My Blog

Some of my friends, the non-wakenutts, are a little tired of reading just my riding memoirs and so, to add another dimension. Here goes;

Ok! Poker and Mah Jong is a game of calculation, guts and most of all luck. I have not yet to break the incredible roll of BOHE since like 2004.. Well, in poker, he has indeed improve in his breathing techniques so as not get to excited with a hot hand.. Btw, Oh my god! If gaming is sex…this dude would be equivalent to a women having multiple orgasms all night long…..  One night of gaming, he would get full house after full house… Didn’t even need to bluff..

Last weekend in Sillipore, we had a fun playing some poker … Chinese New Yr, the best excuse to let your guard down and gamble away. Even a normal conservative lad like Eugene would be hitting the pot in 10s and 20s.. It is pretty cool..

However, I think I have taken a back seat.. I am not longer the Comando.. The guy that sets the tone in stakes.. I have been dethroned.. About time actually.. I find myself folding half the night away.. Not really me… But guess being unpredictable is a good thing.. But not so good for my wallet as I saw my chips decay away.. Talk about having high Theta ( sorry FX option lingo)..

Well, didn’t know how I used to do it.. but normally pokering till sunrise is not a problem but this last weekend.. I was totally worn.. My flesh was willing, but my mind’s too weak.. Guess it is time to play on better hours.. Late night games eventually will be a thing of a past for me. Esp if there is wakeboarding the next day!!!  ha ha ha

Spent the last two days out at the Seletar Channel in Singapore.. Came back home to clear my head, take a break from my emotional upheavals. And just enjoy the comfort of home when you wake up to the smell of a nice bowl of Mee Rebus as my mum walks into my room with it. Home, nowhere like it.. My bed, my desk, my old t-shirts, my memories. 

Anyway, back to the water. It was a good day.. I forget just a week ago i was riding in my wet suit. The water in Sillipore was 25 degree and the day was probably 33 degreee.. well, it was hot.. i was out on Alan Mak’s boat, with my pal Chris.. He and i started the same time but he has not touch a board for like 3 years and so he is starting over.. For me i was starting over too,given that my knee is finally ready to sustain a fair amount of pressure.. The ride was good… I went to work to get my heelside-180 grabs right.. I tried very hard to not make it just a spin grab.. I was ambitious, i want to poke a little or jiggle a tat before the spin….. On most attempts , i ended eating the second wake or clipping over the suface…. It is not easy but it is also not impossible. just needed to break up the motion and do it one at a time…  I used the 137 substance on alpha bindings. . This is my motto for this year… I wanna be able to ride with anything on anything..  big wake , small wake.. long or short boards.. i will ride them .. like i ride my own… that is a true quality… no excuses, just ride..

Today, I went out on a fully loaded X-star, Terry’s, with Yunos who came along to trying a new board., the 141 Double Up coalition.. Riding the 134 Marius  and shuan Murray Bindings, I totally sucked.. The wake was huge, and the board was broad which slows it down..  I had to hold my posture for longer than normal period and thus my poor conditioning couldn’t keep the position and i crashed so often  that i have to apologise to Terry for making him turn around so often…

Still   total backroll count  2lands/3 attempt.. my confidence and slowly gaining strength and so i hope eventually ,i should be bold enuff to go back to the Tantrum.  Yunos, kept asking me to work on the Scarecrow, gave me the tips and I think i will try it on my next ride..

With my brother in town… i probably won’t be able to wakeboard till another 14 days later.. hopefully the weather is warmer.