chap 76.

thurs,
S.I.M invitational.
NYP sent out 4 teams.
S.I.M sent 3/4 teams.
SP sent 3 teams.
SMU 1 team.
a competition that i thought we will do NYP proud by getting champion,
also my first time leading the whole team thru out the whole day.
i was excited and nervous.
yinci and edwin were there to calm me down.
robin is always giving me courage.
the rest was showing me that they are ready to go in.

and off we go with a warm up match against daryl's team.
the both sides agreed to treat that game as a warm up match,
we were told not to play too hard on each other,
but things doesn't goes the way we want it to be.
they were fighting very hard.
they want to win badly,
so we decided not to put down our guard and play to our best.
we won them by 4 - 1.

2nd match,
we face S.I.M team.
we play with clearn mind and calmly,
thou there were some mistakes but we corrected it as we go on.
we won them 5 - 0.

3rd match,
we faced SP team 1,
Singapore Poly is the team we cannot afford to lose to.
we decided to play hard,
at the same time clear mind.
we won them by 5 - 1.

and we entered quarter final.
everyone played damn well,
but the juniors(yiling and hayden) seem to be quite lost thru out.
but they still played above average.
too bad i dun have enough concentration to tell them more things.

quarter final,
we face douglas team.
many seniors told us to go all out.
in order to let them learn and wake up.
although we went thru a hard time defeating own teammates in quarter final.

semi final.
we faced S.I.M 1st team.
before the match begin,
i was going around asking people to calm me down.
i was super nervous,
nervous till my tears were watering my both eyes.
i couldn't control myself.
there were thoughts in my mind during that period.
1.) calm down cs... calm down...
2.) i really could not believe i have bring my team till semifinal.
3.) tactics we can use against them.
too much things.
i really cant calm myself down.

great job to LB,
we get to offence first.
we hurdle up and said this, "let's go final together."

the match started,
the first point went very smoothly.
but the next point wasn't successful for us.
my boots split open and i can't cut properly.
so i have no choice but to change a boot. thanx to TY.
i was too nervous, i wasn't myself.
i even shouted back at Ben.
i din control the game well,
i din do my part as a captain,
i screwed the whole game.
i let my team down.
i let ben down,
i let NYP down.
time's up.
3 - 1.
and we lost.

my tears starts rolling down.
i cried not because i got a team like this.
i cried because i really screwed big time.
i cried because i really let NYP disappointed.
i cried because it was really really lucky for me to have a chance to lead a great team like this and we have got this far together, i really wanna say a big thank you to all of them.
last but not least,
after so much training i still cant perform well.
is this wat i really want? 3 years is very long.
i will have to stand up once again.
it's not over yet.
a big thanx to mark and alvin.
edwin and alex and everybody who were there for me.

next we face SP team 2(singapore poly better team),
this time round all of us were clear minded and great fighting spirit.
we can't afford to lose this round again.
this round is abit different from other games.
we played as if we are not in compy.
we don't bother about score anymore.
we win comfortably by leading them with 2 or 3 points.
7 - 4? cant remember.
we got 3rd.

i will never stop moving.
i will improve myself.
3rd is the number i hate now.
i want 1st!
i wanna bring NYP ultimate to champion!
Lemonsick @1:29 PM
Chapt 75,

Seriously, i got owned by my F.Y.P(Final Year Project) supervisor.
Why?
because there was this day during my F.Y.P,
i decided to update my blog due to boredness.
so i typed lots of rubbish abt singa open ah, etc etc.
because our "working" period is 8.30 - 6pm everyday,
so around 5pm+ i decided not to type any longer and wanna post it.
and here comes my supervisor, sit in front of my comp and give me some task to do.
he showed me some robot heads and ask me to design a head that looks very style.
so okay, no problem. and he close the website den suddenly my blog appear.
he tot he pressed wrong link and he was like, "eh, shit.."
move the mouse to the X and click. Ding dong, a window appear and ask him if he wanna continue to exit the browser since it is not save yet.
he click the YES button. omg rite?
the post i typed whole day is gone.
PS* the computer is kinda cock up, the post cant save at all. RAWR!!

okay back to post.

finally Singapore open is over!
although i did not really perform very well but still,
i'm quite satisfied with my performance compared to the other Major competition.
playtime increase a little. that's the best thing! =D
really! many thanks to Ben(coach) and mondster (edmund leong)(Asst. Coach).
especially mondster coz he really tell me where i did wrong and right.

