Thursday, November 30, 2006
Sports Leader Camp 2006
Well.. Ystd we just ended our sports leaders camp.. WOOHOO!!! it was like damm fun lah.. i really enjoyed myself alot.. the end of this camp really makes me more excited in planning more in the coming future.. bcoz at the end of the camp, i see the smiles of satisfaction in their face and positive feedback that are given by them..
Day 1:
Went to sch at 7.30am.. i was late.. i didnt know about reporting at 7am.. haix.. haha.. got lectured by yong jian.. left sch around 8am.. reached macritchie around 8.45am.. right on schedule.. lolx.. so we walked the blue trail of the hike.. it was like 10.5 km if i didnt rmb wrongly.. very long hor.. So i and jerome were the anchor man for the 1st grp that left.. had alot of fun along the way although it was very tiring.. so i was walking with jerome at first but later, we walked till i walked with warda and jerome with joy.. both me and warda together with jerome and joy were walking like 2 couples like that lor.. haha.. we were sometimes holding hands, sometimes holding each other by the shoulder.. LOLX.. some even asked whether does joy and jerome stead or me and warda stead.. LOLX.. so we walked and talk till all the way to the HSBC treetop walk.. lolx.. den warda began to freak out.. i walked with her holding both her hands and she gripped onto my hands very tightly.. lolx.. she's really afraid of heights.. she dont even dare to take the lift at the mrt station.. so we walked on and on.. We finally complete and was dismissed from macritchie to go to Toa Payoh for lunch..
So myself, joy, jerome and warda took a cab to Toa Payoh as Warda complained hungry.. lolx.. so we went to wash up first and den we went to pizza hut to eat.. lolx.. so we spent bout 40 dollars there.. haha.. over there, we took some pics of ourself posing as loving couples and couples break up.. Very funny lor.. i even post with warda like giving a mouth to mouth kiss with her.. LOLX.. Warda is like such a big eater lah.. i think she eat more than me..
So afther that, met the whole congregation up.. left for City hall mrt and took bus 16 from there to kallang.. we did dragon boating.. and guess what happen, my specs dropped into the river after someone threw water on my face and i turned my face and it just dropped into the kallang river feeding the fish.. so we rowed a very long distance and den, our instructor suddenly told us to sit on the edge of our boat with is like 2 fingers thick only the max and we started shaking the boat like mad.. our boat was like full of water.. lolx.. damm fun lah.. den after that, we lean on each other back to back, legs out of the boat in the air and start shaking.. that's was also very fun.. lolx.. really love dragonboating.. we rowed for a while more and finally, we have our race.. and guess what, my grp won.. WOOHOO!!!!
After that, washed up took the bus back to CWP.. den we have our committee debrief and went for dinner..
Day 2:
Woke up at 5 am.. cant really sleep well as i was worried that smth might happen on that day.. So i reached sch at 6.55 am.. no one was there even.. so quiet.. eerrie also.. so i started blading around.. so after 10 mins, i took it off and went to get smth to eat at shell station.. den jerome came and i showed them how i blade.. den i went up to a bumpy slope and guess what happen?.. i fell.. lolx.. and my butt open flower liao.. haha.. OUCH!!! that was my 1st reaction.. and i laid on the floor for 3 mins.. lolx.. i was like a clown lor.. hehe..
after that, i conducted the briefing and sort of like punished the latecomers with asking them to do a dance.. we set off and reached ard 9am... when we reached, mr ang talked to them while the committee was setting up their own station.. after mr ang brief them, i brief them and the game starts.. so everyone set off and i wore the blades and blade ard.. and chin chuan pushed me and i fall.. ouch.. den i blade futher till yao zu's station and decided to take it off.. so i walked bare footed back and rent a bike.. 6 hrs for 12 dollars.. worth it lor.. haha.. so i rode ard to ensure that nth went wrong.. after that, we conducted individual grp debriefing and gave them the money and went for lunch.. bought macdonalds and ate with joy, warda, jerome and hafiz.. after that, started the boat building competition.. haha.. rather bored as there was not enough time.. haha.. so anyway.. wei li's grp was the overall champion for that day..
