Monday.
It all starts again.
Could barely get up for training this morning. Got back around 11ish late last night and slept pretty late. So sluggish at training. Had a little more energy in the afternoon but was interrupted by a guy from UK or something filming for his network. Did a little interview haha!
One interesting thing that I noted in my trips here is that when you are starved for entertainment, you’ll watch just about any DVDs available. Which was what happened and that is how I’ve seen Raging Bull and The Godfather. I mean, back home I’ll probably watch those movies if there’s NOTHING else to see or if someone else wanted to watch it. I know Raging Bull is critically acclaimed etc etc but it’s not something I would’ve picked. Turned out to be a pretty interesting show, Robert Deniro was great. Now as for the super-hyped Godfather… I don’t know. Wasn’t a bad show but I thought I’ve seen better. Hmm guess it’s considered a classic, something extraordinary in its time.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Take 2... Day 5/16
Lake behind schoolSUNDAY!!
That means, no training and shopping in town!
Suntanned in the morning then headed to Cali-Wow at Sala Daeng, PatPong branch. Went to combat and pump, and I have to say both were much better than the ones I attended in Siam Paragon. Hmm I’ve noticed that so far, all the combat instructors have pretty good techniques. Quite impressed.
Usual, had no idea what they were talking about but since I know most/all the tracks for both the classes, could follow pretty well. Haha, pump class was funny. The instructor’s timing was off a couple of times and best part was he forgot some of his chorey too and since I happened to stand somewhere in middle – class was not crowded – he saw I did the right chorey and quickly changed. Would’ve followed his cues but like I said, no idea what he was talking about most of the time so wasn’t exactly listening 100%.
Oh! Oh! Caught Harry Potter 5! Much prefer this one to no. 4. Best part in this installment, Dumbledore’s much more like his character than the crazy loo-loo back in 3 and 4. Haha, bought Dunkin’ Donuts too! This is in the name of research. Serious. Must sacrifice self to find out what’s with all the hype about it. Sigh… the things I do for humanity.
take 2... Day 4/16
Haha! The air-con breaking down turned out to be a good thing! They had to move me to another room and it was a private room!! Woo-hoo! Big space, bigger toilet, basically way better than previous room. Gonna sleep like a baby tonight!
Darn knuckles are stinging like a bitch everytime I shower. I’m not being a pussy, it’s just really irritating cos they don’t get a chance to heal at all. Getting rashes again like last time. Hah, I’m well prepared though, brought along my cream for it cos I had a feeling it’s something I can’t avoid over here, what’s with the heat, used-by-everyone pads and mitts. Just hope it doesn’t get too bad.
Still training with Mitt and Peng. Haven’t got a chance to train with Boon Ma yet which is kinda disappointing. Mitt likes to go much faster which is great and Peng is very predictable. I’ve figured out his favourite pattern by now which is not a good thing.
Missed dinner as I was busy shifting room, by the time I got to the dining room, all the food have pretty much gone. Thank goodness it was their version of spaghetti so I didn’t miss out much. Went to this roadside stall at the back to have beef noodles. A must-have everytime I come to Thailand.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Take 2... Day 3/16
ARRRGH!!
Stupid air-con broke down again! Why does it always happen to me? Same thing last round! Dammit! Bloody stuffy and uncomfortable. Thank goodness I was tired enough to actually fall asleep last night.
The guys here are just having fun killing me. Trained with the trio again, Peng was like, pointing to Mitt and Samang “He two rounds, he two round, I two rounds, okay?” Hahaha I didn’t mind at all. Everyone has their style so it wasn’t too taxing on a particular part/move. Starting to feel my hip flexors though, all those kicks are pretty hard on your pelvic/hip area. Oh wait, there’s the ankles too. Oh oh, there’s the knees too. Hmm well your entire lower body lah. Fortunately I’ve more or less gotten the basic kicking technique last round so am not killing my ankles… at least not yet.
First ‘injury’ of this trip: Knuckles.
Middle one… Raw…
Wrap doesn’t help much. I mean, when you are punching hard, it’s still skin to cloth and abrasion is inevitable. Hah, at least I know I’m punching the right way since it’s my first 2 knuckles.
Stupid air-con broke down again! Why does it always happen to me? Same thing last round! Dammit! Bloody stuffy and uncomfortable. Thank goodness I was tired enough to actually fall asleep last night.
The guys here are just having fun killing me. Trained with the trio again, Peng was like, pointing to Mitt and Samang “He two rounds, he two round, I two rounds, okay?” Hahaha I didn’t mind at all. Everyone has their style so it wasn’t too taxing on a particular part/move. Starting to feel my hip flexors though, all those kicks are pretty hard on your pelvic/hip area. Oh wait, there’s the ankles too. Oh oh, there’s the knees too. Hmm well your entire lower body lah. Fortunately I’ve more or less gotten the basic kicking technique last round so am not killing my ankles… at least not yet.
