taking a break off photomarathon,
yesterday was daddy's 49th birthday.
it was quite a long day for me.
morning (10am to 12n) : SPCA
afternoon (1pm to 6.30pm) : KARATE COMP
night ( 8pm to 10pm) : SWENSEN'S
our family went to watch sam's compete in SP
he just finished his karate grading and skipped a grade while his other friends got a single promotion. he's a brownie now. really happy for him.
this sequence he was doing is called "Geksai Dai Ich". and no, sorry, i have no clue what it means.
preparing for the sparring session. that's the mouth guard thing.
mum and dad laughing away with my uncle.
i like this picture of mum. she looks really cute here. haha.
this isn't sam's fight. i couldnt get a good one of his sparring session.. i have yet to aquire the skill of sports photography. 
that's my uncle lawrence who gave out the prizes for one section. he trains with the SP team and did the recording of the scoring for the matches. 
that's my other uncle steven, uncle lawrence and uncle steven are both dad's brothers. he's a black belt.
ah there we go. sam took part in 3 matches and got a medal for each which is pretty cool. 1) Kata (sequential movement - meaning they memorise the steps) - 3rd
2) Kihon II - basic for senior belt (green and above) - 3rd
3) Kumite (sparring) - 1st
there's like quite a number of em there. from little 6 year old kids to poly students. this is just a section of them cos my 50mm lense OBVIOUSLY couldnt get em all (it wasnt meant for it anyway). the first row of guys, second from the left, is called dennis. he's from ngee ann. we're both traitors! haha.
this is jason yee. he's sam's sensei. they won "best Dojo (the place where you train) award". his Dojo won the most number of medals.
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it was pretty late so we went to swensen's to have a small celebration for dad, since most of the day was spent watching the matches.
josh - i couldnt decide which picture to post up so i just did both.
sam and mum. 
dad!