155th Anniversary Parade

Blogging for 07/07/07.

Live Earth.

but more importantly for me, it s AP. My last day as a ncc land cadet and specialist. here are the pics to mark the precious moments.

>>> Waiting for the call to attend the parade

>>> Military Band performing to entertain the crowd

>>> Supporting Contingents up first. Consists of NCC land, NCC air, Scouts, Band, SJAB and NPCC.

>>> All set to go!

>>> Here we go!

>>> Too busy marching

>>> Everyone on the field now. Parade officially starts.

>>> Guest of Honour Christopher De Souza inspecting the GOH.

>>> Standing at attention

>>> NCC Land Supporting Contingent

>>> So 'zhun' NDP rehearsal, so some choppers were flying around with the Singapore flag above our heads.

>>> Feeling so patriotic for once. 2 F16 planes flew past as well.

>>> Everyone stoning with me. Getting ready to march pass.

>>> The climax. March pass!

>>> Kekanan hormat!

>>> Parade almost ending..

>>> Torturing the Part A s for the final time. Hip hip hurraying.

Took more pics. With matthew's cam.. will get it next time.

That s all for now, goodbye ncc land...

Soccer summer signings

Hey this entire post will be on soccer. so dun bother reading if you are not interested.

The transfer market is on the high now. Almost a month ago, Man utd sign a trio worth 50 million pounds, namely Nani, Anderson and Hargreaves. it s worth the money but i dunno about hargreaves. where on earth is he gonna play? carrick and scholes now own the CM but soon, the more attacking scholes will be replaced by Anderson while Nani replaces Giggs. And what makes the Hargreaves signing more weird is that Man U almost comfirm the signing of Tevez. If Tevez is there, with Rooney upfront, it s impossible to play a 5 man midfield. Seems like carrick is gonna be benched. too bad.

Liverpool completed the signing of Fernando Torres while Luis Garcia goes to Atheletico. Will miss Garcia. He s a darn good player. Super versatile. Anywhere in MF except DM and anywhere up front. and his headers are darn good despite his height. Looking forward to days with Torres. Heard he had 11 different hair cuts so far and 3 tatoos. Interesting player. Fowler gone, and bellamy should go soon. That leaves Crouch, Kuyt and Torres. Benitez will rotate again. Now, Torres is the permanent Striker, Kuyt and Crouch take turns to be benched. BUT, another problem. What on earth is gonna happen to the 5 CMs now? Gerrard, alonso, mascherano, sissoko, leivia all wanna play first team. Gerrard is comfirm in so only one more guy can partner him. Or maybe benitez plays 4-5-1 and sacrifice Kuyt and Crouch. But it seems like liverpool is ready to let players get injured. January transfer window is gonna be interesting though.

Btw, dudek zhao ald. that means next season most likely reina take no.1 jersey. like van der sar. the no. 10 jersey is also vacated by garcia, so maybe kuyt will take that.

Sorry i bluffed you that this entire post will be on soccer. had chinese o level oral today. was the last to have oral in my group. topic was about singaporeans not exercising. talked a whole lot of crap and the teacher didnt say anything. say the question and i just replied with reason, outcome and suggestions. then zhao. shouldnt be that bad. passage had about 1 or 2 words read wrongly. otherwise, should be ok.

AP on Sat, 7/7/07. come if you want. 5pm.

Milk Run

Hi again. Went for Milk Run today at Zouk, Jiak Kim Road which is opposite Great World City. Actually wanted to make something like a class t-shirt for the part As but the stupid guy in charge wasnt there. So went to Coronation plaza and met Matthew and Julian before taking a cab to Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. Met mr wee there to take attendance before meeting Cheng Weng who decided to pon after taking attendance. The Zouk carpark was freaking crowded. both the public and private ones. here are some pics to show the scene.

>>> This is in the public carpark. Something s going on onstage. Can you see who s the one in bright green T-shirt?




>>> If you still cant se clearly, i ll tell ya, it s Lionel Lewis. Singapore soccer team GK who played yesterday against the Aussies. Cant believe he s so free to come for this kind of crap. He s sitting on some plank and below him is a tub of water. So he s suppose to balance himself as long as possible. It s some kind of game la. Cant be bothered with him. But once in a while you will hear a shriek from some female fans then BOOM, you dun see him anymore.

Then a few seconds later, you see a drench Lionel Lewis sitting back there. LAME.

>>> This is to show how crowded it was. Melvin from the Kiddo Central that your younger sibling will surely know said that there s about 10 000 people for the community run. While Class 95 DJs said there was 12 400 people in total. That s nuts. Must be those rejects who couldnt get the tics to enter the National Stadium yesterday that make up the number.

>>> Just some pics that were taken along the way. The walk finally started after half an hour waiting at the start point for everyone to clear the path. It was so damn crowded and hot. No need to run ald sweating.

>>> Hmm... nice field eh?

>>> Cheaters cutting across the field when we are suppose to follow the long path. Yup, the cheaters include the one who took this photo.




>>> And more cheaters and slackers!!!

>>> Finally continued walking... after a 'deserved' break at 7/11

>>> Some guy scratching his ass.. and a nut case ghost with a towel over the head.

>>> Matthew found this quite funny. Not the people la. something that reminds us of Nippon Paint Ippei and Next Please!

>>> Look closer! Maybe the hot ball is funnier..

>>> Awww... this walk reminds me of the Slayers nightwalk on my birthday.. I seem to have some affinity with Clarke Quay isnt it?

>>> All good and bad things have to come to an end right? Maybe.. not. More good things. Too bad the face is blurred but that s cutie pie sec 1 joel from ncc. (right) Best recruit. Every teacher loves him... too cute ald.

>>> More good things as we slacked at Great World's Coffee Bean. Matthew (left) and i had the same drink.. guess what? Espresso Chip!! Rocks..

