Self reflection

I've thought long and hard and concluded that I just have to get fitter to keep up. Its not you its me la.Ha sounds like a breakup line.Oh well gotta get that confidence back. Just gotta pick myself up and integrate into the team slowly.The onus is on me to make the effort.

On a side note,today's weather is much cooler,offering a much needed respite from the heat for the past week.Thank goodness if not I seriously think PE wll be very difficult to administer.

It wasnt a good game.

I am really not used to playing a winger, and I admit I was pretty unsure of what was expected of me. To be fair I only had 1 training with the club,but I felt so sucky when I dun think I played decently.Lets see what the future trainings and games hold.

New start

Ok its back to competitive touch with a new start and new club.Plus I'm like learning again.Hurray!

Dogs and I

Had more time to myself after the hectic 1 week IVP season, and I found myself buying more and more books on stories about dogs. There was 1 author that I particularly liked: Jon Katz. There was a touch of humour and plently of love for his dogs,and when his dogs died, I felt like I had that loss too.Wth. Still, A Dog Year was a good book and it's worth the read. With the hype over Marley and me recently, I felt a tinge of annoyance over people who boughtthe book only after watching the movie.

On a brighter note I surfed Redspot (like finally) and liked this picture that the Redspot photographer took.

It speaks volumes. It reflects the hard work(yes we still train like hell), the very very cold ice dips,the hard games and the sheer joy in overcoming whatever shit was thrown at us,like the last minute email on jersery numbers too small must change(after 2 games already can U imagine!!), checking of nails only at the 3rd game and the shouting at us for reaching too near the sideline with a furious look.Siao. Tell us nicely la.

IVP season 2008-2009

Its been 2 days since the 08/09 IVP season ended and I'm still feeling the effects. Sore legs sore arms. But I guess it was all worth it cos I felt fit. Hahaha but the break that I took apparently showed as I gave away too many changeovers from not dumping square on,not being able to take the hard touches/dumps/jeresey and arm pulling from NYP.I am horrified and ashamed to say that I'm guilty of the jersey pulling when I saw the pictures on SportOn. And to think I complained abt it to Khai.Oh man I really should reflect.Paisay NYP.

On a brighter note the NYP game sort of shook me up. The antics employed by the technical in charge didnt make things easier and I was so happy when we pulled through the finals and sudden death to win it. Take that you grouchy old man. Deal with the issues.

Good to be back

Glad to be back to Singapore and to touch.Had an ok time in Hokkaido and a better one buying the foodstuff. Pictures up in facebook.

Played against RP boys yesterday and I'm happy to say that I could still step and dummy,but need to do more on my speed. Argh. Its back to more training.

Not good enought yet.

I felt really unfit and out of touch yesterday at training.The passes couldnt reach the people on the outside and my defence was not all that fantastic. I wasnt expecting myself to be fantastic or something coming back from a layoff from nearly 6 months but I have a certain standard to maintain with myself. I found myself with weak explosive power and pushoff, and I think my fitness suck big time. I am going to focus on training more liao.

Its all over the place

I'm happy its over! Now at least I can settle down and concentrate fully on shifting to a new environment. The only downside is that I dun get to see Koko so often,but with trainings so often back at NTU I get to go back!

On a side note,I think I have no chance with SAJC. Might be too busy with a secondary school to join a club then.

I dun have a scanner and no pictures sent to me yet so no pictorial updates as yet.

It just feels weird without exercise.

It felt pretty good to finally make up my mind. Aaron was right,I cant leave touch alone for long. And I got a call from SA's HOD regarding my resume, and if everything goes well and I go to JC for my 3 years bond I will join a club to stay in touch with touch and be fit. As of now, I still have to go withdraw money and do my nails.At the request of my parents. Say gotta look pretty for tmr. I just hope the eyebags are not tat big when I wake up.

What has passed has passed.

I watched the our last year's IVP games and am reminded of the hard work and commitment they we put in. I missed the me that was fit,but then I cant find the energy and motivation to carry on playing. Social touch on anywhere? By social I mean must relac one.

Grow up.

I guess ICG will never change as long as we ppl never change. But its a vicious cycle and the positive thing is that people do grow up and look beyond winning. Most anyway.
And I was really pissed at the spectators sitting at the sidelines of our game yesterday. You wanna laugh at the way I called my touches,fine but have the decency to do it discreetly. Calling loudly and imitating when the game is going on shows no respect and even childishness. There was a huge group of year 1s sitting near us and unfortuntely for them I heard them cos they were sitting nearer to us. I felt so much better when I shouted across if they had a problem with my calls. I dun blardy care if they hated this senior. Just grow up la pls. PESS is not as happening and glam a place you think it is and it doesnt give you the right to act like you know everything.

