Hockey Guys Friendly Match 3

continued..

we fought, we ran, we played our game, we pressed them hard, we attacked with determination, we defended with much persistance, we did not give up, we gave our all, we were rewarded at the end of the day..

haha, sounds familiar?!?! of cos lar, u read it from the previous entry wat.. haha.. y?!?! not happy arh?!?! oei, its not easy to b a commentator n give different speech for every single game ok!!! haha, so copy n paste lor..

haha.. ok lar, to show my sincerity, i shall give another shot at the commentary for the guy's match.. sum pple might get critiques hor, cos i tot we still got sum things to take note of, n improve on.. here comes..

Kee was the kingpin to the team's defense system, steadfast yet nimble.. He never lost his cool n gave his team-mates tonnes of assurance.. i got assured..

MC is stable and creative in his passes.. he delivered the ball promptly n gained ground for our team..

Ian, a thinking man on the field (although he can't run much.. hee), cleared balls into safety n put the team into safety..

Nathan wasn't too ambitious on gaining possession, but remained resilient on his tackles on in-coming attacks on his court.. needs to b abit more aggressive though..

Xinke kept several attacks at bay with timely defence poise n creating time for pple to fall back n help.. needs to b abit more proactive though..

Denis made good runs down his right flank n created anxiety among the opponents.. more timely lay-off to the centres would b perfect, but the idea is definitely there..

Ann needs to b more conscious of where his runners r, n sending it to them rather den tinking the runners can make it to "tat perfect spot" where he wants them to b.. good distribution though..

Kumar was a good "man-in-motion", producing fine runs n passes on the attacks.. a great creator who formulated opportunities for our team to score..

Hafiz kept the game's intensity high with prompt calls to keep us on-the-ball.. he distributed players to where we r needed n made us stay in control..

Terence was a man with strong determination to create havoc in the opponent's half.. he exerted pressure on the opponents' defenders n kept the pressure high on them..

Nesa made superb saves n communicated a strong wall of defence in front of the goalpost.. the sliding tackles n dives kept the "wow" coming from the crowd..

Me, i did alrite..
i tink..
i hope..
actually i did sumthing during the 2nd half which i totally regret.. tinking back, it was damn embarrassing to hav commited tat offence lar!! such paiseh stuff, i tink i shall not blog it lar, hor?!?! hee.. spare me from the embarrassment.. sorry eusoff pple who r reading it for the "display of un-sportsmanship"

Hockey Friendly Match 3

today we had a hockey frenly match against Eusoff Hall..

Date / Time : 27th Dec / 6 - 8pm
Weather : Rainy.. Especially heavy whenever its time for the girls play.. hee.. the guys chose the correct timing to play sia.. haha..
Score :
Gals: We won 1 - 0
Guys: Draw 1 - 1
Scorers: Kelly, Kumar.. "K-power".. haha..

Aftermath:
we did damn well today, i tink.. hehe..

we fought, we ran, we played our game, we pressed them hard, we attacked with determination, we defended with much persistance, we did not give up, we gave our all, we were rewarded at the end of the day..

the girls match: WOW~~, i was damn impressed with their performance!! we had exactly 8 girls on field (plus Nesa as keeper)..

Jinxi(who was injured last week n played in dis match with the stitches still on her lips) came back as a stronger player.. she was hard on her opponents, gave them no chance of dribbling the ball pass her, nor "kopping" the ball off her stick.. she displayed the strong desire to win dis match, n she succeeded in every way..

Kelly(the top goal scorer from the 3 frenlies) simply produces the nicest sweeps thru the opponents n push the play up into the opponents' half.. Her pushes during penalty corners creates anxiety for the opponents..

Brenda ran into position n was persistant n guarded her midfield well.. no easy push-overs to opponents who tot they could out-dribble her easily!! her concentration was there n remain focused in pushing the play to our advantage..

Christine provided options for the centre midfielders to lay off the ball to her n enable runs by jinxi n kelly up to push our attack even more towards the opponents.. she was readily found by kelly to enable a 1-2 towards the goal-line n force the opponents to fumble n commit mistakes..

Nadia was like the fortress of the defense team.. no balls could escape the strong tackle she put across to her opponents.. the clearings were superb n strong enough for quick counter-attack.. YEAH!!

Carolyn showed persistant on her stick work, in tat she does not allow opponents to get pass her easily.. she played much on her strong side n forced a few defenders to commit fouls on her..

Ju Yeon held strong to her position n made a few strong tackles on opponents charging down her flank.. she did much disturbance to their play n gained time for the team to fall back n help..

Lynn stood firm on her position n made the opponents fear her with her sweeping tackles n forcing the opponents to stop their well-connected attack pieces.. she was no push-over n made much difficulties for opponents to get pass her..

n there u hav it, a strong girls' hockey team of KEVII..

i was shouting so much to the girls tat i lost my voice.. hafiz n kee had to relay my message by shouting for me.. haha.. quite a prank though, but it was funnie!!

for the guys aftermath, next entry lar, tired liao.. haha..

Santa did NOT come to town..

Bad Christmas, tell me abt it..

Christmas Eve was ok, had a home-cooked christmas dinner with family.. Christmas day was BAD!! suppose to attended my fren's 21st bdae party on Christmas day.. so i met another fren going to the party to get the gift den make our way down..

(it was amazing tat on the public holiday, almost ALL the shops in CityLink,Suntec and Raffles City are OPEN!! yap, with tat, we got the gift with much ease..)

