I'm halfway there ! : PA ( People Association ) Tournament 2013 !

Today marks the last competition I will be competing before I enlist :"( the PA Tournament 2013. Maintaining weight for this competition wasn't easy for me as I was informed that was a competition 4 days before the deadline closes for the registration. It took me almost 2 complete weeks to maintain my weight at around 54.5 Kg as I was fighting under 54 Kg. I had to control my diet, cut down on my carbohydrates and abstain sweet, fried and oily stuff. It was a hell for me honestly speaking as I still indulge during the first week. During the second week I managed to control my curb for my ''cravings''. Had noodles for lunch, soup and a little rice for dinner for the past one week.

Seeing my opponents (fought with them before!) fighting each other was intense ! The first guy, Low Yong Ming from NYP (Nangyang Polytechnic) and the other guy, Yong Hee Jay from TP (Temasek Polytechnic). Both players are skilled and I have won both of them before except for Yong Ming, won him once and lost to him once. Knowing that he won when fighting Yong Jay, my heart skipped a bit. But I told myself, no matter what I must do my best to get the gold medal. Finally time passed and my turn was here to fight. I was in blue (Chung for Korean) and my opponent Yong Ming, in red (Hong in Korean) First round was good I guess did what I was supposed to do and first round ended after 1 minute, Score : 0 - 0.
Second round started and he got 2 founds (Kyong-go in Korean) in which I scored a point. 1 - 0. We exchanged kicks and fought hard. Then I got injured, time out for a while, needed the cold spray to relieve the pain from my instep. In the mean-time, my coach, Sir Christopher told me to use either a back-thrust or a back hook as he kept charging forward. I tried twice and the first one wasn't a clear one but the second one touch but points wasn't given. I guess it could be the angle the referees couldn't see and the impact of the hook wasn't there I suppose. Second round ended 1 - 0. The final round came, I knew this was the last 1 min of the match, I had to go all out, sadly my composure wasn't really there and my kicks were slightly low, and when I kicked the padding, it wasn't clear cut. Last 30 secs, we exchanged fiercely and suddenly a short slam kick came towards my face, I dodged it but the referee called for a discussion to see if that ''head kick'' was counted. The referee gave my opponent 3 points (due to ahead kick). He was leading 3-1, so I told myself to stay calm and fight as usual, went in with a fake and a slide in kick 3 - 2, I scored one point, but but I was left with 15 secs before the match ended. I just needed a point to bring myself into sudden death but unfortunately, 15 secs passed and the score was 3 - 2. After the match my coach told me that my kicks were slightly below the padding, if I were to kick up slightly higher, I would have scored more points.

Sometimes winning is not about everything, sometimes setbacks happen and I have to take it. Learning my mistakes from it and improving to be a better player the next time round. Got a silver medal from today's PA Tournament. I want to say a big thank you to all my coaches Sir JohnBoy, Ma'am Eileen for guiding me through the few weeks before the tournament. Sir Christopher for coaching me today ! Thank you my coaches once again ! :) To those who wished me luck, I'm sorry, I disappoint some of you by not getting the gold medal, thanks once again my friends who wished me through any means, be it from Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and SMSes :) Here are some of the photos for today's event !

P.S http://instagram.com/p/bvihyMoz3H/ Click on this link to see me and Sonia imitating the minions singing the Banana song ! Ba ba ba ba ba na na ! LOLLLL ROFL LMAO ! #Actingtobeminions #Fail