team photo at the padang
team photo at the club.
medal
trophy.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Coach Recognition Awards 2006
mr tong receiving his award.
mr tong n myself. haha.
mr tong with the sajc hockey coach. both award recipients.
colours award
ruggers at the award ceremony
(L-R) arthur, steven, gerald, don, aaron n myself.
mark n i. aiyo steven ah.
colours award
ex-sas ruggers with mr au yeong, hod pe sas.
Team SAJC receiving the award.
SAJC ruggers present receiving the award.
mr soh n i
champions once more
this week has been a hectic and draining week. there were 3 important events that happened. after this week, everything will be over and its left to mugging. after being called back to play for division 2 semis n finals, i will now continue my haitus frm rugby.
Tuesday
Marks the end of the prelims but is another reminder that As are even closer. chem paper one was alright i guess. after paper had breakfast with my fellow legend player, khai nam. this lad here is one heck of a rugger. picked up the ball only late last year.. he has already made it to combined schools this year and was instrumental during the season. then, went to the street soccer court to play with the melays and others. good workout esp since finals in on sat.. any form of exercise to get fit is great! later ls, joel, hl n i went to queensway to buy shoes n boots. someone felt rich that day and bought 2 pairs la. for me, i got a white lotto boots. had a long discussion on what to do after As and decided that we are all gg to msia. hopefully u19 timings doesnt clash.
Wednesday
got back most of my results already. i dont think they deserved to be posted here. need to work harder n not give up. in the afternoon, had team sa lunch. food was so-so. but the company was great. nice to feel the company of ur fellow ruggers. mr tong n marcus came down too. unfortunately, our romeo was wearing his bow tie tshirt. wasted. haha.
in the evening, played a friendly soccer game with the teachers. a joint house comm and student council effort. started off the game with the teachers dominating the game. didnt know most of them were acutally fit. first goal came wen i tackled my pe tcher, mr lam. n the ref awarded a penalty. mr lim yh made not mistake to score it. n we were one down. i repaid my debt wen i scored the equalising goal. a kick out of the penalty box with went into the nets. haha. 2nd n 3rd parts of the game saw the students taking over control of the possessions. game ended 5-1 to us. great job people!
Thursday
basically jus mugged my arse off in school. at nite, went for scc trg. phil greenings was there to coach the 3rd. worked out a few new line-outs move and played some new interesting game. imagine playing rugby and soccer at the same time! not easy! but fun. haha. my parents took me home after trg.
Friday
probably the busiest day in my life. BUT im still not as busy as someone! until now we still cant find a day to meet. haha. busy people.
went to sch late. in time for physics lecture. then went for friday prayers. got a gentle reminder that fasting month starts on SUNDAY! good weight loss programme. for a month summore. my afternoon was spent for the zonal colours award. got my 3rd award this year. met most of the rj ruggers. caught up with most of them. mark n i did our usual stuff. n ilman ah.. aiyo. so tension! worse then me. haha.
at night went for the coach recognition award. mr tong was one of the awardees for Development Coaching Awards (Schools). his facial expression were the happiest i ever seen so far. other then the two finals we won. haha. i strongly believe mr tong deserves this award. the amount of hard work he has put in together with the other coaches were great. mr tong is one of people who had played a huge role in our sajc rugby success story.
taken from the Coach Recognition Awards 2006 Book:
In 2005, Gene helped coach both the St. Andrew's junor and secondary teams to the top three positions at the National Inter- Primary Schools Championships and the National Inter- Schools Championships. His contributions to the team were recently recognised by the School.
Having gone through the Singapore Rugby Union's Elite Coaching Seminar, Gene is a firm believer in the importance of sports science. He works closely with St Andrew's School physiotheraphy and counselor to improve the team's physical preparedness and mental strength.
The training programme is reviewed regularly to ensure it remains relevant and effective in helping the players' achieve their potential. Grounds are also checked prior to training session to ensure on- field safety. To build confidence and motivates his players, Gene regularly provide his teams with positive reinforcement.
CONGRATS MR GENE TONG!
Saturday
woke up early today for tuition n mugged for awhile before gg for my division 2 finals. if i dont mug later would feel guilty wen i played later. on the way to the club met ashraf cos was oso on the way. we went to get my cheese burger n energy drink while he got his redbull before gg to the club. had a team meeting before the game. i could see how serious the club was on wanting to win this division two championships. somehow, the feeling i had was just like another game feeling. good n bad.
the game kick- off with bucks taking the first 3 points with a converted penatly kick. scc soon came back to level the score with a penalty kick too. my performance i think was not on top mark as i wanted it to be. nevertheless, i still had my focus in the game. scc put more points in the first half. making us have the lead. second half saw bucks trying very hard to catch up. however scc kept their focus and defended hard. one area which we lacked was discipline. like in the semis, we committed alot of stupid infrigements. nevertheless, what matters the most is that we won the finals. for the 5th year running, we top the table in the division two league. after the game was nothing but celebrations. phil was surprised wen i told him i didnt drink or smoke. its a nono for me! left half way cos i was too tired. and here i am blogging now. haha. well done lads!
from sru webby:
The Singapore Cricket Club Division Two Team is also unbeaten on the way to the finals. Despite close matches against Blacks and Wolfpakz in the group stages, the team has shown maturity in winning those close games.
SCC will feature a host of former National under 19 players including Mohd Asrie, and James Leow. Other key players expected to play an important in tomorrow's final include Lionel Poh, Mohd Ashraf, Khairul Hilmi and Yik Tai Hoe.
SCC is coached by Damian Pereira and Phil Greening.
click here to read the full update on the finals from SRU webby
SCC DIVISION TWO CHAMPS! wohoo!
this is a rather long entry. so i shd end here. haha.
study hard people!
Tuesday
Marks the end of the prelims but is another reminder that As are even closer. chem paper one was alright i guess. after paper had breakfast with my fellow legend player, khai nam. this lad here is one heck of a rugger. picked up the ball only late last year.. he has already made it to combined schools this year and was instrumental during the season. then, went to the street soccer court to play with the melays and others. good workout esp since finals in on sat.. any form of exercise to get fit is great! later ls, joel, hl n i went to queensway to buy shoes n boots. someone felt rich that day and bought 2 pairs la. for me, i got a white lotto boots. had a long discussion on what to do after As and decided that we are all gg to msia. hopefully u19 timings doesnt clash.
Wednesday
got back most of my results already. i dont think they deserved to be posted here. need to work harder n not give up. in the afternoon, had team sa lunch. food was so-so. but the company was great. nice to feel the company of ur fellow ruggers. mr tong n marcus came down too. unfortunately, our romeo was wearing his bow tie tshirt. wasted. haha.
in the evening, played a friendly soccer game with the teachers. a joint house comm and student council effort. started off the game with the teachers dominating the game. didnt know most of them were acutally fit. first goal came wen i tackled my pe tcher, mr lam. n the ref awarded a penalty. mr lim yh made not mistake to score it. n we were one down. i repaid my debt wen i scored the equalising goal. a kick out of the penalty box with went into the nets. haha. 2nd n 3rd parts of the game saw the students taking over control of the possessions. game ended 5-1 to us. great job people!
Thursday
basically jus mugged my arse off in school. at nite, went for scc trg. phil greenings was there to coach the 3rd. worked out a few new line-outs move and played some new interesting game. imagine playing rugby and soccer at the same time! not easy! but fun. haha. my parents took me home after trg.
Friday
probably the busiest day in my life. BUT im still not as busy as someone! until now we still cant find a day to meet. haha. busy people.
went to sch late. in time for physics lecture. then went for friday prayers. got a gentle reminder that fasting month starts on SUNDAY! good weight loss programme. for a month summore. my afternoon was spent for the zonal colours award. got my 3rd award this year. met most of the rj ruggers. caught up with most of them. mark n i did our usual stuff. n ilman ah.. aiyo. so tension! worse then me. haha.
at night went for the coach recognition award. mr tong was one of the awardees for Development Coaching Awards (Schools). his facial expression were the happiest i ever seen so far. other then the two finals we won. haha. i strongly believe mr tong deserves this award. the amount of hard work he has put in together with the other coaches were great. mr tong is one of people who had played a huge role in our sajc rugby success story.
taken from the Coach Recognition Awards 2006 Book:
In 2005, Gene helped coach both the St. Andrew's junor and secondary teams to the top three positions at the National Inter- Primary Schools Championships and the National Inter- Schools Championships. His contributions to the team were recently recognised by the School.
Having gone through the Singapore Rugby Union's Elite Coaching Seminar, Gene is a firm believer in the importance of sports science. He works closely with St Andrew's School physiotheraphy and counselor to improve the team's physical preparedness and mental strength.
The training programme is reviewed regularly to ensure it remains relevant and effective in helping the players' achieve their potential. Grounds are also checked prior to training session to ensure on- field safety. To build confidence and motivates his players, Gene regularly provide his teams with positive reinforcement.
CONGRATS MR GENE TONG!