>>> Finally left for home on the shuttle bus to City Hall. Was too bored so took some pics along the way.

>>> Shopping Centre above Clarke Quay MRT

>>> Just some nice view of the sun setting in the city on a bridge. Can see the 2 towers sticking out. Hmm.. shld have waited a while more maybe could have seen a ball joined by 2 elastic wire to the tower flying above the buildings.

>>> City Hall MRT. i think that s Funan in the background.

Oooooppss.. the next pic is kinda disgusting. but i just uploaded it anyway. Took it on the packed MRT train.

Viewer Discretion is Advised

Rating: NC 16

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>>> This is the ultimate Singapore AUNTIE. i didnt dare to take close up. but you shld be able to see some 'cilia' at the armhole, for non-bio students, cilia means = hair like structure. OOOPS. Shouldnt have said that.

It s damn sick. This person was reading some chinese book in one hand, a BIG bag of Seiyu plastic bag in front of her which is near to the door and grabbing the pole above head for stability. The worst thing is that the handle dangling off the horizontal pole is not taken, but this person is so inconsiderate to lift her hand 180 degrees to grab the handrill even when she knows

1) She s short

2) Wearing a sleeveless shirt

3) Forgot to groom certain part

I was totally disgusted standing next to this person. Even a manly athlete with big biceps and a bushy pit wouldnt do that. It s only right to try to cover things that others wouldnt want to see in a public place and she should just hold the handle that was much lower for her and that would not be unsightly.

Sorry if i made you spill your computer table or keyboard with vomit. But i warned you! That s all folks! Looney tune.. Da da da da da da da da da da da da... da da da da da DA!

50th Post

Oh hi peeps. It s my 50th post on this blog. Thanks to ying lun for setting it up for me in the first place and thanks to reuben and jeremy for encouraging me to blog about 1 year ago. Here s some pics that i finally bothered to send it to my father s laptop via infrared then upload it on the main PC. The pics might have been taken some time ago.

>>>> Saw this weird sight on the bridge in Clarke Quay about 4 weeks ago. An office chair and a dustbin together on a bridge. Aint S'pore a weird place?

>>>>>> Aha! The infamous Petrona Towers of Suki Sushi! Taken during my birthday lunch with friends.

>>>>> Notice anything weird?

>>>>>> Look closely.

>>>>>> Still cant see???? Then you must be blind.

These pics were taken on Thursday when i went to Beach Road together with Shawn, Wei Jin and Paul to get some stuff for the AP. The pics were taken at a stall in Golden Mile Complex selling badges. And i found an SJI badge there. What a joke. Shawn cheekily asked the uncle how much was it but he said no stock. So i told him i have a lot of stock while pointing my breast pocket and we walked away laughing. Why would an SJI badge be sold together with NCC and NPCC plus SAF badges? Maybe some dumb sji boy went there and drop his badge and the uncle thought it s some limited edition badge so he decided to sell it. That s lame but it s worth guessing isnt it? Oh ya and there s the Anti drug campaign badge on sale as well. wa lao who so dumb to buy it? Sch give out for free almost every year last time lor.

The past week wasnt interesting. Damn sian. Tue had AP rehearsal. Thur went Beach Road. but visited the street soccer court while waiting for Wei Jin. Met Ryan and Juventino there. Kicked about for awhile then left for bugis. had Coffee bean Espresso Chip. Nice. But starbucks one is still nicer even though this is a new flavour. Had extra chocolate chips in it i think.

Fri had training. I think this is really the last training with the sec 1s. Sad. Next week will be promotion ceremony and we have our Season Finale on the school field during AP. During training, i tried to teach as much as possible so as to not to leave with regrets. Gave drills and let them have games. 6 of the best wasnt there due to AP rehearsal going on at the same time. But the training went pretty smoothly. Played soccer against Air and Trackers.

*Soccer*

Let em have some kick about before me and Cheng Weng went in to show some skill. We were the only seniors there and played quite well. And i think i will associate my special goal with the Part As. We were trailing 2-1 and it was the last match. I vowed to sub out when i score one so as to let ryan play a bit more.

Received a loose ball at right back position (yea yea i know every one hates that position). Pushed the ball forward with one stride and another and swung my right foot to power a full force angled drive just on the half way line. The ball swerved to the left before swerving to the right and hit the 'post' before going in. Superb strike. Immediately i went off and marcus lee a defender came on. In a few seconds my team got knocked out. Sad sad. anyway i will remember that goal. it was fantastic. to make it even more spectacular, the goal keeper dived but couldnt reach it.

Singapore National Stadium said it s goodbye today with the Singapore vs Australia match. I rooted for my homeland team and didnt expect them to lose by a big margin. maybe 1 goal. but in the end they lost 3-0. the coach has to take the blame. He started with Aide and Precious in the centre, Bennett LB and some mud at RB (forgot his name). Sharil ishak and fahrudin in the centre with Shi Jiayi at LM and Rihuan at RM. Sahdan up front with someone. They held on well in the first half. should have scored. but lady luck wasnt shining on them. in the second half, frmo 55 minutes onwards, Raddy should have started to sub. he should have started with Fahrudin who was almost anonymous and bring on a DM. then sub off Aide which he did for Baihakki. then the RB off. Finally bring on 2 pacy wingers. He brought on Fazrul (not the unity sec) at RM which was right. but should have brought on another winger. By right he should start Ishak on the Right wing. he is good enough to take on the the no.8 Austalian LB. Ridhuan not tricky enuff.

Anyway, the subs should work. By the 60th minute, the entire defence was so shag. you can tell when precious just gave up to let viduka run past him. he didnt even chase. he s too tired. only Bennett did well. Oops. said too much. Scarly Singapore FA say wa this guy so goooood, hire him to replace the ang moh coach. so better stop talking co*k.

