sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct..The 1 journal 2 jolt ur memory..

Ramblings once again...

2007-05-30T02:28:00.000+08:00

Yes, call me slow but...It suddenly hit me,

If you're no longer in love, you should split from the other party so as to minimize any sufferings both of you've got and cut both your's and the other party's losses...

Just one of a few random thoughts that crossed my mind..

Other thoughts that came and went

Sam Allardyce will make Spanish EPL mis-fit Albert Luque into next season's top-scoring midfielder/left-forward with his man-management skills and Newcastle WILL be in the Champions' League or UEFA Cup at least come the end of next season.
I love Malaysia, if not for their cheap prices, then for Jessica Liu aka Ruan Mianmian (URL later)
I am a weird guy, so weird that i can conjure things out of nothing. It may be my downfall at times, but hey, guess there's no smoke without fire right?
And oh..1 last random but confirmed thought...I'm porting over to LiveJournal ;)

Till then, Sphere-fans, whatever's left of you guys..

Terence...OUT

Change?

2007-05-20T02:31:00.000+08:00

Maybe I should change to LiveJournal too?

Hmmmm...

Calm after the storm...

2007-05-17T02:44:00.000+08:00

Fuck honesty, honestly...

2007-05-15T15:52:00.000+08:00

I guess I'm trying to say I'm sorry,
But it always comes out wrong,
I think a part of you still loves me,
Even though we're moving on.

Always, all ways I wanted us to be,
Always, all ways you and me,
And I wait here on my own,
And I wait for you to see,
All the time I spend alone now won't comfort me,

Always all ways...

And I'm sorry for what happened,
But I want you there to see,
That I'm changing all my actions,
I don't wanna set you free.

Always, all ways I want to see you through
Always, all ways me and you
And I wait here on my own,
And I wait for you to see,
All the time I spend alone now won't comfort me.

'Cause I'm waiting for you,
Yeah, I'm waiting for you,
Give me answers, get me through,
I will wait...

Always, all ways I wanted us to be,
Always, all ways you and me,
And I wait here on my own,
And I wait for you to see,
All the time I spend alone now won't comfort me.

'Cause I'm waiting for you,
And I'll wait here for you,
Give me answers, give me through,
I will wait...

'Cause I'm waiting for you,
Yeah I'm waiting for you,
Give me answers, get me through,
I will wait...


Always, all ways

Ramblings...and more ramblings...

2007-05-13T01:52:00.000+08:00

Big Sam is rumoured to be taking over the managerial post of Newcastle United as soon as next week...more news to follow
I'm most probably not gonna work for SC Asia on a 5-day week already. More to follow on this story item..
I love my girlfriend, Trish Koh still =D
I'm thinking of changing my blog template/"skin"...to something more dark and sinister.

Photoshop experts out there anyone? ;)

Terence...OUT...but not before a photo like this :)

I love her....A LOT...and I figured that what better place to tell the whole world than here, on the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct!

I LOVE YA DARLS....=D

Terence..OUT!

Nothing beats a happy Sphererer than......

2007-05-07T05:08:00.000+08:00

A happy Sphererer by himself =)

Just a little mini-update to let you fans out there know how i'm holding up, as well as to shift away from the doom and gloom that was the last few postings..

I'm fine, both emotionally, spiritually and mentally. Trish and I are back together, stronger than ever...moving on like the wind! Photos of our recent memories will be up so as to spread the joy of love around. I LOVE THAT GIRL VERY MUCH

(PS: THAT GIRL refers to none other than the 1 and only, Trishie Dearie)
Glenn Roeder is no longer manager of Newcastle United. I repeat, GLENN ROEDER HAS LEFT THE CLUB. It is unknown whether he left by mutual consent or whether he got the boot after a disappointing season that promised much, yet fizzled out slowly as the season wore on.

More updates when we get it ;)
I'm awaiting my National Service enlistment....STILL

June 14th, BMTC School 2, 9.30am..

Family and Girlfriend will be there. That alone, is good enough for me...

Will update more during the next few days..

Till then!

Terence..OUT!

Somedays you feel good..somedays you feel bad..somedays you feel.....

2007-05-01T17:11:00.000+08:00

like a goalkeeper..

That's right, I FEEL LIKE A GOALKEEPER...

A goalkeeper doesn't get remembered for the great saves he made which were crucial in winning matches and/or championships...

They only get remembered for the howlers and blunders they make that cost a team the match and/or championships...

They not only have to live with the swearing of fans, the disappointment of his team-mates, the wrath of his manager who must have had to recover from something like a heart seizure after the blunder...

Ultimately, they'll have to deal with the guilt inside THEMSELVES(yes, the individual part..). Endless thoughts will go through within their head.."How did I commit such a howler?" , "It's not supposed to be like this"...

Following closely behind that, they'll start to question their own ability. "Was I right to come out for the ball?" , "Are my gloves dry enough so that the ball don't slip out?"...

Make another blunder from then on, and their career's finished, up until a manager who believes in him makes a bid for him and rescues him from obscurity, never mind if it's his own or the fans'

All the big and famous goal-keepers have had blunders before...Paul Robinson, David James, Fabian Barthez, David Seaman, Shay Given, Steve Harper and many, many more...

They've all had the backing of their managers and team-mates, or "backing" rather since these support only come in the form of media interviews, which we're not sure whether is the truth within the interviewee or not.

But regardless of that, how do they recover from the post-trauma stress and the guilt? They all come out saying "such things happen in football. I'm sorry for the fans who turned up, sorry to my team-mates and the team...I'll just have to pick myself up and carry on playing my game"...

I wonder if it's really that easy...

If it was, I wouldn't be typing out this blog posting already...

I've f*cked up big-time, somewhat like a goalkeeper blunder...only worst...

And it sucks to be in this position, of uncertainty and self-doubt...

I'll give anything to write off this blunder from the face of the earth but apparently, it's not that easy..

People on the other side of the fence often remind detractors that if not for the many saves these outstanding goalkeepers made earlier, and very much likely in the future...the team would have been in deeper shit as compared to the game/championship which was just lost.

I just hope that there are enough people like these around me..cause' I really feel that 1 goalkeeping blunder and all your past glories, no matter the depth, are all thrown out the window.

I gave Paul Robinson a good lashing-out in my head and out to fellow England fans when he gave away that silly goal against Croatia.

I was freaking pissed when David Seaman let Ronaldinho's flop-cross of a free-kick lob over him and into the goal.

Guess what, Karma's returned for me, and it's a nasty one.

It's so hard to climb out of the cesspool of guilt. I just feel that I'm sinking with every breath I take, so much so that it'll only let go when I take my last breath.

Maybe that option will be a good one huh?

I close my eyes, it haunts me.

I walk, eat, drink, stone..it doesn't let go of me too...

Seems like dying is sometimes the best option for a few matters...

Cause' now I feel a bridge is burning, oh
And all the smoke is in my eyes

Oh, oh

I always want to be right
Took a mistake to really show me, oh
Exactly what ~~they were like~~ (I've done wrong)

I've been wrong but I've been changing
I've been wonderin' what to do
Here I am alone and waiting

For you

Something that arguably made my year....PERIOD

2007-04-30T21:04:00.000+08:00

Great biscuits from a great person in my life....no, wait a minute, the Love of MY LIFE

Thank you darls, that really made my day...Not the wallet, not the meal, not the company even..just this.

I love you too...*MUACKZ*

(PS: Don't complain it's mushy..if it is, don't read it cause' it's my blog and I'll do whatever I want with it)

Nope..Not about FO yet...neither is it about Newcastle or my enlistment

2007-04-26T02:23:00.000+08:00

真想和你聊一聊天
很想看看你温柔的容颜
多想听你说自己并没有变
很想看我们从前的照片
多想和你再接近一点
你现在的心是靠在~~谁的身边~~

是你变了吗我的影子笑我的人好傻
是你变了吗我已经跟不上你的步伐
是你变了吗对你的感觉应该停止吧
已经不明白你的想法已经不再看见你眼中的牵挂

真想和你聊一聊天
很想看看你温柔的容颜
努力说服自己你没有变
很想看我们从前的照片
多想和你再接近一点
~~你现在的他是否真已从心所愿~~

So Long TP...Till we meet again...

2007-04-15T21:18:00.000+08:00

enough said in the title....

Sadded that TP is leaving me and I'm leaving TP...

But I'll be back...I promise =)

Phalanx, Tambaqui, Krypton, Mantiz, Magus and now, Zilra...

Dead Eye Dick, Chicky & Hand-signs...

Love of my life, girlfriends, friends...

What else can i say?

TP OEI!

Postings on much later..too tired to do it now alr =x

From Newcastle to London...What a song it'll make!

2007-03-30T01:39:00.000+08:00

So, the long awaited blog posting from my trip to the Land Of The Premiership, or just England/United Kingom for traditionalists who prefer things to be called the way they are, is finally here.

Back from a 9-day hiatus (probably much longer, considering how long haven't i REALLY blogged over here) in England, spending 6 days in my beloved "home" Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and the remaining 3 in capital London (should have been more, but let's just say i felt 5 days ALONE in London was alil too much to bear, for both me and my pocket =x), i'm back in Singapore fully recharged, raring to get onto the final lap with regards to my club work with TPSU and end off the AY, and my life in TP officially, with a big..BANG!

I have to admit though, this trip was a real eye-opener for me. Throughout the 9-day trip i realised that the world is TRULY bigger than any single individual by themselves. I thought i've seen it all in Singapore but the people, the culture, the lifestyle over there is just tremendously different. Shops opened at around 10am and close at 5.30pm, meaning that for guys who were so used to the shopping culture in Singapore where shops don't close till 10pm, like Damien (my travel partner for the Newcastle leg of the trip. Kick-Off 1 co-winner alongside me) and myself..It was a bum-rush all the time we were out.