NYP ultimate Stats sheet are out quite long ago, done by Ben(alone? i dunno.).
my stats aren't good at all. my throws(handling) are good!
i need to improve lots of things to improve myself.
my mentality(that's for sure), my stamina(definitely!), attitude(as in temper?) and handling!
this 2 points is something i seriously need to improve on.
people who know me well will know that i don't like to talk much during the game if we're down by lots of points. that is y my mentality din score high in the stats sheet.
i always pant a lot and will start to slow down in everything during the game if i run a lot(okay, maybe it dun have to be a lot =x). and when i pant alot(as in tired), i will start to job around and even make the team fall! yeah, its that serious! my temper! i will always lose my temper easily if my team are losing thoroughly. mondster always try to cool me down. thanx! =) eventhou my handling score quite well in the stats, i still think that they are not up there yet, as in my confidence and skill wise. i will be very pressurized if very tall guy is marking me. yeah, TALL guy and especially they are experienced! =\

this are something i've tried to change during sing open!

my Stamina are still okay, thou it is still not that good. but i seriously never anyhow run! thats 1 thing i'm quite relief! hehe. thanx to sidelines! especially edmund(not mondster)! =)
they were controlling me very well!

Handling wise still can be improve. i did overall less than 5 bad throws(i think 2 only 1 is for ben and other 1 is for tai xiang) during all the games. seriously! actually, handler position is not the place i really wanna be. i've been telling mondster that i dun wanna be the handler position but he told me something, he say that ben want me to improve on my handling and confidence, that's why i'm always that position! throwing in a raining day is another challenge lol. =\ jia you ba.

Mentality & Attitude, i did wanna give up on the team becoz of some mistakes my team did, but i asked myself that, am i good enough to do that? yeah, i have no right to say people at all. i would just listen to mondster and Ben and do what they want me to do, at the same times covered my teammates ass if possible. that's how i do it. i seriously din lose my temper except for some points. 1 was the very last game while we versus RMIT. i was asked to huck(throw a long throw) into the endzone to someone by ben. but the FIRST pass was kinda screw up by other handler(not nice to say name) and RMIT score. so all of us was being call out. its like what the fuck is that?! i calm myself down and approach mondster, he talked to me nicely. that is why the last point i can play calmly and scored sweely! =x

i nearly shed my tears for the last point i scored. first time in my frisbee life i've score so nice!
the night before i keep telling myself that tml i must play well! do layout("flying?") D's and Score. but that is 1 thing i always dream about and i din achieve it. but during this singapore open i did layout D's and 1 layout score! i swear it was not myself, i wanted to show Ben that i want more play time! thou my play time is still not that much maybe he know my injury and stamina. i hope they are true and not an excuse for being played so little. if not i will really be emo. =(

enough said, the results of our team(Disc Knight Orange) are:
1st day 1st game.
DK vs Kidlat(champion of Pool B)
11 - 13
we really could have win this team. we were down with 5 points at first.
we really fight back but there are still some silly mistakes we did.
afterall, they are the pool B champion. if we won them, we might be the pool B champ too! sigh.
there are 4 different pools altogether if i'm not wrong.

Pool A(the more competitive teams)
Pool B(Competitive teams)
Pool C(dunno. lol)
Pool D(not sure either.)

1st day 2nd game.
DK vs Malaysia(dunno thier team name)
11 - 4?(cant remember the score but i know we won them.)

1st day 3rd game.
DK vs Vuudoo(Vietnam)
forgot score too but we won them easily.

