All things work together for the good...

she's grownin up real fast...

2009-04-26T22:23:00.004+08:00

it's been so long since i posted anythin...today we had a great day at church...wit daddy, uncle bunny n aunty pebbles....

we met at food replublic 1st n took many great pic wit aunty pebbles camera...

nana wit aunty pebbles...

den after church we went to the foodcourt n continues the photo taking...
nana n uncle bunny..

nana's 1st kisss to uncle bunny.....he melt liao..

tis pic was taken by nana herself. not bad ah....

she's changin so much so fastl. begining to look more n more like daddy already...

my little darling...i thanx god for tis blessing...

Taiji master..or mistress..

2009-02-24T22:42:00.003+08:00

i love the way babies move. so natural so correct. if only all my pt clients could have postures like them. haha. nana was foolin around n reza caught it all on cam. love it.

semi-squat

moving into a side squat..

side squat to the rite

side squat to the left

finishin up wit a fancy pose..

wrappin up wit a big smile..

cousins day together..

2009-02-24T12:41:00.003+08:00

few sundays ago, the cousins came to my place for dinner n poker.

n tat's goodbye...

miss baby gal..

2009-02-24T12:35:00.002+08:00

2 latest pic of my baby gal...

tis was mine 22yrs ago when i participated in the Miss Universe tat was held in singapore. i was the little gal of Miss guatemala..now my little gal can sorta wear it. heh heh..

visitin durin cny 2009

2009-02-01T22:29:00.003+08:00

tis is one of my favouritest cny. coz we have a darling little gal to enjoy it wit. n tis yr we c her enjoy herself wit the cousins...

na n brandon holdin hands to go tua kor's house...

the 4 cousins together. kiefer, kieran, na n brandon..

let's backtrack abit to b4 we went to tus kor's place. here's a group pic at zi kor's place.

we only take such group pics once a yr durin cny..

na's n brandon's 1st kiss..

brandon went for a 2nd one.

sentosa..

2009-01-30T10:33:00.002+08:00

brought na to the beach for the second time. would like to bring her more often but jus gota find the time n opportunity..tis time, jo, di, ma n elie went to.. grimacing coz the sun was really super bright..

ma did not leave the blanket at all durin the whole almost 5hrs we were there.

she was happier without her swimsuit. din mind sand gettin into her diapers..

miss bandana..

gonna try bring her once a week. she's gonna be miss beach babe...

CNY 2009

2009-01-28T00:42:00.002+08:00

here's one of the reason y i'm so glad i got a gal instead of a boy...lookit how pretty she is.. tyin her 2 ponytails after dressin her up so prettily..

had to retie her tails coz she lept moving around too much..

lookit my little angel..

she jus loves being in mummy's arms..

nana n daddy...good lookin couple...i love them both..

thanx god for my darlings..

my favourite part of the house..

2009-01-28T00:21:00.002+08:00

i love all the new additions to my home since i moved in last july. ..tis is my latest addition..

i have a thousand n 1 dvds...been storin them in my feature wall n realised tat space was runnin out. so i was so happy when i found the solution. n it was fantastic...got my guy n his bro to come help install them..here's how it went..

men at work..

isn't it beautiful?

a day of fun..

2009-01-19T13:59:00.003+08:00

it started out wit church den lunch wit na's godpa n godma. godpa is stationed in india so we only get to meet them maybe only twice a year. but it's always a joy when we meet up.

had lunch at ichiban boshi at suntec where seng ordered a great feast. there's no jap food in india so must enjoy whenever he's back.. all loving the feelin of being together..

godpa feedin his godgal her lunch. hmmm.....

2 very pretty ladies...

on the way to Fidgets..

love her so much...

having fun..

2009-01-19T13:44:00.002+08:00

tat's wat she's doing...

stil at Fidgets. at 1st she was a little afraid to lie down in all the balls but ater awhile she jus refused to get out of there..

she finally got her dream to drive her own car. flintstone style..

tryin to move the steel balls wit her foot. i love the way she straightened her leg..

fidgets...

2009-01-18T21:00:00.004+08:00

brought na to Fidget at Turf city yesterday. heard bout it from a fren. thanx adelind.

was really fun for na. there were 2 main areas, the big huge one for the bigger kids n the smaller one for the 3yrs n under. na was at the smaller one for more than an hour. did alot climbin n balling n driving.. jus managed to upload a few pics. somethin wrong wit my com. wil upload the rest later.

wait for the rest of the pic u guys..

i woke up to this.....

2009-01-14T00:18:00.009+08:00

isn't life great when u wake up a face like tis every morning? she jus makes my day..

de, cyn n i went for a damn long bike ride after tat. stopped at many bike shops to c c..den all the way to de's place. total time is bout 5hrs. shiok man..cycled in the rain til it jus got too heavy n had to stop at a bus stop..got so drenched man..

den reza n i went to toys 'r' us to buy toys for na...she loved them man.
na n lilo eploring the new item...tryin to figure out how it works..

lilo gave up but na stil kept tryin..

finally got it...n lilo came back after the flyin balls started...

her next toy got her a little bit more studious like..

now actin coy...studiously coy...

now beautifully studiously coy...

i bought a new singlet n she was intrigued by it s she is wit all my clothes. tryin to put it on by herself. refused all help..

lilo tried to help but na jus brushed her off...

finally got it on herself but camera shy..heh heh...

finally......1 last fashion shot from my beautiful darling...she jus loves to wear her daddy's socks..

Praise the Lord..

EXol cycling trips..