Saturday
woke up early today for tuition n mugged for awhile before gg for my division 2 finals. if i dont mug later would feel guilty wen i played later. on the way to the club met ashraf cos was oso on the way. we went to get my cheese burger n energy drink while he got his redbull before gg to the club. had a team meeting before the game. i could see how serious the club was on wanting to win this division two championships. somehow, the feeling i had was just like another game feeling. good n bad.
the game kick- off with bucks taking the first 3 points with a converted penatly kick. scc soon came back to level the score with a penalty kick too. my performance i think was not on top mark as i wanted it to be. nevertheless, i still had my focus in the game. scc put more points in the first half. making us have the lead. second half saw bucks trying very hard to catch up. however scc kept their focus and defended hard. one area which we lacked was discipline. like in the semis, we committed alot of stupid infrigements. nevertheless, what matters the most is that we won the finals. for the 5th year running, we top the table in the division two league. after the game was nothing but celebrations. phil was surprised wen i told him i didnt drink or smoke. its a nono for me! left half way cos i was too tired. and here i am blogging now. haha. well done lads!
from sru webby:
The Singapore Cricket Club Division Two Team is also unbeaten on the way to the finals. Despite close matches against Blacks and Wolfpakz in the group stages, the team has shown maturity in winning those close games.
SCC will feature a host of former National under 19 players including Mohd Asrie, and James Leow. Other key players expected to play an important in tomorrow's final include Lionel Poh, Mohd Ashraf, Khairul Hilmi and Yik Tai Hoe.
SCC is coached by Damian Pereira and Phil Greening.
click here to read the full update on the finals from SRU webby
SCC DIVISION TWO CHAMPS! wohoo!
this is a rather long entry. so i shd end here. haha.
study hard people!
Saturday, September 16, 2006
scc off to the finals!
my schedule today was a busy one. woke up arnd 8am to have tuition. as expected my tutor came late. n tat give me more time to catch up my sleep while waiting for him on my sofa. after tuition, rushed off to gleneagles hospital for an appoinment with my wrist surgeon, dr chan. he said my wrist has fully recovered and thus, he gave the green light for me to resume my usual activity- rugby. initially was quite scared to see him cos im worried he will say i need more time to recover. but thank god the xrays came out prefect showing the gap in the scaphoid (a bone in the wrist) had covered. after consulting and getting clear by my doc, i had to immediately rush down to scc cos our capt told us to gather there before taking a chartered bus to farrer park to play wolfpackz in the semi-finals.
although we left the club late and had to make a detour for a fellow player, who needed to have his macdonalds lunch before he could play, we still reached farrer park rather early. our physio, eunice did the usual tapings. the rugby playing field there have changed n moved down closer to the car park. so we need to get used to the new playing area. personally, the field now is much smaller than last time. at least in the past, the field was wide.
the game kicked- off with scc dominating wolfpackz in most department. however, the tables turned when scc went to sleep. there was not much continuity in scc's game bcos we were penalized for alot of infrigement. this was rather frustrating bcos everytime when we got were finally at pace and gaining momentum, a player had to give away possession by making basic mistakes. i think like what coach says, we are committing this errors bcos we may not be used to playing with each other thus having our own style. this resulted in wolfpackz taking the lead in the first half.
the second half was a total different story. after regrouping, refocusing and getting back that displicine we needed, scc took their game another to another level. once again dominating in most set pieces especially the linesouts where the turnovers were excellent, we got our act together and played as a team. a few team tries came in the second half and scc took the lead. as we finally settled down, we managed to maintain our lead till the end of the game. the final score was 22-10 in our favour and we are now in the finals. we will be playing bucks in the finals next saturday. the venue is still to be confirmed. nevertheless we are all hoping it would be the padang. after all, scc padang field is the best in singapore now.
taking into account i havent been touching (n i seriously mean touch) the ball for since july, my performance today was okay. passes were accurate but still have alot of room for improvements. fitness is something which i really need to work on! haha. it obvious that after 2-3 mths not playing, u cannot be as fit as you used to be. another area to work on would be my control of the forward pack. im too quiet and not demanding enough. nevertheless, on the whole, i wld say that it was still a comeback i wanted. eventhough it was scary cos not alot of players play the semis on their first return game. and what more finals on their 2nd game but im very sure and convinced i will be play even better. after all, tat is wat recovering from an injury is for. u rest at the same time reflect on ur playing ways so that u can improve on it and become an even better player wen u return.
what made my comeback game even sweeter was that my parents came to watch me! i think i have the best parents on earth. even after gg for one operation after another.. becoming a regular in mount alvernia, gleneagles and mt E, almost all the nurses recognise my face... and spending tons of money on my injury.. they still allowed me to play and even motivated me! they made sure i recovered the best possible way so that i can return playing as fast as possible and in good condition. in addition, they provided me with the equipment and more importantly, the support i needed. they are the best parents anyone can ask for and i thank God for having them. i love them! without them, i would dare say i wont be what i am today.
so now its back to the books (and not boots as much i want it to be.. haha) cos ultimately my priorities now lie in my academics. i want to do well in my As.
today also marks the final game for my dear mizuno boots. it will be retiring from rugby after serving me since late last august. this boots surely had an outstanding life span. so now it will have a well deserved spot in my throphy cabinet.
the outstanding service this boots had provided me:
- division 2 league champs 05.
- singapore bowl div 2 runners up 05
- nat sch 10s champs 05
- singapore plate div 1 champs 05
- m1 schools 10s plate champs 05
- navy 10s champs 06
- scc 7s runners up 06
- nat sch a div champs 06
thank you boots! hahaha.
on a more brighter note, this also means i get to buy new boots!!! hahahaha.
my dear mizuno boots.
although we left the club late and had to make a detour for a fellow player, who needed to have his macdonalds lunch before he could play, we still reached farrer park rather early. our physio, eunice did the usual tapings. the rugby playing field there have changed n moved down closer to the car park. so we need to get used to the new playing area. personally, the field now is much smaller than last time. at least in the past, the field was wide.
the game kicked- off with scc dominating wolfpackz in most department. however, the tables turned when scc went to sleep. there was not much continuity in scc's game bcos we were penalized for alot of infrigement. this was rather frustrating bcos everytime when we got were finally at pace and gaining momentum, a player had to give away possession by making basic mistakes. i think like what coach says, we are committing this errors bcos we may not be used to playing with each other thus having our own style. this resulted in wolfpackz taking the lead in the first half.
the second half was a total different story. after regrouping, refocusing and getting back that displicine we needed, scc took their game another to another level. once again dominating in most set pieces especially the linesouts where the turnovers were excellent, we got our act together and played as a team. a few team tries came in the second half and scc took the lead. as we finally settled down, we managed to maintain our lead till the end of the game. the final score was 22-10 in our favour and we are now in the finals. we will be playing bucks in the finals next saturday. the venue is still to be confirmed. nevertheless we are all hoping it would be the padang. after all, scc padang field is the best in singapore now.
taking into account i havent been touching (n i seriously mean touch) the ball for since july, my performance today was okay. passes were accurate but still have alot of room for improvements. fitness is something which i really need to work on! haha. it obvious that after 2-3 mths not playing, u cannot be as fit as you used to be. another area to work on would be my control of the forward pack. im too quiet and not demanding enough. nevertheless, on the whole, i wld say that it was still a comeback i wanted. eventhough it was scary cos not alot of players play the semis on their first return game. and what more finals on their 2nd game but im very sure and convinced i will be play even better. after all, tat is wat recovering from an injury is for. u rest at the same time reflect on ur playing ways so that u can improve on it and become an even better player wen u return.
what made my comeback game even sweeter was that my parents came to watch me! i think i have the best parents on earth. even after gg for one operation after another.. becoming a regular in mount alvernia, gleneagles and mt E, almost all the nurses recognise my face... and spending tons of money on my injury.. they still allowed me to play and even motivated me! they made sure i recovered the best possible way so that i can return playing as fast as possible and in good condition. in addition, they provided me with the equipment and more importantly, the support i needed. they are the best parents anyone can ask for and i thank God for having them. i love them! without them, i would dare say i wont be what i am today.
so now its back to the books (and not boots as much i want it to be.. haha) cos ultimately my priorities now lie in my academics. i want to do well in my As.
today also marks the final game for my dear mizuno boots. it will be retiring from rugby after serving me since late last august. this boots surely had an outstanding life span. so now it will have a well deserved spot in my throphy cabinet.
the outstanding service this boots had provided me:
- division 2 league champs 05.
- singapore bowl div 2 runners up 05
- nat sch 10s champs 05
- singapore plate div 1 champs 05
- m1 schools 10s plate champs 05
- navy 10s champs 06
- scc 7s runners up 06
- nat sch a div champs 06
thank you boots! hahaha.
on a more brighter note, this also means i get to buy new boots!!! hahahaha.
my dear mizuno boots.
