the march holiday.
Posted: March 22, 2010 Filed under: basketball., liverpool., places. 1 Comment »it has been a good time away from studying after the hectic first common test. not sure that i’m gonna score well on the exam though. i’ll be dead when i got the results. hope my ears will survive all the nagging.
well, i had training camp from tuesday till thursday. two training sessions in a day. morning run was always the most difficult part of the day. then we go on to shooting drills. the centres did 240 shots each. we could only end like 11.30 for the morning session. then we shower and have lunch. back to our bunk and sleep the rest of the afternoon off. evening training session starts at 4pm. defense was all we did for this camp. even when we were playing, the focus had always been on the defense. shower again and off for dinner. highlights would be the icing session on the second night and the dinner at 85.
i was exhausted when i went back to the hostel on thursday evening. went straight to bed to wake up on friday afternoon. went out to see amelia. but i needed to wait for her. so i went to watch ‘how to train your dragon’ which was only available in 3d. has been a while since i watch a movie on my own. it is really enjoyable and not at all pathetic like most people would assume. i could focus more on the story that way. when i got out of the studio, i saw melissa queuing to buy a ticket and she was actually with wee liang. they eventually decided not to watch at cathay and to go to plaza singapura instead. walked with them there. melissa actually wanted to meet amelia, but they needed to rush for the movie. i went to eat ice cream with amelia at swensen’s. julian joined half-way. then we went for dinner with dhea. the four of us then went to buy a present for rizky. we bought him a miniature of anakin’s jedi starfighter with anakin and r2-d2 figurine. we all know rizky likes star wars. but there were so many choices and we were unsure which one to pick. so i picked the one i liked. hope he shares the same taste.
anakin skywalker's jedi starfighter
anakin skywalker figurine
r2-d2 figurine
had a friendly match against meridian jc on saturday morning. it was scheduled to be played at school. but it was raining ceaselessly and we only had outdoor court. needed to wait for coach to find another venue, and so we played bridge. ms tan saw and was furious. she gave me her blackest face and nagged at me. but i didn’t care. then we all went to anglican high to play. we had a good match, winning by quite a margin. but we weren’t satisfied as we let the opponents scored too many points, showing that our defense training weren’t sufficient. it was already quite late in the afternoon when we finished our lunch. went to novena to accompany amelia while she was studying at a stabucks outlet. she is having her exam next week. i finished reading ‘outliers’ by malcolm gladwell there.
stayed overnight at julian’s place that night. nothing exceptional happened. julian and i went to the national library in the afternoon just to look at some art books. i found some movie art books to look at. gives me a sense of how a movie is made with all the visual effects, drawings, and prop. maybe movie-making is one field i can apply my future ‘electrical engineering and IT’ skills to. if there’s one thing i wanna do is to give every people an opportunity of watching quality television shows that can educate like those in america. people in indonesia are too ingrained in their telenovelic and mind-dumbing tv shows till they do not know what they are missing at.
went to watch liverpool vs manu earlier this evening with ariston at chijmes. it has also been a while. it was kinda disappointing. the match was plain. the players were not spirited. or maybe it’s also because of the fact that pool lost the match. damn, it’s gonna be hard to reach that 4th spot.
well, this morning school restarts. damn.
healing ankle.
Posted: February 8, 2010 Filed under: basketball. Leave a comment »hey. for those who are wondering about the condition of my ankle. i’m happy to tell you that it’s quite well.
i, myself, was surprised on the improvement. on saturday night, it was really bad. my ankle has swollen to almost twice its actual size. and i could only hop with my other leg to move around my room.
but, that night, i compressed my ankle with my ankle support and elevated it with three pillows while i sleep. believe me, it was uncomfortable. but it worked like magic. the following morning, the swollen part has disappeared and i could walk almost normally again.
amelia visited me on sunday. and she brought a box of chocolate for me. it was nice. it was a ‘rondnoir’ ferrero rocher. she just seemed to know that i’ve always liked dark chocolate.
had school today. came late to school cos i ignored my alarm. luckily freddy was there to wake me up and there was also no teacher on the school gate, and so i was not scolded.
a j1 girl asked me where LT2 was this morning. but i led her the wrong way. tsk. and this happened after a year at vjc. well, you can’t really make me at fault, i had never been inside LT2 since i stepped my foot in vjc. rest assured, i went back and told the girl the right direction after i realised that.
for those who are still wondering bout my ankle, this is a pic of it covered in a super-tight ankle guard which barely fits into my ageing running shoes.
sprained ankle
sprained.
