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.

Sick

This week isnt too good so far.

Monday was bio and geog elect MYE. Bio quite simple. Geog just as simple, but screwed up map reading. I think nevina ho gonna target me.

Tueday was A maths. 50% fail. those that i know how to do, no confidence of getting the right answer. Those that i dunno how to do, just write crap. so in the end sure fail. but at least this one will have many people failing with me so not too bad.

After a maths exam, went to CCAB again to play soccer. This time had a whole lot of people from my class there. Ying lun started crossing then when passing the ball back to him, it dropped straight into the pine tree. Ask jeremy what happened to his team geist and he will explain to you. Was damn demoralised and everyone started blaming me. anyway i didnt care much coz jer was coming and was bringing his ball. so in the end we went to eat prata across the road then continued playing. after eating, my stomach was really bad. cant play well. but at least played better than with stupid nabeh in my team for all the matches even after reshuffling. damn suay. expected, went home chao tah and got scolded by mother.

Wednesday was the start of a boring 2 weeks. had this stupid mother tongue intensive preparation and one day can have up to 4 periods of chinese! usually cant even tahan 1 period, now got 4, sure die. and it s gonna last for 2 weeks until chinese Os.

Thursday, suppose to run 2.4km but fell sick during maths lesson suddenly. started sneezing, then had this massive headache and had slight fever. dunno where the hell the virus or bacteria came from. So in the end didnt run and had to lend my PE attire to someone who didnt bring his but need to run. Now my 2.4km will be on monday, together with ming, wen lin and i think all the failures. haha. shawn came to me after his run and say good la, i will be the first in class for my 2.4 on mon. coz all heavy weight champs and stamina cmi people. but i m worried there wont be anyone pacing and pushing me. peer pressure can do wonders. if i m leading the pack by a lot, then i will have the tendency to slow down. so it s not good in a way.

Planned to watch movie with jer after sch but as usual, yl, shawn, zx all wanna play soccer. then jonathan the instigator also wanted to play. then they all went to play while i took a cab home with a burning temperature and splitting headache. went home, cook nooodle, bathe, and slept for 5 hours. felt better after resting.

Friday, planned to go school as i didnt wanna miss anything like going through exam papers and also the mock test. if i miss, it will be damn troublesome coz i have to retake, and also dunno what questions i do wrong in the exam. will also miss NCC training. left only about 4 trainings and i m officially out of NCC, should do my best. Woke up in morning feeling damn hot and cold at the same time then mother came in to tell me dun go sch.

So spent the morning staring at the tv, playing fifa, completing challenges after challenges. buying everything available at the fan shop. had simply nothing to do. plan to go out later to breathe some fresh air. i m sick of home when i m here all day long.

Sports fiesta tomorrow. father was pissed with my obssesion in soccer and he scolded me again yesterday. A few days ago, he even wanted to lock up my boots. dunno what to say.... have to think of a way to get out of the house tomorrow to go sch. he will be up early to jog and that will make my life more difficult. and another problem is that i m not fully recovered so wont play to my best and that is a gamble. see how things go...

Ying Lun's Birthday

What a week. Exam week. Actually i like exams, you know why? Because it means i can go home early. haha. that s the only good thing. but even if it s exam week, i m still gonna blog about soccer. heh. Btw, it s YING LUN's BIRTHDAY!! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to 11, happy birthday to you!!Woohoo. can watch NC 16 movies ald. congrats!


Watched higlights of previous week's goals and i think my goal of the season is Everton's Manuel Fernandes vs Man U. That is out of the world. How i wish i could do that. His technique is damn good. van der sar no chance at all.


Back to singapore. back to sji. back to 435. hmm. i think we are the ultimate soccer class. i shall list out all those who like to play, can play or have the interest.

-Ying Lun
-Nabeh
-Wei Jin
-Reuben
-Ting Soon
-Ming
-Zi Xiang
-Benedict
-Wesley
-Jun Kai
-Elian
-Alwyn
-Shawn
-Xian Fong
-Yew Tong
-Jun Jie
-Kevin
-And Me


Woohoo. 18 out of 33!!! that is more than half the class. Already can form a whole squad. but technically maybe not as good la. But out of all the sec 4 classes, i think we have the most number of people interested in this beautiful sport. and 8 out of the 16 are in slayers. another 2 used to be in, but now out.


