it is over.. england has lost to croatia at Wembly 2-3.. they are as good as out of qualification for Euro 2008.. i am very pissed at their performance.. and i can finally admit after years of denial, that england SUCK.. being a top 10 footballing nation, they were expected to qualify.. and they screwed up.. Steve McLaren, the manager should be sacked.. its time england find a good coach and IMPROVE!

yesterday was out last day with Joel Brown.. he will be moving to KL and i can say on behalf of all my school friends, we will miss him..

so what did we do on our last day with him? well, we went to BJ Complex (yes i know, lame place to go for a great friend's farewell).. we watched 30 Days of Night.. we went in to the cinema and the guy told us its free seating.. we were about the only ones there.. Melvin, Dexter, Vickram, Elu, Jae, Benny, Joel, and I watched.. i can say that the movie was FREAKING GRUESOME!! Dexter was like covering his ears half the time.. but i'd give this movie a 3-star rating? was kinda disappointed that the hero died..

so after the movie, we went to the bowling alley.. we met up with Phuah and Jacky there.. those two joined Benny and Joel for a game of pool.. the rest of us bowled.. although we didnt wanna put it that way, the bowling match was actually indians against chinese.. Vic, Elu and Jae were up against Mel, Dex, and I.. we lost.. but Elu was the worst player (so much for being in the school bowling club =.=).. Justin came halfway through the bowling.. he played pool with the rest..

then, it was futsal time.. futsal was mainly the reason why we chose BJ.. we played although it rained.. maybe it was because Justin was around.. *laughs* the 1st hour was Mel, Dex, Phuah, Benny and I against Joel, Vic, Jae, Elu, and Jacky.. we didnt count how many goals there were though.. just had fun playing under the rain.. in the 2nd hour, it was Jae, Elu, Benny and I against Joel, Vic, Mel and Dex.. Justin played for awhile for my side.. but most of the time, he was photographer.. when i tried to put the camera on his lap, he thought i was gonna touch his you-know-what.. so he reacted and my camera fell.. darn u Justin.. but still working.. here are the pictures camera boy took..

haha.. childish people.. using this method to split into 2 teams..

what was he thinking doin that pose?

that's me taking a corner kick..

and there were also pictures of the group..

and of course, our VIP..

i guess that's all i have to update..

Kidnap My Heart

this is the soundtrack of the upcoming movie, Taking Five.. it stars The Click Five but with Eric Dill instead of Kyle Patrick.. love this song..

had coaching today.. the class was 11am to 12pm.. as usual i woke up late.. got up aournd 9-ish.. i left the house at 10.30am.. i reached the courts with time to spare.. watched Nicholas and Uncle Yeap coach their class.. and of course, the oh-so-rajin Mr. Yeo Kok Sin was also there.. that dude coaches everyday..

Ee Wei is still not back yet so Kesh and I took her class.. this class is alright but there is one particular boy that got to my nerves a little.. he keeps talking and wont run like the rest of the class.. and asks me dumb questions..

hey teacher, what is your name?
I'm Ivan.. and i'm not a teacher.. (but he still calls me teacher throughout the whole class)
*later*
*boy serves* good shot..
hor hor.. u said shut up..
no i didn't.. i said good shot.. =.=
*later*
which school are you from teacher?
Free School
Free School is upside down *laughs*
wtf??

but overall, the class can be handled.. i have already completed 3/35 hours of my coaching course.. wont be able to put in any hours for a while because i'll be leaving for the US of A this friday.. will be coming back on the 10th of December.. i will try to update when i'm there.. so keep checking.. =]

went to g hotel just now for dinner with my dad's co-workers.. i think it was at the g cafe.. i really like the hotel concept.. the interior is very different from most of the hotels around.. the food was good.. but i wont talk about that.. i'll just end it here..

Ivan Ng

i missed out something..

i started coaching just now.. took two classes with Keshminder.. the kids were great.. they listened although i'm just a new coach.. will have another class tomorrow.. but i'm not sure if i will make it..

