Sunday, July 8, 2007

Let me first start with how i got into AJC shootin...

Let me first start with how i got into AJC shooting team:



Was kinda fortunate and coincidence about the process i went thru to get into AJC shooting. I was a second-intaker in AJC where a lot of things i dun noe wats going on when i get into the college. many first intakers who stayed already got their wanted CCA and me still searching dunno what to join. I went for choir auditions with the help of Chengen, then also visited the AJCO but i jus feel that i wanna try something new. Initially i was just accompanying Kavi and Aure to sign up for Air Rifle trials. So I became the pestering guy that in a week, every break i will got to the staff room to call for the teacher i/c then Mr Patrick Lim hahaha. He was kinda busy for that week but i just very irritating keep calling and calling, sent letterS and even pestered form teacher Mr Hong to look for him... finally after a week plus of pestering i receive a call from the captain! I think its Chris or Fiona forget liao.. then went down to trial with Kavi and Aure... of course i shot badly and i was not in the confirmed list but first on the waiting list.. conincidentally the last person on the confirmed list had bad attitude and so the captains fiona and chris striked his name off = the waiting list moved up and i am in the confirmed list! hahaha! So 'lucky' ah haha! Then after a few months of rifle training (i am the lousiest of course), the coach then was Coach Zhang who wanted to start a pistol team and selection was held within the team and i was chosen for the pistol team! Been thru so much to get to what i am training man hahaha! But i really enjoyed pistol as i had a better grasp of it.



The whole of last half of 2006's training was not very effective as pistol team was just established (first batch of AJC pistol shooters). We dun have the professional equipments such as a pellet box, pistol shoes, pistol spectacles, worse the 4 pistols we bought is of low quality keep having problems... haha! Only until February 2007 when we started competing in monthly shoots and NTU Shoot, NUSIS then things got better! It started kinda late? the new good pistols LP-10 only came in in March and we borrowed pistol shoes from AISS (thanks to them!). So serious training only for like six months? but learned so much and experienced so much man.



Shooting is such a mentally demanding sport that you really have to be calm, clear of every step you are taking, every technique part you are using.. thru the process of trainings and etc gatherings with my teammates like wat yongbiao my bro said got highs and lows... Highs are times when we eat together after training at places like Long John Silver (named Short Mary Gold by us haha), Northpoint Macdonalds, Foodcourt, Burger King, Sakura Restaurant and sometimes Kopitiam opposite of SAFRA Yishun, Went to BMW (amazing race) with shooting-o-five and lots of craps and jokes we had before, during and after trainings! So many things happened yet time flies! Great friendship with Tai Ming, Cheryl, Danial, Lindy, Candy esp my bro Yongbiao! He encouraged me so much thru out these months! A week before nationals AJC shooting team even chiong Photohunt and eventually we got our name AJC SHOOTING on the ALL the top ten rankings of the game haha! Word Safari top 5 all belongs to us btw... so fun!



As a young shooter didnt have much time to learn steps and technqiue that well, then competition also didnt do well and chiong chiong chiong for training 3 weeks before nationals, sacrificed my mid yrs. Eventually Nationals is here, the team ARW did the best being Nationals Second and Zonal first with Jasmine S'pore's top shooter claiming individual Gold. Air Pistol Women did AJ proud too being Northzone first, Air Rifle Men north zone Second but Air Pistol Men was zonal fourth... sorry Pistol people i didnt performed that well! but u guys are great to me! Most proud of is my brother yongbiao who completed all 60shots in 1h45min, and even shot close to his personal best! I knew you can do it bro! so proud of you! i didnt performed well, even cried went i came out of the range (so emo hahaha)... but one thing i proudly proclaim that i NEVER REGRET joining this team and training so hard for nationals! I gave my best at that moment and i will continue to give my best! I will be continuing shooting until a day when i cant! It will be SAFRA, then SAFSA then NUS then SAFRA again! I found myself really loving this sport and thats where my passion really lies!



I really love AJC shooting so so much! Especially knowing you guys! But time really flies... will miss ya pp! must visit AJC shooting and encourage our juniors more k! All the wonderful moments and memories wow! This is the greatest gift God gave me! I will nber forget Pull Pull Pom, Cheekuu Down, Follow Thru & AJC Shooting! Always stay in contact k! You guys rocks and I love ya pp!

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