nothing much again today.. just another normal day..

went to school like any other day, do school stuff like any other day.. i guess school days are just boring because of the upcoming Sports Carnival this wednesday.. i'm quite nervous.. i have football finals, tug-of-war finals, 400m, and 4 x 100m events.. i sure hope i get gold in all my events.. and besides, my house needs me.. wow, no pressure.. i really wanna do good this time.. i have never participated in any events for sports day ever since standard 1 and this is my last year schooling so i do not want to waste it.. i want to know what its like to win sports day..

went to training just now.. it was BORING.. i had to train with Yoko.. and trust me, he aint the most fun person to train with.. anyway, after training Yassin started taking pictures of some of us with his camera.. and no Max, Yassin's camera is not fake.. anyway, besides that, nothing else happened.. if i told you more, it would be too personal.. i guess that's all there is to say.. till next time... hobey-ho!

ivan

100th POST!!!!

went for training as usual today.. instead of the usual runs at Bukit Dumbar, we had to do suicide on court.. suicide is, well, suicide.. its like sprints but we have to go front back front back.. one set only takes about 14 seconds but we had to do 20 sets.. i didnt feel the effects of the suicide until now.. MY ASS HURTS!!

immediately after suicide, we stretched and warmed down and i went to assist Chiew Ping with her class.. after that, the gang all sat together and chatted and shooting each other until training started.. training was ok..

had my lunch and then had to coach again.. 4 straight hours.. so by the end of the day i had another 5 hours under my belt and one more hour to go till i pass my coaching course.. THANK GOD!!

sports day will be on wednesday and i really hope i can claim gold in all my events.. yeah, no pressure.. red house is actually counting on me to deliver gold in my events and football to boost our chances to claim overall champion.. let me state that before i cam, red house sucked..

anyway, the week after next will be the begining of our 2 week holiday and i'm so hoping to get to go out with my friends from PFS..

watching Manchester Unied vs Aston Villa now and will go to bed as soon as it ends.. i might just post the score after that.. till then..

ivan

this morning we had our Sports Carnival rehearsal.. only the relay runners, flag bearers and a few others have to go to the junior school.. the rest stayed back and had sports practise.. those at the junior school just wasted time.. stood under the sun and bla bla and we didnt even get to run!

as expected, our oh-so-great physics teacher, Mr Heah, didnt come to class during his lesson.. we're still in chapter 5 form 4 thank you very much!! luckily i go for tuition or else i can kiss my SPM goodbye.. he really gotta wake up.. he blames us for nt starting form 5 yet.. HELLO~~?!?! you teach like a half-dead goat!! sheesh..

anyway, after school i went to get my sim card.. went to mum's office for awhile and then went to the squash court to do solo..

went home after that, had dinner, bathed, and now i'm here.. i'll just end it here.. my eyes are barely open..

ivan

this is my new Sony Ericsson K530i..

just bought it just now after school.. had to pay myself.. but at least there will be no more frustration using the old phones..

nothing much happened in school today.. tomorrow the girls have netball semi-finals.. and i'm back in training tomorrow for the fisrt time since i lost to Fakrul..

ivan

another day, another post..

went to school as usual (duh!).. followed Ms Chang again.. the only thing different today is that there was no assembly..

at 2pm, all Sri Pinang and Tenby students gathered at the "netball court" to witness an event full of sweat and bulging veins.. Tug-of-War.. =.= Red had to face Green and Yellow go head to head against Blue.. the girls were first.. Red beat Green 2-0.. go girls!! and later Yellow beat Blue 2-1...... i think.. oh well.. next were the guys.. us Reds look pretty strong with Cho Chia, Yee Yean, Dylan, some Tenby guy, me, Aaron Chua, Wesley and our muscle...... Wazien.. Green looked to be doomed but the late participation of Michael made us work for it.. we won 2-0 but it was a tough fight.. and later Blue beat Yellow 2-0..

reached home and i was sooooo exhausted.. took an ice cold shower and went on to do some stuff.. watched two episodes of Hannah Montana (yes, you saw correctly).. mum and dad came back from China in the evening.. i got new track suit, a Beijing Olympics keychain, a watch, and bigger versions of all 5 Beijing Olympics mascots..

showed my dad my report slip that clearly shows i got FIRST place in class.. its not much but i'm happy with my results.. my dad didnt even congratulate me.. all he said was "i'm not gonna say anything".. before that he almost said "yeah, 1st place in THAT school".. GIMME A BREAK DAMMIT!!

i have nothing else.. i will start my moral folio now.. i hope..

ivan

ok the match is over..