~iVaN~

i do not want to talk about my semi-final match yesterday because its total nonsense..

went to Sue Lyn's party/ gathering/ get-together last night.. we all hung out at the pool-side.. ate, played truth or dare (but for our case, it was dare or dare), splashed water and ran around i guess.. Melvin and Dexter were the only siblings there.. how unfortunate for them.. the guys (me included) ganged up to throw Mel into the pool.. Dexter laughed.. BIG mistake.. he was next.. haha.. they got thrown in about 3 or 4 times..

the girls got it also in the end.. at first it was just us guys splashing water at them.. then someone (i wasn't looking) pushed Charis into the pool.. so it was madness from there.. Dexter couldn't stop pouring water at her.. i think it was his way of revenge.. LOL.. then Sue kena from me.. well, not into the pool but whole cup of water.. she wanted to get me back and that's when a series of unfortunate events happened.. i turned around to avoid the water and Christopher came running towards me.. BANG!! my head to his nose.. i heard from Jia that his nose was fractured.. SORRY CHRIS!! but i really had to give him thumbs up.. he could still joke after that.. i guess i kinda messed up the party mood for everyone.. *ouch* we both were on the ground for a while after that crash.. when when i was on the ground, some people tried to push/pull me into the pool.. although i'm still not so sure who..

went home after that.. and straight to bed.. woke up this morning at 7am.. no runs for me today.. i have i final match to play.. went to the courts at about 8.30am.. while i waited for my match, talked to Max, Nic, Slim, and Katherine.. for those non-squash people, Slim is Lim Wee Nee.. there is another Wee Nee in the Penang team so the coaches gave them nicknames.. Allan was in a shooting mood today.. obviously i was the target la (as always)..

my match was the last match for the day.. i played against Fakrul.. he improved alot since the last time i played against him.. i was still struggling with the pain.. i won the match 3 sets to 1.. even though i'm a Penang boy, i didn't get any support.. only Jia and Melissa and when Nic's parents came to watch i got a bit more support.. Fakrul got all the support from the crowd although he's from Perai.. i dont wanna say this but its true.. Penang supporters suck.. i mean yeah the players support the players but besides that, all silent.. Butterworth/Perai people so supportive for their players.. anyway, i won the under-19 event.. not that its anything to be proud of.. my friends from the elite team arent allowed to play this tournament..

i'm done babbling..

WHAT TIME IS IT? HOLIDAY TIME..

SCHOOL'S OUT! SCREAM AND SHOUT!

well, almost.. just one more day.. not that i'm going tomorrow anyway.. haha.. went to school yesterday though.. Mel, Vic, Joel, Zac, Jeremy all turned up for school.. why? it's JOEL BROWN'S LAST DAY AS A PFS STUDENT!! i hate you for leaving Jo.. nahh just kidding..

went straight to the tech block.. we played badminton again.. it was total madness.. we played doubles, singles, standstill badminton (new style.. XD), and even dual hand badminton.. LOL.. Royce and I paired up and played against the Chuah brothers, Mel and Dexter..

Chuah brothers in action

I'm going for the smash.. roar!

but they dont seem to be worried..

after that i played "standstill" badminton with Jeremy and then with Zac.. it was fun, tiring, and funny.. then Mel wanted to play.. but we tried "double-handed" badminton.. we used two rackets.. one on the left hand, and the other on the right.. it wasa super fun.. but now my left arm is super sore..

after all the badminton, we went for recess.. sat down and talked and laughed then went back to the tech block.. sat down for a while and then went over to the field and played football.. i scored a hat-trick.. but then my foot got hit badly when I was brought down by the defence.. then, my ribs took another blow after the defender stuck his foot out and tripped me.. i did a complete 360 before falling to the ground.. walked off the pitch and rested.. rejoined the match soon after..

went to the squash court later in the afternoon.. played against a guy from butterworth.. i guess i didnt warm up or stretch enough because i had difficulty swinging with my injury.. anyway, i won that match in straight sets.. then Allan asked me to play full court with Tasha and Yoko.. Tasha won.. then they rested while Ryan and I played.. i won the 1st set but lost the second..

went to a place called Teluk Kumbar Seafood at Teluk Kumbar (isnt it obvious?).. the food there was good.. and the satay there also not bad.. went home after dinner.. i'm done here.. XP

here are the rest of the pictures taken by Zac and Kee Tat..

and the last picture is for Joel..

band of brothers..

school will be different when you're gone..

i bought my racket already!!

