ok, so we were playing taboo at fabien's house during the football gathering. for the uninitiated, taboo is a word guessing game, whereby you have to guess the word that the giver is trying to describe. the catch is, there are some words which the giver cannot use and hence 'taboo'.
so we were trying to guess this word. i forgot who the giver was man (eh, who ah?) but he said:
"Chengwei is a?"
and everybody said:
"COCK!"
easiest point of the game.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
IVP Semi-final on Monday 10 March: Nanyang Poly vs. NUS
so the big day arrived. "hyped up" is not even close to describing how we were feeling. 'tis been a season of upsets. it's the year of the underdog. the currents were flowing in our favour. Kimi Raikkonen vs Lewis Hamilton. Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic. Chelsea and Liverpool vs Barnsley. Portsmouth vs Manchester United. Cardiff vs Middlesborough. Barcelona vs Seville. Real Madrid vs. Getafe... the list goes on. Russell said he had trouble sleeping at night, and concentrating in class. i suspect that's a usual occurence.
trooping up the bus, spirits were high. sudi was listening to his pre-game music. we have yet to lose this season when he's done that. the light drizzle felt like fingers on the ivories. all in all, conditions primed for success. touch down. we were there first. perhaps a sigh of greater hunger. suiting up, warming up, pre-game pep talk by coach. the battle cry has never sounded louder. line-up: harpreet, mark, chris, gerald, andy, vincent, junhao, umar, raihan, fabien, fong. kick-off.
NUS on the attack right from the start. vincent's teasing cross from the left. keeping possession in the opponent's half. no desperate defending. yet. 5th minute, long punt from mark, keeper comes out to claim the ball, it slips from his hands and falls behind him to a waiting fabien, who lashes it into goal emphatically. 1-0 to the dogs. it's tight. NYP's corners threaten every single time with fantastic delivery from star player Shadhan. 9 corners in the first half. on the brink of half-time, NUS escapes by the skin of their teeth, a one-on-one with harpreet blazed over. the whistle goes. hi-fives all round. strategy for the second half - stop giving away corners.
2nd half kick-off. there are almost 20 players in the NUS half at times. too bad we couldn't stick to the strategy. 55th minute, NYP equalizes from a corner. 1-1. some desperate defending as the clock counts down. zeyan on for fong, sudi on for umar. right at the death, zeyan heads a screamer just wide. harpreet sprawls to his left in a sure-goal attack. the whistle goes. silent celebrations in the NUS camp. penalties. no extra-time. NUS to take the first kick.
Gerald. scores.
NYP. scores.
Junhao. kisses the keeper's left post.
NYP. head-on impact with the bar.
Zeyan. scores.
NYP. scores.
Fabien. scores.
NYP. scores.
Sudi. scores.
NYP. scores.
4-4. sudden death penalty shootout.
chris. misses the keeper's right post by an inch.
NYP. enters the final.
heartbreak all round. but we were warriors, no doubt about that. a run for their money. hearts in their mouths. we were no pushovers. cheers NUS. we showed them that heart and spirit can overcome all odds indeed. special salute to the ever encouraging bench, without whom we could not have trained the way we did, and make it thus far.
till IVP 08/09.
trooping up the bus, spirits were high. sudi was listening to his pre-game music. we have yet to lose this season when he's done that. the light drizzle felt like fingers on the ivories. all in all, conditions primed for success. touch down. we were there first. perhaps a sigh of greater hunger. suiting up, warming up, pre-game pep talk by coach. the battle cry has never sounded louder. line-up: harpreet, mark, chris, gerald, andy, vincent, junhao, umar, raihan, fabien, fong. kick-off.
NUS on the attack right from the start. vincent's teasing cross from the left. keeping possession in the opponent's half. no desperate defending. yet. 5th minute, long punt from mark, keeper comes out to claim the ball, it slips from his hands and falls behind him to a waiting fabien, who lashes it into goal emphatically. 1-0 to the dogs. it's tight. NYP's corners threaten every single time with fantastic delivery from star player Shadhan. 9 corners in the first half. on the brink of half-time, NUS escapes by the skin of their teeth, a one-on-one with harpreet blazed over. the whistle goes. hi-fives all round. strategy for the second half - stop giving away corners.
2nd half kick-off. there are almost 20 players in the NUS half at times. too bad we couldn't stick to the strategy. 55th minute, NYP equalizes from a corner. 1-1. some desperate defending as the clock counts down. zeyan on for fong, sudi on for umar. right at the death, zeyan heads a screamer just wide. harpreet sprawls to his left in a sure-goal attack. the whistle goes. silent celebrations in the NUS camp. penalties. no extra-time. NUS to take the first kick.
Gerald. scores.
NYP. scores.
Junhao. kisses the keeper's left post.
NYP. head-on impact with the bar.
Zeyan. scores.
NYP. scores.
Fabien. scores.
NYP. scores.
Sudi. scores.
NYP. scores.
4-4. sudden death penalty shootout.
chris. misses the keeper's right post by an inch.
NYP. enters the final.
heartbreak all round. but we were warriors, no doubt about that. a run for their money. hearts in their mouths. we were no pushovers. cheers NUS. we showed them that heart and spirit can overcome all odds indeed. special salute to the ever encouraging bench, without whom we could not have trained the way we did, and make it thus far.
till IVP 08/09.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Training on Saturday 8 March
today had 17 people in training. plus 1 ethan, so that made 18.
we started off with a quick team talk on NYP by coach - their team status, how we're gonna play against them, and a bit of a pep talk by him.
then we played half field 9v9 with big goal posts. one touch. after that we did a couple of sprints. 10m and 15m sprints. about 5 reps each i think. then we played big field, 11v7, just trying to simulate game situations, how we're gonna play on the day itself. ended off with a few guys practising penalties, while the rest did cooling down run.
after that, there was another pep talk by captain marvel. shebby and chris also took some time to say a few words. zeyan had a few choice morsels to add as well, but obviously just cock stuff lah... haha.
cock of the day goes to... RUSSELL "ALWAYS-FALL-DOWN" PERREIRA!!!! he fell down again today after getting clipped by raihan... i tell you, it was macham america's funniest videos man!!! and he had like a super pissed face lah!!
will be praying for you injured out there - yujun, david, junhao, sudi's and chengwei's boots....
