this is a blog

note to self

2010-08-19T17:42:00.001+08:00

backup all KR.com articles by this weekend!

only you.... and you alone

2010-08-10T00:31:00.001+08:00

this song has been stuck in my head since i heard the auntie play a pipa version (i think) outside Paragon!

brand new

2010-08-09T01:38:00.004+08:00

that indescribable feeling has begun to return again. I had almost forgot what it felt like, but this intense wave of emotion has suddenly swept through me again like a whirlwind.

this is an amazing song.

wow. the last time i updated was oct 25, 2009. two months shy of a full year.

stupid

2009-10-25T17:38:00.000+08:00

the life i lead now is so lifeless and stupid

I

2009-10-04T12:46:00.006+08:00

I'm just not the same anymore.

Some things are just so hard to let go.

No matter how much positivity you try to help me inject into it, I end up feeling all lonely, negative and insecure about it.

Green has made me stupid.

brothers in arms

2009-08-03T04:40:00.002+08:00



These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many differents suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
The moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We were fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

Indifference

2009-08-02T23:16:00.001+08:00

is something i never wanted to feel

the dark knight

2009-07-22T14:25:00.000+08:00

it's been 1 year since our first date.. lol...

i really got nothing else to say than to say this.. because i really don't know what to say.

sigh

2009-07-19T23:44:00.000+08:00

it's exactly one week since we broke up. right down to the exact minute.

but life goes on.

i still believe though.

why

2009-07-19T13:19:00.000+08:00

i don't understand.. what did i do to you to deserve this from you?

Love to be loved by you...

2009-07-19T02:56:00.002+08:00

Who am I?

2009-07-19T02:17:00.002+08:00

I don't even know who I'm looking at in the mirror anymore.

You knew how to love me the way I wanted you to.

Almost a week

2009-07-19T00:19:00.001+08:00

It's been almost a week since you've been gone.

This feeling of having not seen your face for a week is eating me from inside.

But I have to carry on, with the hope that you will someday come back to me keeping me going all this while.

across the universe

2009-07-18T03:11:00.002+08:00

words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
they slither wildly as they slip away across the universe

pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my open mind
possessing and caressing me

jai guru deva om
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world

images of broken light which dances before me like a million eyes
they call me on and on across the universe

thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

jai guru deva om
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world

sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing through my opened ears
inciting and inviting me

limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
and calls me on and on across the universe

jai guru deva om
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
nothing's gonna change my world
jai guru deva om
jai guru deva om

this is killing me..

2009-07-16T18:38:00.000+08:00

feel like going out for a walk...

can't we try...

2009-07-16T00:26:00.002+08:00

16 july.. 2 months after you-know-what...

we didn't have any more after that..

i just feel so emotional thinking about it.. that very night...

I see your face cloud over like a little girls
And your eyes have lost their shine
You whisper something softly
I'm not meant to hear
Baby tell me what's on your mind
I don't' care what people say
About the two of us from different worlds
I love you so much that it hurts inside
Are you listening
Please listen to me girl

Can't we try just a little bit harder
Can't we give just a little bit more
Can't we try to understand
That it's love we're fighting for
Can't we try just a little more passion
Can't we try just a little less pride
I love you so much baby
That it tears me up inside

I hear you on the telephone
With god knows who
Spilling out your heart for free
Everyone needs someone they can talk to
Girls that someone should be me

So many times I've tried to tell you
You just turn away
My life is changing so fast now
Leaves me lonely and afraid
Don't be afraid, no

Can't we try just a little bit harder
Can't we give just a little bit more
Can't we try to understand
That it's love we're fighting for
Can't we try just a little more passion
Can't we try just a little less pride

I love you so much baby
That it tears me up inside
Don't let our love fade away
No matter what people say
I need you more and more each day

Can't we try just a little bit harder
Can't we give just a little bit more
Can't we try just a little bit harder
Can't we give just a little bit more
Can't we try just a little more passion
Can't we try just a little less pride
Love you so much baby
Tears me up inside

nobody

2009-07-15T10:07:00.005+08:00

nobody to share my laughter with
nobody to listen to my problems and tell me it's alright
nobody who would wait for me no matter how long i took in certain things
nobody to console me when things don't go my way

nobody who would trust and share with me her problems
nobody who would take the initiative to hold my hand when we're out
nobody who would love me without being asked to

nobody to fill this empty void inside me...

where are you? :(

i love you

2009-07-14T12:56:00.000+08:00

none of us deserves this outcome..

tiring

2009-06-13T04:04:00.002+08:00

every day stay up until so late to do administrative work for project greed.... sibei sian. some things just don't seem to end.

ndp

2009-06-11T01:21:00.001+08:00

mr PRESIDENT

the parade is formed up and ready for inspection, SIR!

Maldini the Magnificent

2009-05-25T18:31:00.003+08:00

http://www.imeem.com/bas/video/9RO0-OO-/maldini-the-magnificent-sports-video/

A video montage I made for my idol, Paolo Maldini. Captain of A.C. Milan.

Will have a short tribute story later on.

milan away!!!!

2009-05-14T02:16:00.001+08:00

now $90 only with name and numbering.. i want!!!!!

thank you!

2009-05-08T17:11:00.001+08:00

hehehehehe

highly defined

2009-05-07T18:18:00.001+08:00

a person who stays back in poly just to be the president of their CCA just isn't cut out to rival me.

oh well.

the same person is also less than 40kg and sucks major ass when it comes to inter-gender relations.

rival lor.

bringing back an old post...

2009-04-30T02:45:00.003+08:00

certain events in the recent weeks have inspired me to bring back one post from July 2008...

there are people out there in the world who say one thing and mean another

there are people out there who are so adamant and persistent of their beliefs, believing that one day they will succeed

but guess what, you don't win all the time

just like in a football

once your opponent puts the ball in your net, if you don't score, you lose, no matter how much you try not to let in another goal

in an entire season, if you don't win matches often, you won't finish on top of anyone, just right at the bottom and either just manage to scrape through or be relegated to a lower division

but certain things aren't like football

certain things won't continue to renew themselves like how everyone begins on level terms again every new football season

certain things you just can't win even if you continue to persist

because certain things aren't meant to be shared by everyone

some people just don't get it

the last few weeks

2009-04-27T01:35:00.003+08:00

this is the shit i've been doing the last few weeks... in NON-CHRONOLOGICAL order..

first i bought and sprayed some realistic-looking toy guns for filming.

then another gun (two of these actually)

i went to watch SAFFC's shaky debut in the ACL, losing against Suwon and Kashima at home.

and settled for some good ol' S.League action but a shock was in-store as Home lost to the Young Lions by a single goal

i still had fun though as i was invited to play on the same field as Singapore legends uncle Dollah Kassim and Quah Kim Song, as well as Woodlands' coach Nenad Bacina, and a few other faces in local football....

popped by raffles place for some work in the middle of one of those weeks on an assignment to a uniquely-organised Singapore Cup draw

before that i was hard at work with tA's 2009 photoshoot

but i still had time to spare with my dear gf...

turned out for kallangroar at dunearn on saturday before hitting my head in a collision with the goalkeeper, but after that it was still time spent with her at her area.

and IN BETWEEN ALL THAT...

49 tiring days of work put in for this screenplay, but it'll all be bloody worth it in the end.

hahaha

2009-04-13T13:55:00.010+08:00

i just wanna take one moment to laugh at "van" chua guan cheng.

he thinks by posting whatever i said to him as "evidence", i'm going to be scared of him and respect whatever he does.

well i say i'm better than someone who posts a dumb 'war' video with a short scene containing a maximum security institution and takes it down one day later. i'm way better than that. haha.

i'm way better than some shitheads who think they're better management than people i've worked with for more than 7 years. i remember somebody said to another person about 4 things of which only 1 was completed. haha. let me throw this back at you. dekabreak vs gatack. what happened? woohoo!

i'm also way better than scumbags who backstab others to try gain support and cause unrest within a group. what the fuck? if you think you're that good at politics, maybe you should go run for office.

a year or two ago, you said we would be gone soon, with such management. whoops!! we're still here! guess what? we're better off without someone like you. a face like yours doesn't deserve shit. anywhere.

you've got zero skills and zero talents and the worst thing about all of that is, you're not even willing to learn like the rest of us. you always think you're the top. why don't you bend over and suck your own wiener.

well maybe you could do that. i don't know. maybe you could because your so ultra-thin.

and P.S. if you're trying to make your groupies think we've got something against your group as a whole, stuff it mate. the problem lies with you alone.

update...

2009-04-07T00:39:00.004+08:00

ok i'm not the most consistent in updating but, here's all those who wished me a happy 20th birthday... IN ORDER.

1. Xiaoyun
2. Liwen
3. Hidayat
4. Hadi
5. Jason (Delap)
6. Yimian
7. Cannie
8. Amanda
9. Jiing Yih
10. Michel
11. Jace
12. Meng Yeow
13. Alvin Lee
14. Nelson
15. Dad
16. Joe
17. Auntie Zizah
18. Jim
19. BEE
20. Basri
21. Rob
22. Kevin
23. Paul Goodwin
24. Kai
25. Zaidi
26. Daniel Ang
27. Yong Jian
28. Uncle Devo
29. Limin
30. Irfan
31. Khyrul
32. Benny
33. Hajar
34. Siewping
35. Gary
36. Zieda
37. Yong Cheng
38. Janet
39. Weijie Chua
40. Marilyn
41. Sam Scutt
42. Santono

thank you all, especially my dearest girlfriend Liwen, for all the things she prepared for me!

a little bit more update about my life so far - i've been busy with the screenplay of somewhat of a crime drama which tA is going to film this year. hope i can complete it by this saturday's meeting.

back to work!

a long time

2009-02-03T04:05:00.001+08:00

it's been an awfully long time since i last updated, and my 2008 review is also outdated by a long way. i'll try to put it up soon.

in the meantime, i really need to go to sleep now.

TAGGED

2009-01-05T00:55:00.002+08:00

JY ask me to do this.

first post of 2009. the 2008 summary's coming soon

#1 The first person who tagged in your blog is: JY
#2 Your relationship with him/her: he is my friend.
#3 Your impression of him/her: he is my friend.
#4 The most memorable thing he/she has done for you: he is my friend.
#5 The most memorable thing he/she said to you: cb bas LOL
#6 If he/she become your lover you will: he is my friend.
#7 If he/she become your lover, thing(s) he/she has to improve/change will be: he is my friend.
#8 If he/she become your enemy, you will: he is my friend.
#9 If he/she become your enemy, the reason will be: he is my friend.
#10 The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is: he is my friend.
#11 Your overall impression of him/her is: he is my friend.
#12 How you think people around you feel about you?: i am their friend
#13 The characteristic(s) that you love about yourself is: i am my own friend.
#14 On the contrary, the stuff you hate about yourself are: i am my own friend.
#15 The most ideal person you want to be is: my own friend.
#16 Say something to those who care and like you: let's be friends!
#17 Pass this quiz to 10 people (tag those with blogs):

(wah sianz JY tag all the tA people liao)

1. Yong Jian
2. Veronica
3. Leon
4. Huifen
5. Xiaoyun
6. Fadzri
7. Erika
8. Low Weiyi
9. Erny
10. Deborah

#18 Who is no.6 having relationship with? - i have no idea man.. never met him so long liao
#19 Is no.9 a male or female? - FEMALE
#20 If 7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing? - WTF
#21 What is no. 2 studying? - No study liao
#22 When was the last time you had a chat with no. 3? - NYE at Millennia Walk
#23 What kind of music does no. 8 like? - chinese song i think
#24 Does no. 1 has any siblings? - Ya
#25 Will you woo no. 3? - LOL not gay
#26 How abt no. 7? - she is my friend.
#27 Is no. 4 single? - Nope
#28 What's the surname of no. 5? - Lin
#29 Whats the hobby of no. 10? - Playing the violin
#30 Does no. 5 and 9 get along well? - They don't know each other!
#31 Where is no. 2 studying at? - ASK ALREADY!!
#32 Talk something casually about no. 1? - Writer
#33 Have you tried developing feelings for no. 6? - LOL NOT GAY
#35 What colour does no. 4 like? - Black i think
#36 Are no. 5 and 1 best friends? - Nope
#37 Does no. 1 have any pets? - No idea
#38 Is no. 7 th sexiest person in the world? - huh what!
#39 What is no. 6 doing now? - no idea man. sleeping? listening to X?

tA third anniversary

2008-11-24T00:47:00.004+08:00

guess it would be a sin not to blog about the anniversary gathering for this year.

Despite wanting this to be bigger and better than previous years, we could only manage the 'better' part, as our overall attendance fell short from our estimated attendance by about 3-4 people.

But for those who attended, we surely had lots of fun right? It was really a night to remember and probably will be up there as the most memorable gathering ever this year for myself.

We also premiered some videos at the gathering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-kdq2uT58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sndj1gPtfH0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2GLLiZCrA

Would like to thank all those who came, especially those who are inactive members or not members of the forum at all, but yet came to join in the celebration.

Thank you all, and let's hope for a bigger 2009! More pictures below:

Everyone who came!