The irony was that i already knew that shops in Europe don't open late from my past trip to Czechoslovakia, yet i still made the very mistake i THOUGHT i wouldn't make. Hence, initial plans of sight-seeing places like Gateshead & Angel Of The North became frequent shopping trips to the Newcastle United club store which carried Newcastle products and merchandise. The amount we bought from the club shops were probably enough to kit an entire football team for the season but hey, you can't blame us when we enter heaven. This kinda things are never availble in Singapore man, damn to Adidas who feel that Newcastle United are not a big-enough club to bring their extended range of products into Singapore! But before you get your transistors worked up, note that NOT ALL THE SUTFF ARE OURS...we actually acted as middlemen between the lads back in NUFC-SG and the club stores. =)

With the above issue in mind, the lifestyle in England was clearly a lot slower than that of Singapore. Back home, shops opened till 10pm, people were always rushing through the streets as if nothing else mattered more than getting to work on time OR getting home after work. Over there, the only sign of such anxiety can only be viewed in urbanised office industrial areas such as Gateshead in Newcastle, Central London & Greenwich. (Then again, our disadvantage as SG is probably an entirely-urbanised city). Even the supermarkets, some which opened till late at night (photos later below), were filled with people who were seemingly content with their lives at the moment and live day-by-day. Not a bad thing as there's no pressure but just so different somehow. Buay Ta Han ar! Haha...

At the same time, it was good to get away from the stress and hassles in Singapore, to somewhere far, far away where you're practically unrecognizable except for your Asian features. It allowed my body to recharge as mentioned above, and also allowed me to clear my thoughts about every single thing back home, whether is it THE relationship or just simply, THE relationship. Haha, ok maybe not so funny, but having a good think about it really helps in further improving the relationship. More on that, and other matters in another blog posting..

So, after all wordy chunk of text above i believe all of you sPh3r3-fans out there are DYING to hear about my trip and how it really went..Well what better way to show you guys....than to upload my photos from the trip and let u feast your eyes on it. After all, a picture paints a thousand words...well, ok..Photo in this case =)

Here they are:

Airplane to take us to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
from Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris

My pal, Damien, on my laptop trying to
turn Newcastle's fledging fortunes around in
Football Manager 2007 for the PC! =)

Time to board the plane! After a hectic
wait of about 1.5 hours.

Ahhh...what a lovely sight this is, eh?

Not sure how to get around Newcastle on
the Metro system? No fear, Damien will
be on site to assist you anytime! =)

A local must-try if you're in England...
FISH & CHIPS!! Guaranteed to be better
than what you'll get back home in Singapore!

I Promise =)

As if I wasn't dark enough, poor lighting
resulted in me being darker in front of a
magnificent backdrop that is St James Park!

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer trying to
headbutt me...
Me, on the other hand, trying to duck his
head!

This is home, truly...Where I know I must be..This is where I won't be alone..For this is where, i know i'm home ;)

2007-03-09T06:10:00.000+08:00

Well, not really the Kit Chan song for now,

but it sure invokes memory of my 1 and true home, Singapore..

And speaking of Singapore & home...

YES I'M HOME, FINALLY!

haha, 9 days of touring 2 parts of England(6 Days in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 3 in London) SOLO without the help of parents or other financial aids other than those in our pockets already....I'm home after a big shopping spree for footie jerseys and sucking in the Tyne-Tees derby which, IMHO, was pretty low-key and unspectacular for a match of this enormity...

But what the heck, i'm back...more matured, more experienced, and most importantly, recharged for the last few battles ahead of me..

SU, D&D, FOC, Trishie Darling....here i come...

Let's kick ass and make things happen!!!

Will update more on my trip in another posting...I'm off to bed now, just got back 6 hours ago ;)

Terence...OUT!

Howay The Lads, it's freaking Newcastle-Upon-Tyne!!

2007-03-02T07:40:00.000+08:00

That's right!!!!

I'm right now blogging from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, home to the most-supported club in the world (well, personally at least ;) )...Newcastle United

Touched down here 2 days ago, and man have i taken lotsa photos and bought lotsa stuff from the Newcastle club shop..

Will blog more about it when i'm back home as the internet access i have here, at 56kbps, is freaking slow but hey, as long as i've got Internet to reply my emails...i'm not complaining!!

Till then, Terence out!

The end's not near..it's here (Part 1)

2007-02-24T19:29:00.000+08:00

The title says it all...

The OC Season 4 Episode 16: "The end's not near. It's Here"

Season finale of the show...won't spoil it for any OC fans who're still catching up with the show..

What i can reveal is that it brought the curtains down on a group of people who I've come to know and love for the past 4 years. Funnily, i can relate to all of them for a certain quality(ies) that have moulded me through the times when i first caught the pilot episode on Channel 5.

Ryan Atwood - Tough yet weirdly sensitive Chino kid who can't say "I Love You" to the girl he love for nuts. Should see the way he chokes when telling Marissa and T _ Y _ _ _ "I Love You"...Classic!! Also happens to be "Blood Brothers" with Seth Cohen after Cohen Senior Sandy adopts him for fear of him going back to the criminal life of Chino

Seth Cohen - Geek of Newport who loves emo and totally worships Summer Roberts, who he got together with in the end. Quirky one-liners make the show what it is today - a big hit! Son of Sandy & Kirsten Cohen

Sandy & Kirsten Cohen - Jewish guy who married the daughter of Newport property magnate and who hates the life of Newport, where everything is superficial and the people scheming to the bone. Apple not falling far from the tree, so if Seth is uniquely weird with his one-liners, expect Sandy to have his weaponry all loaded up. Kirsten, on the other hand, is a strong-minded woman who'll do what's best for her family. Self-confessed workaholic who is the example of a dream mom, without an alcohol-addiction problem, Kirsten and Sandy are 1 golden couple who are known to be able to withstand the test of time and still be together!

Though the focus are on these 4 characters only, the OC is actually about so much more that 1 blog posting won't be enough to describe the show. I won't be doing it justice anyway if 1 blog posting was summing up 4 seasons of great emotions.

Speaking of emotions, the show's demise has left a big void in myself. So much of how i coped with emotional problems was all thanks to the OC. I was able to relate to the problems faced by the characters in the show, mainly due to the similar age group of the characters as to myself and the similarity of the problems we all face.

I'm gonna miss the OC, real badly...as badly as Friends i reckon...all these years of emotions, laughs and tears..What will i do without them...

For 1 last time....

CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!

For you I'll take....The LAST FLIGHT OUT =)

2007-02-16T13:18:00.000+08:00

Well ok, not as emo as the damn oldschool song from boyband Plus One....

BUT.....just to let you guys know...my trip to the Holy Land, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north of England, has just been confirmed.

The Kick-Off trip is now being realised and here are the details:

Departure date: Tuesday 27th February 2007
Time of flight: 9.30pm
Location: Changi Airport, Terminal 1, Row 3

Whatever it is, lemme know if you want anything from the UK and i'll try my best to get it for you...TRY is the keyword, no promises whatsoever =)..

Till then, and having to negotiate a Network Security final examination paper hours before my flight...

Terence..OUT!

Happy Valentine's Day to all readers out there =)

2007-02-14T11:39:00.000+08:00

Dear sPh3r3-fans,

The mood for love's there...u see lotsa loser guys out there carrying bouquet of roses either to give to their dates/loved ones OR for their dates/loved ones after already giving it to them....

Not just that..you see alot of happy couples around the streets, holding hands in glee and just enjoying the afternoon breeze(but not the Vitamin D it's emitting out though)..

What does it mean?.......

Yupper...the dreaded V word for some....highly-anticipated for some...

It's Valentine's Day 2007!

So to all couples....it's Terence aka [CTU]sPh3r3r3r wishing all of you a Happy Valentine's Day 2007...have fun with your partner, enjoy this day and remember it no matter what....do whatever you want TO/WITH each other..just don't get into trouble though ;)

To all those who have dates today...I hope something blossoms from the dinner/movie/chilling session you've got planned out today...Whether is it romance or an ever-lasting friendship..just kick-ass and have fun!

Lastly, to the 1 person who i can't leave out of this blog entry...if you don't know her yet...a good way to right now will be this:

Miss Tricia Koh YK - the 1 person i'm spending it with today (save my friend from Kick-Off 1 that i have to send off tonight =x).....Right now u're abit upset with stuff at home and don't really wanna talk..but hey, let's enjoy today and just kick-ass and have a good 2007 =)...Love ya lots!

Happy Valentine's Day...

Terence...OUT!

I'll be there for you,when the rain starts to fall..I'll be there for you,like I've been there before..I'll be there 4 you, cause your there 4 me too

2007-02-13T02:23:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the replacement of four with the "4s" in the title of today's posting...

but well, after riding through the storm with regards to love relationships, I feel that this is a good blog posting to start off with.

Ser, Derek, FanJ & YuTing - Really appreciate the concern you've shown with regards to my emotional well-being..Other than a few niggling issues that i have to sort out in my own head and also maybe a few demons that i have to vanquish within myself, I'm totally fine and yeah, thanks for asking. Appreciate it really =)

Trish Koh - The storm is over...and i'm hoping it doesn't come back...I guess this is the first time your name has appeared on my blog, but well guess it's the right time. I still don't wanna let the Council know about this YET, as it might just set abit of wrong-impressions in their head...but yeah, this blog posting is especially for ya =)...

Ross,Rachel,Chandler,Monica,Joey & Phoebe - Thank you for 10 great years of FRIENDShip. All these years and tears, you guys have given me great laughs and cries too as the whole world walked through 10 seasons of emotions with you 6. I was 1 of them and I just love your shows. Was watching Season 7 & 8 just now and i really miss you guys. My pillar of support when i needed a shinning light to guide me through (sounds gay i know, but hey! Im emo! haha)...Thank you once again...

And now, what better way to end off the blog posting than this lil' baby over here:

I'll be there for you...I promise =)

Terence...OUT!

The Beautiful Mistake maybe?

2007-02-09T13:12:00.000+08:00

I am, for once in a very very long time ,speechless...

Am i wrong to ask for a choice when it's just me feeling like crap no matter what?
- Personally it feels right but what about the other party?
- Is it ok to co-exist with the other party, even though he calls and texts her like almost,if not everyday?

I'm feeling freaking messed up right now...yesterday was 1 of the few times i actually teared...

Though i'm saving it all up for FO, but yesterday's talk with you was painfully sad...I don't wanna give up and lose you but somehow it's hard for me to maneuver in the position i'm in with regards to the other party...