*End soccer*

have MILK run tomorrow. realised not enuff CIP hours. so will be at Zouk around 3. maybe i will run away since its MILK RUN. Run home to get milk. Or maybe i will chiong all the way as part of the preparation for my 2.4. havent run yet, Arul too slack to notice.

okee got to go and oink ald. Nitezzzzzz.......

School starting

Awww... time flies. within 2 days, the new term is gonna begin.

Sian, had a few boring days. The only interesting thing was CCAB on Thurs and something less interesting was Bio prac on Fri. As usual, sun tanning was the main thing at CCAB. The sun never seem to show some mercy to us. 20% of my energy was zapped away by this everglowing star or rather mass of gases. After ccab was queensway. Didnt get anything, just looked out for potential shops to custom t shirts. Jj bought a Scofield jacket. It s cool but i think a BIT too ex for a jacket.

Friday, sweated out in the bio lab for 4 hours plus. Damn damn hot. Anyway, it was quite a fun session with Matthew sitting on my left and Shawn and Reuben on my right. Quite a lot of laughing and lame jokes. That s what brings the fun!

Shucks.. gotta chiong hw. Should be able to finish if i on my air con the whole day and sit there to do non stop. Anyway there s NO distractions at all. EPL season ended, even the La Liga ended too. UEFA U-21 had England ousted so no Carson to watch. Prison Break season ended long long ago and is gonna come back in late August, so no GOOD MORNING TEDDIES! FIFA 07 and even 06 was confiscated by father but i grateful for that. So the only game i have left is CZ but when ever i play that, i will get a headache playing with bots. In the end nothing to do. Nothing on TV is nice. havent been flipping to Life's 2nd last page for a long time so i wont know any tempting shows being screened. Downloaded many movies and watched it ald so saved time and $$ going out.

When the term starts, i really have nothing to do except mug. Everyday go home maybe do some exercises or running to keep fit and maintain healthy then do homework and revise. What a simple life. Did some thinking on my future job and what i m gonna do with my life. Had the idea of becoming a dentist since i got braces. Realised it s easy-peasy job. All a dentist have to do for braces patients is just tighten the braces in 5 minutes and get a minimum of $60 for just that visit. Rocks. Whole day sit there and do simple job. and the best thing is that you can work for yourself, earn the money all by yourself and no need to split up or give some to employees.
Also the best of the best when becoming a dentist is that there s no homework. My main criteria for my job is no homework. I hate to bring work home to do. It just dun seem right.

However, heard sis said that only NUS offer such course and it takes in only about 30 students a year. So the chance of getting in is bloody slim. it s either go overseas to study or get another course. Maybe accounting, banking is good. It s quite a straigtforward job just involving numbers. What trouble can 0 to 9 cause? It s still early to think of my job but it s only normal to have ambitions right? Realistic ones though.

Not jobs like astronaut, suicide bomber or bar top dancer.

Birthday presents

I would like to dedicate this post to those who care about me...

I thank all who bothered to celebrate my 16th birthday with me.. and it proved to be one of the best birthdays ever. if not, i think it s the best, the best of the best!

I would like to thank my dearest soccer mates for a Billabong pencil box. A big thank you to those who contributed, Reuben, Ying Lun, Shawn and last but not least Jeremy. Yep, i like the design. thx pals.

I would also like to thank my parents for giving me a 'big' ang bao each. Please dun rob me after seeing this post. Yep, i m $200 richer now but i dun intend to spend it anytime soon. Thanks dad and mum even after all the scolding and nagging.

Next, a million thanks to my aunt(who has some resemblance to shawn's aunt after he describe her actions) for giving me crazy gifts. Thanks aunt, for giving me a pair of walking/casual shoes and 3 bloody expensive tees, all from Timberland. Even though i dun fancy the brand, (i m not brand-conscious, mind you) i m grateful for the ex ex ex pen siivvvveee.. presents.

Finally, i would like to extend my gratitude to all my NCC mates who went bonkers with me in my hotel room in Malacca. Hey! dun think dirty. we were just having some healthy fun and chats, okay? Extra thanks to Matthew for getting me a notepad and a very useful and creative hand phone holder that can be used specially when the phone is charging; all the way from Austria. yea you read it right.. Austria. He actually wanted to get some soccer stuff for me but Austria isnt footballcrazy so he couldnt find anything. Lastly, thanks to Julian for pestering me to look out for something i want in Malacca so he could get it for me. Even though he didnt buy anything that i would keep for souvenior, i am thankful for the energy it gave me. Naw, it s not battery that gave me energy. Yep, it s food. The cake and cup noodles were a great gift even it doesnt cost much, it s the thought that counts.

Once again, a BIG GIGANTIC THANK YOU to all you folks for celebrating my grand entrance to the NC16 theatre! Woo hoo!!!

Finally 16, malacca

Hello. Back from Malacca.

Reached Singapore on Tue which was 2 days ago. Was too tired to blog. Anyway on Mon, 35 sec 1s from NCC and NPCC plus 4 extra teachers plus 3 even more extra sec 4s left for Malacca at 7am. Ok whatever cut the crap of sitting in the bus. Fast forward----------------------à

Reached some country club on the outskirts of Malacca to have our lunch. It was pretty good as it had some good food like the claypot beancurd, curry chicken etc. Then left for century mahkota hotel which was very familiar to me. Having stayed there so often, I know the place better than the bell boy. Haha. Anyway, sec 1s had some team bonding games something like obstacle course. Ok blah, all I did was take some photos. If matthew sends me then I will try to upload. If not then too bad no photos yet again.