2009-01-05T22:43:00.005+08:00

finally i got the pics from all EXol cycling trips...well i wont really call them trips. some of them were really short.. like 15mins only. but it was stil damn fun.. so far there were already 4 trips but i only have pics for the last 3. i'm stil waitin for the pics for the 1st trip. ware is it??!!

cherylann, alison, bella, vivienna n i went for a short ride to kovan to have a drink n bite. very simple n easy..

in front of viv's house when we got back. n yes, i'm the shortest one..or u can also say i'm the under-heighted one.

las fri, 3 of us went for a slightly longer ride..

we jus cycled to st marg's at dobhy ghaut..it was a 58mins ride. damn long i know but we were already cyclin on the road most of the time n i din wana cycle across junctions for now so we cross the pedestrians crossings for all n tat took up alot waitin time. afterall i'm resposible for these kids rite? dun wan their parents to make any noise. know wat i mean? so we cycled slowly also n jus enjoyed the wind n scenery etc.

we decided not to b so glum n be happy tat half our ride is over but viv n i ended up lookin shocked. maybe we were shocked by cyn's wide grin..?

we went for a good ride jus tis mornin...bella, viv, jolene n i went for a good ride today. really fun. these gals r jus so fun to b wit. we started off from my place at bedok n went east coast. easy ride. our original plan was to ride the whole length of east coast.

so we got there n got hungry so decided to buy BK n sit by the sea n relax. viv n jo's legs were super achin from all the cyclin n plus sat's training was not our usual games. we ACTUALLY TRAINED!! haha.

at BK.

den we started talkin bout dogs n i was talkin bout how i loved great danes. so we decided to cycle to pasir ris U PETGAMART coz they have a beautiful great dane called Tai.

the ride took us a good 55mins from east coast. i thought it was only be bout 40mins but shiong man. we only stopped for one water break. coming back was non-stop..

finally we reached home.

look at viv's n jo's shack face..

too tired to take a pic properly..

finally the 4 musketeers...

more trips to come. going OL from bedok tis wed. den after training on sat, we gonna cycle back to bedok den next week when i start my st marg's training, we're gonna cycle there.

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

last christmas..

2009-01-04T22:25:00.002+08:00

i got my final christmas gift yesterday. from my sis. it's so cool.

dun u jus love it. i only wonder how i'm gonna put it on my tree next year. maybe i jus hang all my streamers n lights n other decorations on tis ball instead. who needs a tree when u have a bal like tis..

haha...love it man!! thanx jo.

her 1st ice cream cone..

2009-01-03T23:38:00.006+08:00

my ma brought na down to the shops yesterday when we went over amk. tat's the norm for whenever we go there. na loves to go walk wit poh poh..ma brought her darling grandgal her 1st ice cream cone. she has eaten ice cream b4 but only when she's fed it. she neva had a cone or ice pop to herself. not tat i din't wana give her but jus no chance la. so yesterday she had her very 1st cone all to herself. it's the chocolate cornetto cone. n not the mini one but the real actual big cone..she loved it man!!!

when she came up wit the cone...

ma n i took a few bites of it so she won't eat too much..look at her face..it's only the beginning..

look how 'neat' she got..love her look man!!

u can't c it beneath all the ice cream on her face but she was grinning cheek to cheek man!!

after we wiped off abit of the mess, finally her smile is visible to all. her 1st cone..YAY!!

before..

2009-01-02T17:28:00.004+08:00

the mirrors tat jus went up 2day, i did a few other stuff for our home..

check it out. tis' jus above our sofa. for now, it's all pics of nana. but wil change it from time to time.

s reza calls it..nana's wall of fame..his christmas gift to her in year 2007

tis is jus in front of our bed so when we wake up every morning n go to bed every night, we c tis soothin pic. i love it.. de n cyn helped me put tis up about a month ago..

Jesus is everywhere wit us..

ikea finds..

2009-01-02T16:42:00.003+08:00

i managed to decorate a whole wall wit ikea findins. b4, it was jus a plain white wall.

reza helped wit it coz some parts of it was jus too high for me. n he was my eye also so i dun go senget..which means slanted.. i was the designer n he was my very helpful helper wit constructive comments..

i'm so happy wit it n so proud of myself..

take a look. my new favoruite part of my home..

can u c the brain behind the design?

startin off the new year..

2009-01-02T16:03:00.006+08:00

we went to the underwater world at sentosa yesterday..it was so packed wit tourists. hot n stuffy but it was a good day. nana sure enjoyed herslef..

she jus loves to touch the glass n try to reach for the creatures..

stil starin...

stopped staring long enough for a pic wit mama..

reachin out for daddy..

mama n nana both intensely lookin..

now u c her eyes....

now u dun!!

it really was quite warm in there..

wit her grandma who loves her so much...

it was a good good day. Praise the Lord..

bishan park wit the gals..

2009-01-02T15:34:00.005+08:00

29th dec 2008 was the lasting outing of the year wit my oln juniors. more to come next year rite gal?!

we brought food...snacks actually. only yuri brought hotdogs wit pineapple n van brought sandwiches. there were so much chips n sweets man.. wat kind of picnic was tat man? haha

played monkey. n in the end ended up throwin passes. heh heh. tat was stil the best man..

c all the monkeys!!

snapin away while van, marcella n jess went to blade..

yuri

van..wit denise tryin to get into the pic at the back..

regine

denise

chalini...oh i mean shalini..

u dun c the rest coz they shy to take pic wit their oh so beautiful coach...

den our circus clown performed for us..

presentin..regine..

grinning from ear to ear...

falling off but of coz we jus let her b...

haha...now she's on the ground wit a buttfull of sand..

now they're sad..coz i'm not there...

but i'll always be here for u gals..cheer up..

yesterday...

