i don't know what to write regarding chiang mai open.

oh before i forget, i will declare that i have pledged to try my best to blog in perfect english and grammar and spelling, except for the capital letters which i am lazy to type. Grins spazzily.

we got second in women's open division. it wasn't much of a tournament for us, simply because we had two walkovers xD so we easily got into semi finals and finals. i think the only proper game we played was in the finals, which we lost simply because we made more errors than the other team did. but i'm still glad we went to chiang mai, so that in singapore we will not make the same mistakes and do better. =D

new year's eve rocked. i tell you, that was the funkiest new year's eve i've ever celebrated in my whole short life here so far. after dinner we went to this ulu place next to a lake. then we set off what the thais call "hot air lantern". at first we thought it was a type of hot air balloon, but its cooler than that. the lantern is made of paper and is in a cylindrical shape which is open at the bottom. the bottom instead has two wires crossinf in the middle, where you attach a paraffin piece. then using a lighter, you torch the paraffin and hold the lantern till the hot air inside (which rises) fills out the entire lantern. then you let the lantern go high high up into the sky, and you take lots of photos (:

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