Tired

Today has been a tired day for me. I slept at about 2am yesterday and woke up about 7 to go to school. Did homework and then went to play soccer at CCAB. The sun wasnt too kind today. I m damn red now, esp face. I dunno how the sun works, but it seems like it is able to suck energy from me. It s a weird feeling.

Now i think my ears are just as red. When i touch it, i can feel the heat is produce. i think i sucked today. i must admit my shooting is quite on form today. maybe it s the confidence. this thing called confidence really does make a big difference. Before we entered the field, i had loads of confidence i can play better on the field and make good crosses. My feet did what my mind wanted me to do for the first few crosses. but then, it started to drizzle and rain. this caused the field to be wet and slippery. and when i ran up to the ball to cross, i slipped and fell. This caused my confidence to fall drastically and made my every step more careful, not wanting to fall as i wasnt wearing studs. in the end, my over conciousness made me think more of myself than the quality of the delivery. in the end the crosses were all off target and even turned out to be a wing lob shot. must really train my crosses. ming was waiting and waiting and i didnt deliver a good one in. feel disappointed with myself.

anyway, i also need to train headers. I dare to head, is just that my timing and direction is not there. sometimes i stay to my position is beacause i m scared if i move to a more advance position, then i will miss the ball as i already read the flight of the ball and where it was going to land. if i move maybe to the side a bit, or jump, i may miss the ball totally and that will eb worse. so i need to train to get my timing right, and also the direction so that i wont head back to the strikers in a match.

ying lun said i play better as a striker. i beg to differ. i m the most comfortable at right back. but sometimes right midfield is good for me. at right back, i can make overlapping runs, but in slayers, i dun find the freedom as we emphasize on defence and afraid to be caught out of position. i myself do not want to get caught out of position as i experienced in previous matches. like when i move up for throws. ah.. that reminds me i have to improve throw ins. foul throws are as embarrasing as miskicks.

but now, i think if our midfield aint enough people, i think i can play on the left flank or as a DM. i think maybe i should exploit my shot power. by playing on the left, i think my left foot is able to make some decent short crosses or low cross. but should be more effective cutting in like jeremy. as DM, i will not be the usual DM who protects the defence and sit back. but will ram like siao esp from long range. i like to use my momentum to power my shot but really have to speed up the time for me to take the shot. i should not waste so much time to put in so much effort in making a quality shot (except free kicks) but just ram as soon as i get the space. that should be what ying lun mean.

damn, i still fear for my cramps. i wont be able to last a full match. that s for sure. even though my stamina is good, my legs cant take it, or rather my blood aint up to standard. pity shawn that he 'sprained' his ankle. to be honest, i think shawn is the most versatile player in our team.

he is
-fast
-able to dribble
-can shoot
-can cross
-quite clinical
-shot power ever there
-stamina levels high
-good vision
-posses good positional play
-good reader of game
-fast reaction
-determined

i think there s more qualities but he need to improve on heading like me. other wise he s a really good player. he s speed and crossing abilities can land him on the flanks. His dribbling and vision can land him in the centre. Being clinical and having shot power is good enough for a striker. and being a good reader can place him as full back. one thing i like about him is that he persevere and never say die. that s inspirational. let s say even though he s not a defender, he will track back and even sprint to attempt a last ditch tackle if the opposing striker is clean on goal. being a goalie in his team is really encouraging as at least you know your defender tried his best to help you.

shawn can play DM and is a better candidate than me. however, i think the best man to be there is still ying lun. we need a tackler there to break down opposition's play. but he may just stay up field and tackle the opposing defenders instead. jk la. everyone wanna score goals but i think i prefer to prevent a goal than to score one. i rather make a goal line clearance than a close range header. that s why i think i m more suitable as defender. the mentality is different.

today at ccab, shawn kept asking zi xiang to stay back and be last man. but then he said 'crazy'. see the difference in mentalities? a striker will always wanna stay upfield as far up as possible to score as many goals as possible. but for me, i rather stay back and be content to do the dirty work and will be very satisfied to be presented a rare chance to pop in a goal or two. think Jamie Carragher... my inspirational leader.

Busy

Today is more eventful compared to the past few days. Went out to meet NCC peeps supposedly to pass them some admin stuff and at the same time do some homework. So, went to school about 12.30 and then went to Serene Centre to eat lunch. After that, we went to Matthew Koh's house which is at The Shelford. I think it s spelt this way. It is like a condo just that the highest level is only at 4 or 5 storeys. but it s a nice place, very grand, for rich people. As he always say, he's loaded.Whatever. After that went out by the side gate and realised that the place I was at seem very familiar. Then i remembered that the Sji Slayers gang was here on CNY Eve. It s opposite Coronation Plaza. Interesting. Then crosses road to take 67 to Beauty World to meet mother there to buy school uniform. My pants have been very tight at the waist area. Last time i went there to buy, the stupid woman keeping nagging and nagging about the pants cannot be too loose and low and blah blah blah. Then my mother also scared of her nagging so in the end bought some just fitting pants. Then now i grow fat ald so cannot wear. Esp when after eating, the stomach expand then have to unbuckle, like Zi Xiang.haha.

After that, met up with father to go to Botak Jones in Clementi to eat dinner. This time ate Cajun Chicken instead of the steak last time. Next time must eat something different. Sian ah. I eat my portion finish still have to eat more fries and coleslaw. Eat until dun feel too good. Shit man, got a lot of homework to do.

1. Maths TYS
2. Maths Transformation and all the stuff i didnt complete properly
3. Maths Project
4. Chinese 4 Essays
5. Biology Test Paper
6. Chemistry one stack of revision papers
7. Physics Sec 3 Paper
8. Geog Project

This is crazy. I really have to chiong or else no time to mug and revise last year topics...

