“you are my sweetest downfall”

over the weekend, i went to malaysia for an invitational comp @ The Curve. :) got 2nd for SBL so i got invited by CA to take part in this comp.
about 7 of us went up to KL to compete in the Zenergy Boulder Craze.
it was awesome. haha :) first time im competing in a boulder comp overseas!
was really excited and looking forward to it all week. more to come i hope! :)

the few of us singaporeans in busy KL!


took a late night bus up with hakeem and dennis and kinda just read my book during the whole bus ride. haha
tried to get some shut eye, but despite the nice cushy spacious seats, i couldnt seem to get a gd spot. :p oh well.
reached Times Square and immediately headed for krispy kreme already.
we 3 musketeers just sat down, ordered 2 donuts each and stoned for awhile before taking a cab towards our hotel.

accoms were paid for along with transport to the mall.. me and dor had our own room coz liting went to stay with marcus. but everyone complained of hard pillows the next day. haha.

woke up the next day feeling sleepy and met fareeda from thailand. i guess she was there at BA this yr when she saw me, but for the few moments i was kinda stunned and stoned when she came up to say hi to me. haha. still in a sleepy mode i guess, not that i was trying to be antisocial or anything.
she told me the thailand climbers went clubbing the night before. very hapz indeed.

:)


the girls were given red columbia shirts and black alex-puccio-kinda tights while the guys had yellow tops and black pt kinda shorts. lol.
in the end no one wore the shorts that we were sponsored. :p
lucky i brought my purple columbia pants. :)
the red columbia top was supposed to be tight fitting.. but we 4 sg girls kinda just drowned in them. :p compared to the other muscular ladies from hk or msia.

and we had name tags!
printed on cloth with our full name and flag.
coolshites yo.


seems like a total of 5 diff countries were participating..
malaysia, singapore, thailand, philippines and hongkong.
but just 12 climbers per category. haha.

qfys went by really quicklyy.. haha.
but the finals was really something man.
it wasnt the routes or difficulty.
qualifying first for the finals, i was the last to go.
well, its been a long time since i bouldered so this kind of comes weird to me. din know how to handle it. :p
i guess it was really a mental game, strengths aside.
6 finalists, hearing the 3 before top or even flash the route, boy, it was really demanding to keep my head in the game. :p
constantly needing to keep myself calm amidst the booming rocking music, needing to psych myself. (and chalk my hands!)
lots of thoughts and gears moving in my head when i was waiting for my turn.
was pretty exhausted mentally after that. :p bleh.

the guys who watched told me after that i had some really crazy beta going on during the finals.
heh. :p i guess i wanted to make every move count.
but i did realise that climbing more really helps.
having been speeding more and at most bouldering once a week, i din have this pool of climbing moves in my head that i can tap on whenever i read the route.
so there i was, always hesitant and unsure if my beta was really the correct one.
plus i wasnt sure all the time that i could do the moves.
yea.
i guess strength can sort of help me out in this, but next time? maybe not so lucky.. haha.
and the prize was totally wicked! haha. Columbia vouchers, cash prize and a petzl harness.. which i sold to jw the next day! ;)

but congrats to all the winners. :)
once again, i really was happy when i got 2nd. haha.
(compared to winning 2nd in east zone or nationals and knowing u made shit loads of mistakes during the game and u still feel like crap despite wearing that medal)

the atmosphere at The Curve was awesome.
lights camera and action just like the World Cups we see on youtube. haha.


back home, teamNUS was kicking a storm!
and word was going around abt jw and yix, the winners of the PCP comp happening in the region that same day. haha.
facebook was full of psych going around. and it seemed like STS is going regional. haha.

i think i wont ever forget this experience. :)

next up, IOXC!
boulder and speed! :)

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