Kick, Strike, GOAL!

Last run...

2009-11-17T15:55:00.002+08:00

Hey soccerettes, finally is coming to an end :D, but we are still struggling with it :( Once it ends, we can do alot of things and everybody will be of legal age by den, den we can.... (u know wad i mean) hehe. so...

JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!JIA YOU!

YES WE CAN!

Mugging?!

2009-08-07T00:48:00.002+08:00

Yo, very long since someone post, all too busy mugging liao right? Very long didnt have gathering too, since youth day which is quite long ago. Lets meet up after prelim to play soccer alright? Climbing a flight of stairs and u start panting? Tummy coming out? Cant even walk 2km? Tats y we need to meet up to play, haha. Like wad suh yee said, all will become very fat after A except for jam who remains the same and vani who may be slimmer. lol.

Jia you for prelim, All the best! Yes, We Can!

I dunno who will manage to read this before prelim, but i jus want to write. :P B4 A i will post again, cya then!

-szeting-

HEY YO!

2009-05-18T21:16:00.009+08:00

hehe..nervous sia..1st time blog here.

ok forget bout tt crap. this is the all-time favourite, beloved, lovable and simply irresistable aunty here. who am i...yes it's me..ME..xinxuan(:

pls allow a bit of self-intro here. i joined team jj soccerettes in sept, the last trng b4 the pause of all CCAs for the preparartion of promos. i know it is lyk damn late and i totally regret. how i wish i can rewind time and join during the pae days. sians.
but ya..the 1st trng i went, i was greeted by a fantabulous sharron with the comment F*** on the field, during game.wat an experience?!?! it was the trng coach was back from a ban by lim xiao ***. i rmb the 1st time i saw coach i was like this coach buae pai sia but lyk a bit weirdo ah. ya..so that day marked the 1st day of my life in team jj soccerettes.
after tt is all the trngs, getting to know the girls, bonding, talking crap and life goes on. but ever since tt day, i haf learnt the meaning of a team. this team is bonded by the tears and blood it shed, the moments shared, the laughter, the sorrow, the gossips(my personal fave), the games played, the trngs went thro, the scoldings, the encouragements and many other things tt can go on and on the list. this is where our life starts and it will go on as long as the team spirit goes on.

i'm damn grateful to coach for teaching me to play and love soccer. thanks to my girls for letting me haf a team to share the moments and play soccer with. thanks everyone for bearing w me from the start when i was owaes screaming and shouting my head off more than playing soccer to until now when i can really contact a ball well and play a game well. sorry to those i've injured due to my violent nature (lyk sharron whom i gave a special mark to). i know i'm violent, rough, aggressive (whatever u call it) but it's my nature. and ya..tt was how i kicked tt girl from NJ, flat on, on the tummy, with the soles of my pretty studs and in the end caused my own team to suffer. i'm really sorry for not playing w my brains on tt day, i was too nervous and i just let the players passed me so easily. but whatever it is, tks for all the understanding.

on the ending note...u guys are the best bunch of ppl i've met. i will owaes love, cherish and rmb all of u guys. looking at all the memories tt we've created and shared who cares bout top 4? at the end of the day, it is the ties tt bind and hold us tgt tt matters. we will owaes be the one team tt holds a special meaning and remembrance in each and every one of our hearts.

ok, now for the most impt line in this whole post:
I LOVE TEAM JJ SOCCERETTES!

so long.kudos (:
xinxuan.
auntyloves.

by the one and only...

2009-05-12T21:08:00.003+08:00

hey ya'll red undies queen has just arrived at the scene! woohoo!!!

looks like a years gone by in a giffy! like what a good friend told me a couple of days back, "good times pass fast". least, I can definitely conclude all those scandalous, hairpulling moments have truly been a memory of the great past ( though i sincerely think it'll be reanacted CAN'T WAIT!).

last year in march, saw you guys, first thing was *shucks freaking load of ching chong chang*... so i moved on to see how the badminton team was like... and whadayaknow! THEY WERE A HELL LOAD OF CHING CHONG CHANG! so i decided soccer was fated for me.

As you can see, my passion for soccer was not really in built in me. it was merely a molehill... but coach and you guys really made it into the greatest mountain unseen. I may have slacked in a few trainings.. ok.. A LOT. but when i looked to my right, shucks, huishan is doing her utmost best, look to the left.. *dammit, even candice?!? so i reflected upon my attitude towards soccer.. only coming around in january 2009 when i hoped i wasnt too late.

Nationals was not a dispointment to me. i didnt come to soccer to win that shiny badge, polished yellow, plated with a layer of gold. No i surely didnt come for that. I came for the experience in trying out something new--> that is to work in a team once more. you guys made it easy for me to adapt and easily, i managed to.

I had many problems pertaining to bonding with ya'll.. first my mom didnt support my soccer decision, i had curfews, i had my work, i had family, i had my class, and i had ****** (its a him). so i was always the one photoshoped into pictures taken during occasions ( not literally). however, i found it a joy that i was still able to be close to all of you!

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;	5

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,	10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.	15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

robert frost.

yes this poem is a heartfelt poem which i want to share with y'all. I believe the path we took was something less desired by females. and like coach said, we are the *top-notch, high standard girls* (of course with a lot of modifications..heh XP)

I love soccer. i can. and we are.
signing off, tanto who just realised she's played back, middle and forward in the field! lol!

HI!

2009-05-09T23:05:00.002+08:00

HI! Suh Yee's here! I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO POST THIS THING HERE! MUAHAHAHA! Anw, wow. i didn't noe so many ppl type le n type so many things summore. Since i'm widely known for my shyness (yes! i m shy!), i shall make this short n sweet. i saw tis quote juz now. The gist of it is, ' WE DID NOT LOSE ANY MATCHES. WE SIMPLY RAN OUT OF TIME.' Muahahaha. It's uber true k! okok. I'll keep this short n sweet. 'SHORT and SWEET'. like saying 'SHARRY and SUH YEE' like tat. She better not c tis or she'll kill mi. ok. We love soccer! We love us! We love our coach! We love the sun (nice and sunny not horribly scorching)! We love the field! We love our boots! We love them better when it's newer! We love our balls (both crookedly n non-crookedly)! We esp love player No.5! Muackzzzz! And she loves all of u too! ok! End of short and sweet!

These Ties That Bind

2009-05-07T16:28:00.003+08:00

These Ties That Bind

Hey ppl, Sharron here. I'm sorry that i seldom post entries on this blog but i do my best read all the entries posted, coz i'm ur typical ah pek who always forget to blog. I wanted to use sze ting's format to blog however, it'll be like i'm copying, so i'm just gonna give a overall post of our past year's experience.

At first when i stepped into soccer and saw you guys. i thought, oh man! would they be slag? Are they joining for real? will i regret soccer? Back then, i was someone who was uber hot-tempered, cynical, skeptical, basically, i don't really know how to open up to people easily.But, I'm not like xing xuan.(who is "very" xenophobic)

Then slowly, through many trainings, many scoldings, many crying, many injuries, i begin to find out how different each and everyone of us are in our team. There are people who can burp like mega loud, do triple jumps before shooting, scream like mother cow, sing with a fake eyebrow, thinks she's the fattest when obviously she's the thinest, eat like mother cow, speak as though the voice and body don't match, take chinese but can't speak it well, skinny and flirty,has "super smelly shoes", looks like garfield(my sis), looks like barney who sings korean, who is super quiet but not to me! ,roll her eyes like no other, who speaks and yells like a baby, who likes rui en like i do!

Slowly , i begin to like the team but i didn't really show it on the field till a senior analysed how i played on field. Only then i realised that even though i like the team, i didn't trust you guys when it comes to match play. So with the help of you guys and my seniors, i slowly change my temper, slowly try to trust you guys on field again. I began to really enjoy football when i did all of that.

We started to work real hard for the nearing season and even though we did not make it to top 4, i know that we all did our best. We started from ground zero, from nothing to something. We fight like hell during match and gave our opponents a good fight. It's always about the process, not the success.

I want to really thank coach for his guidence and patience to coach us from a "zero" in soccer to decent soccer players. I don't think that there's another coach like him who is this great and i'm 100% sure everyone agrees with me.(not fallacy) And without him, we'll really be nothing.

I also want to apologise for my oubursts during trainings and matches, if i have offended you in anyway, it was never intentional.