Now i'm doubting myself, whether is it the right choice in asking u to choose between me or him...

Love is selfish, and guess i'm personifiying it fully right now...

But no matter what people tell me, i'm confused, emo and lost...

Coupled with 2 MAJOR project submissions on Monday and Thursday, this debacle has come at a wrong time for me....

I can't really concentrate, even if i have to with all my life....

I just feel so....._____________________________________

(Insert the applicable word for me please sph3r3-fans...coz' i'm lost)

But for starters, if it means anything..

1) I'm really really sorry i wasn't there for you when you met with trouble at the blood donation drive. I'd give an arm and leg to turn back time and ensure i was with you during that point of time.

2) I care for you as much as i love my football...and that is a lot cause' u know i'm a freaking big football fan. Care and concern through words that come out of my mouth may either be misplaced or mis-interpreted at times but that doesn't shy away from the entire dept of care,concern and love i have for you. Yes it may be pussy-ish and wrong to blog about it here....but if it's 1 place i can let fly after missing a chance to say it, it will be here...The love i have for you has always been burning here, grows with fond everyday through absence of meeting and is hanging in there...

I'm just drained and lost...the next few days are crucial...

Here's a song that SOMEHOW explains how i feel..

Artist: The Ataris
Song Title: Beautiful Mistake

Maybe I'm not ready for this
And you know it
Maybe I'm too scared to tell you
What I'm really thinking
It's not fair to stay together
Because of the regrets we might have

Don't want to fall asleep alone,
but do I want to wake up with you
I'm only trying to be completely honest

So I guess this is the ending
Of a beautiful mistake
And if we both agree that we shouldnt be
Together why does it
Hurt so much and I feel
Like I lost my closest friend

Don't want to fall asleep alone,
but do I want to wake up with you
I hope your happy, and completely lonely

There I am, standing on all alone
On St. Lee Harbor bridge
And you know I would jump into
The fucking ocean
If it mean I was truly capable
Of being satisfied
Will I ever be
Did I just give up the best thing I ever had

Don't want to fall asleep alone,
but do I want to wake up with you?
I hope your happy, and completely lonely
Don't want to fall asleep alone,
but do I want to wake up with you?
I'm only trying to be completely honest

I've uploaded the song to this URL: http://www.mediafire.com/?ajyyjidyywi

The 2 bolded parts are the parts that is constantly playing through my head now. Guess she wouldn't read this blog posting so yeah, not much of a problem...

Sorry for the distinct lack of quality in this blog post..it's just for me to pour out my emotions and TRY to allow me to focus on my projects...

Terence...OUT

I just love this Lifehouse song...because of...

2007-02-02T02:18:00.000+08:00

Clarke Kent and Lana Lang..

Ok i admit, i'm a real TV junkie, and i watch way too many American TV drama for my own good...

But digging up something from my past, i found these 2 videos that made me like Lifehouse's "You & Me"

Here they are:

1st - Season 4, Episode 19....Prom night where Clarke got a dance with object of his affection Lana Lang, and promised her that "this time, it'll be different"...Loved this part as i wanted things to be different back then when i first watched the episode off BitTorrent =x

2nd - Official Lifehouse MTV of "You & Me"...with special Smallville scenes inserted into the video. This is 1 of 2 official MTVs for the hit from the band, with these scenes showing how much i love Clana (Clarke + Lana) and emo love scenes..HAHAH!!

Enjoy sPh3r3 fans....i'm off!

Till next time....Terence...OUT!

The reason why I love Chinese music is because....

2007-01-21T16:51:00.000+08:00

of the lyrics within the songs....

Not to say that songs of other languages can't do the same, but for Chinese songs, the melody and the lyrics kinda combine with each other to provide either the most soothing song you'll ever hear/need after a break-up, or quite simply the most heart-wrenching song not suitable for post-breakup but somehow keeps dragging you back to hearing it as it somehow has a counter-reaction reaction to it.....soothing you while at the same time adding insult to injury...

HAHA!

And speaking of Chinese songs, the one artiste who i'm OFFICIALLY naming to be my favourite Chinese singer of all time will have to be Sam Lee Sheng Jieh, or 李圣杰 for the Chinese-reading people around my blog (yes Wen Qi, you're 1 of them..haha)...

Reason for naming Sam Lee as the one?

His songs are all heart-wrenchingly soothing...and it has meaningful lyrics..like my favourite Sam Lee song for now, 最近:

你最近不说话

怎麽了
为什麽
是不是有什麽事让你不快乐
听说你最近很孤单
有点乱有点慌
可是我却不能够在你的身旁
你想要的
我却不能够给你我全部
我能给的
却又不是你想要拥有的
我们不适合也不想认输
好几次我们抱着彼此都是想要哭
你常解释这样的一切都只是开始
我觉得是所有的一切早就已结束
不想再约束
不要再痛苦
下一次会有更好的情路

爱我却不能给你我全部
我能给的
却又不是你想要拥有的
我们不适合也不想认输
好几次我们抱着彼此都是想要哭
你常解释这样的一切都只是开始
我觉得是所有的一切早就已结束
不想再约束
不要再痛苦
下一次会有更好的情路
这一次我们都能很幸福

For some of the non-Chinese speaking readers of The Sph3r3r3r 3ff3ct...this song is pretty much about.....well quite frankly i can't explain it, even though i know the meaning of the lyrics...haha!

Anyone who can enlighten the readers here, please leave a tag on the board and we'll get back to you shortly with regards to a possible prize you may pick up =)

Why this lyrics is currently my favourite for now? Well i have to say it is truly meaningful, 2 lovers who are worlds apart, with 2 different views/perspective...quite truthful around the world now isn't it?

Here's a piece of romance advice for all you lovers out there who run into a problem like this -

Sit your partner down and talk things out with him/her.

Is there a future to your r/s?
What is making you both sink into the rut further, with potentially no route for espace and a lot of cause for concern?
What you both want from each other?
Anything that both of you need to share with each other for the r/s to work?
Be open during the talk..actually, be open THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE R/S.

Well if you all don't believe this to be good advice...i'll post my results of the talk with my girlfriend.......as soon as i find one =)

Have a good weekend guys =)

(PS: 2 blog postings in 1 day, all in quick succession....heh heh!..Will be updating about Open House and Kick-Off a little later...)

Wounded Magpies sinking without a trace?

2007-01-21T15:55:00.000+08:00

Sunday - a day for the individual to get a good rest after a long week of work, whether is it at the day job, school or extra-curricular activities..

In my case, it's the combination of all that has taken a big toll on me, or my body to say the least.

Can't believe i actually fell asleep while watching the Newcastle vs West Ham game last night in studio when we were off-air...haha think it was more an embarassment than joke when PJ & Charlie caught me snoozing in the armchair...HAH!

But hey, blame the computer man, or rather the Internet. Freaking slow connection ensured i couldn't get online to see the statistics of the game and hence, was consigned to the chair and the telly. Coupled with a lack of sleep the night before (4 hours?), a hectic Open House 3rd day and voila, you get a sleeping sheep at the studios...OFF-AIR THAT IS =)

And speaking of the blame game, i'm going to skin Peter Ramage personally when i get to meet him in Newcastle in mid-March when I go over for my Kick-Off trip....

He was solely responsible for the 2 sloppy goals that we conceded against West Ham United last night. First he let Carlton Cole out of his sight during a corner when Calum Davenport knocked it back to the path of......you guessed it..Cole, who grabbed the invitation with both hands as he knocked the ball home. 1-0 to West Ham then...

Then, Ramage allowed Championship-standard striker Marlon Harewood to turn him inside out and latch on to a through-ball to slot past Shay Given. 2-0 then...

Final scored ended 2-2, after James Milner scored a somewhat suspiciously-offside looking goal to bring it back to 2-1 at the stroke of half-time and Nobby Solano equalised after a handball offence in the Hammers' penalty area.

Yes, i think confidence is abit lacking in the entire team right now, considering we just got our arses whooped badly, in front of a home crowd at St James Park even, 5-1 by Championship leaders Birmingham City to send us tumbling out of the FA Cup on our bottoms. But Ramage should have done a lot better, considering he's been considered for, and had, first-team action for about 1 and a half seasons already.

This is unlike me, the guy around me should know...I've never given stick to the Academy lads for stepping up and be counted for during the atrociously-unlucky period where we have had as many as 11 first-team players in the injury room. But Ramage yesterday was culpable for both goals..and shouldn't be considering the impact he has made for us. Alike to Titus Bramble, or Brumbling Bramble as we all call him ;), I'm beginning to think that he'll need a natural leader like Steven Taylor beside him to help him through.

Which all boils down to the fact that.......Glenn Roeder has to work some magic, or whatever he has left in his hat, to buy us some players in the remainder 10 days of the January transfer market. 3 players are what he essentially needs right now - 1 Left-back, 1 Right-back...and 1 commanding Centre-back..

Buy us creditable players in these positions, and you'll see the Magpies soaring high again in the European places.

Cobwebs blown off - CHECKED...New Blog Posting - CHECKED.....All Systems Go!

2007-01-04T02:35:00.000+08:00

Like the topic says so apparently..

1) Blog is up and running again after SUCH A FREAKING LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY

2)Contrary to earlier reports, dear Ms Egypt aka Linda Gan....i'm still blogging, just that been too busy with sch work and SU stuff to blog...now i'm back!!

3) Hope all of you had a wonderfully Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year's celebration. It's a new year, and such things bring along with it - new hope, faith, trust, character and changes.

Let's all embrace all of these changes and move forward we shall!

Things to look forward to in next blog posting:

1) Newcastle's SENSATIONAL 2-2 draw with Man Utd at SJP

2) OTC / TPSU

3) Personal life =)

Till then, eyes are closing shut...

Terence....OUT!

I'm coming home....Newcastle.....I might as well have been in jail..

2006-12-30T17:48:00.000+08:00

I'm coming back...

YES i've said things like that for the umpteenth time...

But i'm really coming back.....i need a place to gather thoughts..

a place where no one will see....or well at least a place where no one bothers to come visit anymore...