Admins and moderators with Nelson

The cake which I spent $55.20 on.

The customary first cutting of the cake by the boss.

I was the cake mutilator!!

The guest book for the gathering, which will be given to Nelson and his family.

finally update

2008-11-19T22:53:00.000+08:00

i have been busy these past few weeks.

so busy i don't have enough time to update this blog.

but things keep on changing.

tokuAsia has been around for 3 years and i am proud to say that i have been one of the catalysts behind its growth this year especially.

looking forward to saturday's gathering.

Sennheiser is good!

2008-10-08T23:24:00.001+08:00

just got a pair of Sennheiser earphones.

the quality is

just.

frigging.

awesome.

Attention Mr Yamada...

2008-09-28T19:14:00.003+08:00

I came across something very interesting on the internet and thought I might reply to it here. Who cares if the original writer replies to it.

My replies are in gold.

Ok so here goes:

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I purposely haven't written on my blog for a long time due to the sensitivity of the topic. So, continue to read at your own risk; this is my article, and therefore biased, without immediate evidence or proof.

ok. i see.

You see, I began to search the country for Tokusatsu fans. At first, it was a success, having made new friends through a well-known forum that is diverse in many forms of Tokusatsu series.

thanks for recognising us as well-known and diverse. i agree we are diverse, but we are certainly not well-known.

The forum had accomplish many things, things that some of us are not allowed to be part of. Therefore, one of them by the name of "Altered Beast King" left the forum and went bust in 2007. I never heard from him ever since.

this is one instance where i would like to tell you not to see things from the surface and assume things are such without clarifying matters. you do not know shit about what happened, so you are in no position to comment in this situation. all i can tell you is whatever happened happened because of money. lots of money.

There was one time that the events of the forum went into HIATUS mode. It is due to the members having major examinations during that period. After that, they have decided to come up with a brilliant plan to show off how fucking elitist, or in a nicer way, how talented they are.

yeah it's a brilliant idea. way fucking brilliant. so brilliant that nobody has ever put into place this kind of plan before. but we are not elitist. you want elitist. a certain ultraman forum comes into mind...

They have picked up very well. However, they have abandoned some of their faithful members in the forum. In so doing, I decided to gradually be far away from them bit by bit.

yeah we have picked up very well. really well.

Here's a rhetorical question: Why did they kill the people that have made them successful?

so what have you done to make tokuAsia successful? aside from making us laugh with your pathetic love problems and fear of national service, and posting pictures of underaged girls, you have done virtually nothing else.

did you pay money for tokuAsia to convert into its own .com domain? no, so shut up.

It is because they want to "purify" the forum by bashing otakus, kicking them out of the production team. This forum do not deserved to be famous.

so who deserves to be famous then? adam yamada? i already said before we are not famous, but we are striving hard to be. i can see you are striving hard to be famous as well, for the wrong reasons albeit.

we have valid reasons for the personnel we select for the big projects. at the same time we also encourage our members to come up with projects of their own. this is what tokuAsia is about. being creative.

you are able to offer us nothing but geekyness, half-assed writing and photoshopped pictures, gigabytes of hentai and pictures of your fat "girlfriend". so why should we select you for the big projects?

you have zero skills and zero improvement has been made over the years with the same old 'That is how I am' excuse. we will not entertain any excuses. especially from you.

if you want something, you better as hell earn it. you sit on your ass for two years and try to pull on that 'seniority' and 'don't leave a man behind' crap. you don't win a race without running don't you?

Even "Taxman" left. This clearly shows what the forum's intentions are. I will never again support them unless some of the ex-members return.

sing thai? when was sing thai ever a member of tokuAsia? we don't want him here anyway. he's got nothing in his head but drum mania.

ex-members? there is a reason why certain people are banned. be thankful we will not ban you or delete your posts like some ultraman forum, unless you are considered a threat to the forum's peace and security.

Why did I write this? I originally planned to expand my horizons, trying to find like-minded people in supporting my cause. Even during their HIATUS mode, I still decided to continue supporting them.

expand my ass. there is simply zero improvement in whatever you write or do. just look at Gang Fight, SPD Mars, Friends, M.O.N.S.T.E.R., Sekai Senshi Field Troopers, Raiden Sentai Thunder Force all amongst other crap you write. I mean, WHO THE FUCK READS YOUR CRAP!?!?!?

However, when they rebuild their empire, I was left out of it. I was not even considered to be a faithful member of their forum. Besides the emotional disgust, I received more when finding out about my personal life outside of the forum. I told them not to involve my personal matters into forum matters. Being disgusted but also deeply hurt, I voiced out my opinions as to why until now, I wasn't able to be part of something bigger. I was then insulted, humiliated, defeated and above all, killed on the very forum that I swore allegiance to, which was quite saddening and yet I still linked them through my youtube. Well, not anymore.

WHO THE FUCK READS YOUR CRAP!?!?!?

nobody said you are not a faithful member of the forum. we give you advice you ignore our advice. then that's your problem. sometimes you cannot have certain things in life. you say others don't understand you, do you understand others? the answer is NO!

allegiance? nobody on tokuAsia asked you to recite a pledge, cut your blood put it in a bowl and drink or burn six dots in your head. nobody asked you to swear anything.
if you did, that's your problem.

This is corruption and the new forum is nothing but their own corruption.

your mind. that's the only thing which is corrupted.

your absolute stupidity in assuming that you can put out half-assed work and expect to get the same privileges as those who actually work for it, is really amusing.

this is the same reason why you are going to be earning 1.5k/mth salary on your poly diploma for the next 20 years of your life.

what a waste of a polytechnic diploma.

some people are just losers..

2008-09-23T23:51:00.001+08:00

haha.

some people just can't win, and they choose to leave the convo despite being the ones who started talking nonsense in the first place.

LOL what gangster man..rubbish.

spd updates

2008-09-12T20:19:00.002+08:00

somebody scold me already for not updating.. lol.

apparently I discovered today that Mediacrap is producing a program called 'GX5', which is supposedly their 'answer to Power Rangers'.

i can't believe it. it looks so budget and lame from that one little picture. check it out at the tokuAsia thread below.

http://tokuasia.com/board/index.php?topic=2463

DEKARANGER will be better.

haha..

2008-09-02T02:14:00.000+08:00

haha i so lazy to update.

haha.

hmm..since.......

2008-08-13T15:56:00.004+08:00

it's almost a month now...

and i'm sure dear wants me to say something about her here, so i'll oblige willingly.. lol.

i've always been hoping for someone like you, but i never once thought you'd be the one, even though you've been in my social circle for nearly two years.

i myself am surprised at how many similarities we possess, even though we only knew most of them after we got together.

i'm also surprised at how everything fell together so easily. it was almost if you were the missing piece in my puzzle.

i just wanna say, thank you dear for always being there for me, and always trying to motivate me to complete my tasks at hand...

i love you.

sacrifice, adaptability and enforcement

2008-08-09T01:00:00.000+08:00

few people understand the importance of sacrifice in order to achieve an ultimate aim.

and since the same few people are wound so tight up in the head, the ultimate aim cannot be achieved through the quickest and most effective way.

the same few people have been taught so well, but they fail to understand the need to adapt solutions according to situation.

few people also fail to understand the fact that rules have been made by man, and can be altered by man as well.

and yet the same few people also don't realise some of these so-called rules don't exist in black and white, so why bother enforcing them?

this is why the same few people always continue to fail and feel pressured and undermined by others.

because they have not achieved anything at all.

by the way, updated my resolutions.

questionnaire

2008-08-04T22:10:00.003+08:00

apparently dear has been held up at work again.. and while waiting for her to come back, i'm doing this which i found on yat's blog

Starting time: 10.11PM
Name: Basil
Brothers: 2
Shoe size: 8.5
Height: 174
Where do you live: Bedok, Singapore
Favourite drinks: Milo Dinosaur, 100 Plus
Favourite breakfast: Roti Prata

Have you ever..
been on a plane: Ya
Swam in the ocean: Ya
Fallen asleep in school: Ya
Broken someone's heart: Ya
Fell off your chair: Ya
Sat by the phone all night waiting someone to call: Ya
Save e-mails: Ya
What is your room like: One queen size bed, one sofa bed, one entire wall which is a cupboard and one 21 inch TV
What is right beside you: A stack of clothes
What is the last thing you ate: My dinner. Rice, egg and ikan bilis.

Ever had
chicken pox: Ya
Sore throat: Ya
Stitches: No
Broken nose: No
Do you believe love at first sight: Never happened
Like picnics: Must see who
Who was, were the last person you danced with: Can't remember
Last made you smile: Dear
You last yelled at: The chinaman next door

Today did you
Talked to someone you like: Ya
Kiss someone: No
Get sick: No
Talk to ex: No
Miss someone: Ya
Eat: Ya

Best feeling in the world: Every night spent with her
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: Not anymore
Whats under your bed: My bed's on the floor
Who do you really hate: Uncultured and childish people

What time is it now: 11.15PM

Random:
Is there a person who is on your mind now: Ya
Do you have any siblings: Ya
Do you want children: Ya
Do you smile often: Nope
Do you like your hand writing: Nope
Are you toe nails painted: Nope
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep: My dad's?
What colour shirt are you wearing now: Black
What are you doing at 7pm yesterday: MSN

I can't wait till: School resumes
When will you cry last: Not sure
Are you a friendly person: Quite
Do you have pet: No
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now?: No
Do you sleep with the TV on?: Depends
What are u doing right now?: This
Have you ever crawled through a window?: Ya

Can you handle the truth?: Ya
Are you too forgiving: Sometimes
Are you close to your father and mother?: Ya
Who was the last person you cried in front of?: Can't remember

5 things i was doing 10 years ago:
- Going to school
- Skipping remedial lessons
- Playing football during recess time
- Getting hooked on Red Alert
- Nothing else?

5 things on my to-do list today:
- Update blog
- Chat with her
- Start on Agito
- Eat some darn chips
- Find a new ending theme for Agito

snacks i enjoy:
- Ruffles and Lays
- Jack n Jill chips
- Haagen Daz ice cream
- Snickers
- Cheezels

5 things I would do if were a billionaire:
- invest money in producing tokusatsu in singapore
- invest money in S.League
- buy a ferrari
- buy a house
- save the rest of the money

5 of my bad habits:
- sleeping late
- eating too much
- waking up late
- biting fingernails
- blasting music loudly at home

5 places i have lived in:
- my home in bedok south
- bedok town secondary school
- pulau ubin
- home team academy
- my auntie's house

I TAG:
- Dear

corporate trouble

2008-08-04T16:09:00.006+08:00

this is so ridiculous... hahahahaha.

there are currently three people in this world right now who are doing the most ridiculous things i have ever seen in my life, and it is making me laugh non-stop day and night.

i'm not going to name names, but i'm going to describe these three people in depth but not in detail, and if you feel that one of these people sounds like yourself, then it's probably you!

hahahahahahahahahaha.

person number 1 is a volunteer. no.1 volunteered to help to accomplish a certain goal, but when no.1 found out that he had differences with some of the staff and department heads, he left the company and cut off all contact with all the other volunteers, then wrote in the newspapers about his differences with the company and accused the company of misappropriating funds, when in the first place he was never even forced to contribute a single cent to the company's well-being.

here comes the strange part. soon after, no.1 retracted his statement and rejoined the company after some persuasion by one of the project heads, yet, no.1 still refuses to speak with the department heads. so what is no.1 trying to prove?

my conclusion is that no.1 is simply unprofessional in his work ethics and does not have a clear idea of what he wants to accomplish in life, because he is causing all these problems due to his own personal vendetta against some of the people high up in the company.

he is only doing this kind of things because he isn't being paid for his skills.

but wait.. skills? what skills?

i forgot to mention that this target is not related to no.1's profession.

person number 2 is probably the most ridiculous out of the three. apparently no.2 has never been educated of the dangers of the internet, and believes he can establish a long-term partnership with a foreign company without holding a formal meeting between both parties. or at least between no.2 and the foreign delegate. yes, no.2 wants to put pen to paper on a deal where the outcome has only about 1% chance of success.

apparently no.2's company is not very happy about the deal as they believe firmly in the need to review carefully the various options they can take, so that both companies will benefit from this partnership. but no.2 is still adamant about signing the contract even though third-party analysts have predicted an economical disaster if the deal should ever happen.

no.2's company is also unhappy that the foreign company chosen by no.2 is the least desirable company one could ever choose.

today, with stock exchange reports that the US dollar is equivalent to 1.3 Singapore dollars, the US market is not a very good place to invest in, especially for a greenhorn like no.2. with costs rising above earnings, and financial returns unlikely to be higher than if no.2 invested in a local company, no.2's company indeed has a cause for concern against this investment.

no.2 has also made his company unhappy about his decision to join the foreign company, especially one that is not flourishing in the market and one that involves a lot of spending on their own end. if no.2 joins the foreign company, then the local company would have one less employee and they would be very short-handed.

no.2 is also very upset over the analysts' words. even though he knows they are probably true and the deal will never come through, he still chooses to believe because of the little values from cartoons that he is taking too seriously in his life.

then no.2 attempted to mimic a deal between two local companies, in a bid to prolong the time-frame of his dying deal. when one of the local companies reacted aversely to the plagarism, no.2 enlisted the help of a corporate saboteur to help him to battle the local company, insisting that his idea was 100% original and that there was no corporate espionage involved.

sounds funny to you? i think no.2 is simply desperate to make a name for himself.

person number 3 is yet another volunteer. but volunteering for this job here allows you to play with children. no.3 volunteered for this job and knew what exactly the job required him/her to do, but guess what, no.3 screws up and then makes so much noise about it!

the best thing is before you are allowed to take up this job you would have to go for a little bit of training and familiarisation, and yet no.3 has gone through all that and is still not able to do his/her job properly.

now here's the part which pisses me off the most. no.3 attempted something and went over the line, and when i informed no.3 directly about my dislike over these activities, no.3 starts to get angry with me!

isn't that ridiculous? it's just like, you punch somebody and that person punches you back, then you sue the person for punching you, when in the first place, it is you who started the problem in the first place.

so no.3, stop being such a childish n00b and wake up! this world isn't all pretty pink like you want it to be. not young anymore and still so naive! what the f***!

why are there so many problems with volunteers nowadays?

there's a person number 4 actually, but as long as no.4 doesn't flutter any unnecessary feathers, i'm fine with it.

