5 things u didnt know about me

1. Climbing is the best things that happened to me in NUS. The next best is eli (oops im gg to be killed, skinned and served with curry...so reverse the order)
2. Recently, Ive been spending almost all of my time with eli and climbing tt I am becoming a jing di wa (frog in a well). I realise this cos i havent been out drinking w/ friends for a long time and orchard road seems like an alien place T.T
3. My favourite game of all time is final fantasy 7 and I love all other jap/forgotten realm based RPGs. I like strategy as well and Mplayer Starcraft! Although I stopped playing games since JC i'm still wanting (since 2002) to buy that PS2
4. I used to read a lot of fantasy and sci fi ..my fav place in p sch was the NLB! Some favourites: , Robin Hobb (farseer trilogy), piers anthony(adept and incarnations of mortality series), robert jordan(wot), Tad Williams(memory, sorrow, thorn), David Eddings (Belgaraid series), George RR Martin(a song of ice and fire), Orson Scott Card(ender's game), Asimov (Foundation) and the book that got me all started in kindergarten2 --> C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
5. I love watching movies.. but not those artsy types. Some movies just strike a chord and leave a strong aftertaste. Some movies i still remember are About a boy, Vanilla sky, spanish apartment, run lola run, i-robot, alfie, 28 days later, the cube, spiderman, matchstick man, zoolander ->notice a trend with my interests? i'm a geek! :D

I propose that we do a tag system, ie you tag the next person whom you want to post and he must post the next "5 things u didnt know about me".. I tag Ning feng!

The Personal Post

Mmm..just woke up after a long sleep from bouldering consecutively for two days. It has been months since I've climbed hard so my whole body 'si-beh-shack' and my beloved middle finger is swollen again argh.

Feelings
When I bouldered again, I somehow feel that my whole body is very heavy and it requires a lot to make an innocent move, for example a cross hand. My legs seem longer than they were and it is difficult to be efficient on the wall now, causing me to be in a pooping position on the wall most of the time. Seems that my climbing instincts are gone, thanks to stuff like quantum physics and laplace transforms.

Shoes
Even my shoes are super tight. Like a virgin shoe like that. Totally unseasoned. Argh. Step here step dere super pain. Perhaps it is pissed for me not using it often. Dunno. Anasazi haven't been talking to me since I begun studying. Like a total stranger hais.

New endurance routes
As Kiat was complaining that the walls got too many new routes till it is messy, Teckie, Liu Li and I have created more endurance routes to make it messier bwahahahaha. Mine is the innovative and fun route! Red tape with big numbering marking from Enterprise wall start. It is basically a fun route, created to squeeze out the juice outta me so I will train harder.
Let x be the tiles in the route and y be the variables in the route.
So there are 22x, and y depends on the climber. The grade I think for a 22x + 0y = 6c. Vary the number of y to increase the grade and the level of shackness. And it is fixed footholds, plus you cannot step on the handholds to be footholds. Just think of everything; leg hook, campusing, smearing and dinos on the route and you will be fine. (edited: added a footie at tile 12 so the girls can do the route too. with that footie, the 'seh' level increases by tenfold. edited tile 5 and 6 too. it is now err..6b+ ?)

Future
Need a lot of training siah. Weak is the word to label people like me argh. (If you wondering why I am typing all these, I am just feeling emotional today after watching some Korean movie). All the best for the remaining papers!

where we be gg

This coming Tue, me, zhengxin, weimin and jiasheng (NTU climber) will be gg to Nyamuk and Camp 5!

my Nyamuk target:
le fetur 6C which gave me bad rope burn the other time (revenge!) and
Chess 7A (will update again whether mission suceeded or failed). Hopefully my endurance trg will pay off. Most importantly, lost my fear of Lead climbing recently which is a happy happy thing! :D

And of cos, looking fwd to visiting the most beautiful climbing gym i've ever been to:

5 Things (i hope) that you dunno bout me

Unlike Kiat who is bored from studying, I do not have anymore papers to study for. Wuahahah come on Teck Chew, Liu Li, Jhalley..do you smell the freedom of engineering year ones? Opps sorry Kiat i forgot you still got papers. Lol here goes:

1. The first thing that you do not know of me is that my record in toilet is a pee projectile of 1.5m. Consult your friendly math students if you do not know what is pee projectile.

2. I was in fencing in secondary school. I specialize in epee.















3. I got two siblings, an elder sister and a younger bruder (no not that bruder). If you are a hawt babe looking for a good man, mail my sister and your wish will be granted. Sorry Amy, Jennifer, Minaiti, Lectumi, Bruce, Pook Leng, Joan Joanna Joannabromvich, Fabrienne, Emily, Sarah, Mik Tot, Mrs Lam, Xiao Hei, you can only apply once.

4. I am good in bed.

5. My record in secondary school is that I've made two teachers cry. One during sec 1 and one during sec 4. Look how well I've grown up to be, a fine gentleman muahaha.

Uh..am I supposed to say this..in the words of a soon to be dino, Kiat: "who's next?"