2008-12-11T14:54:00.003+08:00

i brought naieen to ICA to have her passport done...

al the way there, i kept preppin her up to smile nicely when takin the pic for her passport. i kept askin her to smile n hold for 5secs. the sweet gal managed to do so....

ok, tis is how she'd smile for pic normally. i know it doesnt really look like a real smile tat we adults do but it's really damn cute when a 17 month old can smile on cue, even though it looks different..

but........

after i got her into the baby seat at the photo booth. i told her to smile..n she did.....

den the photo aunty told me to ask her not to smile...coz cannot c her eyes!!! poor nana. after practicising for so long...so i told her not to smile n tis is how her passport pic looks like...haha..

the poor gal look so grumpy.....in fact she looked angry tat she wasn't allowed to smile..

but i tell u..tis dearie has one of the sweetest smile of a baby...my gal de caught an impromptu pic of her..take a look at tis..

posin so prettily...tat's my gal..

missin them...

2008-12-11T14:51:00.002+08:00

hey gals...

coach is gonna miss u gals a lot...
it's not really my choice to leave u gals...
but some tings have to be done a certain way...
to attain certain results..

all the best in ur games..hope to c ya all play in the nationals...

coach sue..

1st tree..1st kiss..

2008-12-05T23:25:00.002+08:00

i neva had a christmas tree b4. only c them in fren's houses n thought it must be really nice to wake up everyday n come home everynite to c a beautiful blinkly tree.

so i went n got meself a tree...here it is..
still naked..

in it's full glory...

nana loves it so much...every morning when she wakes up n comes into the living room, she'd point to the tree n ask me to turn on the lights. den she'd sit in front of it n stare at it.

same for the nites too. she'd also ask me to sing christmas song n she'd sway to the music..

she's so amazed wit it..

nana n mama's 1st kiss by their 1st tree...

jus hanging around...

2008-12-05T23:02:00.005+08:00

jus a bunch of fun loving gals...

they're so fun loving n great. really gonna miss them all.

cassandra, aerina, natasha, fazlyn, eunice, elizabeth, cui ning, wara n insyirah.

not in the pic is rachel, kelly, kaiting, constance n zaneta...

goodbye OLN..

2008-12-03T01:11:00.003+08:00

The day the oln juniors 2008 came my place....for the last time..
i din know my small cozy place can house so many monkeys...

tis littlest monkey joinin in the fun, jungle-style...

now u c them..

now u c them again..

i've officially left oln.

keep in touch gals...

all in the name of fun...

2008-12-03T00:37:00.004+08:00

look wat i got today... isn't it cool? well.....u wun find it cool til i tel u y it's supposed to be cool..it's from basil's company, Fujitsu....he's tryin to get one for every player in EXol..b4 u go eeeeeeeeeeeeee...wait til u check out the back...

check tis out..

cool rite? it's all customised to our position...n only mine says coach..so cool rite? i so honoured man...i set up EXol jus tinkin it's fun n all n i can play abit here n there la. tat's all. but i'm thought of s the coach..woah...so honoured...

we had our 3rd game in the year end league wit not the whole team down...but we made it. we won. yes i must admit the other team wasn't very strong but i must say EXol played hard. n when i say play, i mean PLAY. have fun. tat's how our team works. we jus have fun. no stress, no pressure.

i'm sure there some people out there who's tinkin wat kind of team we r man. so rowdy when go for friendly....keep talkin nonsense n laughin during game..n i really mean talkin nonsense...even our cheer is ANYHOW EXOL!! not all the times..but sometimes when we jus in a mood to have fun..

y so serious? most of them r already training hard n serious in their clubs n schools..isn't it jus nice to come to a training where we jus have fun wit no pressure? dun get me wrong..we train properly n warmups n all. stil safety 1st..we jus play to enjoy. n guess wat...we play damn good tat way...our chemistry is evident...coz we jus love to pal around wit each other..

so all EXol players...do the sexy dance man!!!

n tis is how vivienna came to the game today... in her spock car....

viv, jo n coach sue's day of fun!!

2008-12-01T23:31:00.010+08:00

after olgc training today, de aka vivienna n cyn aka jolene n i hung out at viv's place.. if u told me 6yrs ago when i was coachin them tat today would happen, i'd tink u're siao...

after card playin n tryin to stack cards up...we're got bored n were wondering wat to do. jolene damn borin lor..haha...'i'm not a card person'....blah blah...anyway, we did get sometin to do. we did wat most tai tai's do when they get bored...we went to the 'hair salon' for a change of hairstyle...for jolene...

check tis out...

start of 'project jo'.....

presentin stylist #1. #2 takin the pic..

startin to take shape.....

DONE!!! wit a sweet look. haha..

stylist #2 wit our creation!!

presented by stylist #1

happy wit our end product.............

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! the unsuspectin victim!!

refusin to take a pic lookin up....

jolene finally agreein to...
wah lau!! mistake!!damn gross lor...better rectify!! wat can we do?

ok...tis looks way much better........

but den it got borin jus to keep lookin at jolene only...so we decided to join in the fun..!!

WOOHOO!!!!

vivienna at her best.....

hey viv, should have gone to ur prom like tis....damn hot la...

not to be left out of course!! sexy rite????!!!!

we wanted to take group pic but 1st one was really bad coz we couldn't stay still long enough to take a decent pic. all 3 of us had to really really really really wah lau eh.....tink bout it now also buah tahan....check them out man..

i also dunno wat to say man...neva had so much damn fun wit my gals b4....

now only have to wait for a chance to get the whole team down to take a group pic like tis...

EXol rox man..tel me la. which team can be like tis? we may not be the best but we're the funnest!!!!!!

exol

2008-12-01T23:14:00.004+08:00

HAven't blog for damn long time...so here's some update on tean EXol...yay...the funnest team ever. our cheer is ANYHOW EXOL...Hahahahahaha....

after a game on sat, we headed down to macs..s usual the younger ones would sit together..so shy...here's emily, sharmaine n trisha. nice back of their heads ah..

here's vivienna n tiffany cam whoring...so sweet n pretty rite? oh ya, n vivienna looks not too bad also..haha

Tiff n jolene.
Jolene tryin to eat her handphone...........

