oh wells i really really havent touched this place for a long time.. well just a quick update on the calender of events tht's been going on for me..after june cts well basically my grades were even worse thn the march cts' results, basically due to the fact tht i spent too much time pursuing an issue with kohliping who was the former team manager of the national team. really wasted alot of time planning my attacks here and there and looking to different sources to ask for advice. but ohwell, at least i won the battle when lhzb so kindly listened to my story and put me in a pitiful state in the subheadlines. jackie and stta have yet to answer to me regarding the remarks and the accusations made by her which i still have on black and white. well i will tell u all more in time to come during which i shall enlighten all on the whole series of events tht happened, which actually started last yr.
july came and thn i fell sick during the middle of it..had a virus attack which started with a fever tht went as high as 40 degrees..was so weak i cldnt even watch tv and all i cld do was just lie in bed and lie in bed.. thts all.. lasted for two weeks which meant my bdae was spent in bed. totally spoilt my study plan for prelims, but well thnk God i still managed to pick up and oh well, now prelims has just ended, and i thnk God for seeing me thru becoz i know without Him it would not haf been possible. yeps i can safely say i'll haf a better showing thn the previous ct.
lol even though now's the time to do wadeva i want for a few days before i start getting back to work, somehow tt has been the last thing on my mind. haha as much as i enjoy it, having fond memories of the experiences it has brought me such as the recent world champs earlier this yr, i guess maybe i'd like to enjoy tt in a different way. more for leisure and destress..haha tht was exactly how i won top10 tht yr..just enjoying tt as much as i cld..
alright will blog again soon, and haha next time it'll be a story on my dealings with the management of ntt, (well if there was even a department taking care of the ntt in the first place. but from wad i rmb, it was just one lady in charge who tot she cld exercise a totalitarian ruling over the team, but well she ended up being too smart for herself)
God loves you
|| Monday, September 22, 2008
oh wells cao is going back in just a few hrs time..there goes the times we enjoyed hanging out after/before trng.
when he first came to the youth team in 2005, can see tht the ice was immediately broken due to the fact tht he was just a yr older thn us..cld feel the bond betwn him and a few of us..thn came the good times, such as the shanghai trip at the end of the yr, and the going out after trngs to eat or play arcade/pool. i must say tht the time spent was really more thn i cld ask for as our maturity level was abt the same and the plethora of topics tht we talked abt were also common, and he cld add humour to it lol..our friendship definitely went far beyond the normal coach student relationship. i rmb when i was still in youth team, i wld look forward to trngs as the coach thn was zu and the two of them wld always make my day..the two of them really went hand in hand in entertaining us( bob aaron junyi me), along with jy being the joker and adding even more fun when they took action lol.. i will always rmb the top10 comp in 2005 where he n jy came specially to sit beside the arena and support me in the finals..yea and basically many other small comps we were also able to extend our fun beyond just the playing arena.
thn came the time when i moved up to ntt, though our trng sessions were different, but little changed and jy jenn himself and i wld meet for pool and meals like almost every other week. though there were other distractions here and there in our own individual schedules we still made an effort to hang out..such was the bond in this grp of friends. even though the enjoyable moments stretched to suaning and riducueing amongst us but all was just in the name of fun and none was taken personally..
all in all wad our friendship involved in this grp goes beyond just mere words. cant really type a proper post but all i can say is tht im thankful for being able to enjoy with him during his stint here. the times spent were splendid.. all the best to him and ohwells, hopefully we meet soon..
God loves you
|| Monday, September 01, 2008
wad an experience..
just came back from guangzhou from the 2008 world table tennis championships not too long ago..haha i must really thnk God tht i managed to go for this tournament, especially when im not a professional player and i havent been trng much in the recent months.. somehow makes me feel accomplished, and tht all my trngs and time spent has not gone to waste by being able to participate in the world champs.. well if u ask me, i wldnt give up a spot in this tournament for any other thing, and im really glad i was participating in this tournament, esp when the team was playing in the championship division, and despite numerous attempts by some pple in charge of me to make me lose my spot..was really an eye opener, in terms of experiencing things i dun get to experience and getting used to the fast pace of life of the competitors.
left for guangzhou on sat, the 23rd of feb, with xj paeyfern dr comectz and xiewei(professional photographer)..the rest of the team were alrdy in china for trng..haha took SQ which meant we had to go to terminal 3..T3 is not bad..the design and ambience is real good..
didnt take too long to reach there..the hotel was one of best few i've ever stayed in..there was a flat screen tv erm abt 40 inches in each room, in front of the beds, which meant we cld just lie back and watch, and there was internet excess which is normal lol and the international calls to singapore were free haha..wad a world class holiday for me lol..food was up to par also, wide variety of choices..spent alot of time eating haha..i think i put on a few kg after the trip..
shared a room with xiaoli, haha thnk God man coz xj had to room with zhangyong lol and xj always shared abt his experiences lol which included having to carry all zy's rubbish in his bag and having to endure the extremely high level of pollution, which made everything of xj's smell of smoke..