God bless guys. i love rachel.
we started off with a quick team talk on NYP by coach - their team status, how we're gonna play against them, and a bit of a pep talk by him.
then we played half field 9v9 with big goal posts. one touch. after that we did a couple of sprints. 10m and 15m sprints. about 5 reps each i think. then we played big field, 11v7, just trying to simulate game situations, how we're gonna play on the day itself. ended off with a few guys practising penalties, while the rest did cooling down run.
after that, there was another pep talk by captain marvel. shebby and chris also took some time to say a few words. zeyan had a few choice morsels to add as well, but obviously just cock stuff lah... haha.
cock of the day goes to... RUSSELL "ALWAYS-FALL-DOWN" PERREIRA!!!! he fell down again today after getting clipped by raihan... i tell you, it was macham america's funniest videos man!!! and he had like a super pissed face lah!!
will be praying for you injured out there - yujun, david, junhao, sudi's and chengwei's boots....
God bless guys. i love rachel.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Training on Thursday 06 March
today had 16 ppl in attendance, including one injured yujun. also had justin and evan, the two exchange students. so total of 18.
started out with 1v1. did 5 reps. then it became 2v2, with neutral players all around. after that we did a 3-man crossing and finishing drill. one player on left flank, centre circle, and right flank. the flanker would play the ball down the line, for the centre guy to do a diagonal run and cross for the other 2 incoming players. did this on the right and left flanks. then we moved into 5v5, half-field, big goal post, with one team having all the neutral players, and the other team having none. end of training.
cock of the day - RUSSELL "PROM-KING-CLEO-BACHELOR-MANHUNT" PERREIRA! you all know it rained yesterday right? so the pitch was super muddy. during the 1v1, the very very very first drill, russell started first with sudi. within 10 secs, russell went from half-indian, to full-indian.* WAHAHAHA!!!!
*disclaimer - this post is not meant to be seditious at all. we in this team are all rational, fun-loving people. PAP/ISD/LEE people, please don't come arrest me over this ok? if you want, come and find me for other things. i'll be more than happy to be abused and tortured, then 'escape' from whitley. thanks.
started out with 1v1. did 5 reps. then it became 2v2, with neutral players all around. after that we did a 3-man crossing and finishing drill. one player on left flank, centre circle, and right flank. the flanker would play the ball down the line, for the centre guy to do a diagonal run and cross for the other 2 incoming players. did this on the right and left flanks. then we moved into 5v5, half-field, big goal post, with one team having all the neutral players, and the other team having none. end of training.
cock of the day - RUSSELL "PROM-KING-CLEO-BACHELOR-MANHUNT" PERREIRA! you all know it rained yesterday right? so the pitch was super muddy. during the 1v1, the very very very first drill, russell started first with sudi. within 10 secs, russell went from half-indian, to full-indian.* WAHAHAHA!!!!
*disclaimer - this post is not meant to be seditious at all. we in this team are all rational, fun-loving people. PAP/ISD/LEE people, please don't come arrest me over this ok? if you want, come and find me for other things. i'll be more than happy to be abused and tortured, then 'escape' from whitley. thanks.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Match on Tuesday 4 March
totally destroyed UWC. 12-0 i think. or was it 10? not sure... we put out a pretty strong squad, with fabian, zeyan, raihan, and wincent making returns to the team. our prayers go out to the injured, like captain marvel, yujun, david, anyone else? panda's tonsilitis like okay liao. sorry if i've missed anyone. to the recovering like nicholas yip, rest well...
God Bless guys.
God Bless guys.
Training on Monday 3 March
today's training about 12 pple. or less. not sure.
started out with 2 sides. playing area was very skinny, like 30m by 15m. 3 goals for each team, put the ball on the line. after that, we had some finishing practice. 2 players per group. standing about 5m apart, at the top of the penalty box. coach would pass to one guy, the guy would lay back, then the two of them do a running switch, while coach plays the ball to either one to finish/cross, while the other rebounds/finishes. after that, a bit of fitness. sprint 40m, jog 15m, sprint 40m, jog breadth of field, sprint 40m, jog 15m, sprint 40m, jog breadth of field. you should realise that we're doing laps around the pitch. total of 8 sprints. end of training.
started out with 2 sides. playing area was very skinny, like 30m by 15m. 3 goals for each team, put the ball on the line. after that, we had some finishing practice. 2 players per group. standing about 5m apart, at the top of the penalty box. coach would pass to one guy, the guy would lay back, then the two of them do a running switch, while coach plays the ball to either one to finish/cross, while the other rebounds/finishes. after that, a bit of fitness. sprint 40m, jog 15m, sprint 40m, jog breadth of field, sprint 40m, jog 15m, sprint 40m, jog breadth of field. you should realise that we're doing laps around the pitch. total of 8 sprints. end of training.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Friendly on Friday 29 Feb
We outplayed and outclassed the Singapore U-18s... but ended up losing 1-0. they had like one shot on goal lah. still, we seem to be shaping up pretty okay guys... heads up!
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