Await the new post...

I will....will you?

Going on with the trend of using S words...here are 2 more...(Part 2)

2006-10-13T02:29:00.000+08:00

STUPENDOUS

...That word is somehow an understatement when Singapore's matchup with Iraq comes into mind in the recent round of Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers.

Thoughts float back to the first meeting between the 2 teams in the National Stadium, Kallang back in February 2006. Singapore came away with a snatch-and-grab 2-0 victory over then West-Asian champions Iraq. We were barraged with constant attacks from the Iraqis, who had missed so many glit-edged chances (once even rounding goalie Lionel Lewis before blasting the ball high into the sky), that as a honest Team Singapore fan, Iraq should have went back to Baghdad with a point in the bag at least. But hey, like my old man puts it, if you can't put the ball into the back of the net with so many chances, you don't deserve to win the game at all. And I guess that's probably what Iraq deserved...no points and 2 goals against their name.

Flashback to Matchday 5, where Singapore needed a victory and anything less than a draw will see the Lions kiss all hopes of qualifying for the Asia Cup 2007 goodbye. A little variant from the Matchday 1 encounter...Singapore took the game to Iraq this time around, central defender Precious Emeurajaye missing a chance in the 4th minute before history repeated itself when we took the lead, this time along the run of play. Egmar Goncalves rising highes to meet a Ahmad Latiff corner with precision and aplomb to send it to the back of the net. Singapore lead 1-0 after 9 minutes.

However, this lead was not to have lasted long as 35 minutes into the game, Younis Mahmod equalised after constant Iraqi pressure on our goalmouth . Shortly into the 2nd half, the loss of tireless midfielder Shi Jiayi to injury left a big gap in the Lions' centre for the Iraqis to expose. And expose they did, as Shi's replacement Isa Halim was the victim of a undeserving own goal, a Mahdi Ajeel Abdelkareem cross-shot taking a cruel deflection off Halim to make it 2-1 to the Iraqis. Singapore obviously didn't read the script however, as Khairul Amri stepped up to curl a free-kick over the Iraqi wall and into the net to level things 2-2. Similiar goal he scored against similiar opposition back in February.

Luck was not to be on Singapore's side as Younis Mahmood scored a peach of a goal from 30 yards to make it 3-2. Iraq added a 4th after Singapore had gone all out in search of a equaliser...Hawar Mulla-Mohammed Taher heading home after a counter-attack move.

Iraq 4-2 Singapore...the final score read..but Singaporeans have nothing to be ashamed off.

Yes, lots of punters expected Singapore to lose this game, placing their money on a Iraq win. Even though they're right, they wouldn't have expected the manner of the win, in which the West-Asian champions had to toil through for a win. Usually in football, scoring 2 goals away from home should be sufficient for the away team to go home with a victory. But tonight wasn't our night as the defence could not withstand to the pressure of star striker Younis Mahmood and industrious playmaker Nashat Akram. Unlike England, as i described in the earlier post, Singapore played with a lot of heart and passion..they fought for every ball as if their lives depended on it (Actually, really did lah =x) and defended as a team while attacking as a team.

Raddy Avramovic has moulded this Singapore football team into one that can stand up to the tests of Western Asian countries. a 4-2 scoreline flatters the Iraqis alittle, even if they did deserve to win in the end. The future does look bright for Singaporean football, though the "slackers" mentality has to be abolished if we were to move forward. The earlier loss to Palestine on Matchday 2 should never have happened, even if it was an away game and Palestine are no longer the whooping boys they were back then. I thoroughly expected the Lions to come home with a point but alas, that loss was quite crucial in this qualifying tournament...

Personally, i'm gutted that we haven't qualified for the Asian Cup 2007 as i felt it was the best chance to go through, with 4 host nations and a weakened China team in our group. As expected, Iraq and China have qualified but let's salvage a bit of pride in the home game against Palestine. Win it, and we'll be 3rd place in the group. Avenge the earlier loss and public confidence, support and adoration will return. Anything less than that, and Raddy's work would have been fruitless...

Ending on a personal note, let's also lend our support to Team Singapore as they prepare for the upcoming Asian Games 2006 in Doha, Qatar. The Singapore U-23 football team are on the contingent flying to Doha after an appeal (which i felt was a right decision)..so they had better prove their worth and put up good performances.

Till the Palestine game in November...Majulah Singapura!

Going on with the trend of using S words...here are 2 more...(Part 1)

2006-10-13T01:54:00.000+08:00

SHAMBOLIC

.....to describe England's 2-0 loss to Croatia. With all respect to Hrvetska, they outplayed England in ALL areas with a brilliant tinkering of strategy from their traditional 3-5-2 to a 4-4-2 formation, hence beating England in their own game literally! But I'd have to say, even though Croatia HAVE NOT BEEN DEFEATED ON HOME SOIL IN COMPETITVE GAMES FOR 5 YEARS, England should not have been outplayed by Croatia to that extend. The stats don't lie..England, for all of its quality and "best ever squad since 1970", merely mustered 7 shots (4 on target) while Croatia had more than double that amount - 15 shots (9 on target)...Not to mention that all the shots England made, save for Rooney's effort in the 59th minute which he should have done better with (more on that later), were hopeful efforts to say the most. Possession-wise, England had a mere 48% of the ball while Croatia enjoyed the lion's share of it, at 58%...

Tempting fate if you guys allow me, I'd call for HALF of the England team to be dropped right now as they:
1) are not playing for the country as well as they're doing for their clubs..
2) have seemingly lost their passion and commitment levels when it comes to donning the 3 Lions on their shirt
3) are only there on reputation, not on current form...

The guilty parties are Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Michael Carrick, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney...

Gary Neville, as I've highlighted in my earlier posting about the Macedonia game, was AWOL when Croatia counter-attacked, all because he's on a wing-back role and can't track back on time.
Rio Ferdinand is arguably a 30-million-pound Titus Bramble - think he's world-class, clumsy, loses concentration. What else can i say?
Ashley Cole is also not a wing-back..he did try his best, but he's clumsy as well and doesn't do as well for Chelsea/Arsenal as his England performances.
Michael Carrick is a distributor of the ball, able to send pinpoint passes to players all over the pitch in pace, direction and power he wants the ball to go with..However, as alot of people mistaken him for, he's not Claude Makelele a la destroyer of opponent's play. He cant tackle for nuts, and his passing range was missing from the Split disaster as he was a mere spectator who had a few misplaced passes..Defensive midfielder he's not...
Frank Lampard...well documented dip in form, seem likes he's slowly finding his feet back at Chelsea..but he's taking his England place for granted.
Wayne Rooney..smiliar to Lampard..not scoring for England in almost 2 years says it all for the 20-year old prodigy. Needs to come off the bench to relight his fire and also to maybe allow the magical touch to slowly come back, NATURALLY.

All of these mistakes leads back to 1 person, starting with S (yet again)..Steve McClaren. He's not practicing what he preaches - picking players based on form, not reputation. Yes dropping Beckham is a right thing to do in my opinion. His only talent is dead-ball situations now (crossing abit suspect..but still worthy maybe), and having him as a squad player could have done the trick. But Beckham or not, this England team is still filled with primma donnas from the previous set-up who think they're world-class and hence deserves a place on the squad. Well i say screw you guys..it's time for McClaren to stand up and be counted for. Taking the flak for this defeat is a good step in the right direction, but he'll need to do a lot more than that to gain public confidence back. Till then, the next Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel in March 2007 at least, he'll need to start thinking on how to fine-tune England into a unit capable of being best at 4-4-2 firstly, then moving on to be TOTALLY COMFORTABLE in other formation to trouble continental teams. This starts with a friendly against Holland on November

How about another S word to start off...Shell-Shocked!

2006-10-11T02:54:00.000+08:00

Dinner with Seow Yuan and Wendy at 85 was good......
1st time dining with them and couldn't have asked for better dining partners...
Girls: still owe both of you money for tang-yuan tonight...can't believe we all forgot to ask $$$ for that one...rest assured the drinks next time around is on me again =)

Now why im shell-shocked...reason for that being...my finding out of this week's roster for ESPN-STAR's shows...

Andy Penders will be the usual anchor for Club EPL, with PJ Roberts the football guy to give ya all the lowdown on football tactical play...but Terence Ong won't be there this week as Charlie Webster has been scheduled to go on air in place of Club EPL's resident bartender-cum-pundit...

Official reason is that to get her familiar with the show so that she can smoothly transit in when she replace me for the December period, when i go off for my England trip...

Only hope it's nth more than tt...i would be absolutely gutted to get kicked out of my dream job now, esp when im SLOWLY finding my feet in the business....but hey, this means i have extra motivation to get my place back and make it mine....

=)

Watch out Asia...i may have been mediocre...but here i come!

Good night sPh3r3-fans..

Terence...OUT!

Sand, Sea, Scoldings..and a whole lotta other S-es..

2006-10-10T02:39:00.000+08:00

Well, 6 days since i last blogged...

No worry sPh3r3-fans...i'm still here...haven't vanished, and well, i'd say it's been an interesting few days =)

Sentosa with the lads on Friday was wonderful and fun-filling.
Played alot of soccer on the beach as well as checking out girls (note: not many, less than 10 acceptable ones...although the one who was wearing the pink bikini was CUTE! haha!)

Though Production Assistant work with ESPN isn't...
Screwed up big-time as i didn't have enough time to check through my story items aka video tapes. Ended up pissing good people/colleagues like Glenn and Margie off as we got 2 wrong tapes for Week-In-Review...
SORRY GUYS, WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN! I'll be in 6.30pm sharp every week! Latest: 7pm!

Moving on to Saturday...another S for you guys..Second-Rate...
That's the word to describe England's performance when they played Macedonia in their HOME game at Old Trafford, Manchester....

Spurred on the the LARGEST CROWD EVER to watch an England game, they toiled and toiled but to no avail with regards to action in the final 3rd.

Gary Neville (right-back) was hopeless, drifting out of position all the time and getting caught out by the Macedonians when they launch their counter attack..missed the BEST chance of the game as well...4/10 rating...

