These Dayz

These days have been occupied by endless tasks of work. Event one by one kick off my headache. World Cyber Game starts moving-in, kinna enjoy working with Herman and gang, but having some prob with those Phillps contractors though.

Tight schedule coming up but I do have a way to breathe as well.Just finished represented Suntec for the CCG football competiton last weekend, today I managed to convince Sam to join me for the Fuji Xero Open Sea Swimming Competition in Oct! Realised that this year, the swimming distance has been increased from 500m last year to 1km, I'm even more excited, hehe! While browsing through last year event, I happened to find my own pics! It's just so unbelieveable to find my own pics on the net, haha!

I met up with Ben and Fay yesterday noon for a porridge buffet at Joaquim. Ben passed me the vietnamese newspaper where our faces appeared on the front page! We've got a great time talking about our Vietnamese dayz! I do miss Hanoi ya, but I do look forward to Europe as well!

CCG 2007

2 Wins & 1 Lost, Team Suntec Singapore crashed out of CCG 2007 football competition.

I enjoyed myself today. Not only did I put my name on the score-sheet with a Lady-luck-double-reflected shot, I think I've done my best for the team in my debut competition for my company. In the end, I can only say we lost to a better team. That at least I can answer to my own performance!

The condition of the pitch was muddy and wet. So my only instruction for the team was to shoot at goal sight. Shoot whenever you can. I have got a Question of the day being raised by Joey,"You're always clearing the ball out of the game, was that your tactic?"

Joey you listen up, I shall explain to you here.

As a defender, my job is to make sure the safety of our backline. In another word, I won't allow opponent to have any opportunity to pose any danger to my backline. So even if I have to kick the ball out of the game to ease the pressure of our players, I will do so. By kicking the ball out of the game, I am actually giving our own players time to recover and fall back. Now you understand, Joey! :P

Tomorrow no game for us. Time to relax and have a good meal :P

Interesting Work Resume

Nice shot? That's taken by Fay, one of my football buddies! Fay always have an eye for interesting shots, this is one of those! For your info, I was looking at the Vietnamese voting poster along Hanoi streets.

A week after the 8-days getaway from the city, I am back (for nearly a week already) in the centre trying to convince my clients to make my life easier. Days ago, I met up with Ocean Butterflies reps (海蝶Records Company) to discuss on Singer, JJ Lin's visit to one of my event which he will be gracing next week. Among those staffs, there's particularly one staff which looks very much like Jay Chou! Furthermore, that Jay Chou-look alike is a girl! OMG, the other Ocean Butterflies reps also commented that she can speak like Jay Chou too! Anyway, gonna beef up my security here in the Centre as I foresee that lots of JJ's fans will be chasing him all the way here.

Tomorrow will be the CCG football competition day. I couldn't recall when was the last time I ever joined a football competition. Well, the most memorable competition which I ever participated was back in 1995. I was donning the jersey of SRC U-16 team playing in front of few hundreds of fans. We were beaten 0-2 in the Quarters in which I scored an own goal. I cried. Hopefully the story won't repeat itself after nearly 12years. To be honest, I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow games. In fact, I'm curious to know how Lena, Korice, Jorrynn, Grace, Joey, Weiting and gang will do to support us! Haha..

Work at 2am

First letter typed here was at 2:06am. I am still working in the office. Haiz.. so tired. Work late is never a problem for me but it seems like my foot doesn't agreed with me anymore. They are tired after a day of long distance walking! What make it worst is the silly bruised in-step which I'm suffering from since Tuesday night. I'm having difficultives in walking. This coming Saturday is CCG competition where I still have to lead the Suntec team. With my current condition, how to be a role model?? Haiz.. Anyway still can't call it a day as the contractors have yet to hand over the stage back to me! Fighting the Zzzz-Monster now! Last letter typed, 2:13am.

べトナムの記憶

先週のベトナムの記憶はまだ深いだ。
シンガポールに帰ったあとで。。なんか変な感じがあるんだ。

毎日にベトナムでサッカーがあって、今はサッカーをしないし、TVのサッカーを見えないし、何もしたことができない。ちょっと寂しと思う。

もし機会があったら、またべトナムへ行きたい。たぶん今度の感じは同じじゃないと思います。

さぁ。。マイか！

Thank You Hanoi

Finally back in Singapore. I've got a great time in Vietnam where it's football day in and day out! To make it easier for everybody to understand what I did and how I've been in Hanoi for the past 7days, I put them all down in point-form!

