Swordie Bloggie

OK, tomorrow is the second leg of the Sabah Paintball League 2010. It’s going to run from Saturday to Sunday… 3rd July to 4th July 2010. It’s going to be held at the same place as the first leg… KK Paintball Field at Likas Sports Complex… located between the swimming pool and the golf driving range… you should be able to see the red bunkers on the field from the road or round-about near the Likas Golf Driving Range entrance.

Sabah Paintball League or SPL is the first big paintball tournament held in Sabah… hopefully it will become bigger every year… Me and two more photographers will be covering the two days event. In the first leg, there are quite a number of teams participated… and this time there are more than 20 teams… and on Sunday, there will be a special event… One On One.. for those who want to try and eager to shoot legally and safely, you should try this… just drop by… and don’t worry about jersey or what to wear… you can wear anything… even hip hop clothes… or better still wear your favorite World Cup team… but just make sure you wear shoes… sandals, sleepers or crocs are not allowed… I love crocs… You can use sneakers, shoe with studs… as long as it is shoes, that’s fine… OK see you all there tomorrow

Kotobian Tadau Kaamatan… Happy Harvest Festival… to all the people of Sabah wherever you are

Kaamatan is celebrated in Sabah for two days… 30th and 31st May every year… and it’s gonna be public holiday till Tuesday coz the first day of Kaamatan falls on Sunday.

OK, I have not updated my blogs for more than two weeks…  well, I took a break coz I was away with some activities…

I left for KL on 15th to attend the Digital Camera, Imaging and Media expo in Mid Valley… then continue with study tour to Hi Tech Padu, Ranhill and Putra Jaya from Monday and Tuesday.

Then I was hotel alone for two days waiting for my paintball teammates at Cititel Hotel MidValley for the International Super Seven Championship 2010 in Petaling Jaya… which were held from 22nd and 23rd May. I did not played coz my back was still injured… but I still had sunburn… coz I was also under the sun watching and taking my teammates photos.

Then back to Sabah on 24th May… full with sunburn and fatigue… really exhausted with more than a week activities… My skin has turn black… i guess my face is full with blackheads… need a blackhead remover and some scrub… coz I look black and shiny now…

Then get more sun burn on Saturday, 29th May, for the Burnout360 Sabah Drift Challenge… which was organized so badly…  they put the schedule as 8am – Midnight… but the drift challenge was put to 4pm then to 6pm… imagine the amount of sunburn we have to take from 11am!!!

OK, thats all for now… need to get ready to KDCA to take cultural photos… Aramai Tii…

Settled all my travel thingy today… well not all, but at least almost all… change my flight from Sunday to Saturday… coz I want to attend the Digital Camera, Imaging & Media expo at MidValley… I was taking advantage here… I’m supposed to go to KL for official thingy from Sunday to Tuesday… but since the DCIM is on during that weekend, I change my flight… my travel for DCIM is free… but I still have to pay for my one night accommodation… Booked hotel at MidValley for a night… then another two nights at Bukit Bintang area…

But tomorrow, I’m going to change my flight again… for coming back… since the International Super Seven Championship is on 22 to 23 May, and we have bought our ticket since January, which we supposedly fly on Thursday, 20 May… my as well stay in KL for another 2 nights… while waiting for my teammates… instead of flying home on Tuesday, 18 May… then fly back to KL again on Thursday… So, it’s going to be almost like last year World Cup Asia 2009 Paintball… 2 weeks in KL

One other thing I need to be prepared for the official thingy and then for the paintball thingy is… I needed a haircut… it has been more than a month since my last haircut… my hair is getting harder to manage… what causes hair loss you may ask?… my answer will be unmanaged long hair :p I hate it when my hair is long… worse when the wind blow the hair… so I went for haircut after work today… took less than 15 minutes to have my hair cut

Last Friday, my old problem came back… old back pain. It came in split second… I was just sitting relaxing in the early morning… when I tried to stand up, I felt a sharp pain on my back… I immediately knew the old problem came back.

I had experienced back pain twice before… and it takes one or two weeks to heal… dang… this time it gonna cost me a paintball championship… the International Super Seven Championship 2010 on 22-23 May 2010… it worries me so much till pimples are popping out… I think I’m gonna need a blackhead remover at the same time…

Because it was so painful, i went for massage… it helps a little bit… but the next day, I think the pain of the massage was making my whole body painful… so on Saturday I went to see doctor… had an x-ray… and emm…. looks like it’s not a simple problem… since it has been going on for sometimes, there are some problem on the bones… and it cost me 300++ and still need about 750++ if I go for MRI… and another 20K++ if have to do operation… dang… health insurance is very important in this case…

I hope I will recover completely soon… and hope this problem never come back again… have to take care my weight and back…

Last week I received two packages through POS Laju… one I received on Monday which I have to collect from the Post Office since I used my Postal Box as the shipping address and the second package was sent to my office since I used my office address for the shipping address.

Well, both packages are not personalized gift… it will be great if someone out there did send me these gifts… anyway, they are actually goods I bought online… well not exactly… one is purchased online and paid using PayPal and the second one is through IM and paid using Maybank2U.

