Coach gave us a pleasant surprise today. No double training, which is why I'm grinning away at home. In less than 10 hours, we're gonna have to bid 2008 goodbye, and welcome the new year ahead. I don't wanna be a J2 yet, I don't wanna be 18 yet, so many 'I don't wanna', but life's gotta go on. 2008 was full of new memories, things that happened made me smile, cry, laugh, even wanna die. But its over, whether I like it or not, and I'll just have to be thankful for everything that has happened, thankful for all the new people that has emerged in my life, for the new life in VJC.

Thank you the papa/mama/korkor for supporting me throughout, even though your incessant nagging about my soccertrngs and studies have bugged me consistently, I know your mean well.
Thank you the socceroos for being sucha great team and pushing me on forever, and believing in me. To Gen Mama & Sab Papa for giving me a cosy family heehee!
Thank you 08S62, especially my little friends whom we always go for good lunch together, walking slowly together, cabbing together, yes you WeiTing, YanYi, Mandy and Wanling.
Thank you Serangoon Buddies, I'm hardly alone when it comes to longlonglong bus rides, because of you all! Bing, Tano, Joansie, Serangoon is the bomb!
Thank you my 9 cool people who owns the cool shirt, whether you're in VJ, CJ, SR, SP or wherever, I always think about you guys and I'm missing you like crazeeeee. Please lets meet up. Thank you because I know you'll always be there, even if you're far far away. I love you all to the ultimate max. I'm sorry if I haven't been around much.
Thank you Jeaness and Gabriel, for still keeeping me in the water, I love swimming with you, but I hardly have the time. So thank you for arranging, and 'forcing' me to go (: And you, for being that bin to rant out at, and making me hang in there.
Thank you NatNg for your emails throughout, giving me those advices and pulling me through when I wanted to give up.

Coach made us reflect today, after training. Reflect on our life throughout the year. My own highlights that jump out at me when I think of 2008, how some sucked so bad, but yet some made me grin so mad!

PAE period: a good honeymoon break from O levels, beginning to feel the sadness of my dearest 9 other buddies splitting up into different schools.
Orientation: I love Igor-Iyrocus, the first few people I really got to know in VJ, all the fun we had together, with our really friendly and lovely OGLs.
O level results: A real goodbye to IJ and live the reality that 10 of us cannot be together anymore.
Start of JAE: New school, new class, new CCA, new friends. A tad bit of trouble coping with studies, but I was too playful to care. Ponned lectures and tutorials, having the time of my life with my newfound friends. Parkway and Siglap became the 'IN-Thing', no more HDB Hub.
Orientation 2: Had to chance to be OGL, but it was full of crap.
Soccer camp: Double scam JTS, gauntlet.
Soccer season: Trained really really hard, everything was about soccer and getting to the finals.
Soccer finals: Wanxin's winning goal and rejoice, everything we worked for was worth it.
OBS: New people, new experience, rejuvenating.
Mid years: Tried to cram everything in 2 weeks, flunked.
Soccer: Secret Saturdays hush hush.
Promos: Alternate between Esplanade and Starbucks. Still flunked.
PW: A period of SHIT, but I've learnt a lot.
Soccer: Learning to step up, without the seniors around to guide us.
Hong Kong Trip: More friendlies against really good opponents, dim sum & Xiao Long Bao!
Team Night: What more can I say? It was awesome.
Today: We're gonna rock the house down at Gling's, with VJSG alumni.

I'm gonna embrace 2009, make it good. I thought it might be better to jot down my resolutions here, to remind myself of it, even if its silly, at least it might last for a week. Nat Ng was telling me its important to have resolutions, I'll listen to her! ( I'm missing Natalie Ng, where are you and where's your email? )

#1 Have a better balance between soccer and family. My mummy will get lonely.
#2 Walk faster, try to exterminate the 'inability-to-walk-fast-after-trng' thought.
#3 Stop ponning lectures, do my tutorials, score for every tests.
#4 Train my hardest to achieve my personal aim.
#5 Stop being late for class, especially for Mr Lee's Econs.

5 is enough for now. Anyway..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PINPIN THE NUT!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TEAM NIGHT 2008!
What a blast! All the preparations, rehearsals, late nights up doing the videos-WAS ALL WORTH IT!

I was feeling quite apprehensive initially, worried about how the seniors would react, perhaps they won't like it, or perhaps they will think the skit is lame even though we portrayed it to be funny. Turned out, the smiles and laughter from them was priceless I'd say! While clicking the video slideshow to coordinate with the skit, instead of watching the video for the millionth time, I was watching their expressions instead and boy it was hilarious!

