Looking for a light

VJSG DSA Trials 2008

posted by Me @ 5:46 PM 0 comments

My Word of thanks

I think that many must be wondering why I havent said nothing for so long despite prob the one thing that I have wanted to attain all this while come true. Well, thing is I havent realli had time to process everything that has happened, and I dont think I can realli do any justice to the experience by puttingit in words.

But one thing I wanna do is to thank the people who made it possible.

In no particular order:

1) Mininho, the best vice-captain, friend, co-captain and running mate ever
2) Beng, for his amazing dedication and drive, plus being the one person whom i can crap absolutely anything with
3) The 2 Mr Tans for everything
4) Farah, for sticking through with us and helping me amazingly throughout
5) The year 2s, inclusive of the ppl like Viv, who helped with the scouting, Jo with her journalistic work, Jas, who came down so frequently, and Jing for helping with the post-its
6) The alumni, for the amazing amazing support u have shown, you are seriously the greatest bunch of girls ever and i hope you keep supporting us all the way
7) The girls:

Kuan Ren
Nat
Xiang
Bob
Lolo
Sne
Pei Qi
Azlin
Jie Min
Grace
Potz
Amelia
Wan Xin
Joan
Bethany
Xin Yi
Sherlyn
Sock Keng
Yi Xiu
Sabrina
Yan Bing
Gen
Pei Yi
Mel
Lisa
Grace Ling
Aline

Thank you for evrything girls, I realli cannot put into words how i feel about you guys, and I owe everything to you guys, I just want each and everyone of you to know that you have made a opstive and profound difference to my life and this story would not have been complete without you. I mean this to every single one on this list, thank you for everything realli.

8) To the coaches who have provided me with the encouragement, from VJ and from the other schools like Mr Sulaiman from RJ, my good friend Gerard and Gavin's dad
9) To the SAJC soccer girls for showing wat true football is all about, for pushing us all the way and for showing such admirable spirit throughout, I realli realli respect you lot and you bring glory to the school and the sport, although results may not have turned out your way, I hope you know you guys are winners in my book, if dat counts at all. We will meet again, God willing.
10) To anyone else who has helped me in one way or another
11) To you, for standing by me through thick and thin and giving me hope all this while, I could not have done this without you, you know who you are I am sure
12) To God, for forgiving me for my weaknesses and loving me in spite of everything I do not to deserve it.

Hmmm, im pretty sure in my rushed state I would have forgotten somebody and I do apologise for dat.

Lastly, just as an afterthought, I just wanna remind everyone that you should never forget who helped u in your success, I was a bit upset that the efforts of the coaches were overlooked by certain ppl whom i thought would not overlook it, but well its ok cos I know there are other who didn. Dats all, I wanna move on from this, though it deeply hurts me. But its never been about me.

Thank you to all who didn forget me, and for ppl who sent me those msgs of encouragement, it has helped me through so much and I will never forget you.

Out.

posted by Me @ 10:35 PM 0 comments

Its still hard to believe that it has almost been a year, and now we are back again at the finals. It was just yesterday when I woke up with nothing to do, no training, and most importantly with no gold medal in hand. I could not even feel sad cos I was just so empty, and there were so mnay thoughts running in my head dat it felt like there were none at all, ever had that feeling?

But now, about a year on, here I am, on the cusp of preparing for another final with the same team on the same pitch. I am sure you will ask me, can we win? My answer is yes, of course we can. We have a strong team, a strong bench, fire in our bellies and love in our hearts. Look for any championship winning team, and you will find just that.

Will we win? Well that is something that I have almost no say over. Tactics aside, there is not much that I can really do once the players cross over that white line and onto the pitch. I will do what I can, and the players will do what they can, other than dat, I can't say much.

Oh well, its coming soon, and things are going fine I believe, I have so much in my head but not really very motivated to write about it now, will catch up soon with what has happened.

Out.

posted by Me @ 10:12 AM 0 comments

I Know We Can

Every street is dark
And folding out mysteriously
Where lies the chance we take to be
Always working
Reaching out for a hand that wecan't see

Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me

Invitation to the last dance
Then it's time to leave
But that's the price we pay when we deceive
One another/animal mother
She opens up for free

Everybody's got a hold on hopeI
t's the last thing that's holding me

Look at the talkbox in mute frustration
At the station
There hides the cowboy
His campfire flickering on the landscape
That nothing grows on
But time still goes on
And through each life of misery

Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me

I heard this song today on scrubs, i think that show really rockscos in spite of all the humor, the lessons are so profound, and I am glad I get towatch it everyday at 2300 on Starworld, so much better now that I have something to look forward to something after a long day. Love the story, and this song is realli nice, by a band called "Guided By Voices".

I believe, so much, and I am looking forward to tomorrow. We can do it. I know we can.

Out.

posted by Me @ 12:10 AM 0 comments

240

Today has been absolutely tiring, and thing is I am still awake and have been studying for the past 3 hours, well that is until now. Today was a decent day, glad to see the match went our way in the end, and together with it everything good that comes. Now its all about wednesday and what we can do.

As I have always said, in knock-out situations, the form-book goes out of the window, so it is absolutely crucial to take NOTHING for granted and to up the level and the ante one more up. It just hit me, I have less than 240 hours left with this team, and I need to make the most out of it.

On another note, I hate pre-match days cos of the bouts of insomnia I go through. I tried everything I could short to taking sleping pills, but only fell asleep at 230am yesterday and was awake by 535am. Sad. I wish I was not so anxious and that I could have a good night's sleep. Haha.

Oh well, the next few days are gonna be crucial, I hope God watches over the team.

Out.

posted by Me @ 12:14 AM 0 comments