Flashback.

Coming to the half of the year 2014. 

Damai Beach, Kuching

Where we stayed nearby

Where I stayed during the tournament weekend.

Went for my first paintball tournament for year 2014 in Kuching last May, a week before the Kaamatan holidays.  First tournament for the year. Imagine that.  Things were not that easy for us this year...it is weird to see the bags just placed there, with no dirt, paint splatters or anything like it...feels weird pacing around without any bruises once every 2-3 months like I used to in the past years.  

 Kuching landmark 

view from the waterfront at night

Met great friends, make new friends...new experiences.  Good hospitality, superb food.  A stray Kat joining Supergrass this year and I am grateful, honoured to play with the awesome Sarawakian ladies and enjoyed my week.  No, I didn't bring home a medal, but it does feel as if we got first place, at least that's how I look at it.

 View from the sky of the tournament arena in Damai Central, Kuching.

I was somewhere down there, maybe at the food court, or 7-11...I think. LOL.

My ID tag for this year.

To be honest, I do feel down 2 weeks before tournament, and at the edge of almost wanted to cancel this trip, let the tickets burn, stay in KK and sulk in the corner wondering if that's the right thing to do.  Truth to be told, I am so unmotivated, sad and had so many issues going on that my spirit is already waiting to break into pieces anytime.

Never got tired of Kuching Laksa...start with laksa, ended my Kuching visit with laksa too!

Then came back whine about my allergies..LOL

On the day I flew, it was sunny in KK then started to rain in Miri when I get down for transit to Kuching.  All the way I kept, if this is an omen to tell me that this is a mistake; why do I ever think of playing with someone's team...am I good enough...what if I let them down...and so many more played in my mind.  The comfort of the food the moment I touched down in Kuching made me forgot the unhappy thoughts for a while, but even in my sleep these questions still bothers me in my dreams. 

sampling the famous sarawak layer cakes is so much fun!

24th May 2014.  First day of Kuching Cup 3 vs 3 2014 in Damai Central.  The lingering thoughts still bothers me as I sat at the verandah in our room in Damai Puri Resort, watching at the pouring rain that has been non-stop since 7am that morning.  Not too late to pull out, I told myself.  My other team mate felt the same too, but I told her we will decide about it when all of us gathered at the field.  But seeing the face of the team captain, Carol does slaps me back to reality.  The looks of people who wanted us to play, who encouraged us to play.  So I did.  So we did.

Dinner at Escobar after the first day tournament ended.  

Forgetting about tournament just for the night.

Despite with the gastric pain that constantly attacked me, aching back and knees (age factor I guess!), we managed to finish 4th placing after battle it all out for 2 days. 

Team Supergrass line up 2014: Daff, Carole and Me. 

Should taken the pix when Catherine was around.

So here I am, back in KK.  Back to reality.  Holiday is over, whined over the allergies I got from the holiday (for not controlling my food intake of what I can and cannot eat...padan muka) and work.  

Came to think about it, I am glad that I didn't ran away from accepting the challenge I gave myself. I am glad that I boarded the plane instead of crying in regret in my room.  

Thank you for welcoming me to your home.

Missing the two little angels already. uhuhuhu....

I wasn't alone at all.  
I met a bunch of awesome people who made me laugh, who welcomed me with open arms and accepting me into their fold. 

Thank you everyone.

Pain, paint, paint~!

I think I kena paintball overdose syndrome.  

May, June and last weekend, July is my almost non-stop paintball activities almost every weekends.  Every person that I met also remarked that they seen me in few different places in short span of time based on my updated activities in Facebook.  

Ramadhan came and it's a relief to me.  Really relieved because at least I can rest from traveling for events or running the local events for a while.  

So, in case you were wondering,  I was in KK last month for the Sabah Paintball League, then a week or so later, I touched down Kuching for the Kuching Cup 3 vs 3.

Us....Splatz1 Katz

Borneo ladies rock the field!