We reached the party at 7plus, sat ard, looking out for tat few frens tat we can recognise, and abit of socialising.. SUDDENLY, pain struck my head n it started to get worse.. it came even b4 i started eating.. the headache was so painful tat i lost all appetite (managed to focre-feed a piece of fish) n even started to break out in cold sweat!!

being allegic to panadol, i brought all my medicine to hall a couple of months back, tinking tat i will b spending more time in hall den at home.. now comes the dilemma.. should i take cab from YCK back home in SK (damn near) to rest, or ALL THE WAY BACK to NUS (damn far) to get proper medication.. i chose to go NUS.. sum sum tot so too..

in the cab, the aircon was damn cold lah.. i started to shiver.. when the cab was travelling outside PGP, i vomitted!! sensing the feeling of wanting to puke, i unwind the window, hang my head outside n blakkkkkhhhhh.. yap, perform a human version of MERLION on the cab.. sorry taxi-uncle, the taxi exterior kana the "chicken rice plus ice-cream plus kway tiao plus cookie plus fish" combo!! hmm, next time i will leave out the details.. haha..

While i was walking towards my block, i realised sumthing.. I DID NOT BRING MY KEY.. OMG, WTF.. i was so reckless(too sick to tink anyway)..i tried calling the duty RF who can open anyone's room, but he remained uncontactable.. i even tried calling hall master, he was out too.. GREAT!!

Stuck in hall, outside my room, no medication, headache plus cold sweat plus vomitted, even further from home den i originally was..

thanks yeehau n balaji who tried to contact other RFs for me.. guess wat, NO ONE WAS ARD!! so, i had to take cab all the way back to SK n sleep without medication..

if i went NUH for doctor, i probably had to wait for 4hours b4 i could c the doc.. if i went to those 24hour clinic, it would b very expensive n i was feeling better after the puking.. so i decided to go home n rest..

on the 26th, i woke up with all the illness gone.. YAY!! not quite.. after lunch at the prata shop at the far end of jalan kayu shophouses, i had a slight tummyache!!! argh!!! irritating rite?!?!

super-duper low morale with the shitty results delivered to me on 23rd, den all the illness had to come n find me all at once..

27th le, i'm well, i hope..


"Santa did not exist in the first place..

Even if Santa existed, there is no chimney for him to fall thru'..

Even if Santa existed, n there is a chimney for him to fall thru', he will get stuck sumwhere along the chimney..

Even if Santa existed, n there is a chimney for him to fall thru', n he will not get stuck sumwhere along the chimney, HE DID NOT COME!!!"

2nd photoshop work

i was abit bored n sian of doing regular stuff, so decided to take some time to hone my photoshop skills.. haha.. yar, took picture of most of the food in my room and creating a collage.. like i display the greedy n mouth-forever-itchy side of me n my progress with photoshop.. haha, OEI, not bad le hor, considering the fact tat i'm still quite a computer idiot..

wo~~(the food, not the artwork).. haha..

Chronicles of Fame, the banner, the logos n the photoshop..

ok, i juz hav to tell everybody how much patience n determination i hav for painting the hallplay banner.. i was told to paint 8 logos, each of 25cm X 25cm on a 5m X 3m banner.. tell me who the hell can c it from far?!?! well, OSA laid down the rules, no sponsor's logo r suppose to b bigger den tat..

Before


After


yar, since no one can really tell from far wat the heck was drawn, n there was insufficent paint and/or colours, i decided to make the logos black n white.. using a lousy brush i bought (all the way from archi bookshop), i tot i did a wonderful job.. *pat on the back MYSELF!! =P hey, its really nice hor!!

in a few hours' time, i will b hanging the banner outside NUS central library..

so pple, make a quick trip down to central library anytime now til 15jan to c the B-E-A-U-TIFUL banner.. its the most left one, with the red "FAME" words in the centre..

btw, dis 2 pictures r my first photoshop works.. haha.. dun worry, i will improve my photoshop skills SOON!!

dangerous?!?!

.. so, is hockey a dangerous sport?? ..

today i saw another bloody incident during hockey training..

we were playing a weird 2-V-3 tactical training ard 7pm.. so while training, or playing, when a defender tried her best to sweep a ball out of the goal zone, it juz happened tat the ball flew up n ended up smacking on Jinxi's (our KE7 Hockey Girls Captain) upper lip!! OMG!!

blood flew out of her lip like a tap turned on, n at $0.00 per ml.. it was dripping so freely tat the blood drips all over her palms, n unto the floor.. the basketball court still hav her blood now..

we tot it was her tooth n gum tat was causing the massive amount of blood-shed, but it turned out to b a big split on her upper lip.. saying it now, i still feel the pain for her.. its really quite a scary sight with the large amount of blood flow..

terence brought her down to nuh (yet again!!) for stitches.. hai, the blood, the stitches, the wound, the scar, the physical disfiguration, the emotional burden n liability to herself n her parents.. so hurting..

she stood tall, no tears, no whims, no complains, no 'its-so-painful-i'm-gonna-die' look.. totally fearless, she remained calm, rinsed her wound, applied pressure to stop the bleeding, and went down to nuh in a steady manner.. wat a doctor-to-b.. u go, girl!!

This is the 2nd injury throughout dis whole season (training since aug), yet the 2nd injury within 4days.. izzit too much, or izzit within tolerence?!?!

back in jc time, i suffered a similar 'rite-smack on the upper lip' injury during j2.. tat was the oni injury witnessed for my team tat year.. izzit too much, or izzit within tolerence?!?!

back then, i recall i felt very bad, not juz for my lips, (n the fear of scarring, getting disfigured when i'm already not tat good-looking to start with!!) but also the accountability to my parents.. it was a sport i chose to play, n getting injuried was not sumthing i wanted / anticipated / much less prepared for.. the sport itself, of cos, became the scapegoat..

aso, back then, i remember i could oni feed fench fries thru one side of my mouth n i can't drink properly.. sucking thru straws was worse as my lip can't close fully!! i tink it happened to b skool holiday, so i stayed home n my mum had to buy fries for me every meal for quite a few days b4 i started eating normally..

pple (including my parents) would tink tat hockey is so dangerous, with balls flying n injuring every player.. but is tat really the case?!?! isn't it juz like any other sports where OCCASIONALLY players fall n injure themselves?!?!

