after so long.. it's great to meet
the past few days have been great.. on thursday had a meet up with the ex-TJ people.. one whole bunch of crazy & loud people like us acting like we've just been released from the zoo haha.. we must have terrorised holland V tat nite especially the ThaiExpress restaurant haha pity the ppl eating there tat nite also :) but at least we liven up the place rite with our noise lolz
basically EVERYBODY was LATE!! i'm the pityful soul who has to walk the WHOLE cold storage TWICE while waiting for them.. really jialat la these people.. then summore come in already mistaken me for an ah pek lo.. where got ppl eyes 'koh stem' until so horrigible one.. dunno $50 stem ah.. summore say i look really like ah pek *heart pain* :'(
then decided go eat at ThaiExpress since the waiter so eager to welcome us in even when i say 'wait for awhile ah, fren not here yet'.. think they hit jackpot ah inviting us inside haha.. looking at the menu the names r all really Thai with all the sek nam tham keh n wateva la haha n the description is really amazing with examples like 'king chulalongkorn once wrote in his diary this is his fav dish' and 'a secret recipe pass down from thai mothers to their daughters' and also the one i ate had this description 'specially created by a thai chef n japanese chef for their wedding'.. shiok lo haha
anyway we waited awhile more then decide to start ordering 1st lo since our VIP got abit of time lag ah.. must understand ppl just come back from australia so got diff timing ah haha.. dunno got somebody say 8pm then reach at 10pm one hor haha.. eat also finish n shop also closing liao
haha i'm really rubbing it in again hehe joking nia la ya VIP haha
anyway it was great catching up n chatting after so long never meet.. got juicy gossips blurting out from here n there haha.. though there's none about me(heng i never tio ah) but still kena 'cha' whole nite lo.. everything also can 'cha' me one sianz
basically EVERYBODY was LATE!! i'm the pityful soul who has to walk the WHOLE cold storage TWICE while waiting for them.. really jialat la these people.. then summore come in already mistaken me for an ah pek lo.. where got ppl eyes 'koh stem' until so horrigible one.. dunno $50 stem ah.. summore say i look really like ah pek *heart pain* :'(
then decided go eat at ThaiExpress since the waiter so eager to welcome us in even when i say 'wait for awhile ah, fren not here yet'.. think they hit jackpot ah inviting us inside haha.. looking at the menu the names r all really Thai with all the sek nam tham keh n wateva la haha n the description is really amazing with examples like 'king chulalongkorn once wrote in his diary this is his fav dish' and 'a secret recipe pass down from thai mothers to their daughters' and also the one i ate had this description 'specially created by a thai chef n japanese chef for their wedding'.. shiok lo haha
anyway we waited awhile more then decide to start ordering 1st lo since our VIP got abit of time lag ah.. must understand ppl just come back from australia so got diff timing ah haha.. dunno got somebody say 8pm then reach at 10pm one hor haha.. eat also finish n shop also closing liao
haha i'm really rubbing it in again hehe joking nia la ya VIP haha
anyway it was great catching up n chatting after so long never meet.. got juicy gossips blurting out from here n there haha.. though there's none about me(heng i never tio ah) but still kena 'cha' whole nite lo.. everything also can 'cha' me one sianz
we dun deserve it
as expected my team manage to get into the quarterfinals but we got knocked out there.. well i dun really feel bad about the lost cos i really think my team dun deserve to go any further.. sometimes i feel sad leading this team tat is not committed.. maybe it's my fault being unable to draw in their commitment as well as building the will to WIN
everytime i make trainings the turn-up is horrible even on the morning before the match as i had a small warm up session since i know there'll be no space n time to warm up just before the match start.. the problem with these people is tat they always says ok when i inform them earlier n last minute alot will come up with excuses n sorts tat they can't make it.. wat i'm asking for is at least tell me earlier la so i may change the time or so. even my doubles partner give this as an excuse: not enough slp.