Moving on to Michael Carrick...was supposed to do Owen Hargreaves' job of breaking up opponents' attacking play and spreading the ball wisely(which is his forte)...but ended up NOT TACKLING PROPERLY and simply NOT PASSING THE BALL WITH HIS USUAL PRECISION. In other words, useless and inSignificant. Calls for Scott Parker to be brought on fell on deaf ears though, the passion, increased tempo and bite in midfield he COULD have brought to the fray remained a POTENTIAL...nothing else...rating for Carrick: 4/10...simply because firstly, everyone knows he's not a Roy-Keane kinda tackler..he's a dictator of play. But he failed to dictate play and let play go by him w/o stopping it...Parker could have done a lot better if he was on...

Rooney was, well, inept and thoroughly subdued throughout the entire 90minutes. Cries for Roo-naldo's magic to be turned on turned to wails from the England faithful, but nothing came out of the boy wonder who was rightly substituted by Jermaine Defoe on 70minutes. He dropped too deep for his own liking, and was doing a "Beckham" by running all over the park trying to win back possession for England. 10/10 for passion, commitment and work-rate..but 5/10 for his overall match performance. Steve McClaren said he needs games to find his magical touch back, I say rightly so..but not at the expense of England. Leave him on the bench and bring on Defoe to partner beanpole Crouch. Big man-small man combination works for me all the time + leaving Rooney out might just re-ignite the spark back in the boy who's ALMOST a man!

Overall, though England could not break down Macedonia, they still remain top of their group, tied with Israel on 7 points while Croatia, their opponents on Wednesday in Split, is 3rd with 4 points, having played 1 game less. They'll have to do better on Wednesday, England, or be prepared for a VERY HARD fight for qualification against the likes of Israel and Russia still to come!

So after the dramatic week-end, with not much hair left due to the mediocre performance put up by England on home soil, it's time for me to take a breather...

More updates to come as the week goes by, while i attempt to really find back my writing touch!

Terence...OUT!

A night of fun,laughter and Pratas....

2006-10-04T04:29:00.000+08:00

Sorry peeps, no photos from Poh Suan's 18th Dead-DrunkBirthday Celebration yet...so can't blog about it AS YET....disappointment today, hopefully happiness tml! haha we'll see...

Today, Tuesday 3rd October, was pretty uneventful...Even though i'm happy to get a break and have nothing on, Somewhere inside me hates to be idling around at home while others are having fun...It's weird, but sometimes i'd rather be out there either busy with things or just having fun..at least the mind doesn't have time to think about un-necessary stuffs that'll make me moody and dangerous maybe? HAH!

Anyway, came out in the evening to meet Teow Hwee, Pok, Hang, Tay, Louis, Jon, Rayner, Han Wei, Jimmy, Poh Suan, Sabrina and Edwina for dinner and then movie screening...Mee sua tasted good all of a sudden...haha remember (think i did...) that mee sua tasted abit "weird" during my younger days, but hey, 360deg turnaround now man!!

Rob-B-Hood was the movie we caught today. Storyline's about 2 burglars, Thug (Jackie Chan) and Octopus (Louis Koo), having to kidnap a baby and then falling in love w the baby and not wanting to exchange it for the ransom they were promised...Well true to newspapers' reviews, it was a story about family values and love...typical Jackie Chan movie...WARNING to boyfriends who are bringing their girls to watch this show : There are quite a few tear-jerking scenes in there, so stanby your Kleenex aight? =)....Pop-corn ratings: 3.5-4/5?

After dinner was supper with the gang at Simpang Bedok...chatted with the guys mostly (haha, just don't click with the girls i reckon?), and we had fun recollecting our SIP moments and sec sch days! Hopefully, 10 years down the road, we'll still be doing this kinda thing while recollecting work and NS days...haha!

I'm outta here man..it.s 4.47am WEdnesday morning..Gym w Tay n Pok at 11am? If im awake i'll be there..haha...meanwhile lemme go to sleep with Jonathan Leong's rendition of Should I Stay. Man i just love his rockish version!

Good Night Sph3r3-fans...

Terence...OUT!!

Is size, or rather height really a matter? I'm not sure...am thinking about it right now..if it isn't, you'll be near the top of my list =)..but hey, lemme consult my gods in my dream first can? Hah!

Arguably the most f*cked-up day ever!!

2006-10-03T02:56:00.000+08:00

Well still no photos from Poh Suan's dead-drunk birthday celebrations...but hey, I guess today's blgo entry has alot more juicier readings than the birthday one (Zi Hui, i think you'd have to agree with me on this one)...

As the title of today's blog posting goes, this is the most f*cked-up day of my life ever man...check this out...

1) woke up at 3.30pm to call from Zi Hui asking me where was I. Bloody hell...was supposed to meet her for coffee at T2's Starbucks at 3pm. Told her i'd be there by 30mins (Which then again didn't materialize as i had to wash up, collect my winnings [more on that later], and travel)...Reached there at 4.30pm to find out that.......

2) I was also late for D&D comm's 2nd meeting!! Cliftion called me then to ask me where was i? As before, i went "WTF, there was meeting today?"...haha then i realized it was 2nd October, date set for the meeting!! So immediately, went to meet Zi Hui, where i told her i had to rush off for meeting right now..and left, after making her wait for 1.5hours...BUT not before arranging dinner with her...7.30pm at Tampines...

It was a rush-here-rush-there day today...quite weird and f*cked up as this is the first time i really forgot 2 big events that's supposed to happen in the same day. This also hammered in the fact that i needed a organiser, which i've bought when i went to Popular w Zi Hui after our Pastamania dinner (Which i hope she enjoyed, as i payed for it all!haha =x)....

Zi Hui - Thanks for the tolerance and understanding today. Won't happen again i promise...though i enjoyed dining with you and also the catching-up session. Remember k, grow about 20cm more, then maybe i'll put you in the shortlist! ahaha...more serious note, let's do this again next week..just w/o the long, needless waits!

TPSU D&D Comm - Sorry for being late the 2nd time running. This time was totally undeserving and regretted..Slipped off my mind totally so yeah, promise it won't happen again!

To end off, I feel like i'm changing into someone/something I never thought I'd be - a busy man, so busy until i can actually forget appointments. The organiser might be here now, but i sure hope it doesn't happen again, a day like this...coz no one deserves to wait and wait for long periods...definetly no one...so...

1) I gotta clean up my act...hopefully the organiser will help..

2) I gotta do a good job for both OTC and D&D!

Here we go Sph3r3-fans!!!

Wish me luck..

Terence...OUT!

Good night peeps!

Lemme see..Bartender, Camp Commandant...what else?

2006-09-17T04:56:00.000+08:00

It's been a SUPER DUPER long while ever since i blogged. (Yes Wen Qi, you're the very very one pestering me to blog blog everyday!)....but it's not difficult to see why i haven't been blogging. Strangely but surely, I'm turning in to something I've never envisage myself to be : SUPER-DUPER BUSY with no time for mates/friends..even myself!

Geez, better get on to the gist of why I haven't blogged in like centuries....

1) Terence Ong - Your resident Bartender cum football-pundit on TV

"Good evening once again Asia. It's good back to be back here serving you..either with cocktail of football facts and stats, or if you have a stone tongue and stomach, shots of football trivia! Whatever your taste, Club EPL is the place for you to be in"...

Club EPL is the new 30-min football preview show beamed live to the whole of Asia every Saturday(and occassionally, Sundays too...) on Star Sports. Hosted by Southampton die-hard fan Andy Penders and featuring Newcastle Singapore aka Kick-Off 2006 winner Terence Ong and former Geylang Utd defender PJ Roberts, it starts at 9.30pm...before the 9.55pm kick-off. This show is an total opposite to the Dykesy-helmed one on ESPN. They are the serious peeps, totally factual and football-related. Club EPL, however, is a laid-back atmospheric show which has funny things like Fact Off (45s of useless facts as the 3 hosts squares off against each other. It has to be about the 2 teams playing on the night itself, bt 1 non-footballing fact allowed.... Useless it may be...but we just love it!).

So catch it if you're at home chilling or even better if u have friends over! Tell them that you have a friend who's REALLY on TV! hahah...it's on every Saturday, 9.30pm..and these are the next avalible times you can see me...

Saturday 29th September - 9.30pm (Before Chelsea vs Aston Villa)
Sunday 30th September - 9.39pm (Before Man Utd vs Newcastle)

2) Terence Ong - The Poly Forum 2006: Sub Theme 2 Student Facilitator ( Student Faci)

18th September - 21st September 2006. I marked this date down on my calender initially with optimism and eagerness...but it all changed when i participated in the residential event proper.

Held at DownTown East for the first time ever, it was a 4-day-straight event which was packed from 7am in the morning all the way till 1-2am in the morning? I was in Sub-Theme 2 (Information Access: Are we overloaded, or are we starved?) and my fellow student facis were Kelvin (RP), Tigor (RP), Sheena (NP) and Alex (NYP). We all had fun i must agree, sleeping in during functions such as talks while working hard into the night at extra meetings so as to ensure our final presentation during the closing ceremony would be a success (thankfully it was! Sub Theme 2 oei!)...Late nights were a commodity during the 3 nights we had there and man, am i glad i had room-mates like Tigor and Nicholas (RP, SubTheme 5)..who were brothers to me. We did everything possible together (sleep in together, late together, MIA together..haha power man!). HOWEVER, the best thing that happened to me was having Sub-Theme 2 as my Sub-Theme...as well as getting to meet the other student facis and chill w them and create friendships. Now that beat meeting chicks at the forum proper itself!

HAHAHAHAH...

But only blip was organising of the event. Was ok but could have been better. But credit to D&D (though food there, and entire 4-day residential event was pretty crappy!).....though if u asked me if i wanna participate in the next Poly Forum...i'd say YES..as it's organised by TP man..the happening campus in the east, and the only polytechnic in Singapore to have TV Stars as P and VP of the SU!!!

3) Terence Ong - Your Camp Commandant (once again!) for TPSU OTC!

