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2011-09-28T02:31:00.003+08:00

Knees aching from umpiring :S
I did too much umpiring?
Or am I getting old? O.o''

This year's birthday is probably the best one so far in my life :D
My brother came for the weekend together with Jeff and Fen.
It was great celebrated it together :)
The last time we did it was probably a decade ago :S

And happy lately ^.^

2011-03-10T01:59:00.002+08:00

Haven't blog in ages. Just don't feel like it lately.

I can see myself quitting umpiring soon. Really...

Nothing about umpiring is encouraging lately.
First of all, people expect a lot more from people having A badge.
Hello!!! It doesn't mean A=perfect. It just ment that I was umpiring at a certain level during the game I was badge. And I'm not umpiring at that level anymore sadly...
I've lose it. I want it back badly but couldn't find it anywhere.
Ok... Back to people's expectation. Was umpiring south zone B div 3rd 4th the other day. And you know what the coach did? She was complaining up down left right about my umpiring during the game. Do you know what have you just done coach? You are actually telling your players ''Hey! It's ok to complain and shout at the umpire on their mistakes. And please throw respect of officials out the window straight into the rubbish bin''. Come on!!! You were the Singapore opens team assistant coach leh. And also the U19s coach. Aren't you suppose to show good example???

NSL. Worst. Coulnd't do a good game at all. Everything is just not right. Hate it!!!
And teams. Please blame it on the umpire for everything. The score, injury, players not performing, etc... It only shows how shallow you are as a player or coach.

And more... Today I did the west zone B div final. Yar. I made a couple of mistakes. I already felt bad enough. No need to tell me again and again about it. Seriously. I really feels that it'll just suck my life in umpiring away with more games I umpire.

Soon. Very soon... Untill that day I explode or there's no more life in it. I'll tell the world I am an umpire no more.

2011-01-16T01:25:00.002+08:00

Got to know my CA2 result for first module today. Was disappointed :( Didn't actually get the result I was aiming for. But anyway, can't do anything about it anymore. Just have to accept it and work harder for the rest of the modules.

Met my IP supervisor last week. This module will definately be a tough one. From the meeting, can tell that his expectation for the project is quite high and there's a lot of areas I have to look into. And worst, I haven't even started reading the literatures he sent me O.o'' OMG. I'm so lazy!!!

Coaching was somehow good :) But the weather nowadays is so unpredictable. Had to use the hall a few times this week. And there's no netball court lines. How great!!! But the progress of the girls are looking good. Hope they enjoy themselves during the zonal games :)

2011-01-01T23:56:00.008+08:00

2011

Can't believe it's here.
Time just zoom past so quickly O.o
What have I done in 2010?

Many things? I guess so.
Happy ones? Some :)
Same goes with those unhappy ones. Many :(

Ok. Where shall I start? Recap the year.
Zonal was bad for my secondary school :(
Primary school? Expecting Rosyth to go into 2nd round and also top 4 but didn't. Very disappointed :(
Haig girls' did quite ok. But also didn't get into 2nd round :(
NSL started. Pretty excited to umpire them :)
Got invited to Adelaide to umpire the Australian Age Groups Nationals :)
Didn't start off well :( But manage to do a great game the last day I was there :)
Back to NSL. Didn't get to umpire the final, not even as reserve umpire. Super disappointed :(
Was determined to be the best this year but nope. Took me a while to actually come back to umpiring.
Heart break! Got rejected by a girl :(
Started coaching a new club :)
Invited to New Delhi to umpire Aisan Youth Championship :)
Major disappointment during the last day :( Wasn't assign any game to umpire and was not informed by the panels. Was waiting all night to be given the result, but wasn't even given a reserve umpire position. Did I really umpire that badly? Biggest upset of the year :(
Again, took a break from umpiring. Very disappointed!
Started coaching a primany school and a secondary school that I really like :)
But primary school had to end because of budget :(
Heart broken again by another girl :(
Finally took over the coaching of the seconday school that I like :) One of the happiest thing that had happened :)
But not a lot of time to train up before zonal :(
Wasn't selected as Nations Cup umpire :( kind of expected.
Ended coaching the school I have coached for 4 years :( very sad! The sec 1s are now sec 5. Hope they play well during coming zonal.
Heart break by another girl :(
Super bad luck in relationship! I conclude that 'no woman likes me'.
Ended coaching the new club because of some issues :(
Got accepted into RP for a part time course of Sports and Exercise Sciences :) Number 1 Happiest thing in 2010 :)
After many years of applying different institutes, unis, polys... Finally got into 1. So happy!

10 :)
15 :(
Looks like it's a bad year!

Didn't talk about how I did playing netball.
Daisy Tan Carnival Champion
Contiki Beach Netball Champion
Pesta Sukan Carnival Champion
Get Energized for Singapore Street Netball Champion
Netballuxion 2010 2nd Runner's up
PwC Corporate Carnival Champion
Zenith Carnival Champion
Mixed Social League Champion

Something for 2011?
NSL best umpire. Last try probably.
Nations Cup umpire.
Get better at coaching.
Concentrate coaching on Damai Sec.
Study well. Straight As.
Slim hope, but hope to find a girl that likes me.

2010-12-26T01:04:00.003+08:00

心碎。

一年会有几次呢？

无数次。。。

不想，

但没办法。

2010-12-25T03:03:00.002+08:00

Why am I hesitating?
I will miss the timing again.

2010-12-08T13:40:00.004+08:00

You have affected me so much more than I think.
It hurts :( a lot.
I tried not to care, but I'm still caring too much.
I do...

2010-11-30T21:15:00.002+08:00

School started few weeks ago for me. Lots of reading to do but I'm so so so lazy. And I have to learn how to use pp. Group work to do in pp and I have not started any on my part :( But still, the feeling of going back to school is good. Especially learning things I like ^.^

Got myself Snapping Hip on Sunday after umpiring first IYSC game. Was struggling with 2nd and 3rd game after that. Couldn't really run with the speed I wanted. Monday was a bit better, but still snapping. Lucky today's game cancelled. No need umpire :) Got changed to Div1 some more. Heng ar!!! Hope tomorrow I can recover fully from it.

Coaching was awesome except the timing. Had to wake up so early everyday :( But it's worth it seeing them getting better and better. Work Hard!!!

2010-11-11T00:56:00.002+08:00

I hate today.
Hate it when I can't play well.
Hate it when I'm not prepared but still have to play.
Hate it when I know I can do much better and just can't push for it.
Hate losing.
2nd time this year.
Hate Wednesday night.

2010-11-06T00:07:00.002+08:00

:( :( :( :( :(

There's nothing to be happy about.
Why???

Last few sessions and the girls are still not coming to training.
Those committed sure will be more disappointed during zonal.

Don't you just hate some people???
Freaking donno what's wrong with their attitude.
Should just let them live in Afica, India, or some ulu place for a while.

Goal??? What goal?
I just want to be happy...

2010-10-15T00:04:00.002+08:00

My EP appeal was rejected :(

Only 5 came for training today.
And 9 sessions left.
I'll surely miss you all :(

And lastly, 我活该！
I can't blame anyone.
There's no acceptable reason for myself to blame anyone at all.
活该！自作自受！

2010-10-12T23:43:00.002+08:00

我是多余的。
I hate this feeling :(
It's like being there and being ignored.

But anyway, life goes on :)
It's better to find happy things and be happy!
I'm ''MrSun'' according to some P2 kids at Evergreen Pri.
They are just so cute!!!

My umpiring today sucks :(
Didn't manage to see so many things.
Gotta fix it tomorrow.
But it's a totally different game :S
Well! Just try lor...

