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Sunday, July 30, 2006

final run

yep, im back comfortably settled down in hall. all the memories of how fwoc affect each kr resident comes back to life again. its so bittersweet. we had our 1st snrs gathering meeting yest, felt really gd to be back in kr again. i am going to treat this sem like my last, coz alot of my yr3 batch pple are heading for sep in sem2, so that means no1 would be there for my command. had

a conversation with king yest, once again reminded me how foolish i was, to throw away such a chance. sigh. time to get serious on my thesis, dnd and ibg.

nothing much to update. here are some of the pics taken at the SHL (sg handball league finals yest), im the official camera man. ha. hope there would still be one next yr, so i can play again.

the THAS staff, bert, ruiyi and guoxiang, its all passion driving these pple to do the organizing, total respect

Girls team NUS, they won the league! a convincing win of 7-3 i think. seems like after the hk trip, everyone is more adventurous, there were quite a number of fast breaks. cool..

guys final match, torpedoes vs team nus. its 25-26, NUS won! double whammy.. i think the guys mature alot after the trip as well.. of coz together with some physical contact, the body checking and stuff

the THAS winning trophies

guoxiang (my idol) with my bro for the prize giving ceremony

jiemeing joining team torpedoes, signing by honghui, captain

final group shot, great memories. i think the girls look better and more uniformed when seated in a organized manner. see ya all next yr
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

end of tour



hi, im back in singapore. i would say the tour ard hk is great in some way, not in others. the food and companionship is excellent.. but the weather and the crowd is a dismay. its really fun, to know other halls' handball players better.

lessons learnt
1. its nt easy being a team manager at all, more so as a coach, muz be able to deal with tactics, human politics, team managing, team motivation and sometime double up as a physiotherapist

2. tactical sense. we have to react to different scenario with regards to team play. no definite rules for a single game. we muz learn to read the game, be humble but at the same time be confident. nt a easy call to manage substitutions, esp when the player is down or up, u make the call.

3. relationship mgmt. not bgr. but more of corporate and long term relationships. all the 20 or so coaches/team managers there have namecards and umpteen years of experience in coaches, and they have NAMECARDS.. most of them are associate profs etc .. so they are pretty professional in dealing with contacts n stuff.. we are so pathetic, we need to write on blank pieces of paper and tear and pass to them... so sadd..

4. shopping. hk is a heaven for shopping. its quite scary. all the sports wear there are incredible! i blew abt 1.2k jus on shopping and eating alone..wah lau. scary.. but i think its a worthwhile buy. im quite happy over the purchases i've made. but i think abit too little.

5. people. hk pple are generally more on the go. they seems to be rushing for alot of stuff. the pace they are walking, the speed they eat their meals, even the way they shop. but i would say they are a definite more civilised bunch than the PRCs.. my experience at the ocean park was disgusting.. sigh.. and also, pple there are generally shorter than sgreans.. i feel.

its a gd and fulfilling trip nevertheless, next yr macau.

handball rules.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

hongkong 2

hey all, saw a couple of msn nicks, think fwoc did a gd job, quite a few number of pple commented the snrs camp was gd. well done, now prepare to wait for the freshies to come in, and of coz help rag when you guys are free. gd job fwocers!

ok, the journey continues at hk, it rained for the past 2 days, the air is slightly cleaner, the greenery more obvious, the weather less humid. in short, it feels like singapore once again. we played 2 of our games, both guys and gers.

guys team, lost both matches, i feel it is how the team that mature that matters, at the 2nd game, i think they played beautifully, except for the stamina, tactically wise, we are lacking strongly.. but will wise, i think we won!

gers team: their 1st win yesterday night, we triumph over hong kong university by 5 goals, 18-13, brilliant performance, i think yiying (SH winger) did the best, as an indiv and as a team player. but some work has to be done on the coordination of defence, communicate who to mark and when to let go. but its a major feat to win over a team with professional coach and excellent training facilities. however, it was abit in a awkward situation as our liason officer, amanda is one of the players in the game, and i think for a while, she was massacre on the court, our gers are fierce, maybe anot too much. all these are part of the game, no right or wrong, its all jusst part of the game.

heres some photo updates, darn blogger having probs uploading again. boo..

tmd. enjoy pple..


adel cooling down after the 1st match

the gers team at the official opening ceremony

guys team together with other 17 teams at the playing arena

the opening match, nus team


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Friday, July 14, 2006

hongkong 1

hi all, we are in hong kong university science and technology. its summer here, very very warm. the people here are warm too. a wrong perception of commoners, hongkongers can speak chinese and english, infact english is actually very often spoken here, all their classes are conducted in english and they can speak mandarin too. very gd, actually sg looks really very similiar to hk, the rds, the univ, the street lamps, even the bus terminals. wonder who copy who.