.. so, is hockey a dangerous sport?? ..

i leave it open for u guys to ponder n mayb play to find out..

*me, still a passionate hockey player after intro-ed to the game since 2001 during jc times..

Hockey friendly match 2..

.. Against NTU Hall 6 ..

Time / Date: 6pm, 19th Dec (Mon)
Weather: Damn cooling n shiok
Scores:
Guys: 1 - 1
Gals: 2 - 0, We WON!!
Scorers: Johnson, Carmen, Kelly..

Aftermath:
WE PLAYED AS A TEAM FINALLY!!!

we changed the formation line-up to 3-4-1.. there was more connection between players.. there was more communication.. there was more understanding of each other.. there was chemistry!! each played our positions well n we could create chances for ourselves to score.. although our guys din win, i tot we did alot better den last match against pjc.. we pressed their defenders, n managed to hav beautiful attack styles n strong defence.. of cos we could hav done better for some parts, but overall, well done, King Edward VII hockey team!!

there was no referee, so we played with integrity, calling fouls ourselves n no injuries dis time round.. both sides were happy with each other n no grudges!!

although the ntu pple said our girls r fierce, i tot they aggressiveness could b higher n win the game with higher spirits.. our gals r showing better performance den normal n i'm so happy tat they hav improved ALOT!!
Kelly impressed me with her instinct n desire to win ball possession..
Brenda impressed me with her sense for the game n the great runs on the pitch..
Carmen impressed me with her aggression n well attack instinct..
Ju-Yeon n Lynn impressed me with their improvement(but abit more is need hor!!)..
Jinxi impressed me with her game sense instinct n ability to cover the pitch to her advantage..
TATS THE WAY TO GO GALS!!!

*for ur info, ntu hall 6 guys won KR boys 1-0 last week.. hee.. no, i'm NOT implying anything.. haha.. =P

Hockey friendly matches 1..

.. Against PJC ..

Time / Date: 1pm, 17th Dec (Sat)
Weather: F**king Hot n humid
Score:
Guys: 0 - 0
Gals: 0 - 0
Aftermath:
Personally i tink i played badly.. as a team, i tink we did badly too.. the formation play-up was 3-3-2.. i was playing the left winger.. did nothing much to contribute to the game..
first half, played too defensive, din even attack.. cos i scared our defence not zai enough lar, den dun dare go up.. den aso nv run into spaces to receive attacking balls..
second half, i played too deep n nv fall back to help defence.. hai, shag liao leh, summore they say i play too defensive, so change lor.. BUT, still wrong.. keke.. seriously we nv pplay AS A TEAM! ! ! cos no communication, no telepathy, no team play..
towards the end, both sides suffered injury ! ! one of the pjcian tripped over our defender (Kee) n was out permanently.. that ended the game.. juz a minute b4 that event, that same pjcian tried to whack a ball towards our goalpost, missed n hit another defender's (Sebastian) hand.. sebastian din even say anything n continued playing..

after the game, everyone noticed sebastian's bleeding hands.. enjoying the benefit of KE7 as a hall with many medicine students, Kee n M.C. n Jinxi took a look n suggested tat stitches are needed!!..sebast tot his hand was JUZ numb, n resting will do the job.. but all doctors-to-be suggested he go to the doc, cos 'minimumly', stitches r needed as some wounds seem DEEP!! so terence sent sebastian to NUH n the real doctor suspected broken bones.. X-ray was taken n it confirm that sebastian's ring finger had broken bones!! after a minor operation, he went home to rest, having skipped a christmas dinner outing n had to eat alone at a much later time.. many cheers to sebastian..
for he did not whim over the hit on his hand..
for he did not declare pain when blood was shed..
for he did not hold anything against anyone or anything..
for he could take it in stride tat he will hav to miss IHG hockey..
for he could take it in stride tat he will hav to miss floorball league..
for he hav to suffer til apr for full recovery..
for he shed blood but not tears..
for he suffered silently in dis episode of unfortunate event..

shit

A Reality Show..

Mon(am) + Thurs(pm) = Floorball training
Tues(pm) + Thurs(pm) + Sat(am) = Hockey Training
Tues(am) + Fri(am) = Swim Training

with a pretty tight schedule for the holidays, i hav applied no-pay-leave from Mindef, and continued staying in my room in Ke7.. of cos u see some empty time slots, which i need of cos!! those r the times when i relax n mayb do nothing n sleep or enjoy the company of tv shows..

speaking of which, my fren lent me dis reality show, titled "playing it straight".. its a set of 6 cds, sumthing similar to "the bachelor", where a girl has many man to choose from as her bf or more, n of cos monetary rewards..

Here's the twist, and the crux of dis reality show:

1. The girl, Zoe has 12 men to choose from, of which SOME r Straight, SOME r GAY!!
2. The show is filmed in England, with the setting more of 'cowboy' style, where more often then not, they r tasked to do activities linked to cowboys, like riding, wearing traditional cowboy attires etc.. they aso hav a theme song, which is rather cowboy-ish.. haha..
3. Zoe, n even among the guys, no one noes who's gay, who's not!!
4. If eventually Zoe chooses a straight guy, both of them shares $100,000 (=$50,000 each) cold hard cash.. BUT if Zoe chooses a gay guy, the gay guy gets the full $100,000 while Zoe gets NOTHING(no love, no money)!!
5. Thus the title "Playing it straight".. the gay men hav to fake as if they r straights n try to win Zoe's heart like the straight guys, so as to win the $100,000!!
6. Every week sees an elimination of 2 men, n oni when Zoe eliminates them from the game, she will b entitled to noe if he is straight or gay..