Ok, back to exams.


Mon, Chinese 1 and 2. can pass i think. nothing much to say. but was slow to finish the 2nd paper.


Tue, whole day mugging physics.


Wed, english 2 and physics. english quite easy. managed to finish on time but didnt see question 14 so didnt do. wasted 1 mark. physics was ok. but i tikam quite a number of MCQ. coz scared no time to finish. but had enough time for the rest of paper so shld be able to pass


Thur, social studies and e maths. Screwed for SS. 2nd essay only did a few lines. i see the question was a bit stunned. didnt know what to write. At first i thought of writing about LTTE first para and Sri Lankan Army 2nd para but i thought something was wrong so went on to do SBQ and didnt do it well. spent a lot of time trying to figue out what the hell was the similarity and difference of 2 sources. inference wrote a whole load of crap. purpose only write 1 para for 7 marks. reliability only did 2 para one source content the other challenge. Dunno whether can pass. calculated most possible mark is 24 or 25. Shit. must do extremely well for Geog to pull up. or else will be targetted by nevina ho like Reuben. hate that. e maths was good. minus 4 out of 100 so far. able to do all except 2. just couldnt see the answer.


Fri, chem. tikam a lot of MCQ. but first few i got answers from pure logic and memory so should be able to get marks from first few 20 qn but moved on to section B when i realise everyone else ald moved on after 40 min. so i skipped last 10 MCQ questions first and managed to do B and C to leave 5 min to chiong last 10 MCQ qn. Tikam half of it. That s why confindence for this paper aint high. should be able to pass.


Target for results after taking the papers:


Chi- 65/100
Eng- 35/50
Phy- 70/100
SS- 25/50
E Maths- 90/100
Chem- 65/100


I will be happy enough to get these marks. but of course the higher the better.
i know myself best.
i know i m not smart.
i know it. but i dun admit i m stupid either.
i m just average.
and i aim for average marks.
i target good JCs,
but i dun expect myself to get in no matter what.
i just do what i can.
i dun always push myself to the limit.
i do not believe in pressurizing myself to do what i hate.
I decide when to do my best, when not to.
i decide when it s important to hit top form,
when not to waste my energy.
And i dun care what others think of me.
I dun care what they say about me,
what nicknames,
what comments
or what comparisons.
I like to ram,
I like to head,
I' m just me.
Love it or hate it.


When 'o' s come, i will mug like hell. really. i will grasp every single concept and ask questions until i understand. i will give no chance of unable to answer any question in the 'o's. that is when i know it s important to hit top form. and that s the same for matches. if you want me to be aggresive, yes i can, if i think it s necessary. i dun mind getting a red card but i mind if iget someone else injured. i hate inflicting pain on others. i hate to destroy things. i like things to be as it is. just sit back and enjoy what is present. that s me.

yesterday went to ccab to play soccer. was really tired. the sun didnt want us to play. you should know what it means if you were there. and some angmohs came to show off their individual skills but we boasted our teamwork and defence. i heard one of them saying we are arsenal. and i take it as a compliment. i believe football is about passing and team work. what comes next is skill. so the angmoh team to me, is a complete failure. whatever it is, here are some pictures.




So hot that we had to take off shirts. and it s not my phone camera got prob, its water flowing out from the drain on the side of the court that is across the picture. anyway now, i shall try my best to do a liverpool. screwed up first leg of humanites, now i shall score and do well in the 2nd leg which is geog. Bio and Geog books, here i come!

What a week

The past week has been extremely eventful. If you count last sunday as this week, i would say i have started and completed the week as what i would have liked.

