leaves on the seine.

qikai hosted the b div bbq ytd.
quite a nice place, the hillside at upp bt timah.
it was.. okay la. quite fun but nothing memorable.
spent quite awhile playing tennis, stealing a few mins every now and then to steal a quick bite at the bbq pit.
we didnt finish the sirloin at all. 10kgs of meat, can you imagine?
swam, played block catching etc. it was fun esp with the backs.
got back past midnight for the second consecutive night. hais
so much for resting during the weekends. ohwells.


photos.







victor a.k.a fatboy and me, at the tennis court.



andy and i sparring on-court.


kann, looking oh-so-gay here.




mark and yuanzu, taken at the pool.




sjibacks '05
max at 9, zu and me at centres and mark at 15.




it's okay max, you cn't have height AND brawn.




my point, reiterated.



me mark (:




yuanzu's idea of acting the fool.




Buddha wna-be.



i dreamt i was at sentosa and this huge tsunami wave gobbled me up.
scary.

finally, it's back to the weekends again.
after the euphoria of monday's match, the mood pretty much deflated.
i've been extremely tired ever since.
frustrated too cos i couldnt train on wed and fri.
some shin problem that i've been having.
it's a niggling injury that comes and goes ever since sec2.

attended the sec one campfire earlier tonight.
it was great, congratulations nigel on a job sublimely done.
you made it look effortless.
nigel and mark were emcees for the campfire and nigel was jst brilliant.
poor mark was sick, if not he'd be at his sparkling best too.
it was good la, very sji-ish. with the typical songs, cheers and energizers that i've grown to be so fond of this 4 years. i'm feeling nostalgic already. aww.

anyway it was incredibly good to see shuying and vish who came down for the campfire after a long time.
they haven't changed.
vishnu abused my tummy. she punched every inch of it.
stupid flabbywabby.
overall it's been a good night.

im turning in now, gonna catch up on sleep.
nights all,
with love.

and so my prediction was correct.
2005's gonna get better, and it has.
actually, monday kicked off rather sluggishly.
we had warm up for abt one hour, very thorough.
dynamics, contact then our moves.
and i was so tired, have no idea why.
slept at 11. i owe it to the long weekend, plus the jap match perhaps?

anyway. the whole mood changed from kick off.
i was damn fired up and it looked good.
montfort were averagely bigger, but we were better.
we played as a team and more or less controlled the match.
individually, i've nvr played a better game.
kicking-wise, im already 90% there.
scored a try, we did some decent backs moves, what more cld i ask for?
thanks char, for coming down.
my apologies, for what happened after.

hmm. TODAY.
came down for track.
it was rather slack though,
coach jst told me to do 2x100m sprints and a 300m.
it was great though, was kinda surprised with my timing?
whoosh whoosh whoosh.
11.3
42 for 300m. but was alr damn shagged from ytd match la.

life's been good.

but life has to be unfair too. tit for tat.
as my on-field exploits continue to prosper, whatever happens off it is unfortunately not as favoured as i'd like it to be.
ohwells. i cn't have everything, maybe this is a trade-off God gave me.
i wna be smiling like jon does everyday.
i wna be as free and easy as mark is.
i wna be as steady as nigel is.
grr.
i hate this hollowness that i feel, such a caustic emptiness deep in the depths of my heart.

love?
where the heaven are you.

the japanese are great hosts.
we drew with them tdy, 10-10.
it was a great match.
they were tight, and very hard-hitting.
chee keong saved the day with two breath-taking tries.
and him being a forward, it really was breathtaking.
he showed amazing composure and presence of mind to sell a dummy to three backs rushing across to score the try. like, wow. the second one was through the centre, off a scrum. again, he sold a dummy to george at 10, and scored.
anyway, back to them being great hosts.
we played at farrer park, after that they invited us for drinks at tekka centre.
there was a free flow of drinks, and beer of course. but i didnt touch that. then they got us food as well.
haha, heaven. the beer alone must have cost hundreds, let alone the other drinks, cigarette packs and food.
i played at centre and wing, relatively okay i guess. i didnt really have to do much. did most of the running during the first 10 mins. after that, it was mostly forwards play.

sister loanna rocks.

life's been surprisingly good to me.
3 weeks in 2005, and i havent had a single major problem.
nothing upsetting.
and i dn't see it going downhill from here.
this week's been great.
tuesday was good.
wednesday was good.
tdy was good.
but im really tired.
been, and will be having more up and coming matches.
singapore japanese association this saturday, monday it's with monfort.

confidence vs similarities.
who's gonna win?
only time'll tell.
have a good weekend.

ntu was hard and mobile.
but disorganised.
we lost to them by one try.
it was a good match though, considering we had a rojak mixture of div1 and 2 players.
i should've gone for SRC's sports night, but if i did,
i would've missed the man utd match,
which ended in victory for them by the way.

im aching even more now.
took quite a number of heavy hits to my knee, quads and lower back.
ouch ouch ouch.

dinnered with mark and robs.
we had to wait for 20 mins cus it was full,
and the longan drink was SO dilute.
such a disappointment, really.
otherwise, it was good.

mark's giant churro was wicked.
oozing with hot chocolate.
totally heavenly.

jst open up your heart
and let me show you the way.

dreams.
i had so many vivid dreams last night.
weird dreams.
nice dreams.

a particularly nice one.
which i hope will somehow, one day come true.

i'll be playing ntu ltr this afternoon.
whoosh.

i was very heartened by tdy's trng.
it was productive, everyone gave their best (i'd assume)
and we got things done.