Reflections from the show:
a. Everytime she eliminates a straight guy, her immediate reaction will be "F**K".. --> tats cool.. haha.. there's no censored speech in here..
b. Her first 2 elimination were both straight guys!! her "gaydar" failed on her.. i would hav made the same decision as her, cos the guys she eliminated had like tonnes of moisturisers lar, cream for dis n tat lar, n even hair straighteners!! --> looks r deceiving.. we can't base on wat we c n stereotype mentality to judge pple..
c. The gay men r going as far as it takes for them to win the money.. --> some pple with srong determination really go all the way to achieve their goals, can b a good or bad thing, depends on ur perception n how it affects the surrounding pple..
d. In the final 3, 'at least one of them is gay' is revealed to her.. guess who did she choose?!?! neh, i ain't gonna reveal it.. all i'm gonna say is 'follow ur heart more den other things when relationships r concerned, n u will b fully rewarded'..

its quite an interesting show actually, cos there r some touching confession parts by the gay man n all.. yar, n the twist here n there, how Zoe trys to acertain whether one is gay or straight, how each tries to play their own game etc.. definitely more interesting den the bachelor or the bachelorette..

..am i, or am i not..

2 weeks hav gone by after the scary exams, relaxed, am i, or am i not??

i hav been enjoying myself to get myself over the fear of getting lousy results.. yar, i am really not expecting much for dis sem.. i can't anywayz.. blek.. i am totally relaxed in terms of physical fitness, since i hav not been keeping up with my exercise regime.. heh.. but am i relaxed from the repercussions of the bad results?? i dun thing anything can b done..

4 weeks to starting skool again, prepared, am i or am i not??

i went through in my head wat modules i might consider taking, provided tat the timetable is to my liking.. (given 4 core modules with a fixed class, i guess i dun hav much of a choice.. i'm not complaining here, chem engin class 1B is damn cool!! hee..) but anywayz, i hav to tink of the 5th module mah.. yar, so tats is done.. n since i noe the timetable n the core modules, hav i started reading abit or sumthing lidat?! NO!!! no feelings, no enthusiasm, no motivation, no wateva.. prepared, i am not..

21 weeks in hall, tidy, am i, or am i not??

i hav been keeping my room clean, n thank god my room is not opposite some construction sites, or on the ground floor, or clamp between 2 blocks, the dust coming in is kinda kept to a mininum.. so not really much is required when it comes to cleaning.. but with all the food tat i'm buying lah, all the notes n books tat comes along with studies, my room is pretty packed with stuff.. i tried to keep them organised n tidy, but not with much success.. VERY tidy, i am not..

Wat lays ahead..

i can see in the short run..
i will still b enjoying myself with hall activities, meeting frens, keeping in contact with those whom i care abt, doing things that i enjoy doing..
i c myself training for hockey ihg pretty frequently to match the standards of other halls, if not better!!
i c myself playing floorball with a bunch of pple passionate over the same sports..
i c myself meeting frens to go down to sentosa to play beach volleyball n get a nice tan at the same time..
i c myself meeting pple to enjoy nice n tasty food(not necessarily expensive mind u!!)..

i can see in the long run..
NOTHING!!!
yar, sumthing seems to b missing in my life to enable me to c myself in the future..
mayb tat moment which haven arrived, mayb tat moment tat passed n missed forever..
mayb tat special sumone who haven arrived, mayb tat sumone whom i hav missed n gone n nv to return..
mayb wisdom, mayb intellect, mayb sensitivity, mayb sumthing unexplored in me, mayb juz sumthing more..

mayb..

Day 3 of Floorball camp..

its the final day of the camp..

today was quite relax for an individual day of training shd we compare it with the previous 2 days.. but cos of the cumulative effect of lactic acid in our blood n watever, the fatique level is still on the highs..

we started 1hour later den usual (cos the higher level pple watched the goal-less chelsea-liverpool champions league game on wed early morning).. haha, so we benefited by having 1 more hour of sleep.. haha..

we watched a series of VCDs on floorball in the morning, in an attempt to see some beautiful goals n game play of tops world teams (of cos sweden comes to mind!!!).. den we had an early heavy lunch followed by a free time of 1.5 hours(so majority of us went back hall to sleep.. haha..)

training resumed at 2.30pm and we did the usual warm up + drills + tactics stuff.. we had a short n really light dinner before the friendly against MOOSEMAN at 7pm.. they r one of the top 4 teams in spore..

the results were not out of expectation, 6-1 to their advantage.. THEY R GOOD!!! no jokes abt tat.. our teams 'man-of-the-match' went to WEIJING.. a yr one, who played well tonite n showed he really picked up the skills n tactics taught to us throughout dis camp.. WO~~~

ok, the next few days shall b recuperation, regeneration n revitalisation..

*wanted to put up a pic of the blisters on my toes, but decided not too, so as not to gross my faithful readers out.. haha..

