forza feca

some years ago, i blogged about e history of feca. aint no old man here, just when you think i am going to blog about e history again, i am not going to do so! today is e official feca futsal kit launch.. erm.. just when im blogging about "today", ok now is not 28th anymore, its 29th. anyway save e history telling, you will never ever gonna get this jersey which we are wearing anywhere in this world! this is a jersey of not just a few hundreds bucks investment, it is a jersey of friendships, memories, inspirations, hopes and dreams.....



i am thankful for e rest of e 5 person here in this photo who have transferred a small wild dream of mine into this big now. thanks sponsors bravo company, dofs and junpiter futsal! special thank to steve who really went e extra mile to make all of our dreams come true. hopefully more of such photos will come soon.... forza feca

london

thats a very fast but yet enriching trip which ive embarked. last destinatin was london. when i talk about london, cant help mate it has got to be futbol talk again! shoo... shoo... for those not into futbol, just like my dear wifey, please do not proceed further.

compared to scotland, we took much much lesser pics over at london. e buildings were so english-style and probably we were have seen so much of scottish-english buildings, those presented to us in london were not a single bit impressive at all. worst, people mountain people sea! its just so crowded in london!! sometimes i am thinking it could be possible to walk pass a celebrity in london without you realizing it.. and what.. ive exchanged shoulders with a dragonforce (a band) guitarist - herman! his long curly hair caught my attention in e underground, before i am certain he was herman e guitarist, one of his friends called him as in "hey herman"! thats affirmative! all happened in split-second dude!

shopping was a disappointment for my dear wifey. apparently everything was expensiver and sadly our pounds were not meant for that spending. however saying that, i treated myself to my first ever EPL jersey - i bought an arsenal home jersey with customized printing at near 60pounds! of course i knew that e price would be slightly cheaper if im going to buy that jersey back in singapore but you know lah, e feeling of buying that at emirates was not e same! so when you see me in that jersey, ask me where i bought it!!! im gonna answer you proudly "i bought it from emirates stadium"!

okay, start now... my favourite trips in london would definitely be stamford bridge and e emirates! coincidentally my stay in london fell on one of chelsea's home game (vs blackpool). oh well, managed to convince joanne to accompany me there for photo-taking though. shot here shot there while walkin in e blues! someone even attempted to sell me game tickets but joanne was quick to brush that fellow off... save e details on that. next was e emirates stadium tour, fantastic eye-opener trip for sure! practically e emirates was built surrounding e ideas of arsene wenger. his manager was kind of wicked but i was totally impressed by every single detail which he has thought. today, emirates stadium stand proudly at london and i believe from now onwards, i will be following e european futbol more closely especially e scottish premier league.

for this trip, i didnt really buy much stuffs, as in ive planned to get certain stuffs from this UK trip but probably my expectation was way too heaven high - i felt disappointed. prior to this trip, i would imagine walking on a london street, there would be plenty of futbol stores at every corner... oh well, that's not e case. only managed to get famous piccadilly circus lilywhites and soccer scene at carnaby.

overall, an enriching free n easy trip for me. an eye-opener as far as futbol is concerned. i did uploaded some pics in my facebook, wont be putting up any here unless if theres anyone whos following my blog want to see?? sum it up, great trip, now jun has returned and will be better.

scotland

off to UK this sept with joanne. erm... scotland and england to be specific. 7days of roaming in scotland came to an end this morning, currently we are on e train bound for london, should be reaching in about 1hr's time. so probably before i start my london stay, let me blog about my feel on e scottish-stay!


ive enjoyed many exciting and memorable moments during my short stay in scotland. we met this guy, ross hutton, who' actually our guide for e north-island domestic land tour. he was a very interesting guy but kind of living a weird lifetsyle, haha. we booked this highlander trip through e internet prior to our departure to UK and we really had a fantastic time looking at water falls, farms, houses by e sea, loch ness, particularly loch ness left me with e deepest impression of all. first ive got to tell you i am a great follower of loch ness monster since young! and to be able to breathe e same air as nessie, touching e water which nessie perspires... that's a moment come true for this young lad here!


air was thin, sometime as low as 9deg cel, i still managed to go for an early morning jog in e town of inverness! i was in my shorts and jacket thinking i am all well-covered to battle e cold but i was wrong! e thing air made it hard for me to run. even though i clocked only just a short 30mins run, i know that jog has enhanced my stamina which in time will be benefical for my upcoming marathon debut! after e jog, believe it or not, i sweated!


