Thursday, March 24, 2005

our happy ending

second honour - northland vs theresians: 2-0

the finals is finally over. so much burdens have been put down, worries rested. i feel so good and happy now. finals with northland was a fairly tough fight. we might have gotten into golden goal or penalties if not for the first goal northland scored during the last five minutes. but we fought back really hard, so we've nothing to regret. we were disappointed with the results, but we were happy with our achievements. and proud of our journey and the results of everything. least, we're gracious in defeat. unlike some other team.

team,
yesterday was a beautiful ending to b'div 05. although we didn't win the championship and made it a perfect ending, we made it a beautiful and happy ending, didn't we? it was really a good and tough fight yesterday. we had our chances of scoring but maybe fate fell short for us. but the most important thing is that we've all learnt and grew to become more sensible girls after the whole journey. and xinni was superfly. she made extremely beautiful and amazing saves. xinni, queen of the 'D', indeed. this is not how our dream'll end. we'll continue our dreams and hold the cup next year. bid'v 2005, you're the bunch of most amazing and wonderful girls to me. and you girls are the best thing that ever happened to me. LOVES :)

this is not when our dreams are gonna end
your pure pretendence,

excuse me, you senseless kids out there, please get your damn facts right, and think before you actually make crude comments and remarks about us. we didn't use despicable or under-hand methods to clinch the second honour. why? still can't get over the fact that we won the semi-fnals? oh wait, maybe you should think of how you got into the quarter finals. who gave you the second life to be back in the whole tournament? please shut up or only say what's true. talk about morals. wait, do i remember hearing some people giving us cheers, screaming so loudly and acting like they thank us so damn much when we gave them a life in the quarter-finals? and after defeat, came up with so many million reasons why they should have won because they deserved it more then we do. some people can never be gracious in defeat. you think you've great morals and high integrity? i think it's just pure pretendence and being cynical. reflect and learn to be gracious in defeat before talking to us about morals.

oh, actually i wonder who are those shallow people mentioned up there. mm maybe those people will know who i'm indicating. dammit please. i feel so pissy now. oh my please.

we're not pushovers - till we meet again

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

and when the journey's over, and all my dreams come true, i dream of you.

FINALS - our triump, our game
- 23 march(tomorrow!), delta, 3pm.

oh please. i'm so excited for tomorrow; it's our finals. thinking of all the wonderful things that'll happen tomorrow made me so excited. i really really can't wait for tomorrow. i think i'll just be very excited throughout the whole day in school till we're released.

anyway, ms marten's such a dear. she took all the extra efforts to take photos of us(the team) and compiled them into a video with a short story of all the things we've gone through since the start of this b'div tournament. its' entitled, 'a daring adventure', the story of a team of ordinary kids. the video's so nice and sweet. she even printed all the pages of the video and binded them into a booklet for each of us. and i'm sure we love it so damn much, yes?

looking through the video, reading through the contents of the story, recalling all the things we've gone through in this short journey, can really bring laughter, joy and tears to me. i mean, unless you went through this whole thing, you'll never be able to understand how wonderful this whole journey really is. i call it bittersweet; beautiful but painful.

team,
it'd been a pretty damn amazing journey with all of you. and i know that we're the most special and bravest bunch of girls. we reached the finals after so many setback. coach left us halfway along the way, we had to shoulder all the senseless and untrue critics of the world and play without a coach. so what if others think that we don't really deserve to reach this far, and it's luck that brought us here? they might even call us the underdogs, but so? i know that we trained and worked terribly hard and against all odds, played till the finals. we conquered fear, kept each other's hopes alive, believed in each other and our dreams, and made it through with all the courage we all have. i know that we deserve every bit of being in the finals. i'm sure that coach's so damn proud of us and he'll be there to cheer us on tomorrow. regardless of the results of tomorrow's finals, i know that we're already champions in each and every of our own hearts to have reached this far, aren't we? i'm so proud of being in such a wonderful team. tomorrow's the last game of b'div 05 and also the final phrase of our whole journey. let's play the hardest like we never did before and make tomorrow the best and most memorable day of our journey. it'll be our day tomorrow, and this is our year. we'll do the school, coach, ms martens and ourselves proud. b'div 05, you're the best thing that ever happened to me. i love :)

chase our sky-limit dream.

