Confessions Of A Legend

Saturday, May 31, 2008

thu:
npcc camp. 1st day. came at arnd 3. dey were doing drills. at 1st, i din noe wad areas i cud help in. den asked aaron abt my rights. can advice n scold. cannot give commands n punish. well. gd enuf for me. but din maximise my rights. jus used a bit here n dere.

aft tt, wash up. went out to chat wif zul, isk n nas. a few of their pals were present too. had a hell of a laugh. den went in to hav dinner. quite nice actually. catered by de western stall.

den was night games. went round wif shar. de cameraman. dere was dis blindfold game in a class. shar said "somebody's gonna get hurt". dreadfully, someone did. she hit her chin on de edge of a desk. all ur fault ah shar. go n curse ppl. haiyo. n i tried to get her name right. wad was it again? juvienchia or sth liddat. cool name huh.

went round to c other grps. i sang a few songs for 1 of de games which required some singing. aft a hard time trying to get shar's decision of whether wanting or not to go home. aaron n i went w/o him.

1:13 pm

wed:

my dad's birthday. everyone came. except for my 2nd bro. hu's prolly bz. sis-in-law bought a choc cake from prima deli. n for de 1st time in 60 yrs, my dad blew candles on a cake. haha. he has nvr done so b4. when buying de cake, my lil niece cutely thought of buying 8 candles. u noe wad tt means rite? haha.

1:10 pm

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

here r some pics from sunday's training session:

Nike Commercial

World Cup 2010 Promo

a powerful rembat by ridz

the fly...

yeah, i noe. my dive was funny. haha. but i jus wanna save de ball. picture perfect is not important.

11:36 am

ytd:
went to de s'pore food expo at s'pore expo hall 5. wif mum n bro. most of e food was non halal. haiyo. i ate japanase pizza n kebab. tried virtually all de halal testers available. we also bought a packet of shrimp dunnoe-wad after i tested everything tt de stall displayed. haha.

today's de last day. go lah. wif an empty stomach of course. if dun wanna buy, jus test everything. all de testing can make u full oready.

11:32 am

Monday, May 26, 2008

sun:
went to train wif ridz at 10.30am. at mjc. but having such a magnificient turf, de pitch was booked. 9-11 for 1 match den 11-1 for another. we watched de 1st match till final whistle. we den went to our usual ground Casuarina Pri. we weren't allowed to move de posts. unlike last wk. trained till 12. went for break till 1. we walked to de minimart beside pasir ris crest sec with our full kit still on. i din wanna take off de gloves cos we had such a tough time putting dem on. ppl luked at us as if we were crazy. honestly, i tink tt we do luk so. haha. went back to training base at 1. trained again till 5. after tt, had a well-deserved big gulp. yummy.

8:37 pm

Sunday, May 25, 2008

sat:

tried finding interviewees for PW. hell sia. most of de websites only give nos., no names. how to interview? stupid. wanted to go to npcc. help out in planning de camp. seriously, dis yrs camp will hav nth to rmb for. nth major in de camp. surely, it'll b a slacky wan. come on npcc. we r now gold unit. maintain it!

anyways, no time to go. so jus continued my part of PW. at 2, went to lucky plaza wif ridz n mbk to play pool. attempted to meet ying ying at de levi's dere, but dun hav. so, nvm. went straight up to play pool. 2 rounds. for de 1st time, i won all my matches. tyco actually. haha. no doubt, a fun time.

at 4.45, left for simei. to train wif Division 7 outfit, Simei Utd FC. under its trainee programme. jus to improve my fitness n technique. trained till 7. slacked arnd at eastpoint for a lil while. went home.

8:31 pm

fri:
supposed to do e-learning. but since dere's technical problems n tt de resources r made available throughout de whole holidays, y not we slack arnd. played fifa in de morning till fri prayers.

aft prayers, went to bedok library to find books related to spas. for PW. aft tt, went to sportslink to get a knee guard. all tt diving has caused a lot of damage to my knees. went home.

at 5+, went out. street45. we were not a our best. lost game after game. i played for a few other teams as well. dose w/o anyone willing to b a gk. during daytime, a team wif a kid gk conquered. wad a tactic. using sympathy to stop us frm rembating. smart. during nightime, dere was no conquering of any sorts. baby only sat dere. bcos dere was no light, we went somewhere else. where ppl can clearly see his quality. dere was some light. but only for a few mins.

