WEll! it has been a while since my last post.. and alot has happened! so lets go:
Went to Kuching, Malaysia for the KOI World Cup- Won Gold in my individual weight division (53-60kgs), Gold in the Mixed team event and Bronze in the Womens team. I won all my fights though (11 in total over two days!) which was a huge effort, i just felt my mental toughness was really on cue. 
I thought about each individual fight and what i had to do to win that.. and so on and so on. There were alot of Countries competing and I fought against competitors from malaysia, russia, jordan, vietnam, singapore, hong kong, iran.
It was a great trip- we were on the east island of Malaysia (the opposite to where Kuala lumpur is located)in Sarawak, so it was very tropical- awesome weather, really cheap and great food, and most importantly cheap beer!!
(Beer in the pic was AU$1 for a tallie!)
Also went to Adelaide a week later for the Australian National Karate Championships- Got 3rd in my weight div, 3rd in the open, and we came 2nd in the womens team. I felt everything went pretty much to plan- i beat the current Aus champ twice so that was awesome- I had her first round for two divisions and had a pretty bad draw because i have been out of competition for 2 yrs so i had no ranking.
Then 2 days after Nationals I went to NZ for a 10 day Snowboarding holiday in Queenstown! went last yr too.. and it was still awesome! i love NZ, so much to do, and queenstown is such an awesome little town with heaps of cool bars and AMAZING food everywhere you eat. Standout is 'The Cow' a converted cow milking shed which now makes the best pizza/pasta you will ever eat! OH and the Garlic bread is by far a must have. Its served as a whole loaf on a chopping board, oozing with garlic and parsely, which you cut up yourself- Bellisimo!