5 Things You Didn't Know About Me

Was kinda bored with studying and thought I start this kinda chain-blog post. 5 things you guys didn't know about me. Who'd like to go next? Alvin? Adrian? hahaha... Let's keep it rolling, and see what crazy things we come up with : p

1. My first pair of climbing shoes were a pair of hand-me-downs from my bro. They were a pair of La Sportivas that have now been retired to the gym and are out of production.

2. Before NUS, I used to frequent the SAFRA Bukit Merah climbing gym, and was first introduced to Rock Climbing by my brother, through the Level 1 course in NUS.

3. I have a really delicious-smelling shower foam that I like to use after sports, from Bodyshop. It makes me feel clean and keeps me smelling like an ice-cream cone for 2 hours after that.

4. My girlfriend and I have 'adopted' a cat: Scruffy, a grumpy, round and adorable 7 year old mixed breed.



5. I've been a scout for about 10 years of my life. Had some really good times with those guys, and even had time to earn myself a President's Scout Award before I left JC.


Heh... Anyone wants to share 5 things we don't know about you too?


JKLM

Yishun Safra on 5th/6th May

hallo, nusclimbers! eh, are any seniors or juniors interested in going Yishun SAFRA on Fri 5th May 2006 or Sat 6th May 2006? just asking. need some motivation... hehe. trying to ease the pain of being unable to go Nyamuk!

Batu Caves & Camp5

Contact me if you're interested. Do note that this trip is only for the hardcore climbers (Take Team JW as a benchmark. Anyway JW will be in Taiwan honing his climbing)

Price in S$ (very rough estimate)

Food: $10/day x 4 = $40
Transport: $38/one-way x2 = $76
Other expenses $50
Total: $200


May 2nd Tuesday

• 5pm: Meet at NUS. Pack equipment
• 7pm: Dinner at Sch
• 9pm: Arrival at Tanjong Pagar Railway Stn
• 10pm: Board Train

May 3rd Wednesday

• 7am: Arrival at KL
• 8am: Breakfast/ Set-off to Batu Caves
• 9am: Nyamuk!
• 7pm: Dinner / Rest

May 4th Thursday

• 8am: Breakfast
• 9am: Nyamuk (Complete - Projects)
• 7pm: Dinner
• After: Relax at KL

May 5th Friday

• 8am: Breakfast
• 10am: Camp 5
• 6pm: Dinner in One Utama
• 7pm: Set off for Singapore
• Midnight: Reach Singapore

Faint...

I can only wonder what's going on in his mind... I think I will just drop to my death... amazing (photo).

Good luck for the exams everyone!

Exam Spam

All the best for ur exams! The rest without ... muahahaha ...

Interesting Sites for browsing when you're free

NICROS training centre

MOON School Room

Rock & Ice (Check out 'Better Beta')

Seeking to DIY a Portable Fingerboard/Campus Board

Need some help here. Intend to DIY for this coming holiday.

• Anyone can tell me where to buy cheap portable pull-up bars
• Where can i buy a small amount of T-nuts and bolts (those dat hold e tiles)
• Wat size are used to drill the holes on walls
• How to attach rungs to the wall (screw on or bolts?)
• Any where i can get cheap tiles

Thanks

Training With The World Champion

Here are two articles Czech Climbing (www. czechclimbing.com) released on what it takes to be a world champion. You guessed it -- they're two articles written by Mrazek on how he trains.

Part 1: http://www.czechclimbing.com/clanky.php?xtem=&key=3827

Part 2: http://www.czechclimbing.com/clanky.php?xtem=&key=4046

Enjoy. And try to resist the urge to hit the wall just like I did after discovering Mrazek's little secrets.


JKLM

what do climbers do when they are bored...???

they start talking to their MUSCLES~

A little while back,

A little while back, during the KL climbing trip in December 05, I remembered several of the junior team members having their fate tested in a machine. After sticking their palm into a machine, huff and puff, a report comes up.

Two of the girls was tested positive for low sex drive.

This is not an indication that I am still concerned (worried). Click here to see how you can help yourselves. http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/060403kanamara/index.html

Heh. Study and climb smart.

Long awaited break!

been planning this since last year....a long break (Sharma break? haha...length-wise) to rest my fingers totally, let 'em recover. don't wanna wake up with pain fingers no more...

many of you don't believe that i can do it. neither can i...but i shall prove that i can! (i hope? mind over matter?) anyway, finished most of my project routes this week. yay! tiong ann's red tape endurance route on the sun-moon wall (today), my own yellow tape route on the 38 degree wall (tuesday), and alvin's re-elisation2 (last week). still haven't finished jup's aRe aXe yet. after a few tries, ok...maybe its a bit easier than my route (mine isn't that hard hor) but the jump to the crescent still kills...and the route is definitely more powerful. maybe needta engram that move but no chance for me le....gonna take a break. so ah...if by any chance i give in to temptation n you all see me on the wall (not in the gym cos i'll still be around), kindly chase me off the wall.

...waiting for krabi...

cute foto

Poor yap where is his belayer!?