After the team building games, we went up to bathe and slack then left the hotel to some restaurant for dinner. It was the same style like what you will get in a typical Chinese restaurant. They serve dish after dish while we sit in a round table. Ok blah blah. Then went to mahkota parade which was a shopping centre. You see, century mahkota, makhota parade and mahkota medical centre are all owned by a group of businessmen. Same company, so it s like maybe a monopoly? Aiya sth like that la. They are all situated close by for tourists’ convenience. Of course the hospital isn’t for the tourist la. Its famous for its powderful X ray machines. Anyways, shopped around the mall for 2 hours plus. It s super empty as it was a Monday and their school holidays haven’t begin. I think it s their exam period now. Walked around pass some shoe shops, cinema, arcade, clothes shop, but didn’t buy anything. Then matthew and Julie wanted to buy a cake, sian, really didn’t feel like eating cake or celebrating birthday at that time. Was freaking tired. Then flew to Starbucks to drink coffee. Whoa. Shiok. Tried espresso and loved it. Had been experimenting several flavours and so far I think this is what I m looking for. Yay finally found my favourite. Sat for a while then kena kajiaoed by sec 1s so we all zhao to giant to buy some food to eat later in the hotel. Bought cup noodles and pepsi. Finally, went back to starbucks and matthew bought the marble cake. Just a few slices. Buy 3 get 1 free. Haha coz last piece there. Then went back to the hotel via coach. Had a short meeting with Karl lee about money bonuses for the tour guides and bus driver. After that, the party begin.

I think about 20 plus kiddos were in my apartment playing. Some kicking balls, some playing cards, some playing DS, some playing handphone etc. it s fun la. After a few hours, then we eat cake, drink pepsi and then continue playing. Matthew decide to share his personal experience and knowledge about *AHEM*. Those things that innocent little boys wont know and WILL know in future. I was playing cheat (bluff) with just 5 of them. They all kena own. I fake so many times but never kena caught. Aiyooo. So noob. Julie went to see see look look his cousin and gang and came back at around 3am. Finally, we chased them back to sleep while we eat some cup noodles, bathe and clean up. After all the fun, I dropped dead on the bed and slept. Matthew and Julie continue to play with them in their room. Smart. So they hardly slept while I managed about 2 hours plus.

Woke up freaking tired and was pretty moody. Anyway was quite happy with the trip so far as the teachers gave us lotsa freedom so there shouldn’t be complains. Ate breakfast buffet then packed up and checked out. Boarded the bus and went around in the rain sightseeing. Nothing much to see. Anyway three quarters of the people on board was sleeping while half of the remaining one quarter was trying to stay awake to listen to the tour guide talk crap. So, reached tan kim hock the fruit industry but no one seem to have bought anything. All sat outside the steps to do one thing. SLEEP. *snores*

Next stop was a chocolate shop. I think the tour guide gets some commission for bring us there. This time the queue at the cashier was longer. Kids love chocs. Right? Me too but I wasn’t interested at that time so saved some cash.

After that went to the portugese settlement but was dilapidated. So went to dutch square to climb hill to see a tomb of some Saint. Then went down and took a bus to eat lunch at some Babanonya restaurant. Hahaha. Met some old boy of SJI there. He was sitting there eating. Was about 40 years old and wanted to chit chat with us but we quickly zhao to our table. Dun wanna waste time with some unknown fella. This time ate samba fish, some braised chicken etc. There s many more things that I ate but forgot. Sian sat with the teachers every meal so had to watch what I say. And have to pay attention to the Misters and Miss es. Right reuben? Weeeeeeeeeeee so fun.

After eating, went to some where near bukitcheena. The tour guide said it was china town but it was just some old street with half the shops closed. The roads were so narrow and dangerous. Whatever it is, the sec 1s went nuts and started singing NCC songs. Lucky no anti Singapore Malaysian chiong with parang to slaughter them. After all the singing, went back to bus and zhao back to Singapore. So, I m back here.

The trip was ok la, quite fun and the teachers treated us well. Thought we would be like some out casts. But it wasn’t the case. Anyway, was freaking tired after I came back and after my dinner at home, lay on the sofa and slept until morning about 11. haven’t even changed out of my dirty clothes. Yep peeps, my 16 birthday rocks.

Sat, with slayers in orchard
Sun, with family at phoenix hotel,
Mon and tue with ncc peeps in Malacca.

Not bad at all huh. That’s all for now, hope that when my phone contract expires, I can get a new and better phone with a good camera so that pics will be easier to upload. Unlike now, I have to use father’s laptop, on infrared, send one by one, then put into thumbdrive and upload onto com. Damn damn troublesome. After that still have to wait for blogger to slowly put onto my blog. Wa lao so tedious. I rather type a few more words. Ok, if matthew sends the pics then I will upload. Bye bye.

I’M FINALLY 16!!!!

BD celebration with friends

Just went to teamblog and was bored enough to scroll down and read the old posts. Coincidentally, i started to read the Kumz Club match report. And i wonder whether my English standard has dropped. Blogging really helps in my english language usage and i think if MOE is smart enough to use this method to teach, all of us will get A1s and there will not be people like tracy goh to nag at us. haha. anyway, the match report was quite well done i think. but the match was sucky. hope the rematch will be a much better one and of course we win.

Thur, went to play soccer at ccab. played ok. liked the ram against ting soon that he kept it out. i will always remember this ram and the one against nabeh, muds and boyang at the street soccer court. i scored that one and we kicked them out of the court. that one was more special as i made nabeh look like a fool as he tried to stop me from shooting. i feint and he slid on his butt in the wrong direction. then i unleashed a swerving shot from the half way line in to the top corner. boyang couldnt keep it out. that was one of my nicest goals. the one against Blacks on field wasnt too bad either. curled past ghalib and it went in off the post. nice. hope to score a long range one next time.

hmm. actually i prefer to play at RB when shawn or reuben is RM. coz they give me the chance to make some overlapping runs or give me some possesion of the ball at least. if jeremy, jethro or wei ian is the RM, then i rather stay back just in case their dribbling fails. haha. no offence though, coz different RM means different playing style for me. But i think shawn should be the RM. not becoz i wanna make runs but he is fast and can cross well.

had one of the best birthday celebrations ever. i m not sure whether its the best coz so far the best was the one my parents organized a fantastic trip to KL, genting just to celebrate my bd. that time, i sat an aereoplane for the first time.