10 reasons why facebook is the IN thing now

2008-08-03T13:05:00.002+08:00

1) you can see what your friends have been up to lately with the mini-feed
2) its features are more interactive
3) you can tag people on your photographs, effectively adding the photographs with them to their albums
4) you can add events to your calendar and invite people to them
5) just look at all the little applications you can use to kill time
6) the groups feature is so much better than Friendster
7) profiles are much more in-depth than Friendster; you get to share work info, contact info.. etc etc
8) it loads faster than Friendster
9) thanks to all that above, Friendster is nearly outdated.
10) almost everyone's using it!

wah lao eh

2008-08-01T14:55:00.002+08:00

some people have just simply have zero originality.

they try to copy everything blatantly, and pass it off as their own.

and the worst thing is, some people just have to copy what happens in my relationship and try to emulate it in theirs!!!

sian..

2008-07-31T09:46:00.001+08:00

no electricity from 10.30am - 12.30pm..

no tv, no laptop, no fan, wah lao eh...

what should i do in those two hours?

maybe i should go any AXS station buy tickets for mummy 3...

after three days..

2008-07-30T00:44:00.002+08:00

The end result of a hard three days' work, acquiring the match accredition, watching both teams train, watching the match live at the stadium to eventually writing the report and rewatching the whole match on Channel 5's delayed telecast to clear certain details.

I present, my biggest Singapore football match report yet (or ever):

Selecao Put Three Past Gutsy Singapore

More updates on my recent Samba Fever to come soon.

as I ponder

2008-07-29T14:22:00.005+08:00

While I am still recovering from the Samba madness that has struck this Lion City over the past week, I am still able to take time off to ponder about the importance of certain things, and one of them is definitely speaking proper English.

While I don't really advocate Your Royal Highness sort of English in my speech, I always make it a point to make myself understandable to those around me.

In my definition, proper English equates understandable English.

You see, we are all Singaporeans and we have not been under British rule for just over four decades now, so it is really almost impossible to see Singaporeans out there speaking standard English casually.

But however, I find it funny that Singaporeans have been learning English since primary school, some even from their little playschool lessons and PAP kindergarten classes, yet there are those people who still don't know how to use English properly, even when they somehow manage reach tertiary level of education. I become lost at the point where they managed to go all the way with such atrocious English.

I don't mind Singlish. I use it too in daily life. But when the overuse of Singlish completely kills one's understanding, it really calls for some concern.

I can't begin to stress how important it is to make your English understandable to those you are talking to, because there may be misunderstandings caused by the wrong use of English.

How will we be able to survive as a global nation, when nobody out there understands our English?

Like I said, proper English equates understandable English.

the past week

2008-07-29T02:56:00.005+08:00

the past week has been really crazy. so many things to do, matches to attend, reports to write, so many people to meet, so many things to see and lots of eye-openers.

and yet the best thing to come out of the entire week is you.

i finally got to step onto the pitch of the national stadium, yesterday before the singapore selection began their training session, and managed to take the pictures above.

today, i managed much more than that. more pictures when i receive them tomorrow night. a longer update later on in the morning, after i'm done with my singapore selection vs brazil olympic team report.

if you see this, remind me to write it okay? :P

funny personality i have here

2008-07-29T01:56:00.003+08:00

saw these tests on her blog, so i tried them out as well.

What is your strongest emotion? Your Result: Love/Happiness It appears love and peace and prosperity is your strongest emotion. You want everyone to be just as happy as you don't want anyone hurt and will do anything to make everyone smile
Sadness
Hate/Anger
Jealousy
Fear
Guilt/Regret
Greed
Lust/Attention Whore
What is your strongest emotion? Create MySpace Quizzes

Which Positive Quality Are You? Your Result: Faith You are Faith. Faith is the belief in better things, in spite of the cynicism and doubt that swirls around us. Faith gives us strength; it inpsires us to move forward and follow our hearts. "Faith tells us what the senses do not."
Courage
Charity
Friendship
Peace
Love
Which Positive Quality Are You?

What's Your Best Quality? Your Result: Intelligence Your best quality is intelligence! People like you because you are smart and always make the right decision. Your intelligence also helps you handle tough situations.
Loving
Personality
Ambitious
Sense of Humor
Out-Going
What's Your Best Quality? Take More Quizzes

What kind of person do you tend to fall for? Your Result: a person you fall in love with people in general. this really is the best way to be, you don't discriminate against certain types, like jocks, or artsy people, or other catagories, you just follow your heart, and do what it tells you. you're on the way to a good life.
sweet-heart/funny character
jock/cheerleader
skater
punk - emo
What kind of person do you tend to fall for? Create MySpace Quizzes

Which Football/Soccer Player Are You? Your Result: Nesta-Center Back A rock at the back of defence, you will do anything and everything to stop the other team getting through to your goalie, an inspirational defender for the youngsters to look up at. you are also a threat from set peices with your height.
David Villa-Striker
Steven Gerrard-All Round Midfeilder
Cristiano Ronaldo-Winger
Danny Alves-Full Back
Cesc Fabregas-Playmaker/center midfeilder
Petr Cech-Goalkeeper
Which Football/Soccer Player Are You? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

apparently

2008-07-28T10:42:00.003+08:00

there are people out there in the world who say one thing and mean another

there are people out there who are so adamant and persistent of their beliefs, believing that one day they will succeed

but guess what, you don't win all the time

just like in a football

once your opponent puts the ball in your net, if you don't score, you lose, no matter how much you try not to let in another goal

in an entire season, if you don't win matches often, you won't finish on top of anyone, just right at the bottom and either just manage to scrape through or be relegated to a lower division

but certain things aren't like football

certain things won't continue to renew themselves like how everyone begins on level terms again every new football season

certain things you just can't win even if you continue to persist

because certain things aren't meant to be shared by everyone

some people just don't get it

things to do on monday

2008-07-27T21:50:00.002+08:00

~~1) come up with an attendance sheet format for dear..~~ she doing it already..
2) buy match ticket for myles
3) attend singapore selection vs brazil olympic team match
4) type match report as soon as i get home

i've got a problem

2008-07-26T19:48:00.004+08:00

i've got a serious problem with people who think that a measly amount of money is good enough for big things.

and it's not as if they had to pay.

they join and then they back out citing bad management.

poor, poor ethics.

it's not easy

2008-07-14T13:03:00.005+08:00

i haven't blogged for so long because i didn't see a

it's really not easy to find people who are willing to act, really. ask me. i know.

here's the poster for Masked Rider AgitΩ: The Awakening. which has to be done by October 2008 but i can't find a proper female lead and several other miscellaneous characters. well click on the image to see the big picture.

having lunch now while watching Europe's 1986 Final Countdown Tour on DVD. the song playing now is Open Your Heart.

been doing lots of shit lately. saturday marche and swensen's yesterday. and i only spent $17.35 at Marche but ate a lot of crap.

watched alot of Justice League recently. sometimes even watching certain episodes twice to understand. speaking of JL, i'm heading down to school to get my Dark Knight tickets later. still got a spare ticket in hand!

have an ulcer on the inside of my mouth, on the upper wall. thanks to a piece of Snoopy potato chips which i crunched vertically. it's really bugging me a hell lot but i don't care. i'll just eat my potato chips just the same way.

the national stadium

2008-06-24T19:40:00.004+08:00

the national stadium will officially, finally, be closed after an extended opening of 1 year.

it has been a place where i has been very close to my heart for the past few years, starting from the dawn of the new millennium in 2001.

it's hard to believe i have only been to the stadium 11 times. 8 times as a spectator and 3 as a member of the media.

2001
Singapore 1 Manchester United 8, Friendly

2002
6 July, Singapore Youth Festival Opening Ceremony Parade

2006
6 October, Singapore 0 China 0 Asian Cup 2007 Qualifiers Group Stage

2007
27 January, Singapore 1 Malaysia 1 (5-4), 2007 ASEAN Football Championship Semi-Final 2nd Leg
31 January, Singapore 2 Thailand 1, 2007 ASEAN Football Championship Final 1st Leg
30 June, Singapore 0 Australia 3, Friendly
9 November, Singapore 2 Tajikistan 0, 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Round 2 1st Leg

2008
26 March, Singapore 2 Lebanon 0, 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Round 3 Group Match 2
28 May, Singapore 0 Bahrain 1, Friendly
2 June, Singapore 3 Uzbekistan 7, 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Round 3 Group Match 3
14 June, Singapore 0 Saudi Arabia 2, 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Round 3 Group Match 5

it has been a wonderful privilege to be the second last person to leave the Press Room at the end of the Saudi Arabia match on 14 June.

my only regret is not being able to step onto the pitch at least once in my lifetime. and i will never get to do it ever again.

maybe when the new Sports Hub is up, i will have that opportunity. but it will never be the same as the Grand Old Dame.

learning Italian

2008-06-04T03:53:00.001+08:00

i am seriously considering learning Italian...

progress

2008-06-04T02:43:00.002+08:00

so many great things have happened, and some bad things as well

the bad news first, where the Lions were beaten 3-7 at home by the far superior Uzbekistan. sure, the Uzbeks did tear our poor defence apart, but they really did teach our Lions a lesson in football. however, we also did manage to score 3 goals against them, when Malaysia, China, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia all failed to score even 1.

such is the brilliance and flair of the current Lions attack is that they could score 3 goals against a team which has not conceded for several games prior to this one.

well, this defeat isn't really heartbreaking for me. it's not the end of the qualifying campaign yet. we're only three games old.

the good news is, Milan have finally made some great moves in the transfer market. as we all know, Mathieu Flamini signed at the beginning of May, and now Gianluca Zambrotta has joined him! returning players will be Marco Borriello and Christian Abbiati.

also, the production for Special Police Dekaranger is finally taking some good shape.

more good news to come!

buono viaggo

2008-04-27T13:45:00.001+08:00

come undone

2008-04-23T23:58:00.002+08:00

Mine, immaculate dream, made breath and skin, I've been waiting for you.
Signed, with a home tattoo, Happy birthday to you was created for you.

(Can't ever keep from falling apart.. At the seams)
(Cannot believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)

Ahh, it'll take a little time, might take a little crime to come undone
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me in to cry.

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone.

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone.

Words, playing me deja vu, Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before,
Chill, is it something real, Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers

(Can't ever keep from falling apart.. at the seams)
(Cannot believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)

Lost, in a snow filled sky, we'll make it alright, to come undone,
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind -
And blow me in to cry.

Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone.

i feel so fucked

2008-04-23T14:26:00.005+08:00

today is one of the worst days of my life. i missed 2 buses, 1 MRT and both shops i went to to cut my hair all closed. what the FUCK!

but that's not affecting me much, the worst thing is.. i feel so fucked up yet i don't even know what's the problem?

what is it?

can anybody tell me?

?????

2008-04-22T22:31:00.001+08:00

???

honestly

2008-04-21T22:51:00.003+08:00

never have i felt so vulnerable in my entire life
never have i felt so lost in an unfamiliar surrounding when i was supposed to be the one looking

though it comes across as a relief that nothing really happened

but it's only today that i really realise how much............

for more details pls PM me in MSN, thanks!

par avion

2008-04-09T16:33:00.002+08:00

this is one of the most enchanting songs i've ever heard in my life.
listening to this song just makes me think of things.