2010-10-09T22:56:00.002+08:00

Had fun today :)
But I realise my shoulder is not getting any better.
Not really satisfied with my spikes at all :(

Coaching last night wasn't very good too.
My players don't trust me.
Hate it when they don't even try to do what I want and tell me they can't.
Training don't even try, during drills already can see you guys not serious.
Now dare to say you can't somemore.
During friendly game. No need to see also know how you will play :S
WTF!!!
I don't need this.
Why do I have to do this to myself.
Angry!!!

Went to gym on Thursday.
Saw 2 quarters of England vs NewZealand there on the treadmill.
Exciting game!!!
But after gym, I weigh myself and I was lighter than the previous time by 0.6kg :(

Netball game on Wednesday was fun :)

Tuesday was good too :)
Played some fun games at NUS.

Friendly game with NYP on Monday night was awesome :)
Love the first quarter.

2010-09-10T11:56:00.000+08:00

Yay!!! Bad news to good news :D

2010-09-08T20:05:00.002+08:00

Is it good news or bad news???

I'm just getting to know them and now I have to leave?
It's so sad everytime I think about it.
Ok... I'm gonna make every session count.
Please work hard!!!

2010-08-25T00:38:00.000+08:00

Good to see her today :D

2010-08-14T15:39:00.002+08:00

让命运决定一却！

2010-08-11T18:07:00.001+08:00

Still thinking...
think.
think..
think...

:S

2010-08-11T02:18:00.002+08:00

Had been thinking!
thinking.
thinking..
thinking...
thinking....
thinking.....
thinking......
............

2010-08-08T19:52:00.002+08:00

昨天买新鞋，今天配新眼镜。
新衣？更多新鞋？
好想每天换新东西噢！
但没那个叫‘钱’的东西。。。

2010-08-07T01:15:00.001+08:00

I hate this!!!
Expected it would happen.
But I still hate it happening.
Hate it.
Hate it.
Hate it.

2010-05-16T23:44:00.002+08:00

一件又一件的伤心事。

失望，
气馁，
不甘，
多心，
伤心。

悲伤，
心痛。

心真的好痛！

2010-05-16T01:32:00.001+08:00

我每天都在想。
想这个，想那个。。。
会不会是我想太多了呢？

2010-04-29T23:01:00.003+08:00

怎么不是我？

为何？

2010-04-03T11:38:00.002+08:00

2 more days to Adelaide. A little excited, and also worried. Hope I can do well.

Haven't been happy with my NSL umpiring. What to do?

My schools are out of 2nd round. Haiz... Some games were so close.

Not moving to AMK anymore. Now will need to find someone to move into the extra room. Anyone out there needs a room? Please contact me.

Should I apply SIT? Not many course offered yet. Or should I wait half a year later to see if they have more courses?

2010-03-16T01:00:00.004+08:00

Had my revenge at Contiki beach netball last week. After losing last year in first game of 2nd round, I wanted to win so much. It just feels good to win :) Was expacting to play Underdogs in the final but because of fixtures flaw played Safsa instead. Score was 8-1. Shouldn't even had let them score that 1 goal. I had pointed out to NS about the fixtures in the morning but they just refuse to change. Should have talked about it during the prize presentation, on stage when the guy ask who's the toughest opponent. Gotta make those operations people look bad one day. Anyway. It was really fun that day.

NSL had started. Here goes all my weekends. 'Like I got things to do...'. At least help me occupy my weekends. Didn't have a good start on Saturday. Concentration was really low. Slow eyes, slow runs, slow decision making. All because of the 4 hours of sleep and the long wait after opening. I gotta be discipline to sleep at least 10 hours before NSL game now. 'KS, you need to be discipline. Umpire to the badge you are holding'.

2010-03-06T21:37:00.003+08:00

Hi Blog,

It looks like I'm kinda leave this place at rest isn't it. Ok. I shall post more often. That is if I get myself to type something. Many times, just don't feel like putting up things here.

Anyway, zonal was disappointing. My girls didn't do as well as I thought they would. I guess I didn't prepare them to be tough enough. My failure again for another year. Next week will be the end of all secondary schools zonal. Some exciting games coming up.

My primary school? Rosyth not in a good grouping. Very unlucky. Just hope they can perform well. And there's still so many things to train up on. And Haig girls, donno what to say about them. Not expecting much from them.

I'm kinda at a dry state at Netball now. Really donno how I can handle them. Donno what's best for my players. Donno how I can help my umpires. I'm at a state if they don't come to me, I don't wanna go to them. I feel that they don't really want to listen to me. And my recre team. I donno how I can motivate them to learn to play better. Lots of time, I felt like talking to myself. No response, instruction given but everyting done wrong, took years to get them on court for court game, ......

Ok. Enough of Netball. All I do now is netball. Work is netball, evening time is netball, weekends is also netball. I have no life without netball nowadays.

Watched 'Finding Nemo' just now. My first time watching it after so long. Love it :) Very nice family movie.

Contiki tomorrow. Hope it's fun :)

2010-02-06T14:03:00.003+08:00

Passion Vs Commitmet

People are scared of commitment. But I always believe if you have passion, commitment is nothing. It comes naturally. If you can't commit, then there must be some issue with your passion. Ask yourself, how high is your passion level? It might not be as high as you think it is.

2010-01-27T00:38:00.002+08:00

Saw this in the bus today.
Have you ever notice this?
Want to know the answer? I know :-)
Next time you are in a bus, move to the rear to check it out.

2009-12-22T16:23:00.002+08:00

Hi Guys!

A quick update.
Came back from Bangkok Sunday night. The trip was great! Went with Katana. And I get to play too. Haha! Did a bit of shopping myself. A few tank tops, berms and t shirt. I think I need to tidy up my closet. It's exploding! Did a workshop for Katana on umpiring and rules. It was alright but there were some points I didn't manage to get accross.

I did another workshop with NUS recre before the trip. Mainly on rules and a bit on playing basics.

Before that was Nations Cup. It was awesome! I finally got my A badge. Been waiting all year this year. But wasn't as happy as I think would be. Donno... But I'm still really glad!

IYSC was tiring. Had to umpire 2 games a day most of the time. But it was a good warm up before Nations Cup.

Back to coaching now. Session with the girls on Monday was good. What should I do on Wednesday? Defending or more on midcourt? I shall combine both...

2009-11-27T23:11:00.002+08:00

Will be busy with umpiring for the next 2 weeks.

International Youth Sports Challenge 2009
http://iysc.sportsschool.info/cms/images/stories/PDF/fixtures_netball.pdf

Nations Cup 2009
http://www.netball.org.sg/index.php?page=nations

2009-11-26T01:15:00.001+08:00

It's time!!!

Work hard! Every detail!

2009-11-22T01:46:00.002+08:00

I'm liking beach volleyball more after each session :)

But I'm missing basketball alot. I gotta play before training on thurs.
I can't wait!!!... I'll play a bit on mon.

2009-11-14T23:27:00.003+08:00

Had a long day today at KNC. Coached umpires the whole day. The weather was very kind to us. Shaddy most of the time :) I was thinking about the coaching today. How can I be a better umpire coach? From the way I talk? With the info I deliver and how I deliver it? Or are there some other ways and areas?

Yesterday I was coaching Hougang Sec. First time we got to use the Indoor Sports Hall because of the rain and hall was filled with seating after 'Os'. It was great! The rubber cushioned flooring. Wish I could play basketball or volleyball there someday. Didn't do much with the girlsactually. Only did some quick hands and feet. Then team drill with vision. And into positional plays in the circle after that. Was rushing a little introducing new plays to the girls but I hope they understood what was delivered to them. The session was pretty relax. Maybe a bit too relax. I shall make it a bit more intensive during the camp.