A) I watched 2 ASIAN CUP 2007 games in Hanoi, Japan beat UAE 3-1 and Vietnam lost 1-4 to Japan. Both games were played at a wonderful MY-DINH STADIUM.

B) While watching Japan vs UAE, Fay, Ben and I joined the "NIPPON ULTRAS", sang and cheered for Japan throughout the game under the leading of the drum-beat! There were approximately 400 odds Japanese supporters, majority travelling all the way from Japan.

C) For the game between Vietnam vs Japan, 3 of us were in RED, cheering for the ASEAN team! Stadium was packed full of "communist" VIETNAMESE!! Giant flag of Vietnam was passed round the stadium on top of our heads! Although Vietnam lost the game, the team managed to make it through to the Quarter-final with UAE doing them a favour by beating the Qatarians. After the game, thousands and thousands of Vietnamese fans filled the streets with bikes and Vietnam flags! They celebrated past midnight!! Fireworks were fired too!! You just couldn't imagine how wonderful the atmosphere was unless you were there.

D) It's always good if you do have some contacts in this football circle. Ben's contact put us to fame! Photo of Fay's, Ben's, myself and some Vietnamese fans was published in the Vietnamese Newspaper on the 17th July!! One of the Asian Cup's official photographer knows Ben and we're treated with EXTRA SERVICE! In fact, that photographer was the one who helped us purchased the games tickets and the accomodation arrangement!

E) There were Press from different countries gathered at Hanoi for the coverage of the Asian Cup games. A couple of photographers and writers from Japan's Football Nippon Magazine, stayed in the same hotel as us and naturally we got to know them as well. With my ability to speak Japanese, I did English-Japanese translation for Ryo Ito (Football Nippon) while he interviewed an Australian football fan at the hotel. After the interview, Ryo took a photo of me and Mr. Phil (Australia) and who knows, my face might appear at the next Football Nippon issue, haha! *Anyway, Ryo and me become friends and we have been emailing each others, exchanging news on football and etc*

F) Other then football, the favourite past-time of Fay, Ben and me, was sitting by the side of the streets, admiring at the Vietnamese pretty gals riding past us on their scooters!! Fay was always the one who couldn't concentrate on the meal. He's always starring at the ladies on the streets while munching his food in the mouth! Occasionally his mouth was always kind of "half-opened" if he's really focus on the bikers' fair ladies! Ben and me couldn't stand him though!

G) Got to know a handful of very friendly Vietnamese friends in Hanoi during our stay. We were invited to a Vietnamese family house for a feast. Special thanks to Hiep and his family! The family get-together dinner was excellent! Although my feets were pain (after hours sitting on the floor), I enjoyed every single moment especially wittnessing Ben and Fay sabotaging each other to sing in front of everybody!

H) Thanks to Namhoi Hotel which always kept me waiting for their staffs to finish playing their online game BEFORE I can get to use the com!

I) Thanks to the our favourite Taxi driver of all time, "Giggle-Non-Stop" fellow! He's the BEST FRIEND of Fay and he's the one who did all the driving for us, Hotel to Stadium, Stadium to Hotel, Hotel to Airport!! He's the best!!

Hours Before Departure

Hours before my departure for Vietnam, I was back in the office for some email-ing. Hardworking leh.. In the Marcom office, everyone happened to be in the office so I suggested to take a group pic together! That moment is once in a blue moon thingy ya! Check out Siva with LONG HAIR!! *puke* Ok, shutting off the com now. Blog will continue next Thursday night! CHIAOOOO...

Packing for Vietnam

Tomorrow I will be leaving for Vietnam, to indulge myself in the highest level of football in Asia, Asian Cup 2007. With the help from my FAS friends, I will catching the games between Japan vs UAE and co-host Vietnam vs Japan. Together with me, there're Ben and Fei, who will be roaming around with me in Hanoi. I'm so excited about the football trip! It's only last night then I started packing my bag! In fact, I just returned to my desk after changing some US-currency. I even went to Watsons, bought some charcoal pills to stand-by! Hopefully I won't need to consume that in Vietnam! Anyway, stay tune for my Hanoi's photos when I'm back next week! Boa Sorte..

