New Year

Ok! It s the new year! Hi 2008!

I had a good start to the new year, celebrating it from the 1st second with friends. Great experience at the Esplanade bridge. Fireworks, high spirits and the company of friends. Wonderful. Took Night Rider for first time (i bet many wont believe considering i m such a night owl), NR 7, reached home at 3.40am. Ok that s my record, wonder when s the next time i m gonna break that.

School term started. Cjc is really good at tempting people to stay. The orientation is darn fun and i m exhausted from the activities. Even i find the mass dance fun for once. Primary and sec school mass dance sucks. Gonna find out what class i m going to on mon. Aww feel a bit sad leaving my Orientation Group. i finally got to remember all their names and now it s not really useful anymore. There are 22 people. 10 boys, 12 girls. There s Andrew (Hillgrove rugby), Ariff (Unity cricket), Yang Qing(Catholic High NCC), Qing Ming (oops forgot from where), Shamus (Maris Stella soccer), Shu Feng (Maris Stella soccer), Phillip (Malaysia), Darius (SJI com club), Shun Ling (i think Nan Hua) and me. Girls there s Michelle Low, Judith, Shun Qing, Michelle Cheong, Catherine, Tara, Agnita, Elicia, Si Min, Ming Hwee, Janice. Pardon my spelling. Sian took 2 days to know and the 3rd day say bye bye ald. but i heard got some outing soon.

First day of school, 2nd Jan had a mini gathering with Slayers at CCAB boasting whose orientation is the best. People who went were from CJC, NJC and RJC. That s all. ACJC and SAJC ended their day late so couldnt go. Me, Reuben, Jeremy, Ying Lun, Jun Jie, Chien Ming, Ting Soon (didnt play) and Ryan made it. Then some German came and another ex-NJC student came. Had some ball ramming session while waiting for Ming and it was pretty good. Hit top corners and top corner frame quite a number of times. Then played match, but sucked as keeper. I m not a keeper la, just get it straight. Played out field but joined the opposing team of the ang moh and ex NJ and jj. Linked very well with the ang moh. He s really good. And the ex NJ guy runs were superb. It s really a lot easier to play with people of this type of calibre. They run, they defend well, they read the game well and spread play well. And one important thing, they understand the game and pass the ball, not solo too much.

And finally i played well at CCAB, could have scored more than 7 but 5 hit the woodwork. I was impressed with my own shot, the first time drive (hey i got it right ok) and it crashed into the upright. It was really powerful. Did three feints when 1 on 1 none went in. All hit frame, one against the top corner. Yep, i learnt something. Composure. I can hold the ball actually, if i want. i can shield it and do some easy tricks. No prob, but only if i have the confidence. my team gave me that. honestly, slayers should learn from the ang moh and NJ guy. One pressure all pressure. Mark everyone. Good play.

Watched the CJ soccer team play and i wasnt impressed. Free kicks all off, crossing aint too good, ball control also not very good. i tot JC standard should be quite high, but it wasnt from what i saw. The only thing that impressed me was the heading. The crosses werent very good but they managed to head it in, or at least, in the right direction. Left my name on the list and wrote Right Back in the position column. Scanned the list and saw may be around 2 right backs and 2 Right wing backs. Only 1 centre back. But the attacking players are more with midfield being more popular. If i can be a centre back, there s higher chance i can get in. Let s see the trial on Monday. Had ball ramming with the CJ soccer hopefuls. They arent very pro but still not bad. Obviously not fit which is the main problem for most. 10.30s for 2.4km and below. I doubt my self, too unfit. But like i say, let s see how the trial goes.