Get away from me, smelly viv..says bella...

ok la, i know u really wana take

a pic wit michelle phelps................

viv n xinya/ru...

viv n xinya/ru....aiya, u choose wateva la. i got a headache tryin to figure out who is who...

after we tabooed at my place..

after we anyhow trashed sjc...anyhowly...haha

focusing on the good..

2008-10-13T11:20:00.004+08:00

i spent all my workin life wit kids...watchin them grow from dorky 8yr olds to solid n wonderful preteens. n when they can consider me their fren n wana hang out wit me, tat's one of the best rewards in tis job.

but sometimes, there're one or 2 who jus change. n not really for the good. imagine when they used to readilly listen to me coach, smile n laugh wit me during training, look towards me for encouragment. den suddenly they can say they jus cant be bothered to even c me.

n all becoz of wat? parental influence? pride jus becoz i dun consider her to be the main player in the team coz of her lack of commitment?

anyway, let's not look toward the negative n towards the positive. all tings work out fo the good remember?

had a few of the oln gals come my place. only bout half the team..but these 5 gals made my day. they really showed me how much they've appreciated me.

look at the mess they made wit nana's toys..

finally richelle got into the picture..

wah lau.. jus coz they're afraid of lilo..who was ignoring them most of the time..

sharmaine tryin to get lilo to eat them..

few of my favourite gals...from top left. richelle, shirlene, jiloti. sharmiane besides me n trisha.

i love these gals. the bad apple really gave me a new sense of appreciation for these gals..

God bless them.

ware they're going..

2008-09-15T00:53:00.002+08:00

hey...

i dun really like to tink bout ware my gals go after they leave pri schools. it's totally up to them n their familes. but i got news bout some of them n m pretty happy for them.

sharmaine got accepted in SOTA. way to go gal!! some sec school teachers were a little dissappointed when they heard about it. they felt they were losin a good potential defender.. but y like tat? she stil has other opportunities.. i've already invited her into EXol. afterall, she's a ex ol gal..cant wait for her to join us. i tink it's great tat she's going SOTA. tat way, she can persue both her interests. drama n netball. she wun be overtrained unlike if she goes into a mainstream school n train like crazy in netball. in SOTA, netball can b a hobby for her. somewhere for her to let off steam. she'll b an even better player den..

richelle got accepted in RGS. so proud of her. she'll do well in both studies n play. very determined n smart gal. cant wait to c her in years to come n c how she's blossom. hope she grows taller. come on richelle!! hit 1.8m!!

jiloti got into cedar. tat's great. she needs tat good environment. she's pretty easily influenced by people around her so cedar will b great for her. i got the feelin n jus know tat tis jiloti is gonna b a force to reckon wit. she has so much potential n talent in her jus waitin to burst out of her.

shirlene got accepted into st nics. great school. for studies but not so for netball. we'll wait for the psle results to come out to c ware she can go. if she can make it to cedar also, tat'll be great. if she decides to stay on in st nics, tat's fine too. she'll do great wherever she goes..

shiying is on waitin list for cedar. tat's fine s she's a smart gal n she'll make it to a good school jus based to her results. DSA is jus somethin for her to fall back on.

charmaine from olgc got into RGS. really really really happy for her. she's a really smart gal wit lots of skills who needs people to believe in her.

eriko did not get into RGS n she was pretty bummed out. tat's coz tis gal is a prefectionist. she's my only gal who'll study during training break. can u believe it? fantastic rite!! her mum n i so believe tat she'll make it to RGS on her own. she do not need DSA!!

lets' c how all their results go end year..

1st training...

2008-08-07T23:43:00.002+08:00

it's been awhile since i posted anythin.

wanted to blog bout EXol 1st fitness training last week but kinda forgotten bout it. wanted to bring a camera tat day to tat some pics but guess wat. i forgot also.

but training was great man. it was fitness training. i din train wit them s was stil suffering from a crazy cough.

they started out wit a long run. it wasn't tat long but the route was crazy. serangoon gardens is no joke for runs man!! the hills n slope is crazy!!

den to chartwell for the strength trainings. did alot plyometrics. steps jumping. upper body workout also. dips, pushups etc.

den we ended off wit everybody's favourite. plyometric long jumps!! tat really killed everyone!!

heh heh.. the best part was, some of them had pesta sukan round 2 the next day. n they were all walkin like pregnant ducks on tat day!! haha...

but training was good overall. can c the team buildin up together. wil have next trainin next week.. wil remember to bring the cam also so snap some shots.

check it out ya!!

2008-07-29T11:56:00.002+08:00

more flyin horse.. and more..
and more..
hmmm...wat's karen tinking?.....hmm...maybe i'll have kfc for lunch later...

tat's bout all the pics i have. have alot more more but not tat good to post...wait til our training tis fri n i'll take more..

c ya gals tis fri 7.30pm at cherylann's...

EXol

2008-07-28T00:02:00.004+08:00

EXol played their 1st game yesterday.

who r we?

here's the pic..catch the flying horse!! if u know wat i mean..

in their strengths...

2008-07-18T10:33:00.001+08:00

the wining team

2008-07-18T10:26:00.002+08:00

the end.....not!!! jus the begining...!