Day 2 of Floorball camp..

the camp proceeds, rain or shine..

today was day 2, training was more 'intellect' den 'physically demanding'.. cos weewee went on to brief us on the 2-1-2 systems during deadball n transitional defence system, so we had less drills to do n focus on.. hee..

following was the short game we had n video-taped for screening at nite, to recognise our own mistakes made n improve, all in the name of team excellence..

half-way through the training, my plaster (over the abrasion on the u-noe-where) dropped off n disappeared, so i started to kana the abrasion pain towards the end of the game.. supposedly 'water-proof', but looks like i wasted $5.30 on the box of 20 plasters.. !@#$%^&* ok, i shall stop whining.. haha..

seriously i've learnt ALOT thoughout the camp.. everyday i learnt new things, n i find myself improving step by step (or at least i tink i am.. haha)..dis game is getting more n more interesting, uses ur brain as much as it requires physical fitness..

its not a game for WUSS ! ! ! =P

By The Way..

btw,



yar, my ash colour washed off le (lak-sek liao), so the base blond colour is revealed.. hee.. abit tad of beng-ness lah.. BUT i tink its actually quite style n funky.. WO~~ haha..

Day 1 of Floorball Camp..

Today marked the beginning of the 3-day floorball camp 2005 (heng no need stay-in, at raffles hall or sumthing.. haha, lidat can nua on my own bed mah.. hee)

wa, today, i tasted "shag-ness" after a long break from sports due to the bloody exams in end nov.. damn damn tired..

the morning session was enough to blow any of us away(from a newbie's point of view of cos!!).. damn shag from the runnings and basic drills.. den it was a light western lunch at YIH (cos damn near ya c, n in preparation of the afternoon session, none of us dare to eat too fully)..

the afternoon session saw alot of
'2V1'='1V1+1' lah,
'2V2'='2V1+1' lah,
'3V2'='2V1+1V1' lah, n watever 'weewee' can come up with.. its amazing how his brain worked to come up with such coherent yet corny terms n explanations during the camp.. it ended with a A2 route run ard campus.. too bad i had abrasion (u dowan to noe exactly where anywayz.. haha..) so i had to sit out of the run.. hai, gotta paste plaster as protection b4 tmr's training liao..

everyone was so looking forward to dinner, as we r seriously HUNGRY N TIRED N BADLY NEEDED SOME REST ! ! ! its not torturous lar, but cos so long nv exercise le, plus aging factor, so we r all shag out easily..

this camp is suppose to select the top 23 players for NUS Floorball IVP Team for competition in Jan.. although i noe my chances r not high lar, but go n learn lor,(hmm, i seem to hav said dis somewhere.. haha..) n today, i really learnt n benefited alot from the good 10hours of training..

nonetheless, we had a good time training tog.. yar, we r a fun bunch of pple playing floorball tog, no shit abt seniority or age, we work as a team to improve n enhance each other's skills.. n no, we r not sadistic!!! we rewarded ourselves with a good n hearty meal at mac's.. majority upsized their meal, with some adding apple pies, fris, nuggets, buggers to make the meal filling.. wa, we ate like we all juz came out on the 'Hungry Ghost Festival'..haha..

snacking away in m room.. haha..

i tot it was gonna b a boring sunday.. n so i tot..

it was a not-tat-boring-sunday afterall..

cos my mum not at home anyway, i tot might as well spend dis sun in hall, doing ADSOLUTELY NOTHING, to let my brain rest and clear leave.. haha..

with no plans on a sunday, n in hall, i decided to reward myself with a long long sleep til 1pm!! haha.. lidat juz eat brunch (of cookies n milo) and 1 less meal to tink of how to settle it.. haha..

den was juz chatting with frens through msn.. until one of my fren triggered me to go swim.. so i went.. haha..

den met tat fren for dinner.. he was very nice to me, showed me his room as well, n lent me Chicken little to pass time.. haha.. without him, my sunday would hav been totally boring..

cos peter decided not to meet, he needed sum sleep n rest after his half marathon, which i missed as the registration closed pre-maturedly on the day i wanted to sign up!! sian.. so they ran.. i din.. haha..

hmm, tired le, tmr is the start of floorball camp.. the program like damn xiong lah, training n training n training.. haha.. supposedly for selection of the top 23 out of 40 for the IVP team.. tink i wun b able to make the cut lar, but go learn more lor, no expectations though.. i tot the seniors r really good, tats y i noe where i stand.. yar, i dun practise self-cheating or any sort..

enjoyment..

wat is enjoyment?!?!

Enjoyment is doing the things tat you cannot do while preparing for the exams..

Enjoyment is after exams, u got nothing better to do but walk aimlessly ard town..

Enjoyment is meeting up with frens, keeping in touch with each other, showing tat they mattered afterall..

Enjoyment is watching a nice sweet romance show on mon, with sumone who appreciates romance show as well..

Enjoyment is going to ecp on wed n cycle leisurely with frens, n teach sumone who is first time on the bicycle how to cycle, and she actually managed to learn how to cycle in a day!!

Enjoyment is going to sentosa on tues n thurs to play beach volleyball, kayak n getting a good tan at the same time..

Enjoyment is getting sunburn from excessive sun tanning BUT feeling happy abt it..

Enjoyment is going for badminton game tmr on fri with frens who like to play badminton as well, juz like the good old days.. (juz hope i improved.. hee..)

Enjoyment is going for hockey PITCH training on sat, with a bunch of pple who shares the same passion for the sport (or at least i hope they do, n not after the hall points..)

Enjoyment is getting abit of my pro-rated bonus soon, summore money for spending.. bhahaha..

YAY!!! tats it for dis weeks program, u shd understand its impossible for me to state how fun it was for me to relax entirely after the exams.. there's juz so much to tok abt, yet so limited as to how i can describe the feeling.. maybe juz one word:

SHIOK

new hair, new life..

yeah ! ! !

exams are finally over, wooooohoooooooo !!!!!!

haha, yar, i was damn stressed over it lar.. first time in my 21 years i study until so jialat, den results r going to be like KANASAI!!! SIAN!!!

