Soccer and Bangkok

Ok, soccer yesterday was horredous. Shouldnt say more about it, if not will be blamed even more and get scolded even more. whatever. Seems like my performance is 'deproving'. Last time i said my headers were improving, and yes it seems better but suddenly i m not as good on the ground. Ying Lun was right, in school i was so much better, but i think i know why. It s the opponents and the court.

At CCAB, we play all kinds of people. Short, tall, thin, fat, dark, fair, noob, pro, in between etc. but seems like we are playing older people more often when we go there. It s either JC or Army who frequent ccab more often. In school, we play only against school mates. and we always play against the same old people. After a while, you will know how to play most effectively against them. And then, the O level period drove most of the sec 4s away from the court. In the end, i played against sec 1s more often than people of similar standards. The location matters a lot too. 4 years in the SJI court, visit it almost every school day during lower sec, and slightly less often in upper sec. I m already familiarized with the walls of the court, how not to whack the ball onto the roof or onto the road and evade the ANG MOH. Bleddy German.

CCAB is much more different. It presents different situations with every kick and shows us new and better play when the bigger boys strut their stuff. We go there and learn many new ways of playing and criticise some lousier ways. And more recently, criticising our own mates. Last week, Lucas was the main man. He hardly had any chance to play and when he had, some will start scolding him for small little things. I was a minor vicim last week. This week i m prime.

Yea i know you reading out there would have lots of thoughts that is opposing what i think, but, this is my blog and i have the right to post my genuine thoughts and not be just a head nodder.

Honestly, sometimes when others start blabbering about stuff they think is right and want me to agree, i might just say yes yes yes just to avoid further debate. But there are also times when i think i should stand up for my self and not be a pushover even though i dun like to debate. Since young i know i havent been much of an intimidating figure or someone with lots of authourity and power. I never saw myself as a leader who someone can look up to. But NCC and SJI gave me that chance and showed me that it s time i grow up and have my own thinking.

Moving back to the soccer yesterday, i appreciate the scolding and blaming as it shows that my team mates care about the game and that they know i could do something better at that time, something that can salvage the situation which means i should have at least some quality, isnt it?

Yep, quality. I know many people who has quality. But sometimes, that s the max. It cant get any higher. Everyone s different. So if you are good, you are good. If you are playing with people who arent that good, dun push them too hard to be as good as you. In my case, i m not sure if i can improve further. I m so injury prone and just picked up another injury from yesterday. This time left ankle gone. Went home swollen yesterday. I m just trying to prove to you people that i m not making up excuses. If i m in the wrong, i WILL admit it. I WILL blame myself. Because i want to improve. Yesterday's injury isnt fake fyi. From now on i have to wear 2 ankle guards on both legs.

Words can be very powerful. I m not good at saying but i can express myself better when i have a bit more time to process my thoughts for that few seconds. I know i m a lot slower than many people in terms of intellectual ability. i dun deny that. That s why i hope you wont blame me for typing my thoughts out here instead of saying face to face. And i hope you wont mistake my tone (again) and think i m pissed and angry with you people. And i hope this post wont inject those emotions into you too.

I m actually a very simple person. I just hope that people respect each other and not carry out their actions too far. Sometimes joking and making fun of one another is good laughing exercise but what matters most is that you dun really mean what you joke. Being a 'fake racist' for a second or two is acceptable. But i will still respect people from other races deep in my heart. Especially those from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia etc. We sometimes call them Banglas, IT savvy, muds or matts (they called it themselves) but these are all inside jokes and should not be carried onto our later lives. Even these immigrants leave their homes and work under the sun as construction workers, cleaners or even someone who sell drinks, they didnt offend you, so dun curse them and hate their race or religion. In future, we might just work under one of them, so learn their culture and respect that, respect everyone even Terence or Elian or whoever. Everyone's unique, if you dun like, then just dun mention too much about that person and live your life. simple as that.

If you have read till here, thanks for your respect. Before you start cursing and swearing, try to kick that habit. It s not healthy, like smoking and drinking.

Ahh... feel so much better after getting those words off my mind. To conclude, EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS UNIQUE, RESPECT THAT. You either like it or hate it but if you dun do it, others wont like you either.

OK my blog, my genuine thoughts. Dun take it to heart if my unpolished words offended you in any way. I dun mean to target anyone, just summarizing my feelings.


:D ok finally i m updating about the trip to Bangkok. I ll beat Reuben's number of pictures! I hope...

