woohoo!!! Finally get to drive my dad's Toyota Axio LEGALLY! hahaha....
like finally finally finally! yay!
like finally finally finally! yay!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
"...We might not be able to control the weather or the traffic or the moods of all those around us. But, we most certainly can control our attitude towards these events. We all have the power to determine what we will think about in any given moment. This ability is part of what makes us human...."
..An event that appears to be a tragedy to one might reveal the seeds of unlimited opportunity to another. What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed."
"There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher."
"...Every event offers you lessons. These little lessons fuel your inner and outer growth. Without them, you would be stick on a plateau. ...Most people have grown the most from their most challenging experiences. And if you meet with an outcome you did not expect and feel a little disappointed, remember that the laws of nature alwats ensure that when one door closes another opens."
"..Every experience even the worst, offers me a lesson. Therefore, I should open my mind to the learning in every event. In this way, I will grow stronger and happier...."
Adapted from, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
..An event that appears to be a tragedy to one might reveal the seeds of unlimited opportunity to another. What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed."
"There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher."
"...Every event offers you lessons. These little lessons fuel your inner and outer growth. Without them, you would be stick on a plateau. ...Most people have grown the most from their most challenging experiences. And if you meet with an outcome you did not expect and feel a little disappointed, remember that the laws of nature alwats ensure that when one door closes another opens."
"..Every experience even the worst, offers me a lesson. Therefore, I should open my mind to the learning in every event. In this way, I will grow stronger and happier...."
Adapted from, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Mental Strength....Rising to the occasion..
Last Saturday, while waiting for the bus, i asked Jill whether she's disappointed that we were not able to go through the semis. (not that I'm a sore loser bringing up this issue...continue reading and you'll know why).
She didn't answer me directly but she said "I don't like to lose". Of course, who likes to lose? She was confident that we will make it through the semis...then she said something about mental strength. IF ONLY we could hang on that last 1 minute, we could have won them.
This struck me...mental strength.
We lost (though we drew with them) not because we have no skills, we are not good or lousy, i believed we lost because the lack of mental strength. To me, mental strength is about how we bounced back, how we lift up our heads after a lost, how we continue to fight even we are on the losing side, how we remain calm and confident in a shitty situation, how we continue to cheer for our teammates though they're the one who made the team to do their 50th push-ups, how you continue to cheer for your teammates who are on court when you know the chances of you playing are very slim, how strong you are....pushing yourselves to the limit, the never die spirit and it goes on...we were leading, yet we played like we were losing.
In today's TNP, article titled 'A bunch of softies?'. The article talked about if Singapore athletes really lack mental strength." Indeed, a sportsman's mental strength is as important as his physical strength. Tiger Woods didn't win truckloads of honours just because he has the sweetest swing. Michael Jordon didn't become a legend because he had the highest leap. Many sporting battles have to be fought first in the head.". The article went on with a comment from Abdul Razak Masiran, the soccer master and head for PE for Hong Kah Sec. He said ".....Sometimes, they give up or they lack the focus to execute what they have been trained to do during training sessions. .....Maybe our student athletes are too comfortable, since everything is done for them, or maybe there are too many distraction or personal problems, so they cannot focus when they are doing sports."
That's what Jill told us, to step out of our comfort zone. And I'm learning how to do that.
"lack the focus to execute what they have been trained..." this is just so familiar at least to myself. How i failed to execute what I have trained for during certain games...How I'm trained not to commit to the players, yet I still do it...how i'm trained to properly block shots, yet i failed (not all the time, but sometimes)
Sometime, you don't realised that the little things that you do in your everyday lives actually test your mental strength. For example, no matter how hard or smart you study, your results are still like that or even worst. This test you how strong you are...whether you want to give up halfway or continue to persevere. The jogs we were supposedly do during our trainings, its not just about 30 minutes jog. She told me that actually that you are to increase your speed after every runs..if you just do the run for the sake of running, you are just burning the calories.
Then we went on...how she did not really succeed in one of her objective. Building of the trust between her and us. We came from different playing backgrounds, different coaches and the little time given to her are some of the factors that hinder her from reaching that objective. Plus the little time we had to train as a team. Full team. We may not feel it, but she does. I asked her how she knows, she said "We stopped listening, we were not calm, we were not drinking after a line change..."
On the other side, her hidden objective was successfully met. TEAM BONDING. and yes, she did it. All thanks to her supposedly morning jog that we should have on Saturday morning. The morning jog which we turned to team bonding session. Of course, all this with the effort from everyone in the team. How we all actually wakes up in the morning to make our way down to Harbour Front or Botanic Gardens when we can actually spent our Saturday morning on our comfy bed. Yet, we chose to spend our time with our teammates. We became friends, not only teammates. This is the team which you feel hard to leave (at least to me).