Posted: February 6, 2010 Filed under: basketball., desktop. Leave a comment »i’ve got a bad luck today. during training this morning, i sprained my ankle while playing a match. i was going for a rebound, but i did not land safely. i landed on somebody’s shoe, at least my left foot did. and it was like a slow motion movie, i could feel every single moment and the loud ‘crack’ sound is still very clear on my ear. i fell to the surface of the court, shouting as i felt the pain. people came quickly to my assistance and helped me to get out of the court, ice my ankle and even bought me a drink. thanks guys.
but i did get a good advice today for my sprained ankle. whenever it happens, you gotta ‘RICE’ it.
R – rest : after a while, your ankle will swell, this is from the blood deposit in the sprained tissue. it’s gonna be tough to even walk. so yeah, gotta rest it.
I – ice : you also gotta ice the swollen ankle area. this speeds your recovery. ice every few hours in the first 24 hours.
C – compress : compress the swollen area to prevent the blood deposit to harden.
E – elevate : gotta elevate your swollen ankle while you are lying down. to prevent the blood flow from staying in the sprained tissue. you can do this by placing your foot on a pillow while lying on a bed.
cos of this i am grounded on my bed. damn. been listening to the beatles’ songs all day. wanna dedicate this one to amelia.
” i want her everywhere
and if she’s beside me i know i need never care
but to love her is to need her everywhere
knowing that love is to share
each one believing that love never dies
watching her eyes and hoping i’m always there”
queensway.
Posted: February 2, 2010 Filed under: basketball., places. Leave a comment »every time i opened wordpress, there is this ‘howdy, ferdinand.aldo’ sign on the top left of my screen, it feels like there’s a southern american redneck greeting me. why don’t they put ‘hey mate!’, it would make me feel like being greeted by steven gerrard’s british accent.
aldo, better stop your crap!
kay. so today i went to queensway for subject day. and (amazingly!) there are many things i learned from this trip. although, i’ve been to queensway shopping centre several times before in my life, i have never paid a close attention. so these were my learning points:
1. there are different types of shops on different floors. specifically:
- sports shoes : 1st floor
- opticians : 1st floor
- male apparel : 2nd floor
- sports equipment : 2nd floor
- printing : 3rd floor
2. it is very cheap to buy specs and contact lenses from queensway. a box of disposable contacts cost only half the price. i don’t know whether they are fully legit, but they are definitely much cheaper.
3. some shops are owned by the same person. this way, the owner could make his shops to specialise in a certain product. for example, this guy owns like 3 shops, one only sells football related products, the second one sells the other sports equipments and the third sells male apparels. (for the econs geek, this is a good way of doing managerial eos and diversification. *spam jargon* haha.)
4. and the most important one. if one product is on sale in a shop. the other shops would also offer the same discount. so the price of the same product is usually the same in every shops. so, the next time you wanna buy, don’t really bother to go to the other shop, because you would only save like a few dollars. not worth it.
yeah. i hope this would help you on your next journey to queensway.
vjc orientation ends today. and they had the wet games this afternoon. at first, i didn’t wanna get wet. but the bball girls senior, namely lidya and grace, attacked me with water bomb when i was just walking and made me wet to my underwear. yikes. by then, the harm was already done, and i was successful when i seek for revenge.
not many people went for basketball trials today. not that i really care. cos my team actually has more than enough people already. but the quite many girls went for the trials which was good news for the girls team.
my whole body’s aching from training. crap. gotta get my rest cos school restarts tomorrow. damn it.
yesterday’s post.
