黄金海岸~

Q-deCk!

arrive at brisbane close to noon and finally met leona!!! after almost 10months since we bid farewell in tokyo.. it feels so great to see an old friend again.. =) we spend sometime of the train ride to nerang catching up with one another.. abt what we were doing in our lives etc..

look so yuMmy~

taste so too!

went to seaworld! it wasnt as huge and grand as i thought.. maybe after disney land and disney sea in japan.. everywhere i go, i wld get this feeling ba? =p its unbeatable.. the decoration and landscape is so pretty and i dont anywhere can match it..

seaworld~

went ard taking some rides b4 heading to the dolphin show.. which was quite gd.. but i still prefer the one at universal studio in osaka.. that show was full of impact and was quite thrilling..

dolphin show!
the calm b4 the storm.. we were quite drenched after this~

walked through the aquarium which was pretty tiny surprisingly.. i thot it wld be big.. that's why choose not to go the one in sydney.. but the water-ski show was quite brilliant.. too bad i was the only one watching for most parts of it.. the 3 of them went to get hotdogs.. and they took ages.. i felt pretty dumn watching alone.. can feel pple's pity eyes on me.. as if i was here on hol alone..

nice view~
beautiful sunset~
sun n moon at the same time~

Sea lion show~

nothing much happened that day.. except that leona + minchu cooked spaghetti for dinner.. it tasted ok lah.. but definitely not the best i have eaten.. =p but really appreciate them cooking~ havent ate anything cooked by a friend b4.. not to mention 2!! hehe~

look at their smile, know they must have poisoned it! haha~

was supposed to visit Tropical Fruit World this particular day but had to change plans to go Movie World because it rained! we actually got 1/65 of the rainy days gold coast experiences.. what are the odds man.. not that we gav up w/o a fight.. we figured the rain (and hailing/howling) would be done when morning ends and decided to push thru the plans.. but public transport there isnt feasible.. either not available or pretty steep on prices on cab (even from gold coast airport which is 15mins away from it!) we tried to rent a car for the day.. but as it was long weekend (cuz Queen's birthday's tmr), all the companies we called no more cars for us le..

mOviEworLd~

So anyway, we headed off to movieworld and reached only half hr late.. and once we were there, i was immediately disappointed.. i already had a bad feeling when i saw that "Lethal Weapon" was closed for the day. At the time, i wasnt sure what it was but just had the niggling feeling it might be the thrilling ride i was so looking forward to.. and so it was.. it's like a roller coaster.. just that, you dont sit in carrigges, its just a seat, and u are connected to the tracks from above.. the thrilling thing abt this ride is that it spins 360 left-right and top-down.. i missed it twice in Japan at Fuji-Q.. it so sian i missed it again here in goldcoast.. *sigh*

that aside, the first ride was absolutely mind-blowing! Superman escape was just the type of thrilling rides i was looking for.. super-fast, super-twists.. the free fall batman ride was not bad too.. just that it shoots up from bottom instead of dropping from the top, so not that scary.. but almost forgot that minchu was scared of these kind of free fall rides.. haha.. but didn't manage to catch much shows..only the hollywood stunt driver.. it was actually quite nice.. thought the reverse driving was pretty awesome but in the end, found out that the driver was actually driving forward, just that the car was modelled to look like it was backwards! how innovative~ so tts how they do it in movies.. not really engaging talented drivers.. this really helps widen my FX knowledge..


stunt driving~

the other rides were more or less similar as to the other theme parks.. just that there was backwards drop~ I've always wondered why they dont ever design rides which does this.. since there's already the conventional forward drop, it shldnt be too difficult to do a backward drop right.. but i've never sat on one before.. till today! so, it's a new experience~ and 彼女 particularly liked it.. when leaving liao still pestering that we go back and sit Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster again.. since the wild west fall makes u pretty wet.. still must wear poncho so troublesome..