Sunday, Kum's Club vs Team Slayers. We lost 2-1. Honestly, i didnt expect this result. The pitch was totally screwed up. Flooded and waterlogged. We were really unlucky. All the shooting positions we fancy were filled with water, so whenever we wanted to pull the trigger, the water would get in the way. Kudos to Kum s Club. Even though i know they didnt plan to play defensive, they had the players to pump the ball. Everytime we moved forward, they will clear the ball high and far and all will chase. We were dumb to play our favourite passing game on this type of screwed up pitch. At least i played pretty well. Almost spoilt everything with an attempted back pass but the damn ball stop metres away from Ting Soon. Then Hisyam came from behind and rob the ball but over kicked it and Ting Soon managed to save my blushes. Overall i played ok, but we did not. They scored 2 controversial goals, one the ball clearly went over the byeline but they pulled it back and did a goal line scramble to squeeze it in after we all thought it was a goalkick. Their second goal involved an offside position after a through pass was made. Anyway no point moaning about all this, next time, we must play on a good pitch and then we will show our best. So far, no matches we played we played to our best. I m still waiting for our best.

Monday was nothing much. Had chinese bi weekly, should be ok, maybe can pass. heh.

Tuesday was chinese prelim oral. Read the passage ok, not outstanding. I think i had maybe 2 words read wrongly. Conversation i felt i talked too little. My answers wasnt good enough to leave a good impression on the examiner.

Wednesday had the inter-schools national cross country finals. Went to turf city as expected every year for CIP. This time, i m not the one standing there to do crowd control, but supervising those standing there. Feels good. Got to slack some more. Rocks.

Thursday, Shawn, Zi Xiang, Ming all went to take the form for the Sports Fiesta after an announcement was made for teams to participate. They were really damn enthu. In the end, they forced me to be captain. Damn, it s super troublesome. Have to go for those briefings and settle all the admin stuff. Anyway, not really satisfied as Nabhan is playing for us. I dun think i will even get to play much. 5 a side. 8 players. The players are:

Ting Soon
Ming
Ying Lun
Shawn
Nabhan
Jun Jie
Zi Xiang
Me

Our class had a team B made up of the rest who wanna play. Anyway, immediately after school, we settled the money and submitted the form to the office. FIRST one to submit. haha. even the admin person was stunned. got the form on one day and submit it a few hours later. super on.

Friday, had bio test. Mugged damn little for it. But at least i already mugged weeks before, so at least had some image of what i ve revised. Can pass but missed out some important points that i know but just forgot to write. Then after school had english oral. did ok as well. reading the teaching made me sound like i just started learning english. words like particular, continued, process and placard and pronounced wrongly. But the examiner said she was impressed with my picture conversation. Dunno what was with me at that time, i just talked so normally and logically. haha. some points i didnt even prepare just came out of my mouth. and i sounded confident. so picture should be quite a high mark. yea. after that went for training. shooting. at least my aiming is still there, proving my marksmanship. heehee. went to queensway after training to buy an orange jersey for the UG games day. in the end got an orange arsenal cut nike jersey. 27 bucks. maybe will print name and number some other time.

Saturday, had the interunit that we have been waiting for a long time. went to school at 7.30 and started about 8 plus. Started as sub for the 2 group games and played 2 full matches for semis and finals. lucky my ncc sec 3 was able to play CB, or else i will be forced to play there. in the end i moved to RB even though i was CB in group games. We were good. passing the ball around, and defended well. our keeper hardly needed to do anything, just stand there to sun tan. i think i played well again. didnt make mistakes at all, did my job, and was consistent. bonus was that i kept possession for my team and passed well. yay. only thing i think i could have done better was to be more decisive whether to move up against the striker or wait. i m more of a sweeper who likes to sweep all the loose balls, which mean i like to wait for opponents to come at me. THe defence was well balance as i let the CB be the stopper and move up and try to get a tackle in while i wait as the last man, or if you like, secondary defender. that s where i play best. we played with a back 3 and were stable, slayers should learn from this. the only thing i disliked was the lack of freedom. as it was back 3, i cannot just run up without guranteeing i will get the ball upfield. if i cannot get back in time, there will only be 2 defenders in line. scary. and the other player are truly attacking players, they cant be bothered to defend wholeheartedly. ok enough of inter unit. oh did i say, we won it anyway. shawn's NPCC got second. Scouts were 3rd. disappointed for SJIMB, band. Lucas was like the star man. he played mostly on LM and played well.

Anyway, Spurs leading 1-0 oever arse now. hope this improves with maybe 3-0. and liverpool win big over wigan.