MUHAHAHA, Shiok!
Sssshhhh *evil grin*

the story of a climbing girl.

contary to popular belief..climbing girls are very much like ordinary girls..we are not more 'chor lor'..

despite the fact that we sometimes like to tape all our fingers and pretend to look like macho boxers...
we have our taitai days too where we stand around and do nothing...


inspite of it being in front of a huge wall with mosquitoes buzzing around..
climbing girls do normal girly stuff too...
like plaiting our hair up nicely..to make sure our hair dont get in the way of our 'roaring' bouldering


we like other feminine girls also like posing among the pretty flowers and grasses..albeit in front of a huge boulder as well.

like normal girls..we have boyfriends..



who all act like coks.


and most of all we love posing for the camera and looking pretty all the same.








by now, you would have guessed that i have nothing better to do.
aye at least i provided some eye-candy to the blog! heh.

CLIMBING GIRLS ROCK!!! (no pun intended)
~eLi

shiok!

Today Liu li taught me lots of tricks on how to efficiently do TA's red route and best of all, he finally completed it after 4 days of hard work!

He's climbing above my level arldy! I'm really glad of that..

congrats !!

Esp for NUS gals

Good article and great female climber

http://climbing.com/techtips/ttsport233/

http://www.majavidmar.com/en/

Not many nus gals read our blog, so if u find these helpful, jus tell 'em abt it.

Why not?

Hua..was looking at climbasia.com and saw their trip to Pulau Perhentian. I reckon that it will be a nice climbing trip to perform next year instead of going back to Batu Caves. Besides, can go turtle watching too and swim among fishes.

Can also go fishing while doing routes. Fry and eat fish, rather than swatting flies in Nyamuk wall.

Fish fishie fishes fushie mushie..we can bbq them, pan-fry them, bake 'em, steam or fry them and even grill them. Eat freshly cooked fish between climbs. Sounds like a goooood idea.

Also, can bolt new routes! Bet got routes waiting to be bolted. Shall name it pan-baked fish, half done fish, ikan bakar etc etc hurhurhur

Hampi

Courtesy of Philip :)

Cool Stuff Gotta be Shared!!!

Nice Wallpaper.
Copyright of Hong Junjie
U jus can't fathom how enthu e comm members will get
CLIMB ON!

Liu Li loves spotting

This is Liu Li

He loves spotting


Even to the person in the Banner!

It is important to be safe.

My Fav Boulderactive2006 Pic

It somehow shows power of the event

our secret obsession with weight

DISCLAIMER: SENSITIVE ISSUE

Most climbers I know are concerned with either their weight or the level of fats around their tummy. I think it's a bad obsession, I mean, food is meant to be enjoyed and climbing does not make up our life!!

Already most of us are way too skinny compared to the general populance but due to good/bad? role models, our preception of the "appropriate shape" is coloured.
(for guys: Jay and Ronghui have unfair wasp thin waists and Irwan/ Sibin are obscenely light <50KG!? for girls just look at the transformation of eli..)

There's certainly nothing wrong with watching our diet and eating healthy, staying active but juz hope no one takes it to too far limits!

Currently i have lots of fats around my middle due to lots of binging in my room whilst studying...trying to be happy with that :)

Pictures are up on www.nusclimb.com
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Thanks to Xan's, Yiren's hardwork.

ROCKAMANIA

Eli and Junekiat won rockamania!!!! congrats ya two!

woohooo, nus sweep top prizes again

Tomas Mrazek

I think I am blogging too much.

Anyway since Tom was here to comment on Jai Dum, thought I might intro this guy a little. The best way to intro him is to give you guys a link to his climb done years back on a 8C/9A route named underground. http://www.czechclimbing.com/clanek.php?key=2997&lim=0&==&caut=&cser=&ctem=&nser=&ntem=

I like the way he climbs because he wears the same shoes as me when he did that climb. His legwork (read legwork, not footwork) is superb. Hooking here and there, see how he changes the pressure placed on his tipping of footholds. Dammit. And there is a everchanging flux on how he manages his legs so as to fit the right situation. When going for a lunge, when overcoming the overhanging part of the starting, when he is on the flat part of the ending. His knees are dropped here and there, turned here and there. No wonder he is better than me argh.

The starting of the route is madness too. It looks like friggin sloppers on overhangs argh. Anyway here's his official site. Can see how he train up lah. Not bad this guy. http://www.tomasmrazek.cz/

endurance routes

Hi guys, this is a call for all budding routesetters to come and tape up endurance routes...anything u like, 6As to 7Cs as long as u happy..I happy.

gr8 to have more routes ard for warm-up or endurance trg or projects!

I Just put up r-elisa-tion v.2 (7A ??) , have fun.


Edit:
R-elisation downgraded to 6C paiseh...hohoho (first few ascent snapped up like hotcakes liaoz!)

Rockamania..not!

Uploading the picture the second time. Jai Dum 8b!

And I did not join Rockamania. Huh so what. Coach says he is half-minded so I respected his decision..pulled out last minute due to half-mindedness too muahaha. Better study, get good grades and mum lemme try Jai Dum in July muahaha. haha. haha. haha.