Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ok i am having wednesday-blues now. had an extended weekend cos my cg had nothing on in sgh today, and yuenmei and i decided to pon yesterday's patho lecture and tutorial in nus yesterday. haha~~
anyway, i tink my house's tv is going to explode from all the olympics i watch. i have totally no QC and watch literally EVERYTHING. hah. my favourites are of cos basketball, beach volleyball, and swimming! michael phelps so shuai! haha and i watch gymnastics and synchronised swimming too. i even watch wrestling. spent a good one hour watching wrestling today cos i wanted to find out how exactly does one win in wrestling. i even went to do research cos i couldnt figure it out. here's wat i learnt:
the object of the sport of wrestling is to put your opponent on his back -- to pin your opponent.
A pin (or fall) is when you put your opponent on his/her back with any part of both shoulders or both shoulder blades of your opponent in contact with the mat for two seconds. When you pin your opponent, the match is over and you are the winner.
If nobody gets pinned, the winner is the wrestler who has scored the most points during the match..
There are five ways to score points in a wrestling match:
1) Takedown - (2 points) You score two points for taking your opponent down to the mat and controlling him/her.
2) Escape - (1 point) You score one point for getting away or getting to a neutral position when your opponent has you down on the mat.
3) Reversal - (2 points) You score two points when your opponent has you down on the mat and you come from underneath and gain control of your opponent.
4) Near Fall (Back Points) - (2 or 3 points) You get near fall points when you almost but not quite get your opponent pinned. A near fall (near pin) is when...
both shoulders are held for two seconds within four inches of the mat, or...
one shoulder touches the mat and the other shoulder is at a 45 degree angle coming down to the mat, or...
the wrestler is held in a high bridge or back on both elbows.
If a near fall lasts for two seconds, you get 2 points. If a near fall lasts for 5 seconds, you get 3 points.
pretty cheem huh. haha i tink i will be a much better student if i was as self-motivated in my studies as i am in watching olympics.
btw, my end of posting test is this saturday! haha~~ i tink i am a goner, cant get into the mode of preparing for it with too much distraction coming from the olympics. hai but the olympics is once every 4 years leh...
shall get back to my case write up.. shall update on national day with hc130 once i get my hands on yisheng's new sony-alpha camera photos!!
-Shin- 10:23 PM
