yesterday i went for training... after being sick, recovered, then got sick again, i'm finally back to full fitness.... went for the morning runs and finished 12 laps in 34minutes and 12seconds.. that's 1minute and 4seconds faster than my time last week!

after the runs, we had to do our stability exercises... didn't manage to play with Lim Wee Nee, Jee Nee, Ryan and the gang.. Ryosei was absent.. yesterday's training was the first time i've trained with my coach since he went to Japan and i fell sick.. training wasn't hard.. at first my shots were totally off but after a few hits, i got back the rhythm...

after that, i had my lunch, took my bath, and followed my parents to Giant.. after done grocery shopping, bought more food.. haha.. what can i say? i love my food.. went home and took a nap at around 5pm and woke up just in time for dinner.. so went for dinner nearby and then stayed home and watched tv..

football last night was not so great.. Arsenal beat West Ham United 1-0 to remain on top of the table in the Barclays English Premier League.. fortunately, Manchester United equalled that result with a 1-0 win over newly promoted Birmingham City.. a long ball from Rio Ferdinand finding Cristiano Ronaldo upfield.. and a mistake from Franck Queudrue, allowing Ronaldo to cut across goal and finish off easily..

Rio Ferdinand

Cristiano Ronaldo

after that match, i went to bed... so that wraps up my day.. till then, sayonara!

Ivan, out!

on thursday there was absolutely nothing interesting in school... 2 periods of bio, physics, bm, and maths in one day isn't exactly fun is it? and not to mention another one period of history and add-maths.. so the guys decided to do nonsense to entertain themselves rather than being bored the whole day...

it all started when Royce took a nap behind me...

then Greg had a headache...

and for some reason, Royce moved next to Greg and slept in this position...

while Justin and Zac are......... what ARE they doing anyway??

uh-oh.. Royce woke up.. and starts harassing Justin.. but why are they smiling?

i can never understand the things he do....

what now Justin?? making out?? LOL

i have no idea what this picture means..

even Zac is clueless... XD

so he goes back to reading the newspaper...

just look at the mess Royce made!!

so today is also equally boring but this time, i only showed up for chemistry and add-maths.. after that i went to the YE room and stayed there till recess... after recess Melvin and i hung around the tech block area and then sat at the pond area waiting for the bell to ring..

Riiiiiiiing!

went back home and had lunch, bathed and headed for chemistry tuition... and now i'm here.. as usual, i have training tomorrow.. 8am runs.. i did badly last week because i was still having a flu... this time, i'm gonna push harder.... that's it i suppose...

Ivan, out!

being sick sucks...

after almost two weeks since i got sick, I'M STILL SICK!!

so sunday was the match all Manchester United and Chelsea fans were looking forward to.. and i'm very proud to say that Manchester United won!! 2-0 winners at Old Trafford.. the goals were scored by Carlos Tevez on the 3rd minute of injury time in the first half and Louis Saha on the 89th minute with a penalty kick..

Carlos Tevez with his first goal for the club..

so i woke up monday morning and got myself ready for school.. i wasn't feeling that well so i checked my temperature and i was having a fever! wonderful! i stayed home and got a few extra hours of sleep.. i didn't even show up for both my add-maths and physics tuition..

the next day, i woke up and i wasn't so hot anymore.. so i decided to go to school... after about an hour in school, i started having headaches.. so i took a shower and went to bed.. i was supposed to see a doctor at 10pm that night (yea, i know.. odd hour).. but my temperature went down so in the end, i didn't see a doctor..

so today i woke up and i was totally fine.. went to school like i always do.. wednesdays are P.E. days so, just like every other week, we played football.. some others decided to play badminton but, who cares? we had a few "illegal" imports from other classes but that's just normal.. i managed to bag 4 goals on my comeback after i missed last week's match.. oh and guess who joined me in the score sheet with 4 goals?? ROYCE TAN!! haha.. who would have guessed right? but he did a good job being at the right place at the right time.. Gregsson and myself provided his chances.. other scorers in our team were Raveen (3 goals) and Greg (1 goal).. final score was 12-11.. *ignore the massive score*

after recess was history period and usually my nap time.. Justin and Greg had to go to the chem lab to complete the experiment they didn't do when they were absent.. so Zac did the exercise teacher gave us, and i slept.. during maths period the teacher, Azwan Hairi (we call him Ah-Chuan), gave us questions and told us we can do what we want after we complete it.. so i pulled out my phone and took pictures of my crazy classmates..

top view: my drink.. but Greg shook it so much till it started turning into this.. YUCKS!

"Royce! do you actually think Greg would pose with you??"

Greg (left) covering Royce's face with his smelly towel just before i snapped this shot..

that's just Zac ignoring all the madness and doing god-knows-what..

our four goal "hero", Royce, seen in between two water bottles..

Justin.. shouldn't the teacher ask him to get down?

well, that's all there is.. i'm blogging now with a stiff neck.. hope i'm fully recovered and 100% fit for training on saturday..

