Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:17 PM
2-1. It's precisely because it's so close that it's so frustrating.
I'm so pissed at myself for being so blur that I made a serious mistake, thinking that opponent was in their side of the court and inducing when they're right in ours and were about to score, and as a result, I was made to sit out for the match. Like why can't I be more alert and be aware of what's going on oncourt? Just so disappointed in myself, been going through the play-ups in my head all the while, and psycho-ing myself that I should be more aggressive and ram into any opponent in my way, and look what I just did to ruin everything. Argh.
On a happier and sillier note, today was my first time in RJ and I'm really amazed at how huge the school is and the facilities they have there. It's really 'WOW'. They have a 7-Eleven right in their school, like a thousand stalls in the canteen and another ten thousand vendings machines (okay, I exaggerated but they really do have alot of stalls and vending machines) and their snack stall is my dream snack stall. The snack stall sells practically everything, from chocolate bars to Hi-chews to fruit tarts to bubble tea. Oh my goodness, I don't understand why the students there still can remain so slim with all those food available in their canteen. If I were studying there, I'll probably be munching and growing laterally with every break. But the problem is, I'm not studying there. Lol. Okay, I sound like a suaku in this paragraph, but I really envy RJ students for the amazing facilities they have access to.
Okay, enough of the envying. Anyway, stayed to watch the other matches with Teresa. And she reminded me about the Maths test tomorrow which I had totally forgotten about. =( I was tired and didn't want to study when I reach home so I decided to study for it while on the train back home. And finished studying in an hour. Lol. Let's just hope I'll pass. Statistics is the topic that I'm most confident of and I don't want to disappoint Miss Yee. It will probably be the last test she's marking before she leaves.
*** To the floorball girls: The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory.
- Vince Lombardi
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Monday, April 27, 2009 10:13 PM
This cannot be a team of commen men because commen men go nowhere. You must be uncommon.
We are uncommon. |
Friday, April 24, 2009 10:30 PM
Turned out that my parents didn't get to see Mrs Beetsma during PTC on wednesday. We were waiting in LT 2 for like 45 minutes, still no SCs came to call for us. The system really sucked. They should have heard how much the parents were critisising the system. I overheard this mother scolding her daughter 'what kind of a system is this???', it wasn't her daughter's fault at all, but oh well, when you're angry, you just vent on anything, anyone. They could have saved all those time where the SCs were walking around by abolishing the system and have the conventional chairs-lining-up-behind-the-table method. That would have been more efficient and the teachers won't want to say so much unneccessary stuffs when they see the long lines of parents waiting to see them. Then at around 6.45pm(yes, they were way behind schedule, the form stated that PTC would end at 6.30pm, but at 6.45pm, the LT 2 was still like half-filled with parents), my dad decided that he couldn't wait any longer because he was having a meeting at 7.30pm. So we left without seeing Mrs Beetsma, what a wasted trip. I could have stayed at home to use the computer longer before heading out for tuition. Met Michelle, Weiling, Bernard and Sophia at Parkway, and had tom yum ban mian(sshhh!!!lol) and KOI for dinner. Green milk tea with pearls 100% sugar is the ultimate! But I felt so unhealthy after that. =X Tuition was good. Except that without Royce, the class was little quieter than usual, LOL.
Took back to Bedok with Weiling and Bernard after tuition ended. My eyes were pretty much closing by that time. When I reached the downstairs of my house, it started to drizzle, then all of a sudden, there were super strong winds, which I later knew today were the gales from Sumatra. So strong that, for once in my life, I thought I was going to be blown away. That seldom happen, you know? With my size, I'll probably be even sturdier than a tree when the hurricane comes, but not that night. Was so scared that I ran all the way home. Bet my ah-beng neighbour who was smoking out of his window was laughing at me when he saw me running like a frightened pig. Lol. *** Yesterday left school at 1pm together with the table tennis team to catch the finals and prize presentation at Yishun Stadium. RJC got double champions!!! Okay, I was secretly cheering for them even though the majority of the people seated around me were supporting HCI. Lol. It was two really interesting close matches, with RJ emerging champions with a score of 3-2 for both matches. Prize presentation started around 5pm, and only managed to return back to school at around 6.30pm. Anyway, photos another day.
Was super tired already but still had to study for bio mock SPA upon reaching home. 6 whole pages to memorise!?!? Omg, I nearly died. I studied for about an hour and a half before giving up and went online instead. Then I decided to recite in my mind while in bed, I only remembered reciting somewhere until the procedure component. The next thing I knew, my mom was waking me up for school. I must have zonked out while reciting halfway. It always happen. LOL.
Luckily today, I was able to regurgitate the whole 6 pages for the mock SPA within the time limit of 1 hour, save for this chlorophyll concentration component in the variables section. Argh, I'm so pissed at myself for missing that out.