2008-07-17T10:06:00.003+08:00

yesterday was the finals of the nationals. we played against TK for 3rd 4th placing. it was a tough fight. very tough. we were down by about 6goals in 2nd quart n drew in 3rd quart. n we dropped n lost in the last by 5goals.

y? u ask me. honestly. it's one of those games ware the teams both fought so very hard. but someone has to lose the game. if it's possible tat e game can end in a draw, tat'll be great. but it's not possible.

of coz my gals very so sad. but u know wat...they have grown up so much. not the past year... jus this season.
when they lost evergreen in the zonal finals, they were devestasted. a drop from champion last year. they took it really so hard like it was the end of the world.

but the reaction yesterday was different. it was from a more mature team. yes, they were sad. but it was jus for e moment. they got past it fast. of coz there were exceptions, 2 or 3 of them took abit longer to get over it. but that's normal. the rest of them actually left the court with smiles on their faces....no they were not crazy...they jus enjoyed the game like i told them to!!

wat's the point of pickin up netball, training for a competition, sacrificing other stuff, going all out to play a game....jus all for a sake of a position n a medal colour?!! wat bout the other impt tings in life? like enjoyment n having fun n loing wat u do?

dun get me wrong...i'm not sayin tis jus becoz we lost the game..i've always told them tis..gettin a gold medal while playing so aggressively n rough n sometimes badly n maybe to the point of tears...n gettin a bronze but knowing that it was one of the best games of ur life n tat it was so damn fun..OF COZ it would be better if we've won the game. but we've already lost it so y linger in tat sad moment? losing the game in terms of score doesnt make them any more of a bad player than TK players. the score is jus numbers. the medal is jus a metal piece tat looks good n feels good. then game tat they played yesterday was so good. shots accurate, defence tight, passes good. TK also played well. it jus so happened tat we lost. like i said, someone has to lose.

BUT I KNOW N WE KNOW TAT OLN PLAYERS ARE GOOD!!

yesterday's game doesn't determine how they're do in life s a player. losing it doesnt mean they'll not go far..already few of them r scouted for RGS n CEDAR. my sharmaine wana go SOTA but i'm sure she'll join a club n go far. how can she not? she's one of the best GD around?! have u seen her jump?

have u seen how trisha has improved thruout the past 2 yrs? i've never thought she'll be a main 7 player. she was so wild n uncontrollable. everythin she threw went out of court. but yesterday, she threw a perfect pass in to richelle when nobody expected it. she was at the center of the court n midfielders n their defenders were runnin bout in front of her but she jus lop in a super strong pass in to richelle who's standin rite under the pole. n it was a goal!! trisha also has perfected her timing for interceptions. n combined wit her jump. she's jus a defender wit potentaial waitin for her next coach to tap into..

n my dear co-captain shiying, aka bunny. how she has grown. she has the good buillt of a defender. not lanky like my other players. but strong n firm wit a presence on court. she covers her shooter perfectly n her timing to intercept a lop is wonderful. usually she's shorter than her GS but dun underestimate her. she can intercept a lop from richelle who's half a head taller than her. n she's quick wit her interception of fast passes n rebounds from taller shooters also.

n my little miss perfectionist co-captain shirlene, her ability to read the game gives her the right to be the team's centre. she performs so well under pressure. in fact it seems like she only performs well under pressure. her passes durin games r always so much better than training passes. i love her lops in to richelle. only she is able to throw the perfect lops.

jiloti, my GA. so versatile. she was WA last year. n she played so well s WA. she was the connectin link for the midfield n shooters. tis year she has perfected her shots. she has stopped her back kick tat she had when she 1st started shootin 3yrs ago. now she can shoot far n near without kickin. she may b always foolin around off court. but when she gets on court, it's all focus in her. her on n off court persona is the total opposite. she's the life of the party off court. but the only smile u'll get from her on court is when she puts in a goal. her seriousness n total concentration on court is somethin to be so proud. come to tink sbout it, i dun really have to coach her much when she's playin. she's a confident player n totally capable.

richelle, richelle. always lookin so serious. sometimes scary wit her perpetual frown. tall n dark wit a serious air about her. tallest GS around. when she blocks for her lop, no defender can intercept it from her. til many teams has to block her from the back in hope of preventin her to block for a lop. but tat doesn't stop her. she still jumps for a high pass or goes for a straight pass. not many tall GS is tat versatile n fast. n her shots r somethin to be in awe of. far, near, all goes in. tis gal can still grow n when she gets more in tune wit her body, nothin can stop her. already, she has been scouted by many schools.

louise. wat can i say. it has been abit of a waste. due to her injuries n some other issues, she has not been performin to the best of her abilities. jus last year, so many people has commented to me bout her. her speed n agility was so amazing. she was the perfect WA. wit her on court, the attack was so smooth. seldom, balls will even go down the court when it was the other team's throw in. b4 it can even reach centre third, u'll c louise gettin it away from them, passin it back to our shooters n a goal is scored. all jus in 5secs. but the louise tis year is different. yesterday's game was the only game tis yr ware i saw abit of the old fire coming back. the fire tat the whole team was countin on b4.

punitha, the new gal. amazing shooter. shots accurate. initially her shots dun go in when she played her 1st few games. couldn't shoot under pressure. after all the presure training, she managed to overcome her fear n her shots started going in. i hope she continue to play in sec school. she has all the makings of a great GA. she's fast n agile n shoots well. she jus started late wit this team tat's all.

isabel. she was my main choice for WA tis year. but jus the last game, she injured her arm when she fell. quite a bad fall. isabel's a thinker. smart player. uses her brain when she moves. no wonder she was also a main player for floorball. all sports appreciate a smart player. hope her arm gets better. if not, i gota bring her to the sports doc.

quiet cheryl. quick n strong. when she wants too. gota build up her confidence. she has the moves n build of a dancer due to her ballet training. strong legs n jumps. come on cheryl! u're s good s the rest. dun look down on yourself. i don't!

gwyneth. tall n firm. once she gets hold of her mind muscle control, she'll be great. she has the build n height of a netballer. she'll blossom only at a later stage once she understands her body.

i'm so proud of this team. i've seen them grown since they were pri3. from a stage ware they started learing basic passes n steppin to a stage ware they r in top 4 nationals n scouted by top schools in singapore.

n the best part is, i've seem them grow into fightin machines. many a times, i've seen them fight their way up from a losing position to win. both in game n spirit.