Actually the aim of the Bangkok trip is to do shopping! But didnt buy much, just had a day of sight seeing.





>>> Somerset Apartments






>>>Traffic as usual








>>> One of the newest malls, Central World, quite grand







>>>Forced to be lame







>>> Thai food at the quite famous highend foodcourt franchise, Food Loft















>>>Nightscene outside Central World




>>>Tourist attraction: Four faced Buddha















>>>BTS track



>>>Taxi we booked for a day for sightseeing






>>>In the Grand Palace





























>>>Dun be mistaken, the Buddha isnt doing a handstand, camera tilted





>>>The famous reclining Buddha







>>> One of the many artistic photos








>>> Thailand the Buddhist country



>>>Buddha's head




>>>Toeprint



>>>One of my fav photos. There s a whole line of pots around the Buddha for people to put coins in one by one for good luck or something like that




>>>Marble temple, the walls are made of marble

>>>Boats for show






>>> The one on the right is the King's boat, it is usually surrounded by army boats at sea




>>>The Shrine





>>>View up the Shrine (great lighting)

>>>Steep steps



>>>Sun set in Bangkok



>>>BTS Station

>>>Mah Boon Krong Shopping Centre

>>>Bangkok Airport, going home

>>>Balek Kampung

The trip wasnt too bad. But jeremy's inaccurate information got me walking all over the place just to find the jersey shop. In the end also didnt buy. Waste time.

Anyway the holiday's ending and the year's ending. This year is eventful but not eventful enough. Looking forward to 2008!!! Happy New Year!

long time no blog

ok, first of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

too busy these days ever since i came back from bangkok. oops and sry no pics. pics in the other com, load another day when have time. bangkok was ok, but quite a waste of time since i was hunting for the wrong products at the wrong place. should not have even visited the new shopping malls, coz the price of the products there are similar to singapore's. if next time i go again, i will just go straight to Chatuchak Weekend Market and maybe Suan Lum Night Market. can shop for outing clothes at good prices. but thailand is not the place to buy jerseys. should go vietnam instead.

came back the next day, there was liverpool vs man u. lost it undeservingly. credit to man u though, for scoring when they had the chance to. 0-1.

then went out almost everyday from then on. which wasnt that bad, but i m dead beat. had a CCAB session last sat. didnt play that badly. all i noted was my headers improved a lot, but still havent reached the standard i want.

yesterday had a christmas party at my aunt's house. average party, just dinner and presents. that s about it.

ok got to fifa when i still can, father gonna delete soon. byez.

Ramozians match

I m sick of typing the word 'Ramozians'. How many times have i typed it in the past 2 hours? Seems like i m updating the team blog more than my own blog. Nevermind, SJI teaches us to be 'MEN FOR OTHERS' isnt it? Providing a free service should be an honour. ok whatever, cut the crap.

Match against Ramozians yesterday. 9-1. Damn the 1. damn the puddle. the only consolation i have is that we might not have scored 9 if i didnt cost the 1. Jeremy said it s a sequence of events, make sense. if something doesnt happen, something might not happen after that.

Yea anyway, played quite well apart from the first part. i think many people thought i played like shit. but i know how i played and i think i did very well in the 2nd half. one man defence, they hardly had a sniff at goal with all the runs down the flanks. one thing good about muddy pitch is easier to slide. i just went for the both the player and ball. learnt to be aggressive. quite effective but must get timing right. knee scraped clean but worth it with the win. stupid puddle spoilt my day.

great win anyway. shld have a match next week after coming back from bangkok with loads of jerseys. Another service for friends huh. eh why am i such a kind soul? ok ok jk jk. gonna enjoy my shopping! cya after sat, LIVERPOOL VS MAN U on SUN!

Packed Holiday

Ok, where do i start? It has been an extremely packed holiday for me. Thousands of things happened in the past 2 weeks.

16th Nov was JAE. went to sch for a few minutes and then to JJ house to watch Hills Have Eyes which was quite nice considering the unexpected twists and gore. Reuben, ying and jj played pool while me, shawn and ting soon stayed in his room to slack, playing FIFA and watching movie while waiting for lunch. Splendid spagghetti considering it was home made. After that,took a bus to city hall, met jer but split up to 2 groups. JJ, jer, and yl went to peninsula plaza to look for something while me, shawn and reuben took a train. And we broke up even further, shawn and me watched the pathetic movie Beuwolf at Bugis Junction while reuben went to Lavender for his passport thing. was darn tired but gave shawn some face to watch the movie with him and intended to go home straight after that. But the other gang came up to meet up with us and surveyed for some BBQ stuff at Cold Storage for the team chalet. Had some misunderstanding with ying lun but was solved eventually. Come on peeps, just live happpily together, no more quarrelling and grudges, kay? Went home to finally hit the sacks. damn damn tired.