Manchester United beat Liverfool.. uh.. i meant Liverpool.. 3-0.. goals from Wes Brown (only his 3rd goal in 8 years with United), Ronaldo and Nani sealed an easy win for the Devils after Mascherano got sent off for disagreeing with the referee.. i feel bad for him.. but he did walk all the way across the field just to give the ref a piece of his mind..

oh and this is to Shebby Singh.. YOU SUCK! seriously.. you really think you know alot about football? please.. you are as lame as your MyTeam.. and you being a pundit for ESPN and STAR Sports is just sad.. you blame Sir Alex for blasting the refs after United crashed out of the FA Cup and therefore causing the refs to be more bias and red carded Mascherano.. please save your so-called reputation and keep quiet.. let the real pundits do the talking.. you just talk too much..

i'm going off to bed now with United leading the EPL by 6 points.. Arsenal are playing Chelsea now and Chelsea can do United a big favour by beating the Gunners.. anyway, my parents are coming back from China late tomorrow night.. cant wait to see what they have got for me.. haha..

10 more days to something... OMG!!!

ivan

sunday morning rain is falling~~

well, not exactly.. woke up late in the morning today.. went down to have light breakfast.. watched some tv and already lunch.. so after lunch i took a bath.. went downstairs and watched tv while doing add-maths..

went to football just now.. didnt play so well just now.. not really in a mood these days.. will try to improve and get fit for next week's sports day final.. after taking a shower, had my dinner and watched tv again..

now watching Manchester United vs Liverpool.. G O D E V I L S ! !

ivan

didnt go for runs today.. wow, what a change to my post! usually i start with "so we had runs this morning as usual and i had to do 8 laps......." whatever.. it doesnt matter..

i did go to training (oh yeah, that's a shocker!).. went around 9am.. sat down and talked to Nic.. we were later joined by Ryosei, Wee Nee, Jee Nee.. and a little later Allan and Kesh.. Allan goes "i will follow you~~" =.=

booked court and played with Ryosei, Nic, and Ryan.. my god-damn-F***IN racket string snapped.. AGAIN!! so i used Ryan's spare and i hit alot of nick shots.. WTF? after we finished, Nic went to string my racket and i used Ryan's racket for awhile for training.. training kinda sucked.. i got back my drop shots.. but my backhand volley suddenly like ran away.. training was tiring..

took a quick shower and had my lunch before starting 4 continuous hours of coaching.. when the day is done, i had another 4 hours under my belt and only 6 to go.. HEEEELLO~~ coaching license.. took a real shower this time, and while waiting for my aunt to fetch me, Allan, Kesh, and Teng Hin all gang up and shoot me nicely.. greeeaaat... like i wasnt miserable enough.. "big sister dont want go for the small sister la".. SoooOOOOoo FUNNY Allan.. thanks! =.=

at home, had sandwiches for dinner.. watched Cheaper By The Dozen 2.. opened my add-maths homework, *stares at the book*, closes it, and now i'm blogging.. of course i had my dear "daughter" Andria to accompany me.. chat for awhile and now she's offline.. i guess i'll stop here.. will go down later to watch stupid men hurt themselves a.k.a WRESTLING..

ivan

i lost to Fakrul.. its the first time i have lost to him and it was so frustrating and disappointing for me.. i tried and tried but i just couldnt beat him.. he was just too good for me.. i struggled the entire match and let him control..

after that i went to my aunt's for dinner and came back home after dinner.. going for training as usual.. nothing interesting about my life..