Another day has passed me by
And there's an island in the sun
To see me through
Another day in paradise
But there's no reason, there's no rhyme
Without you

Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the dreaming of you
Breathing your love in me
Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the feeling I've been
Waiting here for so long
I've been waiting here for so long

There's a time and there's a place
When we can share the silver night
Silent room
In my bed an empty space
Cos there's no other in my life
Only you

Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the dreaming of you
Breathing your love in me
Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the feeling I've been
Waiting here for so long
I've been waiting here for so long

Here comes the night
Here comes the dreaming of you
Breathing your love in me
Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the feeling I've been
Waiting here for so long
I've been waiting here for so long

a few thoughts

2008-04-07T01:04:00.002+08:00

isn't it my passion you ask? isn't that what i want to be?

yes it is, but it's definitely not a priority right now. especially when the force is always going to be around. there will always be crime happening and criminals to be caught. even when there is no crime happening, there will be work to do in the station. but all this will happen only in the future, when i join the police. even so, it's just a job.

the main reason why i'm not so focused on this right now is because i realise that there are other things which i need to focus on right now, and i need to put my concentration into these things before they are gone, forever.

like i said, the police will always be there.

fuck you understand!

2008-04-04T23:51:00.004+08:00

some people just piss the hell out of me. some people are just constantly going against my flow over and over again. some people just like to do things which irritate myself and others.

if some people go too far, i fear that i will have to step in and do something about it.

kill. eliminate. terminate. all that it takes to get rid of some people.

thank you everybody

2008-04-01T00:52:00.007+08:00

I'd like to thank the following people below who made it on the day itself to wish me a Happy Birthday this 2008.

In order from 0000 - 2359 on 310308

1. Yun
2. Weiyi
3. Gan
4. Gareth
5. Basri
6. Nelson
7. Adam
8. Leon
9. Nigel
10. Huang
11. Janet
12. Jim
13. Guan Cheng
14. Kevin (Kay)
15. Shahidah
16. Jaclyn Tay
17. Shamira
18. Dad
19. Huifen
20. Joe
21. Devo
22. Jenita
23. Linda
24. Veronica
25. Erli
26. Erny
27. Daniel
28. Yong Jian
29. KH Tan
30. Kee Kiat
31. Yat
32. Luqman
33. Izad
34. WJ Lim
35. Myles
36. Weixiang
37. Illyas (NPCC)
38. Huiying
39. Ming Wei
40. Irfan
41. Mr Koh Mui Tee
42. Shankarie
43. Jacob
44. Auntie Zizah
45. Siewping
46. Fadzri
47. Clarence
48. Adel
49. Seri
50. Jolene
51. Quanta
52. Hadi
53. Kayee

It was a great day last Friday, and today as well. And several and certain people had a part to play in making my 19th birthday special.

On a side note, I suddenly realise it's April already.

It's always the case when you are just trying to settle in and suddenly everything is going to end...

speed test

2008-03-31T19:00:00.000+08:00

did the speed test.. got 99 words 1 mistake..

99 words

Speedtest

did it again... got 98 words ZERO mistakes

98 words

Speedtest

which one is a better record?? lol

unsettled

2008-03-26T00:23:00.005+08:00

have you ever encountered a situation where somebody in your immediate surrounding was facing a problem yet you know you really can't do anything to help them because you were afraid of doing more harm to the person instead of helping them?

in these kinds of situation you can't help but feel useless because you really are useless and your presence isn't going to be much of a change to the person.

been listening to Hero over and over again, and wondering what great things can I do for the people around me...

hero

2008-03-23T00:56:00.001+08:00

It's not like I wouldn't dream
If you had not shown the way
It's not like I wouldn't fight
Not knowing 'bout your life
It's not like I wouldn't stand
Right here with my friends

You threw us all a line
When our days slipped away
You gave us of your time

Cause you were my hero, my friday night
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
And gave me something to hold on to
When I was growing up
You were the rock in my life

It's not like I live my days
By every word you spoke
Like I'm up every night
Drinking with your ghost
It's not like I can't look back
Without movin' on

You threw us all a line
When our days slipped away
You gave us of your time

You were my hero, my friday night
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
And gave us kids a chance to dream
Days when I had enough
You were the rock in my life

You still throw me that line
As my days slip away
You give me of your time

You're still my hero, my friday night
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
You give me something to hold on to
As I'm still growing up
You are the rock in my life

Nike Unveils New Singapore Kits

2008-03-20T23:03:00.004+08:00

the following is an article of mine which i wrote for KallangRoar.com and Nike, after attending the Lions Unleashed press conference which saw the new Singapore kits being unveiled.

Link to article

Basil Yeo
basil@kallangroar.com

SPORTSWEAR giant Nike unveiled the new national team kit for Singapore in a closed-door ceremony held at the Red Dot Traffic Museum this afternoon.

The launch of the kits could not have come at a better time, as the Lions face Asian Football Confederation newcomers Australia in a friendly on 22nd March, in preparation for the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers game against Lebanon on the 26th.

Nike Southeast Asia's marketing director, Tim Parkinson, said that the launch is a sign of Nike's commitment towards its strategic partnership with the FAS in January 2007, allowing the Singapore national team access to all its premium products on and off the pitch.

The new kits incorporate the latest technology and performance credentials as worn by the world's best footballing nations such as Brazil, the Netherlands, South Korea and Portugal, and soon, France. The NikeFIT DRY Technology pulls sweat away from the body and aids in rapid evaporation, keeping the players dry and comfortable.

Also, the kit is constructed in a dynamic fit silhouette, which allows maximum movement and reduces shirt-pulling by opponents. The back of the kit features a zonal cooling technology which provides ventilation when players sweat.

Nike has taken all details into consideration, even making sure the seams along the shorts are heat-transferred to prevent chafing, maximising the player's potential.

Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, President of the FAS, added that the signing of the contract with Nike in January 2007 was the threshold of a new challenge for the Lions, and brought many firsts in for Singapore. Associate Professor Ho also believes that Nike's strive for excellence is also what propels the players to be proud, passionate and committed when wearing a Nike jersey emblazoned with the national flag.

Teenage prodigy Hariss Harun is overjoyed with the launch of the kit, as well as his first time appearing in an advertisement.

"I love the new kit. It keeps us cool and I feel very proud to be wearing it," said Hariss.

"This is also the first time I have been involved in an advertising campaign and I feel very privileged to be able to experience this."

National captain Indra Sahdan could not agree more, and said that this was the best kit he has ever worn in 11 years playing in the national team.

"This year's advertising campaign was more fun the last year's, because this year I am working with my team-mates, and we had a lot of fun as well," said the 29-year-old.

The 2008 Nike-Singapore integrated marketing communications campaign, "Unleashed", will begin today, together with the sale of the jerseys, related apparel and equipment in authorised Nike retail outlets as listed below:

Nike retail outlets:
Nike by B.I.R.D Suntec City Mall
#01-114/124 Suntec City Mall

Nike by B.I.R.D Vivocity
#01-138 Vivocity Mall

Nike by B.I.R.D Cineleisure
#03-08 Orchard Cineleisure

Nike Wheelock
#02-02/03 Wheelock Place

Nike @ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2
#026-081 Airport Boulevard

Weston Corporation
#04-09 Peninsula Shopping Complex
#01-22 Queensway Shopping Centre

november rain

2008-03-14T01:52:00.002+08:00

definitely the best ever song from Guns N' Roses, and one of the most memorable music videos ever. a brilliant masterpiece of a song, and excellent cinematography is used in the music video.

written by Axl Rose

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
We've been through this
Such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain
yeahh..
But lovers always come
And lovers always go
And no one's really sure
Who's lettin' go today
Walking away
If we could take the time
To lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
Then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time
On your own
Do you need some time
All alone
Everybody needs some time
On their own
Don't you know you need some time
All alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time
On my own
Sometimes I need some time
All alone
Everybody needs some time
On their own
Don't you know you need some time
All alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Dont ya think that you
Need somebody
Dont ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody

we all die young

2008-03-07T20:33:00.002+08:00

updating live from Jalan Besar Stadium.. that up there is my 'working equipment' for every S-League match. right now Geylang is down 1-0 and i am pissed with Super Reds for diving at every chance they get.

update on the past few days later.. 2nd half is currently being played.

anyway the match is live on channel 5.

the things i want

2008-03-01T14:06:00.002+08:00

limiting my involvement in npcc has given me so much time to do what i really wanted to do. i'm glad i did have the courage to put almost my two feet out of the door of the organisation which has given me so much for the past 6 years.

now i feel free from overly-enthusiastic newcomers, encroaching old-timers and ultimately the politics which come along with such an organisation. it was kind of worth it learning things and skills that i would never get to learn outside, meeting all kinds of people, some great, some unwelcoming, but there has to be a time to let go.

i have never regretted taking up the decision to become a cadet inspector, although at one point i was too involved in it which led me to do things i didn't want to do. they say that joining a uniform group does help mould your character, and i believe its true. npcc has really changed different people in different ways.

right now, i feel so happy to have time to focus on school, football and especially my own social life. those are things which the time i spent in npcc prevented me from doing. it was always a challenge balancing four priorities, sometimes five, but now that i've reduced it to three i feel a lot less stress.

these past few days i've suddenly been hit with the fact that diploma term 2 is coming to an end very soon. three to four months passes very quickly and soon all the days in dmcd1/2 0742a will just be a memory.

going to a private school some had warned me that people at private schools are always weird. sure there are some weird ones you would chuckle at when they walk into class, but there are people here who are really good friends. although not everyone in the class is like that, the core group of people i am always with, you guys are really great. even with all that disparity in ages, the rapport we have built is brilliant. real brilliant.

i hope we really do keep close contact after school ends.

betrayed

2008-02-17T15:43:00.003+08:00

have you ever been betrayed before? i've been betrayed by people many times, but this one really takes the cake for the worst betrayal of all time.

first, it's not even my fault.

second, the person in question wants to make it sound as if it's my fault that i didn't do the things the person wanted me to do. firstly, i am not under the person's command. secondly, though i am not the type who would compare with others, although i must really say that the person has made considerably lesser contributions than me, even when we are in the same position.

third, the person is somebody i felt i could trust, and have put my trust in for SO, GOD DAMNED LONG.

what amazes me further is though i never even had the thought of severing any ties with the person in question, that person chooses to delete me from MSN, Friendster and even password their own blog! and what happened is not even my fault!

look, this person has always been there helping me with certain stuff, and obviously i appreciate the help because i can't do it alone.

but it's when you suddenly tell me that i'm not doing enough and i should be doing according to what you think is right, that is really unacceptable. come on, you've been following me for the past how many god damn events and you never even bothered to tell me so?

you never said anything before, and several weeks after i finalised my work you tell me that it's not enough. why didn't you bother to do anything then?

i'm going to sound VERY arrogant here and say that the person who is in a mass communication course is me, not you. i have been studying this since last July and believe me when i tell you that your idea of news coverage is horribly 19th century.

why do i bother to even say this? because the person doesn't consider themselves as my friend anymore, so why should i continue to do so? don't want to be friends? whatever, it's your decision, not mine.

i still can't believe that after depending on me to come up with so many things when you could only come up with a fraction of that, you choose to turn around and stab me in the back with all these accusations.

if you wish to end it like this, suit yourself. i'm not going to let myself be bogged down by your nonsensical thinking and views on how this and that should be done.

because YOU are the one who has not done enough.

thrashed, literally.

2008-01-29T18:22:00.000+08:00

this was probably our worst ever, and most demoralising defeat. if it wasn't already bad enough being outplayed and dominated, going 5-1 down on an unfamiliar pitch, the opponents had to taunt and laugh at us amongst themselves, and even went to the extent of injuring our players, of which, unfortunately i was among the injured ones. despite losing 7-2 to dhs2002 in our first game, this defeat ranks right up there as THE worst.

we weren't outplayed because we are a lousy team. rather, several conditions worked against our favour, like playing the match all the way in the far west, a pitch smaller than we usually play on which compressed our midfield, and in the physical department we totally lost out to these 20-30 something fuckers.

having a very important fixture to play next weekend, i still can't swallow the fact that i'm injured. and several of our players are down with injury as well.

"they all small kids dunno how to play football."
"here comes the useless long ball king."
"if not for their keeper save we already win double digit."

what kind of opponents are they? for most of the part they were taunting and abusing our players in chinese, because the ref was indian and our team was mostly malay. but those of us who understood what they were saying, i wouldn't have stopped anyone, not even benny, from starting a brawl with their players.

why do i say so? because i myself felt like standing up and giving that fucker the elbow after whacking me down onto the ground. i wanted to kill him, but i couldn't stand up. of course i had to come off 5 minutes later. what's his reasons for bringing me down like that, given the situation we were in:

1) less than 15 minutes to the end of the game, and they were 5-1 up with possibly no way we could score 4 to level the game.
2) i was just waiting for the ball to bounce out so i could make the throw-in.
3) if i hooked the ball down, my resulting dribbling path would be blocked by one of their players
4) i already had a very bad game because i had a minor injury in my right ankle
5) our sub bench only had 2 subs, as opposed to the 5 or 6 they had

so what the fuck for bring me down so violently, and cause this injury which is limiting my movement? and to rub salt to the wound, no card was given to them. and the resulting free kick was awarded to them. wtf!?

not only my foot is swollen but the area above my shinguard is also experiencing some internal bleeding as i type. i wearing shinguards so attack above my shinguards, and stomp on my foot in the process. i still consider myself lucky my foot isn't twisted and bones didn't fracture. sodiq also got stepped thrice on the same spot on three separate occasions. coordinated attack? i have a reason to believe so.

well done, i can't walk properly, and i've been limping since the final whistle.

the worst part is after the game when they went to look for the balls which had been kicked into the drain. those fuckers actually hid our team's ball in one of their cars, not intending to return it to us, until hairi went over to demand for it and they even tried to pick a fight with him.

what kind of anti-social behaviour is this? not one in the team but the entire team were so cocky and fucked up.

i swear i want a rematch, this time at our homeground, and i'm going to hack down their entire right flank in the last few minutes of the game. red card or not, i don't give a fuck.

been quite sometime..