Friday, September 15, 2006
its over.... (soon)
the major part of the prelims is over. most of us are already enjoying eventhough we still got chem paper one left. prelims was a disastor. esp maths paper two. i got no idea what they were asking me. i felt as though i was doing a paper on foreign language which i had nv heard of before. its damn irritating la.
i had my break yesterday and today. met up with the melays for lunch n movie. we had a good time. 7 guys watching the devil wears prada is super funny la. everybody must be wondering why. haha. the movie was quite nice. well mabye tats bcos i havent been watching move for ages. so everything is nice. haha. boons, dines n gwens dropped by while we were having lunch. haha. my evening was spend trg. i need to keep fit and burn those excess mass away. need to keep in shape for the u19s.
today played soccer in the morning. another way of trying to keep in shape. the weather initially was cloudy n cooling making it a perfect weather to play. however, after 15 minutes in the game, lightning and thunder payed us a visit. thus, according to procedure, we had to say indoors for awhile. soon after we continue. the melays (s56) played s76 in a friendly soccer game. the pitch condition was extremely poor. it was really hard trying to even pass the ball. nevertheless we managed to set up a few good balls leading 3-0 in the first half. second half had a slight change in control of possession. the s76 guys were having possession most of the time. the scored 2 goals in that half while we scored 1. the game ended 4-2 to our side. i must say the melays have played very well considering the level of fitness, weather and pitch condition. so it a thumbs up!
spent my afternoon visiting stef granny mrs elizabeth choy. its good to see stef doing alright.
alrites. im really very tired.
i had my break yesterday and today. met up with the melays for lunch n movie. we had a good time. 7 guys watching the devil wears prada is super funny la. everybody must be wondering why. haha. the movie was quite nice. well mabye tats bcos i havent been watching move for ages. so everything is nice. haha. boons, dines n gwens dropped by while we were having lunch. haha. my evening was spend trg. i need to keep fit and burn those excess mass away. need to keep in shape for the u19s.
today played soccer in the morning. another way of trying to keep in shape. the weather initially was cloudy n cooling making it a perfect weather to play. however, after 15 minutes in the game, lightning and thunder payed us a visit. thus, according to procedure, we had to say indoors for awhile. soon after we continue. the melays (s56) played s76 in a friendly soccer game. the pitch condition was extremely poor. it was really hard trying to even pass the ball. nevertheless we managed to set up a few good balls leading 3-0 in the first half. second half had a slight change in control of possession. the s76 guys were having possession most of the time. the scored 2 goals in that half while we scored 1. the game ended 4-2 to our side. i must say the melays have played very well considering the level of fitness, weather and pitch condition. so it a thumbs up!
spent my afternoon visiting stef granny mrs elizabeth choy. its good to see stef doing alright.
alrites. im really very tired.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
im a happy boy!
i finally went back for scc training on tue night after hitting the books all day long. yes! its about time i burn some of that fats. the last time i touched that rugby ball was in june.. since then went for op and stayed away from the game. i guess its really hard to keep myself away from something im very passionate about. rugby has been the only thing that kept me going. enjoying every single minute playing and watching. its a gd way of destressing myself esp during this period. scc trgs wld usually be on mon and wed but it has been changed to tue and thurs recently.
trg started around 7.30pm. went slightly earlier to catch up with the lads. the last time that i saw most of them was probably the end of season dinner early feb and i was out of the club scene for quite sometime. at least now im back. haha. trg started off with half-field touch and soon full field touch that is slowly being coverted to full contact. we had the expert terry wright to coach and guide us. he is really good. his explanations were simple and clear to understand. he was a former new zealand all blacks (click here to read more about him). after that "intensive" workout which i found out tat im horribly unfit. nevertheless its kind of expected, since i havent been trg for months. haha. the premier and thirds didnt have enough numbers so we had a join team run. initially i was very lost bcos im not sure of the moves. after taking sometime to educate myself, things went perfectly fine. my passes were still quite sharp. so thats a thumbs up. haha. finally, we finished our trg with some fitness. the first thing that came to my mind was like.. oh shitt.. fitness?! im already dying here. thank god. the fitness we did were no where close to wat the saints rugby team is doing. yup. i felt really good after tat! its like i felt so fresh and suddenly being more of myself! i came to conclude.. its really hard to take rugby out of my life. impossible! david moore gave me a ride back after trg. thanks!
today went for a video shoot. mr tong was awarded one of the coach recognition awards by singapore sports council. so we (AT, BR, AC, RL n myself) had a photo plus video taken of him coaching us. i think he really deserves this award. i still remember that time wen i was looking at the requirements on the nomination forms, i noticed mr tong actually fulfilled most of it. i decided to nominate him for this outstanding award. with the help of mr ho and a few other ruggers, the nomination form was sent it jus a few hours before the closing time. haha. kudos to mr tong for receiving the award! after the shoot, we went for lunch. great food!!
alrites. back to the books.
trg started around 7.30pm. went slightly earlier to catch up with the lads. the last time that i saw most of them was probably the end of season dinner early feb and i was out of the club scene for quite sometime. at least now im back. haha. trg started off with half-field touch and soon full field touch that is slowly being coverted to full contact. we had the expert terry wright to coach and guide us. he is really good. his explanations were simple and clear to understand. he was a former new zealand all blacks (click here to read more about him). after that "intensive" workout which i found out tat im horribly unfit. nevertheless its kind of expected, since i havent been trg for months. haha. the premier and thirds didnt have enough numbers so we had a join team run. initially i was very lost bcos im not sure of the moves. after taking sometime to educate myself, things went perfectly fine. my passes were still quite sharp. so thats a thumbs up. haha. finally, we finished our trg with some fitness. the first thing that came to my mind was like.. oh shitt.. fitness?! im already dying here. thank god. the fitness we did were no where close to wat the saints rugby team is doing. yup. i felt really good after tat! its like i felt so fresh and suddenly being more of myself! i came to conclude.. its really hard to take rugby out of my life. impossible! david moore gave me a ride back after trg. thanks!
today went for a video shoot. mr tong was awarded one of the coach recognition awards by singapore sports council. so we (AT, BR, AC, RL n myself) had a photo plus video taken of him coaching us. i think he really deserves this award. i still remember that time wen i was looking at the requirements on the nomination forms, i noticed mr tong actually fulfilled most of it. i decided to nominate him for this outstanding award. with the help of mr ho and a few other ruggers, the nomination form was sent it jus a few hours before the closing time. haha. kudos to mr tong for receiving the award! after the shoot, we went for lunch. great food!!
alrites. back to the books.
Monday, September 04, 2006
rugby, oh how much i miss you.
i starting to miss rugby alot. life without rugby is really boring because i always feel that theres something not right. my body is used to the hard knocks, cuts and bruises. haha. i cant wait to start passing and kicking the ball again. life used to revolve around rugby. nothing else mattered. i want that life back badly.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
18th Birthday
i dont think most teenagers would want to spend their 18th birthday like i did. well it was a rather quiet one this year (or like every other years). my first present came from my clique during anand's birthday party. had to rush off from alumni dinner jus to make sure i wldnt miss mr harikes surprise party. haha. n so they look the advantage of whacking me since they did not managed to hit me last year. they sure did this year!
today was jus like any other day in my life. woke up in the morning for tuition. i woke up so early to end up waiting for my tutor cos he overslept. after tat, went for lunch with my family. jus as we were about to leave, someone opposite my block came falling down. heard a loud crash sound. n wen were at the void deck, police were there already. the area was cordoned off. just like any other CSI show you watch on tv. quite traumatising. anyway, george later called me n asked if i wanted be a linesman for scc vs safsa game. since i had no plans, i took the offer. at least can earn 40 bucks. caught up with the boys at the club. tankards lost but the premiers won. good stuff. wanted to stay back for the dinner n watch trinations but mum asked me to go for uncle's chalet. so i decided to drop by. and as usual, pple go family chalets to eat n eat n eat. the sweetest thing that made my day was my small little cute cousins singing me a birthday song! that really touched my heart! thanks you.
finally i want to thank you guys for your msgs:
stef
phil
kumaresh
keane
marc
qian li
jasmine
hui lin
jalea
jia liang
kelly
rafidah
khai nam
malcolm
herng liang
anand
prash
weiyan chen
the whole melay unit ++ for giving me the beating of my life. haha.
and the most important people of my life, my dearest family!
i know really know what kind of a lousy person i am. im a really lousy good-for-nothing friend. i dont care for others.
jus be nice to me only when you need help cos ur in trouble, need money, free ride or need smth from me. dont try to be friends with me cos i cant promise you i will be a good friend. i dont believe in such things anymore.
nevertheless, im will always here render my help to anyone who needs it.
thats wat im for. thats my life. thats my fate.
and i've learnt how to accept it.
today was jus like any other day in my life. woke up in the morning for tuition. i woke up so early to end up waiting for my tutor cos he overslept. after tat, went for lunch with my family. jus as we were about to leave, someone opposite my block came falling down. heard a loud crash sound. n wen were at the void deck, police were there already. the area was cordoned off. just like any other CSI show you watch on tv. quite traumatising. anyway, george later called me n asked if i wanted be a linesman for scc vs safsa game. since i had no plans, i took the offer. at least can earn 40 bucks. caught up with the boys at the club. tankards lost but the premiers won. good stuff. wanted to stay back for the dinner n watch trinations but mum asked me to go for uncle's chalet. so i decided to drop by. and as usual, pple go family chalets to eat n eat n eat. the sweetest thing that made my day was my small little cute cousins singing me a birthday song! that really touched my heart! thanks you.