Then she talked about how each of us should rise to the occasion. I don't really get what it means but to me rising to the occasion is doing the little things we see as not important but it actually makes a lot of difference. The little one step to step up and block the shots, the little steps to meet the ball, the one step to turn and shoot, the one look to look for you teammates and options, the little extra energy to run all you might for the ball or after the players, that little mind to tell yourself, its time for a change..all that may seems little, but it makes a lot of difference. A lot of differences. Rising to the occasion? What does it actually means? Hmmm...
She didn't answer me directly but she said "I don't like to lose". Of course, who likes to lose? She was confident that we will make it through the semis...then she said something about mental strength. IF ONLY we could hang on that last 1 minute, we could have won them.
This struck me...mental strength.
We lost (though we drew with them) not because we have no skills, we are not good or lousy, i believed we lost because the lack of mental strength. To me, mental strength is about how we bounced back, how we lift up our heads after a lost, how we continue to fight even we are on the losing side, how we remain calm and confident in a shitty situation, how we continue to cheer for our teammates though they're the one who made the team to do their 50th push-ups, how you continue to cheer for your teammates who are on court when you know the chances of you playing are very slim, how strong you are....pushing yourselves to the limit, the never die spirit and it goes on...we were leading, yet we played like we were losing.
In today's TNP, article titled 'A bunch of softies?'. The article talked about if Singapore athletes really lack mental strength." Indeed, a sportsman's mental strength is as important as his physical strength. Tiger Woods didn't win truckloads of honours just because he has the sweetest swing. Michael Jordon didn't become a legend because he had the highest leap. Many sporting battles have to be fought first in the head.". The article went on with a comment from Abdul Razak Masiran, the soccer master and head for PE for Hong Kah Sec. He said ".....Sometimes, they give up or they lack the focus to execute what they have been trained to do during training sessions. .....Maybe our student athletes are too comfortable, since everything is done for them, or maybe there are too many distraction or personal problems, so they cannot focus when they are doing sports."
That's what Jill told us, to step out of our comfort zone. And I'm learning how to do that.
"lack the focus to execute what they have been trained..." this is just so familiar at least to myself. How i failed to execute what I have trained for during certain games...How I'm trained not to commit to the players, yet I still do it...how i'm trained to properly block shots, yet i failed (not all the time, but sometimes)
Sometime, you don't realised that the little things that you do in your everyday lives actually test your mental strength. For example, no matter how hard or smart you study, your results are still like that or even worst. This test you how strong you are...whether you want to give up halfway or continue to persevere. The jogs we were supposedly do during our trainings, its not just about 30 minutes jog. She told me that actually that you are to increase your speed after every runs..if you just do the run for the sake of running, you are just burning the calories.
Then we went on...how she did not really succeed in one of her objective. Building of the trust between her and us. We came from different playing backgrounds, different coaches and the little time given to her are some of the factors that hinder her from reaching that objective. Plus the little time we had to train as a team. Full team. We may not feel it, but she does. I asked her how she knows, she said "We stopped listening, we were not calm, we were not drinking after a line change..."
On the other side, her hidden objective was successfully met. TEAM BONDING. and yes, she did it. All thanks to her supposedly morning jog that we should have on Saturday morning. The morning jog which we turned to team bonding session. Of course, all this with the effort from everyone in the team. How we all actually wakes up in the morning to make our way down to Harbour Front or Botanic Gardens when we can actually spent our Saturday morning on our comfy bed. Yet, we chose to spend our time with our teammates. We became friends, not only teammates. This is the team which you feel hard to leave (at least to me).
Then she talked about how each of us should rise to the occasion. I don't really get what it means but to me rising to the occasion is doing the little things we see as not important but it actually makes a lot of difference. The little one step to step up and block the shots, the little steps to meet the ball, the one step to turn and shoot, the one look to look for you teammates and options, the little extra energy to run all you might for the ball or after the players, that little mind to tell yourself, its time for a change..all that may seems little, but it makes a lot of difference. A lot of differences. Rising to the occasion? What does it actually means? Hmmm...
Sunday, January 25, 2009
okay. Today, whole Saturday is gone. But it was well spent. heehee..
Morning went to market and breakfast with mum and dad.
Oh man..it was so packed! I hate market when its pack.
Then went down for Storm training. After a week of no floorball, I feel damn sian.
Trained with them till like 3 plus.
Headed down to Hall Meiyin's hall for shower before heading down to the Vibe Cafe.
Good job! None of us knows how to get there..hahaha..
Anyway, with some help from Vian, we manage to reach there safely.
Did nothing much at the Vibe Cafe besides playing a game and a multi-players ping pong game. The rest of the time, cam whoring...hahaha...of course, we did some eating. hahah..