Heath Ledger, alive!!!

haha.. we tried to rush to catch the Dracula's Cabaret show near Pacific Fair but when we reached, a long queue already formed and there wasn't anymore tix for the night.. but we managed to see the joker! he looks so alike Heath Ledger.. we were enquering and when we turned, he was there staring at us, attempting to scare us i guess.. haha..just disappointed i didnt take a pic with him, altho leona n minchu did.. overall.. was quite disappointed didnt manage to catch the show..

it was a pretty long journey down to Tropical Fruit world, and it wasnt that worth it? well.. the place doesnt exactly look like that from the brouchure.. but the fruits were pretty good. ate many fruits i dont know what, at the fruit tasting show.. the tour was quite comprehensive as well.. had a tour around the plantations on truck..

wrking the macadamia nut cracker~

then took a boat around the swamp.. we even played bball at treaure island.. haha.. it was fun~ there, we sat on a tram ride as well that went in a loop ard the island... the ride was pretty short since the place was small but it went pretty fast, so it was quite fun..

just that, i was seated kinda awkwardly? minchu sat the front most with leona behind her.. 彼女 was supposed to sit behind her then me, but this lady from kuwait asked 彼女 to sit in front of her instead.. leaving me just behind leona.. i mean.. im fine with it since my conscience is clear.. just that.. dont know how leona will think.. she must be thinking.. "why is he sitting behind me.. does he have any ulterior motive.. is he trying to take advantage of me..?" that's why i was quite piss with that lady..

yah, talking abt u.. what r u staring at..

okay.. i understand her situation.. i know women from middle east are more conservative on such matters.. but does she consider that we have constraints as well? plus.. its not like im sitting behind her.. im sitting in front of her.. what can i possibly do? its not only that.. i think their overall behaviour was quite bad.. they r so singaporean.. so kiasu one lo.. at the fruit tasting there, pile a whole mountain of fruits somemore (彼女说的!) ah well.. anyway, i guess leona wont be so suspicious of me de lah? 怎么说, we r friends.. i believe that she have trust in me.. right......? leona? =p

looks gd huh~

after coming back, had delicious sushi at a jap restaurant along the goldcoast highway.. then sent leona off at the bus stop.. so fast 3days over le.. we'll just have to see her in melbourne then.. sigh.. the next time we say goodbye to her again, will be like when we parted in japan.. dont know when then can meet again le.. sigh..

it says it all~

kinda lost as to what to do today. initially we planned to go 3 theme parks including the Wet and Wild Park, but since they werent all that keen on that, we totally dropped it and had a day free. Actually, i planned for this, but they werent all that interested in the art gallery and wax museum either.. and stadbroke island seems too far and too tiring to do for a last day programme in goldcoast. in the end, we went surfing! haha.. how could we not think of it. We are at the gold coast.. its surfer's paradise.. its a no brainer! and i was really thankful we did it. I totally enjoyed myself! it was so much fun.. actually being able to stand on the board n ride a wave is so exciting.. altho i stood, the wave wasnt that big so i didnt exactly ride that far.. but the feeling was awesome..

haha.. i look like some stupid flying bird~

haha.. but the paddling out to the sea before the surf was so tiring! i havent work my arms that hard since sometime ago.. towards the end, dont even move much when i paddle lo.. haha.. so embarrassing.. but in all, it was a really great experience.. i will definitely wanna do this again~ too bad Leona wasn’t here to do this with us.. I bet she would love it~

this is the real me! =p
class pic~

goNe dOwnUndEr~

finally we arrived at sydney! after some 11hrs.. oh man.. it was such a long flight! well.. not entirely on the plane cuz we transit at perth for abt 2hrs? yeah.. but dont get me started on perth.. i was kinda angry? but more anxious lah.. at first when alight thought got loads of time cuz flight out to sydney was only at 410 but when we alight, only 2pm. Who knows customs at perth international took so long.. plus, they had to check this n that.. to verify if food is not contaminated n such.. oh man.. we almost didnt make it to the gate at perth domestic cuz after we checked in, still kenna check for some explosive trace experiment or something.. come on, we look anxious n flustered (and thus suspicious?) because we may not catch our plane, not tt we'r some terrorists!

museum station! looks like from narnia~ haha..

went to University of Sydney first thing in the morning.. had a somewhat diff time finding the uni itself cuz train system was rather diff to read? but when we reached, it was so worth it~ the buildings were exactly as i heard/read/seen.. although only a few lah.. haha.. but they were so beautiful.. esp the madsen building and the quadrangle.. they look like they came straight out of the pages of harry potter.. first narnia then harry potter! what a magical day~



the quadrangle~quidditch anyone?

met minchu for lunch at circular quay, finally she arrived! was lost for a good hr trying to find The Rocks, a famous shopping area.. like.. Orchard road lydat lo.. only managed to successfully locate it after lunch, so pretty late liao.. din manage to do much tho.. walked thru the flea market.. but nothing really caught my eye.. apart from the tempting corn stick (which i gobbled up w/o 2nd invitation.. =p)..

