Hey people. I'm sorry I haven't been updating; due to my horrible, terrible intensive training. Every night; I come home tired and sleepy and I just lounge on the couch until 11. So... Yeahs. No energy to type or post.
Now, why am I posting here and now anyway? Well, because my parents aren't home; and I feel guilty for not posting for 3whole days. Hah. I'm already used to posting everyday. Anyway, unlike Janelle; who spared all the gory details about training; I'm going to do some MAJOR complaining and explaining here.
RandomWell; the first day was the worst. Hah. Well, we got there; only to see a new coach; which only Caleb, Benjamin, Yi Zheng, Sak, Jervyn and the rest of the P5 and P4 sailors knew. The p6 sailors were totally clueless; Other than Dhruv and Benedict, whom I think knew him already. Anyway, he was the famously known among Janelle, Trishala, Hendrik, Bryan, Zhen Xiang as the guy who always shouts "How do you hold your tiller extension!?" Anyway, those Non-Sailors out there would be clueless as to what the hell a tiller extension is. Non-Sailors should know even what a rudder is. Anyway, a tiller extension is the part that extends the tiller (which is extended to the rudder), to your hand. Anyway, I think all the P6 sailors other than Benedict and Dhruv would hold their tiller extension by their side. And Uncle Teh, always would yell at us to hold it in front of us. Anyway, on all three days, we practised starting. Haixx. The Maris Stella boys; Ryan, Bryan and Yang Yi joined us.
THE FIRST DAYThe first day. I got hit on the arm by the stupid boom. My kicker came out. My daggerboard was DAMN hard to pull out and push in. Anyway, the BOOM is what Janelle, Trishala, Hendrik and Cheryl are MOST scared of. Like cause if you get hit by it, you'd hurt alot. like. ALOT. The first year I joined sailing, I was 8 then, I got hit my the damn boom and my tooth fell out. how fun is that? Hah. Anyway, Non-Sailors wouldn't know what the boom is. It's the metal bar that holds the sail in place, extending from the mast. The kicker; isn't someone who kicks all the time. It's a rope that connects the boom to the mast. The daggerboard is a BOARD. Not a dagger or knife or whatever. You can't sail without it. You wouldn't be able to take or gybe. So you're courting death if you sail without a daggerboard. Anyway, I have NO idea why my daggerboard was SO stubborn. It refused to go down or up easily. I had to stand up whenever I wanted to do something to it... RAWR. Anyway, when we launched, Ryan(or was it Bryan), had to help me push the daggerboard down. Hah. Anyway, back onto the waters. damn scary..Sailed all the way to the Keta buoy, which Janelle calls the "yellow mark" in her post all the way out at sea where all the cruisers are, and then gybed around it. There was a lot of algae on it. Like. Eww... Hah. Not the first time I saw it anyway. Gross. Anyway, just to list out the terrible things that were not going my way,
1. The current was a little choppy. But I could manage.
2. Quite strong; which gave me the boobahs cause I'm terribly afraid of strong wind.
3. We had to sail closehaul from the yellow mark to the pink mark, then tacked. And had to ease off mainsheet all the way with your daggerboard up. Then, getting to the pink mark, had to gybe around it. which would seem quite scary to the noobs, cause you had to totally gybe with your mainsheet all the way out. anyway, Uncle George taught me to sheet in all the way until it was something like closehaul; then gybe and slide your mainsheet to your tiller extension hand, then sit down.
4. If you just made a teeny widdle mistake and beared abit; you needed 2 tacks to get back on course.
5. My back, legs, arm and shoulder muscles were aching like hell. Imagine trying to sail in that way... LOL.
6. My daggerboard was hard to pull up and down.
7. Our lunch break was totally short.
8. My lunch was stale...
9. We had to sail again after lunch.
Theres still alot more, but I shan't list them out. Lol. Anyway, Jazlene was the first girl. Lol. LingYing didn't join us cause she had just gotten back from France, where she had gone for Special Training. Hah. Anyway, just from that first day, I got a blister from holding the mainsheet too tight, a cut from the boat, strained fingers, worn-out thumbs cause of the rough surface of the mainsheet. Hah. That night, I got home, and smsed David. I chatted with Janelle for a while, then got David on the line. And Janelle had told me that she wasn't going the next day. And I flared up at her. I really yelled at her. Lol. And I was really angry. Woots.
THE SECOND DAYI was really reluctant to go. I cried in school. Woots. I really didn't wanna go then. And I was worried I'd be the only girl; because Trishala had tuition. Janelle wasn't coming and I knew Jazlene wasn't coming. Melissa was supposed to come but I dunno why she didn't. Anyway, to my relief. Cheryl came after all. She lent me her gloves. Lol. but they made my knuckles hurt. Lol. So I didn't wear them. Hah. Anyway, it was really okay. I didn't sustain much injuries/casualties other than getting sunburnt on the face where I got burnt the previous day. Oh yeah. The very shuai guy from skateline asked why I wasn't putting on my skates. And hadda explain to him I had training. Woots. HE IS DAMN SHUAI LARHHX.