Had one-to-one maths consultation with Miss Yee today which was very productive. We managed to go through all the AP and GP questions, which I didn't know how to do, in the 10-year series within 45 minutes. And the amazing thing is, I understood her explanations perfectly. You know the beginning of this year, I had this 2-hour consultation with Mr Ang for the maths R paper, he barely went through half of the questions in there? I've never like Mr Ang. Miss Yee, on the other hand, is such a nice and good teacher. I like her alot! She's so encouraging. Like she noticed that I couldn't do most of the questions labelled FM in the 10-year series, she said it was okay not being able to do them because those were Further Maths questions that's dated quite far back before the syllabus was changed to the current one. She told me not to be discouraged when I attempt these kind of questions. I would hate to see her leave, but Mr Ang's coming back from his course soon. I hope his course gets delayed and he won't have to come back so soon. Haha, that's kind of impossible but I really hope Miss Yee would continue to teach us.
Gave Mega House Function a miss because I was too tired. Decided to go home instead.
Alright, there's floorball training tomorrow morning so I better go sleep early! Goodnight! |
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:16 PM
Yesterday's training was a total killer. Felt like puking after the short sprints, long sprints. I've never perspired like that before, I could feel drops of perspiration running down my back, front, legs and hands even after the sprints, as if someone just turn on the shower head above and let the water run down my body. Then it was power play and box play. No energy to even run. Michelle told me today that Coach was screaming at me and Luo Wei to run during power play, but I was so tired that I wasn't even aware of his screamings. And to top it all, 10 suicides in 4 minutes after training ended. Really thought I was going to die. When Coach was like '1 more minute!', I was still at 4. LOL. So much for going easy on us. Nothing yesterday was light or easy at all. I know I was not supposed to let fatigue overcome me at this point of time, but I was seriously so tired that I couldn't will myself to forget about my tiredness. I would do better at the next training.
*** School today was slack. We only had 2 periods of lectures, then it was all career and scholarships talks until 12.45pm. Scholarships are like very distant from me, it seems that there's no way I can get one with my results and subject combination. I went to the hall after the talks with Michelle and Mavis, we walked past the A*star booth, and were given each a brochure and a highlighter-pen. The lady told us the criteria for applying includes having a H3 subject. So she asked if we take H3, we were like 'no'. Then she was like, 'No H3 science, or no H3 at all?' Told her no H3 at all. Then she started asking about subject combination, '4H2?'. Michelle and Mavis said yes, I'm like 'erm, no, 3H2' and started walking away. LOL. See, what I mean? A scholarship is almost impossible for people like me with 3H2. Not that I'm that desperate for one, but getting one from STB would be nice. =)
Had lunch opposite school with Michelle, Mavis and Kow before coming home. Gonna head out later for PTC(I hope Mrs Beetsma says nice things about me to my dad) and tuition with Michelle, Weiling, Bernard, Royce and Sophia later. Haven't mentioned this on my blog before, but yeah, I've been going for maths tuition at DLTC for about 3 weeks now and I quite enjoy it because Daniel Lek's a funny and good teacher. Now I have more confidence when attempting my Statistics tutorials. =P |
Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:36 PM
We lost NYJC 3-2 the other day, so we're 4th. I'm contented. Getting into Top 4 was something I didn't dare and never dreamt about. Now that we've gotten it, it's a wonderful closure to all the pleasant memories I have of playing table tennis. I don't think I'll be playing competitively anymore, but it has been wonderful 6 years of playing for me.
Anyway, thank you supporters again! The number of supporters were huge and it was pretty overwhelming at first. I sincerely thank the supporters who were all screaming their lungs sore and clapping their hands red for us. Thank you.
*** Today's the Floorball Day Camp. Woke up at 6.30am(actually I set the alarm for 6am, but I turned it off and went back to sleep, lol) for the floorball friendly match against IJC. Took an 1-hour MRT ride all the way to Woodlands?!?! I love the breathtaking scenery of the reservoir before the MRT approaches Khatib station, simply beautiful!
Anyway, played the friendly against IJ and won 6-0. Then we bathed, and cabbed down to Coach's Fatpipe warehouse. Coach treated us to Sarpino's pizza(thanks Coach!) and we hung out at the warehouse. Some of us slept, some of us mugged while other were watching floorball videos while waiting for the pizzas to arrive. Then we played with the speed radar, and Coach suggested that we have a competition to see how fast our shots can go and he would give a prize to the person with the fastest shot. Pinn Xian won the shooting category with 78km/h and Farah won the goal-keep throwing category with 65km/h! It was really fun!
Then we headed to Junction8 for some food, desserts, etc, and pigged out. Hahaha. After that, we headed to TJ for training from 6-8pm. Training was fun too. We did some drills initially and then we split into 2 groups and played match with random lines for the next 1 and a half hours. I think our group scored more than Coach's group. And penalty for each goal conceded is 5 push-ups. Haha, we enjoyed seeing Coach and his group doing push-ups, just motivates us to score even more. Sadists. LOL.