love these quotes~

since we were near the harbour.. we went to see the Sydney Opera house and the bridge. they were so pretty.. well.. sometimes.. cuz the opera house was covered in weird colours most of the time! think now they have some festival where they will proj diff lightings/colours onto buildings after 6pm daily.. yeah.. they wanted to spice things up.. but.. nah.. quite ugly leh.. haha.. or maybe i dont have 艺术细胞吧.. =p

this.. still looks not bad lah..
looks like its poisoned!!! haha~

u think?

sydney harbour bridge~

headed out to blue mountains the next day. first drove through olympic park but there wasnt much to see.. quite boring.. took a nap all the way till we reach some misty field in the middle of the mountains.. caught sight of as many as 4 kangeroos.. quite cute.. but bet we'll be seeing more of those..

so cute~

embarked on some mini hike to wentworth falls.. it was so cold~ but what's worst is the ground is so muddy and wet.. made my shoes and jeans so dirty.. and it doesnt help that the our guide driver kept walking so fast we didnt even have the time to take in the scenery.. just occupied with stepping on a solid, dry piece of land to move forward.. but the lookout at many points were quite nice tho..

finally reached blue mountains after lunch.. we choose to walk down the mountain before taking a railway back up.. the route was almost as dirty as that before lunch..and sianz is that couldnt see the 3 sisters at all cuz there was too much fog and mist.. the only things nice was the witches leap, with the human-looking face rock behind the watefalls..

witches leap~

and the waterfalls at vera grotto.. the walk at the bottom of the mountain was quite nice too.. but the railway up the mountain was really scary.. the slope was so steep.. been a long time since i walked so much in a day! tired~

180degrees railway

had a terrifically sumptuous breakfast at sydney fish market! it was absolutely delicious and cheap! only drawback was no sashimi to eat wor.. cuz the store we went to only serves it on weekends..

oishii~

omg! its so tempting~

sianz.. took the ferry to manly beach.. haha.. i dont know.. the name itself is so funny.. but we didnt go bondi beach cuz its famous.. yeah.. cuz it wld be so crowded it wld be ptless to head out there.. although it maybe great to see some naked bodies?

=p rented bikes to tour ard the island, which was so essential cuz the place’s pretty huge. Even with bikes, we only managed to go to this place which was previously an arty barrack, and a lookout point at the north heads, which had absolutely stunning view of the ocean and Sydney City.

north heads~
sydney city~

took a train up to parramatta cuz apparantly the train ride has scenic views.. but we 3 ended up sleeping all the way! haha.. met up with minchu's friends there.. tricia and arnaldo.. apparantly she knew them from work at esplanade because they were performing artistes and did some performances just awhile ago..

hilarious~

we met them at the visitor information center and just nice all their work were on exhibition there! they gave us a tour of the place and their works, it was so brilliant! if we had walked through them on our own and see and read, we wont know a single thing!

the band~
one of their wrks~

its so diff when pple give talks abt them.. and the staff there knew them and occasionally talked to them, i felt like a vip! its like.. we are so impt that they are actually showing us ard in person! after that we went to check out a arts studio b4 heading to max brenners for coffee and chill out.. then we head to the jetty to catch the ferry back to sydney..

parramatta jetty~

in a way, it was kinda.. disappointing? cuz we didnt go many places in parramatta.. didnt do much shopping too.. ah well.. i tink its lydat if u meet friends? if we were meeting leona or amy, or any friend which i am close to, i wont mind not doing anything the whole day too.. cuz the company's what's most impt.. =)

they look so yummy!

sat ferry again! im getting sea sick when im not on the boat liao lo.. haha.. keep feeling that im swaying left and right.. but i like the concept of having a zoo at an island off the main city.. it feels so cool.. like jurassic park? yeah.. caught the sea lion and seals performance first.. quite impressive.. its better than sg's show? but i think quite normal when compared to hk or tw's zoo.. we also caught a bird show, not unlike the one we caught at sentosa.. here got better view tho.. haha.. from where we were, we could see the sydney harbour bridge and the opera house! imagine that for a view for the animals.. hmm.. then again? a good view to them may be mountains and forests.. haha.. we walked ard w/o much fuss.. the place's quite nice.. but i still think sg's zoo is much better.. but of course they have animals that we dont.. like koalas.. kangeroos.. wombats.. basically the australian animals.. but i love them the cute ones so much esp the meerkat, kawaii!

the meerkat!