2008-01-25T02:40:00.000+08:00

it's been a long time since i last made a proper post. been rather busy with school and the S-League pre-season.

finally settled the assignments/presentations for 3 modules. last one is sbs (social behavioural studies) which is due next friday.

diploma term 1 has ended, with the exams coming up and term 2 beginning immediately after the exam ends.

went for the first S-League pre-season conference this morning. first time meeting P N Sivaji and the Home staff. they have pretty good ambitions for next season and i hope they don't need to rely on the tyco goals to win games.

Super Reds.. well i have no comments except i hope they don't shoot themselves in the foot again like last season.

lots of things coming right up in the next few weeks.

firstly, the exams are drawing nearer. need to study already. i'm going to give it all i got to get the As, especially for TPSW.

secondly, there are three games coming up for KRFC. this sunday we'll be playing our first away game at juying sec against the Orange Team, and the following sunday the ManUtd Singapore club, and the ChelseaFC supporters club two weeks later. hopefully i don't get injured in the crucial period leading up to my exams.

thirdly, i'm going to start a football blog by the name of 'The Commentary Bench' where i will comment on the latest happenings in the football world, especially with regards to the Singapore national team, A.C. Milan, Geylang United and KallangRoar.

fourth and lastly, who's gonna be my date for feb 14? ladies between 155cm - 169cm please apply :D

P.S. here are the dates and details for KRFC's games in late January and February 2008, do come support ah!

Sunday 27 January 2008
Orange Team vs KallangRoar FC
11am, Juying Secondary School

Sunday 3 February 2008
KallangRoar FC vs Manchester United FC Singapore
11am, SAFRA Tampines

Sunday 24 February 2008
KallangRoar FC vs SGBlues FC
11am, Meridian Junior College

Geylang United 7 Katong FC 1

2008-01-23T21:34:00.000+08:00

RIVALDO Costa and Masrezwan Masturi were the architects in Geylang's 7-1 thrashing of NFL Division 1 side Katong FC in a pre-season friendly earlier this evening.

The 27-year-old Singaporean forward flicked the ball into the path of Hafiz Rahim, who slammed in the opener just under 15 minutes.

Katong FC's Robert Eziakor equalised nine minutes later, but that was to be Katong's only goal of the game as they put in a commendable effort to keep out the Geylang attack for the rest of the half.

The second half began with Brazilian Junior firing the Eagles ahead with a coolly-taken volley into the bottom left corner.

Fatigue soon overcame the Katong side, as Masrezwan Masturi finished off Rivaldo Costa's chest down to score in the 51st minute and also nicked his brace 5 minutes later to make it 4-1.

Rivaldo Costa scored his long-awaited goal in the game in the 57th minute, beating a defender and firing a shot into the right bottom corner of the goal.

The goal of the game was definitely Rastilav Belicak's amazing 45 yard screamer which drew considerable awe and applause from the stands.

Geylang rounded off an excellent game with Rivaldo Costa scoring his second of the game after taking advantage of a poor backpass from the Katong defender.

Match Details
Geylang United - 7 (H. Rahim 15', Junior 46', M. Masturi 51', 55', R. Costa 57', 80', R. Belicak 61')
Katong FC - 1 (Robert Eziakor 24')

1st Half Starting Lineup:
Fajar Sarib, Jonathan Xu, Fabian Tan, Aide Iskandar, Faizal Senin, Hafiz Rahim, Lau Meng Meng, Syed Thaha, Shah Hirul, Junior, Masrezwan Masturi

Kickoff: 1755

1' Kickoff
15' GOAL! Hafiz Rahim opens the scoring from a Masrezwan Masturi assist.
19' Katong No.20 is yellow-carded.
24' GOAL! Robert Eziakor equalises for the NFL team.
30' Hafiz Rahim's brilliant chip over the keeper hits the right side netting.
35' Poor defending from Katong gives Syed Thaha the opportunity to shoot. The shot is barely tipped over the bar by the keeper.
40' Katong No.5 is shown the yellow card.
42' Katong No.10's shot hits the left side netting.
45' Half-time (1-1)

2nd Half Starting Lineup:
Amos Boon, Aide Iskandar, Fabian Tan, Faizal Senin, Rastilav Belicak, Noor Ali, Farizal Basri, Miroslav Latiak, Junior, Rivaldo Costa, Masrezwan Masturi

Kickoff: 1850

46' Kickoff
47' GOAL! Junior fires Geylang ahead with a volley into the bottom left corner of the net.
51' GOAL! Masrezwan Masturi makes it 3-1, finishing off Rivaldo Costa's chest down.
55' GOAL! Masrezwan grabs his second goal of the day. 4-1.
57' GOAL! Rivaldo Costa shoots past the right post, into the goal.
61' GOAL! Rastilav Belicak scores from a stunning volley from 45 yards.
80' GOAL! Rivaldo Costa takes advantage of a blind backpass from the Katong defender to score his second.

Geylang's newcomers shine in friendly

2008-01-19T20:48:00.000+08:00

Basil Yeo
KallangRoar.com (http://www.kallangroar.com/blog.php?b=27)

THREE out of four of Geylang United's new foreign signings made the scoresheet as they thumped NFL Division 1 side Police Sports Association 4-0 in a friendly at Bedok Stadium earlier today.

Familiar faces missing from Geylang's setup were national team defenders Noh Rahman and Baihakki Khaizan.

Brazilian Junior opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a header which ended off a brilliant overlapping play by Farizal Basri and Hafiz Rahim.

A few minutes later, Police SA had an opportunity to score from a free kick on the edge of the D, but the ball sailed way over the crossbar.

Former Sengkang goalkeeper Amos Boon was hardly tested, making only a few saves through the entire game, as most of the Police's attempts on goal ended up either hitting the side-netting or missing the goal completely.

The away side's best chance of the game probably came in the 26th minute when Farizal Basri horribly chested down a long ball in front of a stunned Amos Boon, but the Police forward stole the ball only to shoot it wide past the right post.

Six minutes later Rivaldo Costa made it 2-0 when he headed home a Noor Ali cross.

The Eagles continued to batter the Police goal for the remainder of the first half, scoring once more as Miroslav Latiak converted a penalty in the 39th minute.

Masrezwan Masturi made it 4-0 just three minutes after the restart, but that was to be the final goal of the game as both sides attempts to score failed to result in any goals.

Geylang United will be travelling to Malaysia to play four more friendlies before the season kicks off.

GUFC Line-up: Amos Boon, Aide Iskandar, Jonathan Xu, Farizal Basri, Fabian Tan, Rastilav Belicak, Noor Ali, Junior, Hafiz Rahim, Miroslav Latiak, Rivaldo Costa
Bench: Lau Meng Meng, Masrezwan Masturi, Shah Hirul, Syed Thaha

Match Details
Geylang United - 4 (Junior 13', Rivaldo 32', Latiak 39' pen, Masrezwan 48')
Police Sports Association - 0

1st half

1' - Kick off!
10' - Junior misses an open header in front of the Police goal
11' - Latiak drives a shot from outside the box into the bottom left corner, forcing a brilliant save from the Police keeper.
12' - Aide heads a dangerous Police cross back to Amos.
13' - GOAL! Junior scores from a Farizal Basri cross. 1-0.
16' - Police No.8's volley hits the side netting.
23' - Fabian Tan gives away a free kick on the edge of the D.
25' - Belicak is yellow-carded.
26' - A suicidal chest down by Farizal Basri just outside the six yard box gives Police No.2 an opportunity, but he shoots wide.
27' - Rivaldo header from a Junior cross hits the right post.
32' - GOAL! Rivaldo heads home a Noor Ali cross. 2-0.
37' - Junior drives a shot right into the Police keeper.
39' - GOAL! Latiak scores from a penalty after a scuffle in the box. 3-0.
41' - Junior attempts a backheel in front of an open goal and misses.

2nd half

Substitutions:

Rivaldo out, Masrezwan Masturi in
Hafiz Rahim out, Syed Thaha in
Noor Ali out, Shah Hirul in
Fabian Tan out, Lau Meng Meng in

45' - 2nd half kicks off
48' - GOAL! Masrezwan Masturi aces out of a goalmouth melee to shoot past the keeper. 4-0.
53' - Police SA's free kick from 26 yards out flies away to the left of the goal.
55' - Latiak driving effort blocked by the keeper's legs.
57' - Geylang win an indirect free kick in the Police box.
58' - Following the failed free kick, Junior hooks the ball from the right which barely misses the left post.
59' - Police keeper fumbles horribly with the ball, which stunned both the players and the crowd.
60' - GUFC Substitution: Hafiz Rahim replaces Miroslav Latiak.
67' - Syed Thaha's shot hits the bar as Junior heads the rebound over the crossbar.
75' - GUFC Substitution: Fabian Tan replaces Aide Iskandar. Police SA also makes several substitutions.
76' - Junior's shot goes wide.
78' - Another attempt from Junior is saved by the keeper.
80' - Farizal Basri warned by the referee after a small dispute with Police No.12
86' - Masrezwan Masturi's header goes over the bar.
92' - Full Time.

hmmm...

2008-01-19T15:53:00.000+08:00

just like i haven't scored my first goal for KRFC, i haven't gotten my first A in MDIS..

so when will i be able to score?

maybe in the next game against Orange on the 27th, where i most likely will play as a sub since i can't attend training due to illness.

hey

2008-01-16T01:30:00.000+08:00

i saw your blog.

please don't be angry. u can choose not to talk to me, that's fine. your own decision.

i'm sorry. =(

yawn

2008-01-12T22:10:00.000+08:00

yawn.
.nway

anger, sadness, frustration..

2008-01-07T21:49:00.000+08:00

all the stress...

all the thoughts...

all the work...

all the problems...

it's driving me up the wall..

every night i lie on my bed and start to think.... thinking of everything that has been happening around me. i'm really almost on the verge of breaking down.. i never thought i could feel so weak..

i really don't feel myself lately, i haven't been able to think straight and clear. i feel so angry with myself, and extremely frustrated at the obstacles i'm being faced with.

most of the time i appear to be okay, but there are certain times when i start to get cranky and say stupid things. all thanks to stress.....

especially you. you know who you are.
sometimes in the thoughts of talking to you again, i completely forget the situation we are in right now.

if only i could turn back the clock.
if i had made you angry, i'm really sorry

just a thought.

2008-01-06T17:38:00.000+08:00

just to let you know, if you still come and read what's going on here..

I DID receive your sms that day.

perhaps you were expecting a reply.
really, i wanted to, but i just didn't know what to say.

i just don't want to screw things up the way i did.
and i really am not ignoring you or something.

that time i said i had something to talk to you about, well, forget it.
i shouldn't talk about it anymore. at least not now.

i know it will never be the same......

假如真的再有約會

2008-01-02T11:38:00.000+08:00

原諒我當天不懂得珍惜
只知任性　壞事情
唯願你此刻可於虛空中　將心聆聽
將來若　真的再有個約會會完成
真的會再有這樣深情

我以天為証　跟你帶領
我以天為証　請你帶領

remembering 2007

2007-12-31T12:05:00.000+08:00

to see what happened to me in 2006, click here

2007 was a year of more downs than ups..

it was also the year where
- i started supporting the national team more than before
- i got a new handphone
- i started to play football again
- i went to school again
- i had my first relationship in quite some time
- i had my heart broken
- and many more..

13 Jan 2007 - BTS CCA Open House 07

nothing much to say about the cca open house, because its pretty standard stuff, except for the fact that i have the date and pictures of it so it gets a mention in my 2007 diary.

27 Jan 2007 - Singapore vs Malaysia (1-1, 5-4 on penalties)
ASEAN Football Championship 07 Semi-Final 2nd Leg

got my new handphone the day before this game.
missed the 11-0 thrashing of Laos and the 2-2 draw with Indonesia due to some things which i can't remember, but i can only remember pushing aside some other things to go for the semi-final, more for the fact that it was against Malaysia, and the victory came through a heart-stopping penalty shootout - the first time i've ever seen one

at least the Lions take penalties better than England.

---

31 Jan 2007 - Singapore vs Thailand (2-1)
ASEAN Football Championship 07 Final 1st Leg

beating the Thais was a great feeling. everyone sees them as the rightful Southeast Asian top footballing nation, and beating them was a joy to all who were there, especially after their disgraceful walkout of the pitch in the 85' minute, protesting against a refereeing decision. nevertheless they came back and we finished them off.

January 2007 In A Glance (Dates I can't remember)

my Play-Asia package of Ultra Goodness arrived in late January. Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers.. the BEST tokusatsu movie i've ever seen.