That's right...I've been appointed camp commandant yet again, with Yee Ping being my assistant...but rest assured, i won't bore you with speeches again..Yee Ping will be the camp commandant during the event itself. I'm just assisting with experience and paperwork procedures. GLs from past years..i expect you to come back and contribute...Year 3s, same for you guys..let's end our TP journey on a high!....IFC peeps ( Tay, Kelvin Lim, Pok, Teo, Hang, Sergeant, Ant, Zi Hui aka Bosstess, Han Wei, Rayner, Jon), i expect all the front 6 names to come in as Foodmin helpers while the last5 to come in as GLs..I know you guys can do a job and show TP that "hey, ENG also got talent that can help camps be better!".....more details to be posted when i get it...initial discussions w YP being held as of now =)

Other than that, I cant think of other major reasons that has been eating my time up. Just got back from Poh Suan's BDae celebrations...will upload photos and blog about it after i get the photos and some precious sleep.

Good night Asia...please remember to tune in coz we can't kick off without ya!

Sorry...to a TRULY SPECIAL person in my life...

2006-08-29T21:32:00.000+08:00

That person in question is Serene Wong Suet Ling, whom I've truly upsetted over my recent blog posting...

Serene - please do understand that i didn't mean it in the way you interpreted it. I meant it to show that I myself was immature, not the consequences being far from my heart and hence rendering it a mistake. The 10+ months I had with ya are special and no one can take it away for me for any price/cost at all. My words and tone may have been wrong too..so I'm hoping you'll forgive me, somehow..someday.

Terence...OUT!

The End Of A Beautiful Dream...Part 1

2006-08-28T23:30:00.000+08:00

People say that a picture paints a thousand words. Well in this case, a songs plays out a thousand emotions. Or rather, make that 2 songs....

From strumming Ryan Cabera's True to singing alongside The Click Five in their hit Time Machine, I've gotta say both these songs sure bring out the tears and heart-wrenching feelings...
Just to ensure ergonomical reading for you sPh3r3-fans, who've stuck by me through thick and thin all these while, I'll go down the big events that've happened in my life recently, chronogically...

For those of you who hasn't been in the loop yet, I DID try to woo back the girl of my dreams (Ok, woo-ing wouldn't be the correct word, since I broke her heart and she hasn't talked to me ever since.). Short info on her - Her's name is Carissa, she's a 3rd year student in the Communications and Media Management diploma in my tertiary, and she's arguably the love of my life.
Tried going down ALOT of avenues to try and get a one-on-one "date" with her and explain things and eventually win her back. Went through her netball mate, who wasn't too keen on helping me as she thought I was still "pretty insincere", as well as her good course-mate (who turns out to be my fresh-mate back in FOC 04/05). This was when the bombshell came - Carissa has moved on, with a boyfriend of several months and of a standard approved by the mother herself!
Haha..it was almost impossible to get the mother to talk to me back then and right now she's found the perfect guy - rubber-stamped and approved!....To be honest, was totally gutted when I heard about that, but nonetheless, I wish you guys all the best in your romance and future endeavours. I'm glad Carissa's found the guy who's right for her (I had hoped i'd be the one but it was not to be..) and I damn hope this guy treats her well, if not I'll be the first to give him a few knucklebags. A lot of other things I wanna say but can't put them into words now.

Carissa - I really hope you're happy with him now. Peeps have told me you've never really liked/loved me before. Whether that's true or not - only you yourself know. But I can tell you this - I really, really like you (still do)..ever since I saw you step into Jerome's French class, albeit wrongly. I was faithful, but immature..believing that when you meant a "taking a break from the relationship", I thought you meant "permanent break". What's more, I didn't know about your gramps and stuff, which didn't help things much. I admit, it's my fault for being immature as to run off..and if I could go back to the moment where OUR decline started, trust me...I'll give up ALMOST ANYTHING to go back in time and salvage US. Right now if you, or someone you know reads this, you'll probably think it's empty words. Well it's not, believe me..it's not. Sam Lee sang:
有多少爱能重来?

多少人愿意等待?

失去之後才明白

Well at least I can relate to a song now..haha (a Chinese one even!)..but yeah if I could turn back the hands of time, I would. It should be me that's giving you comfort now but I blew it, literally. So best of luck to you guys..really hope you 2 blossom into something big =)...

As of today, I SHOULD BE moving on from the past. For now, she's still the love of my life (and that's not an understatement)..Till I find the 1 girl who'll usurp Carissa and take the rightful title.

It may be close..just like Glenn Roeder said with his transfer targets "We have a few on our list, but we're working hard, day and night, over them and hope to bring in a new face soon".

Only question is - If i see Carissa walking down the street, as a single girl, What would i do?

Terence..Out!

Updates, ramblings, what-have-you...

2006-07-25T13:35:00.000+08:00

It's time again for the long-awaited blog posting of sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct, and I must say it's been awhile since the last such posting, considering what allure the World Cup had on me - catching hold of me for a month and allowing me to be the "coverted sports journalist" i always wanted to be(STILL wanna be)...

But without further ado, let's get on to updates that people, like a certain Lane Tan, wanna see and gossip about....

1) The World Cup may be over, but the footballing community is gearing itself up for another season of domestic football which, in this case, is the Premiership. Newcastle wrapped a good Saturday by firstly qualifying for the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, via the Inter-Toto Cup, after an emphatic 3-0 victory over Norwegian opponents Lillestrom SK. Shola Ameobi, passed fit for this game after sustaining an ankle injury on Thursday, scored 2 goals - 1 a chance after the Lillestrom keeper parried an Emre free-kick out to Ameobi, another a tap-in after great work from Scotty Parker from the right flank. But the biggest news was the signing of Chelsea's Irish winger Damian Duff for a now-confirmed GBP5 million. Pacy and free-scoring, the ability to play anywhere across the park as either a winger, attacking forward or a playmaker tempted Glenn Roeder to shell out the quids for his first signing of the season. More faces are expected at Newcastle, though the 1 face everyone wants to see is the face of an established striker who is able to score 30-goals-a-season and wear the number 9 shirt with pride and honour. Howay the Lads - but the battle is on to sign the elusive firepower.

2) A little bit of comical relief here, as sang by my new TPSU Honorary General Secretary Sarah Lois Yong Si Hui, here are the UPDATED lyrics for the all-time classic - The End Of The World by Sylvia Dee & Arthur Kent:

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the birds rush to shore?
Don't say no it's the end of the world,
`cause you don't love me anymore?

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love.

I wake up in the morning and I wonder why ev'rything's the same as it was.
I can't understand, no I can't understand, how life goes on the way it does!

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said good-bye.

3) Haha, moving on...Had a ALMOST-FULL football match with my Newcastle Singapore football team last Saturday. Played 80 minutes of a mostly-one sided game, where i excelled at the left-back role, but flopped as a left-winger. Put in a few good crosses as well...I even had time to miss a shot when the ball rolled out to me after Zaid tried to get a shot within the penalty area. Could have been better myself, but a efficient team performance ensured we ran out 8-1 winners. Keegan Morales Gan scored a hat-trick, Tim - our version of Michael Owen, and Khairul Dyer grabbed a brace each while Jake Torres got 1. Though it was a good result, we were playing against arguably-mediocre opponents and we have to slowly step up our tempo and quality.

With all of that said, the next posting will hopefully have more tidbits of juicier contents.

Terence...OUT!

The World Cup Final..in pictures...

2006-07-17T01:29:00.000+08:00

64 matches...
32teams...
30 days of top-class football...
12 cities/stadiums used...
6 debutants in this edition...
1 World Champion....

Even without the photo above, this needs no mentioning nor reminding...Italy are the World Cup winners of 2006. If you didn't already know, they beat France 4-2 on penalties after holding them to a 1-1 draw in normal and extra time.

June 9th it was - at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where pre-match favourites France, after sending Portugal packing in the previous round through a Zinedine Zidane penalty, met Italy, who condemned hosts Germany to a cruel defeat with 2 goals in the last 2 mins of extra time from Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero.

The French couldn't have wished for a better start when on 7 minutes, Marco Materazzi brought Florent Malouda down in the penalty area. Horacio Elizondo, the referee who controversially sent off Wayne Rooney 2 rounds ago, gave the penalty much to the dismay of the Italians but joy to the French. Up stepped Zinedine Zidane and he duly obliged, chipping cheekily into the Italian net though he was given a big slice of luck as it shaved the crossbar just nicely for it to bounce over the line and out. The Italians thought it was on the line JUST..the referee thought otherwise and it was 1-0 to the French.

Zidane cooly chipping Buffon

Zidane wheeling away in celebration, w Henry & Ribery

Their joy were shortlived however as Italy pulled 1 back. An Andrea Pirlo corner was met with deadly accuracy by Marco Materazzi, who jumped high, very high in fact, above Patrick Vieria to power a header past Fabian Barthez.

Divine intervention maybe? Well, Materazzi seems to think so.

After this, France and Italy combined to give spectators of both sides, as well as football romantics, argaubly the best 45minutes of World Cup Final football since 1998. Both teams attacked with purpose, flair and vision, not forgetting the strong defences held by veterans Thuram for the French and captain/centenarian for the day Cannavaro for the Italians.

France started the 2nd half the same way they ended it, with Henry and Ribery and a visibly-drained Zizou tearing into the Italian defence. Drift past tight markings of Cannavaro and Materazzi? No worries, Gianluca Zambrotta, VERY pacey winger-turned-defender of Juventus fame, will bail you out with his runs back from NOWHERE apparently, OR if all else fails, try getting past Gigi Buffon, who had the undisputed record of not conceding a goal from opposition within open play. Eventually, frustration slowly seeped into the French players as unnecessary fouls were committed.

On the contrary, the Italians reverted back to their usual style of football - Catenaccio football - soaking up every ounce of pressure the French threw at them and then hitting them hard on the counter-attack. Luca Toni almost punishing slack defending and lack of personnel at the back when he headed past Barthez off a Fabio Grosso free-kick, only for the linesman to correctly flag him offside.