but the funniest moments of the day has to go to 彼女.. we went searching for the wombat because we didnt get to see the platypus.. at the tunnel, minchu and her were further up front in the cave because i wanted to capture some pics of the rat.. then i heard a scream "ahhhhhhh". omg i thought a tiger/snake escaped from its enclosure or something.. when i got there.. its because a kangeroo suddenly jumped out.. i hope the kangeroo didnt die of heart attack. =p

on the way back, past by the opera house again.. still think it looks best when its pure white in the day.. =p

im breaking up the australia's post cuz its a damn long post.. later jm say i verbal diarrhoea again.. haha.. so i guess that's all for now.. stay tuned for the next post at gold coast! if there's anyone reading at all! haha..

raNdoM~

im hardly so random.. and i seldom skip the timeline.. but the australia post will take some time (its a freaking 3weeks long holiday okay!).. so here are some random stuff for anyone who is still visiting my blog.. =p

just last week, i went to the post office to drop off some parcels to be sent overseas.. when i came out of the post office, a merc turned into the carpark just in front of me.. its not really a carpark anyway.. just a small space provided for the customers of the post office.. there were 2 spaces.. a visitor's lot, plus a handicap's lot.. he duly decided to parked.. in the handicap's one.. i was like.. what? as i walked to my car (which was just beside his lot), he was reversing in.. and so close to my car i was so giah lah.. i looked at the driver and he's like.. 15? haha.. ok.. 夸张.. but prob just pass those kind.. and when i say that, i mean in terms of age and points. then, for a moment, i was so excited cuz i thought i saw a wizard, i thought that the HP world is actually real! cuz i saw him drawing circles with his fingers in midair.. i thot he's trying to make his car move.. but he was actually figuring out which direction to turn the steering wheel.. omg! haha.. okay, i shall not laugh cuz i aint an expert driver too (i still have yet to learn how to drift!!!) but boy he needs lots of practise.. =p

i came back from australia on er..19th and 20th im out on the roads le.. hearing whispers of "irresponsible" but it doesnt bother me.. cuz i know its illogical.. when my mum picked me from the airport, she was also saying i should stay home for the next 7 days. At that time, all i can think of is that its another one of her ploy to try to get me to stay at me (atm, im not a very homely person u see..=p) and i scoffed at that suggestion. And the more i thought about it, the more illogical i thought it was. The assumption is that i may have the "deadly virus"? and shld quarantine myself and not spread it others in the society.. but imagine this.. if im at home, my family members are constantly in contact with me (or the things i touch) and are highly susceptible to the virus i have (or supposed to have). So, what's the point of me staying at home and them going out to spread the virus? true, 3pple spreading the virus is in a way better than 4, but i think its just an attempt to lock me in (its abit sad that im too paranoid when it comes to my mum). but anyway, i was worried too cuz b4 we left, leona's sis was coughing very badly and if she had it, i would definitely hav it. i was meeting my friends constantly, and i didnt wanna be the one to infect them and *gasp!* cause their death!!! haha.. so i went to the doc the tuesday i came back and he said i was fine! there! a sigh of relief~ its almost 2weeks since we left melbourne liao.. hope tiffany's okay~

anyway, as i was saying.. i went out the next day after i touched down.. shop shop ard town area and there was this hokkaido fair at Lido~ bought a packet of scallops (and surprise 2 more from 彼女 just a few days ago~ yum~) but they didnt have the 白い恋人.. too bad! bumped into ks and shiyin as we were walking in the underpass away from lido.. so qiao.. but i didnt see him.. 彼女 saw him de.. then later on the walkway opp HMV, bumped into ian and doreen.. its like.. twice in a day.. no.. twice in a night! what r the odds.. then again.. its in town plus its sat nite.. and singapore is how big only.. but the thing was its 彼女again who saw them, not me. which got me thinking.. 或许, sometimes (or maybe all the time), pple i know actually 与我插身而过, just that im not observant and dont notice them at all.. there are many pple who i havent seen in a very long time and sometimes i wonder.. singapore is how small.. how come i never bump into them anywhere? maybe this is why.. bloody small eyes.. haha..