The fist one is the BlackRapid’s RS-7 R-Strap camera strap bought from ShaShinKi which comes with ConnectR-2 and FastenR2. If you are not sure what are these, just Google BlackRapid. This strap helps handling the camera better.

OK, the second package was DYE’s i4 Clear Lens… this is not camera stuff but it do help in taking picture The lens is for my paintball goggle… the DYE i4. When I purchased it, it came with a Smoke Lens… tinted lens. Smoke Lens is good for playing paintball but not for taking paintball photos in the field. So, this clear lens will help me see better through the camera’s eyepiece when taking photos in the field.

For two days players, marshals/empires/referees, Rela, spectators and organizers/officials were battling under the hot sun… for the Sabah Paintball League Cup 2010 First Leg at Likas Paintball Field. All events went smoothly without any major obstacles… everyone were having fun under the hot sun

Since everyone are tired… including me… let’s just go straight to the results… then go to sleep

For the SPL Cup Leg 1 Rookie…
Champion: Pitbull
1st Runner Up: Domestic Community
2nd Runner Up: Brotherhood JR
4th Placing: Brotherhood SR

As for the SPL Open…
Champion: Splatz1 Borneo
1st Runner Up: Splatz1
2nd Runner Up: Brotherhood

Man Of The Match / Most Valuable Player (MVP) goes to Mike Athanasius (Uncle Mike) from Brotherhood.

And to those who missed this 1st leg and also to the teams who wants to ‘appeal/tidak puas hati’… see you all at the next leg. The 2nd leg will be held in Keningau on 3 – 4 July 2010.

Once again congratulation to all winners and well done to the organizer, KK Paintball Centre

If you are coming to play or watch the Sabah Paintball League Cup but not sure where it’s gonna be, here are some more info about it…

The game will start at 8.00am for two days… 6 & 7 March 2010

And the location is (click image for full size)…

BAH… last call for Sabah’s paintball players out there…

This is your chance to play paintball league cup… there will be three legs in this league.

For this first leg, it will be held from 6th to 7th March 2010 at the new paintball fields at Likas Stadium.

There are two categories, rookie and open.

For rookie category, it’s going to be 3 men + 3 reserve. Entrance fee is RM300 and inclusive of paintball pallets. Newbie & students are highly encourage to participate.

For open category, it’s going to be 5 men + 2 reserve. Entrance fee is RM300. You can use electrical or mechanical marker…

USPL rules will be used in this tournament.

For further information, contact:
KK Paintball Centre – 088 727445
Zachary – 016 8146301
Sammy – 016 8472592
Gabrielle – 016 8459991
Tracy – 016 8459903
Miguel – 016 8350053
Email – info@kkpaintbalcentre.com

And as what to expect from this league… here are photos of Pre-WCA games last year… expect to have the same or better excitements…

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One of the most advance safety products from Dye is its goggle, the new Dye’s i4 goggle.

Some of the i4 features are:

- Revolutionary rapid lens changing system which allows the lens to be changed in less than 10 seconds.
- Gives more vertical and horizontal peripheral vision than any other mask system on the market today.
- Designed with the Professional in mind, thus provides comfort, rigidity and lightweight protection with Dye one piece, dual injected mask design.
- Sleek, light, low profile soft compression ear pads provide the protection you need while offering style and hearing clarity.
- The anatomically correct i4 mask system offers the best in comfort for all facial contours.
- The i4 retention strap system needs to be adjusted once and once only.
- One of the i4’s greatest features is the Multi-Directional Venting.
- The i4 comes equipped with Dye’s enhanced High Definition Lens, providing optimal lens clarity in any weather situation.

And I bought one during the World Cup Asia 2009 – Paintball Asia Series (PALS) for RM350.

I have not tried it on field yet but soon…

It’s a great goggle… it snugs nicely on my face… and it gives more confidence when wearing it…

On the fist day of November, which happens to be All Saints Day, I had a bad self accident during a paintball game. There are about 20 over of us from the MCSE class playing.

I fall down while trying to shift from one bunker to the other. It was the last match… it is actually an additional match after most of the other went back… only about 9 of us left and we decided to play 3 on 3.

My left trigger finger… index finger… was badly torn… coz I fall down and the trigger finger was absorbing my fall… holding my 95kg body weight!!! But lucky it did not brake to the opposite but instead get torn…

Went to clinic at Donggongon and had 5 stitches on it. Supposed to remove the stitches on 10th day, but I was away in KL for the Hacker Halted 2009… at the end I only manage to remove it on the 14th November at Medicare Clinic in Mid Valley, KL.

Then had it x-ray on Monday, 16th November, at the same clinic coz I was worried something might be broken inside… yea, should have x-ray it before it get stiched…

But anyway, I’m lucky nothing broken inside… except it is still swollen till now and still cant bend it completely.

Next, I need to do insurance quotes… errr.. insurance claim… I must get my insurance to refund me all the medical bills… and plus 2 weeks of allowance… probably RM150 per week…

Thanks to Donny who send me to the clinic and helping to take the photos inside the clinic…

The torn trigger finger

Not crying… just giving pressure to the arm to reduce pain while getting clean…

Stiching…

and stiching…

Stiched…

Getting anti-tetanus jab.