Went to ying lun's house to stay for 2 days from the 19th to 20th. went there for FIFA 06 and 08. jeremy and ming were also there for some time wasting which was actually quite fun. played FIFA for the whole afternoon, then had pizza for dinner which was a kind treat by ying lun's mother. Thanks ying and your mother.

Then went out to Lot 1 to watch a movie, no choice but to watch Bee Movie. Jer went home, while ming went to watch Beuwolf the screwed up no.1 box office. he came back at about 1 plus am and we continued playing FIFA 08, 2 player was fun. Slept at 3am beside a giant but managed to listen to some lullaby and fell asleep eventually.

Next day CCAB, 8am. Played ok and went home to bathe and prepare to send my sis off who s going to cambodia for some child trafficking project thing. Went to airport, had a nice dinner at Soup Restaurant (the ginger chicken is good as always) and went home to have a nicer sleep on my own bed. It s always good to sleep in your own nest.

22nd nov was my first ever job at yew tong's mother's childcare centre. went there to do some repainting. didnt really enjoy it as it was damn tedious. did all the dirty work as many were afraid to get their clothes painted. at least i was wise enough to wear old pe clothes that was torn. 50 bucks earned. got a call from parents saying they were at Orchard Hotel for dinner (dad got some voucher) and so i chionged all the way to Orchard to stuff myself with good food esp steak. then went home for another well deserve rest.

missed training on the 23rd nov as went to see doc. then went palm gardens to meet shawn and went to class BBQ at yew tong s house together. it was quite good. played some cards first then started to work. intended to slack off but looking at the situation, everyone was slacking and the food wasnt coming fast enough. so decided to get hands dirty and skewered almost all the chicken wing, bbqed some food, fanned the charcoal blah blah blah. Did that all the way until 11pm then i started to have my dinner properly. by the time, almost all the party goers were zhaoing and only left the standard few slayers eating and watching repeated soccer matches. Left at around 11.30pm, caught a bus to CCK mrt, and to jurong east but missed the last train to pasir ris. damn. wasted time trying to find a suitable bus to somewhere near tampines at the interchange but gave up and took a cab all the way home which cost me half of my painting salary. DAMN IT. there goes my 24 bucks. just like that. forget it.

next day, suppose to go 203 class gathering but woke up late and realised that it was a failure. only 8 people went, organiser didnt go, so i also decided to rest at home for once.

26th November was my aunt's birthday. Just went to Trader's Hotel for dinner, went to her house to cut cake then done. Nothing much.

27th is when all the fun starts. Team chalet at pasir ris costa sands. suppose to meet up with the slayers at pasir ris mrt at 1.30 but was late coz i spent more than an hour trying to get all the suitable timings for late night movies at all possible cinemas. in the end realised plan changed and wasnt watching movie the 2nd nite, but on the first. effort wasted. anyway, met up by 2pm and caught the shuttle bus to the chalet.

people who went were: Me, ming, shawn, christopher, zi xiang, ying lun, jun jie, ting soon, reuben and jeremy.

went there, checked in, threw bags down, took a bus and train and bus to tanah merah street soccer court, had fun for hours until 7 and split up again.





i broke off from the group to go home and bathe, get some stuff they need and then took a straight bus to the chalet, dropped the stuff outside the chalet, met up at White Sands for dinner and trained down to Orchard cine for Enchanted movie. survivors include me, ming, shawn, christ, zi xiang, ying lun, jun jie, reuben and jeremy. caught the 12.30 show. it wasnt very good but wasnt that bad for me. good to watch some lame show some time. after that cabbed to jj house to watch champs league. sevilla vs arsenal ended 3-1, man u vs sporting ended 2-1, cristty scored last minute freekick. blah, played 08 on JJ com for a while, till 6 plus, took a bus to orchard mrt, caught a train back to pasir ris and ate Macs the scammer for breakfast. took first shuttle bus to chalet, played dai di for hours, then left chalet for tampines mall for lunch. in the end ate yoshinoya after some debate.

