Ok. Nationals today. Took the 8.30 bus from home and arrived at Yishun station at around 9.05...met up with the pistol girls and walked to safra with them. Hmmm... don't feel like doing a commentary. Ok. So the shoot was at 10.25. The three of them went in... and I couldn't enter the range cos only coaches and teachers could hang around. Ah well. Didn't know how they did until it ended. Before the shoot, I knew they were all quite nervous. Or maybe I knew gl and shu were nervous...kim...not too sure. Didn't really dare to say much to them about it in case I made things worse...it's possible. So I left it. Maybe I should've asked them to talk it out.

Anyway, they went in. Valli, our senior pistol girls ex-cap, came to support us. So I sat outside the whole time with her waiting for them. Almost felt like you know...a wife goes into the delivery room to give birth while the husband sits outside to wait. Very well. Valli and I talked about some stuff. About how she entered med school etc. She's learning driving now...so sad...I can't learn until I'm 21 or something...bleah. She also taught me how to do a double star with a rubber band. Interesting. I have a very bad memory.

Ok so one hour and fifteen minutes later, they were done. When I thought it was almost over, I just went in to join them. Gl was still shooting when I went in. Shu was talking to the coach and looked quite upset. Kim was talking to someone whom I didn't know...didn't look too happy either. Was thinking "uh oh". I think gl was the last one to leave. Almost gave mrs nair a heart attack haha. Yeah. When I went to help her pack her stuff, I asked her how she did, and she said not too good. And I was like .........

Right. So yar. At that time, we were quite worried cos we thought that we wouldn't be able to beat vj. Actually, more disappointed than worried. Like mr lee said, if we won, it was heng...very lucky. If we lost, then it's just suay lor. Cos almost everyone under-performed.
Scores:
Kim - 357
Shu - 337
Gl - 344
Team score :1038

Right. All the while, inevitably I was thinking...if I had shot, would I have been able to do better? Some time later, shu asked me this question. I replied that it was hard to say. But hmmm.... yes it's hard to tell if I would have shot better, because I didn't actually shoot. So yar. Hard to say. But...... sshhhh (actually I think I could have) Ok. Don't tell.

So we stayed there until all the results were out. And yay! Vj under-performed! Right. They shot 1021. AC was second at 1031 (so close...too close for comfort). HCI was third..I think 1029. Yeah so we won. But...we didn't manage to break our seniors' record. We broke it countless times during training. Thought it would be a breeze to do so. In the end, valliamai d/o nallakarupan's record was broken by an AC girl who shot a 365. Bleah. Think it was kar yoke. Ex-MG girl, currently a J1. Right. And guess what? MG doesn't have a shooting club.

So after that, we went with the guys to swensens for ice cream. Was starving cos we didn't eat lunch. Arrived at swensens at around 5. Shared an apple crumble...and got indigestion or something. Stomach pain all the way home...up till now. Getting better. Remind me never to skip lunch again. 2nd time this week liao. Bad...

Ah well. I'll miss shooting. Really. Can't imagine not shooting after training almost everyday for the past goodness knows how long. Hmmm.
It's kinda strange to get a prize even though I didn't actually shoot.