but i met fong ytrdae! went to sch to collect my commencement gown! graudation day is on the 11th!! so happy.. im officially graduating! but hmm.. still jobless.. abit sad.. =( anyway, i was driving out of the SRC carpark and he was running.. at first thought he was running to the bus stop, but after that then i know that he was running to clementi or dover MRT (part of his own training regime - running to places he's going). but since so qiao we met, he hopped on the car and i gave him a lift to queensway cuz i wanna go look at bags (he still ran to queensway mrt from there anyway).. we catch up abit on each other's lives and i was just lucky to see him cuz i have yet to pass him his NUS Soccer disc. managed to get him to help me pass to wq as well.. 真好~ b4 we parted at the carpark, he was so excited to see me that he offered to say a prayer for me, and i duly let me even tho i aint a christian. i couldnt rem exactly what were his words.. cuz he spoke for very long.. but he practically covered everything, from job search to love life to wellness to satisfaction in life.. it was actually very touching.. i can hear the sincerity in every single word.. i cant thank him enough.. for all his eccentricities.. im still glad i managed to have met someone like him. actually, not like him. just him. =)

its aLivE~~~

alrightz.. time to wipe the dust off this place and start to keep things clean and proper.. hopefully there are still people visiting once in awhile? =p its been a crazy few months.. that explains the lack of posts.. haha..

it's close to impossible to talk abt everything in detail.. ( well, actually i can do it, but i guess no one really gives a shit..) so i'll just give a brief overview of what's happening with me nowadays..

well.. continuing from last post.. NUS ARE CHAMPIONS! yeap.. we beat nyp 1-0 to claim the championship for the first time in history! in a way, it was the perfect ending to my life in nus..


champions 2009~

then, endured a frantic end to the semester with all the mad rush of deadlines.. i always thought i was "old" and could no longer endure sleepless nights.. since ORD, if i didnt sleep for a night, i wld knock out by 12 noon the next day.. but through the last weeks of the sem, i realise i could go for 2days sleeping just 3hrs.. well.. not w/o lots of coke.. hehe.. yeah.. that period got me addicted to coke again and now, i am going through hell trying to kick it..

started job hunting after exams and apply optimistically for Lucasfilm.. probably the one and only company of my heart's desire.. it's the only place i wanna be at.. i know the job will be tough.. wrking long hrs.. pay may not be reflective of the work.. but i know i will enjoy it there.. imagine working on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Or.. Batman.. i've always wanted to do this kind of wrk.. ever since i saw the scene in Pirates of the Carribean.. where johnny deep reached into the moonlight, and his flesh morphed into skeleton.. and unexpectedly, i got a call from them to complete an assignment! i have never been so excited in my life for such a long time.. i wanted to run around blindly and scream out to the world.. i just couldnt believe it.. but deep inside, i told myself.. im not there yet.. i still have the assignment.. i brought on the cokes, work through nights.. hoping this wld be the defining moment.. heading off to my grad trip to australia with lots of hope..

i assume that if they were satisfied with it, an interview wld follow.. but i never got THE CALL. I dont know why.. i thought it was pretty well done.. i put in alot of effort.. but my hands got itchy and when i viewed my assignment again.. i knew what was wrong.. its pretty complicated.. but in a nutshell.. how it turned out in Quicktime (the format they wanted) and how it was on RealPlayer (the player i checked with) was different. Very. well.. the offer (tho its an apprenticeship first) prob wont come anymore since the course is starting on july 4th. *sigh*

still job hunting other jobs in the meantime.. tho i wld love to wrk in the movie industry, with special effects and everything.. i know that my first job doesnt have to be something i absolutely love. i dont mind doing game design.. or game programming.. or even norm programming as software engin or developer.. im very flexible.. 我一直相信，男子汉能屈能生.. maybe i take on something i dont enjoy doing for now.. but in time to come.. i will try again for what i really love doing..

for the time which i m unemployed.. i intend to do relief teaching first.. 坐着没事做总觉得有些不自在.. hopefully, some sch will take pity on me and hire me soon ba.. =p

Soccer Finals~

yes! finally, there is update on the exact date of the IVP soccer finals~

after some 2 months, RP has finally managed to find out when exactly will our beloved president be free to watch some pretty football. Maybe he's too bz trying to help SG deal with the recession.

If you want to watch, mark this on your calendar
April 6, 515pm, RP

wish me luck! =)

我搞错了？

现在凌晨3点多了。。但，一点睡意也没有。。
心，有点烦。。今天做了一件事。。
看似非做不可，但想起来又有点小题大做。。
我会如此，也只是因为我在这队中投资了许多感情。
若说有能者居之， 我现在是有点怀疑自己的能力。。

History Has Been Made

ファイナルに入れる！！！NUS is through to the finals!!! よかった！

Drew with CombineITE 1-1 last friday and beat them 5-3 on penalties~ 谢谢所有为我加油的朋友！

This marks the first time NUS has ever made it to the finals, or for that matter, the first time ever, any university has ever made it to the finals.. i feel so proud and honoured.. especially of it happening this year..