Lastly, i just want to say that soccer and you all HAVE changed my life and how the way i look at things. You gals are the bomb! This is the team i will always remember, always miss over the years. This is the team where i know that at the end of the day we will always be ONE team and that's something that nobody can take away from us. These are the ties that we've created from day one when we stepped into soccer, these are the ties that bind.

It's me again!

2009-05-07T00:34:00.002+08:00

Hello, I'm Sharry Kwan from 08S20 if you still dunno me.

First, I wanna apologise for making szeting walk out of her emo state while she was typing out the post below. (scroll down to see the long essay) Secondly, I waited an hour for my turn to blog. cool hor?

Jus wanna thank everyone for everything in the past one year. May it be good or bad, happy or sad, we managed to reach the end together as a team. Thank you for all the funny stuff tat you all did since day one when I rejoined soccer (cool huh? i think i'm the only one whu does it) Few years down the road, when I look at those photos, I think I will still laugh until LS. Life in JJ wun be so interesting if I didnt join soccer. HOHO! Take care ppl!

P/S: Who posted the song below arh? Nv claim ur credits for posting.

SHARRY KWAN!
fan of rui en and ______! (",)

HAPPY ENDING!!!

2009-05-06T22:30:00.002+08:00

Trainings had ended, and even the last match ends today. But the 18 of us will stay on as a team.
We had been training for the past one year, we sweat, we teared, we bled. The memories tat we spent together as a team will stay on forever, and we gonna have more memories together.
I hope that i did my job as a captain, and i apologize for the times when i scolded you all. I really learn alot from this team, thanks to each and everyone of you.

1. Iezah-TEDDY BEAR, U are the brave soul who step forward to be the goalkeeper, i really salute you. You really improved tremendously, we seen how u dive, slide and block the ball during training and matches. You are the pillar of support of our team, everytime we felt tired and felt like giving up, we will look up to you. You are always full of confidence and u do ur job as a goalkeeper dutifully. You are our NO. 1.

2. Kah Poh- From the slack trng in sec sch to soccer trng in jc, u have really endure. i admire ur determination. i rmb the times when u will ask us to go and kick around during breaks and on sat. You really become stronger, how u used to cry in trng in j1, until now someone who scacrifice her face for the team. Dun worry my ''retard sis'', u are still pretty, if nobody want you, jaystine is around.

3. Yuen Fong- Our only left-legged in the team, and the one who can really kick with both legs. i really like ur cross-in, tat when u became my idol. haha. You always felt tat u din do well in the matches, but in fact, you played well. Your shots are powerful! We will continue to kick around during ur pc lesson on thurs right and continue analysing abt the matches that we played?i will always relate u with garfield and the action tat u do with ur hand up, fingers together.

4. Jaystine- Yo bro, i know u faced problems coming to trng, but you tried your very best to attend all the trng. You have the speed, maybe cause air resistance doesnt affect u much. Being so skinny but yet u are tough. Dun cry okay, i still rmb tat u cry after reading my sms when we went for the 10km run. oh ya, one piece of advice to you, dun be too flirt and dun get stress up easily, take it easy! haha

5. Suh Yee- big eater of the team and scholar. You make mi happy every trng with the smile on ur face. During trng, i can really see your effort. i still rmb the time in j1, when our right leg was injure, we train with our left leg together. haha. i need to apologise tat i din realise u are the vice-president of csl till yesterday, haha. Continue eating but watch ur diet and be HAPPY!

6. Jia En- Barney is a dinosaur!!! Last time i really think u are cool but not now, when i see ur crazy side. Like how u sing loudly on the roads and ur screams. U and ur magnetic leg during the match, everytime u are always somewhere near the ball. AND i know 9 is ur fav no. haha. wear purple hairband and be who you are. GREAT HEADER AR!!!BIG BANG!

7. Xian wen- I know u felt outcasted in the team at times, but all along everyone of us treat u as our team mate, we are a team. we may not be as good as the senior, but we tried our best. We treat u as our team mate but at the same time, we respect u. when we all started as noobies, u helped us alot. Thanks for ur help and advice. YOU ARE PART OF US!

8. Sharron- Vice-captain, thanks for ur help all along.you have changed alot, from the hot-tempered u, to someone who cheered for team mates on the field. And stop showing mi ur magnetic stomach, everytime the ball will jus land on ur stomach and u take control of the ball. i will always rmb how ur corner kick scored. we will continue to play soccer right and i wish u a happy ending with ...

9. Joanne- the baby in the team, and i will continue to piggyback u. haha. i look up to u during matches, u are calm and u dribble past opponents easily. you used to be scare of ball, but not now. OH ya, u are jj first scorer. We used to study together, gossip together, but u like become very busy recently. We will still study together right?

10. Vani- the onli one who keep calling mi coach 's daughter, haha. our team top toe- poker. Stop saying tat u are fat, when u are one of skinnest in the team. during the season, most of the matches u are not in ur top form, but u tried ur best. u really have to take care of your health, and stop dieting. U really need food, have meals with suh yee more, she can make food seems so heavenly.

12. Hui Shan- Ronaldo. so comical when u imitate how ronaldo takes a free kick. i guess the whole team will jus rmb the shot tat u scored against coach and the way u danced. THE SCHOOL BULLY episodes WILL BE CONTINUED... haha. Oh ya, with ur not very big appetite, rmb not to order alot of food when u cant finish it. haha

13. Jam- YO DARLING, u never fail to bring laughter to the team. With ur chinese, neck rotating and rolling eyeballs. AND not forgetting ur r----- jokes. i will rmb how u teach me the angle of the head when kissing, haha. rmb the jamua song dedicated to u, when we struggled in our pt. u will continue to amuse us with ur weird actions right?

14. Tanto- SPAMMER!!! thanks alot for ur help in relating msg to the team, which normally end up spamming them. haha. I still rmb the time, when u told mi u stay in singapore for soccer, so touched sia. Although ur parents did not support u in joining soccer, but ur passion is there. Lastly, dun care me gangleader although i kick ppl in the face. haha. ORANGE!!!

15. Candice- Although you are quiet, but i know you really care alot abt the team. Like how u sit by the side to wait for us after trngs while we drag, and how u jus sat quietly with us when we felt sad. Your little action by jus supporting us, is good enough. All of us are unique, and u are unique in the quiet way and the way u randomly crap. Candice, u will continue to play soccer with us right? cya

16. Sharry- see, i m blogging while chatting to you on msn. haha. How we first started to gossip when u are still very quiet and when u quit soccer and come back to soccer. haha. i simply admire u for the way u analyse how we play during the game, and how we can better improve on the game. I think we have around the same taste, haha and great singing. Continue to support Rui En and u know who. :P

17. Xin Xuan- Auntie, although u join us at the later part of j1, but u never give up. remarkably, u really controlled ur scream. i still rmb the time when we all tried to take penalty kick, when its ur turn all of us covered our ears. haha. u played well for the last match, and u prove tat i m not the only tat will kick ppl. dun change ur auntie character okay mayb he will like ur auntie character someday.

20. Jing wen- i think you are the only one who can play everything, from goalkeeper to striker. Ur stamina is superb, u can jus run and run without panting and u really can head. Dun belittle yourself, u have the ability. Speak up louder and be more mature ar, and dun keep a house full of hamsters. XIAO HAI ZI, JIA YOU!!!

COACH, thanks for being our coach. Without you, this team will not be possible. Although u shout at us during trng, but is all for our own good. Our passion for soccer starts from you. Sorry to disappoint u for not getting into top 4, but we did our best. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR COACH!!!

i hope all of the soccerettes will blog abt wad all of us went thru for the past 1 year and soon we will step down and hand over this blog to the junior.

Last but not least,

YES, WE CAN!!!

2009-05-02T14:55:00.005+08:00

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We're All In This Together
Ben Lee

I woke up this morning
I suddenly realized
We're all in this together
I started smiling
'Cause you were smiling
And we're all in this together

I'm made of atoms
You're made of atoms
And we're all in this together.
And long division just doesn't matter
'Cause we're all in this together, yeah

I saw you walking
In the city
We're all in this together
The city's changing
'Cause we are changing
And we're all in this together

Every 12 seconds
Someone remembers
That we're all in this together
In the kitchen of your rent control apartment
We're all in this together

Come on baby I don't mean to rush you
I only wanted to reach out and touch you
I've got to start to open my heart

I know you think about jumping ship before it sinks
But we are all in this together
Ask a scientist
It's quantum physics
We are all in this together

And on the subway we feel like strangers
But we're all in this together
Yeah I love you and you love her and she loves him
But we're all in this together

You know baby there's never been protection
And all the history of human connection
Come on darling its alright to show me
You don't ever need to be lonely
Once you start to open your heart

I saw you crying
I started crying
'Cause we're all in this together
And then religion is a big decision
But we're all in this together

We're all in this together.