One Night of Football

Once again, Joanne is correct! I'm gonna write about football, football and football!! But I think to further p*** her off, I'm gonna put up pics of me and different ladies at Jalan Besar Stadium & Fico Sporshub, haha.. Although I've been coaching at Albirex Niigata Soccer Adcademy since early 2006, last evening was the first time I ever went down for their game. Game was entertaining but as Yifei was busy, nobody accompanied me for the game. I was sitting all by myself in the crowd of "fake-japanese-wannabe" zone, so lonely.

I joined Yifei and Benjamin from FAS at Jalan Besar Stadium for the S-League game after work. In the stadium, I managed to catch up with Atsuko (our Albirex's staff) who was doing her duty near the entrance gate. She's so tanned now! I met Sharon and Charmaine too! They were helping out with the FA, cool!! After the game, i chilled out with Yifei and gang in their office, waiting to go for a session of football in the west, Fico.

I was invited by Yifei and Ben to join them in the FAS kick-about session at Fico last night from 12am to 2am! Among the invited list, there were staffs from the FA, media, The NewPaper journalist and even ladies from the FAS team! Hell, you wouldn't believe, those ladies kicked ASS! They were good, and I mean real good! This is the first time I played with ladies and the ladies proved that they're no easy meat. Particularly a lady by the name of Sharon (administrator for the Young Lions). She single-handedly blocked off all shots at goal using every single part of her body! End of the session, bruises filled both her legs! Ok, pics speak all. Enjoyz..

Hungry..

Supposed to have a feast with a client from Far East Organisation at PRP this lunch, but my sales rep, Danielle, and me were put aeroplane! We waited for nearly 35mins for the client at Suntec lobby but he's nowhere to be seen. All my colleagues know that I behave like a kid; I must have my lunch and dinner on time at 12pm and 6pm respectively. Now it's nearly 1:45pm and I am HUNGRY! Danielle said if there's no call from the client by 1:45pm, both of us shall go to Food Republic for lunch. I better fill my stomach with some "ABC" biscuits from Jonathan's snacks collection!!

Latest Crave

Recently I'm hooked by this miniature guitar; Beck Guitar! I only discovered this collection while having a lunch outside with Edwin in the weekend. With this new "hobby" building up, Joanne gonna say I'm gonna waste money again! I've been trying to control the urge of going over to the other side of the bridge but it's kind of hard ya. From the japanese website, the guitar series actually has got a human which can put on those guitars but I didn't manage to find any more information from the net. Haha.. since now I'm free, maybe.. maybe i'm gonna spend a few more bucks to get another packet!!

Exclaimation Mark

BBQ at Hally's place last night. Joyce and Stella were putting in tonnes of effort to make sure that the food was not just simply edible, aesthetically impressive as well. Hally was a good host by showing us around his "un-imaginable" nest. Mr. Taniguchi was a funny man who provides laughters with his "LJ-men" stories. Joanne and I were busy with Garlic chopping and the final showdown BBQ-ing while the rest went for a swim. Pyshologically I named that swim as a "naked-swim" due to its glassy surrounding. Hally's place was awesome. It is such a hi-end condo which is situated in the heart of a kampung. Surrounding buildings are still in the midst of constructing and truth enough, the condo stands out. The artworks and furnitures in Hally's home convinced anybody who doesn't believe he's an art-lover. The combination of modern architect and oriental set up mesmerise everyone who stepped into the house. Now after Hally's place, I'm looking forward to the karaoke session or drink session with the gang! Of course that has to include "Gucci-san" for sure!

Working Life

I am experiencing happiness in a place where some of the people claimed that unhappiness and frustration are ruining their most innocent soul. Everyday and every event is challenging to me. Well, I think I am lucky to meet all kind of men and women in this world. Today is Saturday but I am back at work. Tomorrow will be working day as well. Although not much time to rest, my mind is up to the test; ready for more activities coming up. Starting from tonight, BBQ at Hally's place and will be watching "Transformer" tomorrow night with Joanne..