Had my last NCAP lesson on Thursday. Yay! And in the morning, my Coral girls was in a carnival. They surprised me with their performance in the carnival. First time in history they manage to win all their games and opponents score was zero. Means my coaching for pass few months was working. Really happy for it :) Hope the girls have more confident in their future games.

Conducted an umpire course earlier this week with Chris. Didn't have very good feedbacks from the participants. I guess it's because most of them are from secondary school. I guess we have to insert more interesting elements in it. Was thinking maybe I should do some slides with pictures and clips for the next course I run.

I was thinking of buying a video camera. It should be helpful to my coaching and umpiring. Shall I get one?

2009-11-08T01:32:00.001+08:00

The weather was great today.
Beach volleyball at Sentosa was great!

2009-11-06T00:39:00.002+08:00

Sorry guys. Didn't update for a while.

I took up NCAP level 3 Theory lately. Ending next week with 2 more lessons to go. But with tons of assignments to do. Every lesson we have to do an assignment to show that we know what we've learned. 11 assignments in total. Alot hor... But I've not compeleted a single one yet! Gotta start working on it. If not, sure can't complete before dateline.

Besides NCAP, I'm occupied with the usual stuffs. Coaching, umpiring, umpire course and umpire coaching. I think I'm starting to get bored of all the Netballs. Looking at my calendar there's nothing much to look forward to. Just more of coaching, umpiring, umpire course and umpire coaching. Ahhrrr...... And 'Nations Cup'. I still haven't really started training for it. Only 1 month left. OH NO!!! And this is my last chance this year to get badged for A. And I so want to do the final! Didn't get it during NSL and only as a reserve at Asian Champ. I gotta get to the final!

2009-10-17T02:25:00.001+08:00

Yay! I'm in Nations Cup!

Must start training up my fitness for it.

2009-10-14T01:05:00.002+08:00

Hi reader. Miss me?

Just added ice in the h-two-o I got from umpiring yesterday. Unchilled h-two-o taste yucky...

About umpiring last night. It was literally final of the Polite games. Whoever wins it should be the champ. Cause all the rest of the teams are not so strong. Ok. About umpiring. I was struggling in the last quarter. Can't really sprints at all. Poor stamina. Think I should cut down drinking every night. And last week, I wanted to do more exercise but sprained my ankle on Tuesday night. Lucky I recovered fast. Able to run on Thursday and Friday already can jump. Of course still a bit weak and pain lah. I just love umpiring challenging game. There are some things I need to work on, which I'll improve for the coming few games. Hope I get into Nations cup umpire. And hope I'm ready for it by then.

It's past 1am now and I don't feel like sleeping at all. Need to wake up before 6am for coaching some more. Think it's because I slept till 3pm today. So good life hor. Haha! Got no coaching. Hope I get busier soon. Had just readied my stuff for tomorrow cause I know tomorrow morning sure kelang-kabut.

Tonight I had my second lesson for the NCAP level 3 I'm taking. It's rvery Tuesday and Thursday night. And I met SzeLing during the break today. A pleasant suprise. She is taking level 1. Haha! Got people acompany me home next time. The lessons was great. Lots of usefull information about coaching.

Should I write more? neh... maybe next time. Things on my mind now are too personal to blog about.

2009-10-01T01:39:00.002+08:00

Happy Children's Day!!!

Very unproductive lately. Went to have haircut today. Yesterday, coaching didn't do anything. Let the girls do whatever they wanted. Played basketball at NYP and then friendly game. Monday, morning Kidznet the kids came with only 15 minutes left. Did shooting and that's it. Went office to do something after that. Then coaching again. It was pretty good. Watched 'The Ugly Truth' before umpire coaching at night at KNC. Slept all day on Sunday. And watched F1 on tv. Saturday had volleyball at Sentosa. Got sunburnt.

2009-09-21T00:06:00.002+08:00

Haven't been blogging for a while.

I've just got older few days ago. Didn't celebrate. Not really... My sis did treat me to a nice dinner few days before my birthday. But no cake, can't consider a celebration hor? Actually don't really feels like celebrating anyway. But, a surprise would be good. Who won't love one? I believe everyone love birthday surprises.

On that day, I received many wishes and was so happy till I have someone asking me about my wish. Then I realised I didn't think of it at all. Wish... What should I wish for? Will it come true?

I just wish to be content with simple life. Also wish to be a nicer person to others and all my friends. I know it won't be easy. Staying in Singapore had turn me much colder to people. A smile, a greeting, a sincere conversation had become so hard. I want to change to be better.

2009-09-11T19:41:00.002+08:00

Where I stayed

The Arena Sign. It's Super Complex :)

Flowers by the road side. It's Spring time.

Inside the Arena

Australian version of Kidznet

On the street of Perth City. I'm wearing 3 jackets. Very cold.

Suppose to delete this photo but I didn't. Photo taking are not allowed in station and train.

At Fremantle market.

Look at the parking lot. Cars have to go up the curb to park.

2009-09-09T13:50:00.002+08:00

Hi guys! Sorry didn't update earlier.

This week very sian. School holiday totally got nothing to do.
Anyway, Perth was fun. Umpired 3 games in total. 1 game a day. It was pretty different from umpiring in Singapore. Firstly is the weather. It was freezing cold. Warm up had to be done in track suit. Although with track suit and indoor, still don't really feel warm at all. And it's really cold during umpiring too. Then, it's the game. Very busy game. All the players on court was contesting all the time. Lucky I've done few games when they were here in Singapore. If not, I think my eyes wouldn't be able to catch up with what's going on on court. Overall umpiring was good experience, and did feel a bit of progress myself. Although Chris said I've improved alot since first game in Singapore. I still feels it's not that much. Maybe I'm expecting more from myself.

Sunday after the games, me and Bee manage to go to the city and also Fremantle for some shopping and sight seeing. Will post the photos later.

2009-08-27T01:33:00.003+08:00

Not very lucky today. But it was a good day :)

Woke up in the afternoon cause no coaching in the morning. Then I wanted to transfer songs from the CDs I bought to mp3 player but can't. Since when mp3 got write protected? Can't delete the existing songs for the new ones. Sucks! Nevermind, I saved the songs in my phone instead.

Then it was cloudy. Training had to be done indoor at the hall. Wanted to have the 8 rounds run with the girls but now can't. Lightning alert! Had to share hall with badminton, and dance. So little space. Only 1 badminton court for 20 over girls. Did alot of different passes with the girls. And in the middle of it somehow my tumbler was hit by the ball and handle came off. Lucky it wasn't broken. Then after a while one of the girl was hit by the ball while she was drinking and my clipboard was there. Nothing happened to her but all the paper on my clipboard was wet. Lucky it was only plain water. We carried on training at the netball court after lightning alert was off. Didn't do any team drills and no time for court game too. Told the girls what they need to concentrate on for friendly game tomorrow before ended the training.

Head to KNC after coaching. Bought some donuts during bus transfer cause was really hungry. Games at KNC was fun. Played WA, then GK and C. Someone bought a 'donno what it's called', a sketeboard with 2 board front and back and only 2 wheels. I was trying it the whole night. Fall down on my back, lying flat on the floor once. It's not easy. The furthest I skate on it was only 2 meters. Whole night trying to balance on it gives me sore ankles. Ouch! Must try it again next time. Have to move further!

2009-08-23T23:14:00.000+08:00

Hello!

Was busy these few days. Actually have time to blog but just don't feels like it.

The weekend was awesome! ANL round 5 at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. I think I was spoiled to be given 3 games to umpire. BeeLing didn't even get to finish her 1 game. It must be very sad for her. Game cancellation and knee injury.

Learnt alot from Chris Burton. She made me think alot about my umpiring. How it can be done and 'Why'. Very different from many umpire coaches previously. I think I'm slowly understanding how I can step up to the next level.

A Big Thank You to Chris Burton!

