20th Sept

I have one thing to say about paintball training, everyone was not fully utilizing the time!

Last time with the archery squad, everyone arrives on time, immediately sets up equipment after arrival, after 15 mins will start to do stretching exercise together and then start to shoot. For paintball, some arrive at 9am, some at 10am, some at 11am, some at 12pm, swt... And those that arrive early would sit there blabbering until noon, then only start putting on their gear, swt again... Every time i would arrive on time, get ready, and then sit there waiting for them... I felt so UNPRODUCTIVE!!!

Ok, enough of the complaining. Got a new feedneck for my marker. Now the hopper is sitting lower and less of a target. The feedneck is a bit big though, have to really crank it down to get a good grip on the hopper.


We are starting to do various drills other than just snap shoot and play games. But other than that, training was like usual, i'm still having trouble with field awareness. One time in the game i ran out of pellets, was pretty much a sitting duck. There's not much i can do and i thought to myself, lets see how far down the field i can go. So i just ran down the field and see how fast i can get into a bunker without getting shot. Bad move, got shot instantly and had a big welt on my chest...


Notes to self :

• Check if you have enough pods on the field. Being a sitting duck is not helping the team.
• Playing front is not all about rushing forward. There are times to push, and times to hold back.
• Never fill hopper to the brim. Paint will easily break inside hopper.
• Shoot cross, better chance of eliminating someone.
• Communication is not about shouting only, it involves listening too!!
• Don't luan luan shoot... AIM!!

SoosHe

"Surrounded by conveyor belts"

Sakai? Sake? Saki? Don't know how to pronounce it in Jap, but i just had dinner at Sakae Sushi Queensbay. This is my first time eating sushi (not counting those home made ones by sis).

At first when walking into the restaurant, looks like a normal restaurant but with conveyor belts going around. And then walked on deeper into the back... i was like, what!! We have to go up a platform?!? Like a stage or something?!? Suddenly felt like i was so mighty tall... and I thought we have to sit cross-legged on the floor!! Turns out there're actually seats provided. (If you've been there you'll know what i mean)

Eating is actually fun, just take whatever passes by and put in mouth, free flow of food, so song (although some of the sushi tastes like, eeww....). And someone was belanja-ing, even more song... woohoo!!

Going around and around and around, what if you put the plates back on the belt, hmm...










The aftermath...








And guess who i saw after dinner? IceCreamGirl!! hohoho...

13th Sept Training

Super motivated for this training after watching all those tournament videos, semangat...

Forgot to bring back my mask on last week's training, this morning it's nice to see my precious mask again.

Nothing special today, except for doing some bunkering moves and sliding with gun in hand (last time was sliding empty handed). The grass is so dry and sliding was so much difficult then last week. The mud from last week dried up and the ground was so hard. The pads feel like brakes when they hit the ground, so much geseran...

Some notes to self:

• Use opponent's bunker as cover when doing a bunkering move
• Wrap around the bunker (or whatever it's called) and surprise someone... a Shocker used this trick and shot me
• Know when they are not shooting at you and make a move
• Stay out of useless bunkers
• Spread out and surround the enemy!!

Goo

What do you think this puddle of slime is?


Take a guess people!! The answer will be announced next week...

6th Sept Training

Was a little late for training, woke up and was raining so decided not to go. Only went around noon after the rain stopped.

Today's training was out of routine. When i arrived they were having try-outs for new players. Then joined them for field-walking, and when we were ready for the first game it rained again. Since we can't shoot in the rain and the field was slippery, it was the perfect time to learn diving... woohoo!!

For 1 to 2 hours, we were in full gear sliding and diving, like a bunch of kampung boys playing with mud. We were soaked to the skin and covered in mud. I learned one thing from this experience - when doing superman-dive into puddles of mud, it's wise to close and zip your mouth. Unfortunately none of us did that and we got the chance to taste mud and grass and sand and bugs and whatever was in the muddy waters... (i'm using a lot of the word 'mud'.... can't help it, was really a muddy day)

Because i didn't play any paintball matches and didn't shoot one single paint, today's training was free of charge!! Zero spending for paintball training, except for fuel cost...

The first water themed paintball field in the world!!

P.S. - Our new team member pulled out, so we are back to 5 players now...

I'm in Second Year!!!

It's been a year since i first walked into Inti, 1/3 of my college life is over (that is if i don't take M.Eng). From my first sem, my class went from 7 person, to 12 person, and now there's 38!! Too crowded la. Don't want to be the photostat guy anymore, or later it will be like carrying dumbbells to class. Lets hope they will drop out one by one, until the total headcount becomes less than 20... what an evil thought <insert evil laugh here>

This sem only has two subjects, and 4 days of class per week. Is this good? The time table has a lot of empty slots, and there's no classed on Tues. But they say the subjects in short sems are a lot tougher. Guess will just have to wait to find out.

There's some bad news and good news for the new sem. First the bad. Exam coincides with My-NPL (Malaysian National Paintball League). My very first tournament and it has to be in the exam week.... bummer. Guess will have to call it off. But the good news is that since tournament most probably will be called off, training times have been reduced, this means less spending on paint. Whew, maybe now can stop working my ass off and relax a bit. FYI, the previous training schedule really set me back financially, where i have to restrict myself to spend only around RM50 for the two whole months of Sept and Oct!!

Time to start preparing for next year's season, and there will be no more Div4.
Div3, here we come!!