cubs are out!!

For u guys out there who have been following closely the under 23 soccer team in the S.E.A games......only 1 word... disappointment.....promises such as lifting the cup again at the sea games said previously by the cubs is as as of now broken.

Frankly speaking, it is not hard to see why the cubs r out. The opening match against Vietnam, vietnam gave them chances in the first half, but the cubs fail to convert and vietnam relied on their aggressive counter attacking style to defeats them. Subsequent matches were played half heartedly...and against minnows such as Laos, the result almost came to a draw if not for some fantastic goalkeeping who I think is only the cubs who played his heart out from: lionel Lewis.

Quite disappointed as I had anticpate some spectacular performances by the cub,time n time again the cubs have disappoint singaporeans who roots for them....haiz...

Been quite some time since I blog...school wasnt that busy lately, but perhaps in the later stages ..haha..

Started my car learning at BBDC .... driving at BBDC is defintely better than those private instructors...BBDC instructors are veryu friendly n concerned with ur learning...hmm..hope tat i would be able to get a test date b4 Chinese New Year..haha...
In the meantime ..keep driving , driving and driving.....

Korean demonstration team

Yesterday, the korean demostration team came to toa payoh sports hall to give a performance on their TKD skills....and boy !! they were fantastic ....doing 3 kicks in the air, doing back flips in the air while breaking planks as well...whoo...i was sure that the people in the sports hall were just as as amazed and wow by their spectacular kicks ,turns and their precision on the target as i did.... they were so flexible that their leg could easily reach above their head level with 1 raise of their kicks.....and there was the apple smashing where they used an apple as a target and then using their kicks smashed it into bits n pieces ..perhaps as a souviener for the spectaculars...

Went with yueng choun to kayak today...went to the usual place at changi sports club...it has been 2-3 yrs since we been there...however the usual price of $7/hr had in fact balloned to $17/hr...wow...who will kayak for an hr for $17...and so we walked abt 3km to the PA sea sports club only to be told there was wind surfing there only...hmm....bedok reservoir came to our minds n we went there...yohoo...!!! there was kayaking over there...the charge were normal save for the water that werent salty....it kinda feels weird when u r normally kayaking in the sea...refreshed our skills and even had a race......the water stinks quite a lot...haha...i can smell it form my bag on the way back...

my fav team i in the amazing race : the gaghan family was eliminated last week..n since they were featured in the newspaper, i might as well talk a bit bout them..for ur info, the parents ran marathon n their 2 kids competeD5 km races..wow!! and the reason y i supported this team was becos throughout the race, the dad keep encouraging the kids to carry on, not to give up and even if they had lost..they were to told themselve that this was nothing to be ashamed of...inspirations words was perhaps wat keep this team going, supposingly the weakest team in the amazing race given their 2 kids....

And when they lost..my heart went out to them....with 2 kids in the team, manual tasks such as moving something heavy was disadvatagous for them..the fact that their mum took 45 mins to look for a red little bean among a sea of beans without giving up was commendable, simultaneously, this was also wat costed the gaghan family to lost the race...

A very meaningful phrase from the gaghan family..." winners never quit, quitters never win"

take care.

Singapore Cup final....

Went to the national stadium on sunday to watch the exciting singapore cup final match between Woodland and my fav s league team : HOME U ! Went with Ming yong n yuan da...
First, went to the stadium early at ard 5.45 to chop a desirable place but alas! the mac food tat we had wanted to bring in was prohibited and as a result, we had to finish our food outside....together with quite a few others....why did they implement this stupid rule...is not as though we would use the mac food to throw at the players on the field( even if we did, wat harm could fries n burgers do...n which guy in the right frame of mind would waste food like tat)

Went into the stadium....memories of last yr s'pore cup final flooded my mind...it was tamp vs Home....tied at full time and amazingly, Tamp scored 3 goals in extra time to make the final score 4-1..disappointment...hopefully history would not repeat itself..
Found a seat positioned in the middle of the field, exhibition match was between s'pore ex int. and malaysia ex int....most of these players name sounded greek to me and the only name tat i knew was Malek Awab...anyway s'pore went on to win 4-1

Match commenced at 7.30 pm sharp n within 10 mins into the game woodland scored...my heart sank, can Home fight back? without their inspiring playmaker oliverio pires...and yes ! they did ..in the second half by Indra ...from a precise pass by Sahib..score was 1-1, and the home united fans erupted with joy...3 mins later Home scored by Fadzu....Home was leading!...

but the joy didnt lasted long as woodland scored, which was assisted by a free kick from ahmad latiff which caused confusion in the box ,leading to woodland to score...the home U fans was silenced...The score was 2-2.If the match were to go into extra time, i doubt Home players could cope with the pace of the game especially with numerous ageing players such as Surachai and Egmar..Just when I tot that the game was going into extra time, INDRA ...yes the man of the match scored !!!!!!!! in injury time...a pass from egmar led to Indra n Fadzu chasing for the ball n just when we tot the keeper would safetly save the ball, Indra got to the ball faster n pull the ball to the right side of the penalty area b4 blasting 1 shot in to the back of the net...HURRAY!! Home has won the game...this match was more the memorable as some Home U players like Pires , Indra and their inspiring defender Aide was leaving the club after this match...and also their coach....a great game after all...with plenty of goals---5 and also wonderful skills... HOme have successfully added 1 trohy to their impressive cabinet...

While we were watching the match, a guy behind us kept boo-ing whenever woodland's Ahmad latiff had the ball....and saying all sorts of comments on him...guess Ahamad latiff could have probably offended him....haha....and he booed through the whole match..haha wat wonderful stamina he has!!

Home U may not be the same team next season with so many inspiring players leaving... hope tat Home U can repeat their Singapore Cup success next season....

for now...3 cheers to Home United Football Club!!!