Photos:  Mel, what are you doing?  We took ages to take this photo for Coach to put it up on the wall! Anyway, the purple floorball is a super big one, the biggest floorball I've ever seen.   TJC Floorball Girls
Really enjoyed today with the floorball girls, thank you girls! And HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY, SHENGXIAN!!! ^^ |
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:22 PM
Lost to RI 3-1 yesterday. Anyway, thank you, supporters! Really appreciate it very much. It's not always that we have supporters cheering us on during games, in fact, this is the first time, in my 6 years of playing table tennis, that we have emerge as top 4 and that I've seen a sea of supporters rooting for us. Ironically, the first year of getting into top 4 will also be my last year of playing. So, tomorrow's match will be my last. I don't think I'll be picking up the bat again in the U. I just don't think I'm good at it, even after 6 years of trying.
6 years sure flew. Felt like it was only yesterday that I stood in the AHS table tennis room trying out for the team, not knowing even how to make the bat come in contact with the ball. I knew nuts about the sport, but I knew I had the passion and would love to be playing it. Used to watch with envy those table tennis girls from my primary school at their trainings, I wanted badly to join them but my mom forbade me to. Secondary school, I knew I had to join table tennis, it didn't matter whether I would be on team, if I didn't get into the school team, I would settle for recreational team. I didn't make it to the school team in sec 1, but I did for the subsequent years. There is this one special person that I'm ever so grateful for, 林教练, my coach from AHS. He trained every player equally, regardless of whether they were beginners or pros, and gave them equal chances of excelling in table tennis. He was the one who gave me the chance to improve and play for AHS. I think I've said this many times, but without him, I probably won't be in TJ now. Although I may not have much to say to him when the girls and I meet him at competitions every now and then, he's everything I respect in a coach. Even though my passion for table tennis has died down, my respect for this coach never will.
Tomorrow will be my last match, I'm going to give it my all, regardless of the result. I am going to walk up to 林教练 on the day of the prize presentation and thank him for everything. =) |
Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:47 PM
Went for floorball in the morning from 8-11am. Pretty tiring even though the court was small, especially the match against the J1s. They pressured us like crazy that we had run harder and faster, and got cornered so much that we had to shield alot more and try to move out of the crowd. I would we were pretty aggressive, pushing down a few J1s. No offence, J1s.
After floorball ended, rushed for table tennis training from 11am-1pm. Some last minute training and stuffs. Then went Tampines 1 with Hweeli, Mayi and Jaren. Everyone's like talking about Tamp 1 now. Lol. It wasn't that crowded with people, it's just that the passageways were rather cram and difficult to move through even with the moderate human traffic. I assume it has to do with the long and slim layout of the plot of land that the passageways and escalators also had to be alittle slimmer. Lol. Haven't gone to Uniqlo yet because of the traffic, probably will go back there either this week or the next. Anyway, had lunch at Carl's Jr.(yes, there goes my double training) and then, bitching session. Hahaha.
Jaren, 2 more civilian days left, make full use of it ah! Lol. Bitch again when you book out, like 3 weeks later. And remember to buy Mayi the subway you promised! =P
Damn, I think my knees are dying soon. The joints hurt with every step I take. Hope they will last me through A Divs. |
Friday, April 10, 2009 9:34 PM
Was out in town the whole day. Still sad over PW so must have retail therapy and eating therapy. LOL. Okay, PW was just an excuse. Bought a pair of nike cross-trainers and a pair of heels even though I already have a similar pair at home, except it was little shorter. And stuffed myself silly with kimchi ramyeon, piri piri chicken+pasta, ice mocha vanilla, muddy mudpie. Sinful, but who cares? At least I managed to satisfy my craving for kimchi ramyeon. =D Been wanting to eat it so badly ever since I started watching BOF but never got the time to go to any Korean stalls to buy a bowl of it.
*** Andrea's in the papers! Haha, the article about the PW results. Congrats, Andrea! Glad that most of the girls got their As because they really deserve it. Those who didn't, let's 加油 together! =) |
Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:54 PM
WE ARE IN TOP 4!!!!!!
Won ACJC 3-2 and we're off to the semi-finals! Woohoo!!! Well done, TJC Table Tennis!!! 7 years, we're back in top 4 again after 7 years! =DDD
Was nearly on the verge of breaking down when we went into our last and deciding match. Melinda was lagging by 2 sets, then lagging 9-10 in the third, then deuce, and Melinda won the 3rd set, and subsequently went on to win the 4th and 5th sets! Watching the match can give any normal person a heart attack. Melinda, you're the best!!! ^^
But I've to admit, ACJC played really well too.
*** For those who are interested to know the score for the match against HCI the day before, we lost 4-1. I would say we really fought hard, and some of the scores were really close. Except for my match, that is. LOL. Played singles!?!? Never trained for it?!?! And my opponent was Delfina?!?! Of course GG la. Haha.