First ‘injury’ of this trip: Knuckles.
Middle one… Raw…
Wrap doesn’t help much. I mean, when you are punching hard, it’s still skin to cloth and abrasion is inevitable. Hah, at least I know I’m punching the right way since it’s my first 2 knuckles.
Take 2... Day 2/16
Aching a little from pump yesterday… Actually slept not too badly last night which was a great relief – didn’t sleep properly for 2 weeks last round – and woke up on time on my own!
Trained with Apedej for first few rounds. Thank god for that cos each round seemed to go on forever. Only realized it was 6-min rounder when I peeked up at end of round 3. 6 MINUTES ROUND!!! Was almost K.O-ed by round 2! If I had been with other trainers, I would’ve not made it to round 4. He seemed pretty happy with me, other guys also don’t patronize me just cos I’m a girl. Hmm actually I’m the only girl training this time.
Afternoon training was just as tiring. 5-min round wasn’t a joke either. Whatever happened to good old 4-min rounders?! Apedej’s legs wasn’t feeling too good so I trained with others. It was so funny, he got me to the ring and Mitt, Samang and Peng, all 3 of them said I’ll train with them. Everyone has been trying to K.O me since yesterday! Hahaha! And yes I did train with all of them, a few rounds each.
Exhausted.
Trained with Apedej for first few rounds. Thank god for that cos each round seemed to go on forever. Only realized it was 6-min rounder when I peeked up at end of round 3. 6 MINUTES ROUND!!! Was almost K.O-ed by round 2! If I had been with other trainers, I would’ve not made it to round 4. He seemed pretty happy with me, other guys also don’t patronize me just cos I’m a girl. Hmm actually I’m the only girl training this time.
Afternoon training was just as tiring. 5-min round wasn’t a joke either. Whatever happened to good old 4-min rounders?! Apedej’s legs wasn’t feeling too good so I trained with others. It was so funny, he got me to the ring and Mitt, Samang and Peng, all 3 of them said I’ll train with them. Everyone has been trying to K.O me since yesterday! Hahaha! And yes I did train with all of them, a few rounds each.
Exhausted.
Take 2... Day 1/16
Yes I’m back!! Had to wake up at an ungodly hour of 4am to catch the super early flight at 6.30am but it was worth it. Reached the school around 10plus morning and it was straight into workout.
Hit the tiny gym to do pump, had to adjust to the weights there again. Not much have changed since I was last here but quite a bit of the punching bags and stuff have been changed. That was excellent! New and cleaner pads and bags are always welcomed.
It almost felt like I’ve never left. Everyone here still remembered me! Even the little kids! Warm greetings, surprised looks and smiles just made me feel really at home here.
I dived into my training straight away in the afternoon. It was great. Didn’t have clumsy coordination problem this time round, no need to worry about getting body orientated. I won’t have to waste time getting into ‘the mode’ this time, which means I’ll be able to get the most out of my 16 days here. Only lousy thing was my stamina. Let me tell you, no matter how good you are in other sports or martial arts, once u stop something and pick it up again, its almost back to square one. It’s like if you are a marathon runner with excellent stamina, you’ll still be huffing and puffing like crazy when I put you in bodycombat. Different activity just works your system differently. Footwork was complete trash too. Have to get used to it again. Dance like a butterfly baby!
Hit the tiny gym to do pump, had to adjust to the weights there again. Not much have changed since I was last here but quite a bit of the punching bags and stuff have been changed. That was excellent! New and cleaner pads and bags are always welcomed.
It almost felt like I’ve never left. Everyone here still remembered me! Even the little kids! Warm greetings, surprised looks and smiles just made me feel really at home here.
I dived into my training straight away in the afternoon. It was great. Didn’t have clumsy coordination problem this time round, no need to worry about getting body orientated. I won’t have to waste time getting into ‘the mode’ this time, which means I’ll be able to get the most out of my 16 days here. Only lousy thing was my stamina. Let me tell you, no matter how good you are in other sports or martial arts, once u stop something and pick it up again, its almost back to square one. It’s like if you are a marathon runner with excellent stamina, you’ll still be huffing and puffing like crazy when I put you in bodycombat. Different activity just works your system differently. Footwork was complete trash too. Have to get used to it again. Dance like a butterfly baby!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Another Trip!
I'm going back!!
Yep, only 4 months and already planning to go back. Will be there mid-july..so i'll escape Sister's 'confinement' back home. Only 2 weeks this time. One month was a little crazy hehe...
Yep, only 4 months and already planning to go back. Will be there mid-july..so i'll escape Sister's 'confinement' back home. Only 2 weeks this time. One month was a little crazy hehe...
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