went to UNFAIRPRICE to shop for BBQ stuff and i broke off once again. went home bathe and napped. ming went for drums while the rest went back to chalet. had a fantastic nap for about 2 hours and woke up, grabbed the stuff they need again, waited for 17 for more than half hour which drove at 10km/h and reached chalet facing faces who looked pissed. ah nvm, any way had a nice BBQ dinner. Beef was fantastic. loved it. satay not bad as well. at least my recommendation of BBQ wholesale wasnt that bad. yay. next time peeps, just order BBQ wholesale, save all the trouble.

ting soon and zi xiang went home while the rest stayed to discuss about kumz match and then played cards, xbox until 2 plus. most slept by then. supposed to go out to watch liverpool match but christ and gang didnt wanna wake up so, too bad. tried to sleep but jer was causing too much noise and using me as bolster so couldnt sleep. in the end caught about an hour of rest, woke up at 5 plus with ying, washed up, played fifa, shawn woke up, then 3 of us went out to downtown east first for another macs breakfast. went back, all still sleeping. woke them up, and then me and yl went back to sleep until 10 plus, checked out and took shuttle bus to pasir ris, played DAI DI again while waiting. Prostitute, mamasan, beggar, prince, queen , king damn fun. laughed like mad.



>>> What nice feet you have, ming.



>>>Reuben living up to his reputation of being an ex-gymnast.

they couldnt decide where to eat, in the end i went home first, while they went east point for more DAI DI and lunch at food court. bought match ball for KUMZ match and then took train. i followed ming to kallang, took 12 to parkway to buy ankle tape. the rest went home. after that, waited for parents at roxy hotel, fell asleep when ever i can. sis went audio house to find what media player while i slept in the car. met up with aunt again for dinner at great world, some Jap restaurent at the basement. After that went home, sleep.




Next day woke up, feeling damn tired. packed stuff for Kumz match, was late, so after a long story, took a cab to bukit timah field. ref was late. my freekick was on form, but played like shit in the match. nvm, we won 5-0, for details go team blog to see.









after that, went home spent more than an hour typing the freaking long match report and then the next day, i m here typing this bloody long post of my pathetic 2 week story. if blogger shut down now, i swear i ll slam my com if this post doesnt go up. anyway, more matches to come, more fun to come. enjoyed chalet, got to know christ even better (he s a nice guy), got to know jeremy even better (right ying lun?) had countless BBQs, and most importantly, had revenge against kumz.

Post O Levels

Finally! Freedom!

O levels ended yesterday but it has been so eventful for me that i feel that it ended weeks ago. Right after the last paper, bio 1, we choionged to CCAB for some soccer action. And the usual for me, injury to right ankle. Even with the injury i think i played average with a lot of room of improvement.

After playing for 4 hours we migrated to Beauty World, not all, but some while the others collect jerseys from Queensway. After that, Shawn, Ming and me were discovered at JJ's house to bathe before meeting up at Cine to buy tics and then to Taka for dinner at Pepperlunch. Movie was great. Stardust deserves at least 4 stars while i personally give 5 stars. I was thinking about it even after the movie ended and i was totally engrossed in the movie. It had action, romance, lessons and most importantly, a path that leads us away from the real world. I totally enjoyed it.
Missed the last train and walked all Orchard while waiting for father to pick me up at Meridien. The day ended finally.

But today was something that was just as enjoyable. Played FIFA 08 for a while and then cabbed to East Coast Park for NCC BBQ. It was Specs vs Cadets during the soccer session and i played pretty well against those front footers. But was thoroughly disappointed with my failed tricks. Some tricks are meant for real defenders and not for those who any how kick to get the ball away. Anyway, I dun look down on sec 1s since i know my standard was far worse at their age. Erm, maybe not that bad, but still not good. At least my headers improved way lot and even head out for goal kick, distance is there now for accuracy.

Didnt do any cooking and was slacking on the bench at the sea enjoying the sea breeze, the peace and tranquility that i missed for months. It was such a refreshing experience. Then, the juniors wanted to say GOODBYE to us and started doing some lame skit. Ok, effort appreciated. What was more meaningful was the letters they compiled and gave me as a very valuable souvenior. At least now i leave NCC with something to reminisce. At least i felt i did something that helped someone, that my actions had some good influence on others. Thanks kiddos, your cheerfulness brought youth back to my ever foward changing life.

Ok, after 2 days of madness, i m gonna have a day of rest tomorrow, just playing FIFA and settle the referee booking thing. After that, i going back to my plan of learning new stuff during this hols. What a busy holiday!!!But i m enjoying it, aren't you? ;)