alright hey guys im back again!!! phew it has been a really hectic time and i glad it was over. hahaa. yep now i'm all out preparing for the camp and stuff!! anyway, heres an update on what has been going on.
16 may:
Yeah been a great day at school. we had this kinda Basic leadership training thingy after school for like 3 hours. at first i was rather negative about it cause i was like " errr this is gonna be yet another big waste of my time man. some stupid talk again". yeah anyway it started with this guy saying in a really deep and low voice " hoi, moi name is coach Barry" hahahaha it was SUPER FUNNY the way he spoke man... haha i kept disturbing him like ...i keep talking to my friends in a low deep voice HAHAHAHA.... ANYWAY, yeah i figured i should just give the guy a chance to talk and see what he's got. yep and indeed you know...it was a great lesson. The things he taught were rather blibical. god used the session to remind me about servanthood leadership and the true meaning behind being a leader. personally it was a great wake up session for me.
Yep and we had games too!! in the small field. hahaa kinda like cg games hahaa. and OH YAH!! the sandwiches they gave for the 15 min break we had were awesome!!! =) it wasnt like budget or anything!! they really took good care of us man!! and that was what i learnt that day. this time, i didnt just hear it, i saw it and i did it. well i have to say Coach Barry did an excellent job. well done coach!!
haha okay on to the next day.
17 may:
Whoa haha i had InterHouse soccer games that wednesday!!! it was an awesome feeling to just put on my blue socks, stuff in the shins, strap them to my legs with masking tape and FINALLY, put on my new white Mizuno Quasar Cup III boots!!! the boots felt great!!! HEY ppl out there!!!! if u wanna get boots, TRY MIZUNO!! they are really fantastic!!! hahaha okay back to the game. yeaha okay so we won the first game. easy. right so on to the next. it was Admiralty vs Seletar. well, im from admiralty!!! anyway my side boasts a really dynamic squad with superb attacking flair.
Admiralty vs Seletar:
I was playing centre back for seletar. apparently we dont really have proper defenders except Bohan. So anyway, the match started off rather well. we were controlling possession. probably 65 percent. well personally for me i was rather NERVOUS!!! haha was getting rather edgy cause the striker i was up against was really good. he was taller, and stronger, but probably not faster. What made it worst was that they were flooding my half with lots of players. i was practically feeling super uneasy though the ball was hardly with them. 2 strikers and 2 midfielders were up against me and Bohan. occasionally our centre mid dropped back to help.
We tried and tried but could not break through. ALL OF A SUDDEN, they won a dubious freekick. Well, the guy kicked it hard from way out, our keeper fumbled, and we all watched in HORROR as the ball slowly trickled into the back of the net. my heart sank when the goal went in. i was like..." NOOOO!!!"
yeah so okay we lost that match. but something really interesting happened!!! the striker i was up against broke free and was one on one with the goalie. i raced back and with one deep breathe i LEGALLY shouldered him to the ground. he missed his shot in the process. well yeah he wasn't TOO happy with the challenge. in fact, he was rather angry. OKAY HE WAS ANGRY!! he started F-ing me and stuff. like F off and like why the F did u push me la la la....well it was getting rather tense. this guy looked like some ah beng somemore!! anyway, after he fell, i ran over to help him up and then totally ignored the colourful vocab he used on me. after that, i was feeling rather intimidated already. he took a swipe at me everytime he could. thank god the match ended with me still being in one piece.
nxt match Admiralty vs Rodney.
So we lost one and won one. now we had to win our last to qualify into the finals. we had to score 3 goals. i opted to play the second half instead. cause i wasnt really feeling too good after the second match. the seletar players practically rolled over me like a pancake!! i was bruised and i sprained my arm when i slid one of their players in a tussle. so anyway i rested for awhile.
I was sitting down watching the game, and that was when it hit me... hey how come i dont rely on god when i play soccer man? what exactly is wrong with me?! i started praying and i asked god to protect me and strengthen me as i went out on the pitch again.
So yeah i was raring to go! this time i played Right Back in a 3-2-1 formation. gave me more space and freedom to run! well, with the strength of god, i gave my all. we dominated the entire match. for the whole 20-30 mins we played, our opponents did not even get a touch on the all.
suddenly, the ball spinned to me. i took it, dribbled past one guy and OLEd(slipping the ball through the legs) another guy, before i was viciously brought now. YAY FREE KICK!!! the funny thing was the guy i dribbled past, wasnt happy haha so he raced back to tackle me. he tried to shoulder me like what i did to the guy in the previous match. MIRACULOUSLY, that guy actually fell down when he banged me!! HAHA... he was a big guy somemore!! probably 70 kg. i almost laughed while running mann haha i felt nothing hahaha....well given my physic, i knew it wasnt me. those who are close to me would know im rather weak. but indeed, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY TO SAY IT WAS DUE TO MY OWN MUSCLES AND STRENGTH =D ( i want to believe it is!!), i still cant deny that it was god who physically strengthend me! haha.
anyway, we gave our all. but we still did not score. they had 7 men playing and all 7 defended like no body's business. in a moment of disbelief, the final whistle blew. We all hung our heads. Some of us stared into the ground in shock. We knew we gave it all, we knew we were better, but the truth was that we were kicked out of the competition.
well haha the most consoling thing was that the spectators were saying " HEY admiralty played like superb la!! they should bbe champions!!" but heh haha well it could have been, but it didnt. Despite it all, i still felt tremendous after the game. i knew that through it all, god was with me and that he had worked ever so powerfully.
indeed, god is ever so real in our lives.