Going Perth in 2 weeks. Gotta get fitter.

2009-08-18T01:52:00.003+08:00

I should be sleeping but I'm not. Physically I'm really tired. Mentally still can't sleep. Tell me why please!!!

Ouch!!! Knees ache..... Got blister somemore. Everytime I wear that shoe. Next time I'm gonna wear double layer of sox. Did some umpiring today. Thank you Chris for arranging. I really need the run before this weekend's ANL. I'm trying not to think too much about it. The more I think, the more I feels that I'm not ready. Ahhrrrr..... Help!!! From the umpiring today, I have lots to work on. Concentration was the biggest thing I lack tonight. One link to the other. Affected my timing of runs, then vision, after that timing of vision and the chain reaction repeats. How can I maintain focus? Hmmm..... Mental preparation?

Ok. Netballuxion was great! Went down on Saturday to help umpire for few hours. It was fun! Doing for only two hours. But those poor umpires that did for the whole day... I have to give them credit. You guys were great! Amazing! Can you imagine umpiring from 8am to 9pm? And some of them did it for 2 days. Sorry didn't help you guys on Sunday. Was playing and also wasn't feeling very well.

Remember I was sick? Then Saturday when I woke up still not feeling very well. Worst thing I fear happened. Headache finds me. Ahhrrr... Then on Sunday I have it too. Today also... Hope it goes away tomorrow.

Ok. Back to Netballuxion. One of the team didn't come. So, we had a walkover game. Then there's a strong team in our group that we drew with. Nigel's team. Saw them when we reach but didn't know Nigel was playing with them. We still manage to top our grouping cause the last game we played in the first round we scored 17-0. All because of the organiser. Cause they were saying we need to win by more than 5 goals to top the group. Then during the game we played super fast I think the oponent was shocked too. It was good that we top the group cause runners up from the other group was easier to play with. Sadly, Nigel's team lost in the semi by one goal didn't get to play them in the final. Final wasn't very tough. Was expecting Nigel's team but I think it was a good thing to my team not having to play them again.

I love the day. The company was good. From breakfast till dinner together. Games, shopping, cracking jokes, making fun of one another...

I better sleep now. I'm sure to struggle waking up tomorrow.

2009-08-14T23:34:00.003+08:00

Hi...

I'm sick today. Woke up with an itchy throat, runny nose and sore eyes. Lucky not very serious. No fever, no headache. Stayed home all day. Boring!!! Another home alone day tomorrow.

Yesterday was busy. Morning had Kidznet coaching. It's fun and a little bit frustrating. The class have thirty plus pupils and there's about twenty boys. All the boys was with me and the girls with my colleague for the session. The boys are 'boys'... Runs around all the time, never stand still, shouting at one another, very competative during games... But still, they have their lovely side. In the middle of the game, a bunch of them was looking at the sky pointing. I was shock of what they did for a moment. There's nothing at the sky but clouds. Exactly, they were pointing at the clouds saying it's like this and like that... They are so full of imagination. When was the last time you look at the sky? Seeing clouds shapping into different animals and stuffs?

Went home for a nap before coaching again. I have a new player. Tall, have lots of potential as a defender. I'm confident the team will be pretty strong next year. I just need more time training them. From the looks of the schedule, there's only like twice training in a month.

Went for a jog before training with the opens at night. Jog for only half an hour but was struggling so much. ANL is next weekend... I have to get my fitness up.

2009-08-12T23:38:00.000+08:00

Went to watch 'Up' after the morning coaching yesterday. In 3D!!! But cost $10 dollars. It was pretty nice. Funny, touching, story was good too.

After that went coaching. Was about 10 minutes late when I reach school. I was surprised only 4 turn up for training. We didn't do much. Played a few rounds of shooting games. Had a long break. Then did passes and played half court before end training.

Bought a new basketball after coaching. It's suppose to be a grip surface basketball but it feels very sticky instead. Weird!!! Anyway, played some basketball before netball at NUS. Was so so tired after that.

Woke up late this morning. Spent almost $20 for cab. I really shouldn't. Must wake up early in the future. Hmmm... Did my alarm clock beep me? Can't recall...

Game today was quite alright. Hougang was having their first game for home and away league. To some of the sec one, it's their first league game. Looking forward to the rest of the games and see how much the girls can improve. JiaYou!!!

2009-08-10T22:34:00.001+08:00

Do you believe in miracle?

Saw the news today?
A child fallen from nine storey and survived.
Another borned dead and return to life.

2009-08-10T14:30:00.003+08:00

Saturday morning on the way to Penang with mum.
The last time I took ferry to Penang was about 10 years ago.
Can't remember exactly when but I think around there.
In the picture, the ferry I'm on was leaving Butterworth and the other was docking.

View of George Town Penang from Ferry.

Docking.

Went to my sister's new appartment after that.
It's on the top floor with Penang Bridge view from balcony.
Will be even nicer at night.

The appartment was still empty.
Need some renovation and paint job before moving in.
After that, we did some furniture and lighting shopping for the appartment.

Dinner time with whole family.
Except mum. She stayed at Penang for her Buddist camp.
All of us have different drinks as you can see from the picture.
Make a guess, which one is mine?

Sunday afternoon before leaving home. The cactus in front my home got flowers. Can you see them?

On the way to Penang Airport.

The widening work on Penang bridge is almost done. Traffic was alot smoother now.

This trip home was good. Manage to see mum, spend time with her when we traveled to Penang together. Seeing my cute nephew Jeff. At 5 months old now he's starting to use his hands and learning to roll over from lying in his back. Had a great dinner with dad, bro and sis. Which only happen once or twice a year. And replaced my atm card and ic that was stolen on Mayday. It was a fruitfull trip overall. And going home was very easy, with only one hour flight and forty minutes drive home from airport. Wish I can go home more often if I have the time and money.

2009-08-09T23:43:00.003+08:00

Hi. It has been so long...
Made some changes to the blog. Like it? Alot brighter hah... Wanted some difference from the previous.

I've always wanted to blog but just didn't happen. Things during the day, thoughts, feelings, and some others... Most of the time I got myself to the laptop, feelings had faded. Don't feel like typing anymore.

Happy Birthday Singapore!!!
Just came back from hometown today. AirAsia changed abit from today's experience. Their service had improved a little. Announcement made by the crew was pretty impressive too. Ate alot these few days at home. Mum cooked many good food. Yummy!!!

Was thinking alot about what I should do lately. I definately love the work I do now but it really can't be a long term job. Wasn't able to have any savings with the little pay. Thinking of further study too. Will really look into it. Hope I can change my life a bit. It's time to have some changes.

I've took some pictures when I was home. Will post them next time.

2009-07-04T00:25:00.004+08:00

My blog is so dead...

Life is so boring! Got no coaching this week all because of H1N1. Sian ahr......

KL trip was ok. Everyday eat hotel buffet until sian... The BaKutTae beside hotel was yummy! Ate there for 3 times. And more food at Chinatown and Jalan Alor. I think besides umpiring, all we did was eat and sleep. Haha!!!

Umpiring wasn't very well. Should have done better in the earlier games and get into the tournament earlier. Anyway, was happy get to be reserve umpire in the final.

I need some excitement in life...

2009-06-16T01:48:00.003+08:00

Going KL in 2 days. Was looking forward to it earlier but now not that much. Had to stay at KL for over 10 days. Other than umpiring everyday, donno what can we do. Hope we get time to walk around.

Umpiring today was not very good. My knees ache so badly it affect my runs. Was late on positioning most of the time. Must improve tomorrow.

Went night cycling with some friends last weekend. Cycled pretty slowly I hardly break any sweat. But still was quite tiring. From 10 plus till 7 plus in the morning.