Our memories.

2009-05-01T23:04:00.003+08:00

Hey soccerettes, the blog has been inactive for quite some time alr so i shall blog smth now. :D
I know all of us are dissapointed w e fact that we are out of A div alr. BUT! Do rmb we still have one more game next week and i think we should try our best to win this match cos its gg to be our last match tgt as a team. It's sad to say this but thats the fact, we should all treasure the last moment we spent tgt in e field.

When coach say coming monday will be our last training, some of us including me feel quite sad and sudden cos training is like part of our life alr. i guess all of us will miss those training days we had when we see our juniors in the field after we step down. Although sometimes trainings were quite tough , i'm v glad that most of us endured and that makes what we are today! also, although we become more motivated and 'on' only at the start of this yr, i must really say that all of us have shown great improvements within this period, esp CANDICE! :) haaa

One more thing to mention. i think our team become more bonded now as compared to last yr(cos jiaen gossip w us!) haha. but bonding is diff becos tanto always eat dinner w her classmates and NOT us! lol. ok, i'm just kidding. :D

Anyway, i must say that ur are really a great bunch of ppl, i've nvr regretted joining soccer although i'm always scolded by coach( but i know thats for my own good la) Hopefully we can still gather ard in sch to kick, gossip and even study tgt. and i seriously hope coach can still stay in jj. Nth much to say alr, just hope all of us can work hard for our A lv and get good grades, get into the U that u wan and so on.. rmb, we are always a team no matter whr we are after we graduated from jj. love ya all and thanks coach for everything u've done for us. :)

Ps: dont catch my errors pls.
loves, kp.

HELLO!

2009-03-25T23:46:00.004+08:00

Hello all! I'm sharry from 08S20 and this is my first time blogging here.
I noe you'll be excited about wad I'm going to write about, but relax arh,
let me bullshit awhile (:

okay, I changed my mind.. cos quite late alr arh.
so today we started trng quite late as coach got 'B div takraw' (issit spelt lik tat?)
which the guys made in to semi final (issit semi final? omg, i got STM!)
before trng, we went ard the noticeboard to paste all the post-it, some very interesting wan,
if you free, go read arh.
wad i'm trying to sae is still, we started trng late.
den all the dark clouds,lightning and rain come at the 'right time',
and we had our drills outside LT5,
den drills..drills..drills.. den signal off, we went to the field.
splitted into grps to do different things,
tactics, monkey and shooting.
while demo-ing drill, coach kicked 2 balls out of the sch and 1 onto the tree, how cool is tat man!
so jays and I wanted to save the poor ball down from the tree, but we failed.
den after tat is match in the semi-darkness.
had our match for awhile, den coach talked to us.
...about training stamina..A div..vjc and their 12km run..jays being the most pretty need to record the drills..dun let our effort go down the drain..j1 got potential (partially adapted from st).. and so on.. with all the mosquito attacks.

and so! we are left with like.. like.. like.. 2 weeks left to 'A div'
Jia You man! WE CAN DO IT as long as we BELIEVE WE CAN!
LET'S DO IT MAN! (sounds wrong, but wadever)
We shall do our BEST and not regret! (:

P/S: sharron asked a riddle today about trees: 'Do you know why trees are so unlucky?' and the ans is damn funny. (find her for e ans) oh ya, and jiabao got a cute mosquito bite on her forehead (x

signing off..

TAKE CARE PPL! BELIEVE WE CAN OKAY! (:

2009-03-04T22:27:00.000+08:00

Friggin hot weather wasn't on our side today. And we all looked like we were going to die from heatstroke.
But then again, everyone survived and I did too, if not I wouldn't be here blogging.

So that stupid weather lasted for such a long period of time, and it really affected our performance. That was what I can see, and feel at the same time.
Nevertheless, Coach was undeterred to make sure that we carry out our drills properly and gave us frequent water breaks.
Even though I was in my keeper's position, as usual, I would honestly say that the most energy draining and "killer" drill would be that number calling and attacking/defending/shooting drill. I would take my hats off to the team for persevering under the sweltering heat because even without much movement, I already felt like fainting from where I'm standing. The weather was just too hot.

So guys, Coach had to say what he had to say and hopefully this would be a lesson learnt. Not just learnt, but greatly remembered.
We've already formed a team, the only goal now is to move forward as a team.
Come on girls, we have to wake up, and I believe we can.
Just stop pressing the snooze button and friggin open our eyes.

Oh, and not forgetting, our dearest Wileen Kristanto's birthday!
I wanted to type your long long name here, but I forgot some, so I'll edit this post again soon.
Happy Birthday dearest teammate, may you be blessed with all the joy and happiness in this world.

And so we trained under Mr Sun and yeaps, a few of us plus me did the triangle and shooting drill.
And utmost thanks to Coach for buying me new gloves!
I can never be happier (:

Ended the training with juggling and whoots~! managed to beat coach's score for juggling!
(When everyone summed up their best scores)

Hopefully the weather for the next training wouldn't be so evil.
Take care girls, and rest well !

Iezah

2009-01-30T23:14:00.006+08:00

Training ended pretty early today at about 6pm.
But like every other training, we learnt new skills, and improved on the old ones.
Coach taught us ball skills, mostly using the front portion of our feet to move the ball around.
We then proceeded to do some passing drills, which I find a little confusing, yet fun once you are able to execute it well.
We then did one on one dribbling with a partner, something like dribbling past the opponents.
It was really fun, and very much like competition, and with every "ole", it feels pretty good.
Heh.

Coach had to leave early so we had an early match, half field, as usual.
I played outfield, and like every other occasion when I play out there, it's a whole new experience.
Coach says I don't look up when I dribble the ball and that I am afraid of losing the ball.
That's true.

The match ended soon enough, and coach left.
But without leaving us with a few "tasks" to complete.
Coach, mah (:

We did about 200 step ups on the ball, then 100 sit ups with the usual "JJ!" shout to end the whole procedure.
Then we sat down to discuss about CNY visit to Coach's House.
Camwhored too, with tanto's camera.
But in our unglamourous state, sweat and all.

Well, you have to admit though, Soccerettes DO look our bestest that way (:

Went out for dinner at Jurong Point!
And we ate at Kopitiam.
Vani and I packed chicken rice from Banquet.
Then we met Jasmine. (Kaypo only, this Jasmine)
:P
Haha, kidding!

So yupps, Vani and I left for home afterwards, and that was it for today.

Rest well girls, and see you when I see you all (:

And Iezah signs off.

2009-01-21T22:26:00.002+08:00

YO, so long since we last blogged. There onli one training for this week and is tmr, quite a handful cant make it tmr due to lessons, injuries, illness. Hope tat next week trng the attendence will be better. Went for 5km run with sharron, iezah, kristanto, yuen fong, hui shan and candice today. We really need to improve our stamina, hope everyone can turn up the next time round.

A division coming, so we really have to buck up and train. Less den 2 months left, Jia you everyone. Whenever you feel like giving up, jus rmb our goal, TOP 4! DUN GIVE UP! Take care of your health, more and more people falling sick and chinese new year is coming. At the same time, we must study hard, perserverence!!!

This coming fri, lets have a team lao yu sheng right after the celebration. If we are allowed to wear red shirt to school, lets wear the red soccerettes jersey. After tat, we shall proceed to bugis for shopping and reunion lunch. Pls reply if u are gng.

Tats all, bye :P
-szeting-

2009-01-11T00:45:00.002+08:00

This is going to be one super long post about chalet (:
(Ho ho! Bad idea to let Iezah blog haa, since she is so well-known for her long entries)

We had our soccer chalet from January 7 to 9 (actually for me it's from 7 till 8) and trust me, it is one of the highlights of this new year.
Basically, it was pretty much a chalet for the Soccerettes, organized by Coach.
But it was exceptionally fun and full of nonsense.

On the 7th, I had to rush all the way to Tanah Merah to meet up with the girls before catching the 3:30 Shuttle Bus to SAFRA Resort. But I was late by a few minutes and the bus had already left with the whole lot of them. So I cabbed all the way there. Trust me, the cab driver was so nice, because I was super clueless with directions, and so he helped me out.

