TODAY WAS A CRAPPY DAY!!!!!
Today went back to school for archery training. I used the compound bow.
This is the kind of bow i'm using today. Nomarlly i'm using a recurve bow. (If u are interested in the different tyes of bows, visit http://thunder.prohosting.com/~mfoster/archery/bowtypes.html and their homepage: http://thunder.prohosting.com/~mfoster/archery/archery.html)
okay, let's come back to the main subject i was toking about. today i was shooting the arrows without a sight (markers that helps to aim) fixed on. by right.. it should be a lousy training since i can't aim properly without a sight, HOW TO HIT THE BULL'S EYE?!? Actually i tried finding it in the cabinet used to keep the stuff and it wasn't there, so I thought PJ (club president) kept it and sms-ed him for it. He replied asking me to meet him half an hour later so i did. Then i went to wait him outside the lab... he was bz all the way till 30mins later.. -_-" (mind you! that wasn't the worst! read on...)
i don't know if it was a blessing in disguise.. although i do not have the sight fixed, i was able to focus much better..
The figure above shows the side and front view of a loaded bow (arrow nocked, string not drawn). When the archer draw the string, dosen't matter if it's a compound bow or recurve bow, the arrow muz always be in-line with the bow string. This will ensure that your arrow will not fly off side-ways, i.e. your arrow will only be either higher, or lower then the target point aka bull's eye and not lefter or righter! The purpose of the sight, from my personal experiance, is only used to mark the level of where your arrow will hit, if adjusted correctly, the bull's eye should not be a problem at all!
Disclaimer: if you still can't get the bull's eye, blame it on your shivering arm, your anchor point and your follow through!!
Ooops.. sorry for the distractions (although i spent quite some time to illustrate them). So since i can focus better now, the competition in May '05 shouldn't be a problem to me, all I need to practise, pratise and mor practise, yeah!
I'm suppose to meet PJ after training to return him those archery stuff, siew ling n me finished training ard 1330pm so i sms-ed PJ, no reply all the way... sl meeting friend so she left me alone at ard 1430 then i waited and waited.. sianz.. if i wasn't taking 3 sets of bows with me, 2 dozen of arrows and shared equipments, i would've brougt everything home. Waited hours for him, sms nv reply, call him oso cannot get through.. i was pissed off at the moment, but i know school reception sux like hell.. can't blame, another reason is that since he doing lab thinggy, the handphone might not be easily accessible, oso cannot blame. so i waited n waited, people come and go.. took out handphone play "Opposite", that game with seeds turning black and white.
The sky started to turn dark with lighting and thunder, no choice liao.. see so many stuff but no hands to take all of them so tried to stuff everything into the boxes that keeps the wooden/recurve bow. finally brought them to the cabinate. just as i stepped into the canteen, the sky rainned immediately, i never expect it to be that fast though.
another 1 1/2 hrs passed - the time was 1600hr. finally PJ sms-ed me saying "r u free now?", funny, what kind of reply did he expect? i juz shot him this, "Ya. I'm waiting for u"...
suddenly no calls, no reply.. Nothing! then 10mins later i finally seen him... he took that long!
finally kept those stuff and paid a sum of 10 freaking bucks for god-knows-what. i wonder why we needs to pay a monthly fee of 10 bucks when we have to pay for any further damages, repair of arrows ourself, and a pathetic club with no club house and therefor no cost for any stationeries, and school paid equipments. just who the hell is using the 10 bucks from each individual member? I NEED AN EXPLAINATION!
stingy school - republic poly - only has got free shutter bus to red hill MRT station during school open hse, today was the day for matriculation, since the people there were assured future RP students, the school do not have to impress them anymore, and so.. NO FREE SHUTTER BUS!
The rain outside was heavy, i wanted to take bus to orchard and change to bus 124 initially so that i might be able to avoid getting soaked, but somehow i felt hot despite of the cold whether, so i decided to walk all the way to red hill mrt station. i didn't worry much, except for a teens mag, handphone and my wallet in my semi-waterproof bag - i fear getting them soaked as well, and it's considered troublesome for a lazy people like me to hang my bag dry. however, i did not change my mind and was determined to walk/run. i was already fully soaked before i manage to reach the nearest block of flats, so this gave me no excuses to stop since i'm already at the worst state. crossed the overhead bridge and.. SHIT! the road beside was flooded and cars vrooomed by non-stop. water kept splashing onto the pavement. i decided to wait a while longer under the rain for a chance of lesser cars, i was suayed... can't be any suayer.. a bus ran through the poodle of water and formed a 2m high tsunami... i became a victim. the water covered me rite above my head and splaseh all the way down to my toe.
after i manage to cross to the other side of the road, two 145 buses stopped at the traffic light. i wouldn't want to miss the bus so i started running, fortunatly i got on to the bus. people starring at me as if i was an alien who fell onto earth and into the sea. i'm sorry i wet the already wet bus.
the rain only get smaller when i reach home... eeeeediot!
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