CISA Finals here we come!!

for the first time in columbia college's history the soccer team have made it to the finals! never before have the soccer team got through to the finals. it is always at the semi-finals at most and then the team goes crashing out. but not this time. we scored goals as if it was a badminton game or a tennis game. we played 8 games in total and won 7 of it. we lost one because we dint have enough players but it dint really matter anyways as we have already qualified from our group. here's how we fared in all our 8 games:

first game- 11-1 (won)
second game- 7-1 (won)
third game- 11-1 (won)
fourth game- 8-1 (won)
fifth game- 3-0 (won)
sixth game- 4-3 (lost)
seventh game (quarter-finals) - 7-2 (won)
eight game (semi-finals) - 7-3 (won)

as you can see, the scores were unrealistic but it was made real by us! 51 goals in 8 games. i scored a couple of them. not bad for a defender okay??!! i must say the most exciting game en route to the finals is the semi-finals game. a really intense game which required each and everyone of us to give our best.

here's the summary of the game. game kicks-off. first attack and they scored. second attack and they scored again. within the first two minutes of play they were 2-0 up. wtf man??!! we got one back a couple of minutes later. but right after that we conceded a penalty and they were 3-1 up within the first ten minutes. dint give up and we managed to snatch one back just before half -time. so first half score was 3-2. all of us were pissed off at ourselves for letting in cheap goals but our team spirit were still burning in us and to drive us to play harder for the second half. second half started. was a tough half and very intense but guess what?? we banged in another 5 goals and conceded nothing to make the final score 7-3! credits to our players for not giving up at all and scored in every possible attempt we got and to our opponents who made us work our asses off. we got the news that this team beat the brazillian team in the quarter-finals but little did we know they beat the brazillians 12-3. what a game it was. really the best game i've played so far! i was really put under a lot of pressure as the captain of the team to motivate the players and not allowing anyone of us to give up. celebration started as if we had already won the finals as none of us expected our team to get this far! 1 history created- make it to the finals for the first ever time. 1 more to create- be crowned champions for the first ever time in the school's history!

as for my part in the school team, i was new to the college as everyone knows, and had cert from malaysia to prove that i played soccer and was in school teams for the past few years and played competitively. cc's soccer coach approached me and asked me if i could come for the tryouts and asked me which position i played etc. so i went for the tryouts. the next day he posted the selected players names on the internet and mine was on and next to it there was an indication saying "second captain". i thought it was a privilege. first tourney we joined since i got in the team we crashed out in the semi-finals. but this second tournament, i was selected as the captain. imagine a kinda new and youngest player selected as captain as compared to the rest of the team who has been there for the past few semesters or even years. i must say it is really a privilege and a honour, and a great experience for me to lead this amazing group and talented people from all over the world to the finals of this tournament! next task is to win it! will update more later on!

what hurts me the most?

you wanna know what hurts me the most? its when you get the mother of all suckiest feeling right now. im not saying that you should not or should stop telling me this but it hurts me to know that you're going through all this times. it kinda draws my attention from whatever i may be doing to worry bout you seriously; just hoping that you'll be okay soon is already a pain to bear. for now i really wish i could go back this instant and at least bring you out from that misery but you and i know it cannot happen now. not this instant at least- but very soon! just remember i'll always be here by your side near or far to go through whatever you may be going through. i just dont wanna see you going through this times like this facing such misery in life. and i seriously dont like it when you have to get all this. not that we could do anything about it but i just wish it didn't have to be you. just try not to be bothered too much by what others have to say; you can always choose not to be bothered by me as well :) but just dont let all these pessimistic thoughts and feelings get into you okay? promise you'll take good care??!!

always put a smile on your face even though you really dont want to okay?

a long post

as the title suggest, this is gonna be a long (i think) post. june kicked off with soccer league tourney which is nothing near the effed up one we played last. im glad its not. its much more organized and professionally done this time. getting the news that we've been drawn in group a along 5 other teams and we're glad to escape the other strong team which was drawn in group b. week 1 kicked off with 2 games. first, against vancouver community college and second vancouver career college. the names of the schools sounds strong eh? nah, sooo wrong. first game 11-1 win. i was thinking our just got lucky; second game came and boom!, 7-1 this time. its beginning to look like were good, its just not luck. week 2 came and we played another 2 games which we won- again, this time another 11-1 and 3-0. week 3 came and all we needed was a win to secure a place in the finals and won did we. 8-1 this time but the team we played were better than the other teams but we still outplayed them. tomorrow will be our last group game and a win would mean that we won all our games and secured full points in the group stages heading into the finals. so, goal counts after 5 games? 11+7+11+3+8 = 40 goals in 5 games. average of 8 goals per game. not bad at all!




almost the whole team here

just before we scored our 11th goal


so much for soccer(football!). had paintball last week and it was nice. went with a whole bunch of school friends and had lots of fun. of coz it cost lots of money as well. overall, good fun.



myself and rob (malaysia & "south malaysian")

L-R: Alfonso,Rob,Me,Sean,Koushan,Mario




school days for june was just like other days, quizzes here and there, activities going on in school,
hanging around with friends, chilling around, and best of all BITCHING around with friends.

have been talking to someone back home a lot more lately which i must say im appreciating it a lot more as well. i know our expenses would increase a lot for sure this period of time. but i dont really care. i dunno if you do but im fine with it. i know hard times is what you're facing now and at times you dont even know where to run. like i told you before, if you have anything at all let me know or just go to sleep! *you know what i mean right?. talking with you have also brought back the joy in me and also planting more. it gives me back the confidence and boldness to know that when i get back there, you'll be there :) and vice versa i hope. remember our food marathon deal ok??!!

signing off.