Dual Check.

Flew with Darshan yesterday. He seems ok. I mean Zhi chen said he was coughing alot lately. Guess he was just down with sore throat or something.

Nervous time for me. Did all the pre-flight stuff under his watchful eye. I felt like I was taking the FHT all over again. Then during taxi he said I was taxiing too fast. Lol. No sense wasting time on the ground methinks.

The takeoff was smooth. But 9V-BOQ seemed a little sluggish. The controls not as responsive as I remembered it to be. I had to pull harder than last time on the yoke to lift the plane airborne. Doing circuits today.

Ah... Most of my landings were ok. Except the 1st and 3rd one. The 1st was deemed ok by Darshan (By him not saying anything). But I felt it was a tad too hard as the aircraft shuddered a little after landing. The 3rd was bad. I failed to flare hard enough so the landing was a 3 pointer meaning landed on all 3 wheels. On the last approach, I ballooned, but somehow manage to put her down quite nicely.

I have improve my Low-level circuits if I am ever gonna make a safe landing in Tioman. Runway is real short there. Will die if crash into the mountain. My low levels were way off. But the last one after seeing a demonstration I did good. This was on 5.6.2006

Fencing today was good. I won all my matches. I'm now a thinking fencer. Too bad James didnt see this. Won Jasper, bro and Adam. Honestly, Jasper and my brother are the only ones that give me a challenge in this class. Now Jasper said he is going to Sabre. Damn. I will go saber too next time. But for now I'll stick to foil.

Indy and Adam fenced like robots or so I told them. You gotta be a thinking fencer. You gotta follow through on your attacks instead of just smacking the other guy's blade. You gotta be unpredictable. That's what I told them. Both of them appreciated the comments but they've gotta work harder to apply them. Indy has potential though I think. He can beat me someday. If I let my guard down and underestimate him.

"At the end of the day techniques and smoothness can only do so much. All it comes down to is how you act in the fight. You've got to think and use the openings the opponent gives you. You got to be unpredictable. Skills can only do so much."

Randomness

Ok. Enough on just about flying. I need an outlet too I guess. So I shall start blogging about my boring life. LOL

Ahhh volunteered at St. Luke Elder care Centre today. I was sooo reluctant to get outta bed and go. I mean What could I conceivably talk to the old folks about? Befriend them? Hell I'll try. But but but...what ON EARTH do I say? I'll bet some of them would rather watch TV and talk to the other old folks rather than a young whippersnapper like me.

Surprise surprise. It wasnt so bad after all. I actually managed to smile alot and made friends with quite a few of them. I mean although I had to lie to one to interact with her. She was a retired teacher and I didnt know how to talk to her so I just said I had an ambition to be a teacher and asked her advice. Hahaha. Well.... Not really a lie I guess cuz I DID have an ambition to be a teacher at one time. That was before I left my heart up there in the sky. Another elderly man who spoke good english told me about WW2 days and how there is no such thing as honesty and its every man for himself. I dunno I cant say I agree. I truly believe in niceness and honesty, courage and valour. All those stuff. Maybe he'll say I am naive but so be it. Nice man though. Played bingo with those men too.

We're all gonna be old someday. I guess it tough. Knowing that your body fails you and all is really tough. I just hope that I won't end up as immobile as some of those old folks. I hope that if I do live to be old, my kids would take care of me and not THROW me into an old folk's home against my will. Hope everyone of us will have that fortune but I guess that aint possible. Ah but I may not mind being in an elder care centre like that next time for a while. Its really good social experience for the elderly who otherwise sleep their days away at home.

Fencing! I'm one badass fencer. I thrashed Jasper and my bro before the lesson. No mercy man and then I became a stupid arrogant goon. I totally toyed with bro and he won me. Agh! I deserved it. Must be man enough to say that. Lost to bro again and then jasper afterwards during the lesson. The only thought I had was to avenge my loss. I did after the lesson won jasper and bro. Then a Z grade 2 friend Ernest challenged me. Gawd he's lightning fast. I didnt have a prayer man. But I did hit him till i lost 5-4. pretty close score.

Flying tomorrow. Finally I get to leave the earth and its troubles behind again. Too bad there's gonna be trouble in the air. Darshan's flying with me... Aaaaagghhh!