8:16 pm

Thursday, May 22, 2008

jus finished e-learning. stupid sia. always lagging n jamming. if it was a smooth flow, i would've been gd. but stuck here, dere n everywhere.

my mum tot it was weird n tt de schs nowadays hav nth better to do. furthermore, she kept scolding n cursing de lecturers tt appeared on the portal. haha. had a hard time concentrating while laughing at her jokes.

but i'll hav to give credits to mjc for attempting to make our learning more fun n relaxing. i was half-naked while listening to de lectures. can't do tt everyday huh. haha. i bet some students were even smoking while e-learning. don't tink i dunnoe eh.

congrats to man utd for winning de champions league. after 14 penalties. omg. u gotta do better than tt fergie, considering tt grant is a rookie. honestly, it would've been sweeter if chelsea had won. cos grant is a nobody. den suddenly, 1st season oready won champions league. i mean, jus for commentory's sake.

hope tt next season, de cup goes back to where it truely belongs-Anfield.

7:39 pm

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

we r de champions..my frens...
(as if i played liddat)

congrats to de MJC soccer team! for winning de 'a' division. well-deserved victory.

dere were 2 dunmanites in de registered squad. kenji n edmund. edmund aka ah seng played in de finals after proving his quality during de semis. he did a fine job.

we scored 1st during a scramble at de opp's box. den dey equalised wif a sweet lobbing shot which no goalkeeper could've saved. den mahdi's cross was connected by hyder wif a header, scoring wad was to b de winning goal. mjc's offside trap was a huge gamble but dey always worked due to good refereeing. ah seng's poor handling was taken advantage of by vjc but de shot only managed to hit de bar. dere were 3 more shots hitting de woodwork 2 by vjc n 1 by mjc. all of dem gave us suspense. towards de end of de match, vjc fought on n refused to give up. fatigue was clearly seen when 3-4 mjc players were subbed out. de last 15 mins saw vjc whacking shot after shot. but only into de safe hands of de custodian, ah seng.

when de final whistle was blown. we all shouted lik nvr b4. we were cheering n dancing lik nobody's business. de soccer team were jumping wif joy drawn on their faces. a well-deserved victory aft 2 yrs of 2nd placing. Captain Khairil finally got de win he had always wanted aft winning both de runner up placing during de previous two yrs. a salute to de ex-national player.

"enough is enough"

-Boy Fazlie

we are the champions...

6:50 pm

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

finished at 4.15 today. went gymming for an hr. den trained goalkeeping till 6++. asked razif for assistance wif my goalkicks. but i still cant get a grip of it.

shi ying came at arnd 12 wearing a triton shirt. had 1/2 day n wanted to meet up wif de dunmanites in mjc.

on de way home, bumped into fathin's dad in bus 109.

tmr's de big game. (lik i play liddat). cant wait for mjc to carry de championship cup. but it's gonna be a tough fight. surely will b a gd game to watch. considering tt we get to watch a free soccer match at de Jalan Besar Stadium. i've always wanted to watch a match dere.

8:11 pm

Monday, May 19, 2008

finally able to wake up late aft days trying to do so. everytime oso 8+ wake up oready. but today, 9+. an hr of extra slp.

made pancakes for breakfast. now, i hav a much better grip at it. last time, all my pancakes were like Kuih Lempeng. haha. now, v nice. v round. ate it with butter, maple syrup n whipped cream. yummy.

went out at 2.30 for fishing wif fir n shar. while fishing, learned a few silat tricks frm shar, who's in SP silat team. caught 6 tiny flower crabs. 1 medium rock crab. n a fish. all returned back to de river. too small for our big stomachs. we also met a few dmn frens. including de legendary izzat.

aft fishing, went to downtown. to enjoy a drink of...wad else, Ice Chocolate. mmm...yummy. i still cant stop de perverted luk i hav when i get my 1st sip of de drink. sry ah bros. u guys jus hav to live wif it. haha.

aft tt, went home while de 2 went to eHub. late oready. mus collect some food my aunty cooked for my dad.

8:55 pm

Sunday, May 18, 2008

back frm training at Casuarina Pri wif ridz. dere were no big goalposts. so, we joined 2 small ones into 1 big 1. during training, i can c tt my shot stopping has come back. but my reflexes haven't. i tink it's due to my weight. i still weigh much heavier as compared to when i was at my peak. hopefully, my fitness training sessions will decrease my weight n i can gain back my reflexes. or mayb better it.

however, i still tink tt i'm not ready to play a full match yet as i realise tt during de last 1/2 hr of training, i was slower n less inclined to dive. tt means only 1 thing. poor fitness. so, yeah. until i improve my fitness, i won't be starting in a full match. i may come on as a sub or sth.

ridz injured his thumbnail, ankle n wrists during training. i hope it will b fine b4 his touch rugby trails. we almost got killed while assembling de posts back. stupid posts sia. so heavy den must fix2 wan. stupid sia.

aft training, went to 7 11 to buy a well-deserved big gulp. den went home.
tmr hav to go for Ashburton training.