*** Anyway, came back to school and went to Bedok's Pizza Hut as a team to celebrate. Mr Tan's treat. Thanks Mr Tan!!! Then we started camwhoring, until Serene came. The AHS table tennis gathering or something. LOL. Yingen, Hweeli, Mayi, Melinda, Serene and me (Jiehui left before this). Really enjoyed the wonderful AHS company. Pardon me, I can't help but keep reminiscing about AHS because those were really the best 4 years of my life. I'm very sure I won't have another 4 years like that.
I'm so happy about the fact that we're in top 4. Who cares about the stupid PW which I got a freaking B for when the whole group got an A except me? I was quite disappointed by it initially, because I knew I had worked very hard for it. Seriously, I don't know what went wrong. I don't think it's OP that caused it because I think I did pretty well for it. The individual components(PI, EoM, I&R)? I don't know. But it's okay, it may be a blessing in disguise and will just spur me to work even harder just to get my As. Told myself on the bus on the way to PLMGS, if we get into top 4, I'll forget everything about PW and my disappointment. Come to think of it, I think it was a trade-off given to me, either Top 4 or an A. No one can get the best of both worlds, can they? Well, I got Top 4, so I'm contented. =)
To everyone else who did not get their desired results, don't be disheartened, things happen for a reason, either it may serve as a wake-up call to make you work even harder for A Levels or to tell you that you're better off at studying for content-based subjects instead of subjects that you can't study for. Like I'm sure there are many HCL students who didn't score A1 for your Express Chinese in Sec 3, but didn't you go on to collect your 7A1s, 8A1s and so on in your O Levels and even getting A1 for your Higher Chinese? They say a good start is half the battle won, but a bad start can also be half the battle won. =P So cheer up!!! =) |
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:20 PM
Today, tried so hard to stay awake for GP double period and took notes, but half an hour before the lesson ended, I fell asleep leaning against my arm and drooling. So much for trying to stay awake. Ah Cat had to wake me up, but I looked at her and went back to sleep again. After the lesson ended, she told me Ms Thangam saw me sleeping, but she didn't tell me that when she woke me up from my slumber?!?! I wouldn't have gone back to sleep if she had told me that. LOL.
Crashed Econs H2 lecture, and fell asleep again. It was pretty uncomfortable sleeping in that posture, with my head tilted to one side. But when you're that tired or bored, everything goes.
After school, went to the airport with Ah Cat to study at Macs. Finished Stem Cells tutorial, Gene Therapy tutorial and Binomal Dist tutorial within 3 hours just now. See, school ends at 11.40am for a good cause. =) I'm beginning to think that I do more work when I'm in school or outside than when I'm at home. Because once I reach home, I'll switch on the computer and get hooked onto it. Lol.
When I was waiting in queue for the bus at the airport, I met this really weird and scary man. I was listening to my iphone and leaning against the metal railings behind me, and my hands was resting on the railings. This man came to join the queue, he saw my right hand on the railings, he was about to place his hand, I-don't-know, either very close to mine or to touch mine. If it was close, it was seriously too close that I was very sure his hand would touch. I was so shocked for a second. Luckily my reflexes were fast enough, I quickly removed my hand before he could even place his on the railings. And quickly scurry up the queue to get as far away from the man as possible. Scary.
Was late for table tennis training. My jaws dropped when I heard Coach announce the rough line-up for tomorrow's match against HCI. There had been some changes to the line-up. I would be playing something that I've never played before or trained for?!?! And Coach was like '赢当然是最好，但输也没关系'. HAHA, even he said it. I don't hold much hope for myself too, but I'll just try my best and do every stroke to the best of my ability. 加油, everyone!!! AJA!!! |
Saturday, April 04, 2009 10:10 PM
     Thanks girls for the wonderful celebration! Yingiet's lying to me that she was going toilet but was actually trying to go opposite the street to get the cake and all, thanks so much!
Yay, looking forward to meeting up with the girls tomorrow for Tracy's birthday celebration! Tracy, welcome to Club18 in just 2 more days! ^^ |
Friday, April 03, 2009 8:31 PM
So we lost NYJC 2-3 and won YJC 4-1 and got to skip track & field meet which was a good thing. Lol. Anyway, we're in to the next round. I would say the draw's fairly good but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We'll just go all out, do our best and have no regrets. 加油! ^^
Gonna go watch the last few parts of the final episode of BOF now. So annoying, KBS America removed all the BOF episodes on Youtube due to some copyright issues, and now I've to resort to watching low quality ones on Vickii. Oh well, it's better than nothing at all. Okay, shall go watch now before they start removing everything BOF-related from Vickii too. Haha. Bye! |
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:17 PM
2-1. It's precisely because it's so close that it's so frustrating.
I'm so pissed at myself for being so blur that I made a serious mistake, thinking that opponent was in their side of the court and inducing when they're right in ours and were about to score, and as a result, I was made to sit out for the match. Like why can't I be more alert and be aware of what's going on oncourt? Just so disappointed in myself, been going through the play-ups in my head all the while, and psycho-ing myself that I should be more aggressive and ram into any opponent in my way, and look what I just did to ruin everything. Argh.