Yesterday, met ying lun and jeremy at 11 plus at dhobby ghaut and we walked to the Cathay to buy tics for Zodiac. then met reuben at plaza sing bus stop and 4 of us walked all the way to cineleisure where we met ting soon, shawn and jj. ate at suki sushi. it was buffet at $17 plus plus. so we ate our hearts out with mostly raw salmon as the main dish. i enjoyed that meal and ate quite a lot even though the others didnt noticed. after that, stacked the plates which was i think maybe 60+ to form to towers that resemble the petronas towers. haha. add the plastic covers to the top and chopsticks as the bridge, they really look like the buildings in KL.

With full stomachs, we took a bus to paradiz to play LAN. played CZ first and was owned. but after a while, managed some kills and wasnt the one rooted to the bottom of the kills list. Shawn was. haha. anyway wasnt playing to my best as i wasnt too interested at that time. didnt really like the maps chosen. i prefer dust as i think the size of the map is just right.anyway after the CZ, played fifa 07 and i think it was my turn to own. was damn bored playing with com so started to do some transfers to make the squad more interesting and updated while shawn and jj was playing against each other. they play until 6-6 then penalties. haha what a joke. anyway, played against shawn and jj later and won both even though all the matches wasnt complete.

after that zhao to cathay to watch zodiac. it was a cheem movie and i didnt really enjoy it as i thought there s too much talking even though i understand what was going on. there should be more action but overall i was happy with the movie. i wont say it s worthy of $9 bucks of my money. maybe $7. $2 went coz it was too much talking and it made the audience start to lose interest.

after the movie, went to PS to walk about and waste time. only shawn, reuben, jer, ying and me were the survivors of the plan so far. walk walk walk and then we decided to go to clarke quay as suggested by shawn. all we did was walk and enjoy the scenery, views and the activities. the night life at clarke quay is fantastic but not for people of my age to enjoy. met shawn's sis on the way but we continued our walk and decided to go marina square instead. i really loved the company of my 4 close friends, loved the chatting, love the lame jokes, and the presence. i will try my best to make sure we wont drift apart and forget about each other when we graduate. the walk to marina square was fun as we past esplanade, saw how was the NDP stage building progress and the all the cranes working on the upcoming IR. and i liked the river and sea breeze. the smell of the wind and sea is what you cant get every day. and it is made unique by the company of 7,9,10 and 11. and i shall remember the Gatsby song as it is played over and over again by jeremy. damn you but i kinda like it after all the repeating. haha.

with tired legs, we stolled at marina square and finally settled for BK while me and shawn was extra and got star bucks as well. anyway, sat on the steps of marina square facing esplanade and ate whatever we had while talking about soccer. haha all the number 7s are flops!!! that was the conclusion!

left the place at about 11 and took 960 to bugis to take train. caught what might be the last bus of number 9 home. sorry peeps again. no pics. too lazy to take and upload. anyway, gonna celebrate with family later. update maybe later or when i come back from malacca on tue! so long!

Planning

Oh hi peeps. Havent blogged for more than 2 weeks. all i can say is that my legs are damn itchy to ram. and i wanna head some balls. some interesting things happened during these days and i bothered to take some photos but too lazy to upload. so no pics this time!

kena nagged by father for days about studying for o levels. i know the importance of studying this hols but there is no use nagging and nagging. i will do it by myself. the motivation is coming. woohoo. good news. but before that, i must do some ramming before any mugging takes place. heard that jj planned ccab on thur. good. i hate planning. it takes up so much time and effort.

mon went to sch to hand in the dumb form for the malacca trip with ncc. then after that went to scout for good food suitable for suitable occasions. cineleisure had billy bombers, and some steakhouse. but i think both is definitely out. went to ngee ann city next. i think it s the 5 th storey which has quite a number of restaurants. breeks, seoul garden, chinese food, indian food etc. i narrowed my choice down to seoul garden so far. then i went down to basement which has many small stalls that sell pretty decent food. if despo can go there. next i went to wisma atria. nothing much, got some pasta or pizza restuarant on 1 st floor. then i went to food republic to see see look look coz nv go b4. found out there s teppanyaki there. price around 8 to 10 bucks. not bad. realised nowadays all the teppanyaki stalls at food courts are closing down. good to find one still around. then waited hours for the stupid shuttle bus to great world. there s country spoon which i thought is quite similar to country manna, (which is also a choice but only at few places like suntec and serangoon gardens). there s also jacks but too ex and a jap restaurant by the name of kuranyi or sth. quite ex and little variety. thought of sushi tei also but too ex. finally, went home.

so choice narrowed down to seoul garden (ngee, tamp 15?), teppanyaki (wis 10?), country manna (sun 12?) , spoon (great)

if by now, you still dont know wth im talking about then too bad. not gonna elaborate. but i wonder, should it be fri or sat.

mystery...

Chinese O level

yesterday was chinese o level paper 1 and 2. i think i did so so. Paper 2 couldnt really finish everything. 1 or 2 qn incomplete but managed to at least answer all the questions which gives me some chance to score a few pathetic marks. i took a risk for the paper 1 essay. letter was just talking crap. saying certificate cant gurantee success in life. i wrote about some graduates even with certs also cant get jobs or cant get the jobs they want etc. the essay was suppose to be a lesson that is most touching and unforgettable. so i write about uncle died of brain cancer then very sad. but went to sch attended bio lesson then teacher purposely talked about cancer and explain how it occurs the painful process of treatment etc. then i very touched that teacher care about me, console me blah blah. so its touching, and unforgettable. it s risky coz it requires a lot of thematic vocab like cancerous cells, spreading, chemotherapy, hair falling etc. hope i dun get anything wrong while translating from english to chi. i m counted as lucky to have researched slightly on cancer as i was concerned about my aunt who really kena. if you remembered, i blogged some time ago about an aunt who seem sick all the time. it s the same person. so i went to search on wikipedia and got my info that was useful for the essay. hope i can do well for the paper.

i decided that since some people who actually bother to read my lame blog dun really care about soccer, so i will tell before hand if i m blogging about soccer.

