#FRIDAY, 260506
Fridays are my slack days. This last friday of the term wasn't any different. But it was sweeet. A lot of visual pleasure and I received a bar of bubbly milk swiss chocolate, and a bar of Hersheys cookies & chocolate. (: Training was fine, yes, my butt was alot better.
Waited for my everdearestsweetest mommy ♥ to come to school just to pass me my Class Tee and bring home my excessive school work & training stuff. (:
Rushed off with Lesbo to Sharon's, but HR very kindly volunteered to pick us up at Westmall's bus stop.
Reached there before some, and the hungry people (aka me!) were fed with lovely (but oily) chicken wings, partially uncooked prawns (occasionally), yumyum satay (I cooked some!), not-fully-cooked otah (but we couldn't care less), grreeeeaaattt stingray, exceptionally salty hotdogs! So I got impatient while waiting for more food and started roasting marshmallows(: There were only two packs so it wasn't exactly enough to go round, Jx brought chocolate to melt and we started dipping all sorts of stuff in it! From marshmallows to satay to otah to sweet potatoes to Marie's fingers. HAHA.
In between, people were playing squash and the security guard came a few times warning us about attire and eventually chasing us off the court cos our booking slot was up.
Then we celebrated the happy boy's (Liu Liang Yang!) birthday with a brownie sm:)ey cake baked by some of the girls and a huge ass (heavy) watermelon and a candle stuck in the middle.
And look what he brought for us to drink! (Okay, I was supposed to pose like I was advertising for it)




#2: A photo with Irritant.
#3: Nanny pok who always cooks for me since j1
#4: Marie & I with YONGRUI, IDOL! (trying to make his fans jealous yeah)
#5: Class pic!
On the way home, I looked up the sky and it was b-e-a-uuuutifully filled with stars. Like alot. If I didn't have friendly the next day, I would have called up a friend to go star gazing with me. Lovely! =D
#SATURDAY, 270506
Slept pretty late the previous night, and got woken up pretty early by a message. It was 6:19. Omg. I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't anymore. Nvm. Got down to Clementi, met the TEAM, and got down to N U S. It was flying hot, and I was super tired from last night so I wouldn't say I played well at all.
Half the time Serena was screaming at me & my silly mistakes and I barely understood what she wanted me to do when I was on pitch. Oh well, we only played three games. And we lost some, won some, drew some. (HAHA)
Then the j2s left for Clementi hawker (we boarded the wrong bus, went down to Buena Vista, and took the train back up to Clementi) where Yanns was saying how delicious the fish&chips there was, but I was craving for some kway chap and settled for Bakuteh instead since there was no kway chap ): And you know, the fish and chips are also available at Serangoon Garden market! Chey! Oh, and the retreat to resort 91 Kheam Hock Road was cancelled!
I met DING(: later in the night for dinner and emergency hairband shopping since I broke two in a week. (pathetic) I was still craving for some kway chap, but we settled for claypot rice cos it looked & smelt really good. But dinner was so so disappointing, Ding barely finished hers.
You know, if there was ever any friend that I'm still close to after I've gone on to College, it's Ding. Maybe because both of parents allow us out late at night, and maybe, to start with, we weren't even from the same secondary school and we were still close so there was no excuse for the drift. And if there ever was a relationship with a friend that I'd like to use as an example of how enemies can become friends, it'd be ours. I know I've said this a hundred and one times, but really, it's amazing how our friendship has grown, and I love you, Ding! (: ♥
#SUNDAY, 280506
Away to CCAB! The minute Yanns, Ping & I alighted the bus, it started to pour ): So we gave Estee a ring and she picked us up from the bus stop. But, the walk from where we alighted her dad's car to the gallery was looooong and unsheltered and the rain was Heavy. So we were still drenched, as we ran through half-your-calf high puddles of water and girls had their slippers slip off and float in the water. Heh heh.
Our first game as Team one- Joy, Kelly, Deborah, Yinxi, Me, against Tj was 3-0. Sweeet victory! But Serena reshuffled us after that, so Team one became- Joy, Me, Estee, Elsa, Yanns. The rest of the matches went fine, 4-0 against Sr, and 4-0 against Innova. The last team we met, Pj, thrashed Ij and Tj 7-0, but we managed to beat them 3-1, I think?
That placed us in a spot for Cups qualifying round. And we met NY poly. AHH. Our friends! So Min was saying, "eh, friendly okay! friendly!" Haha. We were frightened, honestly. Intimidated, a little, cos we knew them, and knew their abilities. But we breezed through. And met Tj's j3s in the Semis. Even more intimidating huh. But we did it again. 2-1, to us.