Music

Had a change of mind about the music thingy in the background. Was visting some blogs and thought the music is good at creating an ambience. Kinda nice. Anyway piano pieces aint a hate for most people some it doesnt cause that much problems for those reading my lame blog entries. ok, enough for now, gotta go mug and do homework. hmm.. gotta exercise and run later to prepare for the match. cant wait for the day...

Changed Blogskin

As promised, i changed my blogskin. At least this look at bit more decent, but a bit more feminine as it's created by a female. Obvious. Hmm... I've been thinking whether to add music or song but thought maybe it s better not to.

Firstly, it s illegal. So if get caught, school will know, then everything i blogged about school will also be known. So it's better not to.

Secondly, if the person who visits my blog hates the song or music, he or she wont even bother to read.

Hopefully i made the correct decision. I've been know for my poor decision making this few months. Maybe i should think thrice before making one.

Ok, school term just ended. 1 week march holidays start today. I m suppose to start homework today and end it asap but just lack the motivation. However, i m sure that i will at least take it out later tonight and put it on the table. A good beginning is half the battle won. Ok whatever....

Plan to go soccer tomorrow... need to improve my skills and stamina, especially for the last match i m gonna have in about 8 months. Stamina training is also for NAPFA which is coming up in April as usual. I wanna beat the 11 min barrier, that s my aim for this year's NAPFA. Had a little setback this Thursday when i realised that my medical condition have an impact on my sporting ambitions. Thalassemia is in my way. This condition involves the deficiency of red blood cells. They die very easily and quickly and result in a decreased number. As i learned in biology lesson, the red blood cells carry oxygen and transport it to every part of the body. However, for my condition, when exercising, my muscles will receive very little oxygen and cannot work properly. And when the muscles don't get enough oxygen, they will get cramps and i cannot carry on with the exercise.

Now, dearest friends, do you understand why i always get cramps? I think each time i exercise, i should take more deep breaths to allow my small amount of red blood cells to carry as much oxygen as possible and transport it to the muscles, this way, i can at least delay the cramps or even prevent it. Or i can eat more protein and iron to stimulate the growth and production of red blood cells. However, having this condition has it's benefits. It s like what we learn in bio lesson that mutations has its benefits. Thalasemia patients are immune against diseases like malaria and coronary heart disease. Interesting, eh?

Life is so precious. That day i just shared the video of the soccer Benfica soccer player who died on the pitch in 2004. It s really creepy. He died due to some heart complications. ok anyway enough of all this things. On this note, i would like to leave you with the pictures i received on the interclass soccer this year , happy viewing...

> Gloomy faces after a draw due to the controversial penalty given against us...

> Very happy Sec 4 Inter class Champions 07!!!

Weird

This is a weird time to blog. but just felt like blogging. today PE played hockey. was keeper for a Thaddeus penalty. high ball leh. damn. wanted to use stick to save but thought my hands aint too good. so decided to use foot. suay suay last second the ball bounced awkwardly and rammed my ankle. ouch. now still blue black. a bit painful. hope it s ok.

Lessons were damn on for today. i mean i was enthu. the day started with house cheering. lost as expectedly thanks to first cheer. heck. then chinese 2 lessons. i was damn enthu coz teacher told us to read out the passage for practise and i read and read until damn tired and voice ald qutie worn out thx to cheering. then chem lesson weas asked question and demanded explanation blah blah. managed to get away with it anyway. actually i mugged quite a lot for alkane alkene so is wasnt much of a prob just that a bit rusty coz quite long havent gone back to the topic. eng managed to finish the compre. achievement.

After school did NCC stuff chasing people around and then played soccer. Ramming was quite off. although power was still there. accuracy totally off. only certain times was ok. rammed up on the roof 3 times then had to go up and take. hands ald show some signs of over rubbing. reddish. decided to practise left foot then over used and screwed it with one shot. wanted to ram full force but sole hit ground first, so had some impact on the foot. a bit painful and sore. should be fine. its only the joints. either that it s due to the hockey ball again.

gtg do hw. promise to change blogskin during or just b4 hols.

Bad week

it has been a pretty bad week. On monday, skipped house cheering session and stayed in class. got caught by HOL. kena scolded. my class got 10 people pon. 436 got 3. so in the end 13 got punished. after that, found out 433 also got 2 people pon but didnt got caught. we were made to stand in the middle of the field for about half hour then ran around the track 4 rounds. ok la so so. but then there was more. had to see HOL the next day at 7am. gave up pink (reprimand) form. meaning quite serious offence. it s green, then yellow then pink, in order of increasing seriousness. ok blah blah he try to scare us with the parent calling, warning letter etc. told parents about it anyway. in the end the punishment was to clean canteen tables for 1 month. but after 3 days, he say no need ald. suppose to stand in front during the cheering but didnt anyway. end of incident. was quite scared at first but then when i compare the offence with other more serious offence, like violence etc that s nothing.

tuesday went to URA Urban Redevelopment Authority building. near chinatown. for enrichment day. went there to see how singapore s land is planned for use etc. Ok la, a good day for time to be wasted. didnt regret going coz the place is air con and could get out of sch to eat at maxwell hawker centre. chicken rice there is well known so ate it. zx and reuben also ate that. not sure shawn did. then went back played soccer, ball got confiscated. blah. coz not suppose to play at that time. then gotta go back class for some sharing. next day quite boring just a normal school day.

thursday was a bit more interesting but also nothing much. just that went to PS to eat at cafe cartel after sch. shared 3 meals with 7 people. price was 6.50 after splitting. then in the ened went home do hw. sleep.