Training

Had a pretty good NCC training today. Even though i was quite slack and hardly did anything significant, i shouted until my voice went hoarse. Scold sec 1s, shout commands, pump them. For me, it is quite an accomplishment. Ok, this reminds me of the inter unit coming next Saturday. Should be a fun one, i dun think i will have anything much to do, like Hannan in the rugby team. The full back in rugby who merely strolls about in defence. The only team i think may trouble us is NPCC. People like William, Yong De, Shawn. = dangerous. Heck, shouldnt care so much. should care more about Sunday's match against the Indians. Maybe i should talk more about the match after it has taken place. The internet is one of the most dangerous places on earth. Any information posted can be known by your worst enemies. Some tactics should not be mentioned here. To be honest, i think tactics can win matches. If you get it right, you can stroll like Man U 7-1. Hope i will get mine right. To find out the answer, come back after Sun to see if we win.

Stay Home

i feel that i really have no life. Damn sian. stay at home for hours and just doing practically nothing is super boring. yesterday stayed at home and slacked about until dinner. couldnt find the motivation to pick up the book. went to airport for dinner. supposed to send cousin off to italy but didnt make it in time so in the end just went there for Burger King. After that went to Giant in Tampines. The place where Courts and Ikea are grouped together. opened quite long ago but to avoid the crowd, i couldnt be bothered to visit the place. In fact, Giant wasnt that gigantic afterall. I expected it to be at least the size of more than 6 football fields. but it was no where near that. anyway, reached home about 12am with just a few groceries and household items.

I felt that i wasted my day yesterday. maybe i should have just walked out in the morning to CCAB and get screwed when i come back. At least i will feel i used my day well. And i wont lose my freekicks chances (info from jer's blog). thinking of freekicks, it reminds me of those days in lower sec where i come home almost daily to practise them. practise my accuracy and power. mostly i opt for accuracy coz at that time i prefer to curl the ball. but after watching epl higlights, i thought it was nicer to score with power. so in the end i started ramming and ramming and ramming. practise really gives results and maybe that is how i got my power, but at the same time lost accuracy. should really train my left foot and head. left foot and curl but no power. head and clear but no accuracy. seems like a suck afterall. anyway ying lun said i m not first choice anyway, it s just that i m filling in a blank slot. i m just a useless rammer... should just stop soccer anyway i m playing for no reason and direction. i remembered a Gerrard quote about his decision to stay at Liverpool 2 seasons ago when he almost left for Chelsea. He said he will continue to playing at Liverpool until someone tells him they dun need him any more. That quote might just have a link to my currrent situation now.

Anyway, I woke up today and started mugging bio. found the motivation and inspiration afterall. should mug even more so that i wont be lagging. maybe i should practise my maths since i m always slow in doing problems. couldnt even finish the simple test last week. damn. but at least i know i wont be last in class for it. yay. honestly, i think i should really step on the gear and plan my time well. so that i have time to prepare for the matchplus napfa and do well academically.

before i go, i wanna comment about the matches today. liverpool played average today but their defence was damn vulnerable, finnan was quite shag and arbeloa wasnt comfortable at LB. Hyypia and Carra like lost their chemistry after not playing together for so long. Sissoko was like a headless chicken. I rather play alonso and mascherano together, at least there is more balance. sissoko just clear and anyhow pass lose so much possession and bellamy cant play with crouch la. it s just not right. at least benitez made up for his mistake and sent on kuyt and pennant. this 2 are good enuff to turn the game around. spurs played pretty well today but beacause of 1 mistake everything went down the drain. rocha is a good CB but he should really ahve chested Carlvalho's shot away. what a waste. jenas was shag and both strikers up front was shit. only ghaly stood out. he helped in attack and never gave up to chase the ball. that s a good player to me. arsenal's match i didnt watch but i saw the only goal which was by zamora. controversial but nice. zamora look like the prison break the inmate. the one always wear the bandana and wanna trouble C note. currently, man u is losing 1 nil to Pompey. James look like he just sneaked out from an igloo with all the beard and moustache to keep warmth. Plus the hat to protect the head. crap la, he always change his looks. damn free. hope man u lose so the title race will be right open, then it will be exciting. van der sar isnt too convincing these few matches. with his experience, he should palm the ball out for corner instead of in front of him where it is damn dangerous considering the number of attackers in the box waiting to poach. anyway he should learn from his mistakes la. gtg liao. bb