We told Serena, but she asked "Why did you guys let it that one try?"
That victory, placed us in the spot for CUPS FINALS.
CUPS FINALS, you know. We made it this far. And we met the team that thrashed one of the other teams 5-0, the team that Yanns has been saying all day that she wanted to meet them again. Tj j2s. The short 7 minutes on pitch never felt so tiring, so exhausting, mentally challenging, mentally degrading, painful, heartbreaking before.
We started on d. We went on to attack. We committed and passed. We switched. We looped. We side stepped. We caught our balls. We dropped our balls. We communicated. We allowed gaps to open for them to break through. We scored tries. We screamed at each other. We encouraged. We tried our best. We lost. Final score? 7-1. It could have been 7-4 you know. And maybe when it was 7-4, we wouldn't be so discouraged.
Imagine yourself going on to the pitch, you're running hard at the ball, you caught it. Thank God. You run, you burn, you see the try line. You see the girl coming hard at you, you run even faster, You put the ball down. It's a try. But NO, the ball fumbles. You didn't dump it hard enough. It rolled away. Your opponents scream "BALL FUMBLE!". Your ref gets swayed. She blows the whistle and says, "It's a drop ball." You hear your coach screaming from the sidelines, "DIVE! DIVE! YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE THAT TRY! JUST DIVE!" And you've never seen her so angry before. You blame yourself. You hate yourself. But the team says it's okay, let's work from here.
Then from there, you guys continue playing. Twice, you are the supporting player. Your ball carrier did a brilliant commit and passed it to you. You ran at it, hoping to catch it. And if you do, with the momentum you already have, run through and the try is yours. But NO, the ball either slips through your palms, or it bounces off your hands that have already caught it. You scream SSSSSSHHHHHHHIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT really loudly in frustration. Your coach is right in front of you.
The whistle blows. The team lost. Everyone says it's okay. But deep down, you know you ruined the chances. Your coach calls the team to gather. She asks if you're playing under dry, or wet weather conditions.
She asks, WHAT DOES THE BALL MEAN TO YOU?
She asks, DO YOU TREASURE A TRY AT ALL?
She's fuming mad. She points you out. She asks why you allowed those mistakes to happen. You tremble, you're scared, you're disappointed, you're discouraged, you blame yourself. You don't dare to look at her. Unknowingly, you hear yourself sniffing, your vision blurrs, you feel your face wet, your t shirt stains not of mud this time, but of tears. She says, "STOP CRYING. WHAT ARE YOU CRYING FOR."
Your teammates offer you hugs, assurance, encouragement, and love. Your brace yourself, wipe those tears, take a cool/stretch down. Cheer for your team, the one you love.
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There was this babe and hunk competition. We nominated Serena, but we were so silly. Organising committee cannot take part! UGH. For hunk, we decided to saboh ARTHUR LIM. And guess what? HE WON. Prize of the competition was a Motorola v3i. But since there was only one, the girl got it instead, and all Arthur got was a tee. Poor thing. But at least he has the title of the HUNK. Hurhur.
The other senior team got Bowl champs, after playing with a junior team and finished 6-1. So as Bella said, overall, we are CUPS CHAMPIONS!!
team 4: bowl CHAMPIONS!!!
team 1: CUPS runner-ups!!!
*Say simultaneously.
The night ended with TEAM dinner at Adam Road Hawker = fragrant nasi lemak & tasty big prawn noodles. And my parents picked me up from Mac Ritchie.
Despite the weary soul and exhausted body, I only slept at 2, after rejecting 101 phonecalls and finally picking up the last one reading that you were sitting on the floor. crying.
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LOUIS & AH GONG, thanks for coming down. (:
&Dear Patrick, thanks so much for coming down. And the encouragement, support, box of chocobaby, a chocolate marshmallow, your love, your ugly flower face, your girl-watching company. HAHA. Love you(: (I couldn't tag on your blog)
And to the TEAM, I love you guys(: Thanks for the hugs, encouragements, pats on the back, messages, assurance, company, and sm:)es. (:
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I promise, that on Thursday, be it wet or dry, I will dive if I have to. Dive, regardless of the scratches and injuries I will cause myself to get.
THURSDAY, 1ST JUNE, 1PM @ FARRER PARK.
SEE YOU THERE.
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And today, I learnt that diverting your calls = outgoing talk time. Damnit. No wonder my bill sky rocketed to 140$.