On a happier and sillier note, today was my first time in RJ and I'm really amazed at how huge the school is and the facilities they have there. It's really 'WOW'. They have a 7-Eleven right in their school, like a thousand stalls in the canteen and another ten thousand vendings machines (okay, I exaggerated but they really do have alot of stalls and vending machines) and their snack stall is my dream snack stall. The snack stall sells practically everything, from chocolate bars to Hi-chews to fruit tarts to bubble tea. Oh my goodness, I don't understand why the students there still can remain so slim with all those food available in their canteen. If I were studying there, I'll probably be munching and growing laterally with every break. But the problem is, I'm not studying there. Lol. Okay, I sound like a suaku in this paragraph, but I really envy RJ students for the amazing facilities they have access to.
Okay, enough of the envying. Anyway, stayed to watch the other matches with Teresa. And she reminded me about the Maths test tomorrow which I had totally forgotten about. =( I was tired and didn't want to study when I reach home so I decided to study for it while on the train back home. And finished studying in an hour. Lol. Let's just hope I'll pass. Statistics is the topic that I'm most confident of and I don't want to disappoint Miss Yee. It will probably be the last test she's marking before she leaves.
*** To the floorball girls: The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory.
- Vince Lombardi
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Monday, April 27, 2009 10:13 PM
This cannot be a team of commen men because commen men go nowhere. You must be uncommon.
We are uncommon. |
Friday, April 24, 2009 10:30 PM
Turned out that my parents didn't get to see Mrs Beetsma during PTC on wednesday. We were waiting in LT 2 for like 45 minutes, still no SCs came to call for us. The system really sucked. They should have heard how much the parents were critisising the system. I overheard this mother scolding her daughter 'what kind of a system is this???', it wasn't her daughter's fault at all, but oh well, when you're angry, you just vent on anything, anyone. They could have saved all those time where the SCs were walking around by abolishing the system and have the conventional chairs-lining-up-behind-the-table method. That would have been more efficient and the teachers won't want to say so much unneccessary stuffs when they see the long lines of parents waiting to see them. Then at around 6.45pm(yes, they were way behind schedule, the form stated that PTC would end at 6.30pm, but at 6.45pm, the LT 2 was still like half-filled with parents), my dad decided that he couldn't wait any longer because he was having a meeting at 7.30pm. So we left without seeing Mrs Beetsma, what a wasted trip. I could have stayed at home to use the computer longer before heading out for tuition. Met Michelle, Weiling, Bernard and Sophia at Parkway, and had tom yum ban mian(sshhh!!!lol) and KOI for dinner. Green milk tea with pearls 100% sugar is the ultimate! But I felt so unhealthy after that. =X Tuition was good. Except that without Royce, the class was little quieter than usual, LOL.
Took back to Bedok with Weiling and Bernard after tuition ended. My eyes were pretty much closing by that time. When I reached the downstairs of my house, it started to drizzle, then all of a sudden, there were super strong winds, which I later knew today were the gales from Sumatra. So strong that, for once in my life, I thought I was going to be blown away. That seldom happen, you know? With my size, I'll probably be even sturdier than a tree when the hurricane comes, but not that night. Was so scared that I ran all the way home. Bet my ah-beng neighbour who was smoking out of his window was laughing at me when he saw me running like a frightened pig. Lol. *** Yesterday left school at 1pm together with the table tennis team to catch the finals and prize presentation at Yishun Stadium. RJC got double champions!!! Okay, I was secretly cheering for them even though the majority of the people seated around me were supporting HCI. Lol. It was two really interesting close matches, with RJ emerging champions with a score of 3-2 for both matches. Prize presentation started around 5pm, and only managed to return back to school at around 6.30pm. Anyway, photos another day.
Was super tired already but still had to study for bio mock SPA upon reaching home. 6 whole pages to memorise!?!? Omg, I nearly died. I studied for about an hour and a half before giving up and went online instead. Then I decided to recite in my mind while in bed, I only remembered reciting somewhere until the procedure component. The next thing I knew, my mom was waking me up for school. I must have zonked out while reciting halfway. It always happen. LOL.
Luckily today, I was able to regurgitate the whole 6 pages for the mock SPA within the time limit of 1 hour, save for this chlorophyll concentration component in the variables section. Argh, I'm so pissed at myself for missing that out.
Had one-to-one maths consultation with Miss Yee today which was very productive. We managed to go through all the AP and GP questions, which I didn't know how to do, in the 10-year series within 45 minutes. And the amazing thing is, I understood her explanations perfectly. You know the beginning of this year, I had this 2-hour consultation with Mr Ang for the maths R paper, he barely went through half of the questions in there? I've never like Mr Ang. Miss Yee, on the other hand, is such a nice and good teacher. I like her alot! She's so encouraging. Like she noticed that I couldn't do most of the questions labelled FM in the 10-year series, she said it was okay not being able to do them because those were Further Maths questions that's dated quite far back before the syllabus was changed to the current one. She told me not to be discouraged when I attempt these kind of questions. I would hate to see her leave, but Mr Ang's coming back from his course soon. I hope his course gets delayed and he won't have to come back so soon. Haha, that's kind of impossible but I really hope Miss Yee would continue to teach us.