8:44 pm

Saturday, May 17, 2008

came home at 11.00 ytd nite. played street soccer till 10.30. played at de usual court though dere was no light, again. de funeral at de block beside provided us some light. dere was only 1 foreign team n we had 2 teams. so, i kept playing n n playing as i was de only specialist gk. fir din come. i could c tt my shot-stopping is back. pulled off 3-4 diving saves. i can already feel de improvement frm my training sessions. but i dun tink i'm ready to make a comeback yet.

de shooters celebrated 10 ppls birthday ytd colectively. it includes mine. somehow, dere were no candles on de cake. so, dere was no blowing of any sorts. ate 2 1/2 pieces of de cake. some a lot of crackers. aft shooting, trained goalkeeping wif fahmi n irsyad. den played street wif ODAC ppl at mj's soccer court. left at 7 for street soccer with Street45.

12:05 pm

Thursday, May 15, 2008

today was a relatively short day. everyone was complaining tt dey haven studied for chem test. but i noe some of dem r lying. dey're nerdy face cannot lie. haha. luckily, i'm a total arts student. i dun take a damn sci subject=less tests. yessa.

played soccer during PE. my team lost like 6-2. haha. i played lik shit. conceded 2 goals b4 daryl took over de posts n conceded another 4.

luking forward to tmr when i can meet with Street45. de brotherhood. cos tt's wad i've been waiting for all wk long.

6:45 pm

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

went for shooting. din go to support de girls. college soccer girls 3rd 4th placing match at Jalan Besar. dey lost 1-0. but i guess from de scoreline tt it was a gd match. shooting ended late. did not get to play wif de recrea soccer guys, only managed to juggle a bit wif de h&f guys. pt was silly. some statics. den had to run continously as a grp for 30mins non-stop. tiring, but somehow i knew tt i have been through worse b4. shot 65 shots. de most i've ever done. my ten-shot scoresheet was 81 points. tt brings my current average to 8.1. up from de usual 8.0.

"our captain, 3 yrs play in this school...always score with header. now, he want to use the leg, the ball go the other side."-Coach Fabio

8:24 pm

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

jus came back frm mjc. actually sch finished at 4.15 but went gymming n training. PE was fun. it was free games. so, we had (wad else?) soccer! i played as def. daryl was gk. guess he wanted to apply some oil to his rust. he hasn't played for months. but he was still gd. in fact, i tink tt it was bcos of him tt we won. he saved countless shots. my team won 5-2. most of de time, only i was de only def left. though sometimes de guys do pull back. it was a gd performance by both teams. my team actually had 4 naturally-play-as-gk players. daryl, joseph, edmund n me.

i can't help but rmb daryl's blunder. his goalkick went to de wrong joseph. joseph tai (my team) asked for de ball but daryl's goalkick ran short n went to joseph obajey (opp team) instead. haha. den joseph tai shouted "wrong joseph lah!". haha. obajey den gave a longshot which tipped into de net sweetly. wad a punishment! hahaha.

lessons were as usual. 2-period GP was not as sleepy cos we presented instead.

aft sch, went gymming. den played soccer with mbk's class at de natural pitch. had 2 chances but screwed up cos of my poor ball control. aft tt, had a short break. den trained my goalkeeping with mbk. at 6.45++, went home.

8:35 pm

Monday, May 12, 2008

woke up today n was greeted wif bad news. Reading, a club i adore is relegated to to goal difference. Man Utd won de league. congrats to de champs. but de gd news is, Liverpool won Spurs in a match-just-for-show. even if lose also, i dun care. haha. came to sch expecting man u fans to be as noisy as dose in Dmn. but dey weren't. gd. no need for cotton wool. it seems fans in mjc r less hardcore. haha.

it's ok Liverpool. dere's always next season. damn, i've been saying dis for yrs. but i've taken a decision. de very season Liverpool releases Crouch n Gerrard n still win nth, i'll convert. yeah. but i guess tt'll nvr happen.

was called up ytd for a match today. Recrea vs Ladies. but in de end, match was cancelled as fabio used both glposts for college team training n it dragged on till 7. by which de pitch is functioning as a dual-use pitch as per stipulated by ssc. crap.

8:52 pm

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day!!!

gonna blanja my mum later to thank her for all tt she has done for me. though i could never ever repay her. hope u guys have an enjoyable mother's day too. Happy Mother's Day to all mums in the world.