After all these was free time.. i rode my bike and cycled from one end of east coast to the other end.. was very long but very enjoyable.. haha.. den tongpang warda.. she hold my shirt and i ride her while she blade.. lolx.. den free time was over and we headed back.. we were suppose to report back at our meeting pt at East Coast at 3.45pm.. in the end, due to some delays, most ppl report only at 4pm.. and we left at 4.10pm
When we reached back to school, conducted the debrief.. rather interesting one.. haha.. i kept on swinging from left to right.. lolx.. in the end, wan er and wei li each step on one foot each and i stopped shaking.. lolx.. after that, everyone got scolding from mr ang.. and all have to do pumping.. did 15.. but that 15 caused my arm to be painful till today.. lolx.. went down and hold for like 7 to 8 seconds like that.. all these led to the announcement of the new appointed Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Sports Leaders council.. So at that time, my heart was like pounding very hard and i was very excited and nervous.. so when mr ang say the Vice president is.... everyone shouted mas and so mr ang say Mas.. instead of announcing the other vice president, mr ang announced the president first.. so i was like my heart was like pumping faster and faster and den everyone shouted Benjamin.. and he say Benjamin.. i was like damm shocked lah.. can't believe it.. went up to take my badge and as i take that badge, i felt a burden suddenly laid on my shoulders.. i feel rather doubt about my post.. i was afraid that no one will support me.. but by the support by the fellow sports leaders, i felt relieve.. and the other Vice President was Syamirah.. lolx.. all from 4M3 2007.. lolx.. and we sit side by side in class somemore.. hehe..
After that, got debrief and a talk within the 3 heads, mr ang and wei li.. so they told us what to expect, the reason they chose us and what are the problems that we will have to tackle..
After all the meeting, went to collect my specs, went for bible study at YMCA and went home..
Sunday, November 19, 2006
KL Badminton Trip 2006
Yox.. Just came back from my badminton training camp at KL ystd night.. haha..
I really missed the place alot.. i really wished that i can stay there for another week or 2.. Over there, we stayed at a place called MBA (michael's badminton academy).. It is situated at Puchong Selangor..
DAY 1:
We met in sch on the 13th Nov (monday) in sch at 8.30am.. i gave all the boys a morning call at 7.30 am.. i woke up at 4 am that morning as i went to bake a cake for Min Yi.. in the end, out of 8 peices, she ate only 1 piece.. never give me face lor.. i woke up at 4 am just to make for her and in the end, i have to give those 4M3 boys to eat it instead.. hahax.. nvm.. nxt time wont make for you liao.. hehe.. save my time and money..
So we set off from our sch at almost 9 am if i didnt rmb wrongly.. Board on the bus and headed straight for the second link.. when we entered M'sia's checkpoint, we changed to a lousy bus (will tell u why it's lousy later) and embarked on our journey.. 1 and a half hours later, we arrived at yong peng for lunch.. Along the way, many were sleeping and i took pics of them.. Everyone slept in a very funny pattern.. The twins were sleeping in different directions, some were sleeping sideways, some were half asleep only.. Wei li slept like as though he was dead like that.. he did not move a single inch at all when he was asleep.. hehe (will show u all hte pics later).. So we arrived at Yong Peng and my 1st reaction was "so suay" saw Maris Stella Badminton there.. They were like staring at us especially at Jian wei and wei li.. bcoz we they almost lost to our sch mah den wei li also won them not once but twice mah.. =X.. i ate chicken rice there.. it was very oily.. i didnt expect high standard of food there.. After Eating, i went to buy some gum and i approached a Marist to ask where are they heading to.. they were heading to BAM (badminton association Malaysia).. but they didnt answer me but game me attitude leh.. den they stare at me.. so i was like u stare at me somemore, i'll dig ur eyeballs out.. bcoz it's very rude to stare lah.. So after lunch, we carried on with our journey and reached KL ard 3 plus.. Suddenly, after reaching one of the toll station, the bus broke down.. it was like SHIT!! at the wrong timing.. bad timing.. so we all got off the bus and started playing badminton at a carpark.. we were like as tho we were very despo to play lah.. like very excited like that lor.. Darwin got motion sickness and started vomiting.. i was like feeling rather sorry for him lah.. haha.. so after ard 2 hrs, another bus came and we reached Michael's Badminton Academy (MBA) ard 5 plus to 6.. When we