It was fun though.
Can you imagine, 6 of us can take up too 100 plus photos just at one corner of the place??
Supper cam whore people la...hahah..
Its up on facebook. All the unglam photos..hahah..
Left the place about 9pm.
Went slack at town for a while.
TCS - talk cock session. hahaha...
Left just in time to catch the last train.
Recently, i realised that i've been going home late.
Not everytime la..but quite a no. of times.
Enjoyed myself today.
Anyway, Jill offered me to go for a coaching course.
Oh man..this is like so great...i'm so excited...freaking great.
Whats my strengths and weaknesses...hmmm..must think hard about it!
i'm freaking excited now...heehee!
Group photo with our dearest coach..without Sheryl though.
Now with SherylS.
Thats me with Jill :D
Jill and the players she coaches
Victim of the day. The lil gal...heehee
Posing @ Jill's vespa :P
We were supposed to go off, but nah, we still stayedfor another 15 minutes chatting outside.
I'm stuck in between time!Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
(Click on the picture to enlarge)This is the bestest TEAM that I can ever ask for. Seriously!
We've bonded so well despite coming from different backgrounds. The amazing thing is that we bonded so well within this short period of time plus there's no internal conflict within teammates. how cool and great can that be?
What makes it more wonderful is that the coach, Jill, and our team manager, Louise, will spare their time to join us for our team outing on the 8th Feb. Wow...i really love this team. Seriously no words that can describe how thankful and grateful I am to part of this amazing team. Can't wait for the team outing.
Hmmm..where's the best place to go eh?
Paintball? hahahaha....when i think of paintball, i think of her...when i think of her, i think of louise, when i think of louise, i think of our ....., when i think of our....., i will laugh. Crap!
(sound familiar sherylS?)
On a random side, i wonder why the hell we need to take Human Resource Management module? like seriously...why must it be the core module and there's exam for it...wtf?? Close book somemore..wth la...who the hell actually go memorise those stuff? Irritating NTU! seriously...waste my 3 hrs! urgh!
Talk of the day @ Sch of Biological Science today.
"Did you read the email about the GRE Workshop???" hahahaha.....ok for the benefits of non-SBS student, there's this email about some GRE workshop (wth GRE is also i don't know).. This smart person (really smart but this email shows how stupid a smart person can be) emailed to one of the prof asking him to help forward the email to the whole SBS student. So, being a good prof, he forwarded it to the SBS clerk who then forward it to people like us.bla bla bla....the at the end of the email...there's this sentence:
" By the way, Eighth Day is still with me, safe and sound, ^^ I have not finished it yet, because I was reading quite a few books on psychology written by Freud. One of them is Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, and it is full of sex, so exciting… Tell you more next time. ^^ "
Oh my freaking freaking shit! what the bloody hell is that? Hmmmm...now the whole school knows about it. The interesting thing, we know who this supposedly smart person is...hahaha... i wonder how he is when he read the book. WEIRDO!!!!! Stupid Ass!!! hahahaah....
Ok..now need to do my tutorial.
Quote of the day:
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."
George Halas, Pro Football Coach
okies...
Went to watch the guys semis RP-NUS and NTU-NYP.
Before that went to meet Firli @ Tampines for late lunch before heading down to ITE Simei.
Reached ITE Simei quite early. Man...can't seat at the grand stand. So have to sit on the floor.
Okay..thats fine...
Semis is supposedly...supposedly la...interesting game to watch.
But my feeling got cheated. Its freaking bored la. Even the RP-NUS game. The interesting part was at the last 5 minutes of the game? wth?
Then NTU-NYP. Ok la...not that boring and not that exciting either....
So yeap, this year's semis not very exciting matches.
Finals? hmmmm...planning not to watch also. hahaha..
The guys 3rd/4th placing and finals are like last year's IVP. Just a matter who win la...
The gals one, just like the preliminary round games....
bleachz...
so i think i shall make use of my time efficiently.
Went to watch the guys semis RP-NUS and NTU-NYP.
Before that went to meet Firli @ Tampines for late lunch before heading down to ITE Simei.
Reached ITE Simei quite early. Man...can't seat at the grand stand. So have to sit on the floor.
Okay..thats fine...
Semis is supposedly...supposedly la...interesting game to watch.
But my feeling got cheated. Its freaking bored la. Even the RP-NUS game. The interesting part was at the last 5 minutes of the game? wth?
Then NTU-NYP. Ok la...not that boring and not that exciting either....
So yeap, this year's semis not very exciting matches.
Finals? hmmmm...planning not to watch also. hahaha..
The guys 3rd/4th placing and finals are like last year's IVP. Just a matter who win la...
The gals one, just like the preliminary round games....
bleachz...
so i think i shall make use of my time efficiently.
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