Soccer section
went to play soccer at ccab after that. played like shit. had gastric pain and my shoe was screwed up. the sole was dropping off. cant kick high. and i must admit that my dribbling sucks. must learn a few more tricks. cant seem to get pass ying lun and ming. shawn is right, if someone pressures me, i wont be able to perform. should work on that.

anyway heard that derby is promoted. congrats to them even though i want west brom to come up again. so the relegated sides and promoted sides will be the same from last season.
Sunderland
West Brom
Birmingham

But too bad west brom lost by a sole goal. sad sad.

When i observed jethro and wei ian at ccab i realised wei ian is damn pro compared to the matches that he played in. the ramming is nuts. the ball flew so quickly. and i think i know the secret to that. i observed the same thing from shawn. its to swing your leg faster. maybe can try tml.

End of soccer section

today after the supplementary lessons, went to plaza sing with mign to eat. he didnt wanna eat at first but was tempted by the sizzling burgers at BK. so in the end sat there slowly eat and chit chat. ming was damn pissed coz he didnt know got student meal. HAHA. waste money. anyway we had a fun time talking cock. topics ranging from foo lee hua to jc to slayers to jj to computers to CZ to movies. Aiya still got a lot of shit but forgot ald. laughed alot as well.

ok now gtg. wanna kick some balls.

Long time no blog

It s been a long time since i blogged. Too busy with too many things. Exams, ncc, soccer, sleep +slack. Many things happened during this few weeks. MYE was an improvement for me since TA1 and there was this period when i was sick for the first time in 1 year. Maybe the month of May is cursed for me. Fell sick almost exactly the same time last year. Because of it, i missed a precious training. Left with only 1 or 2 more trainings and i m finally passing out. (not as in fainting but getting out of ncc). a few years ago, i was hoping time to fly faster so that i can pass out asap as i was sick of all the collar starching, boots polishing and enthu shouting. now, all i have to do during training is say a few words and training is over. it is not even compulsory to prepare my no.4. anyway, when i pass out i will definitely miss the part A s. they seem to bring joy to me like what a younger brother will. now i know what i m deprived of.

there is a trip organised by ncc land and npcc to malacca on 11 and 12 june. coincidentally, it clashes with my birthday. i have been pondering on whether to go or stay in singapore to celebrate my bd with family and mug for o levels. and i think i have finally come to a conclusion. that is to go for the trip. this is a once in a life time chance and probably the last chance to spent time with the part As. i ve checked out the hotel and it seems not bad. it s gonna be fun...

MYE was average for me. i improved a lot since TA1. from 30th postition to 20th. all the subjects improved except for chem. i really have to concentrate more on chem and a maths... my weakest subjects.

Soccer hasnt been to good for me. Even though ramming is still my forte, i realise that s all i m good at. there s hardly any accuracy. and also my heading. sucks. must practise more real life situations. not by just throwing the ball in the air and head. the flight of the ball is totally different if someone kicks it. it drops differently. so i have to practise more on that. and dribbling. i think i m the worst at it. cmi. maybe next time i should be more solo.

Just started my training program for 2.4km run. must hit my target. it has since dropped from 10.59 to 10.30 and i wanna at least beat shawn's timing. after the illness, my fitness level dropped like hell. must start training consistently. and hope that there is the kum s rematch to play. i really wanna win them. we lost to all the sji teams we played. from SJI XI to Cashew to Kumz. all lose. boo.

Had cross country a few days ago. quite fun. with foo lee hua chasing us. haha. anyway just ran for fun. i was thinking whether to run or not as i just recovered from flu. and i decided to walk with reuben and gang and it was fun. made the right decision. pitied ting soon who stayed there to guard bag. it s damn boring as i did it last year coz i was sick.

Liverpool lost to AC milan. sad sad sad. Rafa made a big big mistake by taking Mascherano off. I agree with shawn to take off alonso instead. and i would not even start with Zenden at all. he sucks. it s a big gamble and rafa let him play coz it might be his last match. damn crap. i rather let kewell start and sub zenden in when only a few min is left. or even better, no kewell no zenden. put riise as LM. Agger as LB and Hyypia back in the heart of defence. shawn again noticed the lack of experience in the defence thanks to agger. pushing him to left back is much better against AC. if the plan fails, rafa should unleash bellamy. his speed can trouble oldies like maldini and DM gatusso. maybe he can take the place of pennant after 70 min. so the match would end in 4-3-3. with gerrard, mascherano and riise in MF and the other 3 strikers leading the line. this is a super balanced team that is looking for a goal. what a waste. now i have to wait for another year to see gerrard lift the 3 trophies. aiyoo.

Referee tay called me again yesterday. but i didnt answer the phone. what else can he offer except his old hags who are deprived of matches. anyway we wont play any pro teams now. just wanna take revenge against all the sji teams. i feel we are a much better team now. we just need another school-class (dun be so ambitious to find world-class) Centre back to partner ming. and a target man (which is big striker). then our team is good. Lucas is a natural LB not CB and reuben is a full back. Christopher is a MF. Yl can play as CB but surely wanna move up to unleash his stunning volleys etc, so he s a DM. i cant think of any good CB available. maybe Bo Yang but he dun like us. and we need a target man. WHO?? i dunno. there is hardly any target man in SJI. but this is not compulsory since ZX is good enough. he just needs a partner.

anyway, mon is o level chinese. dunno how to mug. maybe just read some essays and go through some papers. that s all. ok. gtg bb.