they're e 1st team tat i have tat do not require me to coach them during e game. they can play a whole game on their own n succeed. all i do is jus watch from the sideline n enjoy their game.

they love the game n love the play. every game to them is fun n an enjoyment. tat's most important to me s a coach. i strive to coach gals to grow up n love the game. to enjoy wat they're doing n grow into mature players. emotionally. scores count but enjoyment is more important. makin good frens n learning to win n lose at the same time. to enjoy wins. n learn from defeats n make it count in the future.

all tat i strive for, i c in this team. it is my pleasure n honour to be called coach by them.

thank you oln seniors.

ex juniors, stronger seniors.

it's a fight again

2008-07-13T23:35:00.002+08:00

we lost to st marg. fair n square.

smps was on fire tat day man..tin kthey're gonna be champ tis yr. shooters were 100% accurate. defence tight.

tk won them coz they had 2 players down tat day. no wonder. tk lost to kellock. also dun know how they could lose. they were leadin 3quarters n lost in last quarter. kellock was playin their usual game. nothin fancy or different.

anyway. so means we'll meet tk again in finals. it's gonna be a good fight.

lets c how it goes..

till den..

good news. bad news

2008-07-09T13:17:00.002+08:00

lets start wit the bad news 1st...

oln juniors out of the running for top 4. they lost to st hildas...by 4goals.

know wat's the funny ting? we played st hildas in a friendly b4 n we won them by 5goals.

i can stil remember the game. 5-5, 8-8, 11-10 n we won 16-11.

yesterday we led 1st 2 quarters. here's how it went. 5-3. 8-6. 12-14 n we lost 15-19.

st hildas played their usual game. we lost coz we played bad. real bad. it's the worse game ever.
shooters hiding behind defenders. passes into the goal circe went rite into defenders hands. their defenders dun even have to put in much effort to intercept. sigh...to put it crudely, they deserved to lose. if they had won, it was all by pure luck..

they cried. i dun blame them. in a way, i believe they did try. no one would go into a game n play their worst on purposely. they're still young, consistency isn't there yet. they'll play better next year. sigh.. yes it's waste tis year. all the way til the last game in round 2 n it had to be their worst game. next game would already be top 4 quarters-finals....

anyway, here's the good news.

oln seniors won kellock!!!!

we played them quarter-finals last yr n we lost by quite a lot.

we were down by 2goals 1st quarters. caught up a little n down by 1goal only. 3rd quarter went haywire abit. gals were tired n lost focus abit. we drop til 5goals. told e gals they had nothin to lose. we're already in top 4. we lose, we play tk. n we have confidence against tk. we win, we play smps. n if we can beat kellock, we can beat smps. so wat do we have to lose? nothing..

jus told them to go play the game they love. go enjoy n make sure they leave the court happy n proud to be a netballer.

n we beat kellock.

by 1 goal.

interception was fantastic. sharmaine was so quick. trisha's timing was perfect. shiying intercepted lops n wasn't blown for contact. in fact, she was contacted by the GS instead. shiying tip n sharmaine picked up. sharmaine tip n trisha picked up. i tell u ah. tis threesome is the perfect defence. in my eyes.

jiloti n richelle rotated like crazy partners n perfect shots. perfect offers. n perfect rebounds n shot again.

shirleen threw perfect lops into circle, over the defence. n louise was the connectin link in the centre third.

we play like this against smps, we'll make it into the finals.

more importantly, we din win because of our courtplay. we won coz of the fightin spirit. no matter how good n team is, if there's no fightin spirit, it'd not work. wit fightin spirit, everythin's possible.

smps game on fri is gonna be tough. one of the toughest. smps is quick. but i know my oln is quick also. if we can beat tk last year n drew wit them again tis yr, n beat kellock, anythin is possble wit oln. tk beat smps wit pure fightin spirit. they're not s fast s smps actually but they still did it.

so we can do it also!!!!!!

round 2

2008-07-04T00:17:00.003+08:00

morning was a tough fight between oln juniors n st marg...
wat can i say....my gals din fight...or they fight only til the last quarters when they got really scared....s usual..

we were down by 11 goals n they started fightin til at the final whistle, they lost by only 3 goals. but last quarter was a good fight...very very good play...so good til i'm actually so happy n proud even though we lost.

now we gota beat st hilds to stay in the game. who ever wins on tues gets ino top 4..

seniors win greenridge..not strong game but i realised tat's jus how my oln seniors play....when up against strong teams, they play strong. against weaker teams, play weaker...but one ting consistent bout tis team is, no matter how they play, they will stil managed to beat the other team. n the goals scored wil consistently increased..

final game is kellock. we're already in top 4 but we stil wil fight to beat kellock. cant jus let e game go, rite gals?

group x was tough...remember i told ya bout st marg, evergreen n tk meetin? tk already won st marg. n today they beat evergree. so means tues it's st margs vs evergreen. whoever wins gets thru. we shall c then.

til den....

past teams...

2008-07-02T23:49:00.004+08:00

jus thought i put up some pics of my past teams..

sjc c div'06

xinghua p5'2005oln p3'2006
oln p4 '2006
oln p6 '2008
oln p6'2006

chij bt timah p5'2000 chij olgc '2003
chij olgc '2006 after they graduated...
oln p6 ' 2006
oln p6 ' 2005

so many more from ware tat come from...one day when i have more time, wil post up the rest..

ex juniors stronger seniors!!