The other day few weeks ago my schools took part in a carnival nort zone schools organise. Hougang Sec and Rosyth both was there. Although they didn't make it to 2nd round, they had fun. It was great seeing them had fun playing games together and playing court game after the carnival.

National League. So far so good for Ace. Had fun on most games. But don't get to play last game cause at KL. Zeal didn't do well. Mainly because don't have defenders in the team. And also some absent players. Hope they do well for their last game. Alpha did quite alright. Winning 2, lost 2, and a walkover. Umpiring for me was alright too doing div 1 and 2 games.

The post is so random. Anyway, just hope things at KL for coming days are good.

2009-05-24T02:16:00.002+08:00

Had a jog last night to KNC and back. Was struggling a bit and it took longer than expected. After reaching KNC, I help umpired a friendly game before jogging back. The whole thing was pretty tiring. Still feeling the aches and sores now. But this will not stop me. Next up, 'East Coast Park'. On the way to KLP today, I saw a naked man near stadium. Something must be wrong with him. Anyway, I went to watch a movie before going KNC for duty as umpire coach for the day. Night at the museum 2. Not as good as expected though. Umpire coaching was ok. Couldn't really help to look at all 3 courts at one time. And most of them are not so experienced too. Haiz... And I've been hearing comments from coaches about umpiring recently. The usuals! Comments from coaches are never good. As an umpire coach now, I feel that it's part of my responsibility when umpires are not umpiring to standard. But what to do?

2009-05-08T01:45:00.003+08:00

Do you know what is 'goldfish breathing'?

I was experiencing it today umpiring Opens vs 21s game. I was breathing so hard I can't close my mouth. Lucky it only happens at the 6th quarter, which is the last. Feel so weak umpiring their game. Think I should start doing some strengthing for my sprints and side steps. Push off was a bit slow too.

2009-05-02T01:09:00.004+08:00

Long time didn't blog.

Very unlucky today. Lost my bag at KNC. Everything was inside. My umpire whistles, first aid kit, phone, mp3, wallet, money, sunglass,... Total up 500+ cash and 600+ in property. Was pretty sad about it but now, not anymore.

My mum came to Singapore today. Not at home now but instead at a buddhist camp with her friend. Anyway, I never get to see her cause was at KNC whole day for my club's training camp. She made some dumplings for me and my sis. It's so nice. I'm so happy she made them. And she've also brought some dried food over for me from home :) Hope I get to see her after camp, before she go home.

Past few weeks was busy. Rosyth lost their crucial game by 3 goals in the second round. With it, losing their chance of going Nationals. I was pretty disappointed.

NSL umpiring in the semi and prelim final was exciting. Both games were very close. I was waiting for assignment to get into final but till friday night finally know that I'm not even the reserve umpire. Yet again disappointed after so much effort into it. Well! Just have to face the fact and come back stronger.

Hmm... Club stuffs are... Maybe shouldn't talk about it. I appreciate the friends I have in the club.

Work. Slowing down in May and June. Will have to umpire more to earn more income. What can I do if I don't coach?

2009-04-06T01:11:00.002+08:00

Had my first basketball training this year today. It was really killing. Almost have muscle cramp. And few of my teamates did. The team had started training last month every sunday and tuesday. Because of NSL, I've been missing training till now. I really miss playing basketball, and tonight was really fun. Although my shots was like so bad and passes like every where. Anyway, I'm looking forward to wednesday's friendly game. Suppose to go beep test that night but I'm going to skip it. Haha!

Good news, my Rosyth seniors got into second round. And the grouping was so so lucky. Hope the girls can play well and get into nationals. First game of second round tomorrow. Must win!

2009-04-03T00:50:00.004+08:00

Sad :-(
Bad mood

2009-03-29T20:06:00.002+08:00

It has been busy for the past few weeks. Had to wake up early in the morning everyday.

The primary school zonal had started. Coral had lost their first two games. Rosyth juniors have a win and a lost. Last game to play tomorrow for the first round. But not likely to go to second round. Rosyth seniors had a close game last friday. Down by two goals after the first quarter. Draw at half time and down by one after third. Lucky manage to win by four goals in the end. Two more games to go. Must win the game tomorrow.

Didn't have much improvements on my NSL umpiring this week. Many details to work on. Vision, Position, Terminology, Voice, Presentation...

Result for my poly application will be out tomorrow. I really don't know weather should I go back to study. I'll leave it to fate.

2009-03-13T19:55:00.003+08:00

How long...

I'm still Ouching!!! with every steps I make now. Blisters, please heal before sunday.

Contiki beach netball last week was fun. But a bit dissapointed with the unlucky lost my team had. It's all destined to end this way I think. Other than the lost, I've also brought home blisters. All 3 of them on the same foot. The big one is almost as big as my thumb. Painful to the max...

I'm loosing passion coaching lately. My Hougang B girls only manage to win a match. The C girls lost all their matches with single digit score. My Coral pri is so not ready for the coming zonal. And Rosyth still have so many things to tidy up on their game. The only thing I enjoy is coaching Kidznet. It's fun playing with p3 kids. But sometime it's hard to keep 30 of them organise and in order.

NSL started 2 weeks ago. The first game I did wasn't up to my expection. Abit too tense. Second game was worst. Couldn't get my timing. Hope this weekend is a better one.

I'm an uncle now. My brother's wife gave birth to a baby boy earlier this week. When can I see my nephew?

2009-02-20T22:24:00.002+08:00

My Hougang girls cried after their game yesterday. I'm really heart broken. I felt that I've disappoint her more than her own disappointment. I've failed to get them ready for the tournament. I've failed to keep the team together. Many quited near the tournament. I've failed so so much. What can I do? The damage is there. One more training before the last game. What should I do? How?

Wednesday morning was another disappointment. My Coral girls played against their seniors and was totally lost in the game. They don't even know what they need to do at all. What happened??? Only a few more weeks to their tournament and they play like this. Ahhrrr...

Training today was alot better with a different approach. At least they've shown me that they can play and know what they need to do on court. Hope they don't forget it.

2009-02-19T00:34:00.000+08:00

Sling HD Netball Super League 2009
Date: 28 February - 25 April 2009
Venue: Jurong East Sports & Recreation Centre

Go Support NSL!!!

2009-02-16T00:35:00.003+08:00

What you did on Vday?
I earned 120 bucks from umpiring and went home after to avoid the crowd. Roses, couples...

Umpired again today. Went home and went out again after. Got a wall fan for the empty wall I had for weeks. Was a bit hot these few days. The wind had stopped blowing suddenly. I've also got a Coleman termo water bottle while shopping. It's definately gonna be useful for hot days.

Looking at my schedule, more busy weeks ahead.

2009-02-03T01:50:00.002+08:00

I better give my blog CPR before it dies.

Hi everyone. I came back to Singapore last night. Went home for CNY and it was ok. A bit bored at home actually. Nothing much to do except eat, drink, sleep and watch tv. I planned to train up my stamina but didn't do any runs at all. I'll definately struggle umpiring NSL. Ahhh..... And it's starting end of this month. Ahhhhhh..... x1000. So scary. And there's another beep test for umpires next week. Ahhhhhhhhh.....

It's already February now. Time is flying faster than superman... When I was home, I went to my secondary school classmate's wedding dinner. Get to see so many of my old friends. Many had married and have a family. Time really flies... Seeing them having a partner, having kids, so happy.

I'm paying alot of attention to kids recently. I donno why. I just love playing with them. Yesterday morning before I came back, I was playing with 'Ru Ru', the child my mum is taking care of for every Sunday. It was really fun. She likes to ask questions and talk alot. And full of imaginations when she play with her toys. But too bad I had to leave before noon. Couldn't spend more time with her.