Friday went for house meeting. didnt dare to pon. but some classmates decided to jack HOL by hanging PE clothes on the window to re enact monday's scene. quite funny. cheer cheer then got house T shirt. at least better looking then previous years. was late for NCC. sec 1 s were ald there. matthew one man show coz kian tat, li yang, benjamin all not there. then only got julian there trying to help. i went there try to settle some stuff but we decided to use the 435 classroom as a venue to compile the uniform sizes and admin stuff. it was raining and the band was playing freaking bagpipes outside. damn noisy. in the end, ms wee wasnt too pleased with us coz the sec ones were running up and down making so much noise. some one even broke test tubes. shh... it s alwyn's. then she made them stay in push up position for some time. they weaklings cannot take it still wanna argue. serve them right. but only 3 got punished. later we decided to teach them a lesson and made them do even more push ups. blah. then Mr Mok brought them down to canteen to have some 'welcome tea'. got 2 chocolate cakes and he treated everyone drinks. buy anything he pay. almost everyone bought kickapoo or 100 plus bottles. the most expensive. aiya, was busy cutting the cakes so i missed out on the drinks. damn. anyway they all ate and then the throwers, ming and belmond came to ka jiao. see some left overs so belmond 'helped' to clear up. after that gave out some forms then zhao. the training was quite a failure coz we kena scolded. anyway next week will be better.

ok it s the final stretch of the term. hopefully i will end it well. heard that i didnt kena PTM. cant believe it. academic like shit. then kena pink form but still didnt kena ptm. really lucky. shit thinking about lucky. MAN U. wa lao damn lucky. i watched the second half at a smoking coffee shop. liverpool were dominating and man u was so damn lucky to score at the last 3 min. they shouldnt have won given the kind of standard and performance. after the match, i was fuming and then i realise McDonald s was showing the match! wa lao. could have gone there to watch. got air con screen bigger. no smoke. DAMN. next time i know. if got big match i think they will show. ok gtg liao. blog next week.

Sad

Feeling real sad now. Thanks to Maths common tests. A Maths was bad. I had the most confidence in the subject coz i practised a lot of it but in the end only got 21/40. Screwed up. Cant believe just 3 careless mistakes cost me 10 marks. It s a chain reaction. For 3 questions, i got the first part wrong because of stupid mistakes like eg. 2y-x=4 also equals to y=-0.5x+2. Just one bloody minus sign screwed the question up. I could have gotten 30 + /40 if not for these mistakes. E Maths is worse.

The first question for E Maths is about some speed question. I tried to apply what i learned from A Maths and to be careful. Ok, careful i was. Every step i wrote, i checked. But the first question, i made another mistake but managed to see it and change but had to change all the other parts as well. That question wasted about 10 or 15min of a 45 min paper. Then i looked at the clock. Oops. Shit, no time ald. I started to panic, but look at the question, easy vectors. Do do do. Until the second last part. See the question like got problem. Just right, Mr. Dominic Ang came in and say got a mistake in the question. I looked at the clock and this time, really panicked. I was feeling damn hot but my hands were freezing. Left with about 15 min. I spent half an hour on less than 2 questions!!! Did the transformation qn,drew the rectangle and saw reflection line y=x. I was trying to do as fast as possible and made a blunder. I thought x=0 and drew the line and screwed everthing up. I was panicking real bad. And continued to make stupid careless mistakes and then the 3rd part of the question, i realised my transformation was out of the graph paper!!! Omg, i realised i m screwed. It was ald 45min. I skipped that and moved to the easier next 2 questions and again again. Carelessness!!!! Angle got it wrong and then i did the final trigo qn but couldnt finish. at least i could do it without making mistakes. The invigilatot was Mr Lam and he was kind enuff to give us extra 5 min due to the mistake. At the end, i knew i was screwed and calculated minus about 15 marks and was ald prepared for the worse. Never in my life i got so pathetic results for E Maths. 18/40.

I finally know my problem but i dunno how to solve it.

Problem: When make a mistake, either waste time to correct it OR forget about it and minus marks. When time wasted, panic and make more mistakes. Damn

i thought this time, sciences might save me. I spent more time on sciences than other subjects. Physics i didnt expect to get so low, 22.5/40. Left last page blank and made quite a number of mistakes in MCQ. Damn stupid.

Phy problem: Always make mistake in MCQ and always spend the most time in this section, leaving section B less time.

Bio is next. This one is decent. The paper was pretty easy and i excelled in MCQ. 13/15. first time. seems like my problem for bio is Section B gotta mug in more detail and get the key points.

Havent know Chem and Humanities. But for Chem i think can pass. I could do almost all the questions in ease. I scared careless again. Humanities i screwed up SS. Only did 1 inference and 2nd question 1st part. Can only amass like max 6 marks/12. Thats considered good compared to some others. I did geog section first. So i vomitted everthing out and hope to hit the right key point. Shouldnt be bad. 70% chance pass. Hope i m right.

Enought of common tests. They caused so much problems. And thanks to them, i have made up my mind and WILL STICK TO IT. I have been quite lenient with myself with the rules i made at the start of the year. BUT this time i m serious. Dead serious. NO COM, NO SOCCER street and field. TV 1 hour max a day except Wed or Thur (barclay EPL highlights may tape). Maybe slot in another half hour to watch Chinese News at 10 to improve chinese. Got those subtitles there so will be helpful.

Sorry soccer peeps. I m OFFICIALLY retiring from football after the last match against Unity people in 2 weeks. And i will never visit the street soccer court unless got some NCC thingy or sth else. I may allow myself to play again maybe for a short while if there s inter unit. That s ALL. I m not gonna jeopardize my future because of something called a BALL.

wef after last Team Slayers match.

On the final note, i would like to first apologize to Team Slayers if they have a match and i m not present and also to soccer maniacs and frequent visitors of the SJI street soccer court as i would bluntly turn you down if you ask me to visit that place again.