Upon reaching the place, met up with the rest of them and went to our bungalow, Bungalow 9. Coach was already there of course, so we unpacked our things and tried to make the chalet a homely pad. We basically slacked to the max. And for once, it looked like Coach was the only one doing all the work. But hey, we played our part too. And Sharron and Sze Ting were like mommies, setting ground rules and sweeping and mopping the floor. Most of the time, the television was our only source of entertainment. Plus, it had cable, so what more can you ask for?

"Eh, you guys come here, like at home don't have TV ha", says Coach :P

And Coach caught prawns, there were the big ones and small ones and Tanto picked one random prawn and asked this innocent question "Eh, this prawn how old ah?"
And after that we looked at all the prawns and guessed their age, and spotted one prawn that looked like it was Coach's age.
That prawn was the biggest one of all.

Then we camwhored like it was nobody's business. Thanks to Yuen Fong, whose camera became the hot item for the moment. She was also on high demand la, since she went around snapping pictures.
Sigh, girls will be girls.

The Tai- tais of the team played mahjong with coach and we went around doing random things like scandalling in the rooms and piling on top of one another on the beds. Seriously, we were bored.
Wednesday was a superslack day and we spent most of the time sitting around and eating cup noodles.

Evening came, and they had this horror/thriller film on one of the channels entitled "SHROOMS" and it was plain hilarious, because we started screaming for no apparent reason, when the show wasn't even that scary. But Suh Yee's expressions were classic, and Coach made it worst by switching off all the lights, and closing all the curtains. In the end, we all decided that the horror movie revolved around mushrooms, and for a minute, things just doesn't make sense.

The show ended and we were lazing around on the chairs when I heard guy voices from behind. Upon turning, I saw two heads popping out of the curtain which made me screamed. It turned out that two guys without even knocking first, had opened the sliding doors in our living room and requested for some drinks. How rude.
But obviously, they were tipsy, and even asked for alcoholic drinks. Then asked if we played soccer, and asked which team, from what school.
Xinxuan then said loudly "None of your business".
Which shut the guys up and Coach was there and he was giving them that look that he usually gives when we do nonsense on field.
Stupid neighbors.

We then locked all the doors and windows (just in case).
Coach brought his lappie and we had fun using them, plus he showed us soccer videos on VJSG and it was really an eye opener. Really.
And there and then, it feels like we're not doing enough, or putting in enough during training.
It was solemn for a while, and I felt super guilty, so I went up to the second storey to find Sharron, Kah Poh, Jing Wen and Sharry listening to Sharron's iPod and discussing about music.

Coach told us ghost stories and stories about his younger days, and it was another side of Coach that we rarely get to see or hear. It was scary la, that pochong story he told us. I was the only one freaking out and the rest looked indifferent.
(Duh, I was the only Malay around -_-)

We slacked and waited for the Manchester United and Derby County match to start. I was already sleepy, and so was everyone else.
The match started, and Coach pointed out some useful tips that we can use on the field. Throughout the match, everyone watched quietly, and I think it was because we were all so sleepy, yet trying so hard to be awake.
And Coach was also very quiet.
Then one by one, the girls slowly retreated to the bedrooms upstairs.
I couldn't take it and surrendered during half time.
But before that, I turned to look at Coach.
No wonder la, that man was already asleep with his mouth wide open.

Fancy staying up so late to watch Manchester United get defeated? I don't think so.

HAHHA, Coach -_-

Woke up, and we had breakfast.
Campbell soup! And egg sandwiches!
I was so hungry la, and Coach said that I eat like a Hungry Ghost.
I'm really hungry, what!

We then got changed and booked the street soccer court nearby and played with Coach.
Street soccer is so much more fun and less tiring than on field, due to the small space available.
Played and then we ran 20 laps across the court.
And did 150 sit ups and push ups.

Sharron made her awesome fruit punch!
And Sze Ting, Yuen Fong and I had a fun time helping, and drinking of course.
The rest of the team came down for bbq!
And we all helped to bbq.
Coach used A LOT of aluminum foil and butter.
I call it lazy barbecue.
Because you dump everything inside the aluminum foil with butter and then put it inside the fire.

"Eh Coach, why you only put one prawn on the gauze? Put many many la, bbq very slow like that"

Coach: "The prawn wants to play alone la, see it likes to roll here, roll there" *takes tongs and rolls prawn everywhere on the gauze*

After prawn turns orange.

"The prawn went for sun tanning", says Coach

Jam says "Eh Coach, put the prawn back with all the other prawns la, make them jealous"

LOL!

Not forgetting "The Father Prawn" right, Coach?

Some of the prawns had blood oozing inside their shells, at the head portion.
"Yesterday this prawn did a lot of heading la, that's why", says Coach.

...

And a lot of things happened.
So we bbqued until the seniors came! Thank you so much for coming down, you guys!!! :D
And helping out with Sharron's party! We really enjoyed being with you guys!
Because you guys made everything so much more fun and we even had an online karaoke party together with Coach's laptop.
HAHA, I had a feeling we destroyed the microphone.

I went to microwave the marshmallows and stir it with nutella after it melted. Just for fun.
I made a lot and a lot of it and I think I totally destroyed the ceramic bowl because the marshmallows hardened and it was so hard to remove.
And Coach got super excited when the marshmallows expanded upon heating, and when you stop heating it up, and open the door of the oven, the marshmallows would shrink very fast.
(Coach cute, hor getting excited for no reason)

The girls then secretly prepped the second storey for Sharron's Birthday Party that we have planned beforehand.
And it was hilarious because at this one moment when Sharron wanted to go upstairs to get something, about 6 people stopped her at the exact same time.
"SHARRON, WAIT!"

It was just hilarious la, because she looked so blur and those who called her were thinking up of excuses.
In the end we told her that Coach called for her.
But Coach wasn't helping much because he looked just as clueless!
xD

And then we surprised her!
Funny thing la, that hamster, she DIDN'T suspect a SINGLE thing. After all that had happened.
Woa seh, blur sia.

And we had fun laughing when Sharron tried to blow the candles on her cake which kept on relighting upon extinguishing.
We then blowed on the candles together and tried to put out the flames.
It took A LOT of time.
And some genius even wanted to pour water la!
After we finally managed to blow everything out, Yiting went "The cake's all yours!"
Imagine how many gallons of saliva were on that thing!

Soon, the few of us had to leave so that we could catch the last shuttle bus back to Tanah Merah.
Vani, Suh Yee, Candice, Hui Shan and me.
It was a long train ride home, and very exhausting.
I reached home at 12am.

It was so much fun while it lasted, and I am going to treasure it forever.
Thank you Coach, for everything, thank you Soccerettes, for making the experience an unforgettable one.

And not to forget, Happy 18th Birthday, Sharron! (:

To be continued....
for the moment pls visit http://s487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/soccerettesloves/soccer%20chalet/
for the photos, not all are uploaded as there are a few hundreds of photos. pls be patient :P

2008-12-22T23:32:00.002+08:00

hey, just wanna say thank you to everyone here..

well training friday was quite tiring.. i only attended the physical part, which consists of going up and down the stairs 6 times(8 for jam n jia en), and also 400m run. for me, i was vvvvv tired after the stiars thingy, and having to run those rounds was really challenging me. i think all of us were tired, but we still completed the rounds, although some of us din quite meet the time limit given to us.

well, wat really happened to me was i couldnt really breathe properly cause of my flu, and i was really really tired. all the rounds i was running really slow, behind of everyone else. but until the last round, someone said something that really motivated me to continue running. i remembered sharron said that her legs hurt. and it was during the last roud, when sharron said these words to jia en to jia you for her: come on, my leg so pain already i still can run. i was really touched and motivated. i tried to run faster, although stil v slow, and i wasnt the last for that round. thak you sharron.

well that was not the only thing that touched me that day. when i was walking out of the school gate, xian wen came back from spc with a bottle of 100+. she offered me some. at first i said no, but she said, just drink. so i drank. i was touched because i felt really appreciated.

sometimes during training, we may feel tired, and need some motivation. i feel that whenever this happens, we just have to look around and see the effort that each one of us is putting in, and u wil be motivated too!

its really great to feel that u are not alone and u are appreciated. i really wan to thank everyone for all this time that we have known each other... i love u all and have a very merry christmas!!!- huishan

2008-12-18T23:22:00.002+08:00

Today we had a match with NUS's Yusoff Hall. Thankfully, the sun remained throughout the match, though there was a slight worry of a drizzle before the match began. The first eleven were Sze Ting, Jing Wen, Kah Poh, Yuen Feng, Xian Wen, Jia En, Jaystine, Sharry, Joanne and Jam, and Iezah of course. Though the 11-a-side match was a little messy, they defended well against the NUS girls. Then later, we played a 7-a-side match which was played better; also, everyone got a chance to play and gain more match experience. The seniors came too and rallied us on which was really nice of them(:

After the match, we had a drill in which was to improve our passing to one another during a match-like situation. It was drill which I think helped in our coordination in passing and also taught us to see different approaches in attacking.