Took SQ back last night. Was so tired but didn't sleep on the plane. Some funny things happened. At least I think it's funny. After landing and immediately after seatbealt sign was off, everyone got up and hurried with their luggages. Standing like ten minutes before they get to move off the plane. Why are they doing this? I was just sitting there, waiting for the crowd to clear, get my backpack and move off. Went to the toilet after that and saw everyone queing at the immigration counter. And when I was at the counter, no que already. The crowd is now at the lugguage belt. I went to the other end where there's less crowd while most of them are still waiting and I think the lugguge had just came out. So lucky, immediately after I stop walking, I saw my luggage. I was the first few out of the arrival hall. Funny isn't it. Why are people so KiaSu?

Today was a long day. Went to school at eleven in the morning to meet my girls to go RP together for their game at one. They lost. No surprise. Umpired two games after that till five. Then went NUS to umpire their IHG game and then to CCAB for coaching. So tiring... I think I better sleep now.

2009-01-10T00:34:00.004+08:00

I've just finished a pack of Raffles chips and a bottle of Carbenet Sauvignon. I love chips and a good drink.

Was umpiring IVP today. NTU vs TP. A really close game and it was so fun to umpire. I think some people will think I'm crazy but I love umpiring challenging games. Give a satisfactory felling when you umpire it well. For the game today, I think I've made a few mistakes but overall I did ok. Just hope Monday I can do better.

The other day after my P3 selection I went searching for a laptop. Found a few good ones but a bit over budget. After that at home, I tried to on my old problem laptop again and it function well. Haha!! 5 days now and It's still working well. I think it know I'm replacing it. Anyway, if it's going to still work well, I'm not going to buy a new one. Want to save some money for Perth trip this year. Really looking forward to it. Going together with my club and having fun together with games and some sight seeing and shooping. We have oversea trip every year. We went KL last month. Not many people went but it was fun. Played 3 games with the guys there and did some shopping and also had great food. I still love Malaysia food more than here. It's just tastier I don't know why.

It's so windy these few days. My fan broke last week and I still haven't get a new one. I think I don't need a new one. But it's weird having an empty wall without a fan but with the wiring there.

Coaching wasn't going well these few days. So many people didn't come training. And I'm having so many injured players. And some C div players quit. So sad!!! B div only 8 players and C div only 7. Please tell me what should I do??? Just hope my 2 clubs can recharge my passion for netball this period.

I'm so bored these few days at home. Got nothing to do most of the time. Please get me busy...

2009-01-05T00:34:00.002+08:00

I always have alot of things in mind that I wanted to post, but when I click and came here, I'm all blank.

Yesterday was DaisyTan schools and my school was playing in the morning. I know that the turn out will be bad but still, I can't help feeling disappointed again. Only 10 of them turn up, B and C div all together. This have helped me made a decission. I will stand firm to it.

After saying that, I think I might give in again. I'm just too soft hearted.

I was umpiring after that in the afternoon. My concentration level was pretty bad. Just can't seems to umpire well. Not that I umpired badly, but just feeling I'm missing things on court.

I was at home the whole day today. Wanted to do things but didn't do in the end. So lazy...

2009-01-02T22:45:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year :)

Haven't been updating for a while. Just can't believe that it's 2009 already. Time really flies. I went home for a few days and had just came back today. Didn't do much at home. My mum was not around until the day before yesterday. My dad went outstation two days after I went home. My sis came back home to use the toilet and left with her busy plans for New Year celebration. My other sis came back for two days. And most of the time I was at home with my brother watching tv. Of course, he do most of his work at home too. Yesterday was great. Mum cooked for me lunch and dinner. It was yummy! And I was able to do some shopping. Haha! And my brother, his wife, mum and sis sent me off to the bus last night. It was touching...

Bye bye 2008... How did I spent the year? I think overall it is a good year for me. The biggest change was going into coaching full time. Struggle financially but still surviving now. I was able to get my NCAP Level 2 theory, but failed NCAP Level 1 technical twice. Coached a few schools short term and also having some that is still with me now. I was able to explore coaching people at different age and also skill levels, mostly at the beginner level. I think it's good for me to gain more experience. Umpiring has been mostly good. I was able to umpire NSL, get B badge, was sent to Hong Kong to umpire Asian Youth Champ. I think these are good achievements.

Really hope that 2009 will be an even better year to me. Coaching, umpiring, and also other areas too. Still thinking about things I should aim for. Will put it up soon.

I had another hair cut today, it's even shorter now. Don't really like it :(

2008-12-18T15:48:00.001+08:00

It's kind of boring and dull lately. Hmmmm... just the feeling.

Had a friendly game with NYP last night. It was ok for the first 2 quarters. But the 2 quarters after that was terrible. It's the combination. I allowed everyone to play any position they want. Is it a wise move? Or should I have controlled the situation from the beginning during warm up. I donno. Maybe I should have done something to make it more a learning game than a relax He Ha game. I feel bad after the game actually. Especially after playing GA in the last quarter. I know I'm having a weak attacking line up but didn't do anything about it. Haiz...

Earlier in the week my school had their netball camp. Can't say that it was good. But, I do see improvements of the players that came. It was rather disappointing actually. Not so much on the girls that came but those that didn't come. They have no sense of urgency. Zonal is just around the corner and they are still like this. I really don't know what to do with them. And this group of people is more than half the team. I don't know how long can I carry on until they suck all my passion away from netball.

Was suppose to have beep test on Monday night but it was canceled last minute. Why??? I have to push my coaching away because of this. Nevermind... So, I went NYP for the girls friendly after a sad day at school for their camp. And more disappointment. I had to umpire and my own teammate was not happy with my umpiring. Do you have to do this to me??? So sad...

Tuesday night at NUS was great! It was suppose to be a training session but I really have no mood to coach. So, we played game after game. It was really fun... At least I can recharge my passion level.

Going KL tomorrow. Am I looking forward to it??? I'm not excited at all. Or is it because I'm numb to feel?

2008-12-10T01:34:00.002+08:00

I've chopped my hair today.
I think it's a bit short and messy.
Still a bit not use to it when I look in the mirror.

2008-11-27T02:12:00.003+08:00

Still up at this hour. Hope I won't be late for coaching tomorrow morning.

I'm aching all over from the basketball game today. It was silly, a bit dissapointing, but overall a good game. The game was delayed because my team only had four players there on time. Over at the other end has tripled our strenght. Silly when you see it. Four warming up at one side and ''Whaooo'' twelve at the other side. So, we waited for more than ten minutes for our two late teamates. We started quite well in the first quarter. Ended it with eight points lead. I think the opponent was shocked too. With only one sub, all of us had little rest time. And soon after, we started to get tired and lost quality of what we did. The lead we had was gone in the second quarter and at half time we were chasing by five. The difference continued to increase till the end of the game. I was struggling so much in the third and last quarter to keep up. How I wish I am able to do what I did in the first quarter. But overall, I enjoyed the game. I've collected seventeen points with the lousy stamina I have.

2008-11-26T00:42:00.002+08:00

It has been very tiring these days.

Sunday was filled with ups and downs. It was Zenith carnival and I was the organiser. In the beginning was quite smooth. But after everyone was tired and all, things start to get rough. And it ended with some drama. This is the first time as umpire we award a game to a team. It's sad. And what the team had said after that still affects me. Anyway, I'm happy that the carnival was able to be completed with not many hickups. And I'm happy for the Champion team. With only three trainings with them, I've seen much improvements.

Yestarday was another carnival. It was a postponement from last week because of rain. My school did better comparing to last week. At least they were more ready to fight. But they didn't win a single game. And the sad thing was, I only have seven players in each team. Where are the rest??? It affects me alot on my coaching passion. I ask myself, why am I there for them, when they aren't even there for themselves?