1st day 4th game.
DK vs SMU(singapore)
11 - 4
we won them easily too.
the 4 points are silly mistakes we made and let them conceed.

2nd day 1st game.
DK vs Freakshow(ex-sing open champion)
5 - 13
they can be ex champion but they are 3rd position this year.
so if we've won them, we can be 3rd position out of 22 teams!
they are seriously experienced. no comments lol.

2nd day 2nd game.
DK vs Lagi Shiok(singapore)
11 - 6? cant remember also.

2nd day 3rd game.
DK vs RMIT(vietnam)
13 - 7 cant remember again. =\

overall we won 5 games and lost 2 games.
seriously i think we could be better.
we are not that bad anyway man, but we are 13th position out of 22 teams. =\
still deciding whether i should play for next year open. =\
jia you ba(all the best).

end.
Lemonsick @1:29 PM
chapt 74,

21st sept mon,

i keep reminding myself that i cant afford to skip or being late for my FYP.
i set 3 alarms everyday.
although they were all from 1 phone la. =x
i force myself up when the alarm rang at 6.32am.
end up i'm still late for lesson. =.= 8.40am(10mins late) den reach.

22nd sept tues,
woke up at 8am. lol super late.
reach sch at 9.30am.
finally a training day again as i told myself that i want to work hard in all training.
we had hat tournament that day.
hat tournament means Ben will randomly group us up and compete against each other.
so i got Djamal, Duckless, Jervis, Hazel, Yiling, Pearleen and janet.
thou we've lost in the semi final.
but most importantly is we all gain chemistry.=)

23rd sep wed,
woke up at 8am again.
i just dun get it. i set 3 alarms and i din realize that i switch them off man. -.-
woot! napfa test!
so worried for my NAPFA test coz i haven been training physical for a long time.
so i asked Alex, weekwan and LB to pace me on 2.4km.
so sorry that i got the timing wrong and make dorries to come down to pace me too.

first station: Pull up.
cool or what, TTM was there while i'm pulling siol!
morale boosting siol.
i gave all out and unexpectedly, i did 7 times. Lol.

second station: Shutter run.
okay i dun blame the shoe but the shoe is kinda slippery.
sorry alvin, not i wan to say ur shoe lousy or what la but..
abit slippery only la. =)
10.01 sec, wooo!

third station: sit up.
another morale boosting moment with TTM around.
i completed 47 sits up in a very comfortable pace.

fourth station: standing board jump.
this is gay, i haven been doing standing board jump for quite sometimes.
1st attempt: 211cm WTF i know haha!
alex, week wan and LB were there advicing me! thanx alot!!
2nd attempt: "i want to sky ben!" 225cm. zzz
they continue to ask me to go for another try!
3rd attempt: din really prepare and start to jump already. i slide alittle to the front and got 245cm.
woohoo! damn excited! they were happy for me too. damn happy! =)

fifth station: sit and reach.
the station i'm quite afraid of too.
they taught me every technic they know,
alex, lb, weekwan, jin long and even the tester also ask me to use my back muscle to lean on the board.
i did everything i could and go down slowly and got 36cm+/- cannot remember.
2nd attempt, Lb say go down 1 shot, dun go down slowly.
47cm. WTF! damn happy but then they say 48cm den consider A.
1 more cm! roar, so i decided to go for 3rd attempt! too bad still 47cm. haha.
but the tester gave me an A. woo!

last station: 2.4km.
another morale boosting moment with TTM around. =x
but no matter how hard i push, i still get lousy timing. 11mins 30secs.
really thanx to LB for pacing me, Ben for treating dinner if i can do something which i cannot hear properly while running, dorries and yinci especially for screaming thier lungs out for supporting me LOL, and frisbee people, thanx man. ai ya okay de la. hahaha.

training was like finally back to last year.
run like ur father give birth to you.
did lots of running and PT yesterday.
everything was back to basic.
eventhou i did not perform during the 2 trainings,
but i felt that i learn lots of thing and gain lots of thing.
i'm feeling the fire in me!
lol
Lemonsick @1:29 PM