10:12 am

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

back frm mjc (where else?)
went for shooting. i was on top form. in fact, my best form. i jus luv Gun 15. favourite sia. 1st card: 20 shots, 16 in black, 4 at 6-7 points. 2nd card: 20 shots, 18 in black, 2 at 7 points. now tt's hot. woohooo! had a pretty un-participative pt. i tried to make things more fun by playing eccentrically. de games did bcome more fun. but participation was still low as now, ppl r bz laughing. hahaha.

after shooting played soccer wif recrea guys n h&f guys against de soccer girls. de girls jus lost their semis match at Jalan Besar Stadium! omg! dey get to play at Jalan Besar! anyways, played de usual gk. de game was fun lik hell. (is hell even fun in de 1st place?). anyways, i scored de 1st goal! as a goalkeeper! yahooo!!! celebrated wif a patented dance. it was my 1st goal as a gk in months. wad a joy. i simply tapped in a ball crossed by fahmi into de net.

however, minutes after tt joyful moment, i conceded a goal. haha. we bucked up n scored a couple of goals. den another concede. wtf. our strikers missed a lot of chances n giving de opponents chances. dis is not gd. we woke up our idea n scored a few more. i continued playing eccentrically. jus as how de soccer girls know me by, a crazy goalkeeper. de guys won 6-2.

after de match, trained my shots against college no. 1, mok. all my shots were saved. no wonder he's 1st choice. went home accompanied in de mrt by 2 college shooters.

8:25 pm

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

mjc 6-0 hwa chong
incredibly entertaining match. goal after goal. v nice. boy faz, hu was still injured put up a great showing which matches tt of an uninjured player. he set-up 2 goals n scored 2 himself. baik ah. i was in de gym in de 1st 10mins. was training upperbody mostly.

on the road to recovery

unbecoming this nobody...

8:16 pm

Monday, May 05, 2008

i was called up afterall. but prolly as a sub. but it's ok, atleast i'm called up. went wif mbk to de pitch. Teluk Kurau Sec at Eunos. weird place. old-sch. but kindda cool. waited for 15mins for opp n ref. ref came. but even after 1/2hr, dere were no signs of de opponents. de ref den pronounced that we won de match 3-0 as per de rules as dere was clearly a no-show by de opponents. dey had thus, conceded. so dere we hav it, Street45's 1st victory! yeah! haha.

while going home, saw celebrity Alias Kadir at a coffeeshop. haha. went to eunos interchange to get a bbt wif mbk when a gay walked past. yucks! after we lost sight of him, we immediately walked off. took bus 60 to mbk's 2nd home. did mly hw at bedok reservoir mc. spotted a chio bu. pretty sia. hehe. at arnd 8.40, went home. bus 60.

went gym-ing jus now. need to lose weight to gain back my form.

8:54 pm

Saturday, May 03, 2008

played street ytd wif Street45. it was weird as dey were only 3 teams. 2 of which were our's. haha. it was only much later tt 2 greater teams appeared. Baby's circle. hu else. after becoming bored being dominated by dem, we decided to move someplace else. but it was too crowded. we wanted to play amongst ourselves. after hearing tt st 91 was vacated as Baby's team moved out, we headed back to home ground. we had de whole court to ourselves. yessa!

asked for extension frm my dad for more gametime. got it. played till 9.30. exited de court wif alif hu cycled home.

there's a match tmr but i dunnoe whether i'll be called up. i understand. wif such a crappy form, even legends r forgotten. jus luk at wad happened to legends lik Luiz Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Romario, Veron, Kluivert n many others. ppl forget wad dey had done n only c de bad side. hero to zero.

as long as i'm concerned, i'll be back. BETTER THAN EVER!

3:59 pm

Thursday, May 01, 2008

happy labour day!

a gd opportunity for all labourers (including students) to take a break. went out wif my family to ikea n courts.

items bought from ikea:
rugs
jug
frying pan
utensils

items bought from courts:
fan (finally...)
kettle

finally got my fan to replace de old wan which could only operate on speed no.1 w/o making so much noise. haha. so every night, i used to toss n turn due to de heat. but not tonight...hehe. sounds perverse sia.

my mum also finally got a kettle after a wk boiling water from pots. haha. de water from de pots tasted spicy. haha.

got a headache trying to figure out de system of buying food in de ikea foodcourt. so many queues. here, dere n everywhere. too lil seats. had to sit arnd de children's play area. while eating, random kids would jus stare at us randomly for no reason. haha. so cute. but not for my mum hu said "ape tengok-tengok? siram air panas baru tau!"

hahaha. yeap. in english-"wad r u looking at? i splash hot water den u noe!" haha. dere was only 1 halal store. wtf. n it sold only 2 adult sets. wtf. but drinks r refillable. so yeah. u guessed it. i refilled countless times. till i was bloated. but during de whole meal i envied de diners of non-halal food. de food looks so much nicer. yummy.

after ikea, went to courts. my mum was so choosy abt de items she wanted. haiyo. we den waited for de free shuttle bus to bedok.

at bedok, went to eat (again) at KFC. so much better. after tt, went home.

8:49 pm