when i came home, went online and chatted with Andria.. she told me some bad news and yeah, it hurt.. i cant say i didnt expect it.. i saw it coming.. i was just too stubborn to face the fact.. i guess that makes me kinda mad at myself for allowing it to go so deep.. life's lessons are harsh.. and to all you people who have someone to be with, someone who cares for you and someone who is always there for you, hear me out.. be thankful for having the one you love love you back.. (i know you heard this already Andria) dont take for granted of those who love you and those who care about you because you will never know when you will just lose it all.. appreciate the thing that is love because not everyone has the luxury of experiencing it.. sometimes you may feel that you have felt love but think again, look back, rewind and replay, its all a lie.. i feel love is over rated.. whatever right?

i'm gonna stop making myself feel worse now.. no point in doing that anyway.. i've already sunk to the lowest the deepest the darkest i could go.. oh well, its not any different after all this setback.. life has never been kind, lay back and you will fall behind.. you still have your family to catch you when you fall.. remember your family.. because no matter what, they mean more than anything else you can think of..

currently listening to :

Keep on Loving You

by REO Speedwagon

ivan

today we had to play 2 rounds..

my first match of the day was against Natasha.. i struggled throughout the match but eventually won the match 3-2.. i think it might be caused by my late late LATE sleep..

while everyone was waiting for their second matches, Max's phone got confiscated by *****.. we all had our matches that time and Jee Nee was the only person not playing so i passed to her Max's phone after Wee Nee passed it to me and before that Max to Wee Nee.. the whole situation was unnecessary and troublesome..

our second matches started late in the evening.. i played against Jonathan Chew.. i dominated the first two sets but in the third, i have to admit i was getting a wee bit too cocky.. i lost the 3rd set.. i eventually won the match 3-1 with a nick shot at match point.. i was quite happy with my performance mainly because i didnt lose my temper.. i stayed cool throughout the match and it paid off.. i played pretty well also..

my match ended at 9.30pm and after that i took a shower and went home.. had dinner at 10.15pm.. after a long long bath, here i am.. i'm feeling very tired but i still have my add-maths assignment and moral folio.. maybe i'll leave the add-maths for the weekend and folio for the upcoming holidays..

oh.. Manchester United beat Bolton 2-0 with both goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo.. next match will be against Liverfool.. i mean, Liverpool.. XD i guess that's it..

ivan

i lost to Wee Nee.. i took the first set 9-3 and lost the second 8-10.. after that, it was all downhill.. i struggled and lost the match 1-3..

i kena tembak the whole day and i gotta say, i'm getting used to it.. not that i like it.. anyway, went to tuition after that with Mabel and Chris..

i'm playing against Natasha tomorrow and i'm still awake at this hour.. i wanna watch Manchester United vs Bolton Wanderers..

ivan

my new boots..

the football i bought yesterday..

but mine is orange with white lines..

so i went to play football again just now.. scored a goal.. again..

i found out that i'm playing against Wee Nee in the SAP League tomorrow.. i really hate the system.. the seedings are outrageous..

1. Blackie

2. Yassin

3. Hayate

4. Nicholas

5. Jonathan

6. Max

7. Ryosei

8. Wee Nee

9. Me

the ones in red are those i fell got un-reasonably high seedings.. those in yellow are the ones that should get higher..

Dennis is in Division two and i think so is Raaman.. GOOD LUCK BOON!! haha..

i guess that's all.. it's gonna be hard tomorrow.. i really wanna win tomorrow but i have never beaten Wee Nee in both our previous meetings..

ivan

i know i know.. you guys would probably be wondering..