Mother s Day

Today is mother s day but ironically, i havent done anything for my mother yet. Thx to my father who is still pissed with me about yesterday, we are not going out just yet. Maybe later.

Still thinking of the loss. I m thinking that we didnt even deserve to win all the group matches as most of them we were evenly matched but managed to scrap a goal and win it to claim all 3 points.

435 is known for its defence since the start of 2007. Those who go to the street soccer court and see us play, will surely take note of the only team who emphasize on the need to have at least 1 or 2 defenders in the court. Sometimes even 3. And those who watched us in Inter Class Soccer at Dempsey will definitely notice the distinct back 3. Throughout the whole Inter Class tournament, we were playing with a back 3 that mainly comprises of Reuben, Ming and me. And with us 3, the defence is balanced. Reuben can be deployed as a full back who runs down the flank to support the attack. While ming is the main aerial defence and the ultimate tackler. And i was the post defence, meaning i clear by heading or whatever means to get the ball away from the posts if ming fail to do so. And i do not do too much overlapping runs as Reuben is already doing that so i will stayback to help ming out. With ming the stopper, i m the sweeper and the whole defence has this balance.

With defence stable, we need a balanced attack as well. Needless to say, Shawn, Zi Xiang and Ying Lun has one of the best chemistry in school. Not chemistry the subject but understanding of each other's movement. Especially shawn and zx as ying lun is sometimes used for defensive purposes and stays back. Ying Lun's aggressiveness, Shawn's distribution skills and pace plus Zi Xiang's clinical finishing and ownage in the air is the perfect combo.

We found a fantastic keeper in Ting Soon and the team is completed. I think that is the reason why we won the InterClass but lost sports fiesta because there was no balance. We were too complacent and did not think Bryden can do much harm. And we thought ming is king of defence and he can handle a three prong attack. we were so wrong. Avinash's running , bryden's camping and collin's trickery were another perfect combo since they had such good teamwork. underestimate. bryden was unmarked time after time as the other 2 lured ming out to stop them on the wings while bryden waited to receive the pass in the centre to have the easiest of tap ins. However, i must credit him for the headed 3rd goal. it was really well worked and even our aerial defence could do nothing.

All in all, our team yesterday had not found the balance and lost it. Plus Nabeh came in to extra and do all the solo runs that were halted every single time. Never once were those runs productive. the corners won were just as useless as the kick ins. in the end, his goal was a long shot from outside the box. If only sports fiesta was 7 a side, then we could repeat what we did in inter class. I realised shawn had just as little playing time, just a bit more than jj. i pity him, but i knew either he or yl will be sacrificed as there is really no space for MF. Ting Soon said he thought our defence was very good but was puzzled with the goals that we let in in the Q finals. If he reads this, he should know why he conceded so many goals - because there was no real defence.

The Art of Defending is not a simple task of mastering...

Tiring day

Today was indeed a very tiring day.

Morning, 7.30 to 1pm - sports fiesta

dunno who sabo me, make me be captain. so even if sick also must go there be extra. anyway, didnt start even play first group match(kumz). won it 1-0 (zx half volley). didnt start 2nd match(muttondinho, 335) but came on as a late late substitute and played only about 2 minutes. won it 1-0 (nabhan long range drive). started 3rd match (bat country) but was subbed out for no apparent valid reason in 2nd half, played about 9 minutes in total. won the match 1-0 (zx looping header).

got through to quarter finals topping the group while collecting maximum points of 9 out of 9 while the other teams kill each other. met reddy city (436 + some others), lost 3-0.

i went to the field today knowing i wont play much. not that i m sick. it s the opportunity. i already predicted the lineup. 1. TS in goal, 2. Ming def, 3. Nabeh mid, 4. Zx strike. That is 4 players on the pitch and is so called 'first team'. since it s 5 a side, Shawn, Ying Lun and JJ will be left to fight for the final midfield place. and obviously shawn or ying lun will win the fight and JJ will join me on the bench. This is so damn predictable. Knowing my ranking, i dun even have to bother to say anything coz i know that no matter what, TS, ming and zx are all indispensable. And we usually play a 1 man defence so that means no place for me. I m jsut a back up for ming to rest. even then, i didnt expect to get to play only ONLY 11minutes out of a possible 60. I shall analyse everyone and see how their performance should have rendered them their place and whether they deserved it.

GK Ting Soon (60mins)
-Good at 1 on 1s
-Good at diving
-Quick reflexes
-Can play all matches and deservedly so
-Rating: 4/5 (no mistakes at all)

DEF Ming (49min)
-Slow, lack pace
-Lack vision
-Strong in the air
-Strong in the tackle
-Suitable to play first match where opponents attack centre and pump balls
-Unsuitable to play teams with high tempo and wing play
-Rating: 2.5/5 (main cause of 1/4 finals loss, defended pretty well in group stage)

MID Nab (35min)
-Soloist
-Try to do too much, to carry the team
-Effective against teams who emphasize on attack
-Ineffective against teams who defend with numbers
-Bad temper
-Rating: 3/5 (scored a goal, caused downfall in 1/4 finals)

MID Shawn (28 min)
-Good chemistry with ZX and YL
-High sprint speed
-Definitely not a defender
-Relatively weak in the air
-Good crosses and shots
-Ineffective against teams who play high balls
-Rating: 3.5/5 (not much impact, made a couple of mistakes that were dangerous, passed ball well)