Gave Mega House Function a miss because I was too tired. Decided to go home instead.
Alright, there's floorball training tomorrow morning so I better go sleep early! Goodnight! |
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:16 PM
Yesterday's training was a total killer. Felt like puking after the short sprints, long sprints. I've never perspired like that before, I could feel drops of perspiration running down my back, front, legs and hands even after the sprints, as if someone just turn on the shower head above and let the water run down my body. Then it was power play and box play. No energy to even run. Michelle told me today that Coach was screaming at me and Luo Wei to run during power play, but I was so tired that I wasn't even aware of his screamings. And to top it all, 10 suicides in 4 minutes after training ended. Really thought I was going to die. When Coach was like '1 more minute!', I was still at 4. LOL. So much for going easy on us. Nothing yesterday was light or easy at all. I know I was not supposed to let fatigue overcome me at this point of time, but I was seriously so tired that I couldn't will myself to forget about my tiredness. I would do better at the next training.
*** School today was slack. We only had 2 periods of lectures, then it was all career and scholarships talks until 12.45pm. Scholarships are like very distant from me, it seems that there's no way I can get one with my results and subject combination. I went to the hall after the talks with Michelle and Mavis, we walked past the A*star booth, and were given each a brochure and a highlighter-pen. The lady told us the criteria for applying includes having a H3 subject. So she asked if we take H3, we were like 'no'. Then she was like, 'No H3 science, or no H3 at all?' Told her no H3 at all. Then she started asking about subject combination, '4H2?'. Michelle and Mavis said yes, I'm like 'erm, no, 3H2' and started walking away. LOL. See, what I mean? A scholarship is almost impossible for people like me with 3H2. Not that I'm that desperate for one, but getting one from STB would be nice. =)
Had lunch opposite school with Michelle, Mavis and Kow before coming home. Gonna head out later for PTC(I hope Mrs Beetsma says nice things about me to my dad) and tuition with Michelle, Weiling, Bernard, Royce and Sophia later. Haven't mentioned this on my blog before, but yeah, I've been going for maths tuition at DLTC for about 3 weeks now and I quite enjoy it because Daniel Lek's a funny and good teacher. Now I have more confidence when attempting my Statistics tutorials. =P |
Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:36 PM
We lost NYJC 3-2 the other day, so we're 4th. I'm contented. Getting into Top 4 was something I didn't dare and never dreamt about. Now that we've gotten it, it's a wonderful closure to all the pleasant memories I have of playing table tennis. I don't think I'll be playing competitively anymore, but it has been wonderful 6 years of playing for me.
Anyway, thank you supporters again! The number of supporters were huge and it was pretty overwhelming at first. I sincerely thank the supporters who were all screaming their lungs sore and clapping their hands red for us. Thank you.
*** Today's the Floorball Day Camp. Woke up at 6.30am(actually I set the alarm for 6am, but I turned it off and went back to sleep, lol) for the floorball friendly match against IJC. Took an 1-hour MRT ride all the way to Woodlands?!?! I love the breathtaking scenery of the reservoir before the MRT approaches Khatib station, simply beautiful!
Anyway, played the friendly against IJ and won 6-0. Then we bathed, and cabbed down to Coach's Fatpipe warehouse. Coach treated us to Sarpino's pizza(thanks Coach!) and we hung out at the warehouse. Some of us slept, some of us mugged while other were watching floorball videos while waiting for the pizzas to arrive. Then we played with the speed radar, and Coach suggested that we have a competition to see how fast our shots can go and he would give a prize to the person with the fastest shot. Pinn Xian won the shooting category with 78km/h and Farah won the goal-keep throwing category with 65km/h! It was really fun!
Then we headed to Junction8 for some food, desserts, etc, and pigged out. Hahaha. After that, we headed to TJ for training from 6-8pm. Training was fun too. We did some drills initially and then we split into 2 groups and played match with random lines for the next 1 and a half hours. I think our group scored more than Coach's group. And penalty for each goal conceded is 5 push-ups. Haha, we enjoyed seeing Coach and his group doing push-ups, just motivates us to score even more. Sadists. LOL.
Photos: Mel, what are you doing? We took ages to take this photo for Coach to put it up on the wall! Anyway, the purple floorball is a super big one, the biggest floorball I've ever seen. TJC Floorball Girls
Really enjoyed today with the floorball girls, thank you girls! And HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY, SHENGXIAN!!! ^^ |
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:22 PM
Lost to RI 3-1 yesterday. Anyway, thank you, supporters! Really appreciate it very much. It's not always that we have supporters cheering us on during games, in fact, this is the first time, in my 6 years of playing table tennis, that we have emerge as top 4 and that I've seen a sea of supporters rooting for us. Ironically, the first year of getting into top 4 will also be my last year of playing. So, tomorrow's match will be my last. I don't think I'll be picking up the bat again in the U. I just don't think I'm good at it, even after 6 years of trying.
