Kendo Workshop: Stress, Blisters, FUN

For seven hours straight this morning(including the 1/2 hour break, since we still use that for our own practice), the 11th of March, I had the time of my life. And that was....the kendo workshop. It was held at the Rimba multipurpose hall (very icky btw) and yes, only a few from MS came. How sad. But my god, the training was...was...heh. I don't know how to describe it. Some were the normal men-cut, kote-cut(cut to the wrist)....we even did somethingsomething-waza. Those were one of the few words I can clearly hear from the senpai who's screams were echoed by the hall. I learnt a new cut too, the cursed do-cut(cut to the abdomen). It was seriously hard. They kept on saying, "Don't hesitate." "Take it easy. Slowly." And yadiyada. The point is I was hesitant and I rushed. Gah. I mean, I was really afraid of actually poking them in the stomach if I was too near, which was what I felt most of the time, although they were wearing armours, so I'd usually move aside a little bit to early. Damn. Haha. I also get to improve my men-cut(cut to the head) with some of the senpais during our break. Seriously, I'd really prefer a one-on-one practice. Where I don't have to rush thinking that someone else is behind me and stuff. Oh yeah, something out of topic, Man called me during the break to help her in some photo manips to prove to her boyfriend that she wasn't lying, and then she was planning to break up with him. Wtf. Love- do not fall for it. Wtf. Anyway, Sigh. I really had fun. and pain too. Blisters, man! Dragging your feet on the floor all the time gives seriously unthinkable pain. And seiza(that's...the duduk antara dua sujud type of duduk XDD)....gosh. I will never get used to that. Sitting on your legs FOR MORE THAN THE MINUTES...not my way of relaxing. and I can't kiai. I can't! Well, unless when i;m doing the cuts, then I will. but when they made us show our kiai(that's the screaming part....) during the intro, I just can't, 'cos I can't really feel the stress, y'know. wth. Well, this senpai reminded us of the main points you should remember for kendo. So, I;m going to note it down here, so that I can remember it as well.

1. Self-awareness: Be aware of your surroundings, your opponent, your partners, and YOURSELF.
2. Self-motivation: Must motivate yourslef. Do not get distracted.
3. **Self-Discipline: Most important fundamental of kendo. If you are disrespectul, that is to yourself, to your shinai(bamboo sword), to your opponents, and most importantly to your senpais and senseis, you will never improve.

Man, I just hope this blog won't get deleted or anything. I will be sad if that happened and that means I won't be able to remind myself of these stuff anymore.

Now, I shall move away from the PC....ECONOMICS, dammit!!!!

I noticed the hideous attraction

I got back from Tasek Lama a few hours ago. It was preeeeeeeeeeeeeetty. The last time I went there was like....years ago. And I remembered how hellishly I cried during that time because I HATED exercise at that time. I despised it. It was my greatest enemy. lol so anyway, one of the reasons for me to go to Tasek Lama today was not just to check out how it looks like now, but also to challenege myself. I want to repent. Oh wtf. Hehe, The last time I went there, we went hiking to the very top. and yeah, I wailed at my dad and sis to stop but they won't. I was a scaredy-cat too at that time so I just kept on following them, not wanting to be left alone.When we reached the top, Iwas too tired to appreaciate the beauty because I was crying and too damn angry. But now, somehow the memories kept haunting me (WTF XDDD) and so going to the Tasek was one of my main.....to-do thingie. So, as I said, I finally went there this afternoon, and I climbed up the hill, almost giving up halfway, but then I thought, "Hey, the crybaby, lazy, physically-challenged, 11-year-old me can do it, so why can't I do it?" Or something like that. Hahaha, anyway, I finally reached the top. There, I noticed a signboard saying "Distance: 300m. 100m above sea level." Weheeeeeee. I just survived twice the distance I'm going to run next week. I think my legs are going to be sore all over like hell tommorow. But I know it's worth it. At least I hope so.

I'm "taking a break" from maths right now. I'm damn tired yet I stull have so many questions to go. Seriously, people like me, it's useless if you teachers give deadlines like....10 weeks from the day the homework is given. Why? Because I procrastinate til the last minute. So, yeah. Hah.

Talktalktalktalk

I finally finished my bio. Though, I left some of the questions because currently, I can't think logically due to the long sleepless nights. Oh yeah, I'd love to thank Fool's Garden's song "Lemon Tree" which had made me hyper throughout the "cramming session". But I have to finish them..I don't want to be hunted down. Man, if all teachers threaten us this way, I'm so going to be the most obedient student in the whole Brunei.

We finally had kendo yesterday, after two straight weeks of not having it. Yeah, he was right. Look at what two weeks had done to us. We, well at least I, felt not so energetic, tired, bored, unenthusiastic, *insert synonyms here*. Yeah, seriously. But then, we had another senpai coming in for that day, adn he lifted up our spirits. He joked about how movies and animes lied about the "fancy techniques" like Star Wars dodging to much and in Bleach, they talk too much during fighting. LOL, note to self: Do not trust Star Wars and Bleach. XDDDD We finally got things better after that. Woooooooooooooooooooo and I get to kiai as loud as I can. Sweet. Hmm, come to think of it, maybe that was why I was feeling quite stressed out the two weeks before. I didn't have time to scream my head off, which is what I usually do during kendo. Man, that day was really refreshing. Haha.

I still haven't done my econ essays. T________T

I have my malay speech tommorow. Crapiola.

Oh man, help me.

Jobless

Being jobless really wears me out most of the time. Why? Because when I'm jobless, I'd usually cram my head to think of something to do. and thinking exhausts the hell out of me. How sad.

Actually, I'm currently hiding from my homework. I have tons of them. Including two really really delayed economics essays and an MIB ucapan/pidato/whatevershityoumaycallit. Damn serious. Let me tell you what the questions are, who knows. It might frustrate you as well, and will make me happy.

Economics essay question: If you were the government of a country, how will you try to increase the economic growth of your country?

And that one short question costs 10 marks. Sigh. I was never made for subjects which require thinking. Yet I still take Economics and a bunch of other compulsory subjects which require you to smash your brain into pieces just to get an answer. And my econ teacher complained during the parents-teachers meet that my answers weren't original. Psssssssssh.

And now, the grand finale, the MIB question: Kemajuan Teknologi penyebab Kemunduran Negara. (Lit. trans.: Advanced Technology leads to...WTF is 'kemunduran' in english?) nvm then. The point is, this one cost 30 marks along with a representation, and is to be added to our next MIB test. Just who gives that to a bunch of 15/16-years-olds? You see, despite of our ages, some of us are still immature and not ready for sudden,heart-attacking questions. Well, at least to me. And that goes to every other subject, too. T__________T

Few days ago, I began writing a YamapiMaki fanfic at their site. There were a number of positive response, and that made me worry. What if I suddenly lost interest and didn't finish it? What if my story sucks? It's a....love story. The last lovey-dovey story I wrote was years ago. And I;m not a jiwang person anymore. But I still tried my luck. I have short attention span and short interest span (if there is such a thing) so yeah. I try to finish the fanfic ASAP.

Ah. Boredom. How it makes you think of embarassing moments.