reached, i looked after darwin and assist him in case he vomit again.. So we went to our room.. it was at the lst floor of the academy.. very nice place.. there's TV, radio, DVD player, a water tank, EVEN A MASSAGE CHAIR!!! etc.. the room is rather ok.. got double decker beds.. and the room is like in the antartic like that lor.. haha.. den went to put things back down.. went to nurse darwin again.. lolx.. went for dinner ard 7 plus to 8.. After dinner, went to play badminton for a while.. i was damm lousy lah.. cant even lob base to base.. bcoz new string 25 lbs and i havent played in 3 wks.. lolx.. anyway, met our coach.. he gave us a rather stern view but in actual fact, he's a very nice guy.. hahax.. after playing, we went back to our rm and took a shower.. lolx.. the toilet has 3 cubical.. so i, wei li and jian wei each one take one and bath at the same time.. haha.. after bath, all of us was hungry.. so coach and ms lim took most of us out for supper.. ate wonton mee.. not bad.. quite a nice taste..Went back to the academy after that.. cant slp.. den some of the boys approached me to ask me to tell them ghost story.. so i gathered with rovson, cheehoe, jing jie and alvin and i told them some ghost story that they freaked out alot.. lolx.. slept at ard 3 plusDay 2:Woke up at 7.30.. i was the last person to wake up.. haha.. slackin on bed.. hehe.. so woke up, wash up and went to eat breakfast.. training started at 9am.. very meaning ful one.. really learned alot of stuff that i and hafiz need as a doubles pair.. I learned that there is 3 type of defences.. 1) The counter one2) A stong return to the base (smth like lifting)3) A soft one (returns as a net)I have also learned that doubles is the one who attacks the strongest and the one who attacks the most wins.. really some meaningful stuff.. I've also learned how to do a proper warm up and cooling down.. it was really very tiring but satisfying.. Training ended at 12pm.. headed for lunch and came back for the nxt training session that started at 3pm.. we did roughly the same things again.. it's really very tiring but still SHIOK ah.. lolx.. ended at 6 and went for bath and followed by dinner.. after that, we had some socialising with our coaches Jiva, Naresh and Aaron in the conference room.. we were suppose to talk bout ourself and how much do we know each other as a team.. so we were suppose to write bout 3 truths and 1 lie bout ourself.. so i began to open up bout my past..I wrote this on my paper:1) I have phobia of a drink (Bundung) due to a badminton game i had2) I have being abused by my maid b4 in 4 yrs of my life3) I have shook hands with badminton national players from different countries b44) I have slight hydrophobiaSo as most ppl have thought, number 2 is a lie.. but to tell u the truth, it's no. 3 that is a lie.. the 1st time i shook hands with national players is on day 3 during the exhibition match.. that was my 1st time.. haha.. I do have slight hydrophobia as i have very bad experience with the swimming pool b4 when i was 3 yrs old.. as for number 1, i have posted it on my blog previously.. so it's a truth.. Anyway.. had a very fun time..Ard Midnight, everyone felt hungry but this time, wei li, ms lim and jian wei went out to buy roti canai for everyone.. haha.. it was nice lah.. but i feel so pang seh leh.. bcoz y must it be me who have to look after the place.. not someone else.. LOLX.. anyway.. went to slp straight.. i was the 1st person to slp..Day 3:Woke up the last person again.. haha.. although i was the 1st to slp but i was the last to wake up AGAIN!!! hahax.. i'm a true piggy.. hehex.. went out for breakfast after washing up and had training again.. started at 9am.. this time, did roughly the same thing again but a lighter training.. bcoz we got friendly match in the afternoon.. haha.. So went out for lunch with rovson. cheehoe, alvin and jing jie.. haha.. it's so fun to talk to them lah.. haha.. abit nonsensical but damm funny lah them.. haha.. i ate spaghetti and it was not very appetizing.. and it cost RM 9.90.. very expensive.. so went back, took wink of nap and went down for our friendly match.. while i was in my room trying to slp, i heard florence scolding the C boys.. it was smth like over they didnt bring han wei along for lunch and it's like their so call responsibility to do so lah.. so i feel that no matter how much u dont like a person in your team.. but you still gotta regard him as ur team member.. so i played.. i lost all my games.. one was to a pair of doubles who are one head shorter than me, 11 yrs old and they are state players.. hahax.. so i really enjoyed myself.. After that, went to bath and eat dinner.. after dinner, there was an exhibition match by 2 pairs of malaysian doubles players.. they are