xiaoli is quite a nice guy, haha always have alot to talk and u'll never get bored haha..watched alot of tv together and xj wld always join us becoz no one in his right mind wld wanna endure the smoke there haha..so many things to do man, use the comp, watch tv lol until u wun even think abt sleeping..gao ning and yangzi are quite funny also haha..always like to joke with us..
so basically everyday after breakfast and lunch we wld make our way to the comp arena, the transport service is quite efficient i must say..a bus for each country/team and a shuttle bus tht always goes to and fro every 20 plus minutes..
trng hall not tht bad either, slightly bigger thn stta..the trng hall is two levels underground and the comp hall is on ground level..always haf to walk damn long to the trng hall lol..so basically xj and i wld just be watching them trn lol unless one of them asks us to trn..i tot i'd haf been the one doing their chores for them but it was much better thn i'd expected. probably coz xj had been with them before and he was the one carrying and operating the video cam etc, and secondly, coz the three guys are nice pple who wun order u arnd for the sake of it just becoz u are a reserve lol..
got to see alot of top players there, as well as the different playing styles..lol i think xj and i are the youngest players there, and also the lousiest lol..but without doubt, lol it didnt matter to us and im sure we both enjoyed ourselves and the experience we were offered..
for the championship division, before each match there wld be a marching in ceremony..haha always haf to march in formally and enter the comp arena..pocari sweat was one of the sponsors and we wld just grab a few pocari sweat and keep on drinking it..lol who wants to drink water when there is pocari haha..
after the match which wld usually be at 1pm, we wld go back to rest and we'd have to go back to the trng hall at night to trn lol..at night is our fun time haha..so basically tht wld be our daily routine, which is not very tedious for me lol.
well even though we didnt get to play, but it was still an experience for us, seeing all these world class players up close, being part of the team, seeing different pple from all walks of life arnd the world come together and compete.. got to know the rest of the team better after this trip..really enjoyed myself there..was a relaxing trip for me though..really miss tht trip lol..as good as a holiday haha.
yep so thnk God for watching over me and my team, and for giving me this once in a lifetime experience tht i wld probably never have again..a few pics will be up soon! God bless..
God loves you
|| Wednesday, March 12, 2008
alright it's the end of another year again..haha shall post a brief entry on some happenings of the year to sum up 2007 for me..
for a start, i was still in the playing mood when i entered rjc. despite going overseas often and missing so many classes, i somehow managed to hand up work and assignments as the kind classmates of mine wld always help me. however, this did not mean tht i was catching up with my work as much more than homework was required in jc. constant revision of the topics were the prerequisites of being a good student. hence such were the explanations for my poor results which i got for the promos exam. and to add on to tht, the relaxing mood was still on me as the class was such an enjoyable and fun one to have. there was alot of fun in class and also outside class like the class outings to the movies and for meals.
alright moving on, my first trip of the yr-beijing. went for the invitational comp, and it was also our first trip together as the National training team..and we were privilleged to be joined by a few from the first team such as xiaoli, paey fern and jho. yeps having them also made the trip fun. the food like the Peking duck was definitely one of the best i've ever tasted in my many trips to china.
then came the serious trng for the sea junior, followed by a two week trng trip to hebei..some days were fun, some days were not, sad to say this was not the best team we had this yr for Sea Junior. as such results showed in our trip to Laos for the sea junior shortly after hebei trng trip. somehow i felt i didn't play well, esp for the U18 boys. well i realised shortly tht actually pei coach wasnt the right coach for me.. his coaching style and my playing style dun adapt, nevertheless i still listened to him. but this is something i cannot help and i cant blame others for my shortcomings.
and then, just when i came back from Laos, it was much unfortunate tht i had to learn abt the passing on of one of my closest classmates, thaddeus. gabriel, jeremy thaddeus and myself were always in a grp together, slacking and enjoying in sch. we were all sportsmen and we all had different goals tht we aimed to achieve together. not only the 3 of us were affected, but the class as a whole was definitely affected coz the class was very closely bonded and had enjoyed many fun moments together. such was a time for grieving and searching, it took some time to get over it, but we all knew tht all was God's purpose and tht he was now in a far better place.
so much for sad happenings, but life had to move on. then came the july trip to korea for the Asian Junior.. celebrated my birthday there. the 2nd time i had my bdae overseas. had quite a surprise. the team caught me by surprise late at night, when yl and i were watching dvds in our room..haha..and subsequently after the mini celebration in my room i had to surrender the dvd lol wad a joke.. the trip was a real holiday for all of us..got to eat a few korean delicacies too, such as the bbq meat and the ginseng chicken. of the 8 days in korea i only played comp for 2 days haha. the rest was just sitting back and enjoying the competition and the trip.
a fortnight later or so, the b div came..supposed to be my most successful tournament ever but somehow good things do not last long..realised tht actually i wasn't too good and then i started to lose interest in tt slowly..went for trngs once a week, twice at the most..
then came the grand finals for the msia club league. obviously wasnt good enough and lost my point, indirectly causing the defending champions the loss of our title.
