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!