TODAYUhhhhh... TODAY WAS UNCLE FRANCIS'S BIRTHDAYY! Woots. Hahas. And we finally got to meet Melissa. Hah. Anyway, today we sailed in the morning. (
DUHHHH). Hah. I'm lame. Hah. We managed to complete 2 races. And had mini-tsunami, which made my pants and shirt wet, and got ALOT of water in my boat. Woots. Oh yeahhhh. I forgot. Bryan and Ryan didn't make it cause they had tuition. Lol. Hahas. Anyway... Morning... Was really light wind. Hadda sit on the same side as the sail. Woots. Hahas. I think I was the 3rd last to launch. But i managed to catch up. Lol. Ahhh. Then we sailed back to shore. Uncle Teh took over from Uncle George. Lol. And he kept me back for quite long. Hah. But not the last. Janelle and Trishala were still behind me. Lol. Melissa was in front of me. Hah. Melissa is damn funky lahhs. I LOVE MELISSA. Lol. Trish kept calling her "Mummy". Lol. Melissa seemed damn irritated. Hah. Anyway, during lunch break (our lunch break got extended to about 1hour 15mins), I ate lunch with Janelle and saw my sister(she has a regatta from yesterday til Sunday). Woots. She was DRY. and she was supposed to have a regatta. like. hell. Then when I finished lunch, I wanted to go down to the beach with Janelle. Dj told me that AP was up. for NOn-Sailors/Non-racers, AP means races are postponed until further notice. Hah. And she still had 3 races. Lol. Anyway, I went down to the beach. And went into the water with Janelle and Trish. Lol. Melissa joined us later on. Hah. And I put my legs through the part of the lfie jacket where my hands were supposed to go. Hah. Janelle tried it and fell over and INTO THE WATER! Hah. Seriously laughed alot. Hah. Then we rode the waves. Hah. Then we went back to NOSS to celebrate Uncle Francis's birthday. Hah. And I didn't want the cake cause I was already full. But this guy, I don't know who he is, took a plate for me. So I just took a small piece and gave the rest to Janelle and Trish. But they didn't eat finish and just made me eat it. Of course, I didn't, since it had all their saliva. Hah. And we were arguing over who should eat it. And the Maris Stella teacher was looking at us in amusement. Hah. Then went down to sea again. Rode the waves. Damn fun. Hah. Then Hendrik suddenly yelled "Who go back last have to do sit-up!" Then Janelle and I went "Ahh!" and ran all the way back to NOSS, where Uncle George was counting down. Hah. Dhruv was late. He had to do 30 sit-ups. Hah. Anyway, sailed out again. Uhhh. Did trapezoid. Hah. Inner and Outer loop. Then when going upwind, I kept drifting away. I think thats why Uncle Teh kept following behind me and telling me to tack. Lol. Like, he made me "draw" an imaginary line from the yellow mark to the pink mark. Lol. Hah. And when I got to the yellow mark, Uncle Teh told me to gybe, but Uncle George told me to go back to shore. Rawr. I gybed round the yellow mark anyway, but Uncle George told me to gybe again and head back to shore. Lol. I was the... 3rd(?) to get back to shore. Hah. Anyway, I hadda pull my boat myself. Cause not enough people. But my boat was kinda light anyway. Then helped Melissa pull hers. Hah. Then pulled my boat all the way back to NOSS where Uncle Francis told me to leave it there and help the others. Hah. And he said he thought my earrings were cute. (huh?) so weird... Lol. Anyway... when we were showering, Trish couldnt find her slippers and like huh. went back to NOSS to check. And Melissa hid her sling bag and I hid her handphone in my pocket. When she came back, she cried cause she couldn't find her handphone. Lol. And I put it into her green bag, and she tried calling it. Woots. Still couldn't find her slippers though. Hah. Anyway, the guys in the bus were talking about their
THAT PARTS. Ewww. Janelle and I were like. Pretending to vomit. And I hijacked her phone and started infraredding myself. lame right? Hah. Anyway, my mmum picked me up! woots. finally. I didn't wanna walk. hah. nothing much left.
OTHER...Looking through blogskins, I realise much has changed since the last time I visited. There were no more redding or greening each other, only friends and enemies. And I went through Myles's blogskins. Some of you may ask "Who in the world is Myles?" Myles owns Blogskins.com. So yeah. If you don't respect him in that site... He said "or else..." Hah. Anyway...