"why is he updating during school hours?"

well, i'm not gonna lie to ya'll.. my parents left for Beijing on a one week vacation and the only way i can go to school is by following my chemistry teacher to school.. it all worked out fine yesterday.. i even followed her back.. but lets not elaborate on unnecessary things..

this morning, it rained.. and i mean RAINED.. so i couldn't walk down to the car workshop where she picks me up.. i decided to wait at home and hope that she comes up to fetch me.. too much to ask, i know.. when it finally got into my senses that she wasn't coming up i decided to walk to the workshop anyway.. with an umbrella~ella~ella of course.. the walk there was terrible.. my shoes were soaked and my pants were wet from the bottom until my knee.. when i reached the place, i waited for awhile.. i finally accepted the fact that she left without me.. can't blame her, i told her i'd walk down everyday..

so now i'm at home and hoping that i can go back to sleep..

anyway, i played football yesterday with Elu.. i tried on my new boots obviously.. and i also bought a new football after school.. i'll post pictures when i get my hands on them.. my right foot took a pretty bad beating yesterday after two challenges from the opposition.. its still sore now but i'm sure it'll be fine.. i scored a goal. wait, let me rephrase that. i scored an AMAZING goal.. haha.. i took a shot from inside the box and it was blocked.. now with my back towards the goal, i tapped the ball twice to get the ball at a nice height.. i turned and volleyed the ball with my left foot and the ball went into the top corner.. i played most of the game as a centre back..

tomorrow will be the first round of SAP League 1st leg.. i hope i will do well this time.. i guess that's all i wanna say for now.. i wanna go catch up on some lost sleeping time now..

ivan

woke up at around lunch time today.. had my "breakfast" and took a shower.. watched the start of the Australian F1 Grand Prix and headed to Sunshine for lunch at McD..

after lunch we went home and managed to watch the last 5 laps of the race.. both Scuderia Ferrari cars gave way to the weather and did not finish.. which means the defending champion, my favourite driver, Kimi Raikkonen did not have any points.. Lewis Hamilton won the race.. DAMMIT!!

the fallen champ.. *screams in agony*

went to Queens for awhile to buy NEW FOOTBALL BOOTS.. bought NIKE totalninety shoot.. i would include a picture if my dad hadn't taken my camera to Beijing with him.. so i'll upload when i can.. that's all..

ivan

on thursday we had our 6-a-side football for sports day.. it was RED vs YELLOW and BLUE vs GREEN.. i played full back most of the game and set up all 4 goals.. my RED team won 4-0.. and BLUE beat GREEN 4- as well so the final will be RED vs BLUE on sports day..

and on friday it was our 800m event.. we had to go to Westland school for the run.. i took 1st place and delivered the first gold medal for RED.. i left school early.. i was too tired to continue lessons and i didnt wanna go for scouts later.. reached home and my sister had her bday party.. wasnt really involved in the thing except for being water-ed by almost everyone (like i wasnt tired enough)..

so this morning, morning runs as usual.. 8 laps.. i ran pretty slow today.. i was feeling really worn out after football and 800m.. so after runs we had exercise.. played doubles with Max, Ryan and Ryosei after a short break.. i stopped for awhile and then had to go training.. after training, i went to check my phone for sms and guess what? ITS GONE!! yes people, ITS G-O-N-E!! whoever that ccb @&^$@*&!% is, you better not let me find you.. so regardless of my lost phone, i had to work.. so i coached for 4hrs and now i have 10 hrs remaining.. came back and went to Queens to have dinner at Sakae Sushi for my sister's bday..

i guess that's all..

I NEED FOOTBALL BOOTS AND A NEW HANDPHONE!!

anyone wanna sponsor? XP

ivan

i havent been very active in terms of my updates lately.. guess i'm just getting lazy..

its like 4.30am now and i'm awake and hungry (yes people, HUNGRY).. well as usual we had runs this morning (i mean saturday morning).. the guys got 8 laps and our time limit is 4min45sec per lap.. i had to do one extra lap because i didnt finish all 8 laps within the time limit..

so went back to courts after that for exercises.. that mad S-O-B didnt wanna let Dennis and I in.. screw him then.. so after everyine finished their exercises, we talked and did all sorts of nonsense.. Dennis took Wee Nee, Jee Nee and Ryosei around the car park on his bike (not all at once obviously)..

then i had training.. i think i did ok today.. still not happy with my performance.. had quick lunch after that and start 4hours of non-stop coaching.. b the end of the day, i was so tired i could have collapsed on the spot..