Long

Havent blogged for quite a long time. Really couldnt find the time, even though many things happened. But to me, these things are just routines with maybe an extra spice or interesting incident, that s all. There was a maths test recently and i didnt finish it even though it was so easy. Spent quite some time figuring out something i forgot at the start of the paper. In the end minus about 10 marks ald. damn. then foo will start to target me again. damn. hate the cough.. 'ack'... and 'right's... and 'okay's. argg. damn irritating.

Ok now to soccer. a topic i can go on and on about. had been visiting the court recently. thx to ying lun and gang's persuasion. esp shawn. i remember my promise. and there was a condition to it. for the last slayers match or inter unit. i just cant wait to get it done and over with. both soccer happenings. so that i can fully concentrate on my studies. now, if i dun do anything about soccer, i will feel lilke i m not training and practising hence 'deproving'. and by playing soccer, i can improve my stamina and speed which is useful for NAPFA next week and also to relieve stress. but then my performances aint consistent and good. sometimes i m good sometimes i suck. and i found out what causes it... it is sleep. the day i slept 10 hours i played well, the day i slept 2-3hr, i sucked horribly. now i know i should only play if i have enough sleep. and another thing, my ramming has been off target int he court these few days. i think if i shoot like that on the field, the shots are destined for the top corners. just wanna play field, field rocks.

another thing i wanna mention is the childishness i encountered esp during this week. i really dun understand what is so fun about destroying something that is fine, in working order or torturing someone. and why must we cause so much inconvenience to others by messing things up with our actions. i find it really stupid and childish. why wont these people grow up and behave maturely. i mean it s okay to have this kind of behaviour once in a while maybe to bring up some humour. but this kind of behaviour too often is really irritating and an eyesore. some people may find it funny and fun but we should think of those who think otherwise and gets offended by the actions. Being considerate for others is one of the main virtues i strongly believe in.

NCC

Finally, i m done with all the intensive NCC work. Had the company camp last fri to sat and all the preparation for that was being done the week before, therefore being very busy. From Monday to Thursday last week, i stayed back everyday to meet the sec 1s or to do administrative work or to meet the teachers in charge. Was really busy last week. Sian ah then homework gotta chiong, felt really super tired. Then had more and more projects to do... i wonder how i manage to get through the week.

On friday, it was the company camp the sec 4s were looking forward to. It was tekaning time! After suffering for 3 years plus in NCC, it s time to torture others. heehee. actually matthew and i were very lenient and kind to the sec 1s. they made so many mistakes but we closed one eye coz i know they cant do that many push ups as punishment. We were always behind schedule for the camp thx to too much time wastage and last minute happenings. Anyway, we survived the first day and were waiting anxiously for the night. Coz it s time for the traditional 'Psycho Night'! It s a tradition every sec 4 follows and that is to torture the juniors at night when they are sleeping. But we are all very kind people, wake people up also gently and quietly then what we did to sec 1s were damn slack. just let them diam there for 45 min while we talk cock and say what went wrong and all the crap. scold scold nag nag, mostly matthew talking. aiya damn slack la. they didnt even do a single pushup, only stay in the position for quite a long time.

next day was damn damn damn tired. hardly even slept 1hour plus. wake up do PT then breakfast and IFC.IFC was a total waste of time. Air sucked in the planning. it ate too much of our time. suppose to get them ready for the parade later on. teach them drills, then this shit crop up and waste time. wa lao. damn. then we were pissed that they couldnt even master some easy stuff. after that was all chionging coz we were out of time. i was damn tired and even managed to take a nap in the afternoon. cannot tahan la. so i just nap for about an hour while sec 1s play games. then during the parents seminar half the people there were sleeping. everyone was damn tired la, psycho night and after all the activities. then it was the parade, they cant make it la, simple drills. must brush up during next training. even i made a mistake. when gonna exit the parade, i received last minute info that no need to salute, but then the timer said check up check down and then i paiseh didnt salute. the rest salute. damn. after that took pics and go home. straight away drop dead. sleep and sleep whenever i can. next day wake up at 3pm! rocks man. did homework then soon gotta go for grandma birthday dinner at toa payoh. grandma had gastric so the atmosphere wasnt good. but i was kept entertained by iRobot on tv even though i watched before ald. eat until about 10 plus then reach home 11, chiong whatever hw i left then slept.