Jia you everyone!
-Candice

Cooperation

2008-12-09T23:28:00.003+08:00

hmmm, i think coach said that word for every debrief. Seriously.

We played against ofs today. Even though we lost, there's signs of improvement.

However personally, i dun think it's sufficient. Like what coach said, they have 6 years! That's like getting to know your really good friends in primary school! What about us? We have one pathetic year. So really, we need to cooperate with coach. Work harder, play a match like you want to win it, not just walk in feeling nervous or scared, it never helps.

Nevertheless, it was again a great learning experience for us all. Through match play, we kinda learn the mechanics of how the game works. It's alot like playing cs. It's predictable. But when a real war comes, anything can happen and it's all unpredictable. Similarly, a real soccer game is unpredictable. With 50 -50 balls and player's touches.

Hopefully, through more friendlies, we'll improve further, play better, and not let coach down.
12 weeks to war girls, brace yourselves.

Sharron signing off

2008-12-03T23:25:00.002+08:00

hello....... huishan here.

today, we had a match with the j2s. the weather was great today! lots of huge clouds helped us to block the strong sun. i thought we played rather ok today. the 1st eleven were sharron(as per norm), jing wen, iezah, kah poh, jia en, sze ting, sharry, yuen feng, vani, jam and jo. hope i remembered correctly, haha. anyway, the first few minutes was a bit blur. but eventually, everyone sort of 'got into the game'(must listen to HSM1 song 'get ur head in the game', hehe).the first goal in the game was scored by the j2s, followed by sharron's penalty kick. the final score was 6-1(which was better than the previous 6-0, i hope). well, at least there was an improvement, a small one though.

coach mentioned that 2day, generally, there was an improvement. but there can be more!! come on girls, 12 more weeks to our a level-i mean a division, haha. endure!! we need to get our basics right so, practice more!

after full time? we had another 15-20 minutes more of game, followed by penalty shoot out. everyone got a chance to take a penalty:) i thought it was rather stressful when u have to take a shot and everyone else is looking at u :p but i got a damn taiko shot, haha..

anyway, i think everyone did quite well today. i enjoyed the whole journey until now with everyone of u. let's continue to keep up and improve ourselves! ENDURE

2008-12-03T22:42:00.002+08:00

HELLO ALL, JAM HERE!
Today was a fun day, playing against seniors and some girls from queensway sec.
Was the j1's second match ever, and second match with the seniors too! We definitely learned alot today, and were able to gauge our level.

Girls, i think we should work harder from now on, and train on our stamina and skills. Like coach said, our A div is in 3 months, and that leaves us with about 20 more trainings only. Let's jiayou and we'll be able to play much better too! :D Coach says we have the potential, let's prove him right. I can tell that he's got expectations for us, we should live up to them right! He's done so much for us already, time to give back to him.

Anyway, today's match was definitely beneficial, and we know now that we REALLY need a classroom lesson. Haha. :)

I love playing with you girls, and let's work together as a team for the remaining short time that we have cos we'll be stepping down real soon also. Each training should be looked at as our last, and we should give it all we've got yeah! :D soccerettes rock onnnnnnnnnnn!

friday trg! =D

2008-11-22T23:42:00.003+08:00

attendance for fri self train was 14!
gooder than wed! XD
did warm-ups w my soccermates.
passing drills,
1oo right leg, 1oo left leg.
and den dribbling round da cone!
3 sets instep. 3 sets out steps. and oso 3 sets of stop, backball, turn dribble. heh.
and den we did one more drill. its a new one!
5 in a grp! hourglass shape!
1 pass 2.
2 pass 5.
5 pass 3.
3 pass 4.
4 pass 5.
5 pass 1!
hahaha! sounds complicated! but nt whn we started doin it =D
den we played a game, monkey! heehee. fun!
water break!
aft tat we had some shooting drills!
my balls were flyin everywher! :X
ohh! jw was doin great! her placings are good! well done!
jiayous soccerettes! hee!
cos my kuku ankle, i gotta rest.
so i went to tk st's hp. and walk ard snappin photos of them.
OKAY! i knw... my camera skills SUCK. awww.
they had a match lata. and i was da goalkeeper! so FUN...ny =x
HAHA! but i went upfront to play lata. whee!i love soccer luh!
esp play match. heh.
hope my ankle will heal faster. cos now pain agn =(

hmmm GIRLS! JIAYOUS OKAY!!!
coach will be back from thailand today!
will b coachin us agn.
few more mths to Adivision!
pls attend trg okay!
cos we can den improve frm there!
and work hard for coach! for ourselves! for da love of tis game! =)
GO SOCCERETTES! XD
lovelove! muacks!

*JOANNE-

2008-11-18T11:10:00.002+08:00

in de past, there's someone who always tell me this : All of u started off at de same starting point..in order to surpass others u have to work hard..diff ppl reaches de peak of de mountain at diff pace..however, we r a team..we shouldn't b tinkin of surpassin our teammates..we shld aim to b better than other teams out there..i believe none of us have proper soccer trainin b4 joinin tis CCA so.......

let's all work hard TOGETHER n dash across the finishing line TOGETHER..!!but i admit im one of the slacker..durin and after de suspension n de promo break, i became lazy..i no longer kick ard as often..bt tinkin bak, i shouldn't push de blames to those xternal factors..it is me hu is lazy..hu is reluctant to take the ball n kick..dunno heard or c frm where de: de biggest enemy is nt de one in front of u...it is de one hu is in U...is it on nike shirts?let's try our best n give our fullest durin trainin..let our actions prove our words..JIAYOU..!

i rmb coach sayin tis: if ur contact is wrong no matter hw many times u kick, be it hundreds or thousands of time, ur kick wont improve..so let's pia n make all of our contact rite..let coach c our flying n zoom zoom balls when he come bak..!!GAMBATAE..!!

WORK HARD!! JIAYOU!! ADD OIL!! GAMBATAE!!

~jingwen~

2008-11-16T22:25:00.004+08:00

Especially for us, TEAM JJ SOCCERETTES.

There's no "I" in Team

2008-11-16T21:26:00.004+08:00

Title: There's no "I" in TEAM

Sharron here.

The title is there to remind us that we are a team, no matter what.

I rmb my first soccer training. I had mixed feelings when i was walking towards the P.E. porch, Is it gonna be fun? Am i gonna be scruntinised? Is that Coach gonna notice me? Will he eat me up? Are the people nice? Am i going to enjoy this?

True enough, all these questions were all answered in my very first soccer training. It was fun, he noticed, he was patient and he din eat me up. The people were far from unfriendly, they helped, they talked and motivate. A very determined bunch.

That day i left the field, motivated and i only had this in my head.
" Damn! I'm so gonna join this cca!" Why?
"Great coach, great people, what's more to ask?"

Then in one of the subsequent trainings, coach talked to us about soccer.

He mentioned that it takes GUTS for a girl to join soccer. Because soccer is no joke, it's a contact sport, it's physically and mentally more demanding then many other sports.
It pushes you to the limit, it makes you shit ass tired after every training and match because you work with almost every muscle group in your body.

Seriously, not every girl will join soccer after hearing these things.

Then he mentioned that soccer is really one of the few sports in the world that builds on teamwork, the bonding in the team which plays soccer is always very strong. Why? Coz we work together and suffer together during training and during match. And the level of satisfaction you gain when you succeed is beyond description, the feeling will be beyond euphoric.

He ends by saying that he respects each of us girls who joins soccer. That he is thankful and he WILL put in 120% to train us up, to make us improve. The exact words were,

" I can't make you a star, but i can make you a decent soccer player. But we all have to work hard together to succeed"

So soccerettes( including me), can you see and feel how passionate coach is and always will be about soccer? I can, because i walked out of school that day not regretting my decision to join soccer.

But the main thing is, this feeling, it fades, it goes away.

I'm sure we all feel like hell after everyone of those debriefs coach gives. But that feeling, it fades and before you know it, you'll be back to normal, half forgetting what he said the training before.

