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Friday, June 24, 2005 { 2:33 pm } ;
0 repliesi've started playing netball for only about 4 years. it was only in 2002, when i was in secondary 2, that i knew more about the national team; or so it seems. i watched the NSL admiring the ladies who played in the league, esp the national players leading the various squads. there were only 2 names i knew; sng li li and premila. and boy, i thought i knew a lot already. was even dreaming of being on the national squad.
so tat was like years ago. i snapped back to reality and realised i'm too far off from being as good as a player from the the Under-17 national squad. but with a little more knowledge on the national open team; the coach, the captain and the prettiest one of them all. and then a few months back, i went back to my secondary school hoping to pass down the tradition and knowledge to my juniors. i was quite disappointed i couldn't carry on with my plans as there was a new teacher who offered some tips on the training. i kept asking 'Who is she? i've never heard of her. which national team?'. i still believed my coach's ways were the best for the girls. so i let the new tcher take the seniors while i took the juniors. i approved of her ways but still told her the things we usually do. she didn stay for long though; she has trainings everyday.
tat was until i read the papers to update myself on this yr's NSL that i came across a familiar name- Wendy Tan, Captain of ____(the same team my own senior is playing for) and this yr's Vice-captain of the Spore Open Team! wow! wat huge news. and she still remembers me! hahz
and so when my seniors,Swift, were to play against Nike Air, i was sure it would be a great game. i came to watch my captain play against wendy; the captain of a club play against the vice-captain of the open squad. the chances of Swift winning was low, maybe close to none, but they still turned up, like true sportswomen willing to take up the challenge and see what their opponents could offer.
at first i was watching the game as if i didnt belong to the club involved in the game. i was in awe of the players from nike air; in awe of the person whom i didn know till a few months ago, in awe of the few national players i know were playing the game. i found out a little later, that 6 out of 7 players from the nike team are national players. i was like holy crap! we're like nobodies! i'm exaggerating a lil but i know how difficult it would be to play against an almost-full national squad. i've not had the experince but i've gone through it psychologically and its not easy. then, i began to shift my attention more to my seniors. how they actually managed to be so calm and continue having the drive to play, to increase the score even after the score difference is about 20-30? i was amazed. i was awestruck. not by huge, famous national players whom many idolise, but by the Swift team, my own seniors. it wasn the first time i was awestruck by them. but i just realised that there isnt a need to look up at the people who are good, considered the best, and also famous. sometimes the people whom u shld really idolise, are the people whom u actually know.
So here’s to the swift team. A tribute to u.
Sunday, June 19, 2005 { 9:12 pm } ;
0 repliesSo here's my first. Or second. U figure out urself. huh.
June 19th 2005. To many its just another Sunday, another Father's Day. Some others made tis date more historic. Someone i noe did. Its her first day as a missus. How happy i was for her. She's got someone to love her. But i think i said smth wrong. Felt so embarassed cos i couldn take it back. i jus hope tat God will bless her with an never-ending blissful marriage.
Actually, i haven decided whether i shld post my pics on the blog. Ooh crap. .
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