So it ended 1-1 on normal time, with 30mins of excruciating football to be played. As expected, both teams surely must be feeling the pressure. Same tactics and employment were maintained. What was unexpected though, was a incident involving both goalscorers of normal time. 110 minutes on the clock it was when an aerial ball came into the Italian half and Materazzi was challenging Zidane for the ball. The Inter Milan defender tugged at the shirt of Zizou and the ball passed them both. Nothing seem to happen and both parties walked away...only for Zidane to turn around suddenly and head-butt Materazzi out of no apparent reason. The referee and linesmen missed it and let play go on, against the Italians' remonstrations. The 4th official, however, caught it and informed the officials on the pitch through intercom. After much thought and questioning, Elizondo flashed the red-card to Zidane and it was over. The career of arguably the greatest player to grace the football pitch this generation went down the train, albeit in shame rather than glory...letting his team-mates and arguably all of France down with the barbaric action of his. France had to hold on for 10 more minutes.

Not the best way to sign off a great career - getting sent off with 10 minutes to go

Hold on they did though, as they went on to penalties. Italy went first, with Pirlo converting with ease. The same went for Sylvian Wiltord and Materazzi.

Materazzi converting his spot-kick cooly, much to the dismay of this writer.

With the score at 2-1, up stepped David Trezeguet, scorer of the golden goal that put Italy to the sword in the EURO 2000 final. His facial expression suggest he wasn't ready. The French team and supporters had every hope he was. Unfortuanetly, every penalty shootout required a hero and a villian. Trezeguet was the latter, curling his penalty with such technique it was destined to hit the back of the net through the top left corner, but without much moderation of his strength of shot. It hit the post, much like Zidane's earlier penalty in normal time, but didn't have the same end result.

Baggio missed in USA'94. Cue Trezeguet Germany'06..

Trezeguet distraught after missing his spot-kick.

Daniele De Rossi, Sylvian Wiltord, Alessandro Del Piero & Eric Abidjal all scored after that to make it 3-2, with Fabio Grosso stepping up to take the penultimate penalty. Score and Italy will be champions for the 4th time. Miss and un-necessary pressure will be heaped upon them while France will take their spot-kick with all the confidence in the world.

Fairy-tale ending for Zizou and co. was not to be, as Grosso was calmness personified. Firing it hard and accurately into the top-right corner, he showed that you don't have to combine flair and accuracy to score a a good penalty.

Traces of England's penalty-taking? NAH!.

Italy are now 4-times World Cup champions - the first-ever European to achieve that. Not just that, they are just 2 crowns away from calling themselves the best in the world, that is IF they manage to win it before Brazil, 5 times winner after their 2002 triumph in Yokohama, captures any more titles.

The celebrations went on long into the night for the Italians, whether they were in Berlin itself or back home at Rome or Milano or even Turin. Before taking my leave and let you all take in the memories of this year's World Cup, just 1 last word left to say:

FORZA AZZURI!!!

Terence...OUT!

Post-elections, and feelings....

2006-07-10T00:54:00.000+08:00

Well, Temasek Polytechnic's Students' Elections 2006 has officially ended. Votes have been polled, and after tallying all of them up, Temasek Polytechnic Students' Union (TPSU)'s Executive Committee for the Academic Year 06/07 has been officially decided. Here's how the list shapes up:

1) Alvin Neo Wee Kian (INT) - 421 votes
2) Ong Kai-Ming Terence (ENG) - 391 votes
3) Lee Tat Ming (BUS)
4) Sarah Lois Yong Shi Hui (BUS)
5) Cai Yu Ting (BUS)
6) Tan Yee Ping (BUS)
7) Clifton Lam Jia Hao (BUS)
8) Nathaniel Jodin (BUS)
9) Low Yi Ling (BUS)
10) Leong Soon Poh (ENG)
11) Tan Yi Jia (ASC)
12) Li Wei Sheng (BUS)
13) Glenda Goh Ming Zi (BUS) - 194 votes
13 ) Elene Liew (BUS) - 194 votes

Now, like last year, there is a tie for the 13th seat in the ExCo for TPSU this year. Last year it was between Rajes and YaoDa(was a no-brainer last year =x)...but this year, fate chose to deal a cruel blow to 2 good friends who became close during the elections period. It shouldn't be like this, but Fate has us all on a tight leash..so these gals gotta do what they must do - present their case in front of the confirmed 12 candidates and hope these 12 people pick either one of them to be in the committee. Im torn between 2 dilligent workers who are good contributions to the committee. Anyone who can find a solution to incorporate these 2 into the committee together, please lemme know, as i don't have the slightest of ideas who to vote for.

But moving on to personal thoughts, I'm deeply gutted to have lost out on the presidency AGAIN(ok, not open secret that when i first ran for SU, i aimed to be part of top 2, something like a dark horse), even worse this year as it's my penultimate year in TP and I would have loved to cap my TP journey with a "TPSU President" tag on my resume. But that's not the only reason why I wanted Presidency that much..I truly believe i can contribute fully in that capacity and withstand the heat,pressure and demands that the hotseat emits and actually bring SU to greater heights. And to lose by 20 votes was plain cruel - I truly felt the disappointment and tears England felt when they lost to Portugal on penalties, never mind that England CAN NOT win a penalty shootout for nuts (3 Lions FactFile: England have only won 1 of their last 6 penalty shootouts in major tournaments - and that came against Spain in Euro 96 2nd Round). I felt like just seating there after the election results a la Frank Lampard. It hurts just as much as the penalty taker who missed the deciding shot, as much also as the team-mate rooting for him. Not to mention the pain and anguish maximised, felt by the English fans who have to endure 42 years of pain at least for another major trophy - Euro 2008: Austria & Switzerland.

Nonetheless, the main concern is the students in TP. They deserve alot better after the circus that was TPSU ExCo 05/06. I, as newly-elected VP of TPSU, vow to bring new, refreshing activities and events to the table for TP students, as well as revitalize current events to make it more appealing to a bigger crowd. To the new committee - Let's work together, for a better SU. To Alvin Neo - I've lost out, but hey, for the better of the TP students. Harmony aight? ;)

(Edit: I left out on the thank-you speech...I wanna thank the 390 people who voted for me this year. Not to mention people like Pok, Hang, Tay, Kenny Lee, Teow Hwee, Bao Fa, Jun Wei aka Ah GAD, Louis and other IFC SIP people who helped me pull votes as well as put up posters all over TP. Also to people like Wendy, Joelle, Daphne aka Yean Ping, Glenda & Elene for helping me pull votes from people who i have no idea who they were. To my mom, who sponsored my posters/election campaign from day 1..I Love Ya Mom!...as well as to the many people out there who i may have forgotten to mention...Hope I'll get to repay you all by doing a good job in TPSU.)

One last time before 05/06 ends - TP OEI!

Ok, I'm off to watch the World Cup final!! 4 years after Brazil defeated Germany thanks to a (slimmer) Luiz Nazario Da Lima Ronaldo brace, 2 new teams stand up against each other for the right to be called World Champions for the next 4 years at least. Will it be France, they of the football magician Zinedine Zidane, pacy Thierry Henry and creatively-unknown Franck Ribery, adding to their sole World Cup triumph back in 98 (where they beat Brazil 3-0, thanks to a carbon-copy pair of Zidane headers and a Petit break-away in the 89th minute)....or will it be Italy, they of the impregnable defence(leaked ONLY 1 goal so far, and that was a Riccardo Zaccardo freakish own goal VS the USA) marshalled by the experienced and solid Fabio Cannavaro, no-look-pass Andrea Pirlo and goalscoring machine Luca Toni, who will claim their 3rd World Cup title, the last being in 1982 when Paolo Rossi, back after a 2-year suspension due to alleged match-fixing, topped the goal-scoring charts and brought the crown directly to Italy's feet.

History suggests on 1 hand, that the Italians are well-poised to win it, as their last triumph was on the back of a match-fixing scandal, similiar to this year, where Juventus, Fiorentina, AC Milan and Lazio are currently standing trial for charges along those lines. On the other hand though, France are in good stead as well...their route from the S-Finals onwards was the same as their last major honor - EURO 2000 (Back then, they beat Portugal after a last-minute penalty from Zinedine Zidane, from a Abel Xavier handball..then went on to beat Italy in a pulsating final 2-1 (aet) when David Trezeguet came off the bench to score a cracker inside the penalty box to seal it for France).

Form books suggest Italy though, who have not conceded yet.

This time around, i'm watching this game PURELY as a spectator...a football fanatic who loves the romance of a good football match - served up in attacking style by teams who wanna win the World Cup.

France or Italy?

Stay tuned.....

Terence..OUT!

Updates....

2006-07-07T01:26:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates so far on the Sph3r3r3r 3ff3ct...it's just been a heck of a busy schedule, with these things keeping me well occupied:

Temasek Polytechnic Students' Union (TPSU) Students' Elections 2006
World Cup fever- caught AT LEAST 80% of all 38 games of the biggest footballing event this year
Sorting my own personal life out

Starting with pointer no.1, Polling is finally over for TP students in the Tampines campus, with votings officially closing for these people at 6.30pm SGT time, Thursday 7th July 2006. Students situated at the Tourism Academy @ Sentosa (TAS) campus can vote TOMORROW, from 10.30am-12pm Sentosa time, in the Sentosa campus itself. (TP HTM Yr 2 students, if you're reading this, please fork out the time to go and vote. YOUR VOTES ARE VERY CRUCIAL TO ME IN THE RUN-UP FOR THE HOT-SEAT IN THIS YEAR'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE!).

Results will then be released tomorrow at 5.45pm SGT time, in the Students' Lounge. (Supporters of candidates, including Terence Ong aka Sphererer, are cordially invited to come in and give moral support to your friends and cheer them on as an formal media announcement of the results is done in TP for the first time ever!)

To end off Pointer no.1, I really hope I can get what I've wanted from the start- the Presidency. Yes some people may not think I'm the best candidate for the job, but hey, what better way to prove them wrong than to actually organise good activities and run a tight, but happy ship w regards to my committee. Let's just pray and hope I get it, or my Sponsor's money will go down the drain...

Pointer no. 2 takes us to Germany, where it has been a World Cup to remember for the games after the group stages. The 2 semi-final fixtures have just been played out, with Italy edging Germany out 2-0 after extra-time in arguably 1 of the most pulsating games you'll ever see in World Cup history, while France beat Portugal 1-0 to set up a final meeting w Italy via the same route that they took to winning EURO 2000.

