finally... i can blog.
wanted to the past 2 nights but i conked out in front of my com cos i was too tired after 2 whole days of windsurfing.
yea... even tho i seldom windsurfed, i still crazily signed up for the PA windsurfing competition together with bang and ivp champion, yauhong.

i went into the competition just to have fun, not expecting to win anything. but i realised having fun was not so easy in a competition at this high level, besides, i've also 'lost my face'.

well... first of all, there were these lil boys who were half my size and weight but with 10 times our skill in windsurfing. they were the youth team boys, who had their dark tanned complexion as prove to their many hours of gruelling training. all of us were beaten by little boys.

secondly, i couldn't even begin in any of the 4 races cos i couldn't cross the starting line. how embarassing! my windsurfing technique was disastrous. i kept moving parallel to the start line cos i couldn't move upwind. when i'm near the starting line, the whistle would blow, followed by the annoucement "GATE CLOSED". argh!! pissing. so while the others went on with their competition route, i practised a little on my own. i tried to stay as close as possible to the buoy so that i can immediately cross the line the moment the horn blows. pump pump pump... i just couldn't even get an arm's length close to the buoy. so i was drifted away by the current and i was too far from the start line. grrrr....

finally, i think i was too heavy. our competition could only be held in slow winds as the moment the strong wind picked up, the hardsail competition would begin. so with all of my 80 kg, the sail just couldn't get enough wind to drag me forward against the current. so it's either i lose weight or i cut holes in the other competitors sail so that they can join my in my turtle race.

it was just so frustrating and embarassing.

fortunately, when there was strong winds in the afternoon, i could take in the beautiful sight of the pro hardsail windsurfers planing across the surface of the sea. they just showed how cool it was, as they did tricks which i can only be in awe and gape about. not unless i move to the east permanently, so that i can go practise whenever i like. yea... i was totally impressed by the thais who came to compete. they were clearly way ahead of the rest in term of skill and coolness. they deserved to win.

the after windsurfing activities made up for the bad windsurfing experience. paying only 15 bucks for registration,every cent was worth it. besides 2 days of windsurfing, lunch was provided on sunday and there was also a buffet dinner which included beer..... if you thought that was all, we had a free t-shirt and i got to know a few more people. value for money! hope to learn the cool tricks and try it out for myself.

Medicamp in 2 days time!