sorry I was being rude by not replying you when you asked about my wrist. It's causes I was in a hurry to get home when I was still feeling ok. I didn't want to end up in a hospital because I fainted in the middle of the road. And again I am sorry. I am really tired today.

Tired I maybe, but it can be said to be my day of the most fun and funny moments since my Year 2 in MB started.

Tired.

Its 12.41am now.

Tired.

Nights!