Skit went well, there were glitches here and there but these vjsg best actresses covered up for each other. Videos could work (whew). Coach's NOBODY dance with us WONDER GIRLS was ultra funny, I'm glad it worked out too. The dance was super gay, but Coach was a total sport! And he broke the treasure chest! Food looks great, though all we could steal was bits and pieces here and there. I had no idea that there was no dinner for us, all the lil starving ones. Coach, Karen, Nat and Xin's performance was a hit too! Their story was really funny, and Nat is the bomb when it comes to singing!! Prize and speeches, 'really heartwarming', haha. Congratulations to those who won, I think you guys really deserved it! It felt kinda like a Star Awards when they made their Thank You Speeches and "I really don't know what to say" XD! Senior's video, our 'sad video', Queen of my heart, camwhoring, cleaning up, prata and home.

Read all the letters from the seniors. I was really really really touched. I love these 9 seniors a lot a lot and I'd miss them greatly. I am missing them already. Yesterday really felt like a farewell, especially with those letters. Some of them really touched my heart and it made me cry :') By the time the night is over, I felt so overwhelmed, so tired, so zombiefied. It was a FANTASTIC NIGHT.

VJSG 07/08/09/Coaches

To all the seniors out there who told me in their letters that they still read my blog (XD!), Thank you for being such GREAT SENIORS and the night of pleasure totally goes out to you all! You will definitely be MISSED so do come back and visit often! Love you all loads!! <3

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas was so not Christmassy this year, but I still enjoyed it. It was something out of the ordinary from the past few years. Simple but I Like It! (:

Christmas Eve, dinner with Mummy and Daddy and Me! The brother was MIA! @ Botak Jones near our house, the food was great, and I realised how much I missed dining properly with my parents, missed all those times we played around, joked like a joker and just enjoy family company. I've been neglecting them for dinners, thanks to late nights out hah!

Christmas Day itself was good too! A little slow going, but faster and faster towards the end.

Woke up for a nice breakfast as a family.
Baked a chocolate walnut cake w/ christmas deco with mummy.
Met Bing downstairs to exchange gifts.
Big family gathering at Saraca.
Turkey, Ham, Cranberry sauce, Macaroons, Cake, Presents.
Texas Hodem poker game-my very own financial backers! Life's a bitch, cousin XD!
Yilin chauffered us to buy Otah, then to Eight Junction Wheee. (Her driving's pretty neat!)
Subway with the cousins.
Twilight------SUCKS!
Night trip to Serangoon Gardens.
Cafe Cartel-Supreme platter, ribs, coffee, cake, pasta, whata feast!
Home Sweet Home and a good sleep?
NOT!
Chionged the videos for team night till 2am.
I almost died today. I was so tired, I went so high.
BOOOOM BAAAAA DAAAAAA!!!!
Good Night.
I'm a dead duck tmr if I don't catch some winks soon.

And so once again my routine life is back, but it seems to be a little sparkier, little happier. Maybe its the Christmas season. I initially planned to skip Christmas this year, considering the fact that its only 3 days away and I have nothing on my hands yet, not a single Xmas shopping trip, not a card sent, the usual tree in my house is not even up yet! Hence my whole family decides to skip Christmas! But no I'm not spared! Friends and cousins are still exchanging gifts, so I'll see what I can conjure up spontaneously!

My ankle betrayed me again today. That traitor. Despite taping and guarding it, it still managed a piak and I was left helpless for the rest of training, besides planks and more planks. Sock and I did a record of 300 crunches for training today, something that doesn't involve our legs XD

Loads of teamnight preps now, trying to squeeze in time for 'Lead, Chlorine and Ammonia' (Miss CYB introduced that silly song to me, as well as the 'Whore' song whom She-Shall-Not-Be-Named) and now those songs are stuck in my head, with the image of her almost drenching the woman infront with water !! Recognition I strive, Smiles I get, Happy Meal! That was so random, but I'm a happy girl today!

I think the soccer juniors are a funny bunch! Really nice and cool, whats with like termite, monkey, partygalgal just like her senior gen, the-one-who-flirts-with-laoda, umbrella, soup so manyy!!! Looking forward to getting to know them EVEN BETTER!! Termite got a taste of my pickpocketing already, whoops!

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting-tingling too...
Come on its a lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you!

-Driftwood & Bummers-
Watashi ga suki desu.

Back me down from backing up
Hold your breath now it's stacking up
Etched with marks, but I can deal
And you're the problem and you can't feel
Try this on, straitjacket feeling
so maybe I won't be alone
Take back now, my life you're stealing

Yesterday was hell
But today I'm fine without you
Run away this time without you
And all I ever thought you'd be
That face is tearing holes in me again

Watashi ha yowai desu.
Wakatteru yo.
Motto tsuyoku ni naritai.
Demo sa..

Work it, make it, do it, makes us
Harder, better, faster, stronger

Yes I gotta be.

So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?

I can see the pain in you
I can see the love in you
But fighting all the demons will take time
It will take time

Run, baby, run
Don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart
If you give them the chance

I wanna just keep running on and on and on and on and on...

Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder
Is there a spell that I am under
Keeping me from seeing the real thing?

