Fathi
I’ve been living 17 years of my life. So far so good.
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Diploma in Mechatronic engineering.
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At Last
DATE: Sunday, April 20, 2008 | TIME: 4/20/2008 07:59:00 PM
For months this day was just waiting to come. At last it was the day for the street soccer tournament at Ngee Ann Poly organised by Ngee Ann Poly. Of course before any competition, everyone gets nervous and that's what happened. Everyone(Kishore,Muhaimin,Saravanan,Vignesh,Irwan,Wei Sheng) was nervous. But hey, it's normal. Ok let's start from the beginning.
Woke up at 5A.M in the morning to bathe and all and met up with W3i at his area around 7.00. Met up with Saravanan and went to McDonalds to wait for the others. Didn't eat actually but ate a sugar packet to get some sugar rush energy. Haha. Then Irwan,Vignesh,Kishore and Vicknan came and we took the 52 bus to Ngee Ann Poly. Muhaimin would meet up with us at the place. Not everyone ate so we were kind of lethargic and hungry but if we ate then we'd be too full to play. Anyways, once we reached the place,changed into our jersey which was black with red linings. After registration, had to wait a really long time before our match which was the 9th game. Saw some other familiar teams like KalaGadoh.
The first match was against Universal Raiders Team Classic or something like that cos i never really got the name right. Haha. When we saw their 1st match we were like ok,this team is good and fast so we need to close down any gaps that they can create to give through balls. However, when we played against them, they weren't so aggressive like previously but we lost 1-0. Hey, it's a good start. Irwan, Me, W3i, Vignesh and Kishore played with a 2-2 formation proving to be very difficult to create space or opening for goal.
2nd match was against V Squad 2 which consisted of people much older than us like maybe in their 3os or late 20s but still, we put up a good fight. Lost 1-0 again and some of us were getting demoralised cos we haven't won anything yet but our coach(Kishore) got us together and lifted our spirits. To do this, Kishore had the idea of requesting a song(they were taking song dedications and playing the song over the speakers)while we were playing so that we would get some ENERGY.
The 3rd match was almost like something that was from a movie scene. We were playing against a team whose name i can't remember. When we stepped onto the court and faced our opponents, the song Low by Flo Rida feat T-pain came on. Suddenly felt so able and relaxed. No tension, no stress. Just having fun. We defended ourselves from one hell of an attack and at full time, the score was 0-0. Since they didn't accept draws, we played a sudden death penalty shoot out. The 1st kicker was Vignesh and he scored much to our delight. When it was the opponent's turn, they missed and to our excitement, we screamed to the heavens for our first victory. Yea it's just one win but who cared, we WON!
Our celebrations would be short lived as the last match was against the Styling 7 which was leading the table with 6 points and we had only 3 points because of our previous win. We didn't know what would happen if we tied agaist them. Would they count goal difference? If yes, then we were going to lose. However, we kept to our plan of holding off the opponents to force them into a penalty shoot out. Our plan backfired as i had commited a foul and allowed the opponents to get a head start where they led by 1 goal. We struck back with an equaliser through a penalty but due to a bad call by the referee, it was not counted and we were still 1 goal down. They scored again and we lost 2-0.
Our team was enraged at the referee and we walked off with frustration and sorrow, but more to frustration. At the end of it all, we still got a good experience from the tournament.
Good Parts: Kishore's sister, Kayyathiri, helped us a lot by taking pics, dedicating songs and encouraging us. Kishore's uncle was a just referee with pin point accurate decisions. Kishore treated the team to drinks after we won the match. We teased Vignesh and we all had a good laugh. Got a good expereince from the tournament and made a few friends. Took some pictures of our team which i'll try to upload. Saw pretty things.
Bad Parts: The team felt down after losing 2 matches in a row. The team was screwed in the last match because of the referee. Saravanan got the least play time.
Anyway, after the tournament, we were all damn hungry. Kishore stayed back to see the rest of the tournament while the rest of us went to Toh Guan to play street soccer. We went to a nearby shop to buy some snacks and then played soccer. Played a few matches and i think i played better there than at the tournament. Haha. Went home at around 6 together with W3i. While going home , met Hui Min going to study at God knows where. And also met another friend.
I'm beat and i think i just got a fever from being out in the sun too long. Possibility of getting sun burn and cancer? Haha. Touchwood.