celebration scenes~

It was such a wonderful feeling.. even thinking about it now still makes my day~ =）but still, nothing has been achieved. Everyone who has been or is involved in sports will tell you that nobody ever remembers who finished second. If you are not champions, no matter which position you end up, you r still a loser. So, when the finals come in the last week of March (do come support if you can!), 我们会全力以赴的！一定要把王者NYP从宝座上拉下来！
改朝换代的时候来临了！！！

Attached below is a match report (from NUS Soccer)
pardon the internal jokes~ =p
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After much hype surrounding the Semi-Finals Match between long-time achievers CombineITE and National University of Singapore (NUS), NUS came back from the dead, from being 1-0 down, to defy the odds to book a ticket to the SR Nathan Finals match to be held in late March.

CombineITE started the match in their usual swashbuckling fashion, pouring men forward into attack whenever they can, but the defenders of NUS stood high and tall, repelling everything that was thrown at them. Most eye-catching of them all has to be Rafi "Makelele", who kept the rising star of Singapore football quiet and subdued for the whole match. Or rather, for as long as he was on the pitch, as the coach of CombineITE finally realised that, although "Makelele" hasn't featured in any game in the season b4 today and after being interviewed admits to "have never played in the position b4", he is indeed one of the best defensive midfielder plying his trade in the beautiful game.

By the time half-time came, the 2sides were locked in a stalemate with NUS registering 0 shots on goal but yet dealt with the attacking threat of CombineITE comtfortably, apart from a shot by striker Nizam that trickled along the goal line and off to safety after NUS's miraclely-cured goalkeeper Harpreet the "Shaky Knee" palmed a shot away and unfortunately into his path. However, disaster strucked less than 5mins into the 2nd half as CombineITE captialised on some uncharacteristic mis-communication in the backline by curling a shot into the left bottom corner of the gk's goal.

However, aided with the never-say-die attitude and fighting spirit of the NUS players, NUS clawed their way slowly back into the game, with Fabiano Tan wowing the supporters and the WAGs in the stands with some neat footwork, turning and squeezing through even with 2 defenders paying him close attention in the middle of the park.

However, it was the player Real Madrid has been targeting this whole season who made a difference when he came on as a sub. Cheng-Cheng-Cheng-Cheng-Cheng took on 9 players on the left flank, cut into the box and shot past the goalkeeper, hit the post and the ball deflected off the 10th player into the empty net. After looking at this display, Real Madrid have now officially come in with a bid for the flamboyant striker, as NUS manager Sean Tan confirms just hours ago. "NUS has received a fax from president-less Real Madrid regarding the availability of striker Fu Chengwei in a bid of nothing less than what has been offered to Kaka by Manchester City. We are assesing the situation but would like to keep him at least till the summer as not only is he a tremendous player, he has also learnt how to celebrate goals properly instead of swearing at fellow team-mates."

With the tie locked at 1-1, the teams played out to a rough and scrappy extra-time. CombineITE, having been frustrated by NUS galient efforts, were starting to panic and resorted to rough tactics to intimidate their so-called "lesser" opponents. The one who suffered the most has to be Mark "Ah Beng" Koh, who with his striking streaks-of-blond hairdo and brand new flashy boots, attracted most of the fouls and verbal abuse, especially from the captain of CombineITE.

An exciting penalty shootout ensued, which saw NUS's "Shaky Knee" saved a kick, while the other 4kickers of NUS putting the balls in with relative ease and confidence. With the last round of the 5kicks to be taken, the score stood at 4-3 to NUS. Up step Sudhi, "I-finally-wore-my-scoring-boots", who blasted NUS into the finals of the SR Nathan Cup for the very first time in history, along with euphoria and cheers that can be heard ringing throughout the night. The come back was completed and CombineITE finally paid the penalty.

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A more accurate match report can be found here instead: Sport On =p

能不能赢场足球赛靠。。。。。

一包鸭饭?

i know it sounds insane, but at least for this season so far, its been true! okay, to be fair, its not only the lunch, its also the small little details like playing my ritual song on the way to the match, and the song must start exactly when i move off and i must cease my engines exactly when it ends, etc..

take the first match against NTU, all these i did (at that time not knowing which routine will lead to a win, i just do, and make necessary changes for future matches).. and who knows, chengwei came up with a stunning 1st min goal against kevin, a keeper i always thought was one of the best keepers i have played with/against. but in the 2nd match against NYP, when i go buy my lunch.. there was actually no 叉烧 wor.. in the end, at the game, one of our impt players andy couldn't play cuz of injury (andy = 叉烧 ? haha). when i left for the game, i forgot about the song, and only turn it on some distance after i left home.. i let chris take the warm up instead of conducting it myself.. in the end, we lost the game.. yes, we defended well.. but the 2goals we let in were silly.. it was disappointing..