we played against a hall which is almost similar strength as us n i've told them it'll be a tough fight.. which part of tough fight do they not understand.. it simply means we have to give it our best but all their actions is just telling me tat they dun care. even right from the very start i've seen so many of my players pulling out from the team becos they feel it'll be a waste of time. wat my hall vice pres said to me is just so true: "the prob with our hall players is we lack the will to fight towards victory"
i guess changes needs to start from the captain himself 1st
everytime i make trainings the turn-up is horrible even on the morning before the match as i had a small warm up session since i know there'll be no space n time to warm up just before the match start.. the problem with these people is tat they always says ok when i inform them earlier n last minute alot will come up with excuses n sorts tat they can't make it.. wat i'm asking for is at least tell me earlier la so i may change the time or so. even my doubles partner give this as an excuse: not enough slp.
we played against a hall which is almost similar strength as us n i've told them it'll be a tough fight.. which part of tough fight do they not understand.. it simply means we have to give it our best but all their actions is just telling me tat they dun care. even right from the very start i've seen so many of my players pulling out from the team becos they feel it'll be a waste of time. wat my hall vice pres said to me is just so true: "the prob with our hall players is we lack the will to fight towards victory"
i guess changes needs to start from the captain himself 1st
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
yes! yes! i'm so happy!!
guess wat.. i've just received a call n it's filled with good news!! woohoo finally through the help of my sports head we've managed to change the date of my first n most crucial match for IH this year!! woo hoo!!
i'm definitely very very delighted bcos for the past few days i've been waking up dreaming about this problem.. this is serious n it's been troubling me all this time.. even yesterday a fren ask me y i look so gloomy.. the stress is taking it's toll on me cos i really can't find any proper gal replacement for tat 'cursed' day.
thx alot to whoever who've lend a helping hand n ear for the past few days. it won't be wasted on the coming monday(19 dec) when my match begins. yeah yeah!
*thx hall 14 sports sec for giving us the chance for a fair fight
i'm definitely very very delighted bcos for the past few days i've been waking up dreaming about this problem.. this is serious n it's been troubling me all this time.. even yesterday a fren ask me y i look so gloomy.. the stress is taking it's toll on me cos i really can't find any proper gal replacement for tat 'cursed' day.
thx alot to whoever who've lend a helping hand n ear for the past few days. it won't be wasted on the coming monday(19 dec) when my match begins. yeah yeah!
*thx hall 14 sports sec for giving us the chance for a fair fight
Saturday, December 10, 2005
fair fight? hope so
i'm back in sg since 3 days ago n it's been pretty dissapointing so far.. ever had ur hopes n confidence so high tat u'll win something but then later u find out abt some unforseen circumstances tat will crush it to pieces? if yes then pls console my broken ego n confidence.
this is regarding my interhall(IH) table tennis.. i can say tat this year i have a pretty strong team to begin with n we're also in a 'not-to0-bad' grouping for qualifying rounds tat i'm MOST certain of qualifying n get into quarter finals at least.. but now the problem is: our 1st n most crucial match falls on the 17th dec which i do not know y it's such a 'cursed' day cos HALF of my whole team will not be around on tat day.. i was totally speechless with each response i got when i went around telling my team players abt the date of our 1st match. i have a total of 14 players where 8 will be playing n 6 reserve.. so now i have 7 which means i dun even have enuf ppl to put into play. for worse, those who won't be there r mostly my main line-up so it leaves me with my reserves whom u'll pretty guess y they r in reserve.. haha i'm bad
people r goin overseas for travelling n so on, n i can't blame them cos they've already booked in advance as well as paid so it won't be right for me to make them cancel their plans.. even the schedule of the match was out kinda late so it's really an unforseen situation. so the only choice i have is to TRY to ask for a change of date.. did tat last nite but i've been getting negative answers from the opponent hall tat we'll be up against on tat fateful day. it's pretty obvious to me tat they're not willing to give us the chance n trying to use this advantage.. here's a summary of our conversation(me n the hall 14 sports manager):
(after abit of intro n so on)
ME: i have a problem here for the day of our match cos half of my team won't be free dat day.. so i'll like to ask if it'll be possible for us to change the date
H14: can give me a date tat u wanna change to?