Sorry

Sorry blog, for not updating for such a long time. Many things had happened. Common tests ended and i think i screwed up both my maths and humanities. Sciences should be ok. Went to play soccer last wednesday and friday. Really enjoyed myself when playing against sec 1s on wed as i was pretty good in goal. but didnt really enjoy on fri after CNY celebrations. Was really suck outfield. maybe lost touch or form or whatever. maybe too tired. anyway, went to nanyang pri then ccab thanks to a failed plan. ccab was damn hot. came back sun burnt. couldnt play properly. had some what of a routine arguement with yl. wasnt too happy with a challenge on ming. after that went back sji to watch rugby match but rained and ended up playing soccer on 3rd level foyer. damn fun. left school around 6.30.

the next day was CNY eve but just spent the day at home then at night went to grandma house to have steamboat. watched matches then went home played fifa 07 until 6am. it was to 'shou sui' some tradition. anyway slept until 1pm next day. then go back grandma house to eat lunch and gamble blackjack. played boggle and scrabble as well. this few days havent been much fun. but it s good that it s stressless and it gives me a break. i ll try to change the skin asap.

Inter class

hmm, a weird time to blog. suppose to blog on sun but has no time. was thinking about what ying lun said that the interclass was tyco. then i remembered my p6 inter class was just as tyco. last time it was worse, we didnt even had a proper goal post and used cones instead. my class played average and everyone were defenders and the captain told me to be the sole striker. throughout the whole tournament, i hardly had a solo run or a clear shot on target. i was more of a DM than the suppose striker. hence, we defended and defended and did not even concede a goal, but neither did we score. so all the knock out matches ended up with penalties and we got through all the way to the finals. we practised penalties before the tournament and had more confidence scoring through that. During that match, we still defended and with one of the clearance, i ran for the loose ball and went one on one with the keeper. but the opponent defenders was closing up on me and under pressure, i shot wide. what a waste. in the end the match ended up with penalties and we lost when my friend curled the ball above the cone but seemed to have gone in before curling out. Anyway, we managed to go so far just by defending. with a record of 0 F, 0 A. feel like laughing when i thought about the past. at least it is more interesting, a new tactic.

anyway back to the present, went to dempsey on sat again this time to referee matches. okay la.. so so . average. made maybe a couple controversial decisions but dun think it should have affected the matches that much. this week quite ordinary but had the chinese oral again. didnt prepare much enough but manage to pass it. teacher was a bit pissed at times when i spend more than a few seconds trying to arrange my thoughts or find the right word. other than that, had bio test and didnt do too well cuz didnt read and do qn properly. maths was not bad. got maybe 4th in class? ok blah blah... common test coming up next week. better mug then can slack for a few days during CNY!

Week 4

A bit late to blog this time. But there s nothing much to blog about. The past week have been quite boring. Failed Chinese bi-weekly again. This time by 1 mark. Maybe can try to find the one mark tomorrow when get back the paper. I think i finally caught up with the class pace for maths. Had been lagging for quite a while. Rate of change and the new approximate change topic. Gonna mug geog soon. Worried that ho will test and wooried i would not know anything until the week before common test. So have to mug. Had a maths test on vectors last friday. Wasted quite a bit of time on the easy first question. I think i might still make some careless mistakes. Didnt finish last part. Got stuck. I think that should be all for studies.

CCA, got promoted officially to 1st Sergeant. Got the rank. That means gotta sew it on plus the cookie aka Army NCC badge. Then got the badge holder and stuff. Damn, havent got my marksmanship badge yet. The nicest of all. Sec 1s coming soon ald, maybe gotta plan some stuff.

To conclude, it s a boring week. But good for me, coz i dun wanna be too busy. need sleep.

Franatic week

Woohoo. It has been an eventful week that ended on a high today. Before i blog about today, as usual, i will start from the beginning which is Monday. Cant remember what happened that day. But i think it should be quite boring. But i think I played street after school hoping to train for inter class soccer. The rain stopped and started. I think we played with either sec 1s or 424 people. Cant remember. Sian la, the whole week, the bloody maths teacher keep giving so many homework, assignment 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 all in ONE week. Wth. 1,2,3 she gave last week but she said we are not ready to do any vector questions yet so dun do first. Wa lao then on Monday she say hand in. Crazy sia. Ok, enough of this crazy maths teacher. Chinese, failed the bi-weekly test by 3 marks and got screwed by the teacher because oral was too suck. Chinese was bad for me, actually the whole class. Aiya, female teachers really suck. Always got all these mood swings, one day happy next day not. Cant predict lor. In the end we suffer. That s why its called MENstruation and MENopause. ok maybe a bit lame. Chinese and Humanities teacher both like that. At least Bio is the best, Mr. Lim has never been that crazy. Tue stayed back to train the cadets for the Sec 1 UG orientation for the last time. Sian. Reached home, hardly even did any homework then fell asleep. It has been the same all week. Especially when doing maths. Read the question, then fall asleep. Wake up, try to do then fall asleep. Wa lao cant even do a thing. Wed, stayed back to do the oral thingy and got scolded. After that went to help do the last minute preparation for the orientation thing again. Then i think played soccer for a while before going home. Thur was the real thing, the sec one ug orientation. Did the IFC (individual fieldcraft) had to explain what the hell it is about. The rain spoiled everything. The tent we set up was always collecting water on the roof. Ok nvm, left it there to rot for the rest of the night. Friday was a bit boring. Even training, i had nothing to do just slack in hq, even managed to sleep. haha. Cleaned up a bit but nothing else.

Aha, now to the BIG day! Secondary 4 Inter-Class Soccer Tournament 2007. Yea, this is what the slayers in 435 have been waiting for since the previous inter class. Slept early the night before, about 10.30pm after packing bag. Reached there about 7.40am. Met up with the gang and started kicking around and warm up. Mr. Arul gave a short briefing then we kicked off the tournament. We had 423 and 431 in our group. Difficult opponents. Both teams have excellent attack and that means i will be very busy at right-back.