School start again. damn. my life is darn boring. if you managed to read until HERE. congrats man you passed the perseverance through extreme bore document test...

Full

Today is the most eventful day of my entire holiday. Finally, i think i used my time appropriately for the first time in the holiday.

Let's start from the beginning. Took father's car to Bishan as sis had to go school. As it was not convenient to send me to my destination straight, so he dropped me at the MRT station where i took the train to Somerset MRT. The train was super squeezy but after a few stops, there was more room to move into when more people got off. Then, i went to the toilet to change to my no.4 army uniform to bring 3 sec 1s to the PUB building for some energy conservation course. I was just an extra there so i went to the food court to sit and do homework while waiting for them to finish. Managed to finish my physics and 1 chinese essay.

After all the waiting, i changed out and took 190 opposite Phoenix Hotel back to school and crossed the road. After a few stops in Orchard, i realised Physics teacher Colin Lai was also on board. He alighted at SJI and walked at an outstanding speed. It was as if he flew. Anyway, i crossed the road and took 153 to Queensway. For what? For slayers captain lor. Went there just to get him birthday present. and i thought of a brilliant plan to save me trips to Queensway. I will get 2 birthday presents one for last year and one for this year. Aha! So Jer, you are one lucky fellow. Not gonna mention what i bought.

Was feeling damn tired after all the walking and the heavy load on my shoulder. So went home after taking 195 then MRT. Stopped at Simei to buy lunch for sis and mum. Ate one packet of chicken rice, one whole Burger King Mushroom Swiss Meal and one bowl of instant noodle! Haha. i was darn hungry at that time and was darn full after the 3 meals. it rocked! Then i went to bathe and then napped at about 3 plus. Wa i sound like a pig. Eat then sleep. But then my day isnt over, i was woke up by my father to realise i have dinner at Ritz Carlton Hotel! Hahaha. I m gonna gain weight.

Got changed and went to the hotel to meet the Director for Engineering there. His name is Mr Quek (dunno whether correct spelling) and was my father's student before. As he is leaving for China for work for about 3 to 4 years, he wanted to treat us to dinner for sorta farewell meal. The moment i step out of the lift in Ritz Carlton, i knew this wasnt an ordinary hotel. It was the first time i went to the hotel and had no clue what it looked like apart from what i see from Benjamin Sheares Bridge. It was really scary to see so many people wearing suits and formal gowns and i was just wearing jeans and shirt. Seemed totally out of place. Anyway, met Mr Quek and we went to the 'restaurant' (dunno whether it should be called a restaurant of cafe or something else) and was immediately greeted my a grand layout and beautiful music. Mr Quek was like a big shot in Ritz Carlton coz almost every employee there knew him and greeted him. Anyway, started to eat the buffet. The food there was simply delicious. Let me list out what stood out...
-lobster
-roast beef
-mushroom soup
-some prawns
-sashimi
-Service

the food was fresh and cooked to perfection. the service was outstanding. i dun remember anywhere else including at home where i received such respect and service. They call me Sir and were always smiling. I bet they were the top graduates at Shatec. There were more food that was nice but cant list out all. And the group of musicians which comprised of 1 pianist, 1 violinist, 1 celloist, 1 guitarist was outstanding. they provided soothing music for those eating and played all the way to 10 plus. The cost of the dinner i dun think i should say but it was paid by the rich man who we ate with. I was bloody full by 10pm after eating and eating, but i promise to run and exercise tomorrow to burn off the excess energy i gained from the food.

ok.. i think that should be all to blog. just wanna mention that i might change the music on my blog. maybe to something different. and also waiting patiently for Prison Break episode 20. Elian bluff me that PB in US is shown on Thurs but it is on Mons so i have to wait until Tue to get the next episode.. sry jer. ok gtg. really tired now after the long day...

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...