2008-07-01T21:57:00.000+08:00

2dae's the 1st dae for round 1 for the nationals. was feelin a little sad when i realised olgc's not gonna be around...it's ok. there's stil next year.

oln juniors played fengshan. aiyoyo...not tat good. got so messy 1st half coz of fengshan. they're a strong team, the juniors, but they need to wake up n play their own game. final score 23-18.

oln seniors played st hildas. played them b4 in a friendly n won them. trashed them actually. in a way, i was a little afraid of that fact. coz the knowledge of winning them b4 could lead the team to complacency. so i kept remindin them tat we stil had to fight. st hildas will not give in so easily.

thanx god my gals was ready to fight. oh well. there were a few silly mistakes here n there n a few unseriousness moments. at first i was a little cheezed off tat they could stil giggle n laugh n played a fool a little. they took tat moment of the game too lightly. it was my attack. my jiloti, richelle, shirleen n louise. jiloti la. couldn't pass the ball den jus found the whole senario funny n started giggling. she's always giggling. n once she starts, shirleen will follow. cant remember if we lost tat shot anot though. den....i held my tongue at shoutin at them n take a moment to realise wat's going on. they were simply enjoyin the game. how often do u find a competitive team takin time to giggle n laugh during a game? n enjoyin the moment? everybody's so serious n look like they wana punch their opponent.

i dun care wat others say bout laughin on court. they may say it's not takin the game seriously, not professional or jus playin a fool. they may even say tat'll cause the team to lose the game. (no wonder there're teams out there wit black faced players n coach)...

but if the team is happy, wouldn't i have succeeded in my job s a coach? to ensure tat every player loves the game?

anyway, back to the game. we won 37-11. 2nd quarter was good. 3rd went down abit. i had o remind the team tat now's the time to be consistent in their play s final's is drawin near. 4th quarter was not 2 bad den.

thurs is greenridge. we jus have to beat them to ensure a place in top4. cant be too complacent. they're also fightin to go top4. we jus have to fight again. fight fight fight.

tink the hightlight of 2dae's game is the st marg vs tk. smp was leadin 3quarters but tk caught up n won by 2goals. tat was quite a shock to everyone. tink smp cant take the pressure coming from opp bench wit tk supporters sceaming. they were quite deafening. thank god my oln can take it. tink they're used to my screaming.

oh well....if tk can beat smp by fightin. n we can draw wit tk now n beat them last yr by fightin, i believe we can also beat smp...by fightin of coz.

but now we jus gota focus on thurs n next tues..

OLN FIGHT!! I KNOW WE CAN DO IT!!! WE R S STRONG S THE OTHER TEAMS N WE'LL SHOW THEM!!

EX JUNIORS, STRONGER SENIORS!!

To u....OLGC

2008-06-28T21:43:00.000+08:00

wanted to blog wat happened at the oln game yesterday but was so shag man. put nana to bed n i fell asleep also. couldn't get up at all.

anyway..wana know wat happened at the game? let's track back abit to the previous happenings 1st.

oln lost to evergreen during north zone finals by 1 penalty goal after the final whistle. everyone was bummed out at tat results. meant the grouping in the nationals would be much tougher.

true enough. everygreen was placed in a damn easy group. marymount, mgs n another sch tat i can't recall. n they trash every team n top the group. lucky them. or should i say, blessed them..

s for oln. we had olgc ( wahlau), unity..and TK...our arch rival...s u can read from my last blog, we had quite a few encounters wit them last year. anyway, we trashed olgc and drew wit tk after a tough fight. final results would depend on goal difference between tk n oln. tat depended on the last match which took place yesterday.

here's the silver lining...olgc is under me also...n of course they're not too bad. not s strong s oln but the spirit is the same. both fighters...olgc played wit tk n oln wit unity.

thanx god for oln, they had the 2nd game...which means they could c how many goals tk scored against olgc n calculate exactly how many goals they need to top the group..

another ting oln has to be thankful for is that they're playin unity instead of olgc for tis crucial match. unity lost to olgc which means they're easier to score against. n since olgc is under me also, i could psyche the team up to fight harder n defend tighter against tk. n my olgc defenders r one of the most powerfulest...my charmaine n eriko have been scouted by rgs ah!!! dun pray pray.. heh heh...anyway, all jokes aside, olgc defenders r really not bad. tall n quick.

so tk scored 33-5 against olgc. which means after calculatin their total score, oln needs to have a goal difference of 34 to top the group.

final score of oln against unity....54-10...goal difference...44

we top the group!!!!!!!!!

do u know wat tat means? it meant tat our round 2 group is slightly easier than the other group. y i say slightly n not much?...coz s long s a team makes it into round 2, it means tat tat team has substance to them n not to be taken lightly.

anyway, y slightly easier?

there're 5 giants in this nationals who're in the running to be in the top 4. st margs. kellock. oln. tk. and evergreen. n since oln n tk has already been together in round 1, tat means tat tk will definately been in the other group wit 2 other giants. n only 2 from tat group will make it thru to the quarter finals...

whereas in our group, only 2 giants n 2 mini giants. i'm not lookin down on them. i know we have to fight them s hard. complacency will be the cause of our downfall...

our grouping u ask?

group y. oln. kellock. greenridge. st hildas.

group x. evergreen. st marg. tk. yumin.

now u know y i'm so happy? it's true...all tings work out for the good..

s for my juniors...

they got a huge trashin from me yesterday..they were up against olgc ( again!! ) and of course i couldn't coach either teams so it was up to the teachers. olgc has meow. they were lucky s meow's experienced n know how to lead them n prepare them mentally. oln had hui min. she's new in tis line n neva played netball b4. she tried her best but she's too nice n the gals took advantage of her. played a fool wit her instead of warming up seriously. they knew wat to do s i've taught them a warmup routine n have 2 captains to lead them.

n because they weren't serious n were also complacent s they've trashed olgc b4 in a friendly, they got a huge trashin from olgc in the 1st 3 quarters. olgc led in the 1st n 3rd quarters. oln led in the 2nd by only 1 goal. final score...oln won by only 4 goals. n tat's only last minute when they realised they were about to lose the game...