ME: 19 would be good
H14: oh cannot tat day got match <--- where got ppl reply so freaking fast n certain tat day got match without checking 1st n in actual fact they dun have table tennis match tat day lo
ME: like tat ah, then can help me check if any other days is possible.. thx ah
H14: orh ok.. tell u later
later last nite i got these SMS:
1. not really possible to change cos the players r in other sports also so clash with their match (this reason i can accept but of cos not all the days one la)
2. even if on no-match day they have training (i was like WTH!! this is total CRAP lo)
3. maybe u shld consider changing ur players to those not oversea one (as if i have a large pool of players to choose from)
* those in brackets r not my replies, just my thoughts at tat moment
sigh i dun blame them tat much cos this would be their ONE n ONLY chance to qualify cos they're rather lousy.. but still i'm angry n dissapointed at the fact tat they choose this option to deny us a fair fight. if it was me who's in their shoes where a better hall is at a disadvantage, i can't rule out the possibility of me acting the same way but at least i would've taken some time to consider it n at least i WON'T give such crappy reasoning. it's abt sportsmanship n fair play i guess but too bad it's a 'kiasu' world after all.
anyway my sports head is trying to discuss again with them but even if things dun turn out my way, i won't give up without a fight. maybe this situation will make this match more worth winning after all.
~when u fail; fail not in learning from it~
this is regarding my interhall(IH) table tennis.. i can say tat this year i have a pretty strong team to begin with n we're also in a 'not-to0-bad' grouping for qualifying rounds tat i'm MOST certain of qualifying n get into quarter finals at least.. but now the problem is: our 1st n most crucial match falls on the 17th dec which i do not know y it's such a 'cursed' day cos HALF of my whole team will not be around on tat day.. i was totally speechless with each response i got when i went around telling my team players abt the date of our 1st match. i have a total of 14 players where 8 will be playing n 6 reserve.. so now i have 7 which means i dun even have enuf ppl to put into play. for worse, those who won't be there r mostly my main line-up so it leaves me with my reserves whom u'll pretty guess y they r in reserve.. haha i'm bad
people r goin overseas for travelling n so on, n i can't blame them cos they've already booked in advance as well as paid so it won't be right for me to make them cancel their plans.. even the schedule of the match was out kinda late so it's really an unforseen situation. so the only choice i have is to TRY to ask for a change of date.. did tat last nite but i've been getting negative answers from the opponent hall tat we'll be up against on tat fateful day. it's pretty obvious to me tat they're not willing to give us the chance n trying to use this advantage.. here's a summary of our conversation(me n the hall 14 sports manager):
(after abit of intro n so on)
ME: i have a problem here for the day of our match cos half of my team won't be free dat day.. so i'll like to ask if it'll be possible for us to change the date
H14: can give me a date tat u wanna change to?
ME: 19 would be good
H14: oh cannot tat day got match <--- where got ppl reply so freaking fast n certain tat day got match without checking 1st n in actual fact they dun have table tennis match tat day lo
ME: like tat ah, then can help me check if any other days is possible.. thx ah
H14: orh ok.. tell u later
later last nite i got these SMS:
1. not really possible to change cos the players r in other sports also so clash with their match (this reason i can accept but of cos not all the days one la)
2. even if on no-match day they have training (i was like WTH!! this is total CRAP lo)
3. maybe u shld consider changing ur players to those not oversea one (as if i have a large pool of players to choose from)
* those in brackets r not my replies, just my thoughts at tat moment
sigh i dun blame them tat much cos this would be their ONE n ONLY chance to qualify cos they're rather lousy.. but still i'm angry n dissapointed at the fact tat they choose this option to deny us a fair fight. if it was me who's in their shoes where a better hall is at a disadvantage, i can't rule out the possibility of me acting the same way but at least i would've taken some time to consider it n at least i WON'T give such crappy reasoning. it's abt sportsmanship n fair play i guess but too bad it's a 'kiasu' world after all.
anyway my sports head is trying to discuss again with them but even if things dun turn out my way, i won't give up without a fight. maybe this situation will make this match more worth winning after all.
~when u fail; fail not in learning from it~
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