Match 1 [423-pitch 2] [2-3] - Shawn 2, Zi Xiang 1

I was pretty worried for this one coz there s people like William, Brandon, Sebastian and Jian Xun. 2 good dribblers and 2 trackers. The game kicked off with playing quite well and soon scored the first goal through Shawn. But then Edgar scored from edge of box thanks to a mistake by Ting Soon as keeper.Cant blame him la, the ball was slippery and he wore the gloves for the first time.It was a soft shot and a soft goal. Soon, 423 scored again. Cant really remember the goal but i think it was a strong outer foot drive by some player, quite similar to shawn's goal.At that time i was thinking whether our run will end just here? All the planning and yearning all for nothing? Just as everything seemed over, we had a corner and Shawn drove it a curling ball. Chien Ming was up there but decided not to touch it but leave it for Zi Xiang but in the end both did not touch it and the keeper was fooled totally when the ball just curled into the net. woohoo. 2-2. My mind was preparing for the final whistle but then Zi Xiang broke free of the 423 defence on the left and rammed it towards goal which the goalkeeper blocked but the rebound was smashed back in by the initial shooter. It was the last kick of the game as the game ended 2-3 when the ref blew the whistle soon after the restart. Cant belive it.

Match 2 [431-pitch 2] [1-1] Zi Xiang 1

i thought this was just as bad as we had to face trackers like Leslie and Francis. but other than that, they were no big threat. I was damn tired after running up and down during the first match. So after challenging a few times with the 2 trackers, i was subbed out. We gave Alwyn, Kevin and Jun Kai some playing time. Zi Xiang scored as usual and i thought we going to score more as the 431 defenders were all unfit scholars. But Leslie put on an outstanding display by sprinting up and down the pitch countless times and saving their blushes. He continued to trouble our defence with his speed and dribbling and resulted in a corner. Zi Xiang challenged Leslie for the ball in the box by sliding from the front and hooking the ball clear but then the crazy referee gave a penalty! Wth! I cant believe it. At that time, i was really very helpless as i wanted to go on the pitch and help Chien Ming and Reuben out. They were constantly troubled by Leslie. Ming even resorted to rough tactics by taking Leslie down countless times. Luckily the ref didnt dare to go against Ming. haha. The game ended 1-1 as leslie scored the penalty.Ming was pissed and started shouting vulgarities and kicking the dustbin. (haha, he injured his ankle because of that.) The teacher heard and scolded him. Anyway, we were all pissed and hoped for the best to get through.

Interval

We were bored when our first 2 matches were over. but anxious as the decisive match was being played. The match determined who gets in the winners pool.
We had 1 Draw, 1 Win, Scored 4, Concede 3, GD +1, 4 points.
423 had 1 Lose, Scored 2, Concede 3, GD -1, 0 points.
431 had 1 Draw, Scored 1, Concede 1, GD 0, 1 point.
423 vs 431.

If 423 win or draw, we get through. but if they lose, and 431 win by 2 goals, we are out. Of course we smart people will will cheer for 423, the team we beat. So, we were shouting and celebrating when 423 was in a good position, scored goals, or even win tackles. It was unbelievable as Leslie missed 3 clear cut chances. He should have scored all 3 for his standard. But the keeper saved one, one went out and one whacked the crossbar real hard. So 423 hung on for a victory at 3-2.
And so, we were through! Against 424.

Match 3 [424-pitch 4] 0-0, penalties 4-3

This was it. If you remembered reading further up, i mentioned about 424. We played against them in street and thrashed them. So this would be an easy one. Thats what WE thought. It was far from it. They were good. And Colin together with Jun Kai from 424 were the threats. I was exhausted chasing them. But at least i managed to hold them and the match ended 0-0. As it was the semi finals, we had to find a winner. Penlaties would settle it. And it was sudden death.

Shawn-missed 0-0
Opp.-saved 0-0
Zi Xiang-GOAL 1-0
Opp.-GOAL 1-1
Ming-saved 1-1
Opp.-missed 1-1
Ying Lun-missed 1-1
Opp.-missed 1-1
Me-GOAL 2-1
Opp.-GOAL 2-2
Reuben-GOAL 3-2
Opp.-GOAL 3-3
Shawn-missed 3-3
Opp.-GOAL [disallowed coz whistle wasnt blown yet]
Opp.-missed 3-3
Zi Xiang-GOAL 4-3
Opp.-missed 4-3 [WE ARE IN THE FINALS]

It was really nail biting. 8 penalties. Goal after goal, miss after miss. Shawn missed twice and was totally upset. We were lucky the ref didnt blow the whistle but Jun Kai scored the nice penalty and disallowed it. But so many misses shows the quality of the players, in terms of composure. Anyway, we were damn damn happy that we even hugged and taupok one another, Ting Soon took the initiative by saving the first shot, or else we would be out right from the beginning.