But watever, its over, time to move on.. n here comes my new hairstyle -- strips of ash over the brown hair.. hee.. abit edgy, abit ah-beng though.. haha.. nvm, wait for the ash to decolourise n i will hav a different look again.. haha.. wo~~, yar, in need of sum excitment in dis boring life.. hee..

hmm, haven been having much tots though, juz relaxing n enjoying wats life without work, without skool, without stress.. n TATS WAT I CALL LIFE ! ! ! haha..

living life as it passes by aimlessly.. --> its cool ok!! try it for urself..

IQ Test.. yar, i was bored.. haha..

Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

LuCk . .

luck, pls come to me as i am really in need of it..

hai, hav been sleeping and watching alot of TV dis few days instead of doing proper studying n preparation for the exams.. hai, quite disappointed with myself for the lack of discipline, n the consequences tat i may face.. *shake head*

going crazy soon.. haha..

May luck smile on me..

completed..

yo yo yozzz,

yar, after such a long gruesome period, the banner is COMPLETED ! ! ! finally.. i'm happy with wat i hav done, juz hope tat this doesn't screw my exams up.. haizz..

yap, short blogs for now, due to exams.. sorry pple..

nearly there..

ok, i'm charting my progress to the banner.. my 'epitome of bo-chap-ness' is not showing.. my self-efficacy is too high to be supressed.. i will not let my mum down.. i will not let myself down.. i can do it one ! ! !

i hope..

2 stupid dumb-dumbs

Once upon in time in KEVII hall..

there lived 2 stupid dumb-dumbs who are assigned to paint a banner within a week! dumb-dumb A volunteered to bring the cloth home and get the design sewn and paint it subsequently with dumb-dumb B.. *note that dumb-dumb A n his mother spend the entire nite doing it..* after which, the 2 stupid dumb-dumbs started the painting..

everytime they r painting, many other stupid dumb-dumbs will walk pass n say "wa, tats very nice.. enjoy painting.. good luck"..
number 1: dumb-dumb A feels tat he dun need pple to patronize him n comment its nice n walks off without even trying to lift a finger to help paint tat gigantic banner..
number 2:toking to the other dumb-dumbs wastes dumb-dumb A's precious time..
number 3: dumb-dumb A dun enjoy painting banner in the exam period n in late nites..
number 4: dumb-dumb A dun need luck in painting..

on many occasions dumb-dumb A will jio dumb-dumb B to go paint together.. HOWEVER, dumb-dumb B nv fail to turn up half an hour later or sumthing.. dumb-dumb B ENJOYS socialising with pple, toking non-stop to other dumb-dumbs like there's no tmr.. both the stupid dumb-dumbs are victims in dis banner episode le, but dumb-dumb B doesn't realise tat he is capitalising on dumb-dumb A's kindness as his weakness..
walau, com'on man, how old liao, both in the same pathetic sampan still wanna take advantage of the other dumb-dumb meh?!?! no prizes one u noe!!!

so eventually dumb-dumb A couldn't take it anymore n blog it down here..

*dumb-dumb A has also decided to display the epitome of 'bo-chap-ness' towards the banner and dumb-dumb B..

Thanks mum ! ! !

millions of thanks going out to my dearest mum..

apart from the usual gratitude that children hav for the parents, (which i wun elaborate here lah, u all noe it) there is sumthing i must tell the whole world abt my mum!!

nope, i'm definitely not the 'mummy's boy' kinda guy, but i really hav to put in a few good words for my mum!!

from my last post, its no secret tat i've been spending quite abit of precious time on hallplay banner design thingy.. so last nite, i went home specially so that i could get my mum to sew the cloths togther and get part of the design sewed on.. guess wat, me n my mum did the god-damn 'drawing-measuring-cutting-sewing' from 10pm til 6am!!!

Yes, no jokes!! IT IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SEEMS OK!!! it did take tat long to do 2 banners of 6m X 3m!! without complains, my mum n i did the sewing (some part by machine, some part hand-sewn) together.. at 5plus, my poor mum collapsed on her bed n fell into deep sleep after the last part of the sewing.. den i made my way back to hall early in the morning n collapsed til 1pm..

i'm really fortunate to hav my mum.. some parents couldn't care less for their kids, some over control.. my mum, she did wat was most appropriate for me.. my project, her burden, but she did her best for me.. awwwww..

and after all the sewing n stuff, i still hav to paint the rest of the banner!! argh.. i was telling my frens tat the management committee SHD recognise the consequences of their decisions!! there is latency which manifest when it comes to the base workers!! ur late decision oni makes the lowest in the hierarchy SUFFER!! try painting the banners urself NOW lah, morons!! exams leh, fail how?!?! BASKET!! ARGH..

watever, juz feel so delighted tat my mum is there for me..

黑夜过後 - quite a nice song i tink.. hee..