in the morning of the 3rd game just played recently, andy sms-ed me to say he still cant play cuz his knee still hurts.. but when i went to buy lunch, surprisingly there was 叉烧! n guess what, he did play in the game (although only the first half)! i carefully followed my routine throughout the day, reading newpaper while enjoying my lunch.. packing my bag, thinking about the game while resting on the bed.. and we then went on to a 2 goal lead in a first half which we could have gotten more.. although they did pull one back halfway through the 2nd half, we managed them well to be in a good position ahead of the next game on monday.

i haven't told any1 else about this thinking of mine, because i know they will say im insane, that its dependent on so many factors, more on-field than off-field.. that im superstitious and such.. i know because i can see that in 彼女の目when i mentioned this to her.. u can practically see the disbelief appearing in it.. the words 神经！must have ran through her mind countless times.. and im sure tts how pple will see me, because seriously to be honest, i think its crazy too!

but people don't realise how important soccer is to me.. esp this yr.. when i have to duty n responsibility to lead the team to success.. since training began last sem in preparation for this tournament, my parents have been saying, "how can u cope soccer with ur studies now that u r in yr4.." "why don't u give up soccer?" "sometimes, u have to sacrifice somethings.." my mum, im okay because she has been nagging at me for everything/nothing for like.. forever.. but im especially disappointed in my dad for saying that because all my life, he's been telling me to do what i like.. but now.. sigh.. even 彼女 has complained that i waste my time because on match days, i won't do anything at all except prepare for the game mentally.. (haha.. look who's talking huh? who's the one who like to sit on the bed all day n stone de~ =p)

some others, say that i should be busy looking for a job instead of playing.. they r probably just joking.. but still, the remarks stands out.. even my teammates don't treat it as impt as i do.. now that sch has started, some didn't come training the day b4 the match due to lects.. i didn't attend 3 lessons in total, just to be at training/matches.. im not saying im noble or what.. but its only the first week of sch.. i think missing 1 or 2 lects won't hurt that much right.. taking into acct the tournament may very well be over as soon as this coming monday if we lose, even if we progress to semis, it will all come to an end in jan if we didn't get into the finals.. it is an extremely short tournament.. cant they just sacrifice 1 or 2 lects? its probably the fact that pple have different priorities ba.. =)

but yeah, true.. today, i should be doing up my resume (lost it when my hard disk crashed!) preparing to send out to a few companies liao.. i bet the emails on job offers would be coming in real soon.. i don't wan to not b able to apply for jobs just because im too busy with my schwrk to do up my resume.. haha.. i resolve to accomplish it tmr! hope i can keep to my promise this time because i did promise myself i would do it ytrdae.. and today after training.. but look where all those promise got me to.. hehe.. =p actually.. even if i don't get it done tmr.. i guess im fine with it.. because what's impt is the match on monday.. as mad as it sounds, all im hoping for is some叉烧 to go along with my 鸭饭.. and remembering to do every little preparation right because right now.. its all that matters to me..

a dAy baCk in timE

today, i experienced a day as if i were back as a child.. all thanks to 彼女 who got me such a great gift for christmas - a lego cHeSs sEt! its like.. oh-my-god!!! haha.. i know i have been eyeing it for awhile.. but i really didn't expect it! It was so huge.. and so pricey... i know i may have said that this might not be the best of time to have it (since i do not have my own home and the space to display it) but i do really really appreciate it because i really wanted this..
ありがとう～ = >

but how it all began was really funny.. apparantly, it was supposed to be a surprise gift for me on christmas day.. but blur 彼女 didn't realise that the packaging would be so huge and hEavy! so, in the end, a few days b4 christmas, she had to lure me to the toy store opp eng wah @ suNtec to carry it home myself! haha..

anyway, so here i was today at home with 彼女 building lego sets! it may seem kid-ish to some.. but i loved playing with lego when i was young.. and i really miss my lego sets since all were kinda destroyed when i moved house.. so even though we took like 5hrs plus to complete it, i really enjoyed myself and had a fantastic time~

eMpty begiNniNg~halfway tHru~

aLmoSt thEre~
its doNe~

as usual, more pics on facebOok (tho not much more~ haha)

有人说

just reached back Singapore on Sunday from the AUG competition in KL.. was on the bus back when I was thinking all about the life I’ve had in these 24 years.. many regretful saddening times.. but many wonderful happy times too! What’s below was roughly what went through my mind that day..