finally i want to thank you guys for your msgs:
stef
phil
kumaresh
keane
marc
qian li
jasmine
hui lin
jalea
jia liang
kelly
rafidah
khai nam
malcolm
herng liang
anand
prash
weiyan chen
the whole melay unit ++ for giving me the beating of my life. haha.
and the most important people of my life, my dearest family!
i know really know what kind of a lousy person i am. im a really lousy good-for-nothing friend. i dont care for others.
jus be nice to me only when you need help cos ur in trouble, need money, free ride or need smth from me. dont try to be friends with me cos i cant promise you i will be a good friend. i dont believe in such things anymore.
nevertheless, im will always here render my help to anyone who needs it.
thats wat im for. thats my life. thats my fate.
and i've learnt how to accept it.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
regroup
prelims will start tmr and im far for even getting close to say im prepared. mabye thats bcos i have set my mind that my main focus is my As. after scoring shit results for my entire sch exmainations so far, screwing prelims will make no different. but as long im focused for the As, that's wat is more important. im not saying that im not studying. i have been and further more, i never had studied so hard in my life before. but i have to set pace for myself. being weak in almost every department, there is no use rushing myself. i'd rather take my subjects seriously one topic at a time and do all the tutorials (for which i hardly do since j1). this will obviously take more time compared to those consistent people who have been doing their work and know wats happening. revision shd b much easier for them as it serves as a refresher. for me, it all bout studying from scratch and triple the practice.
yes. i do regret for not doing my work properly in the past. but theres no use regretting about everything and not doing anything to make sure it doesnt happen again. i've decided not to let myself destruct my future. i will study hard from now on. i will do watever it takes. i will make it through the As. all i need is trust in you.
i came upon this while surfing through the web, i find it very meaningful. i shall quote some of the parts:
taken from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.
click here to read the full article.
yes. i do regret for not doing my work properly in the past. but theres no use regretting about everything and not doing anything to make sure it doesnt happen again. i've decided not to let myself destruct my future. i will study hard from now on. i will do watever it takes. i will make it through the As. all i need is trust in you.
i came upon this while surfing through the web, i find it very meaningful. i shall quote some of the parts:
Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore, be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham,
drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
taken from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.
click here to read the full article.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
pathetic attitude
i think its about time some people in our school learn manners.
like what the hell la. u want to drink milo nobody say u cant. if ur mouth is leaking and it spills everywhere esp on pple's bag. please have the courtesy to clean it. eventhough its not ur bag, ur resposible for the spill.
some idiot (quite sad to call him such a name but he totally deserves it) spilled milo on my bag n jus walked away without cleaning it. n tat caused my bag to stain. seriously, no basic manners. this kind of things is hard for the school to teach u, cos ur parents ought to teach u already when u were young (which means like at least 16 -17 years ago). too bad they didnt. im sorry to be very crude but whoever you are... you have jus proved to us that. however, the good news is that its not too late. you shd know wat 2 do.
like what the hell la. u want to drink milo nobody say u cant. if ur mouth is leaking and it spills everywhere esp on pple's bag. please have the courtesy to clean it. eventhough its not ur bag, ur resposible for the spill.
some idiot (quite sad to call him such a name but he totally deserves it) spilled milo on my bag n jus walked away without cleaning it. n tat caused my bag to stain. seriously, no basic manners. this kind of things is hard for the school to teach u, cos ur parents ought to teach u already when u were young (which means like at least 16 -17 years ago). too bad they didnt. im sorry to be very crude but whoever you are... you have jus proved to us that. however, the good news is that its not too late. you shd know wat 2 do.
Monday, August 21, 2006
The I-Must-Always-Be-Strong Syndrome
Why do we so seldom disclose our deepest emotions, even to friends? There are probably many reasons, but is that most of us have somewhere heard that if we reveal our needs or get emotional, people will not like us. But exactly the oppoisite is true. People begin to feel close to us when they know something of our needs.
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Sometimes we develop the habit of wearing an emotional disguise because early experiences gave us the wrong start. Here, for instance, is a beautiful young woman who is unable to let herself love a man. She remains aloof and detached, and eventually all men get discouraged and leave her. In her counselling sessions we probe for the memories from her past that may have careated this emotional policy. Finally it comes out. As a little girl she had an unsual amount amount of body hair, and one day, when some neighbour children came over to swim, they and her sisters called her "Bush".
"I started to cry," she said, "and I was so ashamed of crying that I ran into the garage and locked the door. I must have stayed in there and sobbed for half an hour, and right then and there I made up my mind that nobody was ever going to hurt me that bad again."
The tragedy is that by so insulating herself from her emotions since, she has not only kept herself from being hurt, she has also kept herself from being loved.
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Dr Roy Mennnger, president of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, explained that men are more prone than women to what he called the "I-must-always-be-strong syndrome." ... "(he) sees himself as a very high- powered piece of machinery rather than as a human need system."
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Sometimes we develop the habit of wearing an emotional disguise because early experiences gave us the wrong start. Here, for instance, is a beautiful young woman who is unable to let herself love a man. She remains aloof and detached, and eventually all men get discouraged and leave her. In her counselling sessions we probe for the memories from her past that may have careated this emotional policy. Finally it comes out. As a little girl she had an unsual amount amount of body hair, and one day, when some neighbour children came over to swim, they and her sisters called her "Bush".
"I started to cry," she said, "and I was so ashamed of crying that I ran into the garage and locked the door. I must have stayed in there and sobbed for half an hour, and right then and there I made up my mind that nobody was ever going to hurt me that bad again."
The tragedy is that by so insulating herself from her emotions since, she has not only kept herself from being hurt, she has also kept herself from being loved.
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Dr Roy Mennnger, president of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, explained that men are more prone than women to what he called the "I-must-always-be-strong syndrome." ... "(he) sees himself as a very high- powered piece of machinery rather than as a human need system."
Sunday, August 20, 2006
nicest looking tiger
this is by far the nicest and most handsome tiger ever printed on our jerseys. haha.
if the ruggers noticed, most of the jerseys we had worn before had tigers looking very funny. theres the clown tiger, the blind tiger, the round tiger, the laughing tiger and all sorts.
i like this tiger the most! haha.
how random.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
ending of a wonderful chapter...
today was the SAV Rugby Dinner at sajc. its marks the season closure of the national schools competition this year. this also means that i have officially stepped down for my captaincy and its time for boon rong to take over. i am very confident he will do an even better job then me and thats how its supposed to be. in addition, my chapter for playing for st andrew's has officially ended (playing for the alumni is not official jus a pastime).
dinner was great. saw the videos of all the divisions and the plans that has been set for them. the junior school boys came down in numbers. its nice to see them down knowing tat they will be the next generation of ruggers to bring the village rugby to greater heights. and im very sure. we not only have good young enthusiatic players but also committed coaches who will go the extra mile without asking for anything in return.
i take my cap off to my wonderful coaches and teacher in-charges who have sacrificed alot of their time and taking care of us not only in the pitch but also off.
next comes a group of players, the batch of 1988/87 rugby players, who have not only shown but proved to the world that nothing is impossible. we have achieved what pple said is jus another dream into reality. you gentlemen will have a special place in my heart and i will never forget those great friendships that had been forged. if theres going to be a word to describe you guys will be.. legends. then we have the batch of 1989/90, for their outstanding performance in maintaining if not acheived more than what the batch of 1988/87 did. i do agree that your life is more stressful than ours because you all no longer carry the names of underdogs. u guys are pressured to produce results and have done so neatly.
for the juniors, eventhough there is pressure on u guys, u must always remember that the ultimate purpose of playing rugby is to enjoy and love the game. once u have the passion, the results will come naturally.
Lastly here are the people who i owe A BIG THANK YOU for making my St. Andrew's rugby career a not only memorable but an extraordinary one!
Mr Adam Silas: for taking the first step in taking me in to saints.
Mr Gene Tong, Mr Alan Wee, Mr Marcus Yeo, Mr Jonathan Leow: always believing in me. giving me the chance to lead the saints team. never failed motivating me to be a better player and leader.
Mr Koa Chee Meng: giving me plenty of leadership opportunites.
Mr Roy Wee: teaching me what discipline is. being very hard on me during trg (until in sec 1 n 2 i came home crying most of the time after trg. haha!) and pressuring me constantly. not for you, i will not have the discipline to take me where i am now.
Mr Louis Ho, Mr Edmund Koh, Mr Lenoard Ong: for taking me into sajc. n taking care of my welfare.