我是说真的
你如果累了
别犹豫随时
都能来找我
我不善言语
但愿意陪你
让你至少不孤单
渡过难眠的夜晚

不管夜多漫长
天终究会明亮

黑夜过後第一道阳光
是为了融化你心中的霜
闹过哭过当力气全耗光
发现你不过又爱了一场

黑夜过後的另一个早上
是最後一次和他说晚安
你要相信你比想像勇敢
逃离夜的捆绑奔向日出的方向
(像夜会过天终究会再亮)

Exams R coming..

yar, if anyone haven realised, the fact remains that EXAMS R COMING!!!

hai, even so, i still find myself engaged in so many hall stuff.. like i hav to finish painting 3 banners by thurs, n t-shirt design n poster design for another committee by wed.. Y it seems tat i'm the oni one working?!?! juz dun get it, it seems tat its back to 'the diligent pple continues to get more of the work while those who r less committed r spared and free from work'. y doesn't the society change?? y cant the lazy be punished with more work n increase their workload while decreasing that of those who hav proven their worth?? y is the disincentive 'lower points' or 'less recognition' and not 'more work' and in tat way , give those pple another chance to prove their worth.. y is the society not 'kuan rong' enough to give them the second chance??

yap, hope i triggered some tots with my real-life example.. (i'm not totally complaining here.. hee) so shd there be a day when U r the head of sumthing, PLS consider carefully not to fall into this trap and let the hardworking pple suffer in the name of recognition..

computer idiot ~~ me...

being a computer idiot me, i couldn't do anything but wait when my computer doesn't function properly..

being a computer idiot me, i had to wait for freddy to help me fix the computer..

being a computer idiot me, all i could do is to look at wat freedy does to me computer without understanding a single thing he did..

being a computer idiot me, until now i still dunnoe how to link my frens to my blog..

being a computer idiot me, i can oni pray tat the pple out there dun anyhow create n send viruses ard.. (pls dun, at least not to me.. hee..)

being a computer idiot me, i can oni wait for miracles to dawn upon me..

me, waiting for miracles..

thy name (part 2)

ok, here's part 2 of y i'm brian bernard chen baolai-mon..

first: baolai-mon
story: thx to jeremy tan lin keat (sorry, juz had to say out ur full name).. one fine day, when i was still a trainee during the ns time, i was scheduled for monitoring of other controllers, i.e. my name was written as baolai-mon on the whole white board.. n it happened tat tat particular day, i was the oni trainee, n the oni one to monitor other pple.. so, jeremy tan lin keat saw the board n said :"wa, y so many baolai-mons!! eh, baolai-mon baolai-mon, sound damn nice hor!! c, jeremy-mon, or linkeat-mon, or ethan-mon or joseph-mon all sound so awkward.. oni baolai-mon sound nice!!!" n he actually managed to convince everyone, n there u hav it, baolai-mon.. yar, as in pokemon-baolaimon.. -_-'''

second: bernand
story: during my ns time, my dyco (no.2 boss) cannot and/or refuse (or juz wanted to tease me) to remember my chinese name, and insist tat i hav sumthing more easy to remember n pronounce.. out of the blue, he pad on my shoulders n said 'from now on, u r bernard'(as in ber-nerd).. n he happily announced to the whole unit, 'call him bernard'.. warau.. =S so my very nice fren-cum-colleague, ethan, try to help n make it more atas by pronouncing it as ber-nord..

third: brian
story: den to me, aiyah, juz find a simple one lor, n common one, so can use in uni as well.. n uni will go orientation lah, different module mates lah etc etc etc, baolai is not particularly easy to remember anywayz, so yar, i juz choose brian over bobby lah or watever nonsense..

tada!!! brian bernard chen baolai-mon..

OTHERS:
Bluetooth: cos i had blue braces during my ns time, so goh cm saw my blue tooth(braces), n called me bluetooth(those damn cool high-tech electronic hp stuff)..

Castle: my callsign (chen-bao-lai, the chen-bao=castle/palaces etc)

Bala: juz a really really short-form!!!

ViRuS, gO aWay ! ! !

first n foremore, thanks to freddy tat i can still post my entry..

wa-rau!! damn suai lar, kana the stooopid computer virus (the MSN one now tats going ard like free one!!) basket, made my computer keep on popping out the stooopid msg 'a virus is detected, but cannot be deleted'.. being a computer idiot, if the computer can't resolve it, dun expect me to be able to help lah.. haha.. so how? i could hav juz bw waiting for death of my comp lor..

HENG, my saviour came along, all the way to my room n do some damn chiam processes tat ELIMINATED the god-damn stooooooooopid virus..

sorry had to whine, but really, can those pple out there who got nothing better to do, find sumnthing CONSTRUCTIVE to be, instead of creating some bugs or viruses to keep other pple busy.. (in this light, even juz sitting there n shaking ur god-damn legs aso better than creating those viruses lor!!)

yar, thx to freddy once again my comp is working as per norm..

DnD

Juz a recap of my hall DnD held on 10 Sep.. Yep, tot i shd blog it down b4 it becomes too embedded in my limited memory storage space.. hee.. Yap, was in the Manhunt.. We did a couple of catwalks and 2 dances as part of the judging criteria(50%) and the votes by the audience(50%).. we were representing our blocks, so in a way, if more people from your block turns up, u will have more supporters from the floor, the higher ur chance of winning..

Sadly, my block oni filled up a little more than 1 table, while the winner(Nathan) had 3 plus tables of supporters from his block.. well, i guess its oni natural that the supporters are biased and vote for their block representative.. THATS Y I LOST!!! haha..

no lah no lah.. joking oni.. Apart from the supporters' part, Nathan(the long curl-ri hair guy) is really good looking (looks like Bae Yong Jong lar!! damn, y ain't it me who looks like some superstar, like brad pitt or beckham or something.. =P.. haha..) and mananges to put his act togther after some hard practises.. initially his dance cannot make it one, but with my help, he improved alot lar.. haha.. yar, i always suan his dance one.. haha..