Match 4 [426-pitch 4] (0-1) Zi Xiang 1

This was it! What we have been waiting for as i mentioned above. This was the best match of all. We started pretty well and it all paid off with a goal. I made a couple of long balls to Ying Lun and Shawn and it seem threatening to the opponents. I was facing LM cum LB Rahim. But soon, Ying Lun sprint down the flank and put in a difficult cross but a fantastic one that Zi Xiang with all his predatory and clinical instinct of a striker, made an awesome diving header right in front of the 426 goal and there it was , 0-1!!! We were delighted and didnt expect to score that fast. But soon, we were all scrambling to clear the ball when Ying Lun was subbed out. Our game changed to defensive and we had all 7 players in our own half most of the time. Alwyn came on as a striker while the rest defended and pumped hopeful long balls. 426 were angry at themselves for being behind and wanted to get back on level terms by attacking like crazy. It almost paid off with crosses as Nicholas had a chance to score but Ting Soon did extremely well to tip it away from goal onto the crossbar and recovered to hold the loose ball. We were frantically trying to clear every ball that rolled near our box. Ming even rammed the ball into the forest, causing protests from the opponents. However, Ming did the right thing when he headed cross after cross away from our box. Whether it was a driven cross or a looping one or a low one, he cleared it. And one clearance ended as corner. With few seconds remaining, almost all the 426 players came into our box hoping for a last gasp equalizer. The ball came floated in and there was Ruddy jumping like a menacing lion at the penalty spot and headed the ball with power and accuracy to the top right of our goal. I thought we lost it when i could do nothing about it as the ball was too fast. But then, a miracle happened. Ting Soon jumped out of nowhere and dived with a full stretched body to get his fingers to it. I immediately brought the ball away from the box towards the touchline but was brought down by Rahim who was chasing me. After rolling a few times on the ground, i heard the whistle once. I thought ya, it s a foul, ref, blow it. But then, there was a second whistle, and a third long one. The game ended. We WON the tournament! Sec 4 soccer champions!

After that we were so happy and celebrated by going JJ house to bathe and eat Macs. Did maths project while the rest played maple. Then left for home at 4. What a day for me. I dun think i can ever forget the joy and happiness i experienced during the semi finals when the opponent missed the last penalty. We were hugging each other, patting each other's backs and giving everyone a high five. I remember Ting Soon crossing himself when the penalties ended. this shows how much it mean to us, yes to us 435...

New skin

Yo all, as promised, i changed my skin and am gonna blog a post longer than the previous one. Jeremy's right spend quite some time changing skin. Dun even know exactly why i chose this skin. Was quite fed up after trying to find the perfect one, so maybe too pissed ald so anyhow choose. Anyway may change again sometime la, when i find the time.

So where should i start? This week has been quite interesting. But very tiring. Stayed back almost everyday for NCC. And also kicked ball to get my feel back in time for inter-class. After all that preparations, i had a set back. When i was practising my headers at home, i accidentally rammed my right smallest toe on the edge of the bed. ouch. At first i didnt realise how bad it was coz it s not uncommon for me to knock things and get myself injured. Almost everyday i will have an injury on me, damn suay. But then when i sat down to do my hw, i realised the pain was still there after many minutes. So i looked down and saw the entire toe covered with blood. haha. Only then i started to worry. Went to wash the blood off and realised the nail was broken into 2 (again), and the broken nail cut the flesh under it. There s also some bruise. Sian, a week before interclass and i get this. Hopefully it will be better by next saturday.

The whole week was quite franatic as i had quite a lot of work to do. Almost all subjects just started on a new topic and i had quite a hard time trying to fully understand all the concepts. At least i managed to revise the topics everyday after i reach home and read the textbook. By contributing more time to study, i still need to sacrifice sleep. Aiya, i guess i really need to speed up my actions. Dun be too slow. Had been sleeping at 2, 3 am this week, but yesterday was different. Reached home at 8 after cca, ate, lay on the floor, slept, all the way until 4.30am. Woke up realising i havent bathe! hahaha. lucky didnt sweat much that day or else i will stink myself to death and no one will find out until the morning. haha. anyway, washed up and did some hw until 6 then watch tv, had breakfast until 9 then use com. now starting to feel tired, damn, it s a long day ahead.

Yesterday at training, i had to sort of tour the potential sec 1s who wanna join NCC. So, just showed them around and showed them what the sec 2 and 3 do. Asked a lot of stupid questions and got this irritating fellow who kept making so much noise and uttered rubbish while hogging the rifle running up and down pretending to be soldier who ran amok preventing others from touching the gun. Sia la, hope he never ever appear in my sight again. Cant believe there are sec 1s like that. Dun remember myself being like that. there were 8 people who were interested and only 3 out of the 8 talked. i think i was like one of the 5 who just shut their mouths and listen. That s the way a sec 1 should be, isnt it? anyway beside the tyrant is another irritating indian. at least he wasnt as bad as the other shortie. however, the last of the 3 who actually spoke was someone i admired. I couldnt believe it myself, for admiring a sec 1. This person was about 3 heads shorter than me but he seemed very knowledgeable. I heard he's name is joel from 104. he is like so innocent and well behaved. At the same time, he might just be more mature than some of my classmates. cant describe much anymore, maybe i can add the word 'cute'? he s like an ideal younger brother and son. haha.

Dunno why i talk so much about this junior, maybe i lack the company of a younger brother and suddenly yearn for how it feels. This reminds me of what bio teacher Mr. Lim said about single son families. The boy goes for NS but will never be a commando or special task force person. Coz when accidents happen, the family's surname stops there. oops blog too long ald. should save some words for the next post. that s all folks. signing off.

First week

Sorry peeps. Didnt have enough time to blog. Really have a lot of homework and need to read the textbooks. And spent the whole of Saturday with family doing some chores and improving the house. Spent hours doing physics hw. Then went to Jack's Place to have dinner coz tml is sis's bd. Havent got any present. Maybe tml.

Feeling sad that liverpool is out of FA Cup. Anyway i m hoping Man U and Chelsea will continue to slip up and liverpool can then try for the title. That s the main goal. The rest is not the pirioty. Ok gtg, I ll try to blog longer next weekend.

