interesting calendar
the product.
Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed It's so hard to stand your ground when you're so afraid No one reaches out a hand for you to hold When you look outside look inside to your soul~

you are like this guy. surrounded by the dark yet to me you seem to be radiating in the midst of darkness. it makes you more intriguing and perhaps become the exception. it's so difficult to explain and i doubt there are any theories to shed the light of how i see you, it's difficult. im sure it is no longer the sweet feeling of wanting to see you; more of an invisible force that sparks my inquisitive nature of digging deeper. you see, unlike this picture you get a choice to get out of this darkness, but you choose not to. one side of me thinks that its strong of you to fight for what you want, the other side of me thinks that you, mixing with all those stupid people in the darkness wont get you anywhere.

i need to find my fun and games and laughter and happiness. soon. grrr.
“What can I say about journalism?
It has the greatest virtue and the greatest evil.
It is the first thing the dictator controls.
It is the mother of literature and the perpetrator of crap.
In many cases it is the only history we have, and yet
it is the tool of the worst men. But over a long period of time
and because it is the product of so many men,
it is perhaps the purest thing we have.
Honesty has a way of creeping in even when it was not intended.”
- John Steinbeck
cleo's 21st! super cool house (with lift,basement!)
that's what i wrote for the IHG web:
17 February 2009. 1900 hours. The netball finals started with a blast of cheer from both halls. The Temasek netballers were defending the title that they won the previous IHG, which broke Eusoff’s near 20 year streak.
The first quarter comprised of Eliza, Amelia as shooters; Hanisah, Bridget,Weilin in the mid-court; Jiamein and Melissa (er yes,me) in defence. There was flow in the attack, with the balls passed well and both shooters putting in all their shots. The defence was effective, and the Eusoff netballers felt the pressure. The Eusoffians made switches to the attack during the several injury time that they called, but proved to be not very effective as the Temasek flow was not interrupted.
Changes to the main seven was minimal, with Cheryl put in mid-court. All the players did well, with Eliza doing amazing splits and accurate shooting; Bridget sprinting and dodging to get all the balls; Jiamein was constantly tipping and intercepting. Cheryl, Eliza and Amelia made good use of their basketball background in passing sudden passes and doing stunts that well, shocked the opponent. The score was kept to a draw at the end of the third quarter. The one thing that I find that had improved from the preliminaries was the defence in the goal circle, where the Eusoff GA had to keep making second passes to the WA/C to get closer to the pole to shoot, which it proved to be an opportunity created for Temasek.
The last quarter started with a draw. The first combination was used, and Eusoff scored the first goal. Temasek, as a team with IVP players from basketball, squash, badminton and netball, speed and stunts are not problems. However, with the intensity of the game, stepping, wild passes allowed Eusoff to pull the gap. Another point to note is that Eusoff had many experienced players- IVP netball players (both past and present). I would say that Temasek did not give up till the end; it was the drive to win that caused the anxiety to kick in, which allowed Eusoff to get the gold. Eusoff won 22-16.
Temasek netball did not get the title this year, but I do not think that we did not gain anything. It may be clichéd to say that we have gained experience and that we should train hard now and get back the title next year but yes, I do think we gained something. I think we have come a long way from a team which did not know what stepping is, to one that actually fought hard and almost won Eusoff (IVP PLAYERS!!!).
The seniors in the team, especially Shin and Bridget, have shown us what a netball team in IHG is about. They actually asked me one day, “What do you hope to achieve?” I have always thought that IHG is all fun and laughter, but it is not, it is so much more and I am proud to be in this team. I appreciate the effort that they put in to make me HIGH and PREPARED for the matches. Hanisah has also played an important role as the coach, captain and player for Temasek Netball, and I have also seen her grow since her days of being the AJC netball captain. One more honourable mention is Weilin, with her totally dao face and her never-say-die attitude. There are so many players to mention, like Jiamein, I can write two full pages on how zai she is, but I think all the members in the team have their strengths and a lot of potential (Like Eliza who can seriously consider switching to netball for good). It was a good fight, if you were there, you would have felt it.
That’s all, and it’s up to you now vice-captain BOON YU RU, to get back the title next year.

interhall games have started today.(tutorials too but wth!)
though TH won by such a large margin, i can only say that I SUCK AT NETBALL. yes i dont train hard i can only blame myself, but it is still very disappointing and im like angry with myself, mostly disappointed. but what can i do. train harder ???yeah train harder. but how i can like deprove to such a stage i really think im lousier than some non-sports person who have like never played netball before.
OHMYGOD do you know why i feel like that! ?
i feel like im more of a liability than help.
:(
and we had picnic yesterday anyway.