Mrs Charles: for having the faith in us.
i hope i did not leave anyone out!
theres only one thing left to for me now.. which all of my coaches, teachers, family, principals, vice-principals and friends will constantly remind me... STUDY!
dinner was great. saw the videos of all the divisions and the plans that has been set for them. the junior school boys came down in numbers. its nice to see them down knowing tat they will be the next generation of ruggers to bring the village rugby to greater heights. and im very sure. we not only have good young enthusiatic players but also committed coaches who will go the extra mile without asking for anything in return.
i take my cap off to my wonderful coaches and teacher in-charges who have sacrificed alot of their time and taking care of us not only in the pitch but also off.
next comes a group of players, the batch of 1988/87 rugby players, who have not only shown but proved to the world that nothing is impossible. we have achieved what pple said is jus another dream into reality. you gentlemen will have a special place in my heart and i will never forget those great friendships that had been forged. if theres going to be a word to describe you guys will be.. legends. then we have the batch of 1989/90, for their outstanding performance in maintaining if not acheived more than what the batch of 1988/87 did. i do agree that your life is more stressful than ours because you all no longer carry the names of underdogs. u guys are pressured to produce results and have done so neatly.
for the juniors, eventhough there is pressure on u guys, u must always remember that the ultimate purpose of playing rugby is to enjoy and love the game. once u have the passion, the results will come naturally.
Lastly here are the people who i owe A BIG THANK YOU for making my St. Andrew's rugby career a not only memorable but an extraordinary one!
Mr Adam Silas: for taking the first step in taking me in to saints.
Mr Gene Tong, Mr Alan Wee, Mr Marcus Yeo, Mr Jonathan Leow: always believing in me. giving me the chance to lead the saints team. never failed motivating me to be a better player and leader.
Mr Koa Chee Meng: giving me plenty of leadership opportunites.
Mr Roy Wee: teaching me what discipline is. being very hard on me during trg (until in sec 1 n 2 i came home crying most of the time after trg. haha!) and pressuring me constantly. not for you, i will not have the discipline to take me where i am now.
Mr Louis Ho, Mr Edmund Koh, Mr Lenoard Ong: for taking me into sajc. n taking care of my welfare.
Mrs Charles: for having the faith in us.
i hope i did not leave anyone out!
theres only one thing left to for me now.. which all of my coaches, teachers, family, principals, vice-principals and friends will constantly remind me... STUDY!
Thursday, August 17, 2006
changes
most pple i know have changed and i m no exception. mabye its bcos exams are around the corner. we tend to neglect and overlooked things which are important to us. some of them have neglected it for so long tat our impression of how we used to look at it change (usually to the more negative side). once it reaches this stage, theres two ways to go bout it. one, salvage whatever thats left. or two, heck it and act (which MOST of us are good in) as though nothing is wrong. unfortunately, most of us chose two.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Saturday, August 12, 2006
WELL DONE TEAM CALEDONIA!
after having a very tiring day in school mugging and having consultations, i decided to follow my family down to catch the fireworks at esplanade. the fireworks are awsome! having live my whole life so far in spore, fireworks are not common at all. i enjoyed every second of the fireworks display n i wish i could catch the finale one tmr. my mum told me its gg to be even better then today! haha.
its not easy taking photos of fireworks but i managed to get this two pics (out of 20) right. haha.
theres so much things i want to blog about but i jus dont have the time. ahh.
after having a very tiring day in school mugging and having consultations, i decided to follow my family down to catch the fireworks at esplanade. the fireworks are awsome! having live my whole life so far in spore, fireworks are not common at all. i enjoyed every second of the fireworks display n i wish i could catch the finale one tmr. my mum told me its gg to be even better then today! haha.
its not easy taking photos of fireworks but i managed to get this two pics (out of 20) right. haha.
theres so much things i want to blog about but i jus dont have the time. ahh.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
while i was reading through some stuffs, i found this which i think is quite true.
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
Monday, August 07, 2006
lost of words
i really dont know wat to say. wen u have all kind of emotions running through u, the best solution is to keep my mouth shut.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
arts
this weekend was good. on top of studying, i went for two concerts. haha. rapture and band concert. i'll give a thumbs up for both concerts cos i truly enjoyed myself. being a sportsperson, it quite difficult to appreciate art but these two concerts made it much easier for me! not being able to catch last year's rapture and band concert, i really didnt know what to expect and at the same time cannot make any comparisons.
went to watch rapture with the melays. it was the official last melay unit outing as focus is now on prelims and As. the student choreographed dance i enjoyed the most n believe it was good was the dance president's corrine, andrea and musa. the movements of the dancers seemed very well co-ordianted and not too messy. the scary one was the NUS one. boy oh boy. haha. the coolest part was in the last part where, all the former dance presidents were on stage. their exceptionally outstanding dance explains why they were the presidents. after rapture, everyone was busy giving flowers and taking photos. our class dancer's gwen and boon yan were great! very proud of them! too bad the melays all decided to go home after tat. went for supper with ian, joel and liang sheng before heading home.
on sun, i was enlightened with the music from our SAV band concert. i think its really cool to have all the SA bands including the almuni all performing together. i strongly believe they have successfully capture the theme which was "One Family, One Flag". further more, most of the music they played had very little error and it was very delighting to the ear. the repertoire i enjoyed was "Fantasy Variations" played by the SAJC band concert. although it was long, i really loved the music.
on the whole, this weekend has been enriching for me as i get a chance to appreciate arts by our own sajc students. a great job everyone!
tmr the c boys will be playing raffles in the c division semis. ALL THE BEST!
now, back to the books.
went to watch rapture with the melays. it was the official last melay unit outing as focus is now on prelims and As. the student choreographed dance i enjoyed the most n believe it was good was the dance president's corrine, andrea and musa. the movements of the dancers seemed very well co-ordianted and not too messy. the scary one was the NUS one. boy oh boy. haha. the coolest part was in the last part where, all the former dance presidents were on stage. their exceptionally outstanding dance explains why they were the presidents. after rapture, everyone was busy giving flowers and taking photos. our class dancer's gwen and boon yan were great! very proud of them! too bad the melays all decided to go home after tat. went for supper with ian, joel and liang sheng before heading home.
on sun, i was enlightened with the music from our SAV band concert. i think its really cool to have all the SA bands including the almuni all performing together. i strongly believe they have successfully capture the theme which was "One Family, One Flag". further more, most of the music they played had very little error and it was very delighting to the ear. the repertoire i enjoyed was "Fantasy Variations" played by the SAJC band concert. although it was long, i really loved the music.
on the whole, this weekend has been enriching for me as i get a chance to appreciate arts by our own sajc students. a great job everyone!
tmr the c boys will be playing raffles in the c division semis. ALL THE BEST!
now, back to the books.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
getting it
theres nothing really to blog about now becos life is all about mugging. other then the never failing surprises i get in school which can scare the shit of out me. everything is fine. been getting more mugging momentum which is a positive indicator. the stress is still something which i need to learn how to control.
i jus found out something very interesting bout myself. i had an appoinment with an eye specialist 2dae because of the redness in my right eye. dont be afraid, its not any infectious eye diesease that can make u instantly blind wen u look into my eye. i jus have high sensitive eyes. which believe it or not the doctor didnt know wat triggers it off. all he told me tat it will occasionally come and that i have to take proper care of my eyes. the funny part is, i have been playing rugby for 6 years getting mud splashed into my eyes all the time and none of this allergy thing hit me. but wen im not playing, not even exercising cos of my op, it came. mabye its bcos my eyes are not used to seeing books all the time. it got scared and turned red. haha. nonsense. or mabye.. hm.. rugby withdrawal syndrome? might. haha.
i finally finished typing out the article for the sch mag with the help of my successor boon rong. haha. good stuff eh. supposed to be retired. i was looking up for the last year which Saints Rugby won the championships and this is wat i found out:
C Div - 1990 (have yet to win it again)
B Div- 1993 (before winning it again in 2004, 2005, 2006)
A Div- 1989 (before winning it again in 2006)
alrites. im off to an early nite.
i jus found out something very interesting bout myself. i had an appoinment with an eye specialist 2dae because of the redness in my right eye. dont be afraid, its not any infectious eye diesease that can make u instantly blind wen u look into my eye. i jus have high sensitive eyes. which believe it or not the doctor didnt know wat triggers it off. all he told me tat it will occasionally come and that i have to take proper care of my eyes. the funny part is, i have been playing rugby for 6 years getting mud splashed into my eyes all the time and none of this allergy thing hit me. but wen im not playing, not even exercising cos of my op, it came. mabye its bcos my eyes are not used to seeing books all the time. it got scared and turned red. haha. nonsense. or mabye.. hm.. rugby withdrawal syndrome? might. haha.
i finally finished typing out the article for the sch mag with the help of my successor boon rong. haha. good stuff eh. supposed to be retired. i was looking up for the last year which Saints Rugby won the championships and this is wat i found out:
C Div - 1990 (have yet to win it again)
B Div- 1993 (before winning it again in 2004, 2005, 2006)
A Div- 1989 (before winning it again in 2006)
alrites. im off to an early nite.