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

Dead

i m not sure whether i m gonna die soon. Haha 8 essays. Let s see how many days? 4? 2 a day can finish but just cant find the mood to do. Started on 2 but all intro only. I m gonna do a bit more later before sleeping. Ok, enuff of the sad news. Went to bugis today. Went to OG first coz sis's shoe spoil, so need to buy new one. Bought ald then went to bugis street. You know, the chaotic place... noisy, smokey, squeezy. Sell pirated cheap stuff. haha. not really all pirated la but just that most of the things you dun see outside and the brands are unheard of. some may not even have brands. Anyways, went there not for the brand. it s for design. wanted to get a bag, mostly for school. Aimed an adidas sling with some funny light blue colour flap but design was not bad. wanted to buy at $55 but parents say too small. ok lor then didnt buy. so in the end didnt buy anything from bugis street.

next went to marina square to have dinner. standard. last time, before they renovated, everytime go to the foodcourt eat the sphagetti plus egg on hotplate. it s nice. but then after renovation, the shop didnt exist. so end up eating the highly rated duck stall's food. many say the duck there is outstanding but i dun see much of a diff, maybe they add something extra like sauce or pepper but the rice or noodle also quite ordinary. anyways ate duck rice then went walking from shop to shop to find suitable bag. I planned to buy 3 things....

1. Sling bag that can use for both school and outing.
2. Shoes that can use for street soccer, badminton and outing.
3. Normal plain flip-flap black wallet. (sick of being the childish kid carrying Velcro OP or Billabong wallet)

So i just kept looking but parents said most no practical, too small etc. Then in the end went to wallet shop. Finally found one suitable one. It looks like Chien Ming's bag (may be the same one) but they have many bags of the same design and cutting but diff words on it. It just a black MYUK sling bag with a phrase i dun understand on the flap shaped like crumpler.

ok, happy happy buy that one $29, on discount. Wanted to buy wallet also but see the price can die. $33. Also MYUK, dunno what it stands for or what it means. (my UK? someone who knows plz tag) wallet more ex then bag. didnt think that it was suitable to buy that but then later father told me wallets were on 50% discount! So it s only about $16.50. Damn. nvm, see how next time can go look again. Anyway nearby got one pasar malam about to start. can buy some cheapo brandless wallet there.

Finally, about the shoes. My total 90 soles about to come off ald. The side wearing off due to ramming of ball. The colour changing from greyish white to black. (but not as bad as reuben's heehee). ok anyway wanted to buy wei ian and jethro's shoes not bad. ok gtg liao. bye

Match

yay! A victory finally. 5-2. And i scored, that s the icing to the cake. We played ok, not outstanding. Just blogged on team blog. Super long report. Dunno who will read. haha. ok nvm, talk about today. Went to school for the sec 1 registration, had to sell uniform. Spent about 7 hours taking uniform. Quite slack. but no pay, no CIP hours, no attendance might as well dun go. Nvm, anyway, met Shawn in school do chem hw. I left only mole questions actually can hand in lor, but didnt coz belmond and shawn didnt. Then went to tanglin cafe to eat lunch and slack with Shawn. Took car home. Father wanted to try out route for next year coz sis go sec school ald so need need to make transport plans. Went home sleep almost immediately. Damn Damn tired. Slept total of only 5 hours in 2 days. That is 5 hours out of 48 hours. Crazy rite. If you know me well, you will know i m crazy... haha

No time!!!

Ok hi, havent been blogging too often. Too busy either doing hw, go out, people using the com or playing fifa. Anyways, went to Courts and Ikea Tampines yesterday. Damn crowded. Just happen to go there coz no other place to go. Just realized recently that I m screwed. Got about 8 esssays to do, 1 more chem paper, maths independent learning and memorise some Chinese thing. Dead man. Only left about 1 week plus to finish up hw and play my fifa until season 15. Not gonna play that next year ald. Gotta mug until the end of Os. Father dun allow to play soccer anymore. Say end of 2006 have to hang up boots ald. Damn sad, so must play to my best this coming match or matches!

Short one

This will be a short one. Went to CCAB to play soccer and sort of train for the match. Intended to play on field but the cleaner who was cleaning the toilet didnt allow us to carry the posts on the field. Dun even know why on earth is he in charge. Anyway went to basketball court to play instead as both netball courts are taken. Then the security guard this time, together with another cleaner, didnt allow us to play there. I was getting pissed. Kena chased here and there and didnt get to play. I also felt bad as i was the one who initially suggested field and caused reuben to only bring studded boots, cant play street. Anyway, we managed to play street with the ACS barker and some others. Kicked around on field then went to Lot 1 for lunch then to Shawn's house. Watched TV, and then DeathNote then went home. Took LRT to CCK. Suppose to meet father at Bukit Panjang but went to take MRT. hahaha. Forgot there s no such thing as BP MRT station. Too bad lor. Went to Bukit Gombak instead then met father. Finally went home.

Boring

Yesterday i had a shock call. Yea a phone call. Unexpected caller. Actually to be honest not unexpected. The day before, i was lying in bed thinking whether this fellow will call me. Yep, i got it right. He called. Who is it? Who else... Chem teacher lor. Didnt hand up hw by 30th Nov. Sort of expected him to chase. Anyways, i told him i will hand up today and i did. At around 4 plus. Then went out to Orchard went family.

Thinking about calls. I got this phobia. About unexpected phone calls. i think its spooky. I remembered sometime in Febuary this year, around 5am, there was this call. my mother answered it and started crying. you never know what's going on outside if you are looking at only the receiver's expression. it can be something you never even thought about it before. The call that morning was from my aunt who told my mother that her father my grandfather is going to pass away, holding on for the last few minutes. My mother then rushed to the hospital. Hiya, today i had a taste of that feeling again. Not that something bad happened, just that an unexpected call out of the blue start ringing will always make me try to anticipate and get ready for the worst. I have many ageing relatives. My grandmother is 90 + years old, even i cant remember the exact age. It s scary dun you think? Anything can happen, anywhere, anytime. My eldest aunt reaching 70 seems weak and sick. Everytime my mother answer a call and keep silent for a while, remind me of the Febuary morning. I only feel relieve after she start to talk about some other topic.

Ok back today. Went to Orchard walk here and there waste time, exercise legs thats about it. There s little you can do in Orchard other than walk and waste time, at least that s my opinion...