6 years sure flew. Felt like it was only yesterday that I stood in the AHS table tennis room trying out for the team, not knowing even how to make the bat come in contact with the ball. I knew nuts about the sport, but I knew I had the passion and would love to be playing it. Used to watch with envy those table tennis girls from my primary school at their trainings, I wanted badly to join them but my mom forbade me to. Secondary school, I knew I had to join table tennis, it didn't matter whether I would be on team, if I didn't get into the school team, I would settle for recreational team. I didn't make it to the school team in sec 1, but I did for the subsequent years. There is this one special person that I'm ever so grateful for, 林教练, my coach from AHS. He trained every player equally, regardless of whether they were beginners or pros, and gave them equal chances of excelling in table tennis. He was the one who gave me the chance to improve and play for AHS. I think I've said this many times, but without him, I probably won't be in TJ now. Although I may not have much to say to him when the girls and I meet him at competitions every now and then, he's everything I respect in a coach. Even though my passion for table tennis has died down, my respect for this coach never will.
Tomorrow will be my last match, I'm going to give it my all, regardless of the result. I am going to walk up to 林教练 on the day of the prize presentation and thank him for everything. =) |
Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:47 PM
Went for floorball in the morning from 8-11am. Pretty tiring even though the court was small, especially the match against the J1s. They pressured us like crazy that we had run harder and faster, and got cornered so much that we had to shield alot more and try to move out of the crowd. I would we were pretty aggressive, pushing down a few J1s. No offence, J1s.
After floorball ended, rushed for table tennis training from 11am-1pm. Some last minute training and stuffs. Then went Tampines 1 with Hweeli, Mayi and Jaren. Everyone's like talking about Tamp 1 now. Lol. It wasn't that crowded with people, it's just that the passageways were rather cram and difficult to move through even with the moderate human traffic. I assume it has to do with the long and slim layout of the plot of land that the passageways and escalators also had to be alittle slimmer. Lol. Haven't gone to Uniqlo yet because of the traffic, probably will go back there either this week or the next. Anyway, had lunch at Carl's Jr.(yes, there goes my double training) and then, bitching session. Hahaha.
Jaren, 2 more civilian days left, make full use of it ah! Lol. Bitch again when you book out, like 3 weeks later. And remember to buy Mayi the subway you promised! =P
Damn, I think my knees are dying soon. The joints hurt with every step I take. Hope they will last me through A Divs. |
Friday, April 10, 2009 9:34 PM
Was out in town the whole day. Still sad over PW so must have retail therapy and eating therapy. LOL. Okay, PW was just an excuse. Bought a pair of nike cross-trainers and a pair of heels even though I already have a similar pair at home, except it was little shorter. And stuffed myself silly with kimchi ramyeon, piri piri chicken+pasta, ice mocha vanilla, muddy mudpie. Sinful, but who cares? At least I managed to satisfy my craving for kimchi ramyeon. =D Been wanting to eat it so badly ever since I started watching BOF but never got the time to go to any Korean stalls to buy a bowl of it.
*** Andrea's in the papers! Haha, the article about the PW results. Congrats, Andrea! Glad that most of the girls got their As because they really deserve it. Those who didn't, let's 加油 together! =) |
Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:54 PM
WE ARE IN TOP 4!!!!!!
Won ACJC 3-2 and we're off to the semi-finals! Woohoo!!! Well done, TJC Table Tennis!!! 7 years, we're back in top 4 again after 7 years! =DDD
Was nearly on the verge of breaking down when we went into our last and deciding match. Melinda was lagging by 2 sets, then lagging 9-10 in the third, then deuce, and Melinda won the 3rd set, and subsequently went on to win the 4th and 5th sets! Watching the match can give any normal person a heart attack. Melinda, you're the best!!! ^^
But I've to admit, ACJC played really well too.
*** For those who are interested to know the score for the match against HCI the day before, we lost 4-1. I would say we really fought hard, and some of the scores were really close. Except for my match, that is. LOL. Played singles!?!? Never trained for it?!?! And my opponent was Delfina?!?! Of course GG la. Haha.
*** Anyway, came back to school and went to Bedok's Pizza Hut as a team to celebrate. Mr Tan's treat. Thanks Mr Tan!!! Then we started camwhoring, until Serene came. The AHS table tennis gathering or something. LOL. Yingen, Hweeli, Mayi, Melinda, Serene and me (Jiehui left before this). Really enjoyed the wonderful AHS company. Pardon me, I can't help but keep reminiscing about AHS because those were really the best 4 years of my life. I'm very sure I won't have another 4 years like that.