Monday, July 31, 2006
stress
argh. its really stressful. the pressure is coming from everywhere. life is not gg to be as peaceful as i thought it would be. game plans all have changed. being tracked now. no more time to play around. at least, it got me started. i really need to go dissapear somewhere. away from everything. i need the strength. i need courage. i need determination. i need God. he has always been there for me during good and bad times.
Some parts taken from Debbie Gibson's We Could Be Together
If I were an only child
I would be a lonely child
but baby we've got nothing to lose
I'm standing tall in my own shoes
I'll take this chance
I'll make this choice
I'll right this wrong
I'll raise my voice
If you said "Jump!" I'd say "How high?"
If you said "Run!"
I'd run and fly
Just for the chance
Just for the moment
Should the moment pass up by
and if you ask once I'll tell you twice
I'll ignore the world's advice
I am taken by your strength
I've thought about it at great length
I thought that I was happy now
but there are things that I found out
Happiness means greater things
There are no guarantees
but if it means
there's even a possibility
then I'll give up whatever it takes
I know I've made some mistakes before
It may be just another closed door
Some parts taken from Debbie Gibson's We Could Be Together
If I were an only child
I would be a lonely child
but baby we've got nothing to lose
I'm standing tall in my own shoes
I'll take this chance
I'll make this choice
I'll right this wrong
I'll raise my voice
If you said "Jump!" I'd say "How high?"
If you said "Run!"
I'd run and fly
Just for the chance
Just for the moment
Should the moment pass up by
and if you ask once I'll tell you twice
I'll ignore the world's advice
I am taken by your strength
I've thought about it at great length
I thought that I was happy now
but there are things that I found out
Happiness means greater things
There are no guarantees
but if it means
there's even a possibility
then I'll give up whatever it takes
I know I've made some mistakes before
It may be just another closed door
Friday, July 28, 2006
im begining to lose the vision and beauty of appreciating things.
i think everything is bullshit- like it or not.
the world is nothing but a place where we hypocritically live in.
we are drowned by our humongous egos.
we insult others so that we can feel good and superior.
we are lousy humans. yet we think we are great.
we command respect from others but have we actually given others the respect they deserve?
we want to change things around us, but we cant even change OURSELVES.
what rights do we have then to change others?
we want to take control of things around us, but we cant CONTROL ourselves.
we live for ourselves in the name of others.
we think that we are always right- never wanting to admit our mistakes bcos we foolishy think its a sign of weakness.
we are ambitious.
we are never happy with what we have. we jus want more. greed.
these are only some of the feelings/ thoughts that lies deep in our hearts, never dared to unlock it.
if you think all of the above are nonsense, your exactly the person im referring to.
hah.
i think everything is bullshit- like it or not.
the world is nothing but a place where we hypocritically live in.
we are drowned by our humongous egos.
we insult others so that we can feel good and superior.
we are lousy humans. yet we think we are great.
we command respect from others but have we actually given others the respect they deserve?
we want to change things around us, but we cant even change OURSELVES.
what rights do we have then to change others?
we want to take control of things around us, but we cant CONTROL ourselves.
we live for ourselves in the name of others.
we think that we are always right- never wanting to admit our mistakes bcos we foolishy think its a sign of weakness.
we are ambitious.
we are never happy with what we have. we jus want more. greed.
these are only some of the feelings/ thoughts that lies deep in our hearts, never dared to unlock it.
if you think all of the above are nonsense, your exactly the person im referring to.
hah.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
05S56 Service Learning visit to Moral Seniors Activity Centre (Macpherson)
here are some of the pictures took with my classmates and senior citizens...
shall blog about it next time. too tired.
shall blog about it next time. too tired.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
my 3rd operation
this entry is a special one bcos im using on my right hand to type. haha.
i woke up at 0430 hrs on friday morning changing up and preparing for my operation. reached at Gleneagles Hopsital arnd 6am, after administrative details were sorted out, i was admitted. there was constant anxiety attack where my mind just ran wild scaring the shit out of myself. tried to catch up with my sleep with the remaining time left but it was obviously of not much use. the nurse came at 0720 to take me to the operating theatre. every different nurse that came to check my file kept asking me the same questions. "boy whats ur name, ic no., is this ur father's signature, his ic no. and which part of ur body is being operated." by the time the forth nurse asked me i basically answered her everything before she finished asking me. haha.
when i got into the operating room, it somehows brought back my memory of the past 2 ops i have been before. everything looked the same. just like to typical hollywood movie. all the sides of the room are painted white. huge lights shining at you. 2 clocks on ur right. and the surgeons and nurses are in a rush. it was like ur in a middle of a CBD area. people kept walking in and out, carrying things and asking each other questions like.. "where is the herbert screw for the op ltr.. i cant find it.." so u can know wat my reaction was. after lying down on the operating bed for 15 mins, i was greeted by the anesthetic doctor. after looking through my file she joking told me.. "so u know the SOP (standard operating procedure) already ah looking at ur operation records." since my left wrist was gg to be cut, they tapped my right hand vein before inserting the injection needle. soon enough, i was on anesthesia. you can feel the cold white liquid moving down ur right hand vein n at the same time breathing in pure oxygen. i tried to fight it but i failed. hah.
my worst nightmare began wen i woke up from anesthesia arnd 1030. from my past operations i know my body will react violently to the side effects of anesthesia. when i woke up the first thing i did was vomit. felt drousy, tired and sick the whole day. my stomach kept contracting, thus casuing me to vomit more then 10 times throughout the day. the last time i vomitted was 10pm. ahh. the nurses and doc helped me by injecting alot of medicine. my hands were like fun fair la. left being bandaged and was elevated. the right was used for injections. thank god, i was drowsy so i didnt really felt the needles. i didnt eat nor drink anything the whole day. wen i took a sip of water, i ended up vomitting more then consuming. plus it made my stomach worse. already my stomach has no food inside, the contractions were extremely painful. in the afternoon, weiyan chen n her fren, karina visited me in the hopsital. which made my atrocious day better! the flowers are nice! THANKS! (: the nurses ended my nightmare by putting me to sleep till the nxt day.
i woke up arnd 7 plus the next day, felt so fresh and happy that i can finally drink a cup of milo. doc came arnd 9 plus and i asked if i could go home. thankfully he said yes. i cant stand staying in the hospital for long bcos its too boring and i will be stoning on my bed most of the time.
throughout this ordeal here are a few people i want to thank for ur msgs and calls (not in any order):
weiyann seetoh
stef
mozi
gerald chew
phil
malcolm
arthur
amar
sam yee
melay unit
jia ling
qian xiang
herng liang
huilin
xiao jie
hashim
khai nam
yuan ling
qian li
alex tan
mr louis ho
karen (physio)
05S56
i hope i didnt forget anyone!
ohh. for those tat msged me n did got any or some wierd reply.. im sorry! mabye i was just too drowsy, i really didnt know wat i was replying! haha.
alrites.. my next phase.. RECOVERY!! HERE I COME!
p.s. it took me one hour to do this entry! hahaha.
i woke up at 0430 hrs on friday morning changing up and preparing for my operation. reached at Gleneagles Hopsital arnd 6am, after administrative details were sorted out, i was admitted. there was constant anxiety attack where my mind just ran wild scaring the shit out of myself. tried to catch up with my sleep with the remaining time left but it was obviously of not much use. the nurse came at 0720 to take me to the operating theatre. every different nurse that came to check my file kept asking me the same questions. "boy whats ur name, ic no., is this ur father's signature, his ic no. and which part of ur body is being operated." by the time the forth nurse asked me i basically answered her everything before she finished asking me. haha.
when i got into the operating room, it somehows brought back my memory of the past 2 ops i have been before. everything looked the same. just like to typical hollywood movie. all the sides of the room are painted white. huge lights shining at you. 2 clocks on ur right. and the surgeons and nurses are in a rush. it was like ur in a middle of a CBD area. people kept walking in and out, carrying things and asking each other questions like.. "where is the herbert screw for the op ltr.. i cant find it.." so u can know wat my reaction was. after lying down on the operating bed for 15 mins, i was greeted by the anesthetic doctor. after looking through my file she joking told me.. "so u know the SOP (standard operating procedure) already ah looking at ur operation records." since my left wrist was gg to be cut, they tapped my right hand vein before inserting the injection needle. soon enough, i was on anesthesia. you can feel the cold white liquid moving down ur right hand vein n at the same time breathing in pure oxygen. i tried to fight it but i failed. hah.
my worst nightmare began wen i woke up from anesthesia arnd 1030. from my past operations i know my body will react violently to the side effects of anesthesia. when i woke up the first thing i did was vomit. felt drousy, tired and sick the whole day. my stomach kept contracting, thus casuing me to vomit more then 10 times throughout the day. the last time i vomitted was 10pm. ahh. the nurses and doc helped me by injecting alot of medicine. my hands were like fun fair la. left being bandaged and was elevated. the right was used for injections. thank god, i was drowsy so i didnt really felt the needles. i didnt eat nor drink anything the whole day. wen i took a sip of water, i ended up vomitting more then consuming. plus it made my stomach worse. already my stomach has no food inside, the contractions were extremely painful. in the afternoon, weiyan chen n her fren, karina visited me in the hopsital. which made my atrocious day better! the flowers are nice! THANKS! (: the nurses ended my nightmare by putting me to sleep till the nxt day.