Friday, March 18, 2005

i know we're made of dreams

OUR FINALE. 23 march, delta, 3pm.

we've made it and we're in the grand finals.
and i know we did, cause we wanted it so much more.

this race is all about, beliving in ourselves.

this whole b'division tournament had been a really good learning journey for me and i'm sure for my whole hockey team. it's so difficult to describe in words this wonderful feeling. the best way to comprehen it, is to hear it from the depth of our hearts, really.

many bad and uneventful, good and wonderful things happened along the way, and we supported each other and made it this far. everyone'd been so brave and strong. we carried the weight of all the problems, the unfair judgements and the critisims of the world and hung on together. and we're finally where we wanted to be. don't you think it's great?

i think one thing that made us stronger and brought us through is that -
we're more concern of the journey of the competion; what we're going through, our own performance, and not the results of the competition.

it's so true; what comes around, goes around.

i don't care what the world's thinking, what the world believes, what the world's saying now. cause no one really knows the whole truth. yeah, you think you do, but do you actually know the whole truth? i say, no. whatever you say, can never take away our truth. so if you could please, shut up and stop giving crude and senseless remarks, cause you don't actually know the whole story and you don't have the right to judge.

well, this was what i read from the newspaper a couple of days ago -

competition brings out the best and worst in everyone
not everyone can be gracious in defeat
and that's what makes competition compelling.

it makes some good sense, doesn't it?

no matter what's the outcome of the finals on wednesday, be it a win or a defeat, theresian b'div 2005, you'll will always be the champions in my heart and b'division 2005 will be the best and most precious memories i'll keep, all my years in stc. and for the first time, i'm proud to say; i'm really really proud to be in st theresa's convent.

i know we're made of dreams, nothing else and nobody matters as long as we believe. when dreams lead the way, the impossible is certainly insight. we took the longest road just to make it harder, let's do it all again, it only makes us stronger. we got to keep each other's hope alive, vision clear. we'll conquer fear and make it through together. when the journey's over, and all my dreams come true, i dream of you.

it's time to shine and show that we fly -
FIGHTING FOR THAT PLACE, THE GLORY ONCE AGAIN.
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, WE'LL CHASE OUR DREAM.

-

it'd been grace and mercy all the way

yknw what's the best and most amazing thing that gave me the strength to hang on till now?
i'll tell you. God was always near throughout. bad times and good times, He was always there. i know that He wanted us to learn and win through the hard way and He gave us all the strength to move through everything. God' grace really amazes me so much. thank God for honouring all our hardwork and granting us all the strength and always giving me a satisfactory answer for all my prayers. Lord, please grant us grace and the strength to complete the last phrase of this beautiful journey.

Friday, March 04, 2005

tell me i'm wrong that you're leaving.

why does everything seem so wrong?

today was absurb. everyone wasn't prepared for anything like this. we couldn't hold back our emotions and tears. you did everything because you loved us and you put us before everything (including yourself), and you left cause you made the wrong decisions and did wrong, but it was purely your love and honourable intentions for the team. this was what touched me the most. now you had to leave us just like that.

it's gonna be so different without you on the pitch,
screaming and scolding us on the pitch.
how we wish we'll be hearing more of your scoldings, really.
will you still be there for us?

thank you for your scoldings
thank you for your warm smile and all your laughter
thank you for your trainings and camps
thank you for staying with us through the good times and bad times
thank you for giving us so many chances
thank you for believing in us even when we do wrong
thank you for picking us up when we fall
thank you for everything i am now
thank you for your honourable intentions that even caused you to leave
thank you for the most wonderful memories
thank you for your last words and hugs
thank you for your love for us; the team
thank you for being you, and your everything.

i'm sorry if we'd taken you for granted in the past. we know it's too late to shed tears, but we just can't help it to hear that you're leaving. your ri boys'd better cherish you.

to me/us,
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE BEST AND NO ONE WILL EVER REPLACE THE PLACE YOU STAND IN OUR HEARTS. WE LOVE YOU AND WE'LL MISS YOU TERRIBLY. i pray that we'll see you at the finals.

i believe that all things happen for a reason.
it's just in the beauty of God's time.
someday, we'll understand why some things just got to be done that way;
why God put us through all these hard times.

like they always say, all endings are also beginnings.

i'll be praying for your return;
we'll make you of worth to be back.

these tears still have to flow;
it'll be sometime before i can leave everything behind and move on. right now, i still think of the reasons why you had to leave. we'll play for you, we'll show everyone what kind of team you make, and we promise we'll do you proud.

THERESIAN HOCKEY, IT'S TIME TO FLY.

look, we've gone through all these;

prelimary round:
crescent vs stc - 1:1
stc vs punggol - 5:0
stc vs evergreen - 17:0
stc vs yuhua - 1:0

quarter-finals:
stc vs teck whye - 3:0

now that we're over with the prelimary round, we've to play even harder in the quarter-finals, and i believe the semi-finals and finals are near. we'll make this our year and we'll fly, yes? we'll stay strong and play hard together. i know and i believe we can do this together, really. nothing's impossible. we'll fight for that place and we'll win the glory for ourselves, st theresa's and him. love you girls terribly.

let's chase our dream together, the sky's the limit.