Posted: January 24, 2010 Filed under: basketball., wisemansay. Leave a comment »it’s under 10 minutes past midnight, and it’s truly yesterday’s story.
there was training this morning. i was a bit screwed cause i forgot to bring my shoes when i was already walking out of the hostel. i needed to go back up to the 11th floor to grab my shoes and as a result was late about 4 minutes for training. just enough to make coach realise i was late. not much prob, but soon there was gonna be. we had to run interval for 8 rounds of the track. which equals to sprinting for 1.6 clicks. i made it through though, despite the condition with my groin. afterwards, coach treat us with watermelon juice, as usual. the seniors also came for training today. whiche meant that we played a lot. we are practicing the zone defense now, but still pretty crappy. after showering, we celebrated macus’, gary’s and weilun’s bday.
had lunch at yoshimaru ramen at big splash. needed to walk a fair bit under the hot sun to reach there, but it was worth it. we ordered ramen and mini burgers. the restaurant was a subsidiary of jumbo, and so weilun’s aunt which i knew from my attachment at jumbo last year came by (unexpectedly). and guess what? she paid the lunch for us. woohoo. thanks aunty for the free lunch.
yoshimaru ramen bar
went to vivo city to find a new pair of specs with amelia. damn it man. my current set of specs had really disappoint me. the left lens kept coming out of the frame. the new set was really cool though. after trying out so many sets, finally the sales guy showed me a pair of quiksilver specs. dark colour, exactly what i was looking for. full frame, but a thin one, and the quiksilver logo which made it real cool. i knew it was the right one when i tried it, it just perfectly snugs above my nose and was close to my eyes. can’t wait to have it. hope this one will last though. as you might know, i’m on a stingy-mode now.
after finding my specs, we met with a few other guys at vivo. went to sentosa just to accompany some of us to play luge and watch songs of the sea. and all the while we were playing ‘monopoly deal’. damn, it was fun. it’s basically monopoly made into a card game. no hassle with the board and the dice and other things. and is actually more fun.
ate wah chee’s extra spicy butter pork for supper. and today it was extremely spicy. my nose was running, my eyes burning and my throat almost choking. but it was nice. haven’t eaten such a spicy food lately.
staying over at dover tonight. ciao people.
injury.
Posted: January 22, 2010 Filed under: basketball., desktop. 1 Comment »yeah, i know it has been 8 days since my last post. so, why don’t we start with a poll.
actually, maybe the fact that i am laying on my bed nursing my hurting groin is the reason why i can create this post. but, screw my leg. it just keeps hurting at different places every training, one day it could be my ankle, then my shin, then my knee, then my groin. crap. i just hope i could be in my perfect state during the competition.
it’s roughly just another one and a half month before competition starts. one thing for certain, we aren’t ready. but i hope we will be. and i know we could. the toughest opponent we have now is not hwa chong, or raffles, or any other team. but it’s ourselves and our complacency. it’s so common now to hear my teammates talking down about the other teams. i hope they know that this attitude and mindset might just be the thing that would bring us down.
i skipped school today. well, my fridays are not that heavy anyway. there wouldn’t be many school days in the following weeks as well, as the orientation and other thing kicks in. which is a good thing. i can relax once again. but i don’t think the the would-be-j1s would share the same feelings. they would keep wondering which school they would be posted to. haha. enjoy it.
on another note. i am amazed at those people who manages a vlog (video blog). you can just checkout youtube and you can find dozens of those videos. they are really good speaker, although many times the things they say are pointless and simply crap. but it’s also quite entertaining. i personally like this one. enjoy.
julian got a desktop.
Posted: January 8, 2010 Filed under: basketball., desktop., wisemansay. Leave a comment »no training today. quite a relief.
went out to watch a movie first. we watched the chipmunks 2. for my case, i argued against it, but only mildly. however, for the sake of the majority, i gave in. and i was proven correct. the movie was a strong challenger for the worst movie i’ve ever seen.
had lunch at ‘the soup spoon’. still felt something amiss when eating without rice or noodle. furthermore, there was too few meat in the soup for my standard.
so, for the higlight of the day, julian bought a desktop.
shit man. i was half jealous half excited. the desktop was so nice i also wanted one. but i know i could play with it when i come over to julian’s place anyway, so the excitement. and it cost the same as my laptop when i first bought it. hmm. i would certainly get a desktop when i settle down after A’s. but where would i be? that’s a good question.
but i can’t try the desktop out today though. got a friendly tomorrow. so i can’t stay over. quite excited bout the friendly, wanna repent for the bad performance i gave at the last one. but it will be tough, we’ve got some good players missing.
i’ll sleep early then.
ciao.