i woke up arnd 7 plus the next day, felt so fresh and happy that i can finally drink a cup of milo. doc came arnd 9 plus and i asked if i could go home. thankfully he said yes. i cant stand staying in the hospital for long bcos its too boring and i will be stoning on my bed most of the time.
throughout this ordeal here are a few people i want to thank for ur msgs and calls (not in any order):
weiyann seetoh
stef
mozi
gerald chew
phil
malcolm
arthur
amar
sam yee
melay unit
jia ling
qian xiang
herng liang
huilin
xiao jie
hashim
khai nam
yuan ling
qian li
alex tan
mr louis ho
karen (physio)
05S56
i hope i didnt forget anyone!
ohh. for those tat msged me n did got any or some wierd reply.. im sorry! mabye i was just too drowsy, i really didnt know wat i was replying! haha.
alrites.. my next phase.. RECOVERY!! HERE I COME!
p.s. it took me one hour to do this entry! hahaha.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
afraid
tmr im finally gg to go for my wrist operation which i have been delaying since march. yeah. tat long. but i guess it kind of worth it (as stupid as it may sound) since i got what i wanted when i decided to take that high risk of playing with a fractued wrist. im also very lucky that God has protected and looked after me during this period of time.
the feeling of this operation is somewhat different than all the others i have been through. cos the ops i had so far are done immediately on the same day i saw my doc. however, this op is different. i had to delay meaning i have more time to actually think what is gg to happen to me after the op. it seriously freaks me out. thinking to myself if im gg to have a close to full recovery, whether i will be able to play as well as i am n etc etc. usually negative thoughts. this results in me panicking. i will try to be strong.
the feeling of this operation is somewhat different than all the others i have been through. cos the ops i had so far are done immediately on the same day i saw my doc. however, this op is different. i had to delay meaning i have more time to actually think what is gg to happen to me after the op. it seriously freaks me out. thinking to myself if im gg to have a close to full recovery, whether i will be able to play as well as i am n etc etc. usually negative thoughts. this results in me panicking. i will try to be strong.
Monday, July 17, 2006
rugby season
FINALLY! i got all the photos taken were taken through out the entire year so far. frm RSN to Police Cup. wohoo. so i decided to make another collage to put up all the photos like. theres alot so bear with me. (:
i love st andrew's rugby!
i love st andrew's rugby!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Saturday, July 15, 2006
my wrist hurts!!! ahh. initially, i was able to take the pain but as it gets from bad to worse. its getting harder to control. now, even the slightest hyperflexion (more then 30 degrees) is painful. im living with a fractured wrist for already 6 months (feb-july) and its not getting any better but worse. whenever people ask me if it hurts, i will jus smile at them n say.. well im used to the pain. but the pain is starting to kill me meaning my condition has worsen. my doc and i have set on a date for the op which is very very soon. i dont think i can wait any longer. it has quite drastically affected my life recently. like not even being able to lift my school by left wrist. hah.
the feeling and thoughts of this operation really scares me. im not sure if im mentally prepared both for the operation and the recovery period thereafter. argh.to have a full proper recovery means i have to go through intensive physiotheraphy. need to make it back in time for national u19 which is playing in the arfu at the end of this yr. theres not only pain to handle but stress and pressure. i need to be both physically and mentally conditioned. help me please God.
the feeling and thoughts of this operation really scares me. im not sure if im mentally prepared both for the operation and the recovery period thereafter. argh.to have a full proper recovery means i have to go through intensive physiotheraphy. need to make it back in time for national u19 which is playing in the arfu at the end of this yr. theres not only pain to handle but stress and pressure. i need to be both physically and mentally conditioned. help me please God.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
momentum
i finally got into the momentum of mugging. theres so much catching up to do. ahhh. i will try not to tension too much. haha.
so my combined schools season ended last sun. this means i will officially stop playing the game till the end of As. besides, i need to get my wrist sorted out. the thought of gg for the op suddenly scares me after talking about it to a fren. i have always been living in an impression that its "just another operation" so its like nth much. aye. but after putting serious thought to it.. im quite worried. heh.
my class treasurer has once again attacked my blog to remind me to pay class fund! ur even worse then a loanshark la! haha.
alrites. off to study.
so my combined schools season ended last sun. this means i will officially stop playing the game till the end of As. besides, i need to get my wrist sorted out. the thought of gg for the op suddenly scares me after talking about it to a fren. i have always been living in an impression that its "just another operation" so its like nth much. aye. but after putting serious thought to it.. im quite worried. heh.
my class treasurer has once again attacked my blog to remind me to pay class fund! ur even worse then a loanshark la! haha.
alrites. off to study.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
smile
someone asked me how it felt to receive two different awards. colours for rugby and service for house council on college day. after all your achievements and dedication to the school is finally being acknowledged. it didnt take me long to answer that i was happy and proud with myself like, any other person would feel. but then i continued, what really mattered the most to me that night wen i recieved my award wasnt the number of different categories of awards i had but the smile i saw on my mummy's face wen i saw her from the stage twice. it wasnt like any other smile u see everyday. you know its a special one. and tat is wat i felt overjoyed, happy and proud about. unfortunately my dad wasnt able to come as he was caught up with work, nevertheless, i still know how glad he was wen he saw the awards. i would give anything to get tat smile again from them. therefore, i have promised myself to study hard so that i will be able to bring back tat smile to my parents wen my A levels results come out next year! i love my parents so much! (:
Friday, July 07, 2006
decision
its about time i made this decision. i will stop playing rugby after nxt fri till december 2006 so that i can study and get my wrist treated. i dont want to screw up my As like i did for all my school exams so far. no more of this nonsense. i will mug. i must mug. only after As i will continue playing rugby most prob for the u19s.
on the happier note, i got 2 awards for college day. colours for rugby and service for house council! (:
on the happier note, i got 2 awards for college day. colours for rugby and service for house council! (:
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
my first pay
arnd 12 plus on morning morning, i decided to go for a run around my estate. which covers arnd 5-6km. since my dad just go me this new ipod arm band to run with i thought i might as well try out running with it. after hearing countless of advice from my parents on are the dos n donts when running with an ipod along the road, i finally went for my run. its quite relaxing running while listening to a song. at the same time, the tempo of the song kind of sets the pace of ur run. haha. after the run, didnt feel as tired as i used to at the same time i enjoyed myself. thought about alot of things during my run. more of academic though.
on the same day itself, i played rugby for scc later in the afternoon. thought of keep in touch with the ball since i havent touched it all during the bt2 week. and that feeling of wanting to play as much rugby as i can before my operation which will most likely take at 2 mths to recover with intensive physiotheraphy. after all its a freaking ex op plus with a wrist specialist.. i better recover fast. played a team from scotland. eventhough we got whopped by them, i think it was a gd workout for me. dinner with the scottish boys were quite hilarious. the slang was initially hard to understand but wen u get the hang of it.. hearing the comments they make will totally amuse you. haha.
TODAY! was my debut apperance in the refereeing scene. haha. the game was at evergreen sec n it took me lots of trouble, pain n money jus to get there. basically the cab driver n i were lost. he was driving arnd the estate at the same time finding. after like 10 minutes circling arnd woodlands we gave up. thank god that a police station appeared out of nowhere n yes, we took directions from them. haha. reached there, checked the field.. quite uneven and hard. so i decided not to use my boots. as expected, the 3pm game had a sun that can kill one. haha.
the game i refereed was C dic game where raffles instution played bukit batok sec. any rugby player in spore can tell u this will most likely be a one- sided game. upon hearing my appoinment to tat game, i was quite scared la. like cummon, ur first time blowing a whistle n u take charge of a team which obviously is very good in rugby with intimidating coaches. haha. but im glad that the raffles n bukit batok coaches were quite friendly. as i took charge of the game, i was being accessed by mr sumadi. raffles being the fitter and more physically built dominated the whole game beating bukit batok 84-0 in 45 mins. my accessor was very happy with my performance with very little mistakes. so thats a thumbs up. haha. hopefully, i might get another appoinment. its really fun man. i will be taking charge of the techincal (laws of the game) side during my school inter- house competition. haha. interesting.
the best part was after the game, a nice parent from raffles sent me from woodlands all the way to my house bus-stop. its really nice of him! thanks! i would do anything to get out of that ulu woodlands place la. haha.
the pay was good too i guess although im not refereeing for the money. got $40 for like 1hr 15min. haha. my first pay!
alrites. gg to try n rest as much as i can cos tmr got combined schools game, semis against spore poly. n the best part is tat they only tell u TODAY! but eh. i oso got colours award rehersal. oh shit. heh. tmr then settle i guess. to make matters worse, tonight got world cup semis. hah!
im gg to be a full time mugger now! yeah!
on the same day itself, i played rugby for scc later in the afternoon. thought of keep in touch with the ball since i havent touched it all during the bt2 week. and that feeling of wanting to play as much rugby as i can before my operation which will most likely take at 2 mths to recover with intensive physiotheraphy. after all its a freaking ex op plus with a wrist specialist.. i better recover fast. played a team from scotland. eventhough we got whopped by them, i think it was a gd workout for me. dinner with the scottish boys were quite hilarious. the slang was initially hard to understand but wen u get the hang of it.. hearing the comments they make will totally amuse you. haha.