Have you all realized that he has stopped saying all these? Come on gals, if we keep letting our feelings fade and not giving our all, it's only a matter of time his determination fades. And when that happens, there's nothing we can all pretty much do, or salvage.

Remember, there's no "I" in Team. To succeed, it takes all. So work harder, put in our very damn best, kick ass during training. Bring back coach's determination, make him smile more again and who knows, we'll all be able to improve, to kick ass, to become a decent soccer player.

Sharron signing off

2008-11-16T20:52:00.006+08:00

Yupps, Iezah here.

Referring to Sze Ting's post from below, I would like to express my view, I'm sorry if this hurts anyone's feelings, but I personally feel, that yes, it's true.

Mere excuses are not helping much. And I must admit that, it's difficult, yes. Every training is. And of course, frankly speaking, if I'm given the chance to escape training, I will. But come to think of it, what's the use of us doing such things. Wouldn't it be easier if I quit this CCA and get everything done and over with? Training is an integral part of our CCA, and therefore, what you have signed up for, is what you get.

So now, I don't see why that effort isn't being put in. I do admit, I'm not at all perfect. As a living, breathing homo sapien, to be specific, a girl, I do admit that the thought of training makes me go "ARGH, training.....". Even so, I do try to make that effort, to attend training sessions. And those days when we have no trainings, I'll join the self training sessions, which I believe is a big disappointment on it's own. Attendance is barely half, and you call us, a team?

It's hard girls, it really is. Sickness, is unavoidable, but there's no harm in attending, really. Give it your all. It's tough, the seniors have been there, done that. And look, they survived. We've ran half way through the marathon, and it's a waste giving up now when there are only a few more laps to go. All we have to do is just, sprint.

Thank you Sze Ting, for bringing it up.
And thank you, Sze Ting's "enlightener".

It 's time to...

2008-11-16T20:08:00.013+08:00

It's time for us to wake up, everyone including mi. A division is only 3 month away, and we are still slacking. We are the ones who choose this CCA, nobody force us to join anyway. Since we choose this road, we have to put in the effort. Has anyone of us put in our 100% that we had promised coach during the training. None of us did! I m not trying to pinpoint anyone here, all of us had the same mistake.

There are always people who are not around for training, but there are always reasons to y u all cannot come for trng. If we really have the heart to train hard, even if we are sick we still can go for trng. When u are down with flu or cough, u still can come for trng and do something light. We should come for every trng, if u have any lesson or anything else change it to another day or another time slot. we only train for 2 days per week and at the most only 4hrs per trng, which is not enough.When coach is not around, there will still be self training, everytime when there is self trng the attendence drops, sometimes i really hate to think that the reasons for not coming are excuses. An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. We shouldnt be happy when there 's no trng. Everyone single one of us should reflect on ourselves, including mi.

We train for our own good, we hope to achieve something in our jc life. I dont think anyone of us wants to lose. We shouldnt disappoint coach or miss lim. Coach is only paid 2 hrs every trng and he really put in 100% or more to coach us, none of us wants to disappoint coach. Coach is onli disappointed in us when we din put in enough effort during trng and in matches. We train as a team, so we jus fight as a team next year. I really hope that everyone will get into the team next year, everyone has to work hard. All of us felt really sad and we are really motivated everytime during coach's debrief, but none of us really show it with action. We seems to forget it the next trng. At times i really felt that the team this year is a disappointment, can we really call ourself a team?. A simple thing such as a relay, things cork up.As the captain of the team, i played a big role and yet i let this to happen, i apologise here.

From this moment onward, i hope all 20 of us really change our mindset and put in 100% in trng. WE CAN DO IT!

-Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. -

Trng will still be on this wed and fri. 3.30 pm, blue tee on wed and yellow tee on fri. PUNCTUAL!

Bring boots.

As for the notice board and street soccer shoes we change it to Thurs.

WATCH THESE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4HXVAW8qss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8RfU4GQZo

p.s. Thanks to that someone who has enlightened mi.

Pls blog abt ur views.

-szeting-

TEAM PHOTOS!!!

2008-11-14T23:15:00.003+08:00

FORMAL SHOT
BX 's favourite pose with jam standing up...
Informal shot ( some people din close theirs legs properly)
WARNING

2 photos below are not for children under 17.( creator: sharron)

p.s. sorry garf, i think its funny so we should share it with the team... hehe

Look at the video, i didnt know jam's eye balls is so ....

SHocked?!

Look at jia en acting cute and jam is jealous when attention is diverted to jia en.

Prisoner "7" : Jamuna
Jia en still got the mood to comb her hair when she is being lock inside...

1. Next wed and fri there will be no trng as coach is away in thailand.

2. However, we shall come back to school to decorate our notice board and we can have games among ourself on wed.

3.As for Fri, we will be gng to queensway to search for street soccer shoes and xian wen to find her boots. ANY ONE interested in buying street soccer shoes, pls inform mi.. we can buy together :D Coach, bon voyage. Lastly,....

Chalet

7- 9 jan 2009
tanah merah safra
pls make urself available :P

Take care everyone, we onli have a few months left b4 A division next year. Jus hang in there, and i really hope that everyone try their best to come for trng. There 's not even one trng will full attendence, so everyone pls stay healthy and strong :)

Dribble. Strike. GOAL

szeting signing off... :P

2008-11-14T22:34:00.004+08:00

SO HERE I AM AGAIN POSTING.

SOMEONE owes me TEN BUCKS OKAY.

It was raining again today, with that non-stop beeping, from yours truly, the lightning warning system. There wasn't any field training today. We lugged the equipments all the way up to the grandstand, where coach prepared three stations for us. The first one was making use of that flexible band which you looped around your waist, and pull yourself forward to touch markers. It was definitely tough, because all you felt was this pulling back sensation, and our dearest Jia En even succumbed to that, and fell backwards. HOHO!

The second station was using this ladder. We did various footwork with it and because of that, we obtained blisters. Sze Ting's one was best. Big, and PEELING. TEN BUCKS. It was also partly due to lousy socks. But I personally feel that the footwork was fun. It was like dancing, and we had an insight to Vani and Jam's Indian Boogeying Culture. It was a bit tricky too, but once you get the hang of it, it was really very fun to execute.

The third station was where everyone evolved into their various animal forms. Presenting, the hamster la, squirrel la, weird creatures. But there were 5 markers, and we had to run around them according to the figure 8. It really made me dizzy and it was slippery too, so everyone had to watch their step. Coach then added a ball in which we dribbled around the markers using our in step and out step.

Everyone had a taste of the three stations, and it was quite exhausting, but manageable. NOT FORGETTING, THE SENIORS CAME DOWN TOO! Okay, sorry, but yes, it had been some time since we last saw them. And yes, CONGRATULATIONS! to those who have already completed their A Levels (: For the remaining others, JIA YOU! Thank you seniors, for coming down.

We then ended our training with 5 sets of push ups, and 5 sets of sit ups. Coach really knows how to "cure" our upper abdominal muscle cramps. I think we are all developing six pecs below our boobies. Hopefully.

YEARGH!
Rest well, Soccerettes (:

And Iezah bids farewell, till the next post.

2008-11-13T21:51:00.002+08:00

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ME AGAIN, HUISHAN :D

haha.. yday was a rather disappointing day:( we were supposed to have a match with overseas family school. everyone who reached changed into boots but not to wear shin guards n tie shoe laces.. so, we did as told. we started warming up. then, the wind started to blow the dark clouds to our 'territory'.. disappointment sia.. anw, lightning alert sounded and we had to stop our activities. everyone sat down and talked crap. everyone really really hoped that the dark clouds would go away and the lightning alert would stop..

then, the overseas family school's 'manager-coach' came over for a talk with coach. we were told that if the alert doesnt stop by 5:20, we would have to postpone it. then, 5:20 came... the 'manager-coach' came again and said we have to postpone it. coach asked if we could have it on this friday. the 'manager-coach' said that it would be too short time for him to inform the players' parents. so, we would have it next week.

coach said that their players had trained for only a very short time, hope this could be an advantage for us.. anyway just play hard and nv give up. just lik wat coach said, no matter who is leading, just play our hardest!

so, the match was postponed, wat's next?! PHYSICAL!! initially we were goin to do some skipping. but in the end, we only managed to find 1 skipping rope... -.-''' so, we did some other things.

first, we started with sit-ups and push-ups. 40 sit-ups in a minute for 3 sets(initially was 4 sets). then was 35 push-ups a minute(which was reduced to 30, then 25). after that, we did runnig on the spot and kicking our legs over our partner's head(sorry, i don noe how to descirbe the exercise:p) the last thing we did was jumping over each other. don noe how many ppl sat on me!!! haha! anw, it was fun:)

training ended with some chit-chat with coach.. and the lightning alert din stop even until we left! anw, just hope that the stupid lightning alert will not sound again when we have any matches..

jiayou everybody!! -huishan:)

2008-11-08T10:50:00.006+08:00

It was a freakingly burning, hot weather yesterday.
We can even see heat waves emitting from the ground, and I guess that partly contributed to our performance during training.
Everyone was easily exhausted and dizzy due to the intense heat.
Coach was very understanding and gave us frequent water breaks.
He was even kind enough as to not let me be keeper for the earlier part of the training session due to the weather condition.
When it was much cooler, I was keeper again.
Thank you, Coach.