but i'm planning to get another one as a spare.. so tomorrow Penang Junior Novices begins.. i wont be playing tomorrow because i'm the top seed.. i'm not bragging trust me.. my friends from the elite arent allowed to join.. i do hope i play well.. the fall i got last week really hurt my ribs bad.. still feeling the pain.. so i will be training tomorrow..

nothing much happened in school today.. Melvin, Joel, Benny showed up for school.. we all played badminton.. Benny and Joel went to the tennis court while Mel, Justin, Dexter, Sean, Jeremy and myself played elsewhere.. after that was already recess time so we ate.. went back to class and decided to go for badminton round 2.. went to the tech block this time.. played doubles.. Mel and Jeremy against Alex and I.. Justin was the umpire.. then went to practice shooting at the field.. i was goalkeeper for awhile.. then badminton again.. i played against Jeremy and then Justin.. won all of course XD..

came back and had lunch.. showered then went to the squash court.. bought my racket.. Wilson nRAGE.. then booked a court and did solo training..

and that's all..

on saturday the usual stuff happened.. had morning runs (i think you guys can even predict what i'm going to post).. anyway, this time, Allan asked the older players to run big lap.. and the younger ones ran the usual.. we had to run 6 laps and i finished within the targeted time.. i finished 2nd behind Max.. my time was 28minutes++.. next week have to run 7 laps..

after the runs, the elite players had to attend a sponsorship meeting.. unfortunately, i'm not one of them.. they get HEAD stuff.. i will be using Wilson.. anyway training was so so.. it was the "superstar"s last day training with me because he's been promoted.. idiot.. went up cause of his bloody age.. =.=!!! anyway.. played matches.. and i met.. yes you've guessed it.. SUPERSTAR.. i was leading 5-0 and then he had to be superman and dived for my shot.. so he fell, and i hit the ball.. and the ball went right behind me.. and that genius had to WHACK the ball.. hit my leg.. smart move asshole.. i got pissed off and was called out of the court by Kok Sin.. so i came out and stormed away.. oh did i mention Kok Sin wont be coaching me anymore next year.. sad isnt it? superstar came and apologized later.. message to him: listen to my song.. ITS TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE.. =.="

i was supposed to coach after lunch but my dad called and had to go home earlier.. so i'll start next week.. watch out kids.. didnt do much when i came home.. next day woke up and had to rush my breakfast and get ready to leave the house.. went to the spa for awhile to check on things (not me, my mum.. duhh).. dropped my sis off at the clay craft place.. then went to Gurney with my parents.. i cant remember the last time i went to Gurney.. so many things freaking changed.. had lunh at ZingDo or whatever you call that place.. came out smelling like the hot plate.. =.= anyway, went to World of Sports and looked around.. found nothing.. walked over to Studio R and saw the Wilson racket i planned to buy.. but this one was lime green, the same colour as my squash bag.. didnt buy it.. realised we had to pick my sister up from that place so picked her up.. went to Tesco and she ate at McDonalds.. i went to the sport shop (again) to look for the racket and new bag.. no luck..

went back and sat for awhile.. went driving later.. i'm getting worse.. but in the end managed to get the hang of it and owned it.. haha.. Manchester United faced Blackburn Rovers at 11pm.. watched the whole match but still had to go to school.. Cristiano Ronaldo scored both goals..

today in school was BORING.. Justin ditched me at 8.30am and left the school.. so did nothing but talk nonsense the whole day.. that's all i guess..

i forgot.. i really need to get new books..

1. Pendragon Book Seven : The Quillian Games

2. Pendragon Book Eight : The Pilgrims of Rayne

had training on wednesday.. i think i did ok for my 1st training session in 2 weeks..

so yesterday was Deepavali.. to my Indian friends, Happy Belated Deepavali.. i woke up at like 11am and got scolded by my parents for sleeping till so late.. =.= i quickly showered and got ready to leave the house.. went for lunch at BB coffee shop near Sunshine Square..