MID Ying Lun (40 min)
-Good chemistry with Shawn and ZX
-Versatile but increasingly attacking minded
-Good tackler
-Strong in the air
-Powerful shots with accuracy to certain extent
-Effective against any teams
-Rating: 4.5/5 (made no mistakes, did his job in linking MF and DF, took initiative at the right time)

ST Zi Xiang (54min)
-Good chemistry with Shawn and YL
-Versatile but very attacking minded
-Good tackler and reader of the game
-Fantastic in the air
-Clinical finisher
-Relatively slow in terms of sprinting
-Ineffective against big, strong and quick opposing defenders)
-Rating: 5/5 (did what is expected of him, no mistakes, defended well, perfect performance capped with a fabulous goal)

ST Jun Jie (24 min)
-Have not understood the game and the ball totally
-Poacher
-Ineffective against strong defences
-Effective against teams whose keeper is inexperienced
-Rating: 2.5/5 (minimal impact, ineffective in all matches)

DF Me (11min)
-Sweeper
-Powerful shots but low accuracy
-Relatively good reader of the game
-Relatively quick
-Relatively weak in the air
-Work best in space
-Effective against teams who emphasize on wing play
-Ineffective against teams who play long ball
-Rating: 1/5 (made no mistakes, did not dirty clothes)

Do you understand what it means by not dirtying clothes? It means hardly seeing any action. I should have just stayed at home to rest, anyway they wont miss me at all.

This is not what terence feels. To be benched for tactical reasons and to be benched for no opportunity are 2 totally different matters. Terence is given a chance to prove himself but fail to impress. I proved myself with that 11 minutes of chance but wasnt rewarded. that s what i feel sad for.

not even 9 more minutes of cameo to hit at least a respectable 20 min mark. that hurt me. and what irks me is that ming made mistake after mistake after his lack of pace is exposed countless times in the Q-finals but i could not do anything about it to help him. everyone on the pitch is just as important. there s no one i can sub to go in and help ming. Ming is needed for aerial defence. Ying Lun was the link man and the ball winner. Shawn was providing service to ZX and ZX is needed for his goals. I did not have the guts to sub ming off for myself coz by this gesture, i m suggesting that i can do a better job than the current man. i could not gurantee i could handle avinash, bryden and collin all at once. honestly i was worried that if i took ming off, then they will start pumping long balls instead of their current wing play that i can take care of. in the end, i just hoped for the best without doing anything.

Looking back, i wondered WHY didnt i do it after the first goal. i knew something was wrong when i saw 3 people flying towards ming at once. When we were pushing to equalise, they countered and scored and by then, it was too late to do anything, it was up to our attackers as reddy city were starting to play defensive and nothing much was up in our half.

Aiya, whatever it is, we lost it and i m damn sad...

Afternoon, 2 plus

went to PS to eat lunch. wanted to watch movie also. as usual, pasta mania...
ying lun spilled his sprite and made a mess out of the place.

>>Before cleaning up..

>>>During cleaning up...


>>>After cleaning up, sparkling clean

>>>Guess what the group of people are doing outside Dhobby Ghaut MRT?
>>>> Cat fight!!!

After eating, we sat outside starhub to discuss where to go and wasted so much time to decide. in the end all except me, yl and shawn stayed. i suggested to go to the Cathay coz i havent been there before. On the way there, we heard a conversation like,

" Adkldhbonsoehifsdf nfp pdfjpsf .dfss.. "

"Bitch!"

" What did you call me? @$^%#$&$*@&*^@%*@!!!!!"
"You BITCH!!!"
*pia!!!!*
it was a tight slap from a woman in twenties in black to a woman of about the same age in yellow. and then...

ROUND ONE fight! ready go!

1. Shirt pulling catergory

ROUND TWO fight!

2. Face and body pushing catergory

ROUND THREE fight!

3. Kicking catergory

ROUND FOUR fight!

4. Hair Pulling catergory

ROUND FIVE fight!

5. Ground Level low C.G fight + pulling hair and kicking of sensitive parts. ahem.

ROUND SIX fight!

eh..... oh i remember now, got round six but three of us too stunned and scared ald so we zhao to cathay and missed the show. damn. but before we go, there was this security guard down there, about 50 plus year old comical old fogey in white shirt and black pants who tried to stop the 2 women from fighting by saying

"STOP IT!! STOP IT!!! STOP IT AHHH!! YOU 2 BETTER STOP IT NOW AH!! NOW!! IF NOT I CALL THE POLICE! I REALLY CALL THE POLICE!"

Then the guard pace around the 2 people lying on the floor rolling here and there like some WWE refereee waiting to bang the floor to signal the winner. The guy that the 2 woman were fighting for didnt even care much. He just stand aside and then after a while then he step in to try pull them apart. In the end, we dunno coz we zhao by the time the police came.

anyway, catfight over, suppose to go Cathay to see got what movie to watch. The we saw new movies like Udon, Next, Something blades one and Dunno what wind that make the barley shake or sth. All stupid movies. In the end didnt watch there so went back to PS in hope of meeting more cats fighting on the way. Aiya in the end nothing happen ald, scene cleared.

>>>> The Cathay tic box

>>>Some obscene advertisement about hair removal at the Cathay next to B & J

>>> Look closely at the people sitting around the fountain. see the one in green, he s talking to fish in the fountain!!! HAHAHA. all kind of weirdoes in this world.


So we went to PS and waste time while waiting for jer to check cine tics for spidey. shawn zhao home coz he had no business there after watching the movie ald. Ate at food court for dinner then watch 7pm show. when eating, jer and yl went some where to see wallet, i think heeren. in the end also didnt buy. aiyooo.

I find spidey quite ok, i think 4 star or 3.5 can la. shawn say sucks. dunno whether he was watching mosquito woman or spiderman. ok maybe cockroachgay. anyway, went home after that and got screwed by father. say wanna lock up my boots. wth. dumb. anyway i ll try to handle this situation. got to sleep. bb.