but it was really really tiring.
being in sec 4 and all,
every day in SJI becomes more memorable,
as the inevitable day when we'd leave this school that i love with all my heart looms closer.
and closer.
tdy, after trng i was reminded yet again on why SJI has become such a major part of my life.
the Josephian spirit is within me.
my blood, runs green and white.

i realised how much i missed sec one, with the camps and discovering the school and culture.
secondary school, for the friends i made and for the memorable camps i had.
psltc, prefects camp, love etc.
secondary three for it's eye opener, for making me wake up my idea.
the secondary ones had an overnight orientation camp.
mark, nigel and jon were involved.
i was waiting for mark to end after trng.
i was sitting in the corridor linking lt1 to the main door,
and i heard them singing the trademark SJI camps songs and cheering our hail hail and JOSEPHS.
their voices flowed into me and made me so, so proud of my school.
it gave my goosebumps la.
then i saw all the sec ones filing out of the lt, innocent and unknowing to what would be a great 4 years, jst like it has been for me.

i love my school.

i've never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight
i've nvr seen you shine so bright.

i've nvr seen so many men asking if you wanted to dance,
looking for a little romance.

i have never seen that dress you're wearing,
or the highlights in your hair that catch my eyes.

i have been blind.
the lady in red.
is dancing with me, cheek to cheek.
thr's nobody here, it's jst you and me.
it's where i wna be.
and i hardly know,
there's beauty by my side.
i'll never forget, the way you look tonight.

i've never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight
i've never seen you shine so bright,
you were amazing.
i've never seen so many people wanting to be there by your side
and when you turned to me and smiled,
you took my breath away.
i've never had such a feeling,
as i do tonight.

the lady in red..

friends are the best thing that's ever happened to this world.

Fockers was, without doubt humourous.
But i felt there were too much sexual humour and at times, a tad too corny though.
However, overall it was good.
Went to Lido for a 12plus movie.
and the lady at the ticket counter adamantly refused to let me in.
tskk. so we bus-ed down to ps...
only for me to get rejected yet again.
i was alr feeling dejected pls. haha.
we tried our luck at cine, the two went to get tickets and they bought one for me.

but somebody was trying to be funny with me, so she pretended, with a LAUGHING face that i wasnt allowed in, showing me only 2 tickets. fool. HAHA. (:

after we got through the entrace of the place, i felt so.. elated. FINALLY.
apparently cine only checks the year, not as strict as the other cinema operators which checked right up to the birthdate. lunched at kobayashi, i think. the jap eatery at the basement of cine.

it was a good day. saw quite a number of Josephians selling flags. topped off the day by visiting my uncle in Jurong to watch soccer and have dinner there.

argh. piano again tmr. i seriously dn't think i've got time for it.
i'm already so involved in training and school work that it leaves me with no time at all for piano.

off i go.
love.

i stumbled upon my old blog.
the easyjournal one.
i had to wreck my brains for the password.
the entries were so.. foreignly familiar.
contradicting, yes.
the way i typed was somewhat the same, my train of thoughts were the same.
what was very foreign were the memories and the things that i wrote.
the d era as i would call it.

i've been in front of the pc since 8, this is very bad.
anyway, i met mrs j for a great snack at prata place and a good conversation.
about everything, basically. how 209's doing, how her boys are, a little gossip about the teachers, current affairs etc. she fetched her hubby who's the HOD for PE at RJ before sending me home and i took a peak at the premises with her. it's huge, of course and the place is so.... calming. as i stepped out of the car into the foyer, the air was calm and slightly breezing. as if it was singing its welcome. a sign of what's to come perhaps? haha i liked the place, it gave me good vibes. aaron also told me it was all fantastic there, so yeah.

gotta rush through my math now.
ta.

tdy's training was great, i was rapturously delighted with the turn out for trng tdy. THIRTY FIVE for B Division alone, and that's a FIRST. and training was productive, did our rucks/mauls for the first hour. some ballwork and physical. we did circuits. the backs managed to squeeze in a little kicking practice after training too. so it's all good. amath's good, so far. physics is great with sirhan as tchr. it rocks at the moment. (:

Friendship and Love.

these two coexists in any relationship.
so which one comes first, friendship then love.
or love then friendship?
this is like the case of the debate on the who-came-first, chicken or egg.
in a way, i guess..
the burning question- how does one know when a friendship is meant for greater things, i.e love?
there never is a litmus test for something like this, for something so... heterogenously comprehended.
love is so diverse. love to me, is not love to you.
it often develops from a friendship, when one cannot contain this interfusion of emotions that transcends all logical understanding. but it is oh-so-very-oftenly confused and mixed up with a good friendship.
if that's the case then surely it is a sure-fire recipe for disaster.
i mean, certain relationships were even forged without the basis, the very foundation that is friendship.
how to survive?
lesson learnt tdy- stay well clear of love. AND relationships for that matter.
for now, at least.

Posted by zul at 3:42 AM ~

well well well.
yesterday's first day in school didnt go as bad as i expected, so that's a good thing. i thought yesterday was gonna be disastrous cos i couldnt get to sleep till 2 the night before. today was... tiring. all the lessons were pretty boring, especially chem and geog. i jst cn't help falling asleep. fatigue from training overwhelms you at times. got a sports bag jst now at canterbury. met up with jon, and we talked and stuff. i enjoyed it esp since we've rarely or never met up ever since we went to different classes last year. so far it's been good, i'm still pretty optimistic about everything. life's been really good and happy thanks to my endorphins-provider. lol. all's good. it's my sister's birthday today and i think we're gonna go for a buffet at fullerton. such a waste of time i've got loads of homework. differentiation didn't seem too bad after mr low went through it jst now.

ahora quien.