I'm so happy about the fact that we're in top 4. Who cares about the stupid PW which I got a freaking B for when the whole group got an A except me? I was quite disappointed by it initially, because I knew I had worked very hard for it. Seriously, I don't know what went wrong. I don't think it's OP that caused it because I think I did pretty well for it. The individual components(PI, EoM, I&R)? I don't know. But it's okay, it may be a blessing in disguise and will just spur me to work even harder just to get my As. Told myself on the bus on the way to PLMGS, if we get into top 4, I'll forget everything about PW and my disappointment. Come to think of it, I think it was a trade-off given to me, either Top 4 or an A. No one can get the best of both worlds, can they? Well, I got Top 4, so I'm contented. =)
To everyone else who did not get their desired results, don't be disheartened, things happen for a reason, either it may serve as a wake-up call to make you work even harder for A Levels or to tell you that you're better off at studying for content-based subjects instead of subjects that you can't study for. Like I'm sure there are many HCL students who didn't score A1 for your Express Chinese in Sec 3, but didn't you go on to collect your 7A1s, 8A1s and so on in your O Levels and even getting A1 for your Higher Chinese? They say a good start is half the battle won, but a bad start can also be half the battle won. =P So cheer up!!! =) |
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:20 PM
Today, tried so hard to stay awake for GP double period and took notes, but half an hour before the lesson ended, I fell asleep leaning against my arm and drooling. So much for trying to stay awake. Ah Cat had to wake me up, but I looked at her and went back to sleep again. After the lesson ended, she told me Ms Thangam saw me sleeping, but she didn't tell me that when she woke me up from my slumber?!?! I wouldn't have gone back to sleep if she had told me that. LOL.
Crashed Econs H2 lecture, and fell asleep again. It was pretty uncomfortable sleeping in that posture, with my head tilted to one side. But when you're that tired or bored, everything goes.
After school, went to the airport with Ah Cat to study at Macs. Finished Stem Cells tutorial, Gene Therapy tutorial and Binomal Dist tutorial within 3 hours just now. See, school ends at 11.40am for a good cause. =) I'm beginning to think that I do more work when I'm in school or outside than when I'm at home. Because once I reach home, I'll switch on the computer and get hooked onto it. Lol.
When I was waiting in queue for the bus at the airport, I met this really weird and scary man. I was listening to my iphone and leaning against the metal railings behind me, and my hands was resting on the railings. This man came to join the queue, he saw my right hand on the railings, he was about to place his hand, I-don't-know, either very close to mine or to touch mine. If it was close, it was seriously too close that I was very sure his hand would touch. I was so shocked for a second. Luckily my reflexes were fast enough, I quickly removed my hand before he could even place his on the railings. And quickly scurry up the queue to get as far away from the man as possible. Scary.
Was late for table tennis training. My jaws dropped when I heard Coach announce the rough line-up for tomorrow's match against HCI. There had been some changes to the line-up. I would be playing something that I've never played before or trained for?!?! And Coach was like '赢当然是最好，但输也没关系'. HAHA, even he said it. I don't hold much hope for myself too, but I'll just try my best and do every stroke to the best of my ability. 加油, everyone!!! AJA!!! |
Saturday, April 04, 2009 10:10 PM
Thanks girls for the wonderful celebration! Yingiet's lying to me that she was going toilet but was actually trying to go opposite the street to get the cake and all, thanks so much!
Yay, looking forward to meeting up with the girls tomorrow for Tracy's birthday celebration! Tracy, welcome to Club18 in just 2 more days! ^^ |
Friday, April 03, 2009 8:31 PM
So we lost NYJC 2-3 and won YJC 4-1 and got to skip track & field meet which was a good thing. Lol. Anyway, we're in to the next round. I would say the draw's fairly good but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We'll just go all out, do our best and have no regrets. 加油! ^^
Gonna go watch the last few parts of the final episode of BOF now. So annoying, KBS America removed all the BOF episodes on Youtube due to some copyright issues, and now I've to resort to watching low quality ones on Vickii. Oh well, it's better than nothing at all. Okay, shall go watch now before they start removing everything BOF-related from Vickii too. Haha. Bye! |
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First of all, I'm a Kpop fan, especially of 2PM, MBLAQ, 2NE1 and FT Island. Actually, I like Kpop, Korean entertainment, Korean dramas, Korean language, Korean culture, Korean food, basically anything Korean. So I guess you can call me a fan of Korea.
Second, eating is one of my favourite pastimes. I think my size says it all. =P I'm not picky about food but there's only one thing that I don't like eating, that is, sweet potato.
Third, I love sports. Been playing table tennis for about 6 years now, and floorball, 2 years. But I would have to say that I like floorball more. I don't know, but putting the ball into the goal, making an accurate pass, chasing after the ball, even sweating like a pig, gives me the sense of satisfaction that nothing else can.
Fourth, I can't live without the Internet. You can take away my phone, TV, mp3, bed, but please don't take away my Internet because...I just can't live without the internet.
Lastly, if there's anything I dislike, it would have to be making decisions. Where to go, what to eat, what to do next, which is nicer/better...I just don't like deciding. I always leave it to others because honestly, it doesn't matter where we're going, what we're eating or what we're doing to do. What matters most is the company and whether we're having a great time together.
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