With another all ladies team, the SuperGrass - which gathers up players from Sarawak and Brunei

Carole from Kuching (center, white top with pink headband), Lulu from Brunei (right, black top with colorful headband), Nia from Kuching (left, red shirt), Daff from Kuching (back left, blue top), Yours truly with purple headwrap, Arry from Sabah (next to me, red headwrap) and Joanne (behind Lulu).

Can you spot me in the video? Hehehehe~

Anyway, after Kuching, a week after that I sail off to Labuan as the head referee for Labuan Pusatko Open 2013.  

 Though tiring, but our accomodation was arranged at Papaya's Beach Lodge...

All the tiredness just fades away with the peace and quiet environment here...

Who says only grown ups plays paintball?  This 3 siblings are no more than 15 years of age, they stole the attention away from the Open division players and guess what, their team won GOLD for Rookie category!

Happy winners....Team United Paintballers (a team consists of players from Sandakan, KK and KL) with Team Crazie Darkside (Sarawak, KL & Brunei) all smiles with their winning trophy.  2 days of hardwork finally paid off!

one for the album with Labuan referees and Team Crazie Darkside...

you guys are bullies! LOL~

Barely a day I arrived from Labuan, an unexpected job came in.  A referee friend of mine, Vicky asked me if I can help out for the Sandakan 3 vs 3 Challenge that very same weekend.  So, 4 days after that...yours truly flew to Sandakan...

 Oh yeah...travelling in style! =p

I salute this uncle for enduring the sun and rain to be in the field with us.

He is also a paintball player but this time around, he asked if he can get inside to be a paintball ref.

Honestly, I am a little concerned since I never worked with referees whom are 20 years older than me, and kept reminding him that if he can't go on, I would understand, but he finished the tournament anyway and still in good spirits!

If this is not putting the younger players in shame, I don't know what will.  

 A gift from Vicky, all the way from Japan!

Thank you!!!!!! 

 Me and Vicky, with the Sandakan Referees

Teams that came all the way from Kota Kinabalu, Tawau and Sandakan respectively.

Well...last weekend's Sandakan trip is to end the half year of paintball season for me in 2013.  Now that Ramadhan is here, I can take this opportunity to rest, and yes, will be travelling again in a week or so...but this time, it's nothing about paintball (well, almost) hehehehehe~  

I can't wait to meet up with some friends.

Till then, see you in next post!

Last weekend's training...

2 tournament's down....and this weekend, will be in Kuching for another.

Am still trying to get everything sorted out and yeah...honestly, I feel nervous!  We had our final drill and training last weekend, and thankfully, Ari happened to be in KK all the way from Brunei and helped us along with our training.

Thank you ya...for helping us a lot!

Getting these guys to help us out too...Kenchy, Simon and Sean...

Preparing our markers and everything, while Ari looks on.

...and at the end of the day...post mortem and all....

We all had fun! 

So...yeah, hope that we are well prepared for coming tournament this weekend....Splatz1 Katz will make her first debut in Kuching! Wish us luck!

Splatz1 Katz will be going to Kuching this weekend.

Arry, yours truly and Joanne

More Paint, Bruises Coming...

Seems like there will be an almost back to back tournaments I am going to get involved with.  Seriously...I didn't realise it until I was checking on the calendar to mark the tournament days to realised that.

So...what do I had in my schedule for weeks to come?

CAP3 Event this saturday...(25/05/2013)

 

Sabah Paintball League Cup (Round 2) next week... (01/06/2013 - 02/06/2013)

Not long after that...Kuching Cup 3 vs 3 (15/06/2013 - 16/06/2013)

and...soon after...

PusatKo Paintball Open 2013 Labuan (29/06/2013 - 30/06/2013)

So...there will be more paint, more bruises, more sunburns...hopefully, losing more weight!  

hahahaha...!!!

Backdated activities, trainings, makan as such...