damm strong lah.. took pics with them and of them.. took 2 videos of how they play somemore.. it was like scary lah.. like see no ball like that.. haha.. and the girls was like going crazy over Gan Teck Chye.. wah.. i know he's handsome lah.. but no need to get so high over him.. i got him to sign my shirt.. wei li see it liao den go take his shirt also and he signed his.. after that, all the girls went siao and they went to chase after him in his car even just for his signature.. wah.. Day 4:As usual.. LAST PERSON TO WAKE UP AGAIN!!! LOLX.. had a talk by a professor.. rather intersting that i fall asleep.. haha.. went to eat breakfast again outside.. CANAI AGAIN!!! haha.. had a talk.. and went for lunch.. didnt do much. haha.. went to eat and came back in the after noon, Uncle michael took us to KL badminton Stadium.. den followed by bukit jalil sports complex.. i saw wong choong han and another national player.. wong choong han is like so tall and slim lah.. like bamboo pole like that.. got him to sign my shirt.. lolx.. after that, came back after that for a friendly match.. i was rather sick lah when i came back that i fall asleep due to a bad headache.. woke up and went for my friendly game.. den i played with a girl.. i wasnt able to play well as the strap for my specs got lost and my specs kept dropping.. lolx.. afther that.. bath and dinner again.. haha.. that night, we went to have some team building games conducted by the coaches.. damm fun lah.. haha.. after that, ate smth and went to bed.. haha..Day 5:Got training.. this time at 8 am.. very early.. i played handicapped singles with cheehoe.. i wasnt able to smash him.. i lost 19-21.. Aftehr playing.. i suddenly felt a choke in my windpipe and i cant breath.. damm shit lah.. the feeling is very horrible.. my chest was like damm freaking pain lah.. I was like choke by phlegm like that.. lied down, rest a while and continued to play.. In the after noon, Ms Lee took us to KL tower.. it's like so so only lah the view.. the China's Pearl Tower one was so much nicer.. haha.. after that, headed for times square.. there was like VERY BORED LOR!!!.. went to starbucks with wei li, jian wei, cheehoe and rovson.. had a very fun time there.. i took rov's money from his wallet.. S$60 and RM 50.. lolx.. so i took 2 pics of him and it cost me S$60.. so i returned him the money lor.. haha.. den cheehoe said smth very funny that kept us laughing for a VERY LONG TIME.. LOLX.. i post it on youtube also.. hehe.. When we came back, we had our performance and it was damm fun lah.. haha.. had a gd time.. we said our goodbyes to our coaches.. it was very touching lor.. =)After that, went back and had a playing session with uncle michael.. i instead when to join the girls with wei li and jian wei to play with Mei Yee.. Mei Yee strong seh.. haha.. I partnered yee ying and play against wei li and Mei Yee.. haha.. yee ying keep on blaming herself that she always cause min yi and her to lose their game.. so i partnered her right.. i realised that she can actually play one.. not bad somemore.. although we lost.. but i went to talk to yee ying personally and told her and encourage her more and taught her how to improve.. she cried leh.. i was like shocked lah.. hehe.. Played till ard 1.15am.. wei li and jian wei played single while i chat with mei yee.. she's quite an interesting girl i guess.. haha.. very nice person to talk to.. haha.. really had a gd time talking to her.. at ard 1.45am, i went for a shower and so does wei li and jian wei.. haha.. after that, the 3 or us and ms lim brought us out to buy cup noodles to eat.. lolx.. slept at ard 4am that "morning"..Day 6:Woke up at 9am.. wash up, had breakfast and came back for the graduation ceremony.. really cant bear to leave that place.. i went down and took some pictures of the hall.. took with ms lee and mei yee.. haha.. left ard 1 pm with happy and enjoyable memories.. Really miss that place.. Along the way, we dropped at a big mosque and it was damm big and nice lah.. we saw the prime minister's office and it was BIG and the architecture was magnificient..During this trip, i bought 3 shirts.. 2 orange proace (1 used for autograph liao), a yonex yellow shirt and a badminton orange colour yonex bag.. damm nice lah the bag.. haha.. will take a pic and show u all.. haha..I have learned alot of things throughout this camp.. i wanna use this time to thank the following1) Uncle MichaelThanks for having us there and entertaining us and being our tour guide2) Ms LeeThanks for being our tour guide and helping us in many areas.. thanks for the ramly burger also.. haha..3) Coach JivaTks for coaching us and tolerating with our nonsense.. i have learned alot from you..4) NareshTks for coaching usok lah.. blog till here..