after lunch my parents dropped me off at the squash court.. i had to be there for a coaching clinic.. the senior coaches had a meeting at 1pm so us juniors waited.. after their meeting, all the coaches went into court 5 and Allan, Aaron and Ah Hin explained and showed us the various methods of the continuous racket feed.. yes i know some of you are lost now.. anyway, after the clinic was over, we junio coaches were assigned to senior mentors.. Yi Lian and I were paired and put under Ee Wei and Chiew Ping's supervision.. so i have classes on Saturdays 2.30pm-3.30pm, 3.30pm-4.30pm and Sundays 11am-12pm.. Yi Lian took the other classes..

after that, i went home and sat in front of the tv and watched this movie on Disney Channel.. note* its a movie, not a cartoon.. went out with my mum, aunt, and sister midway through the movie.. went a few places to drop off stuff but i didnt know.. i was in the back seat sleeping.. went to fetch a friend of my mum's and went to New World Park for dinner.. we had dinner at Mizi's Bistro.. its a place my mum's friend opened.. if you have been to JL Cafe in Prangin Mall, this bistro is owned by the same person.. the food is great.. so if you wanna try a new place, go to Mizi's Bistro in New World Park or JL Cafe in Prangin Mall.. LOL i sound like an advertisement.. i had the Cannelloni..

my dad dropped by while we were eating.. he was invited to an opening of a restaurant just opposite Mizi's.. i cant remember the name of that restaurant but the owner is a friend of my dad's and his racketball buddies.. so after dinner, dropped my mum's friend home and went back home.. sat down and watched High School Musical 2 Dance Along for awhile.. but i wasnt dancing along..

oh, i missed out something.. i stayed up on wednesday night.. i was planning to watch Manchester United vs Dynamo Kyiv at 3am but i fell asleep at 2.30am.. woke up at 6am and realised i missed the match so i went down to watch Eurosport news.. the Devils won 4-0.. goals from Pique, Tevez, Rooney, and Ronaldo..

Pique

Tevez

Rooney

Ronaldo

here are some pictures taken in school that i missed out..

doing peka

that's me taking a break after football with Justin..

that's all..
Ivan

ok i'm back with nonsense from school...

went to school today hoping to see someone at least.. luckily, Justin, Greg, Melvin, Mervyn, Vickram, Joel, Benny, Zamir all came to school.. and KST came also but somehow we managed NOT to see him the whole day.. dont know where he disappear to but who cares?!

went down to the porch straight after the first bell rang.. we played badminton down there.. then after awhile, Mel and I were called to the field.. football time.. but we only played like 10-15 minutes then we decided to move to the other side of the field with Vickram, Raveen, Kaillash, Priyan (sorry if i spell your name wrong) and Alex.. we played till our legs went weak then went off to clean up and sit in Mel's class.. then Greg, Justin, Benny, Joel, Zamir all returned from badminton..

Greg.. seen through Benny's racket..

Benny looking at me and Mel? err.. talking to someone?

ahh damn! couldnt get his picture in time..
anyway, Vickram's "debut" appearance in my blog.. XD

Zamir!!

err.. no comment?

haha.. Benny!!

dont ask me.. Greg just posed like this..

also making his first appearance, Mervyn!
uh, you can see his face in a later picture..

Greg, Justin, Mervyn..

while i was changing back to my school clothes, Greg, Justin, Zamir, Benny ditched me and went to buy food at the canteen.. then Mel and Vic ditched me to play badminton.. then Joel disappeared, Mervyn showed up then disappeared also.. so i was alone in class.. went to the canteen to join the 4 hungry ghosts.. after recess, we all went back to Mel's class..

Merv eating hot fish balls.. haha..

and Jo had his Jagung bread.. Vic bought it for him instead of the Chocolate bread he requested..

drinking fake Pop..

so we started playing more badminton.. this time, we played along the corridor outside Mel's class.. and since it was on the first floor, the shuttle-cock "flew" down many times.. guess who had to pick it up?

yup.. that's me.. being the ball boy (in this case, shuttle-cock boy)

being stupid trying to throw the shuttle-cock up.. =.=

so after a few attempts, i gave up and brought it up.. then.....

that's me playing badminton.. my swing is funny.. adapted from squash??

still playing..

LOL!!

Jack behind Vic..

there are more pictures but i wont post it all.. there's also a picture of Justin getting harassed by Vic and Greg.. but i wont post that.. haha.. in the evening i played football again.. very few people showed up.. tommorow will be my first training session in 3 weeks.. i meant squash.. so that's it..