We did a lot of shooting mostly, for the first part of the session, and we then did dribbling for the later part.
It was fun having to join the girls for their usual shooting drills seeing that I was always upfront catching their balls, and I really appreciate the experience.
Even though my balls mostly flew everywhere except into the goalpost. Heh.
Dribbling was tricky too, even though it was the basics, but everyone put in their best effort and we had fun (:
The girls then practiced defending and attacking, gameplay on field.
It was tiring for them to have to run all over the field, but standing at the goalpost, I can clearly see that everyone tried their best, and it made me proud.

Training ended early at about 6:30pm after a few ball handling skills.
Do recover soon everyone, and take lots of rest, okay!
^.^

And Iezah wraps up yesterday's training.

2008-10-31T23:43:00.002+08:00

A Short Training

today we were to report to school at 2.30pm. and we needed to be punctual but as usual,, not everyone was punctual. but at least everyone reached before 3pm. coach came close to 3pm and decided to ask us to change into boots as he was afraid e rain may come. so we did not go to gym today. we did our warm up before coach came. tanto and vani were slightly late and did their own warm up. xin xuan came even later. i dunno why though.(:

shariff[i dunno how to spell],, jun jie,, and 3 other guys came to help out.[ one is sze ting's classmate another i tink is sth yang one then e last 1 is i tink perry or wadeva his name is.]

then for today's training we were split up into 3 grps and trained diff things. defenders train how to clear balls den attackers trained how to shoot and center mids,, last man and stopper did crossing of balls. all this lasted for about an hr plus. soon,, tanto left to go home for her halloween party. then everyone gathered to do some other drills while e attackers cont wif their various shooting drills. hui shan left at abt 5 i tink. cant rmb. X=

at ard 5.30pm or so,, coach let us play game. i was expecting a half field kinda game but in the end he said play full field and 11-a-side. we were then split into 2 grps. then got a few guys joined each grp. i tink my grp won? lols. but it was quite tiring for everyone. coach left early. slightly before 6.30pm. then we end e game at ard 6.30pm cos got ppl injured/not feeling well. e rest were oso quite tired alr. i tink today everyone did quite well. *CLAPS!*

thats all!(((:

xoxo
xian wen(:

meow!!

2008-10-26T22:43:00.008+08:00

last friday, 24th..
some of us have econs make-up so we came late for trng. did warm up with szeting sharon tanto jay n sharry.. n i kept laughing. i can only rmb we laughed at sharon's 'eye-shadow'(right eye only). haha, damn funny.
we did 'pulling the ball' (dunno wad it is called) n e 'c whu sprint faster n score 1st' drills. ha, many of us fell onto e ground during e 2nd drill!! it's quite fun though coz i hadn't fell since *** years alr.
had another game with dos soccer guys+mr ng. i think one of e guy wanted to pass the ball back to the keeper BUT it's so dark tad e keeper can't c the ball. n guess wad, OWN GOAL!! ha.
oh ya, i can't really hear wad iezah said to e team after e trng but IEZAH JIAYOU K!! same goes to the rest!! =) WE CAN DO IT!!
btw, coach came training with his 'sexy' legs. hope we dun get kiss by e sand files too. get well soon to dos who r injured or sick!!

training on 22 oct 2008

2008-10-23T20:36:00.003+08:00

it's been raining these few days(because of the monsoon seasonand bla bla bla....). yesterday was no exception. so, due to the lightning alert, we started training with doing physical in the gym. some of us did training for arms, some did running.

finally, the lightning alert stopped! yeah! we could go out to kick in the field! we pracitced quite some heading and high ball control and i screwed up! >.<>

anyway, training ended with some passing and dribbling drills. and at last, we went around to look for 3 missing balls. i think the school should have some lights around the field. it would ba easier for us to look for missing balls and also, see jam(kidding la...)

so, to end this post, i wish everyone a happy day and get some good rest for tomorrow's training(sorry wont be joining u guys - i mean girls)! let's all jiayou tgt! soccerettes WHOOSH!

with love, huishan:)

Lost N Found Part 2!!!

2008-10-18T22:51:00.002+08:00

Cant really see wad is this??? This is a bikila shirt, haha. Tat y this post is called lost n found part 2.
Whose turn izzit now????
guess....
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XIN XUAN!!!

This shows how forgetful our team is. Oh ya Tanto is forgetful too, she forget to bring toothbrush for leaders camp and she only get her toothbrush when jing wen and garfield help her to buy on sat. Imagine how she brush her teeth on fri night and sat morning. LOL..

Jo, hope ur throat is better now, and hope to see u on wed for trng.
Siti, hope u recover soon, so ur mum will let u come for trng.

Lastly, i want to say tat we onli have a few months left to train, so please endure with the trng, all of us want to improve so put in the effort. Jia You!!!

szeting signing off... :P

Today's the appetizer

2008-10-17T23:17:00.003+08:00

Hey peeps,

I spent 15minutes to get a title for this entry. So i hope this phrase would be relevant throughout this entry.
Hmm, training was pretty normal today except for the fact i know that, the training is fast becoming tougher each time. We did several placement drills, passing and gameplay drills. All very basic drills and essential for our improvement.

Think today's scene which happened btw me and szeting is really shit funny! she practically tried to do this pepsi-cola 1,2,3 move on my legs during one of the drills.
There were other funny moments too but this makes it to the top of the table!

Generally, i feel that what coach says is true, our team can make it one, it's just that we have to work uber hard, and have the passion for the sport. So that means, practicing whenever possible. watch more soccer games(LIVERPOOL) and jog whenever posslibe.

I came into this cca becoz i felt that i can learn something new, something useful and seriously, i've found it in soccer. So i hope everyone feels the same and take the initative to learn more.With improved skills m We'll be able to win matches and became a strongeer team.

Like coach says, it's just the appetizer so brace yourselves.

Sharron signing off

2008-10-11T00:41:00.009+08:00

Today was a bright and very very very sunny day.
And at 4:30pm today, we kicked balls.
I started earlier, at 3:30pm because of keeper's training.
Everyone stretched, everyone kicked, everyone cramped.

So to put it this way, training today was more of physical, running, and yes, brushing up on our footwork skills.
We started out with everyone standing in a straight row, and another person will go down the row, doing passes, volley, heading, trapping etc.
Coach was all geared up, as usual.
And it didn't help much under the sweltering heat, but everyone persevered.
We sweated, salivated, got dehydrated and yet, we survived the ordeal.

And Chai was there!
Thank you for coming, Chai!
Our seniors have all disappeared for the A Levels and we really miss them.
You know, having to look at Xian Wen all the time, it gets boring. (U'oh)

I learnt ball handling during keeper's training today.
My ball handling skills are still not up to standard, but I shall work hard.
And like Sze Ting said, I have the potential to be a Number 1.1 Keeper, because Yiting is our Number 1!
(:

Coach says that he has a new job at a HDB place, as a legal loanshark who calls people up to settle flat debts.
He says that he work with many aunties.
May he hook up with an aunty and live happily ever after.
We shall all wish for his happiness.

After the footwork drill, we drank water.
And then the real fun comes in.

Coach created 3 stations:
1) Dribbling 6 balls within a distance under 40 secs.
2) Continuous shooting of 8 balls into a small corner of the goalpost.
3) Continuous running and touching of many many discs for about 2 mins plus.

One station took us about 5 minutes, or maybe more than that.
The dribbling was quite butt- cramping.
I don't know about the running and touching discs, but it looked like a major killer.
The continuous shooting was fun, but very challenging because you have to drag the ball straight in between your legs, face your target properly, position your leg well, thighs lifted, lean back, and KICK!

YEARRRGHHH!