Summary

Ok, it s time for a summary for the entire week. it has been a busy week really.

Monday- went to play soccer at CCAB in the morning. I felt my touch is back. I really had the feel of the ball and suddenly had the ability to dribble and evade challenges. I always knew my weakness is my dribbling and ball control. The other attributes for soccer is fairly good. Eg. shooting, crossing, passing etc. Now i can cross the ball without ramming at the person's head. My shooting had been improving lately, power and accuracy all returning. I need to work on my heading and dribbling, otherwise, i think i shld be fine.

Went home, accompanied grandmother the whole day then went home sleep.

Tuesday- Went out with cousin together with family. Went to eat Botak Jones at Clementi. It was good for me (not for jer). i thought it was cheap and good. Value for money. It s western and was started by a botak american. He has other branches at tuas and amk. I ate rib eye steak which was unique, not the kind you can find anywhere. So, i recommend you to go try. The portion is quite a lot and worth it esp at this price. Can go search Botak Jones to find their website to find out more about them.

After lunch, went to taka to return library book. then went to take the DHL balloon near Bugis. Cousin had this card which have 50% off for 3 people so ok lor quite cheap. Went up to see the evening view of singapore. quite nice actually but not impressive. got bored after a while.

Yea just see the pics. got more but too lazy to upload. :P

Then walked all the way to esplanadem just to sit the boat. The wooden boat for tourists to sit then go clarke quay etc. Half price also so just sit lor. It was beautiful actually, the scene, the feel, the lights and the breeze.

The photo may suck because not i take one. I was using my phone which has so much more artistic views of the city but again, too lazy to upload.

Later just went for dinner at marina square then went home to sleep. yea end of tue.

Wednesday- Another day out as a tourist. This time to sentosa. ya the So Expensive, Nothing TO See Actually SENTOSA. Went there see see look look. Waste time. Started with going to harbourfront to eat lunch then took cable car to the island.

The first thing significant at sentosa is the bloody gift shop. Purposely put some souvenior shop there and must walk through somemore, damn money face and despo leh. If people wanna buy will auto go there one what, why must put it in such a way that everyone must see the souvenior? Pathetic. Anyway, straight away saw the carlsberg tower. yea, took it and this is what i saw.

Nothing much la. just waste time up there. serve as an experience only. you see mostly greenery and roof of buildings. And if you are a first timer there, you realise Merlion is balding! Jk la. Some people like hair lice on its head walking up and down on the flat patch on the creature's head.

yea, then went to the Luge. I think this is the only fun thing in sentosa. Haha but too lousy ald. I was at full speed from start to end. Oh wait, havent explain what is it first. It is just some 'go kart' then sit on it down the slope and slide down like racing lor. Quite chicken la. but fun enuff to get the thrill. The downslope was quite fast esp as i let the thing move at full speed. Of course at the turns need to slow down a bit la, unless do a 'drift' as jeremy suggested. Ok, then took the skyride back. it s just some levitating bench floating in mid air up and down the slope. Took that thing back up the slope.

Next went to underwater world. Sian, no need to describe la, always the same, never change.

Ok then went to cinemania. Not bad la. But to be honest, australia is way better. Just some 'cinema' where you have to sit in some 'roller coaster' then it will start moving up down left right. A simulator la. So you watch a 'movie' and the simulator moves to make the movie realistic. Two movies is about roller coaster ride, one about dinosaurs. I still prefer real rides. the thrill cannot be substituted.

i think that s about it at sentosa. So went to Vivo city. Nearby ma. Then just walk up and down see see look look. Got some barca store there in the spainish corner.

Mother took this 'artistic pic'. Guess what s special about it.

Ate dinner ate sakae sushi. Then went home. Sleep. Again.

Thursday- Woke up early hoping to complete all the chem hw but cant la. Got chalet in afternoon. Yl suddenly called me to say he is at tampines mall and need to put the frozen food in a fridge coz the chalet cannot check in yet. So he decided to come to my house as temporary shelter. Wasted about 2 hours playing 07, esp with team slayers against some noob league 2 team. Thaddeus, JJ was also with yl. In the end they took wrong bus and ended up taking taxi which i had to sponsor. Play Play play then go chalet, again in a taxi.

Went chalet, wasnt impressed. Expected it to be quite a boring one coz so few people (abt 20) nothing to do some more. Played soccer at pasir ris town park. At least long passing improved. Blah blah, went back bbqed, eat, people play with fire, esp with deo and fire, newspaper whatever they can find to play with the orange flame. Waste time watching mr. bean then chi drama. Actually wanted to go Tampines Mall watch movie but too late all closed so some people like shawn and yl and cm went to cine to watch. Crazy. of course they didnt sleep la. show at 11.30pm. i watched and played 06 then went home sleep. Again.

Friday- That s today! Ok whatever. Was woken up by a call from shawn. Wanted to do chem hw. Suppose to meet some where to do. Suggested library but he dont want, and wanted to come my house so ok lor anything. Then he brought along a gang that consist of chien ming, ting soon and wei jin. Maplers la. Ting soon not really. So they came and kope my com and played maple. Wei Jin's laptop was for 06. I did as much chem as possible and managed to finsh section A. then all wanted to go home, cm go for drums. So they go downstairs, cm and ts go bus stop to wait for a bus that took forever to come while shawn and wei jin kicked bola at void deck. Taxi came and all went. Left me alone to train on my skills. Did some weaker foot training. Like left foot clearance, left foot ram. Of course did some free kick training. This time right foot. Yea, stand at playground there and practised kicking into the hole. not bad la, got once it went in curling with power. that was the best i did.

After that, went back did some exercise then went for a run. Speed training. Didnt run far but fast. I m really trying to gear up for the match to have the best result so far.