有人说。。人生有如一个巴士车程。。

当我们还是幼小婴儿的时候，我们才刚在巴士转换站乘搭这辆通往死亡的巴士。那时候的我们根本没办法选择我们所要乘搭的巴士，只好任由迁带我们的守护者做这个决定。起起初初，车程只有同样那几个人陪伴着。。这些人都是由巴士总站的经理推选的，无知的我们根本无权过问。

过了好几个车站没停后，巴士终于在某一站停下来了。这一定是个很热闹的地方，因为有许许多多未曾见过的面孔，都上车了。刚开始，他们都坐得远一些。但过不久后，有些人与我的距离逐渐缩短了。这是如何发生的呢？说起来也奇怪，这都靠一些“羽毛”和在巴士内滚来滚去的一粒球。=p

可是，正当大家玩得不亦乐乎之时，D同班的守护者因为要换坐另一个更舒服的椅子而把他叫去了。很不幸的，我就这样和D同伴慢慢疏远了。虽然偶尔转个头还能看得见对方。。有时喊一声依然能听得到对方。。但事实就是如此，距离一旦来开，关系也会跟着淡化。。

在今年夏天的时候，巴士转进了一个非常陌生的地方。那儿漆黑一片，身旁的同伴都好像消失了一样，只有一些穿着非常奇异，非常亮的人上车了。虽然有一点心惊胆战，但很刺激，有趣，好玩。。可以说。。是一种冒险吧！在这个冒险里，认识了7名要好又谈得来的伙伴。。真是太棒了~ 直到巴士回到熟悉的地方之时，我才发觉到他们都差点儿下车了。。这时的他们都坐在巴士的另一端，想说个话都难。少了这些同伴在身旁似乎少了些乐趣。。

当然，在途中，有人上车，也必定有人下车的。但最惨的是，the people whom you want company with, wish to get off..

很多时候，我感觉到，有某些乘客想坐离我远一些，甚至有一种感觉，他们已不愿和我同在一辆巴士上。我很迷惑，我究竟做了些什么(或是我没做什么？)， 得遭受这种待遇？说实在地，不是我不要脸，但我认为我待朋友一向来都很不错，没亏待他们，但为何他们会有如此反应呢？我真的觉得有点不公平。。

以前，我试曾挣扎过，硬拉着想下车的人的手，不愿放开。。另一伴有时会笑着对我说我傻，说：“一个人努力但没有任何成果，值得吗？” 对，或许吧。。我一直以为这是一种友谊的象征，以为这将会证明我多么珍惜我的同伴。。以为到头来，我的好意他们会心领的。。但。。我累了。。孤掌难鸣。。我根本就跟不上这种付出但没回报的友情。。可是，反过来看，这未曾不是一件好事？在挣扎中，我也似乎有所领悟。。其实，如果是朋友的话。。就是要他们高兴，快乐不是吗？如果没有我的生活会让他们如此。。那我就不在乎。。我将慢慢松开他们的手。。让他们追随他们所要乘搭的巴士。。或许过几个站后，我们会在不同的巴士上向对方挥手。。

所谓“有得必有失”。。巴士停在第17站时，幸好来了个K同伴，一直到现在的车程，依然陪伴着我。我们有许多聊不完的话题，出门逛逛走走都很愉快。。有时DE同伴一块儿3人组也一样好玩。。但，我俩说远不远，说近也不太近。因某些约束，我俩似乎隔着一个空位，而他和另一个W乘客却能肩并着肩，有说有笑地享受车程。过了24年，我只希望我的好朋友的好朋友是我。。可要达成这小小心愿似乎有些困难。。

过了24站后，坐在离我最近的守护者已全变了。。这，是我没料到的事。现在的守护者已不是开车时那几名了。。只有我几个要好的同伴与另一半。。

现在，巴士已靠近崎岖道路的尾端，只差那么一点点，一切都会过去的。。望向车外， 天空虽然明亮。。但，离我靠近的风景好模糊。。看得我眼花缭乱，什么也看不清。。或许是巴士开得太快的关系吧？可能需要叫巴士司机加慢一些些。。那时，外面的风景可能会更迷人也说不定。。

虽然已知车程的终站会是在哪里。。但对于眼前的道路，还有点犹豫不决。。有点不知所措。。尽管如此，知道我身旁有关心我的守护者陪着我。。我也欣慰了。。