tis coming from a game of zonal champs vs zonals 4th. but like i said b4, s long s a team makes it into the nationals, dun pray pray wit them.. anyway, hope oln juniors have learnt their lesson n get more serious..they're definately too playful.

n lastly, i wana dedicate this post to my OLGC players.

i'm so proud of them. both teams. they've fought well n had the 'neva say die' attitude. n they've improve in their play every game.

my seniors have grown so much since i 1st took them 2 yrs ago. they were so mixed up n blur but they grew into a team of fighters.. they're jus pretty unlucky in their grouping.

same goes for my juniors. they're so spunky n fast but they had to be in a group ware they meet oln. i only formed my junior team at the very last minute. my WA, hanyun, only played WA for the 1st time during their 1st game in the zonals. against st marg somemore. n they only lost to st marg by 3 goals. can u imagine tat? we were estatic den!!

i feel so much for olgc. i can c my work in them. n their fight in me..

to u..

OLGC..

2008-06-26T12:37:00.000+08:00

thanx god my throat dun hurt anymore...but now i've completely n totally lost my voice.

at 1st was quite bummed out by this s i had really impt games yesterday.. oln vs tkps remember? wana know the results?

let me run thru the game for u 1st....startin wit my feelings..

how do i feel s their coach? happy of coz. m so proud of them. they played well. my sharmaine lasted all 4quarters n performed in every quarter. it's not easy being the GD. well...it's not easy being any of the positions. even my dear GS, richelle, was shagged out running so much. usually she jus stand her usually position n block for her lop space n the feeders will lop in a high pass to her n she catch n shoot. but tk's GK was pushin her out from behind so she wasn't ablt to block for a lop n had to run out for the ball everytime n run back into to work wit jiloti...tat's my GA. but all the pushin frok tk's gk din work. my richelle still could get the ball everytime n put the goal in.

of coz not all the quarters were good. 1st was good. they usually dun perform well in 1st quarter. but yesterday was an exception. score 5-5.

2nd was fantastic. oln really power man. we pulled up to lead 12-9.

3rd went down abit s the weather was blastin n the heat was unbearable. we dropped the lead to 14-15.

but the last quarter was a good fight for both teams. it was 1goal for dem n 1goal for us, 1goal for dem n 1goal for us. n final score...20-20..

know wat the best part was? GOD is good. all tings really work together for the good. at 1st i really was very upset at the lost of my voice. means tk had an advantage s the teacher could coach dem thruout the game. n his voice could be quite discouragin for my gals. but me losing my voice turned out to be better!!! my gals wasn't stressed n pressured. tk was gettin it quite bad from their teacher everytime they made a mistake or miss a shot. n my gals all found some things tat he said pretty amusing so they weren't really influenced by his shoutin..

oln played so well coz they were happy. happy players always play better. even if they dun win, they will stil go away loving the game...

so now it's up to tmr's game to c if tk or oln top the group. i tink we stand a better chance s it'd be easier to score against unity than olgc. the team tat score more wil top the group n go into round2 will the better group. i hope..it all depends on the drawing..

oln juniors won in the morning. against mgs. 29-4. i tink somethin li tat la. oln juniors must work harder in round2 if they wana go all the way to top4. olgc juniors lost to pasir irs. pasir ris played well yesterday compared to against oln on monday..olgs seniors won unity. it's a waste they're in the same groupin s oln n tk. but they played well yesterday also. charmaine n eriko really worked very well together. sheetal n sherlyn rotated perfectly n the midfielders killed the centre third man..

i love my job..

hurts so much..

2008-06-24T07:47:00.000+08:00

MY throat...HURTS...actually it doesn't really hurt hurt..jus tat i have totally n competely lost my voice. it's all from the ful day of coaching yesterday n the game at nite..all my schools won in the day. but my club lost in the nite. oh well. my schools're more important to me.

but now without my voice, i wonder how i'm gonna cope tmr man..important game tmr. very big. it's not the placing tat's big, it's who we're playin against. TKPS.
last year we had so many run ins wit them.
friendly-we lost.
game in KL-we lost.
game in nationals round 1-we lost.
friendly b4 nationals round 2-we lost.

but...there was a final game. it's fate. God's will...after all the fighting in our groups, we met again in the final game. semis- 3rd 4th placing for the nationals. n the results is..........

we won!!!! we had a draw n went into extra timing n final score.

oln - 21
tk - 19.

yay...

n tmr we're meetin them again. players have changed. we've changed our WA n they've changed our GS. wonder how we'd fare..

u know wat. i wun be surprised if we lose. it's quite typical of oln. no matter wat the results is tmr, we'd stil go into 2nd round. tat's not urgent enough for my gals to fight. sigh...so irritating. but tat's the style of tis team. only if it's the finals, den u'd c the fire in the team..quite bad sportsmanship...but it's abit too late to correct them on tis.

wel. at least they're committed. not like a certain player i have in tis team who chooses to stay or quit depending on her feelings. now she sucks s a player. serious...she's a very smart n great player but due to her inconsistency n lack of commitment to the team, her play has deproved (is there such a word?) so badly. from main n star player to reserve. now the gal replacing her is gettin so much better. she's done so well in the game yesterday.

oh well...u lose 1, u gain 1..

i thank god for my olgc teams also. they may not be s strong. but they're good gals. definately very committed players. lots of potential in tat school. it's jus tat they started off late, unlike oln. given time, i'm sure i can transform tis school into a top team like oln also. wat's more, their support in netball is stronger than in oln.

anyway...i set up tis blog weeks ago but havent posted anythin yet..reason being i din know wat to write. dun really wana write bout my life. coz tare's nothin to write about. nothin bout family coz tat's so cliche. so i've decided. i'm gonna dedicate my blog to my coaching. jus to talk bout my schools, teams n results.
tink i'd enjoy tat e most.
hope u do too.