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Monday, January 05, 2009

:: The sky's so bright...>< ::

Yes, the sunlight outside is indeed blinding.

Anyway, the collection of the Edusave Scholarship was on Saturday. It was over surprisingly fast (an hour or so), but dreadfully boring. It was very hot as well, and sitting shoulder to shoulder, row after row did not help to alleviate the heat.

I was in the first row. o.o I could see everything that was going on, especially when the minister Raymond Lim came, but then again, I had to sit upright and not fidget all the time because everyone could see the first row. -_-

I was happy to get the scholarship this year because I didn't get one in Sec 3 (no surprise there, my grades weren't good). It was my sister's first time getting it (she's in sec 4 as of 2009), so she was pretty pleased. :] Two of our taekwondo friends were there as well (one a year older, one a year younger than me). I saw a few people from AHS, but not many.

On Sunday it was my taekwondo grading. I had gone on a long, brisk walk with my parents on Saturday morning and my waist hurt somehow. o.O My siblings and my dad were also taking this grading, but my mom didn't want to.

You see, for the brown belt grading, we were supposed to memorise ALL the patterns starting from yellow belt. That meant memorising 7 patterns. >< We woke up early in the morning to practice, and by 9 we were at Toa Payoh Sports Hall for the exam. It's a day-long event with many many clubs taking part.

At 10.30 it was our turn. My sister, Ming Wei (sec 1 boy in our class), this unknown boy and me arranged ourselves. Luckily, I remembered the patterns (only 2 are tested out of the 7), while my sister forgot a little (wasn't noticeable; she told me). My jumping backthrust stunk but I didn't fall (yay!).

For the sparring I got Ming Wei first. Lol, we kicked backthrust at the same time and our legs hit. xD Then we had to switch for the second round. The examiner apparently didn't want me to spar my sister (afraid we'd be more lax), so I sparred the unknown boy who was almost a head shorter. o.O He had alot of strength though.

Our feet collided when we both kicked a front kick. Man, that hurt! There was a very audible 'pah!' sound (my father and brother heard it). I was so relieved when the grading was over! ^^ I hope all of us pass.

Oh yeah...I saw someone at the grading whom I also saw at the Edusave Scholarship. 2 days in a row...What a coincidence! o.O I shan't say who.

Anyway, my foot is swollen now and boy does it hurt. It's probably because I didn't pay any attention to it. Ah well. -_-"

This was an abnormally long post. Before I end:

2009 calendar - Junsu! Such a sweet smile. ^^

From the calendar as well. So much for getting rid of his cute image (the company was trying to get rid of the cute image and replace it with a mature image but it doesn't work due to such poses)