no matter where im going, or what im doing, it will never be far from my beloved futbol. i was at this bar in e night catching champions' league - man utd vs rangers, live at inverness town. my favourite booze, jim beam, together with ross and gang, we watched e game till e end. normally i didnt really see much people in e town but comes futbol night, people with jerseies all appeared in e bar! typically scotts, they were there to cheer for e rangers! me too! e guys knew its a high expectation to beat e reds, e final scoreless draw was enough for them to applause after e final whistle!


most of e time, joanne and me would spend shopping at edinburgh. truthfully say, i didnt really enjoy shopping at e streets, not especially if i couldnt get e thing which i want!! shit! i wanted to get this jersey from JJB, it stated purchase comes with free prinint but when i wanted to make e payment, they said machine down! i was like f**k, could it be because i am an asian??!! i didnt want to be sensitive but i couldnt help it. eventually i didnt spend a single cent in e shop! all my hopes are in london now. i heard people mentioning london could be a much more expensiver city to shop than edinburgh, but to my wifey, wh0 cares! pounds are changed, as far as my wifey is concerned, all have to go!! haha!


this scottish trip we met some really nice fellows. too much photos to be uploaded, probably just one here to show we've been through! more exciting blogging from london i suppose!

gunners' camp

right after e intensive gathering at kanchanaburi saiyok camp aka gunners' camp, i am heading for another gunners' location - arsenal football club @ highbury! will be departuring for UK this coming thursday night and comes next next monday, i will be touring emirates stadium, my first EPL stadium for e very first time. although i ain't no fan of any EPL team, to think about visiting an EPL club is really exciting. hopefully it will not be too much for me to handle though! will blog more about e magnificent stadium in times to come!

goodbye crescendo

back from thailand, away from e sun. now i am a superb tanned ah-pu-ne-ne! i rated myself as one of e most fairest among all army personnels as i am constantly applying sunblock on my body! e rest were not so lucky though!



e bunk in saiyok camp really brought back lots of memories. although it has been 7yrs, i remembered almost every single detail of how e bunk, garage and canteen looked like. its all e same!




compared to 7yrs ago, e fatek which we went through as a reservist now was definitely not so hectic. not too sure if we were already seasoned gunners or painly just immuned, e movement was not as rushing as i initially thought. we have got sufficient rest in e night and hell yes, that's very important to me!! screwed me all you want in e day but give me e night to rest!

next, all deployment grounds were e same - as in we were there years ago and now we were back to e same spot! we were not supposed to post any army-related photos and if you notice, i am posting weather-shots only. and those were really quite nice shots i feel. e only thing was i couldnt show you a decent photo of how fucking hot e weather was! i dunno leh - how to show you guys photos of how fucking hot e weather was??? *shit*

i am no more longer checking on what's e daily temperature like while we were suffering from sunburn in e 9D8N outfield. probably i've already accepted e fact that i couldn't possibly do anything to avoid e (sun) burn even if i know e temperature hit 40deg cel! lan-lan lor...

weather was one thing, fortunately i've got a group of really good mates for accompany throughout these period of incredible outfield. gun-5 was e best and if i need to point out one figure which made my dayz in kanchanaburi, he has to be shortie-steven-lee!! rest assured if he's around, there would definitely be laughter around! *shortie, are you reading my blog here!!*

so what were we doing in e outfield?? while waiting for e fire mission to come in e sun, we did lots of unbelieveable stuffs! like?? catch dragonflies lor.... play with ants lor *ants ants, where are you..*, counting camou-net leafs... doing nails, some of them even suggested we should bring kites along for e outfield!

ninja vans brought us activities too! we would find our ways to get close them to place order for our meals. prices had significantly increased as compared to our first purchased 7yrs ago however thing remained unchanged was... cha-mee and cha-pung were still power lor! could not recall how much i've spent on ninja van but it did rip off some cash from me for sure!

anyway, rain or shine, we were always there waiting for mission!

lastly e R&R was not that fantastic though! e entire itinerary was similar to 7yrs ago, perhaps with little credit to e management team, we were at e death railway museum which i think we've not been before, e rest were e same as 7yrs ago. nothing to shop during our 1hr of R&R!! you got it - just ONE HOUR! anyway im glad that its back to our normal life now. we were there to achieve a good result, and we did it with a recon IIA, there shouldnt be any more outfield in my remaining 3yrs of ICT now. i've did my part in whatever way i can in e best battery... hopefully that's e last one although i do miss hanging around with my mates, especially oversea!

goodbye thailand crescendo, NO REGRET!