wow Gravical 2010 was great. haha. congratulations to all our winners like gary siying and audrey! and to those that were just that little bit unlucky, we're still proud of you. :D better luck next week! don't despair. haha.

the Open Men's finals, as usual, was just simply breathtaking. that indonesian climber Ponti was just.. what can I say... OH MYYY. lol. me and rongjun become his fans already! haha. his control on the route is just sick. he easily made a controlled move to the bonus tile without any bun-door swing.. something that not many of the climbers managed to achieve tonight. and his second route.. sick! hanging almost horizontal already, on one hand, still got energy to search for the last tile and end! we were speechless. hahaha. the route judge was a little too picky I felt. On ponti's last route, he accidentally crossed over the boundary to the next wall. okay maybe he did touch by accident- which means his leg may have got some help- which is a valid reason to make his come down and re-climb. but in the dying seconds, he wanted to go again for one final attempt but the whistle just nice went.. aiya, the judge should have just let him try, since he spent quite some time telling him about his foul. I'm pretty sure the crowd would have wanted that la. it will be like finishing the comp with a big bang. haha. it's ok i'm pretty sure we'll see him next week in the finals again!

and another beauty about the open climbers is that sometimes all they care about is finishing the route instead of thinking of stuff like 'oh okay i need to go for the bonus first so that in case I fall I'll at least have the bonus', which is what we normal climbers usually will think. I really salute some of them for their bravery, like sometimes daring to try out some alternative style, which either means they will complete the route without getting the bonus at all or it means that they may end up with absolutely nothing on their score for that route if they don't complete the route, like not even the bonus. I think once they climb at their sort of level, all these little details don't matter anymore. you can really feel their passion for the sport. it's that amazing. :)

wow these three days been spending a lot man. subway dinner then pool then cartel lunch the next day then pool again then JustAcia dinner then foodcourt (okay this one still ok lol) lunch the next day then Ajisen dinner! not to mention the amount of drinks that we bought, like bubble tea here and there or bottled drinks from the supermarket or canned drinks from the pool place. haha. SMU should have opened a little drinks stall there or something! sure make money one. lol. the weather was just crazy also. but at least it's better than rain!

this friday. I'll need all the luck I can get! where is eleanor I need her imba luck. hahaha. :D