Ivan, out!

i'm tired..

well, i realised that i never showed some of my favourite items (LOL.. kinda lame isn't it?)..

my Manchester United water bottle.. its the old one..

i am definitely getting the new one.. SOON!!

my reebok..

have been running with these since i got it..

my HEAD rackets..

ok so that isn't many but i'm getting lazy anyway.. so there are a few pictures i took in school last week.. obviously i wasn't spotted..

Greg *right* and Royce *left*..

they didn't expect me to take a picture so it explains the facial expressions..

two of the smartest guys in my class, Greg (holding pencil) and Zachary (specs)

Justin..
self-pity? or sleeping? or what?

Justin *left* and Greg *right*..

fight ke? LOL

you can see Royce (background with tie) and Kailash (facing Royce) in a similiar situation..

so that's all for last week.. just now we did experiment during chamistry.. when we were cleaning up, Zac decided to fool around......

"Zac!! what the hell are you doing with the burette?!?!?"

so i guess that's all for now.. i'll be back in training tomorrow.. 8am morning runs!! i'll just end this post here..

Ivan, out!!

i'm back... but sick...

hey guys (and girls).. i'm back!

for those who dont know what i'm talking about, i just cam back from KL.. unfortunately, i got sick when i was there.. and i'm posting this at home because i cant go anywhere.. its wednesday and i cant even go for training later! i havent missed a training session in a VERY long time..

so last saturday i went for the morning runs as usual.. i had to run 12 laps.. i did it in 35 minutes 20 seconds i think.. and after that the whole team went back to the squash court like we do everyweek.. unlike the week before when i didnt have to do an exercises, i had to this time( thanks to my big mouth laughing while the rest were doing the exercises).. so 6 sets of push-ups, sit-ups, and more......

after that, play squash with Ryosei, Jee Nee, and Celine.. it was fun but tiring.. after that, i had my training (great!).. my coach, Kok Sin, was in Japan so we trained solo.. so after training i went for lunch and home to pack my stuff..

i was leaving for KL.....

left at around 4pm.. and stopped at Ipoh for dinner.. we arrived at my uncle's house in Kuchai Lama (i think) at around 9pm++.... took a shower and went to bed..

the next day, we went out with my uncle, aunt, and cousins.. we went to One Utama.. unfortunately my arrival in KL was a week too soon (there will be a sale next week).. haha.. so i bought 2 shirts (which will eventually be the only thing i bought in KL).. then we had lunch at Chillis.. it happens to be my first time..

i was bored.. so why not?

sorry if the picture looks shaken.. truth is, it was.. my family wouldnt listen to me when i asked them to stop for me to snap a picture.. i had to take this picture fast before those hungry hands came in the picture.. haha..

err.. i guess i was hungry.. i suddenly realised i havent taken a picture (for fun).. but it was seriously good..

+Swiss Mushroom Burger+

my family at Chillis.. without my dad (cameraman..LOL)

so after Chillis, we walked around and i passed a Honda showcase.. there were Honda Citys and Honda Civics on display.. obviously i went for the Civic.. on display were the Civic 2.0, Civic Hybrid, Civic Type R, and the Civic Type R MMR(Merdeka Millenium Race).. i only took a pic of the MMR...

isnt it just beautiful? lol.. i'd love to drive it someday..

after that, went home.. and bla bla bla.. lol.. the next day, i went to the American Embassy for my visa interview.. after i got in, my dad and i waited and waited......... and waited.. after like 1 hour or more, we were called to the counter for questioning.. and 3 questions later, they grant me a visa.. after SO long sitting there with nothing to do, all it took was 3 questions?? talk about inconvenience.. sheesh! went to KLCC after that but had nothing to purchase..

moving on.. drove to my a factory belonging to a friend of my mum's.. Euro Atlantic(supplies fruits and vegetables and certain seafood to hypermarkets, supermarkets and well, u got the point.. after their discussion, we were off to Mid-Valley (along with some fruits).. had something to eat at Secret Recipe and walked around lookin for things (to buy).. here's a conversation i had with my parents over a squash shoe..

ivan : dad, this shoe(Nike) is cheaper here than in Penang..

dad : the structure of the shoe is not for squash..

mum : yea.. i'd give it a few weeks and it'll koyak seeing how u train..

ivan : then when will i get to buy a squash shoe?

mum : you already have a spare.

ivan : i dont like that one..

mum : then you'll have to hope it wears out fast..

so yea, i didnt get to buy it.. now i'm stuck with my 2nd pair cause my 1st pair KO-ed already.. the following day, went to the Embassy again to collect my passport and visa.. after that, we're homebound.. stopped at Sungai Buluh to have Burger King.. haha.. then at Ipoh for dinner.. i arrived in Penang last night at around 9pm..

now i'm stuck at home with nothing to do and it's only 1pm ++.. i'm still praying that my mum will give me a call and say i can go for training.. but lets not keep hopes high.. so that's all for now, till the next post.......

Ivan, out....

this is the HEAD shirt i was talking about in my last post..

i got it for finishing 3rd place in Penang Junior Closed Under-17..