I know, I know, I know...that I seriously had almost neglecting my blog.  Sometimes I do feel like wanted to update something but...you know, it's just kind of hard to break this habit.  *sigh*

Well, in case you were wondering what am I up to, all that I can say that I am doing pretty much the same thing I did...paintball trainings...and yes, next month I will be playing for a tournament in Kuching, my first speedball tournament in the country with a team that will made it's debut that day (will announce it as soon as it's making appearance lah *so perasan la AngeLBeaR...* . 

Being someone who just picking up playing...after being a referee for years, I know that I had to work extra hard for it.  Ya lah kan...orang stand pun tak betul, how la? 

But I do grateful that I still had people around me that never give up to train me, and telling me the things that I need to improve more.  Friends that never stop giving me support.  

2 markers that I am currently using to train.

Top one I named it Mr. Mac (belongs to Ari, in which I had it with me for safekeeping for the time being)

bottom is Ms-T (short form for Tsunami, the model name of the marker)

Most of my sifu's (yes, I trained with more than just 1 player) told me that I am improving - which is a good thing, right?  But somehow, I still feel like there is more to achieve, and I am still searching for it. 

Anyway, makan-makan is not excluded in my activities.

Sweet and spicy beef tripe from Kah Hiong Ngau Chap restaurant...not for the faint of heart.

A visit to Kah Hiong Ngau Chap Restaurant won't complete with these delicious 'ngau chap' or beef noodle soup. =)

Eating from a chopping board, creative presentation from Ooze Cafe

(somewhat reminded me of Jamie Oliver)

Fish kon lo mee from WanWan Coffee Shop for breakfast...

Fresh Taco Salad from Pancake International House for lunch the other day...

peace waffle for dessert, also from Pancake International House...

Fresh green seaweed to the heart's content from Pak Din Ikan Bakar...

Heavenly ice cream from Veda Blu...(Arry said she'll have me walk home if I just take 1 scoop, no kidding!)

Can never have enough of this famous 'Ikan Terbang' from Koki Bandung...

Sorry Ari, stock sudah habis...hihihihi~

Joanne is keeping us fit fat by bringing more goodies to the field.

My brother is not helping either.

Managed to find time for a short moment of peace...by Tanjung Aru Beach.

How I wish I am armed with my humble cam...but this will do.  

Love this shot of the Taiwanese couple.

so yeah...till the next post! 

Some Other Random Things I Did...

Some people might be surprised to see me in unlikely places.  

In an office, for example, they said that I look different from the 'AngeLBeaR' they used to see in the field.  You should have seen their faces whenever they saw me being 'lady like' (very much to my mom's approval) but how can you wear those pretty outfits that you got in a paintball field?

2 days ago, Leanna came to KK and asking for a favor.  There is an oil and gas exhibition going on at Magellan in Sutera Harbor so, yeah...yours truly to help her man the booth.  (Seriously, from paintball to engineering?)

Not that many exciting things I found or grab for this time, though.  (Yes, I changed my surname everytime it involves with this company.  Automatically, the director of this company has 3 awesome (chewah) daughters instead of 2! Hehehehe~)

But I do glad, these 2 days I meet up with some familiar faces though...from paintball! =)

 Met Ollie, one of my former Splatz1 team mate.

Notice the pink jacket? I recently got them from Brands Outlet.  Can't resist my favorite color...and yes, 

it's very cold in the hall so the jacket comes in handy. =)

 Ah...Riezanie, my team mate for the KK woodsball group.

He's here too to represent his company. =)  

See how 'tall' I am? hahahahaha~

The weather is favorable on the 1st day of the exhibition.

Managed to capture the sunset... =)

On the second day, which is yesterday and also the last day of the exhibition,

Gracy came for a visit!  =)

Andy and Sacha too!  =)

Sacha brought some of her dark chocolate cake and a small tub of ice cream to go with it.

Heavenly!!!!

Ah yes...

Managed to pose one for the album...

Photo taken by Leanna. 

=)

Anyway, it's been an awesome 2 days.  Thank you Sacha for the nice cake!  =)