blogspot = blocked

No more blogsurfing of blogger blogs because…

At least there’s still Google Reader.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

soccer semifinals

RJC vs. VJC

It was a Friday afternoon @ CCAB. The sky was rather cloudy, with signs of a slight shower, which never happened. The one-busload of RJ-ians arrived at the venue, occupying a half of one half of the stadium steps i.e. a quarter. (._.)

During the half an hour in which we stoned like a stone, we watched the VJC players train a little, and when they left, we watched the RJC players train a little.

Finally, the officials arrived. It was time for the match to start. After the customary handshakes, both teams got to their own halves. And we saw that the VJC players were so much larger than the RJC ones. (o.o)

The game started with VJC kicking off, which they did with an unusual style. A direct (but weak) shot into the RJC half (and it wasn’t even on target lol). They probably thought they were playing rugby or something.

The first half started with much possession by the RJC players, earning 3 corners within the first 5 minutes. However, for the rest of the half, VJC had most of the possession. There were some excellent play by both sides. Solid RJ defense and skillful midfielders helped bring up the atmosphere on the field. After much tension and nail-biting moments, the first half ended with a scoreline of 0-0.

At this point, about 3 busloads of VJC pple had already streamed into the stadium. About 5 VJ people wearing white gloves (wat for? o.O) were leading the VJ cheers. A lack of RJ counsellors (and a rather timid MelHo) in the first half of the game resulted in an almost silent RJ crowd. Yours truly tried starting some cheers but got dao-ed. =( However, when more pple arrived later, Ali and LongZhao took the initiative to lead the cheers. yayy for them.

The second half started with much cheer from both sides of the stadium. By this time, the stadium steps were filled to the brim. Due to the massive amount of VJC supporters, some were forced to sit on ground level to the field. \=

I’m not sure if it’s part of RJC’s tactics or something, but somehow, whenever RJC manages to regain possession in their penalty box, they try to pass out the ball instead of clearing it. Perhaps they couldn’t find the space and opportunity to do so without getting blocked. Anyway, one attempt to pass out the ball by the defense resulted in the ball being intercepted by a random VJC player, who, after dribbling the ball abit, shot towards the far post. Timon the RJ keeper dived to his right, in vain. RJC 0 – 1 VJC Bad defense indeed by the RJC camp.

However, not long later, VJC conceded a corner. Yijing (i think?) crossed the ball in, and (someone) made a fantastic diving header straight into goal, leaving the VJC keeper no chance at all. RJC 1 – 1 VJC

By this time, both halves of the stadium were up and alive, screaming their cheers with pride and passion in support of their school team, spurring their team on with “Ra-ra-ra-raffles! (raffles!)” and “vee-jay-vee-jay-seeeeee!”

And so, the game ended with a scoreline of 1-1 after 80 minutes of regulation time.  Extra time was needed as only 1 team could advance into the finals. However, after 20minutes of extra time, no goals were scored and there was no winner yet. And so, the game had to be decided by the dreaded penalty shootout.

No point talking much about each kick as I do not know the names of most of the penalty takers. In short, the first 5 penalty takers of both sides managed to convert their kicks. Scoreline was 5-5 after 5 turns of penalty kicks, and so it was sudden death. The 6th player from both team managed to convert their penalty kick. Then VJC’s 7th player came up and shot the ball over the crossbar, before RJC’s 7th player shot it pass the left of the keeper… wide. Cheers by the RJC side, followed by louder cheers by the VJC side. lol.  Scoreline 6-6

The 7th VJC penalty-kick taker came up. So far, none of the keepers managed to save the ball (though they managed to touch the ball on certain kicks, but did not manage to push it away to safety).  But (yes, you guessed it!) Timon dived to his bottom right and parried the ball away. w00t. RJC’s 7th player came and made no mistake to slot in the winning goal.

Final scoreline: 1-1 aet (RJC wins 7-6 on penalties)

The RJ players were ecstatic, the RJ supporters were high. One downside to this blog entry is that I did not take a look at the VJC post-match reactions.

And so, RJC soccer team had defeated defending champions VJC to go into the finals of the National A Division Inter-School Soccer Championships. See you there at the National Stadium 24 May 2007 4.45pm.

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Chelsea won the FA cup. I’ve no idea whether this is a good thing or not. Mourinho might not be getting the sack after all. [waitamin, some random pple on the newspapers say he's going to be sacked anyway. hmm.]

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Liverpool vs. AC Milan
24 May 2.30am
Istanbul

History shall repeat itself. Liverpool for the win. XD

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

3 months

I just realized that my blogspot blog template was so because she used that template too [before moving to livejournal].

hmm…

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

rugby

Inter-house bridge turned out to be a big joke. Underbids all the way at my table. lol.

Went to support RJC rugby in their match against ACJC later. It was already way into the 2nd half when I arrived at the stadium, with RJ leading 7-3. The atmosphere was just fantastic. Students from both JCs cheering their hearts out for their college-mates. Councilors leading the cheers. Rugby players giving all to gain glory for their school. (Me cheering so loud, almost lost my voice.)

Even though I didn’t get to see any point-scoring, I still managed to catch excellent defense by the RJ rugby boys. Many times, they were forced to their back 5m by AC but each time they managed to get the ball away.

So the main point of this entry is: We won! XD

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

Vibe @ DXO

I think holding street dance performances in DXO for a large crowd isn’t really a good idea. For one, the performing area is lower than where the audience is. True, there’s a second floor, but you can’t squeeze much people around the perimeter of the second floor railings, plus the fact that it is totally sealed by glass…

ZOMG JEFFREY CHUAH I didn’t know you could dance until liddat. XD In class you’re like so quiet then actually you’re practicing your uber streetdance skills. woahhh.

There was this group of really really young street dancers who came to perform too, one of them was Kids Central’s 1-minute-of-fame champion, and the youngest was, like, 10 years old. To quote somebody whom I overheard while this group was performing: “Song bo? When that 10-year-old kid grow up he/she (?) can boast to all his/her (?) friends that he/she (?) had gone into a club when he/she was ten.” Wahaha. [And btw, this is my first time entering a club.]

I can’t really give a proper review for the whole performance wholly because I saw less than 25% of the performances due to my inability to find a good spot to have a good view. >< So me, eugene, elena, sherry/sheri/sherie/cherie/sharity (><) and royce just slacked on a sofa at the back.

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A simple action by someone can cause sleepless nights, not only because it is an unforgettable action, but also because it makes you get totally confused all over again.

The above sentence is not meant to be understandable by anyone by me.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

pwn joo, joo pwn, who?

Here in RJC, we don’t pwn joo. joo pwns we.
(congrats to wan joo. lol.)

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

softball

I think softball is a rather fun game. You whack the ball and run and somehow try to run one round around the pitcher, something that only Eng How managed to do today. ZOMG HOME RUN! XD Some more already got 2 people in the bases. w00t.

ZesaTanya your pitching rox lol.

Scores:

RJC vs. HCI (boys) 10+++ – 0

RJC vs. HCI (girls) 0-1 =(

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.

emo spiderman!

I find the whole idea of peter parker being emo rather funny, considering that he is supposed to be a nerdy kid. lol.

And the breakup scene got me emo all over again.

Now start laughing at me.

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The ending sucked. Really bad. Too cliché. And I expected something like a repeat of the restaurant scene just for laughs.

Till the next time, it’s me, woonie, signing off.