5 Feb 2007 - Lions Return From Bangkok

met up with Gan at the airport to welcome the Lions home. brought the poster they gave out during the Malaysia game and got it signed by everyone except Raddy and Itimi.

10 Feb 2007 - Victory Celebration @ Vivocity

here, i managed to get Raddy's john hancock onto my poster, and Itimi was missing once again! never mind, at least i had taken pictures with Lionel, Indra, Jiayi, Precious, Mani, Raddy and most importantly - the ASEAN Cup! first trophy i've touched since the Carling Premier League trophy way back in 1997.

14 Feb 2007 - Kyuukyoku Gougou Gattai! Ultimate Daibouken!

last year we left off with me having completed the basic Daibouken set..
few months and $35 later, i got myself a Gougou Jet since for some weird reason the shop downstairs seemed to have one.

18 Feb 2007 - Chinese New Year

took this picture on the road while going around visiting.

20 Feb 2007 - Jace Comes To Singapore

Jace came down here from KL for chinese new year and thankfully she could make time to meet up with us. showed her around town

22 Feb 2007 - Kinkyu Gougou Gattai, Siren Builder!

just only about a week after i completed Ultimate Daibouken, for a wonderful $50 offer, i got Siren Builder! however this would be the last mecha i would buy, since i never got Zuban and Daivoyager.

February 2007 In A Glance
actually nothing much to say about February, since it pretty much was picture-filled.

10-11 Mar 2007 - BTS NPCC Sec 1 Camp

nothing much to say about the sec 1 camp, routine stuff once again.

13 Mar 2007 - Area 10 HRC

i seldom have any pictures taken during HRC so that was a nice surprise. to find myself in one of them pictures up there. and stayed over at campsite the previous night with Irfan, Aaron and Hui San.

15 Mar 2007 - Area 12 HRC

not much about this day but let me talk about the Gurkhas for a moment.

they are known to be fearless, respectable warriors. but i never knew they could be so warm, friendly and accomodating.

24 Mar 2007 - Area 16 HRC

alright, the day i nearly died! click on the link above to read more about it.

who's in the picture?
Back: Shachin, Farith, Jeremy's (Nemo) shirt and pants
Front: Aaron, Yik Nian, Jamie, Christina, me, Jeffrey

31 Mar 2007 - My birthday & Area 17 HRC

went for HRC in the morning. nothing much to say except thanks to the group of Unity Sec NCOs who sang birthday song for me.

at night went out with the tokuAsia gang. Jace was in town once again, this time for the Phantom of the Opera,

March 2007 In A Glance
I met my primary school buddy Salim again, after he returned from his studies in Australia.

19 Apr 2007 - Speech Day Final Full Dress Rehearsal

went to temple in the morning then to bedok town in the afternoon for the full dress rehearsal. what can i say about the weather, it was DAMN DAMN HOT. all eyes were on NPCC though since the rest of the school has not seen a No.1 uniform for so long.

21 Apr 2007 - Speech Day Parade/NPCC Day Parade

my one singular day of pride in the entire 2007. it was a wonderful, perfectly executed parade without any major cock-ups.
it also marks the day i started to tone down my involvement in NPCC.

and.. where are the videos, damn!

went to help out at NPCC Day Parade later in the evening.. and saw only Christina there!!

April 2007 In A Glance
nothing much happened in april except the speech day parade. lor.

3 May 2007 - Perfect, Just Perfect

we came back from a 3-2 deficit to beat Manchester United 3-0 at the San Siro.

never in my life have i seen such perfect football. this is just the way everyone wishes they could play like.

goals from Kaka, Seedorf and Gilardino coupled with excellent play from the entire team, especially Gattuso, totally destroyed Manchester United.

on to Athens we go... towards our revenge.

19 May 2007 - SPF-NPCC Badge Ceremony

went because Dominic said he needed helpers. disappointed though, Fadzri wasn't there.. hahaha. no headbanging. this was the day where Weiyi bought her acoustic guitar as well.

on another note, Alessandro Costacurta retired in our final league game against Udinese, where we lost 3-2 at home.

23 May 2007 - Champions Of Europe For The 7th Time!

these immortal words, i will remember for the rest of my life.
it was a move which began when Kaka stole the ball and passed it to Oddo.

"Massimo Oddo... Kaka.... Ambrosini... Liverpool need the ball..
It's Kaka who has it, he's slipped it in, it's Pippo Inzaghi he's ROUND THE KEEPER...

AND HE HAS WON THE EUROPEAN CUP FOR MILAN!"

and immediately after the final whistle..

"Revenge is sweet, Milan have made up for Istanbul, Athens belongs to them. The 2007 Champions of Europe are A.C. Milan. Not even Liverpool can match their record in this competition, not even Rafa Benetiz could stop them tonight. Milan are the masters again.

They've answered all the questions, too old, too slow, too scarred by the events of the last year. Not a bit of it. This was the last charade for one or two of these venerable veterans they have gone out in the style you would expect of Milan.

Champions of Europe for the 7th time."

tears will always well up in my eyes when i hear these words.

25-27 May 2007 - Daredevil Camp

nothing much to say about Daredevil camp.. another routine thing.. this year we went to Bukit Timah Hill for hiking again, just like previous years, except for last year when we went to Sentosa.

May 2007 In A Glance
- we won the Champions League
- Billy Costacurta retired at the age of 41.

30 Jun 2007 - Singapore vs Australia (0-3)
Field of Dreams

we put up a fight against the Aussies, who didn't seem as a good as they sounded. to hell with the *FC Singapore fan club.. fancy cheering on for your club's player when your country is playing against his country.

looking back, this was a special day because it was the first day i met you.

June 2007 In A Glance
nothing much to say about June because it was mainly a month where i decided to go to school again, so was just going around looking for a course i could take.

- bandzout audition, and we got into the finals, thankfully.
- click here to read lyrics i wrote in 2005, which i dug out in June

13 Jul 2007 - Bandzout 2007!

just read the old post and you'll understand what Bandzout 2007 was all about =)

16 Jul 2007 - Back To School

this was the first day of school for me, in MDIS. so far it's been pretty fun, and i don't skip classes the way i did when i was in Ngee Ann.

25 Jul 2007 - My First Milan Jersey

bought my first ever Milan jersey for S$99, about a week before Uniti Dalia Maglia (United By The Shirt), an annual event where the Milan Home jersey is officially unveiled.

July 2007 In A Glance
the beginning of DMCD1 0742A.
met really great people in the class, fellars like aloy, mahmud, darrell, eddie, diego, nigel, renzi, liang, and gals like xinni, kayee, veronica, weiyi, blah blah, the list goes on..

9 Aug 2007 - KRFC The First

the first ever time KallangRoar members came together for a kickabout. could be deemed the first ever KallangRoar Football Club training.

22 Aug 2007 - Paolo Maldini

nothing happened on this date, except that i decided to talk about a very special inspiration to myself - Paolo Maldini. click on the link to find out more.

there's absolutely no way you could have a Milan dream team without Paolo Maldini.

30 Aug 2007 - Teachers' Day 2007

Unbelievable. just unbelievable. i'm 2 years out from secondary school already.

31 Aug 2007 - Remembering PUERTA
A.C. Milan vs Sevilla (3-1)
UEFA Super Cup Final

it was a night remembering Antonio Puerta of Sevilla FC, who had died days earlier after collapsing in a La Liga match. every player wore a shirt bearing his name, and when Kaka scored the penalty, he dedicated the goal to the young Puerta.

we won the trophy eventually, but we won it in honour of Antonio.

RIP.

August 2007 In A Glance
August brought nothing much to scream about, except for National Day. Forza Singapore!

1 Sep 2007 - KRFC The Next

the first time we have the basic makeup of the squad attending. KRFC was beginning to grow. yeah well, great job guys.

28 Sep 2007 - NPCC Officers' Day Dinner & Awards Presentation Ceremony

a special day for the unseen vacancies. today we played in Traders' Hotel, unlike last year's event at Suntec. and today we also did an acoustic set instead of the usual full band, also, it was the first time we could have that feeling of being 'on tour' as we practised in a hotel room.

heh, after the event, we walked down Tanglin towards Orchard, in a really cool fashion.

September 2007 In A Glance
besides the above events, nothing much happened in september, except for school, and a few rounds of jamming, and i think, a whole lot of economics headaches.

on 17 september, i got attached.

10 Oct 2007 - KRFC Jerseys!

one thing i really love about my jersey is.. it's my jersey from my team. not Kaka's jersey from A.C. Milan or Alam Shah's jersey from the NT. it's the only jersey i can proudly wear and call mine for real.

26 Oct 2007 - My Predators

got my adidas predator boots on this day. hahaha. i'm a real sucker for predators. later on had dinner at bugis' spanking new food court with some tokuAsia and KR peeps.

27 Oct 2007 - KRFC vs DHS 2002 (2-7)

first ever game for KRFC, and we lost. but it's okay. at least we know where our mistakes are. it was really hot as well.

October 2007 In A Glance
except for the few events above, i watched Miami Vice for the entire month.

5-12 Nov 2007 - A Tiring Week

what happened this week?
- shop for clothes
- NPCC meeting
- buy WCQ tickets
- NPCC again
- WCQ vs Tajikistan
- KRFC Training

20 Nov 2007 - Welcoming The Lions Home

we drew with Tajikistan 1-1 away, so it means we go through to the 3rd round 3-1 on aggregate. went to the airport with ah min, Frankie and Faris

23 Nov 2007 - S-League Awards

went with ah min to cover the event, thanks to Adi.
we had a really great time, and Aleksandar Duric was real nice! many thanks to Hairul as well.

24 Nov 2007 - tokuAsia's 2nd Anniversary Buffet

click the link above to see a long paragraph written by Meng Yeow, about the happenings in tokuAsia for the past 2 years and beyond.

25 Nov 2007 - Tampines Rovers vs SAFFC (3-4)
RHB Singapore Cup Final 2007

went with the KallangRoar people. met up with ah min early to buy tickets for the rest. it was a goal-fest which ended in Alam Shah lashing out at Bennett for reasons which have not been divulged publicly until now. later on we went to Pasir Ris for supper, and took 17 back.

November 2007 In A Glance
whatever happened in november is pretty much up there. school began on 19 November, and i broke up soon after.

2 Dec 2007 - KRFC Training

as you can see above, Leon is sharing his words of wisdom with everybody else, and it was a pretty well-attended training. everybody wanted to play for the next game!!

7 Dec 2007 - Terminal 3 + YES Camp

hahaha! our terminal 3 visit was a real wacky one. judging from the amount of pictures we took, it really exhausted the

and later in the evening was 'work', where we visited Geylang United's Young Eagles Soccer (YES) Camp to write a report on it. all thanks to Mr Koh Mui Tee.

9 Dec 2007 - KRFC vs Team Dynamo (3-2)

our first victory! thanks to goals from Benny, Illyas and Khyrul, we secured our very first victory as a team.

14 Dec 2007 - Vietnam vs Singapore (0-5)
2007 SEA Games Bronze Medal Match

what i've got to say is all in the link above.

15 Dec 2007 - 31st HOBTC HRC + HRC Retreat + Team Singapore Returns

went for HOBTC HRC in the day, and stayed around till about 6 for the retreat, then rushed home to bathe and change and to head to airport to meet Xiaoyun. we were going to try reporting on the return of Team Singapore from the SEA Games. alas, we failed.

16 Dec 2007 - Champions Of The World!

it was yet another round of sweet revenge, as we beat Boca Juniors 4-2 to claim the Club World Cup trophy and make it rightfully ours, at least till next december.

24 Dec 2007 - A Sad Christmas Eve

went out with her. had kind of a great evening, some moments had the right allure, the right ambience, but i just didn't manage to do it. and when i finally managed to, i got rejected.. heartbroken once again =(

25 Dec 2007 - Henshin! Rider Rebirth!

met up with the tokuAsia guys to film our Kamen Rider Rebirth henshin sequences. it's going to be a big project in 2008. look out for it. =)

29 Dec 2007 - KRFC vs Team Ah Ho (1-3)

we lost, but we played quite well even though Hairi and Sodiq got injured quite early.

December 2007 In A Glance
had some great times, but had my heart broken towards the end.
never mind though, cause i'll be working harder next time.

and so ends my entire year 2007, in quite a long read, with nothing much to shout or scream about, except for the fact that i may look forward to 2008 in a few hours time. only about 9 and a half hours left in 2007...

tonight i will be heading to Bras Basah for the midnight fireworks, to welcome 2008 - hopefully a better year for me and for everyone else.

these are my plans for 2008, with the bolded ones on top of the rest.

