2007

Hello 2007! Bye 2006! 2006 has been one of the most eventful year of all my 15 years so far. I dun wanna do what jeremy or reuben did by naming everything that happened in all the months. (anyway my memory aint too good heh) However, 2006 is one of the worst years i ever had. in terms of academic results. i must confess i left so many things to the last minute to study and revise. even to the day before the exam, i had some concepts i never had the total grasp. 2006 is the craziest year of my life when soccer or football as some calls it, invaded and took control of my mind. i went amok with just a simple object - a ball. it all started with ying lun- the person that made the biggest impact on me this year. the one word he said changed my 2006. "Newcastle"

I will forever remember the word he said. from then on, reuben and i were talking so much of the EPL, and soccer with him and soon he introduced the second person who made a significant impact on my 2006 - jeremy. he's the mastermind behind Team Slayers. something that changed me forever. A group of aspiring footballers that always seem to fail and falter in the hands of the opponents, but we picked ourselves up and brought our pride back by beating an ex-Slayer who gave up on us.

I spend hours trying to find out how to win, trying to make full use of all the players in the squad and fit into formations. Something had to pay, something had to be sacrificed if i spent so much time on soccer. and that had to be studies. Another significant thing is FIFA 06 and 07. Virtual soccer took up a lot of my time, and my energy. it made me push my homework to the night and in the end, my homework ate into my sleeptime. In the end, my sleep had to pay the price, in the end my energy was zapped. i seemed to have adapted to this weird body clock. However, i realised that i m no robot. I m HUMAN. i need sleep and rest. I spend a lot of time stoning in class. A word spoken so often when i m around with friends. in fact, i m really tired. Sometimes i cannot take it and sleep in class. Usually, the affected classes would be either the first lesson or the lessons after reccess. Usually Humanities, Chem and Chinese. I wouldnt dare sleep during Physics- Lam. my chem had to pay. it s the worse subject i had, the lowest score, the least understanding. Even if i dun sleep, i couldnt concentrate. i tried my best to compensate by revising on my own during the weekends but i failed. I always sleep until around noon and would be too sick to study. i would spend hours doing hw and in the end couldnt revise much, sometimes nothing at all if i go out.

i always did consitent work all my life until this year. I pushed all to the last minute and it turned out too late. i really wanna thank Ying Lun for offering to help me one month before the FYE, and i wanna thank Reuben for helping me with things that i dun understand i take a lot of time to understand, thank him for his patience and being a confidant. I would like to thank Shawn, for brushing up my soccer skills so much. I was really a noob. Thanking him again for his patience and allowing me so much time touching the ball, allowing me the time to practise. Finally, i would like to thank Jeremy for everything he did for the team and me. We spend hours maybe days on the phone, sometimes i even share secrets and things that i never mentioned. Thanks for being such a great friend. It s really a miracle that 2 people (i dun mean a couple in a relationship) can become so close in a matter of months. Hope we will ALL keep in touch even when miles set us apart. Tampines and Choa Chu Kang. Haha. How many miles have i travelled this year? and how many hours i spend on the road, the train trying to gather with my friends? it s worth it. i hope they think so too and appreciate my company.

Dear Friends, thank you for everything!

Now, what i intend to do this year. I would wanna learn from all my mistakes i made in 2006. having a good beginning will prove to end the year well. I plan to devote 2007 to my studies. Sorry jeremy, cant talk to you so much on the phone now... I plan to sleep well! i plan to PLAN my time well, not a timetable but a mental one. I hope to have the will power to keep me going for this 11 months. Endurance is what i need.

The first step i m going to make is to quit FIFA 07. Delete it from my com and lock the disc up. (Reuben, i finally gave up on sundayleague, remove it from my favourites)

I m gonna limit myself to only use the com during the weekends. Weekdays is a strict no-no.

i m gonna exercise regualarly, maybe 3 times a week to keep myself fit for NAPFA and from sickness (i hate falling sick)

I must always do my homework first. and revise what has been taught everyday... do more maths practise to improve my maths.

And all that adds up to blogging only once a week. Sorry guys, but it also tells you that you dun have to visit this site on weekdays.

For now, i shall play the last match of FIFA 07. It will all be derbies! Thanks for spending your precious time reading about my life and thanks for making 2006 so special for me. :D