My partner (Nicole) was a great companion.. she is very steady and works hard to put up a good show for the audience and her boyfren (who came all the way down from KL for juz that 1 nite u noe!!! so sweet n loving.. awwww...).. Oh yar, alot of pple commented (including me) that she look like LIN XIN RU lar!!! yar, really beautiful.. n i guess she might have lost bcos of the same reason as me.. fewer support and strong competitor.. yar.. but its ok, we r cool abt it.. really really..

overall all the participants had a great time togther and afterall, its the experience that counts, not the winning part.. WO~~

1st Photo ! ! !

juz trying out the add photo function, hope it works..

n if it does, this will juz b a short blog, next time den give the bulk installation.. yar, the poster was printed for my hall DnD sometime back in September.. was in the pageant.. (though din win lah, not handsome enough mah!! dun probe leh, painful memories leh.. haha..) quite an experience though.. tot of it cos we (the pageant contestants) did a dance as performance to the audience who attended the DnD and supported us.. yar, dance - dance.. * aso see ICN..* YAY!!! haha..

I C N ! ! !

tonite concluded the much awaited Internal Cultural Nite (erm, not really anticipated lah, but juz one of THE event of the year.. haha..)

3 cheers for KEVII - DanzDemon - Jazzies

yep, i am part of the Dance team of my hall, a proud member actually.. hee.. about a month ago, i was assigned into the Jazz part (i.e. to dance jazz during ICN) with much apprehension n stuff, the rest of the team n i started the training and all.. had some hiccups here n there, but its ok, we all learn from our mistakes..

finally tonite was the nite.. all the dancers gave our best during the performance, and we were pretty much rewarded by the applause and accolades of the audience.. YAY!

juz reviewed our dance which was taped down on video, our jazzy part is quite neat and synchronized.. Great job by fen n wanzi for the choreography and the training for us, and all the dancers who made this possible.. n congrats too.. YAY!!

beginning to enjoy dance more.. hee.. though i'm definitely not one of the better dancers, i guess being able to enjoy myself was n is going to keep me going.. YAY!!!

YAY-ing away, with an interview later at 8am.. (OMG..) haha..

ThY nAMe

Thy name..

is wat u remember me by
not wat u remember me for..

i want to be remembered for my achievements in life
i want to be remembered for the footprints i left in ur life
i want to be remembered for me being me
i want to be remembered not for my name

a name is juz sumthing to call a person by, n not meant to be remembered for.. if not, tink its damn sad lor.. imagine the following:

"remember that jason.."
"which jason??"
"tat jason lor, tat one lor"
"wat he do one?? from where?? how did u noe him??"
".. .. .."

and tat a person remembered for his name only.. (no offence to the jasons out there)

as compared to:

"remember tat guy, i forgot his name though"
"who??"
"the one who is tall dark n handsum, n plays hockey one??"
"ooooooohhhhhh, tat guy, baolai-mon lah!!"
" yar yar yar, tats him"

hee, and tats a person remembered for who he is, not juz another name in memory.. sorry for the self-praising there.. haha..

anyway, my name is (quite a mouthful) Brian Bernard (pronounced as Ber-nord)Chen Baolai-mon.. will tell u guys in the next entry y such a lengthy name.. hee..

thx maran, ethan, jeremy for part of the name-forming process..

FRaNk - R u, or R u Not?!?!

does it work dis way:

being straight-forward ---> frank ---> trust-worthy ?!?!

personally, i can be identified with tat.. becos to be trust-worthy, my frens have to be frank wif me.. no hidden agenda, no hidden feelings.. (of cos, u get to keep the darkest secrets to urself, having said tat, i'm still more willing to hear it if u r willing to share..)

and someone who is straight-forward is frank.. i mean, he/she can't hide his/her feelings, hence gotta b someone who shows his/her cards on the table, which sometimes leads to being someone trust-worthy

however, laying down ur cards doesn't mean there isn't a sword under the table.. hmm, sounds contradicting?!?!.. in all, i tink the equation leads to:

straight-forward ---> frank <--- trust-worthy

therefore, frens, shd be frank with each other, i guess.. if u r not, dun bother TRYING, cos it makes things even more fake.. yar, it doesn't help, dun bother, PLS..

Frank-ness is from the heart, not from acting..

LiFe'S @ cYcLE?!?!

to the people out there who are concerned, i'm really ok.. haha.. Lost?!?! well, recently alot of my frens hav been say this to me :"wa, baolai, u look damn shag leh.. R u ok??" and as always, my reply :" yar, i'm ok, juz lack of sleep.."

Yar, ya c, with everyday of 3-4hours of sleep (dozing off in lecture doesn't count!) i entered a severe sleep debt.. as i try my very best not to skip classes, i simply lose to the Z monster and doze off, meeting my dream girl etc ( i shall not go into that)..

however, juz dis 2 days, plus the coming weekend, i'm going to reward myself with alot alot of proper sleep, AT HOME!!! (hee, doesn't tat explain how long i've not been at home?!?! sorry mum) so yar, bye to sleep debt, i paid u, and planning to pay u in advance tonite..

having said tat, i'm typing dis while waiting for my laundry to be done.. haha.. n me juz came back from morning swim plus afternoon floorball training..

I'M PHYSICALLY DRAINED!!!

did i juz STATE tat life's a cycle?! yes i did, somewhere.. yar.. so life's a cycle.. as soon as i repaid my sleep debtor, i start owing my oxygen debtor.. muscles on a oxygen debt with all the excess lactic acid produced while i exercise the whole 6 hours!!! isn't it amazing how powerful ur body can get?!?! juz food for thought..

may the power b wif u..

biRth of a nEw BLoG

Harlow everybody...

Finally i've decided to start my own little blog that goes out to no one... To commerate dis special day, 15 OCT 2005, 2.15AM, i shall hold a small party that consist of me, myself and baolai... sounds cool, too bad ya gonna miss the party...