1. cut down on vulgarities
2. settle down in a steady long-term relationship
3. score at least 15 goals in 2008.
4. settle assignments by first week of January
5. go to every Singapore national team home game
6. complete at least 2 fanfic series and 1 movie.
7. finish at least 5 songs for my band

fly to the angels

2007-12-29T20:08:00.000+08:00

title comes from the song i'm listening to (Fly To The Angels by Slaughter) as i type the entry. no idea what to put so just put that lor.

now you gotta fly... fly to the angels
heaven awaits your heart
and flowers bloom in your name
you've got to fly... fly to the angels
all the stars at night shine in your name

haiz.

played badly in the ah ho match earlier, thanks to the burning weather, except for a magical final 15 minutes where i managed to make a few good passes and according to the rest, a well executed Kaka-style skill from adi's header. that moment was really. damn. magical.

i've never been able to get pass defenders easily. but from the moment adi headed away the corner and the ball rolled to my feet, i knew it was going to be it. i collected the ball and turned around, and saw a defender in front of me and zainal beyond him.

benny was shouting for me to push up, and (i can't remember what happened here), then got past the defender, and passed the ball up to zainal just as i saw the same defender get up and try to slide the ball away from me.

but unfortunately we didn't get to convert that chance into a scoring opportunity as they lost the ball soon after. brimming with my newfound confidence, zainal should have returned the ball to me and let me try go all the way, but i guess i didn't push up too much myself after i passed the ball. it isn't anyone's fault though. we are a team and we all have to make our own individual decisions while out there on the field.

that's it, everyone seemed amazed for that one short moment. Babá's magic had manifested..but for only one minute.

*makes note...
*Need to work on post-ball movement*

hopefully there's a video of that moment so i can watch it over and over again, cos till now i still can't remember what happened in full. but i doubt there is one. never mind.

after that there was a funny move by leon. he could actually pass to me but he was trying very hard to accomplish his target of doing stepovers in a match. can't blame him, i also didn't get what i wanted - to score today.

never mind. i hope i will score against Jingga on 12 Jan, and also MUSG on 3 Feb. my target for next year is 15 goals.

despite my poor first half performance, i managed to keep my mind clear for the entire game. at least i knew i wasn't going to let my performance be affected by what happened the other day. =(

went to century square's new york pizza. ordered a No.1 super triangle, mozarella and tomato sauce into one large slice of pizza.

halfway through the meal my dad kept sms-ing me. then he called and asked about the dvd. damn it, then got into a heated quarrel. after i cut him off, my mum called me and asked me what happened.

that's when i really lost it. blew my entire head over while trying to explain it to her. probably was about 40 degrees when i was shouting down the phone. i'm never gonna do this on the pitch.

and only yesterday i told myself i would cut down on saying vulgarities, i guess i really can't control it properly. so i'll fine myself $1 for each vulgarity spoken. somebody please remind me to donate $50 to charity soon.

after that i totally lost my mind. what the hell. i was feeling both sad and angry with myself at the same time. i don't usually flare up until like that.. what's becoming of me? =(

when we were going from century to tampines mall, i saw a guy without his lower arms begging for money by trying to (but failing to) entertain people. i suddenly remembered that ms tricia ang (social behavioural studies lecturer) had mentioned him before.

then it struck me that this fellar is probably a billion times worse than me. so i gave the guy $2. it's not a lot, but i hope it helps him. maybe next time when i see him i will give him more. wonder what caused him to lose his arms =\

seriously speaking if i had no arms i would commit suicide.
so believe me when i say, i really respect this guy's willingness to carry on no matter what the odds are.

lastly, i walked home from tampines. why did i do it? let's say i was damn hot in the head and i needed to cool down.

the walk took me about 1 hour. and the worst thing is it rained and i got drenched from head to toe. but never mind, at least the rain helped me to cool down. literally.

after saying so much..

i want to say sorry to number 9 for going mad outside new york pizza. did i shock or scare you? =(
haiz, i KNOW this is going to affect your perception of me, though i hope it will change.

i'm not like that unless i'm really angry, which i manage to control most of the time.. haiz.. =(

P.S. ah shit forgot to buy guitar strings.. sian

...

2007-12-28T07:50:00.000+08:00

a post without a title.

it's time to go to school.

and i feel so sleepy.

can't get enough sleep these days.

...

from now on..

2007-12-27T23:38:00.000+08:00

...

i will limit using vulgarities to MSN and SMS only.

P.S. are you avoiding me? sure as hell hope you aren't.. =\

burn for you

2007-12-25T13:00:00.000+08:00

I got myself into some trouble tonight
Guess I'm just feeling blue
It's been so long since I've seen your face
This distance between me and you

That voice you showed me is not the one I know
I must be strung out on what I do
Don't hang up again
There's nothing else I know how to do

But I burn for you
What am I gonna do
I burn for you

I guess it feels like you're always alone
And I feel that way too
It's so hard to explain to you
Please understand what I do

I burn for you
What am I gonna do
I burn for you
Burn for you

Took my trouble to a bar tonight
For another point of view
But there's nothing new
I'm missing you

I burn for you
What am I gonna do
I burn for you
Burn for you

oh I burn for you
What am i gonna do
I burn for you

Burn for you
What am i gonna do
I burn for you
Burn for you
Burn for you...

derby della madonnina

2007-12-23T15:21:00.000+08:00

we are the world champions. the best club in the world, after beating boca juniors 4-2 in the FIFA club world cup final 2007 in Japan. but now we must return to reality - to the Serie A.

the day of the derby has arrived. once again. but for the first time in the 2007/2008 season.

this year's derby will be different from others, for there are many things you will and will not get to see.

what you will not see:

both the curva sud and the curva nord ultras have come together to protest against the enhanced anti-hooliganism laws. the new laws are enforcing a clampdown on organised groups of travelling away supporters.

tonight, ultras on both curvas will be silent, and will refuse to display the chereographed signs and banners which are a hallmark of the Milan derby.

you won't see il fenomeno tonight as he is back in Brazil to recuperate following his injury. get well soon R99!

who will shine tonight:

Kaká a.k.a. ricardo izecson dos santos leite
FIFA World Player of the Year 2007
Ballon d'Or winner 2007 (European Footballer of the Year)
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2007
UEFA Champions League Best Forward 2006/2007
UEFA Champions League Top Scorer 2006/2007
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball 2007
FIFPro World Player of the Year 2007

with all these awards under his belt, nobody should doubt kaka's (22) ability to beat inter on his own.
everybody will be watching the 25-year old brazillian, and expecting him to score or make a match-winning assist tonight.

alberto gilardino (11) has developed a habit of scoring braces everytime he manages to hit the net. the only time he didn't record a brace this season was when he scored the equaliser against Cagliari. will he score tonight?

though he wore Inter colours for two seasons, andrea pirlo (21) became a world cup winner and two-time champions league and uefa super cup winner all while wearing the Milan shirt. quiet but possessing excellent vision and control of the Milan game, will dictate the pace of the Milan attack.

the big question mark:

gennaro gattuso (8) picked up a knock against Boca Juniors in the club world cup final and is an injury doubt for the derby, however he has been included in the squad list for the game.
the Milanese midfield general will make way for cristian brocchi (32) if he does not play tonight.

injury list
inter - stankovic, dacourt, figo, vieira
milan - ronaldo, gattuso?

statistics

form guide:
1. Inter - WWWWW | P16 W12 D4 L0 Pts40)
12. Milan - LWDWD | P13 W4 D6 L3 Pts18)

last season:

milan 3 (seedorf 50', gilardino 76', kaka 91')
inter 4 (crespo 17', stankovic 22', ibrahimovic 47', materazzi 69')

inter 2 (cruz 55', ibrahimovic 75')
milan 1 (ronaldo 40')

Get to know yourself better

2007-12-22T23:52:00.000+08:00

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:

You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education

Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:

You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

something's bothering me

2007-12-21T19:21:00.000+08:00

something's bothering me.

it is. it fucking is.

i'm not supposed to let it bother me cause i know it's a lose-lose situation.

but it fucking is bothering me.

it just is.

vietnam 0 singapore 5

2007-12-15T03:48:00.001+08:00

how incredibly morale boosting for the Lions U23 when they beat vietnam 5-0 to clinch their first ever SEA Games medal since 1995.

having already managing to narrowly beat vietnam 3-2 in a game in which they only scored 1 goal (the vietnamese scored 2 own goals), and losing to thailand 3-0 in the semi-final, many were expecting the Lions to fumble in this round.

but that was not the case as shahril ishak opened the scoring and fazrul nawaz sent home a beautiful acrobatic tap in to make it 2-0 before the break.

in the second half, shahril went one on one with the keeper and tipped the ball away for fazrul to nab his brace with a smasher into the bottom left corner of the net. soon after, fazrul latched onto a ridhuan cross and smacked the ball right into the top of the net for his hat-trick, silencing all his critics after that horrendous penalty miss against malaysia.

agu casmir recorded his second and singapore's fifth with a powerful shot thanks to juma'at jantan's flick on pass.

well done to singapore for dominating the game. unfortunately we couldn't beat malaysia otherwise we could have avoided thailand in the semis, but to qualify for the semi-finals after so long and to bring back at least the bronze medal is already a huge achievement for the U23.

taken from jy's blog

2007-12-15T03:34:00.000+08:00

1.Do the following WITHOUT complaints
2.Choose 5 people to do this after you completed yours
3.Leave a tag on the person’s tagboard to say he/she have been tagged

Favourites.

Colour: red, black, white, gold - the colours of Milan
Food: roti prata
Song: currently it's 'love to be loved by you'
Movie: hmm...transformers
Sport: footy
Day of the Week: sunday
Season: autumn
Ice-cream: peppermint

Currents.

Mood: boringggg
Taste: always love cheese lol.
Clothes: as usual
Desktop: andrea pirlo. best deep-lying playmaker in the world.
Time: 3.40am
Surrounding: darkness
Annoyances: being unable to get to sleep

First.

Crush: cannot remember
Movie: i think it was cinderella or aladdin
Music: lemon tree? o.o
Last Cigarette: never had one
Car Ride: must have been in the taxi from the hospital to home just after i was born
Phone Call: dunno
CD played: wtf i think it was Max 5.

Have you ever.

Broken The Law: if d***l****** is illegal then yes.
Been Arrested: nope
Been on TV: i think so. not very sure.
Kissed Someone You Don't Know: no

5 things you are wearing: not even 5
4 things you’ve done today: ps2. eat. sleep. laptop.
3 things you can hear right now: only the sound of me typing and the fan whirring.
1 thing you do when you are bored: think, just think.

5 person:
well, i'm too lazy to think of people right now.

love to be loved by you

2007-12-15T03:02:00.000+08:00

what an excellent song by Marc Terenzi.
the thing's been in my head for about a week now. it's the song you hear playing here on my blog.

I can't believe I'm standing here
Been waiting for so many years and
Today I found the Queen to reign my heart
You changed my live so patiently
And turned it into something good and real
I feel just like I felt in all my dreams
There are questions hard to answer
Can't you see

[Chorus:]
Baby, tell me how can I tell you
That I love you more than life
Show me how can I show you
That I'm blinded by your light
When you touch me I can touch you
To find out the dream is true
I love to be loved by you

Your looking kind of scared right now
Your waiting for the wedding vows but
I don't know if my tongue's able to talk
Your beauty is just blinding me
Like sunbeams on a summer stream and
I gotta close my eyes to protect me
Can you take my hand and lead me from here please, yeah

[Chorus:]
Baby, tell me how can I tell you
That I love you more than life
Show me how can I show you
That I'm blinded by your light
When you touch me I can touch you
To find out the dream is true
I love to be loved, I need to be loved
I love to be loved by you

I know they gonna say our loves not strong enough to last forever
And I know they gonna say that we'll give up because of any weather
But how can they understand that our love is just heaven sent
We keep on going on and on cause this is where we both belong

[Chorus:]
Baby, tell me how can I tell you
That I love you more than life
Show me how can I show you
That I'm blinded by your light
When you touch me I can touch you
To find out the dream is true
I love to be loved, I need, yes I need to be loved
I love to be loved by you

Yes I love to be loved by you

so many events...

2007-12-06T22:00:00.000+08:00

so many things have happened since before i last blogged.

these are the events i've been attending since 23 nov 2007.

NTUC Income Yeo's S-League Awards Night 2007
23 November 2007
fantastic night. won't say much though. all i have to say has already been logged by ah yun for the newsletter interview.

Step into the media balcony

Me and Ann Kok

Me and ah min with 'Uncle' Duric!

tokuAsia 2nd Anniversary Lunch Buffet @ Rio Vista Condominium
24 November 2007
great day. never did i imagine tokuAsia would be the way it is right now. congrats guys, all who have worked for the forum. and yimian totally owned himself. the video is on YouTube if you wanna search for it.

The four founders of TPC Studios.

Meng Yeow's article from the frontpage at tokuAsia.com

Quoted from Basil:
“Time has gotch wings.”

Yeap! How time flies. It looks like it was only yesterday (just exaggerating) when #TPC started out humbly with less then 10 members in mIRC 7 years back. The surviving members of that channel are now the heads of the tokuAsian community. Namely, Basil, Gareth and Jiahua, and lastly myself.

Back then, we were only a small group of people who liked Tokusatsu and fan fiction writing, and chatting in the mIRC channel. One year later saw a MSN group called TPC Studios created for our fan fictions. After that, Basil and I joined the popular Japan Hero Access forums and posted our fan fictions there. We got to know a bunch of great dudes there like Sephiroth, Scotty, Ninjan, scikaiju, the second, Rider Zero and many many more, who are now also part of the tokuAsian community.