TODAY! was my debut apperance in the refereeing scene. haha. the game was at evergreen sec n it took me lots of trouble, pain n money jus to get there. basically the cab driver n i were lost. he was driving arnd the estate at the same time finding. after like 10 minutes circling arnd woodlands we gave up. thank god that a police station appeared out of nowhere n yes, we took directions from them. haha. reached there, checked the field.. quite uneven and hard. so i decided not to use my boots. as expected, the 3pm game had a sun that can kill one. haha.
the game i refereed was C dic game where raffles instution played bukit batok sec. any rugby player in spore can tell u this will most likely be a one- sided game. upon hearing my appoinment to tat game, i was quite scared la. like cummon, ur first time blowing a whistle n u take charge of a team which obviously is very good in rugby with intimidating coaches. haha. but im glad that the raffles n bukit batok coaches were quite friendly. as i took charge of the game, i was being accessed by mr sumadi. raffles being the fitter and more physically built dominated the whole game beating bukit batok 84-0 in 45 mins. my accessor was very happy with my performance with very little mistakes. so thats a thumbs up. haha. hopefully, i might get another appoinment. its really fun man. i will be taking charge of the techincal (laws of the game) side during my school inter- house competition. haha. interesting.
the best part was after the game, a nice parent from raffles sent me from woodlands all the way to my house bus-stop. its really nice of him! thanks! i would do anything to get out of that ulu woodlands place la. haha.
the pay was good too i guess although im not refereeing for the money. got $40 for like 1hr 15min. haha. my first pay!
alrites. gg to try n rest as much as i can cos tmr got combined schools game, semis against spore poly. n the best part is tat they only tell u TODAY! but eh. i oso got colours award rehersal. oh shit. heh. tmr then settle i guess. to make matters worse, tonight got world cup semis. hah!
im gg to be a full time mugger now! yeah!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
i didn't do anything much during the weekend. just stayed at home n rot. sat game was cancelled. poor planning by organisers. super pissed with them. trying to get this combined schools season over with as fast as possibe. strangely, i spent my whole sunday reading a book. haha. although, its very unlike me, i somehow enjoyed myself reading it.
one thing i notice about singaporeans is their lack of mannerism. i think this is one moral value that really needs to be worked on. most pple here are spoilt brats. they expect things to be given n served to them. very stupid. its not surprising why the number of youngsters that lack manners nowdays is vastly increasing because adults (seniors) themselves don't have such value.
take for example, i went to a shop in my estate to bind my notes n before me was this lady who was photocopying her daughthers exam papers. she gave the photocopying lady a thick stack on messy sheets of paper. soon after she left. the shop lady had to do so much work esp that night to print those stuff because her double side print function didnt work. so she had to print it manually thus taking an even longer time. i didnt bother trying to force her to hurry as i could already see she was so stressed up n rushing cos she too wanted to close her shop. when tat customer returned, the shop lady gave her all the photocopied stuff. n the customer started making noise cus bcos her notes wasnt in order. the photocopy lady (pl) told her that tat was wat the customer gave her. the customer then went to nag at her tat she shd acutally do it as part of her service. n scolded the pl. i was like what la. so rude. when she paid she slammed her money on the cashier to show her unhappiness. bloody rude.
sometimes wen i see all this pple, i have half the mind to tell them off. but better not.
theres no sch tmr n i hope i will go out. haha.
one thing i notice about singaporeans is their lack of mannerism. i think this is one moral value that really needs to be worked on. most pple here are spoilt brats. they expect things to be given n served to them. very stupid. its not surprising why the number of youngsters that lack manners nowdays is vastly increasing because adults (seniors) themselves don't have such value.
take for example, i went to a shop in my estate to bind my notes n before me was this lady who was photocopying her daughthers exam papers. she gave the photocopying lady a thick stack on messy sheets of paper. soon after she left. the shop lady had to do so much work esp that night to print those stuff because her double side print function didnt work. so she had to print it manually thus taking an even longer time. i didnt bother trying to force her to hurry as i could already see she was so stressed up n rushing cos she too wanted to close her shop. when tat customer returned, the shop lady gave her all the photocopied stuff. n the customer started making noise cus bcos her notes wasnt in order. the photocopy lady (pl) told her that tat was wat the customer gave her. the customer then went to nag at her tat she shd acutally do it as part of her service. n scolded the pl. i was like what la. so rude. when she paid she slammed her money on the cashier to show her unhappiness. bloody rude.
sometimes wen i see all this pple, i have half the mind to tell them off. but better not.
theres no sch tmr n i hope i will go out. haha.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Dive Pass vs Standard Pass
Let's look at the dive pass. In order to investigate the effectiveness of the dive pass, which is primarily used by halfbacks, a small study was conducted using several first-grade halfbacks. In this study a dive pass was compared to a standard clearing pass in terms of velocity at release, time to a target 10 metres away, and accuracy. It was found that the velocity at release was essentially the same, as was time to target. Accuracy was found to be slightly less for the dive pass.
Based on these findings it would seem that the only real advantage of the dive pass is that it is more effective at avoiding oncoming defenders, due to the movement of the halfback. Therefore this seems to be more of a tactical manoeuvre than an enchancement of the pass itself.
First let's look at velocity. The primary reason for the lack of an advantage is that in a standard pass the halfback is able to sequence their body segments and transfer their momentum to the ball. In the dive pass the halfback is not able to do this as effectively bacause they are airborne, and therefore unable to sequentially stop each segment, which in turn limits the amount of transfer of momentum to the ball. To compensate for this the halfback uses the initial velocity gained from the dive to give the ball some initial velocity prior to the acutal passing motion of the arms. Time to target is therefore no different because the velocities are quite similar.
As for accuracy, we need to look at the next principle, which is an extension of principle 3 (which is apply forces (i.e. ground reaction forces) in the direction of the desired change of motion (forward, sideways, up, down, etc.))
EXTENSION OF PRINCIPLE 3:
When trying to achieve accuracy, have as many segments moving in the desired direction of the movement as possible while limiting any motion in other directions.
During the dive pass there is a much greater potential for movement out of the line of motion of the ball, due to the high unstable position the halfback is in. One thing the above principle doesn't say is that it is very important to have a solid base of support when trying to achieve accuracy. During the normal clearing pass the halfback is usually fairly low to the ground and has his legs spread wide. This is a very stable position and gives a firm base from which to direct the necessary forces on the ball. It also allows for more effective transfer of the ground reaction forces than during the during the airborne phase of the dive pass. Therefore, the dive pass can be much more effective when under pressure from opposition, while the standard pass is generally more accurate method of passing the ball.
Taken from THE PHYSICS of FOOTIE, SMART TRAINING for RUGBY.
hm... the physics side of rugby.
Based on these findings it would seem that the only real advantage of the dive pass is that it is more effective at avoiding oncoming defenders, due to the movement of the halfback. Therefore this seems to be more of a tactical manoeuvre than an enchancement of the pass itself.
First let's look at velocity. The primary reason for the lack of an advantage is that in a standard pass the halfback is able to sequence their body segments and transfer their momentum to the ball. In the dive pass the halfback is not able to do this as effectively bacause they are airborne, and therefore unable to sequentially stop each segment, which in turn limits the amount of transfer of momentum to the ball. To compensate for this the halfback uses the initial velocity gained from the dive to give the ball some initial velocity prior to the acutal passing motion of the arms. Time to target is therefore no different because the velocities are quite similar.
As for accuracy, we need to look at the next principle, which is an extension of principle 3 (which is apply forces (i.e. ground reaction forces) in the direction of the desired change of motion (forward, sideways, up, down, etc.))
EXTENSION OF PRINCIPLE 3:
When trying to achieve accuracy, have as many segments moving in the desired direction of the movement as possible while limiting any motion in other directions.
During the dive pass there is a much greater potential for movement out of the line of motion of the ball, due to the high unstable position the halfback is in. One thing the above principle doesn't say is that it is very important to have a solid base of support when trying to achieve accuracy. During the normal clearing pass the halfback is usually fairly low to the ground and has his legs spread wide. This is a very stable position and gives a firm base from which to direct the necessary forces on the ball. It also allows for more effective transfer of the ground reaction forces than during the during the airborne phase of the dive pass. Therefore, the dive pass can be much more effective when under pressure from opposition, while the standard pass is generally more accurate method of passing the ball.
Taken from THE PHYSICS of FOOTIE, SMART TRAINING for RUGBY.
hm... the physics side of rugby.
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