Saturay - 24th MArch Was planning the BE script on saturday with Daniel and Adrian. Im from Sony... promoting my newly developed PS3 to Adrian, the product manager of Challenger IT store. Daniel came up with the script while we edited it. Went to Funan with daniel to get his 1GB USB drive. He wanted to buy a sony thumbdrive that cost 46 bucks but ended buying an Imation one which is 20 bucks cheaper. we walked around the whole of funan including Adrian's company, Challenger. What caught my attention in Challenger was the game Medieval: Total War, reminded me of the show 300! its the best battle stimulator u can ever lay ur hands on. If im not wrong, u have the Cartilage's elephants, the Roman's spartan phalanxs and the persian's immortals. Basically you have the elite forces of the different civilisiations. I used to have the game Rome: Toal War and the Spartan phalanxs are totally imba, good in offense and impenetrable when defending. back to my date with daniel. so after Funan, we went to Penisula Plaza to get my shin guards and socks for Sunday's match. Thought of investing in a pair of shin guards for future matches. it is said that: 工欲善其事必先利其器 (it means that if you want to have ur job done, u must first have ur tools...something like that..lol). decided to get a pair of shining gold shin guards - perhaps they can blind my opponents when im on the ball...lol... and got a pair of white long socks. it is said that woman have shopping sprees when they have that impulse and urge to do so, but man only shops when they NEED something - so after getting our stuffs, we hurried back (no excessive window shopping). Threw my stuffs aside when i reached home, had my dinner, bathed and drop dead on my bed after making my bedtime prayer..
Sunday - 25th March Super tired... only had a couple of hrs of sleep. like 4 hrs? woke up at 6am in the morning! for most of u who dunnoe, i have a habit praying immediately when i wake up - even before i leave my bed. but today's prayer was abit longer. prayed for a clean match, and for the strength to cope through a tough day. i wanted to be less agrressive since our opponents are generally guys who are in their late 30s and early forties - they have families to support. basically, im mentally prepared! packed my bag and off i go to SRJC.
Amazing enough, I was the 5th player to reach in my team! Noah, Sunni, Benson and Ashly were already there. i think we waited for like half and hour before the whole team arrives. Our opponents reach way earlier than us, they already had the full team ready b4 9am. Our team was only ready by 920. alittle paiseh right? hack, perhaps thats what u get when ur team is newly assembled. the funny thing is - the referee was also waiting for our team to arrive... And so it begins.. the match kicked off. Im in my favourite holding midlfielder role. after 10 mins, we conceded our 1st goal, 1-0 down. But after 15 minutes of hardwork, we are back on level terms, sunni with a flying volley form just outside the box, what a cracker! 1-1. unfortunately, we conceded the 2nd goal only minutes after the restart. dissapointment. the defense was abit nervy, offside traps malfunctioning.. just before the break, we gave away our third. 3-1 down.
beep~ beep~~~~~ half time.
arghh.... greatly dissapointed.. i wasnt playing like myself, Noah told me to give commands like i usually does, but i was quiet through out the game. my tackles were half hearted, it lacked conviction in getting the ball. my passing was still okay, but the presence wasnt really there. i made 1 crucial tackle and thats about it... Paul~~~ ur supposed to dominate the midfield... not merely being a passer-by.. Ashly came up to me and said: play like u usually does, dun be overly-agressive and not too laid back, just play like how u usually play. was i too afraid to put my tackles in? i was asking myself alot of questions during the half time break.
Second half started, its not long before we conceded our forth and I subbed out for Noah at the 70th minute. didnt quite recover from the dissapointment of first half. second half for me was normal, but the defense was abit better. still, the midfield and the defense lacked communication. watched the remainder of the second half from the bench and Im having that feeling that had desserted me for a long time - the feeling of not giving my best. No conviction. No passion and No determination. disgusted* anw, I didnt want to think so much, just made a promise to God and myself, I will give my ultimate best the next time i touch that ball again.
But for blooper of the game --- roughly 10 mins thru the 2nd half, I was running with the ball, beat 3 defending players and almost collided with a - BEE (Yes a Honey BEE)! the bee flew so close to my ear that i cld possibly hear the sound of its wings flapping. its like arghh!!! i tried to wave at the bee (my natural reaction), hoping it would aviod my ear 'hole'. SO U CAN ACTUALLY SEE A PLAYER RUNNING WITH THE BALL AND MAKING WAVING ACTIONS TRYING TO WARD OFF A BEE.. amazingly, i managed to retain the ball on my feet. LOLz.... a paiseh moment for me.
After the match.. i had to cab home due to serious time constraint. Working at Jurong point at 2! bathed and rushed to work asap. not a moment of rest for me. when it seem that im going to be late, the lrt and mrt came also immdeiately for me ( no waiting time!) Really thank God for that! its super amazing lahz.... reached JP at 2pm. Worked with Elsa till she leaves at 3pm and im all alone. Shagged. mentally and physically exhausted. the thought of facing the BE script and Personal Selling Report freaks me out. realised something - I STILL HAVE ALOT OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS!! finished work at 6pm when james came to replace me. hurried my butt home.
shall not elaborate on how i went on to finish my BE and PS report. I finished all my stuff at 2.30am. ITS BEEN A LONG DAY~ from 6am all the way till 2am - 2o hrs of non-stop action! Tiring yet fruitful.