Went training at night. Was not there at training for few weeks. I miss playing netball!!!

The kiddos lost their game today. Why I don't have more defenders in the team? Could have won. I think it's my mistake of filling players. Should have start off with stronger line up. Ahhhhhrrrrr......

2008-11-21T01:54:00.002+08:00

I'm so tired, even my butt aches!!!!!

2008-11-14T15:22:00.002+08:00

Was really busy the past two weeks.

Umpire polite final was really exciting.
JSA carnival was great. Although with lots of last minute stuffs, it still went smoothly.
Basketball game on sunday wasn't good. Couldn't perform that night.
Zenith 19U game was good. Hope the girls had fun together.
Wednesday's coaching was messy. I'll have to take over the P3 girls because teacher was not around. How can I handle them better?
Last night's umpiring wasn't good too. Co umpire didn't know she's umpiring two games and had to delay start the game. And I've made some bad decisions during the game. Feel very bad about it. Learn form it KS.

2008-11-05T01:32:00.002+08:00

My sickness is getting worst. Still having slight fever and now with stomach ache also. I got no time to rest this week. Please, I can't fall sick. It's a long week ahead.

2008-11-04T00:27:00.002+08:00

I'm having slight fever. Was feeling really cold the pass few hours. I think the fever was caused by hot and cold weather I'm in today. Was under the hot sun in the morning during coaching. Then went office to do some stuff and It was so cold in office. After that umpiring at UWC and it was drizzling but with sun shining too. And during the journey to Simei ITE, start feeling very cold. And it was freezing in the indoor court during umpiring. Hope I feel better when I wake up tomorrow. It's another long day.

2008-11-02T15:47:00.003+08:00

It was busy the past week.
Lots of coaching and umpiring.
And also a coaching test. Donno what's the result, but I think I'll have to do it again. I really needs to be louder I guess.
I'll be cutting my hair soon. Hmmm... What hair style should I have? It'll be hard to maintain for a lazy person like me. It's the reason why I don't cut till now. But now no choice.
Next week is another busy week.

2008-10-27T04:09:00.004+08:00

What a game today. We start off with just five players untill end of half time. First quarter was bad. We were trying to get into the game without warm up before cause lack of time. The score stuck at two all for a long time. Second and third quarter was really well untill I used up my energy. I was struggling to keep up with the play in forth quarter. Just so tired. The forth quarter was a chasing to keep up game for me untill I was subbed out. Eventually we won 54-40 and I scored twenty three points. Highest scoring today and also in my personal scoring history.

More games to come on
9th Nov 810pm
16th Nov 7pm
26th Nov 810pm
at Bishan St 22 basketball court

2008-10-25T01:57:00.003+08:00

Stop chasing the ball when you umpire KS.
Read the game and get ahead to the next pass!!!
Run KS, run...

Bad performance today at Polite. I need to run faster. I need to have better stamina!!!

2008-10-23T01:13:00.003+08:00

The weather speeks what I felt today. It has been holding it's tears the whole day.

Firstly, something sad happened. I hope it won't take me too long to get over. It took me months last time.

Then, I went out and in of my house and took the lift down and up three times. First, realise my mp3 low batt after reaching the ground floor. Went back to change battery but drop my mp3 and broke part of it. After getting dowm again, saw it was raining and I forgot my umbrella. Went up and down again for the umbrella but I never use it after all. And then, when I was reaching the bus stop, my bus just left. Ahhrrrr....

The only thing I'm happy of today is my mum now in Singapore. She gave me some biscuits she brought from home. It's nice. And I get to see her. But she's leaving tomorrow morning to HongKong. My sister is bringing her for a holiday. Hope she enjoy herself.

All my coaching was cancelled last minute this week. Sooooooo irritating....

2008-10-17T01:12:00.003+08:00

Tiring day!

Didn't have enough sleep last night. I was suppose to go office do some work but instead I've slept in and went coaching straight.

Coaching was not very smooth today. Was at the outdoor court but after like only half an hour it started to rain. Then we wanted to use the canteen but low ceiling. Then moved to the hall but there's tables and chairs for exams. Took us a while to get permission to use it and we started moving the tables and chairs, but have to put them back after. Couldn't finish what I've planned out to do. Didn't quite cover everything for the girls in their last session of my training. But they've really improved alot with only six sessions. Hope they do well in their comming games.

Yesterday, my primary school girl did something very cute. Usually when I need the girls attention I'll raise my hand in front of me and call them to gather. At that moment, one of the girl in front jumped and gave me a high five. I was shocked... More surprised actually...

Friendly game tonight was quite fun. Alot of people turn up and we had lots of fun together.

2008-10-13T02:24:00.002+08:00

Like the song? It's from a HK drama series 'The Seventh Day' I watched last week. It was a nice drama.

Won the netball game last week with some struggles. Just not feeling right that day. Couldn't really perform. All my moves were stift and slow.

Coaching Coral was quite alright. The team shows alot of teamwork and competativeness. They will be a good team with more trainings and games.

I'm feeling some pressure during coaching lately. Think I need more preparation. Don't know why. Just not feeling right sometimes.

2008-10-07T03:47:00.002+08:00

I hate losing. Lost the 2 games last week. It was a mess. I don't know weather should I continue to play basketball competatively?

I lost my umpiring. Haven't been umpiring consistently for a while since back from HK like more than 2 months ago. Lost alot that I've worked for. Gotta get it back!!!

Coming few weeks will be very busy! Coaching, Umpiring, Playing... All netball

2008-09-28T02:56:00.002+08:00

Ouch!!! Ouch! Ouch... My knees, ankles... My whole body is aching.

Thursday night was the worst night ever! Lost the basketball game. The team played very badly. All of us couldn't perform. And I have to blame it on the delayed caused by double extra time of the earlier game. I know it's not that. But I don't know what had really went wrong. Got home at around midnight and couldn't sleep till like six plus in the morning. Was twist and turning on my bed for hours thinking about the game.

Had like less than two hours of sleep and went TP to watch their training. I feel like sleep walking the whole day till night time where I got to go watch F1. My sis gave me two tickets last minute. It was really exciting!!! Although most of the time you won't know what's going on watching only a corner of the circuit, and not knowing what timing the driver have clock, and actually some time not even knowing which car have just past by you cause everything is happening so fast. Still, roars of the car engines passing by was a speechless experience. It create goose bumps everytime.

Another tiring day today. Had coaching and then basketball training at night. My muscles are all still sore and joints aching and feeling weak. Hope I can recover before monday night game.

2008-09-24T11:30:00.005+08:00

It was a lucky win last night. Heng ahrrr!!!!!

We were down by more than ten points after the first quarter. Down by nine at half time and chassing by six after third quarter. It was a dramatic tie at full time and we won by six in the extra time. Till now I still can't believe how lucky we were to pull through it for the first win. Three more games to go for first round of NBL Qualifying Round tournament.

Really hope we win them all.

2008-09-17T02:38:00.003+08:00

I'm reading 'Tuesdays with Morrie' again. Wasn't feeling happy lately. Reading this book makes me appreciate life more.

Had a basketball friendly last night. It was really an unlucky day for me. Game was suppose to start at seven thirty but only started at eight thirty. And I was there waiting for more than an hour for my teamates to arrive. Then during the game, many things happened. Slight twisted my ankle, bruises from falling down, and accident collision with my teamate leaving him a cut on his lip which bleed for about half an hour. We won with quite a large margin but I don't feel good about it.

2008-09-14T01:52:00.002+08:00

It has been some time since I last posted.

Finally got to watch wall-e. It was a nice show despite waiting in the cinema for more than half an hour. It was a 440pm show and it only started to play the movie at 515pm. Such a waste of time.

Most of my coaching have stopped because of exams. The coming few weeks will be a killer super boring week.

