Water Soccer

I m sick yet once again. It s really not the norm. JC is really a test of time management. Even after exams, i m sleeping only that meagre amount. Say sayonara to my immune system.

Wednesday was pure slack. Went to IKEA and Giant tampines to soak into the shopping mood again. IKEA has this aura that just takes away all troubles, reminds of good memories and the meatballs are good. Even the coffee machine.

Thursday, PW and MT timetable. Had to rush some stuff for PW. Seems to be going on track. Better sort everything out this weekend. Had some self training and a good long chat with Xiaoping while waiting for him to find his training partner. Bathed and join PW group at KFC before leaving for Bugis Mos and eventually where else but NLB. FEEFAR after work!

Friday similar time table. Rushed Chinese HW and went for water soccer at FICO sports hub. When the first match commenced, my eyebrows were raised. 22 people were in that small space. Kicking everything else except the poor ball. We lost as expected. But nevermind. The subsequent matches got me furious. What s the activity called again? Water rugby? You d be lucky to leave the place unscathed.

The worse feeling is when you see your dear classmates being bullied and not able to do anything about it. No sportsmanship fine. But no fairplay no way. It s not an all male gala or the FIFA World Cup. Think for the girls at least. I thought all of them were equally bad but till i had a one vs one wrestling match with the Malay guy. I went in with all the anger spilling out, determined to win for the class. If being aggressive is the name of YOUR game then i ll play as you call.

But i realised, i was in the wrong match. The guy i was up against was fair though strong. Wrong man. Even though we won that through determined play, i know i made a mistake. Yep and the following match proved it. Anyway, it s over. I dun mind being bullied but not my class. I felt it even though i wasnt the one being injured. It hurt.

Enough ranting. Time for some happy moments. Handball with the class at extra time was good. Real fun. Pure joy. Genuine laughter. Even though the splitting of teams wasnt that fair but it was quite an even match eventually. I get it.

Class outing was sort of successful but felt really guilty for not sorting out where to eat way before hand and Vannessa had to limp around with us. Should have comfirmed things with Lois before it. SORRY CLASS! Lesson learnt - should be sure of everything even though it s not my field. Banquet in the end wasnt that bad. Was thinking of sharing a tub of ice cream with the class but thought things might backfire. Macs after that, some bridge and Fifa. Nice long trip home. Actually slept all the way to Bedok. Amazing. Shows how dead beat i was.

Woke up today aching everywhere from head to toe. The soccer was really physically demanding. Countless headers, full stretch sliding tackles, pushing one another and kicking more water than the ball. Initial illness made it worse, latent heat lost caused fever. Sore throat remain, coughing persists. But i still FIFAed the whole day and was forced to snooze for a while.

Hope will recover by Mon!