heres some of the snap shots along the journey. i've managed to get my internet access activated in the hk uni hostel, its air-conditioned room! just had a team manager meeting, its nt as simple as i thought, it works on details like color of jerseys, drinking water, time of warm up etc etc.. small things that i never consider. its a gd learning experience.


jus woke up this morning, awaken by the powerful aircon,. haha imagine every part of kr airconditioned... die sia

the window unit a/c.. old fashion but effective.

breakfast at one of their canteens, price is abt the same as sg, abt $3 for breakfast, abt $6 sgd for a lunch/dinner

the guys team acting cute after breakfast

the indoor competition hall. a/c.. foam flooring.. haha superb for diving

team photo after getting our players pass.. heh.. the pink shirt ger in the 2nd row is our liason officer, amanda, super cute ger.. extremly friendly to us!
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

orchid smiles



super busy week. heres the pics to the orchid farms. im leaving for hk tmlo. have fun pple at precamp k. i saw nussu peeps at kr for their camp, omg im 5yrs older than the yr1s, imagine sec2 and p3. *gasp*

oh well.

cheers guys. i shall have my dim sum and shao rou there.

grr.. blogger is taking ages to upload the pics, next time la, ;) i would be back on the 24th jul. happy bdae xinli! sorry i will miss ur bday party. i will buy wife's biscuits for u. tks for ur invitation, so sweet, nowadays pple hardly snail mail and handwritten their bdae invitational cards le! soooo sweeet..


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Sunday, July 09, 2006

gathering

i love gatherings, more so when theres alcohol kind. so this post abit outdated le, we went to junli's 21st bdae. boy, it was fun. and the surprising thing is that there were more eblkers than cblkers.. heh, it shows how fun loving eblk is, ok la, coz yz is frm eblk too..

i muz say the gathering was darn fun, with nikki trying to hook up jl's younger bro.. alvin n jiemin's future children names, s.alvin with his kungfu umbrella and hawaiian top, ron with his new godparents, steph and her auntie's bottoms, mg and his flying beehon and metallic jaws, wilz and adel the 2 lovebirds chirping all the way.. heh. fun

anyway, jl wishing u a happy 21st bday, a little belated but its the tots that counts ya, let us know if yz bully u, i doubt he dares, hes henpecked.. haha.. nah, he loves u too much. gd to see happy couples together.


the grp photo where everyone is chanting the hard gay's famous lines.. say say say say hoooooooo.. madness fun.

ron, yz with jl's family.

bdae girl receiving her prezzie. soo sweet..


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Thursday, July 06, 2006

roses

the funeral is over, tks to those who asked and expressed concern, appreciated it. well, over the past nights there, i think i had a crash course on all the family feuds and issues, wasnt entirely a pleasant experience. but ultimately i learnt a lesson, to really cherish our loved ones, take every living day as a gift, nt granted.

and it came to me as a surprise even kins can squabble over the dreaded necessity, money. its a sad world. but i guess this is reality. i muz learn to cope with the issues of money, too much or too little is a problem.

now, im getting back to deal with dnd stuff. Rp stuff and also hk hball stuff.

anyway, my younger bro graduated from poly yest, he did well in my opinion, managed a couple of sems in deans list and gt a place in nus, Mec engin. gd enff. took some pics for his grad.

behind every beautiful rose, there are loads of nurturing, not to mention the thorny issues and pricks.

i learnt to see further than just the facade.


oh, this pic is taken for anu's graduating performance, i must say she rox big time. guess who the guest of honour is, its president nathan. incredible, gd job girl.

bro's graduation - Singapore poly

jin with buddy

jin with the chioest ME poly grad of the whole cohort, out of the 616 graduads, i think prob 600 are males. dotx

jin and proud mum.


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Sunday, July 02, 2006

goodbye 大伯

what a change of events. jus yest morn mum came in my room at 6plus am and told me that my eldest uncle, uncle you had just passed away. i was shocked, he was only 63. we rushed down only to see the weeping wife, my other uncles.

my, uncle you left peacefully. he wasnt struggling. it has a peaceful farewell expression. i cldnt control myself but weeped when i saw my dad wailing over his lost brother. sigh. this is hard. i remembered uncle was a patient and gentlemanly person, never lost his cool and taking things slowly.

gonna help out with his family on the funeral stuff.

so ironic, the only time the whole extended family is present is only either during extremly condition. very happy or very sad.

only on chinese new year, or funerals. thats why my dad said that maybe death is an alternative of amiable gatherings, all family feuds put aside to pay the last respect to the fallen man.

goodbye uncle you. we will miss you



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