Thanks to them for supporting us!

I have to admit that 2007 was a slow year though, for tokuAsia as many members were either involved in their major exams or working. But I thought everything was still great. The movie posters that Huang did, the cool Kamen Rider Gattack vs DekaBreak mini videos that was produced by Van and such.

The end of 2007, however proves to be a busy period for us, as we are not only busy with the preparation of the buffet that will be on the 24th of November. After the buffet, there will be the Miyauchi Awards 07, held for the first time at tokuAsia. This, I believe, has to be one of the largest forum events in the online Tokusatsu forums, and tokuAsia is proud to be able to host the event this year. The awards this year, will not be an event with nothing. Our forum resident ultra kenn is now in the process of designing small avatars for winners of the awards. These avatars, will be ‘presented to the winner of each award’ in the forum. The winner can put the avatar as one of his/her signatures at tokuAsia or at other forums that he/she is active in.

December will be another busy month for the local members, as there will be a X’mas gathering, and a New Year Eve Countdown outing on 31st December. And of course, the Miyauchi Awards 07 will be held in December too.

Quote from Basil again:
“When u see a forum grow for 2 years, its hard work and nothing else.”

Now that we are into our second year, I believe we can go on for many more years as I believe in the residents of tokuAsia.
Happy 2nd Anniversary tokuAsia!!!
Rock on! tokuAsians!!!

Fujimiya
Owner of tokuAsia
16 November 2007

Well done tokuAsia!

RHB Singapore Cup Final - Tampines Rovers 3 SAFFC 4
25 November 2007
a high scoring match which ended in a terrible fashion. shall not say much, as if you've been reading the news you'd know that Alam Shah got himself into deep s***. seriously hope that everybody forgives him.

one funny thing about the game is that the SAFFC players entered the game without their names on their jerseys, but in the second half they all had their names printed on. Tampines played in nameless jerseys for the entire game.

Can you spot the KR.com gang?

'Uncle' Duric with the Singapore Cup trophy!

after the game, went to pasir ris to eat MAC with ah min, leon, his gf and zhen ming. took the so-called last bus 17 home, and made a dumb error which ended up in me reaching home earlier than i expected.

Aftermath
after that day, did nothing much except go to school everyday. went to watch Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu with ah min and leon at Cathay last Wednesday, and watched ENCHANTED with ah min and ah yun yesterday at PS.

Enchanted will probably be amongst my top 5 movies of 2007, probably in second place behind TF.

the song from the King & Queen's Ball in Enchanted is called So Close by Jon McLaughlin. A real touching scene.

You’re in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I’m with you
So close to feeling alive

A life goes by
Romantic dreams will stop
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close

So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you’re beside me and look how far we’ve come
So far we are so close

How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We’re so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let’s go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far

it's over

2007-11-27T16:11:00.000+08:00

it's over after 2 months and 10 days.. nearly 3 weeks of that struggling to find the problem, and the problem just lies with me.

when you were taking your O's i was already feeling very wrong about this.

i knew i took the first step but it was all because i wanted to try. and i knew you would give me the chance. i guess it didn't work out the way i wanted it to.

i'm sorry you had to become the 'rebound'. the whole problem started with me having thoughts of just 'making use of you' so that i had somebody to talk to. i already had you to talk to as a best friend.

i'm sorry you had to endure the 'coldness' from me all this while.. i've never wanted to cold. i just didn't know what to say.

it's not that i didn't want to be a good boyfriend. i wanted to, i tried to, but i felt i was doing it for the wrong girl.

it's not that you were a bad girlfriend. we were really fun together, but you just aren't the girl i've yet to discover.

it was entirely my fault for taking our friendship into the relationship level.

i'm sorry, best friend.

welcoming the lions home

2007-11-20T15:53:00.000+08:00

Picture: The NEW PAPER

It was 6.15am when I decided with Frankie that we should meet earlier, as the Lions' flight will be landing at 6.50am, 20 minutes earlier than expected. So went a rout of SMS-ing and calls to and fro Shimin and Faris to meet earlier.

Reached Tanah Merah MRT just on time as Shimin and Frankie's train reached. Waited for Faris for a while until he told us to go first. 6.45am. Ah Min very nervous already!! lol.

"Faris where are you??"

Reached Changi Airport MRT at 7.05am, Ah Min ran all the way to Belt 33 while Frankie and I tried to catch up.. Hahahaha.

Chit-chatted and waited for the Lions to appear after their passports were checked. Not many people were aware of who were coming on this very normal Istanbul flight. Then Faris came. Only the 4 of us from KallangRoar and about twice as many people from DARE were there. Zzz..

The first to appear was Lionel Lewis...

The first of the Lions to wave to us was Shi Jiayi (The famous +1!), then as they prepared to come out, Noh Rahman and Hassan Sunny also waved to us.

The Lions chit-chatting while waiting to collect their baggage

Faris was busy collecting autographs from the Lions for his Football Weekly ASEAN Cup winning side poster, while Shimin and I focused on congratulating them. Hope they saw the KallangRoar.com on the jerseys! There IS another following other than DARE, and that's us!

Blurry picture of Mustafic Fahrudin, Precious and Lionel coming up behind.

Faris getting Mustafic's signature.

Must be a wonderful feeling for Agu Casmir, Aleksandar Duric, Shariff Abdul Samat, Faizal Hamid and Hariss Harun as they experienced their first welcome home as Singapore National Team players (except for Agu, who was part of Tiger Cup 2005)

Agu smiling as he exits the restricted area.

Faris and the big man Duric.

Faizal finally experiencing a belated warm welcome home.

Daniel Bennett signing for Faris

A blur picture of the former 'Golden Monkey' Ridhuan!

Hariss signing for Faris after his initial shocked reaction to the fans.

But the highlight of the day was definitely getting close to the man behind the team's success - Coach Mr. Radojko "Raddy" Avramovic. Never one to let the fans down as he obliged for a photo.

Me and Shimin with Raddy

Ended off our trip to the Airport with a meal at McDonald's. Lionel and his wife were there too. He's probably feeling relieved to be back here in Singapore after the disastrous diarrhoea cases in Dushanbe.

Rounding my post off with the 20-strong Lions squad who returned today from Tajikistan:

Goalkeepers: Lionel Lewis, Hassan Sunny
Defenders: Precious Emuejeraye, Daniel Bennett, Faizal Hamid, Shariff Abdul Samat, Baihakki Khaizan, Mohamed Noh Rahman
Midfielders: Shahril Ishak, Shi Jiayi, Ridhuan Muhamad, Mustafic Fahrudin, John Wilkinson, Hariss Harun
Forwards: Agu Casmir, Aleksandar Duric, Noh Alam Shah, Fazrul Nawaz, Khairul Amri, Indra Sahdan Daud (Captain)

Well done Singapore, and KallangRoar will see you in Round 3.

what a (nearly) full week

2007-11-12T00:18:00.000+08:00

monday 5 nov did some mixing and matching with some old and new clothes I have... tried the Sonny Crockett style which meant a blazer over a tshirt with long pants and no belt. still haven't got the loafers i want yet so can't go out without socks yet, and without the Ray-Ban Wayfarer style i seriously can't complete the look just yet.

Tuesday 6 nov went to Bedok Town in the afternoon for a meeting with OC. chit chat for a while before going to LY's place to return him his guitar.

Wednesday 7 nov went to Jalan Besar Stadium buy tickets for the Tajikistan game on Friday, then to KFC at Bedok Interchange to have a meeting with the other CIs.

FAS logo outside their office. how i wish i can bring this logo home..

ok, so the 8 nov training fell through due to showers and lightning in the morning. bad sign. spent the entire Thursday afternoon sleeping at home.

Friday 9 nov. went to Bedok Town in the morning for 08 workplan meeting and to clean up the npcc room. a lot of new and exciting things are in store for Bedok Town NPCC next year, as well as a reorganisation of the room into an 'office-like' environment.

the new npcc room arrangement, a work in progress.

later went to Bugis for dinner. ate at the newly renovated Food Junction on level 3. 2nd time eating there so far. the place is really posh at certain points. doesn't seem like a food court at all, more like a posh eating diner. oh yeah, and 1 noodle got a wonderful gift from me, besides his new nickname..

L-A-M-E

later we trooped down in our traditional RED towards the National Stadium for our event of the evening...... Singapore vs Tajikistan!

Duric terrorising the Tajikistan defence

Aleksandar Duric proved us all wrong when he netted 2 goals to take us into the 2nd leg of the 2nd round with a 2-0 advantage. went home that night all logging into KR and praising the 37-year old striker. well done!!!

the KR.com gang at the stadium

KallangRoar FC in gear @ Kallang

faces revealed

the snoopy potato chips which kept us busy in a scoreless 2nd half

10 nov was a quiet affair at home. didn't go for HRC since i was too tired from all the shouting, jumping and screaming during the match the day prior. thought it was quite a good choice to stay home since i was called up by a ST reporter to ask about Aide Iskandar's sudden resignation.

stated what i feel, like it's about high time he retired so that he can give the younger players a chance, but also said that it was the real wrong timing for him to resign. imagine the squad's morale when he did it.

tak giu

went to Punggol CC for training this morning, 11 nov. a bit disappointed the rest of KR didn't have our comments posted on the Sunday Times. only Faris' one made it!!!

alright back to training for today. Punggol CC field is seriously unplayable. why are there still goal posts for that poorly maintained field? went down to Ave 6 and found that our usual area was in a similar condition to the Punggol CC one.

we were almost confined to such a small space behind the basketball court when the usual drinks uncle came and told us about a field next to Buangkok MRT, so we went there and woo! the search is over!

headed for greener pastures

we played with a team who plays there regularly, and though we lost this game 4-1, it's still quite okay as most of us know where our standard lies and where are our best places to play on the pitch.

at Mr Hamdi's place

later in the evening met up to go to Mr Hamdi's place. quite great to see old classmates again after so long. went to Interchange after dispersing and found the MIAMI VICE movie up for rental. is it like a reward for my long week of hard work? whatever it is, i can finally get to watch this damn movie, no matter how poor the premise sounds!!

and i'm going to get down to watching it right now.

looking forward to tomorrow, it's going to be a free week (except for Thursday) until school resumes next week!

P.S. happy birthday Dario Simic and Ibrahim Ba!

in the air tonight

2007-11-03T03:00:00.000+08:00

something's wrong. really wrong. i've got no drive to update my blog at all but this thing is kind of bugging me to death

i just don't know where the problem lies. but it's killing me, giving me a real tough fight in my head.
for or against? for or against? for or against? what do i do after that?

this problem will definitely be solved. it's just a matter of when and how it will be solved. and there are so many possible outcomes that i really need to find out how to steer it in the path of my desired outcome..

HRC in 5 hours. Area 17. still not asleep yet. but will be in 5 minutes time. ciao.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

2007-10-26T01:42:00.000+08:00

You Should Be a Doctor

You are practical, sharp, and very intuitive.
Optimistic and energetic, you are a problem solver who doesn't get discouraged easily.
You are also quite compassionate and caring. You make people feel hopeful.
You're highly adaptable and capable. You do well with almost any curve ball life throws at you.

You do best when you:

- Are always learning new subjects
- Use your knowledge to solve problems

You would also be a good therapist or detective.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

after the (economics) storm

2007-10-19T19:48:00.000+08:00

there was a freaking thunderstorm before economics exam today. was supposed to meet Shamira (LOL i miss u gal) to borrow her calculator but i woke up too late so i just took my brother's weird calculator to the exam.

in a totally unexpected twist of events, the exam turned out to be so freaking easy. i did the questions on PPC/opportunity cost/free market economy, price equilibrium and price/income elasticity of demand.

exam started at 2, stepped out of the classroom at 3.05...

STUDY SO MUCH FOR WHAT MAN!!

after exam went to city hall to look for Xiaoyun. caught up with her at Suntec's Royal Sporting House. went all over city hall area to find a Nike armband. from citylink to suntec to marina square to citylink to peninsula. no results!!

initial intention - buy a Captain's armband for KRFC
final purchase - donuts

i don't know what's the craze over donuts right now.. after taking a bite into the donut i bought, it tastes just like any other normal pastry i can find at normal bakeries.

queued for about half an hour, den when it was my turn to order, the flavour i wanted no more already!! damn those people who buy like 24 donuts at one go. kiasu fucks! i only want to buy two and there's no more for me to buy. but i felt compelled to buy since i already queued up for so long. so i just bought two double chocolates.

the next few days...

1 MONTH HOLIDAY!

HRC tomorrow. to be honest i only go because it's Huiqing's area! LOL~ if not i would wait till the week after next before continuing HRC.

Sunday will be KRFC's final training session before the match against benny's team - DHS2002 FC. we don't know how strong our opponents are, neither do we know who will be part of the starting lineup. even worse, we don't even know who will be the captain yet!

no matter what, i'm looking forward to be pulling on my No.7 shirt to play for KRFC, cos it's a real jersey i can call MINE. the thing i love about this jersey is it got the authentic Nike number fonts as used by some national teams which are sponsored by Nike, like Australia, Brazil and Croatia!