Basketball tournament is starting soon.
23rd September 7pm
25th September 830pm
29th September 7pm
2nd October 830pm
at Kembagan CC

2008-08-26T01:58:00.001+08:00

I don’t know what to write about in my blog.

About Olympic?
How US beat Russia and then Brazil to get Gold in Volleyball? Or how US had the closest game with Spain in the Basketball final? Or about this Jamaican getting Gold medals in 9.69, 19.3 and 37.1 seconds? Or how in 8 days, 7 WR and an OR were broken, and getting 8 gold medals in a single Olympic?
I think it’s old news.

Or about what I’ve been doing?
Had an all guys Netball friendly game last week with some kiwis. And then a game with the opens on Sunday morning where we’ve lost. Coaching was alright last week. But I think I’m starting to slack. And spending a lot of time in front of the tv with Olympic actions.
Boring isn’t it?

Ok. Maybe I should write different things next time. Any ideas?

I’m sad too. Be strong!!!

2008-08-25T21:18:00.004+08:00

Did you watch them in the Olympic?

South Africa Natalie du Toit

US Volleyball Clayton Stanley

2008-08-16T00:29:00.001+08:00

Work was good these few days. I enjoyed it. Although there are not a lot of improvements from the girls, I still have to say I love coaching. I don’t want to think too much now. I just want to do what I like and be happy with the little satisfaction I get.

There’s a saying I really like ''Don’t worry, be happy''.

2008-08-13T02:45:00.000+08:00

How I wish to be younger. Why? After a few days of rest and still feeling tired and aching tell you why. I’m really getting old. I’m physically struggling to keep up with my lifestyle.

Why don’t I have bigger dreams when I was younger? Why didn’t I start younger? Why aren’t there more opportunities for me? I could have achieved more. I envy people receiving medal.

Hate it when I can’t play well in basketball. ‘Coach’ Can you stop yelling? I’m feeling bad enough already. What do you want me do when what I see is lost faces? I gotta do something when they are not doing anything. I hate the position I play.

Netball training was another disappointment. Only seven of us on Monday and that’s including me. I’m not even the one playing in PestaSukan. It has been like this for the last three trainings. Everyone is just so busy. Guess I’m the one without a life.

2008-08-08T14:23:00.000+08:00

I think I’m going into depression. Why? Thinking of certain things. Future, what to do and all. Past, have I made the right decision? I’m thinking of it so much that I’m not sure if what I do now is what I want anymore. If this is not what I want, what is?

Anyway, life goes on. Just the matter of happier or sadder that’s all.

Coaching this week was ok.
Tuesday at Hougang. Last training with them was a month ago.
Wednesday at Coral. It has been a month too. The girls were really cute with what they do.
Thursday at Rosyth. Good improvements. And the rain poured down just after training.
Went to Hougang after that. It was raining and we trained in the hall. Injuries. Steph sprained her ankle again. Hope she’s better now. And Joy injured her toe.

Only six of us at club training last night. And the rain didn’t really stop. It was unproductive.

2008-08-05T01:03:00.000+08:00

I need more sleep.
Was waking up pretty early since last Monday. Umpired 3 days of carnival last week and it was really tiring. Basketball yesterday wasn’t really that fun. Coaching today wasn’t good too. Just don’t feel like coaching those girls anymore with their attitudes. Hope I can have a better school to coach. Zenith training tonight was quite alright. Although only seven of us, we manage to have friendly game with Team Temasek. Lucky they have training too.

2008-07-31T00:06:00.000+08:00

Basketball training was cancelled today. Most people can’t turn up I guess. Only one more month to competition. I’m starting to feel the pressure now. Gotta be at my top condition in September. We had a friendly game last Saturday and it was our third time playing Bukit Batok. First two games we lost, but we won last Saturday. It was really a sweet win.

Because there is no coaching, I was in office the whole day these two days. It was a little boring.

2008-07-28T23:13:00.000+08:00

I think I’m harsh on my players today.
I hate being like this.
Being someone I’m not.
But then, tell me how I can have more discipline players?

2008-07-26T01:30:00.000+08:00

I’m going to be very random in this post.

Was having trouble looking for umpire today. Why? Zenith is playing in Pesta Sukan tomorrow and I thought I can umpire for Zenith but then I got coaching and Basketball game. So, I was looking for replacement and it is so much trouble. I just hate rejections. Finally few hours ago, a kind soul out there is willing to help me. Thank God!!!

Talking about Pesta Sukan. Three of my girls pulled out today after I’ve registered them. Although they have their reasons and I’ve accepted it. I just can’t help being angry every time I think of it. I’ve rejected peoples to put them in and this happened. Although they are not Zenith members, at least I’m sure they have more passion for netball. Should have just registered them instead. And today I’ve asked my secondary school girls to replace and no one responded. Are they shy or what? I just don’t know what they are thinking.

It’s really slow coaching today. Don’t see much improvement. I hate myself for being so nagging. Repeating again and again on the basics every training. Telling them what to take note, what to watch for and helping one another. I think it has been half a year and we are still stuck at basic passes, catches and footwork. Inconsistent trainings and I’ll have to remind them every time after a break. Can I coach a team that’s more competitive? A team that really want to improve and have high expectations. Hope the interview next week is good. Then I can move on.

I’m bored of Singapore. Peoples here especially. Bad service attitude everywhere. In shops, restaurants, malls… Many arrogant and selfish people as well. It’s really hard to find nice people in Singapore. And I’ve learned to cherish them even more. I think after staying here for six years, I’ve learned more bad than good. People that knows me long enough can tell. How I wish to find a better place to live in.

Ok. Need to pack my stuffs for tomorrow. Umpiring, coaching and friendly game. Need lots of energy tomorrow.

2008-07-25T02:07:00.000+08:00

Club training today was really fun. Long time didn’t train. It was raining and we were able to use the indoor court till ten thirty. Love the sprung wood floor. Cushioned runs and landing. I ran and jumped a lot today.

Coaching was not very efficient today. The girls weren’t really doing what I want them to do. Gotta think of a better way of meeting the time limit, getting the ideas across, and seeing the girls do it. Need to be more efficient. Only two more sessions before they go for a carnival.

If you are wondering why I didn’t post more photos of the HK trip. It’s because I have problems uploading them. Blogger just don’t want them.

2008-07-21T23:41:00.002+08:00

I’m back!!!

This trip to HK was mostly pleasant.
It is a good experience.

The court

Where we stay

My room view

At the celebration dinner

More pictures to come :)

2008-07-10T01:38:00.000+08:00

Umpired my last game for NL today. It was delayed because of umpire problem again. This had been happening lately. Why??? Sometimes I think I should just be like the rest. Why should I help? I missed so many Zenith games to be here.

Going Hong Kong tomorrow to umpire Asian Youth Championship. But why am I dreading? Not excited at all. Just hope that I can enjoy the time there.

Work has been tiring lately. Going office in the morning for paperwork, planning programmes and helping with company projects, coaching after lunch in the afternoon, and umpiring at night. It’s really draining.

And this question came back to me again. ‘What do I want to do for the rest of my life?’ Finding the purpose of life. A question I have constantly searching for an answer but still can’t find it.

2008-07-03T00:16:00.002+08:00

Your smile makes my day today :)

I had been struggling with umpiring these few days.
Hate it!!!
Think I'm doing too much of it.

2008-06-28T12:44:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was a good day. We won the crucial match!!! We are going to second round. I'll need to be tougher for next friday's game. Everyone was saying that I'm too kind and soft to the opponents.

2008-06-27T02:21:00.002+08:00

I had a tiring but FUN day.

Just wanna say that I LOVE each and everyone of you in my life.

Yes, that's ''You''!!!