promos followed shortly, and somehow after promos, my main objective was to enjoy myself as much as i can.. trng was somehow secondary. really went for trng very few times, to the extend of once a fortnight.. even though hols were here, revision classes started for me and i had to go to sch almost everyday, which meant tht mornings and sometimes afternoons were gone..and i ended up using tht time to enjoy after lessons..haha somehow i felt tht i didn't really wanna play tt tht much anymore..but when i tot abt it again, i still felt tht i enjoyed the sport and i just wanted to play it casually without any pressure or burden on me.
apart from tht, i also felt myself drifting away from the Lord..every now and then, when i was doing my quiet time, i cld somehow feel God asking for His lost sheep to go back to Him. and soon came the year end top10 tournament. i knew my chances were very slim winning it, esp due to my lack of trng while the others were tirelessly trng so much more often than me.. i had wanted to trn more to prepare for it, but somehow there were many other things more appealing to me. after a short holiday to thailand to watch the sea games using my lucky draw ticket, it was time to play the top10.
somehow things went really well for me, and i felt the Lord was really helping me both mentally and physically. i cast all pressure off me and just set out to play my best. all went well, and after 2 days, i had made it to the finals with God's grace. the night i played the finals, i just cried out to the Lord, tht if all be His will, may He just grant me strength to play the last match and no matter wad the result be, may it be acceptable to me. and just before the finals, i told the Lord, i wanted to play for Him, and all the glory and honour was His.
thankfully i overcame the odds and God was really graceful tht day. His pressence was with me and i ended up winning. and when i won, a few tears streamed down my eyes, knowing of God's love for me.
and after a long while blacksliding, i was thankful to have felt close to the Lord once again.
yeps and looking back, tht was my year. it did not start out right, and as it passed, it did not get any better. but all tht was important was tht God had much more better plans for me to and at the end of the yr, the blessings came and no doubt, it was definitely a good way to end the yr. next yr will definitely be a hectic one..alrdy before sch has started, i was alrdy told i had to go to beijing on the 9th on jan for the beijing invitational..haha peking duck again..yeps and not forgetting the need to study for the A's..
to end it all, blessed new yr to all and may the coming yr be a great yr.
God bless!
God loves you
|| Sunday, December 30, 2007
after a minor hiccup, the 3rd finally comes =)
wad can i say but thnk God and thnk God!! haha 15th dec 07 marked a small milestone in my youth career, finally meeting my target of getting my 3rd top10 title and marking a happy and early end to my participation in this tournament as i'd be busy preparing for the A's next yr. even though it wld have been better if i got it last yr and made it 3 in a row, but all is God's will and i shld count my blessings and look at wad i have rather than wad i have not. lol yeps. His presence was definitely there with me, especially during the finals, a match in which i was the obvious underdog.
looking back, i think all honour and glory shld go to God as im much privileged to have actually won it despite my frequent absence at trainings these holidays, all in my attempt to catch up with my work due to poor results. yeps and not forgetting Lu Xi who always trained with me whenever i came at night coz some lessons were in the afternoon. he is one who has really taught me alot during trng and has also made the effort to bond with the team.
and also 'coach ho' jun yi, lol who was my coach during the finals.
somehow i finally feel the sense of accomplishment and tht i can finally give myself a pat on the back and start studying. yeps wad a good way to end my participation in the tournament and also the yr! alright as christmas draws near, enjoy the last of ur hols!
A USA president once said "The greatest moment in history was when man first stepped onto the moon"
An Evangelist nearby corrected him "The greatest moment in history was when Jesus stepped on planet Earth"
God loves you
|| Thursday, December 20, 2007
went back to the hotel and went out again to find some food. we passed by a pub and xh wanted to go it but good thing we didn't coz there turned out to be a fight later on. had some beef noodles by the roadside, a dollar for a bowl..haha real cheap eh.
went back to the hotel and it was abt 1am by then. we realised tht our tv had been changed and we started playing ps2. haha. but somehow the tv did not haf the red plug socket and we cldnt play with the colour. fifa street soccer is quite addictive, all the cool moves and tricks.played till abt 230 and knocked out..
3rd day, left the hotel rather late. 1030 and we went to watch water polo. singapore vs phillipines. they were the strongest opponents singapore had for the title. after 2 quarters the score was still near parity, but after half time the score gap widdened. the match was definitely nicer than the previous match we watch the day before. went to watch soccer after tht. singapore vs msia. only needed a draw to get into the semis and they did just tht. cld haf been a 2-1 win had they not missed a penalty. but agu is really quite fast. yeps then went back to watch swimming and then back to the hotel for a gala dinner hosted by minister. after tht had an escapade till abt 4 plus am..haha shall not really elaborate.
alright so much for the trip and it was home sweet home after a very very short trip overseas. all in all i felt tht somehow it was worth going and i thnk God for watching over me and my friends during the trip, giving me this chance to meet new people and see the games which i might never get to see again
yeps so thts all and enjoy the rest of the hols!
God loves you
|| Monday, December 10, 2007
lol havent touched this place for quite some time..literally..haha.. really living in the past..will blog one of these days before i leave for thailand..
God loves you
|| Monday, December 03, 2007