Touch ICG 08

These have got to be the most shack 10 mins touch games I've played over the years. To be fair I've been injured over the past 2 weeks so I didnt fare all too badly. Had new faces this year playing and they did pretty well for new comers.And sad to say I always kana shove to the ground playing ICG touch and its damn painful. I really dun know whether to love or hate the turf.
P.S. I was half hoping to win and half hoping not to cos that would mean we have to come back on Thurs to play agian. In the end,have to.Wa piangz my legs are sore and the abrasions are damn painful now lor.

But I do miss touch.

Rush Hour(s)

Went back to touch training on Thurs,and encountered both good and nasty stuff. Seriously, get back down to earth.
Went to our new place on Friday with Aaron to see the progress of the renovation. Pictures to follow soon.
And I think school and training is starting to take its toll on me. I feel a fever waiting to burst free anytime.I will win the war.Humph.

Can you imagine?

I love how we get to spend our Saturdays together,and watching him play touch makes my heart itchy too.
Speaking of which,I was sitting down at one of the round tables facing the synthetic field of SAS watching both the junior school kids and the 'senior' men playing on the 2 halves of the pitch. As time pasts more and more aunties came to the table and sat down as well, watching the field. They started talking amongt one another, and the one sitting next to me suddenly asked: 'So which one's your son?',pointing to the kids playing rugby just in front of us. I wanted to dig a hole and hide myself there and then,but to which I replied with a calm face: "No son there,waiting for the other side" pointing to the 'seniors' playing at the far end. I swore the seconds ticked by too slowly for comfort waiting for Aaron to finish.Argh.I'm not too sure what to think.

This is one of the rare times I couldn't make up my mind

Its crazy la,me going for the 8am driving session, and toying with the idea of playing touch again.But where to start?

All play and no work makes Kehui a very happy person

Been really tired and can't seem to find the time to update the blog these few days. Went to help out again for FOC on Friday,and it was so fun! I seem to have forgotten the times when all we did in PESS was to play basketball,frisbee,touch,soccer etc etc and so when I played soccer and frisbee with some of the freshies during the pickup session it was like back to heaven.

Saturday saw us settling more stuff and having him go back to SA to play touch. As I watched I realised that I still wanted to play, but not too competitively. It would be nice to be able to play for the fun of it. After all that was how it started.

Last stretch

I'm so glad the observation was over.4 more days to go.

And I couldn't make up my mind if I wanna go for the Aussie State Cup so I guess I'll pass.

By training?

I was pretty amused and amazed by how intelligent dogs can get. I saw this dog(looks like a stray but adopted cos it had a collar on it) crossing the 1) zebra crossing followed by 2)the pedestrian crossing at bukit timah road with us. Its not everyday we get to see this kind of things.

And I've decided not to put my name in for the NTL, which means I'm not going to try out for the National squad thats going up to the Australia State cup at the end of the year. I'm pretty confident that with proper training I'm still National team calibre ( not trying to be boastful here) but with the money issue and things to settle by the end of the year, the odds are heavily against it. When will we be sponsored for representing the nation?????

Touch Attack

NTU Touch Attack went well,with some people marring the enjoyment slightly. It was good to see and catch up with my ex-girls,Verlin,Lay,Gwen,Suria,Linin's and Xiaoqi's batch. It just seems like it was yesterday and I'm glad to see most of them still playing.This speaks volumes about the game. Anne was also telling me about the coaches's forum which will be happening soon,and that brings to mind how some coach can spoil the experience for some.

(Semi)-Retirement

I finally made up my mind after being so undecided(so not me I thought) about whether I should stop competitive touch. I'm quitting the NTU Touch team after the Touch Attack carnival,and since Lion Red is like non-existent, I'm not playing for any club as well. 10 years of playing at the various levels have exposed me to a lot of things, the best been having been to the Touch World Cup. Have refereed and argued + scolded guys on the field for 2-3 years maybe, have had a go at coaching for 4,all which I felt I've given my best and can live with myself. In a results-orientated world, I can hold my head up high saying I coached without an overemphasis on must-wins, and sometimes played with the intention of developing the team and not just to win. It's not without a tinge of regret that I leave the touch scene, after all it was touch that enabled me to make some great friends,make/see young players grow from not knowing anything abt touch to being able to play and enjoy the game,see the various kinds of people that existed and to see the world. Interest has been waning,and I've dragged on long enough. I'm gonna focus on individual sports from now on to maintain my own self discipine. So its goodbye to competitive touch and hello to running, and hopefully in the near future cycling.

For Linin and Xiaoqi's batch,if u girls are still interetsed to play in clubs, I still have the contacts,so no worries.

(Oh and I hit 1hr 10 mins for passion run which is better than expected,but at the expense of my ITB and knee.wa piang)