soundcheck: better man (robbie williams)
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

this is gonna be my anthem for the next few mths at least..
hahaha, am back from Summit hotel, KL, M'sia.. it was defined as a "training tour that aims to provide match exposure" and also as a "team bonding experience".. lol.. so obviously i learnt a few lessons.. new lessons, new experiences, new friendships, let's break them down one by one..

lesson #1-- how to play hockey

m'sia style of play is so diff, so much to learn from and adapt for ourselves, from set pieces to formations to tackling to beating players.. this trip is so vital to counter teams with similar styles, and to use it to our adv and tear other teams apart.. i feel that our team's future looks so much brighter than at hockey camp.. ironic isn't it, aft 3 losses out of 4.. wellwell, on a personal level, i finally found out the reason why i'm the most misfiring forward: not my positioning, not my off-ball running, its my god-forsaken TRAPPING.. it's gotten so bad that its worrying.. what someone said is true, every ball i mis-stop frustrates all 11 on the field and the other 12 on the sidelines.. i really need to iron it out.. so i think i shld throw myself in the deep end and ask ALM or elmo to fire balls at me during 3 man transfer and stop them.. no time now for trying, it's now or never..

lessons #2-- how to survive 5 hr bus rides with saints hockey

this sounds weird, but the only way, it seems, is to get rid of tongkat ali.. now, let me explain.. ALM and preet are the only ones going aft innocent bystanders, esp at the back of the bus and torturing us and asking stupid qns like "who rocks?" and " cannot hear, say louder!" lol, i should have stayed in the front of the bus with marcus for the ride home, shit.. haha.. well, at least ivan got it worse than me.. now that poor boy is paranoid of anyone calling his name or touching him..

lesson #3-- some friendships need patience & time to forge

i can count 3 friendships that were strengthened on the tour.. coincidentally these 3 were one of the first few ppl i dind't really like in the first place.. now i see the importance of not jumping into conclusions too early.. at least these 3 and others are much more nicer and sincere than others, so yeah.. sorry for not disclosing who this 3 are, just prefer to keep personal stuff that way- personal

anw, on a crappy note, this is my plan for the nxt 2 days bef sat: PIG OUT, WATCH TV, SLEEP.. better be a pig while i can..the shopping bonanza that we all had in mind never materialised, but at least i still got my high-cuts.. haha...

peace..

quote of the day: ".. i think some of you are sick of astroturf and sick of hockey, at least some of you. go back out there for one more half, then chill out on the journey back to singapore before the next training."-- gerard martin danker