Random post with random songs
Random random rattle rattle jibber jabber
These songs are not so random after all
They expresses what I'm feeling
What I've been feeling these few days
Today feels good
In a different way
Tokidoki, hitori de ii na.

Band concert was good yesterday. Relaxing, funny, I love the skit and the ending song.
I found out 2 more things about my friends.
Money can dance really well. And she can bitch.
Za can sing really well too. And she looks like those roadside busker when she stands and play her SEXYphone, moving her hips with the beat.
I love those two lil' musicians, that's why I never fail to go support them
Even if it kills me the next day
But what doesn't kill me,
Only makes me STRONGER.

Straitjacket Feeling; Stronger; Best I Ever Had; Somewhere Only We Know; Angels Or Devils; Check Yes Juliet; Love Hurts

Life's kinda sucking these days. Besides the little happy events like Midnight movies and Weddings, fatigue has been ruling and its running me down. I don't know why, but I can't seem to force out a genuine smile, and I think its because of you. Sad-Unhappy, which is worse? Or to make the matter not any better, what's the difference/

Saturday.
Trng-Long run. I ran my guts out, or should I say, I ran my ankles out on that 4.8km route. Was stuck on the stoopid bike that doesn't displace for the rest of training ):
Celebrated Sher's and MinMin's birthday with a forbidden-to-eat-there-cake and nymph-not-infested-ban-mien.
Trudged home for a short nap before heading for family gathering.
Celebrated Yiyi's birthday with a bittersweet cake baked by mummy.
Headed out to town to meet Bing and Gen.
Fort Canning for Ben&Jerry's Chunk Fest, gigs and icecream and QUEUES ):
The Cathay for Ben&Jerry's live music and Snapple.
Midnight Movie-Quarantine. Screams, nachos, crazy biting people.
Late night walk down town to Funan IT Mall, running away from rabies.
Changed at Swissotel grand toilet.
Cabbed back to meet the socceroos.
And that became Sunday.

Sunday.
Standard Chartered Marathon-Worked as clappers ):
Barely made it home for naps before tuition again.
Painted nails for the bigger event the next day and fell asleep INSTANTLY.

Monday.
Happy Hari Raya Haji to all those out there. Thanks Tano, for remembering XD! Ass.
Congratulations to JaneJieJie and AndyKorKor. Happy Wedding!
Gathered bright and early at her house, it felt like CNY.
All dressed up, make up, hairdo, pretty dresses and killer heels with half broken ankles and knees.
Loads of Pictures (which I am lazy to upload now, find them on facebook)
Down to the Church of the Holy Cross for the 'I do' part.
Down to Asian Civilisation Museum for lunch reception.
Headed home for a quicknap. I'm seizing all chances for naps.
Down to Conrad International for buffet dinner.

I'm tired.

Peeektures up from HongKong Trip-VJSG 0809 Rock On!

Rawr who's the scary one behind

Look at the change of face!!

Proud of my own LINE's Cafe -beams-
PAU room = LAODA room

CAMELA!

More pictures, check out facebook, thousands of HongKong pictures there (:

Losing faith?
Or lost.
:/

I'm back from the Land of Polluted Air and Cantonese : Hong Kong!!! (:
It was a pretty fun trip overall, with the Soccer Team and Tennis Girls, minus off the dry skin and falling ill part :/

TaiTong Chalet was rather interesting, bunked 5 in a room for us, defenders are defensive! Haha, prob some inside joke. Laoda's striptease, TKGS's 'person nearest to the lights turn off the lights', Bing's catastrophe that led to Tano and I almost having to bathe her, brushing Bing's teeth, feeding her XD

2 friendlies against National Team and HongKong Uni. National Team was by far the toughest team I've fought against, they own in terms of strength, speed, height and skill, and that is basically the basis of soccer, so hmmm. HongKongU was a little different, played 7-aside. I got to try playing as Striker!! I kinda enjoyed it, though I was pretty blur about the runs.

Victoria Peak's star was Betterknee, the birthday girl. Now who gets to celebrate their birthday on a peak man! Lucky girl! Ladies Street, Times Square, Lines Cafe (XD) oooh so many!

Hotel Ibis, Room 1208 was the killer! The Injured & The Sick, taking care of each other! We good! Massage the sore elbow, sponge the feverish head haha what a joke. Our failed attempts to catch the 2am sunrise XP

Hong Kong, I guess it was a pretty good trip afterall (: My views of ppl have changed, some for the better whom I even ate a meal with WOOOOO and shook hand WOOOOOO. Some faces are :/ or maybe :| whichever suits best. Thank you Wanxin Thank you Gling, for your generous donation of Old Wife's Biscuit, you guys Rock On!!

Catastrophe: I sprained my ankle (again) today. I thought it was just a normal twist, so I tried to walk it off. But it became sooo bad, despite taping and ankle guarding, I'm with a limp now. My failed attempts to hide it from my mom SIGH.

-Pictures shall be up in the next post tmr (: -