went to Giant for dinner at Pizza Hut.. bought some stuff for my sis' party then head home.. watched Manchester United vs Portsmouth in an FA Cup 1/4 Final.. united had van Der Sar subbed and Kuscak sent off.. Ferdinand had to be emergency keeper and failed to save the penalty.. united lost 1-0..

watched a little more tv and i heard DAP took Penang in the elections.. honestly, i'm happy.. who knows? change might be good.. but hey, i'm still just a teen, cant say much.. went to my room and fell asleep straight.. woke up at 2am and till now i'm still awake..

well i guess that's all.. normal schools will begin their holiday on monday but unfortunately, Sri Pinang had to be different.. i really wanna go out.. have been stuck at home or at the office or at the squash court or wherever except malls.. i feel like a social outcast.. =.= once again, i end my blog apologising for not having any pictures to post.. unfortunately i'm not as vain as some squash players i know (you know who you are).. well then, that's it..

Ivan

SportExcel 1st leg is over and i'm not happy with my performance at all..

after my 1st round loss to Andre, i faced an unfamiliar opponent.. i have never faced him nor have i seen him before.. anyway, i beat him in straight sets with ease.. one f**ked up thing about playing at Bayview is we cant explore.. we're not allowed to wonder around the pool area.. but we do get access to the beach.. i illegally took a shower at the pool area bathroom after my afternoon match.. after everyone finished their matches, we took the bus back to Stallion where the out-of-state players are staying.. the under-19 girls havent finished for the day so i decided to go watch them including Dennis, Yassin, Brian, and a few others.. went back during Yi Lian's match.. SORRY..!!

the second day was about the same.. woke up at friggin 6 in the morning and reached Stallion by 7.. took the bus to Bayview and i had to play the first matcn of the day AGAIN.. my opponent was Umaha.. he stopped squash last year for SPM and came back this year.. i lost to him 1-2.. it was disappointing for me because i knew i could do better but my shots werent up to standard.. when the match ended i came out of the court and my back was hurting like hell.. i swear i couldnt breathe.. i had to lie down and control my breathing then only i started to breathe normal again..

went for lunch with Yassin, Dennis and Raffie opposite the hotel.. had a short practice session with Dennis and my opponent Abdul Rashid before my match.. i eventually beat Abdul Rashid in straight sets.. as usual, went back to Stallion and waited for my parents.. no afternoon matches for the u-19 girls so Dennis and i played basketball with Han Jie, Marcus, Saiful and a couple more..

i woke up at 6am this morning but fell right back to sleep.. i woke up again at 6.40 and was rushing like a mad dog.. i made it to Stallion in time for the bus.. my opponent for today was Raffie.. he's playing under Sabah now.. i knew i could beat him if i played a simple game.. but my biggest mistake was thinking that i could outlast him.. i am fitter than him but i forgot about my back pain the day before.. so i took the first set from 2-7 down, to win the set 9-7.. i lost the next 2 sets because Raffie's drives were to good for me.. and my drops and boasts were only 70%.. halfway through the last set, my back started to hurt again so i struggled.. fell quite a number of times in that set.. after the match ended, i came out and i had difficulties breathing again..

after having enough rest, Raffie and i went for breakfast together.. after everyone had finished their match, it was time to got to the squash courts.. we arrived there and there were so many people there.. i took a bath and watched Andria's match.. i also watched Nicholas, Hayate, and Vanessa's matches.. everyone gathered at the main court to watch Kah Wah play Jo Wen in the boys u-19 final.. Kah Wah lost..

oh i forgot to mention i met Christine at the squash court.. she COULDNT RECOGNISE ME..!! haha.. she took pictures with a few of us and then went back *after wishing Jo Wen good luck* XD

now i'm back home and tired as hell.. i wont be playing in the 2nd leg thanks to my disappointing performance.. i hope i'll get more chances.. need to train harder..

i'm sorry this post turned out to be so long.. and sorry for the lack of photos.. i gues everyone was too busy with squash we couldnt vain? haha.. didnt even take pictures of the place.. oh well.. training is off for tomorrow so i'll be back on wednesday.. body aching everywhere..

till next time..

ivan