There was a touch rugby match just now and we cheered loudly when our rugby team scored.
Let's all hope that we'll have such avid fans supporting us for our match too!

Soon, it was nightfall, so we packed all the equipments and went up to the grandstand for some light exercises.
We did about 60 times bending of both right/left leg, 50 push ups, squats and about 100 cruches/vampire thingy.
Coach started talking gibberish, which was not surprising of course.
Something about Jia En and watermelon and Jam and her Indian issues.

Then we had a de-briefing.
Coach gave a talk about practically everything, and truthfully, it was very uplifting and motivating, and personally, I feel that it boosts my morale.
I think Coach is putting in so much effort, and we should too, because as a team, we support our team mates, don't we?
And yes, it's good that Coach pointed out the roles we play in the team, like how our Captain is working very hard for the whole lot of us.

A very big thank you to Sze Ting, and from now onwards, we shall all work together to help her.
Sze Ting, don't be afraid to nag/scream/scold us, okay.
At most we'll just give you hate tags in this blog.
Just joking, la (:

I am very happy today, because I think that some people have started to slowly open themselves up, warming to us.
Thank you Candice, I really appreciate your offer to help keep the equipments just now.
It was very helpful of you, and we hope to hear more of that sweet voice of yours often, okay?

Basically, everyone did well today.
And I am very, very proud of my dearly loved team mates.
Like Coach said, these are just the "Appetizers", therefore, no matter what, let's just focus, look ahead and anticipate what's to come.

Training officially ended with Coach's famous "Adios, Amigos!" farewell bid.
And Sze Ting suddenly became pervetic and started to carry Sharron.
I didn't know Hamsters can fly.

Thank you everyone, for helping Jing Wen and I to keep the balls, and yes, I almost fell into the bag when I tried to reach out for the balls that were at the bottom.
):
It felt scary.

So YUPPS, we SHOWERED, I didn't. And we left afterwards.

And basically, here's my post for tonight, to sum up today's training.
I apologize for being very long winded!
And yessaa! Let's all look forward to the next training's post (:

"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."
- Mia Hamm (American female soccer player)

Rest well, sweethearts, and drink salt water.
Stretch!

And Iezah signs off here (:

2008-10-11T00:01:00.003+08:00

HELLO LADIES! Jam here to post for today!
Anw, my blog is www.sixjamjars.blogspot.com
Ya'll must link okay!

Training today was funfunfun!
Alot of physical, 45 mins each. Challenging, but we made it through together!
Did more things like sit ups and all and really made me feel like we achieved something together cos today we didn't train as a whole team :(
Claps to those who were injured but ren-ed and continued to persevere, like joanne, bao xian and sharron!
That's the spirit man.

Coach shared some stories after training too, very inspiring ah! Haha let's make him proud okay girls! We shall work harder from now on cos i know we're capable of more! :) OH yeah, just wanted to say, i know everybody has their fears and limits but we had to break free of them in order to succeed alright girls! Haha thanks ah joanne, for paotoh-ing my secret fear of chesting. I was like screaming all the way that day la! HAHA(:
Okay then, jia you soccerettes! We're all in this together!
:):)

LOTS of love, jam

p.s. thanks you seniors, for coming back to guide us even though it's so close to your A's. Wish you all the best! :)

soccer trg!

2008-10-08T23:02:00.003+08:00

my turn to blog more on todays trg! HAHA! XD
hmmm. yes! after my OP. i went for trg which is lyk 4pm.
it rained! boo! then i was pretty sian.
cos cant outdoor soccer. we were doin drills lyk ball ctrl and volleys in da shelter.
and lata in da grandstand we did some ball handling drills.

den suddenly gt announcement.
"ding dong dang!!! attention blablabla"
duno wad thingy. den OH!
no more lightnin alert. whee!
i was super happy de lo!
but then... i injured my left thigh and right hamstring straight.
without doin anyt.
HOW SWAY CAN I BE!
sup sad!
i so wanna kick balls today.
was so excited.
then lidat.
ARGH!

i gt paired up w JAM! haha.
and i din do much drills =(
JAM was funny! keep screaming whn she gotta chest da ball.
PSSST all.
she has phobia. HAHA.
but i tink we all do.
JIAYOUS soccerettes!

aft tat. we had da shootin drills kinda.
it was reali fun to learn new technique. da 1-2 1-2 thingy.
some sort lidat. haha.
need alotta thinkin whn playin soccer!
no joke no joke! gee.
challengin! XD

aft tat, there were shoots out.
right and left!
and knw wad.
YA GALS DID GREAT!
haha!
i was passin da ball to mates and gt reali excited.
whn i see their balls flyin high/hard and zooming into da net.
sup HIGH! haha.
i so wanna kick too. but i cant.
sadded.
but wanna tell ya all GALS!
tat ya all did reali great!
jiayous SHOOTING wor! im sure we can all do it!

aft tat trg end le. coach said stuff.
we really must make da effort ya girls!
do our best!
only few more mths.
we muz work hard!!!
TOGETHER! <3

wanna thanks da seniors! for comin back to help in trgs!
ya guys are GREAT! lovelove!

HEEHEE. tats all for today! TATAS! XD

*joanne-

Lost N Found!!!

2008-10-08T22:19:00.004+08:00

Trng today, quite ok except for the part when it started raining.

wad is interesting is the part after trng

LOST N FOUND

These are the things we found after everyone left, a water bottle and 1 side of boots. IS ONE SIDE OF A BOOT ONLY!!! LOL

mus be either jam or jia en

so i called jam

me: jam, is ur shoe bag very light or jia en's shoe bag very light?

jam: wait ar, jia en check ur shoe bag! ( without checking her's)

after a few seconds,

jam: HEY,ITS' MINE!!!

see how interesting jam is. she is always full of surprises!!! haha

Next i called joanne

me: hey jo, leg injure mus drink more water

jo: ok, thanks

me: remember go home drink water hor

jo: ok

me: at home, u drink water is use wad?

jo: cup

me: den in school?

jo: bottle lor

jo: WAIT, u all holding on to my bottle?

jo is another blur one.

Jo, hui shan and xin xuan hope ur legs recover soon

kah poh, hope ur elbow recover soon. sorry

iezah, hope ur finger recover soon. and sorry tat i kick ur stomach!

Siti and vani, rest well. hope to see ur next trng! :P

to all seniors, thanks for helping us to improve in soccer and studies. Thanks alot. All the best for As.

Lastly, i hope we can really keep up to the promise that we made after trng, that we will really train hard and do our best.

Take care everyone! :P

2008-10-07T23:54:00.003+08:00

Just a few pics i wanted to play around with!!! (:

2008-10-02T20:23:00.007+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

BAO XIAN!

WE SHALL DO UR FAVOURITE POSE TO WISH U HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :p

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TURTLE!!!

heehee. may all ya wishes come true on this very day.

GOOD LUCK FOR YA A LEVEL!

STUDY HARD!

slow and steady wins da race!

hohoho.

DUN STOP KICKING BALLS TURTLE! <3

haha, sorry turtle we kop ur pic from ur blog. :P

TRAINING

2008-09-30T18:04:00.002+08:00

Training this coming saturday 4 OCTOBER.
It will start at 8.30 punctually, so reach school and change into your boots earlier.
Attire is yellow soocer tee.

Pls send your height and weight to szeting for trng purpose. Thnks!

Tc and look forward to trng :p

30th September 2008

2008-09-30T01:55:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY,

SITI! :p

ECP OUTING! :DD

2008-09-30T01:50:00.007+08:00

HELLO ALL.

8 soccerettes went on cycling yesterday (a total of 19 km from ECP to changi beach). WOW :O

Below are the pictures we took at ECP.
Hope to see more ppl appearing on the next soccerettes outing, hopefully whole team! :)

reported by KP! <3soccerettes.>

First Post

2008-09-30T00:55:00.018+08:00

1ST OUTING!!!

First soccer outing, woo hoo~~
Xian Wen was sick so she didnt manage to join us...
Went to Jurong Lake Park after a long walk from JJ.

We Had canadian pizza for lunch again...

"Dun shoot mi when i m sleeping"

Coach trying out his new bag, our birthday present for him. lol
look at sharron, trying to tou pai coach, caught in action!!!

Trying out his new cap too..

PHOTO TAKING... :P

Time for bollywood!!!

our neck-rotating instructor, JAM!!!

Doing billy banja...

Had a fun day, more outings to come.

lastly,

See how happy our goal keeper is...haha
-szeting- <3soccerettes