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The Substance Stronger than Fear

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HiHi all.. The title gives it all away doesn't it? I am talking about hope today. Well, the clip I linked above is from the Hunger games. But this quote, that hope is the only thing stronger than fear, I first heard it from the movie V for Vendetta. Truly. Hope is a very strong tool!! And I do agree that too much hope is dangerous. With so much hope filling us, we believed and though we were through. But it crushed us... It was MI that had a bit of hope, and they achieved an amazing feat. Now, they are over the moon. Hope. Its the fuel for a purposeful life. Its the only thing that you can hold onto when you are down, when things look bleak. So today, I am going to tell you a dream I had!!! Pretty cool, I dream about the team meeting we are going to have tomorrow. Well, perhaps its just wishful thinking, but that what dreams enable. I dreamt that MI have not qualified, that somehow they had two more games to play and were not in unless they won both of them. I felt hope, a ...

The Soccer Boys Have Gone Silent

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Haizz.. Stuck in the aftermath. Walking to the bus-stop. Meets my soccer friend there. Stand next to each other but its silence between us. The bus comes, we board it. Go up to the second storey and walk to the end of the bus where the usually Jurong West soccer guys clique is. We take our seats. But again, its now silence among the whole group. Nothing said about the usually and most frequent topic, soccer. Its silence. Earpieces on, and we do not talk. Walks to school. Meet up with the soccer dudes, nothing is said again. Then we depart into our separate classes. Remember, its silence. Then as I sit with my class guys, I cannot help but observe the other soccer dudes walking.. Yes. Even the talkative ones like James is silent. Now speaking a word. Even Abdullah, also does not say a word. But lets not focus on the mouth. Now, we look at the eyes. Well, the eyes are staring downwards. Not forward but downwards at the dull and dirty ground. These eyes are downcast. So what ...

MI vs ACJC

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Hi guys, I feel like shit right now. My thoughts are as messy as my room. Well, Played against Dunman High on Tuesday, and we won. I thought for a while that we were going to be get knocked out. The we scored again and won. Well, I felt like shit after that game. I think I was like shit! I didn't score, nor convert the chances that I would normally do. Wait a minute, it wasn't normally do before A'div. It was ALWAYS DO!!!! Just see the decline, I suck. Yes, for my personal performance, I was really disappointed, feeling like shit for the next few days. But at least the team won, and we kept our hopes for the quarter-finals alive.  Interestingly, had a special guest of honour watch that match, and who knew that would have been the last. So I wasn't really sad about the match. I wasn't frowning after the match okay!Hehe!! And with that win, we have done our part of the draw, and drama. And all eyes will now turn to Friday, when MI host ACJC.  Well, ACJC ha...

Playing to repay..

Yo dudes!! Good news!! RJC has beaten MI 2-0, and this means that we have a good chance of qulifying into the National Top-8 for A'Division in soccer!! Hehe!! Pretty delighted with that result but we still need to make sure that we do not get carried away as we have not qualified yet!! But that is not the main reason why I am blogging. The mauling of ACJC still lingers in people's life and I finally understand the argument of players when a team does not perform. Usually people will blame the coach for the performance of the team and the resultsm but I realize that it should be the players that take most of the blame. It is us, players that are playing the soccer match. It is us, who are responsible for our own performance. If we are not up to standard, performing way below par and people helping us are getting drowned in the wave of consequence of such a mauling. I find it defying logic! I admit that we as players need to take up responsibility for our performance! Not o...

Project Work Results

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Haizz.. I got a B. Well, did not expect to get a B, really did not expect that. I was expecting an A, so in a way, I am disappointed lah. It is inevitable that you disappointed with the grade B after putting in so much effort, and time to it. But I also feel cheated. My teachers said we did quite well, only to find out that we got a B today! Serious! Its does not make sense!! Can it make sense? I do want to start complain and be like typical Singaporeans but honestly, I feel cheated and disappointed. Then again, should I be feel sorry for myself? Recalling the PW experience, and if I am asked if there was something you regretted doing and thing that there was a certain event that plummet my results to a B, I don't think there was any. So I think I should not be feeling sorry for myself, nor be licking my wounds. I can't afford to. I got a soccer match tomorrow, and I must be focused!! And I know deep down in my heart, I did my best. However, it seems that my best was...

Form is Temporary, Class is Permanent

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The famous quote of a footballer: Do not have to explain much. Period.