When the results come in and the tournament proper ends with the crowning of a new champion, rest assured the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct will be here to give you a easy-to-read-and-understand review of World Cup 2006.

All the goals, all the drama, all the action, all on The Sph3r3r3r 3ff3ct.

Pointer no.3 brings me to my personal life, where I've decided, after 1 whole long year, that I may have given up the girl of my dreams. For those of you who knows, the girl is a head-strong girl who doesn't forgive easily, let alone forget. People have also told me that it's theoretically impossible to win her friendship and trust back, let alone her heart, and that it's like banging into a brick wall even though I know it's a brick wall. But I have to try...I did not come full circle, realizing my mistake, only to give up w/o a fight. At least with a fight, I can tell myself I really tried.

As usual, updates will keep coming in for the 3 pointers above. So stay tuned to the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct for everything of all that.

This is Terence Ong aka Sphererer, signing off.

Good night sPh3r3-fans!

Vote Terence Ong for TP Students' Union @ Cyber Center..make your TP life a better 1 with me at the helm!

2006-07-04T01:35:00.000+08:00

I think the photos quite say it all..but nonetheless here are the details yet again...

- Polling Dates: 4th-6th July 2006, 10.30am-6.00pm (TAS students, plz come back to TP to vote during these 3 days, or vote at TAS on 7th July, 10.30-12.00pm)

- People to vote for: Terence Ong, Tan Sook Chin, Glenda Goh, Clifton Lam, Elene Lim, Lim WeiSheng, Sarah Lois Yong, Cai YuTing

TP students, you have 6 votes! Choose it wisely, i do hope that whatever 6 people you choose, i'm in your list no matter what. I can do a job, i have the experience..so now let me handle the pressures of the job and give you all a good year in TP!

Till then, hopefully you're looking at the new President of TPSU...

Terence...OUT!!

Blog Updated...

2006-06-22T01:23:00.000+08:00

Title says it all..

im pissed and frustrated at the World Cup, or rather Mexico & Angola to be specifics..

Check out my punting section and my next blog entry about the World Cup for more info...

Terence...OUT!

The magical thing they call the World Cup...once every 4 years ain't it? =x

2006-06-12T15:29:00.000+08:00

well for once i've no idea what to blog about, hence the lack of blog entries

but hey, since it's the World Cup season, let's not drift away too far from the topic and get on with the festivities...

so far, 4 match days have been played, with Germany and Mexico showing the most potency in front of goal as the Germans romped to a 4-2 opening-day win over Costa Rica (who had a certain Paulo Wanchope scoring a brace to give the Germans and the home crowd a few scares), while the Mexicans triumphed over Iran 3-1 with Omar Bravo grabbing a brace.

England, arguably the whole world's adopted nation, wilthered under the seering heat in Frankfurt on the 2nd matchday and produced a dismal performance against a Paraguay side with nothing to lose and seemingly possessing a trumpcard in the form of Nelson Vades, who threatened to give England opening-day woes. 1-0 the final score, Paraguay captain Carlos Gamarra deflecting the ball off a Beckham free-kick into the goal. If England play like this throughout the World Cup, the dream of emulating the holy team of '66 can be laid to rest for another 4 years.

At least they're not alone in the group of "underachievers" for opening-matches. Poland, Sweden and Portugal gave England a run for their money, with Ecuador proving too hot for the Poles to handle (2-0) and the Swedes seemingly able to do everything but put the ball into the back of the Trinidad & Tobagan's net..0-0 it finished for that game (not that im complaining though...won some money through this game to offset some of my losses incurred in the England game)...while Portugal, for Cristiano Ronaldo and all his showboating, had only a goal to show for their "efforts" against a resillient Angola side which had custodian Joao Ricardo in fine form.

In the last group to have played their first matches so far, Argentina scored an expected 2-1 win over Cote D'Ivore..Crespo and Saviola getting poacher's goals while Drogba pulled one back for the Ivory Elephants...and Holland got a goal against a usually-tight Serbian defence, Robben pulling the trigger after being put through by Van Persie..1-0 it finished...

so after the opening fixtures for these 4 groups, here's how the groups shape up:

Images courtesy of SkySports.com

So far, my punting journey has seen me placed 3 bets...England (-1.5) vs Paraguay [$5], Trinidad & Tobago (+1.5) vs Sweden [$5], and lastly England & Ivory Coast both to win their fixtures [$5]....

Total bets placed: $15
Amount recouped: $11.50
Profits/Losses: $3.50

Right now I've in my hands, 2 betting slips for the upcoming Australia vs Japan match...Australia to win..and win it by 2 goals....hopefully Kewell and Cahill perform and give me something to shout about, along with the Aussie fans =)

Anyway, will update about the World Cup as more results comes along...I'll also try to include my punting journey somewhere in my blog, either on a seperate pots altogether or in a section of the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct...so stay tuned, as I aim to bring you the best coverage of the World Cup you'll ever find on a blogsite.

Terence...OUT!

NO BLOGSKINS AVALIBLE!!!

2006-05-30T11:32:00.000+08:00

hahahhaha

never thought i'd say this..

but i'm still finding a suitable blogskin to put onto my blog..

right now this is arguably the ugliest skin i can have with regards to the quality of my blog (yeah right! haha)

so people, hang tight...i'm TRYING MY BEST to do up something of a background for my blog, as well as search around for source codes to construct a blogskin i can truly call my own!

tagboards will be coming back soon....SSSSOOOOONNNN

Terence...OUT!

(PS: my team bowed out of CENT's CCN Day soccer tournament meekly in the group stages, after losing the first 2 games, the team chose to forfeit the other 2 games and go around checking out what's on offer at CCN Day =) )

CCN Day is upon us yet again...

2006-05-26T09:49:00.000+08:00

this time around...the group of guys from Info-Communications will be participating in a street-soccer tournament organised by CENT club, for the needy students who make up the Campus Care Network (CCN)

And this being CCN Day, we, Hard Gays', are proud to unveil our lineup for the tournament which will be starting in about 3 hours time:

Goalkeeper: Edwin Van Der POK

Outfield players:
1) TEOry Henry
2) Noh Alam SHAH
3) BURDEN Shearer (that's me)
4) Kenneth Van WOOsie (was supposed to be KELVIN Garcia, but he pulled out last-minute due to glandular fever..we wish him a speedy recovery, and hope to have him back in the squad for the upcoming IFC Cup & Director's Cup qualifiers)

how we do in this competition will definetly determine how our team shape up for the above-mentioned 2 tournaments....so stay tuned to the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct for latest news on the tournaments

Burden...OUT!

The end of an era...or wait, was it 2 eras? (Part 2)

2006-05-13T15:00:00.000+08:00

This era has nothing to do with Newcastle, yet seemingly it has the same emotional pull for me as Shearer's Newcastle Utd, and ultimately football, career had its last curtain call....

But for now, Serence is now over...Serene & I have officially parted ways on Wednesday night (10th May 2006), making it a abruptly-short (16 days short of 10 months) but thoroughly-enjoyable period/relationship for the both of us...

May come as a shock to lots of you readers out there(some of you closer ones already know it prior to this blog release)..but somehow it had to be done..the last 2 months have been absolutely stagnant and alarmingly-fatal for her...I was confused as to what kind of relationship i really want for now and for the future, and somehow when i came up with the decision finally, she didn't seem to fit into it....

I really wish her all the best in her future endeavours, whether is it getting a bloke who'll treat her 100x better than how I did (I pretty much sucked in this category towards the end of our relationship), or if it's getting good grades and topping off her diploma in Apparel & Design Merchandising with honours come the end of her 3-year Polytechnic life.

But right now, i'm lost still.....the song below best describes my feelings now:

Artist: The Ataris

Song Title: Beautiful Mistake

Song Album: So Long Astoria
Maybe I'm not ready for this And you know it

Maybe I'm too scared to tell you

What I'm really thinking

It's not fair to stay together

Because of the regrets we might have
Don't want to fall asleep alone, but do I want to wake up with you

I'm only trying to be completely honest

So I guess this is the ending

Of a beautiful mistake

And if we both agree that we shouldnt be

Together why does it Hurt so much and I feel

Like I lost my closest friend
Don't want to fall asleep alone, but do I want to wake up with you

I hope your happy, and completely lonely

There I am, standing on all alone On St. Lee Harbor bridge

And you know I would jump into

The fucking ocean

If it mean I was truly capable

Of being satisfied

Will I ever be

Did I just give up the best thing I ever had
Don't want to fall asleep alone, but do I want to wake up with you?

I hope your happy, and completely lonely
Don't want to fall asleep alone, but do I want to wake up with you?

I'm only trying to be completely honest

With that said, there is a 1-week appeal period to such break-ups, just like the one I experienced with Carissa the other time..but whether both of us bring it up to the Court Of Appeal is another thing....

To end off...I'm sorry Serene for breaking your heart like this...I know it shouldn't have ended like this, but somehow judging circumstances right now..it has to be done

The end of an era...or wait, was it 2 eras? (Part 1)

2006-05-13T14:41:00.000+08:00

As Geordies all over the world(BOTH natural and adopted) gathered at St. James Park to commemorate the end of an era of the 1 man they called 1 of their own alongside the legendary Jackie Milburn, or Wor Jackie as Geordies know him as....

Alan Shearer was a darling to all Newcastle fans, with his love for the club, the town, the people in it..not to mention he snubbed Manchester United, the scums, not ONCE..but TWICE(yes he snubbed them to move to Blackburn, then did the same thing to "come home" to Newcastle)....as well as for the one thing everyone all over the world know he does best - scoring goals, by the truckload I must add...

206 goals for a club within 10 years is no easy feat - it averages up to about 20.6 goals per season...just ask people like Drogba, Crespo, Cisse, Saha..or even Darrent Bent if they could score THAT MANY goals in their careers, let alone at 1 club(For the record, Shearer scored 412 goals for Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle + he's the all-time leading goalscorer for Newcastle Utd now, after beating the previous record of Wor Jackie by 6 goals)..This goal return in exchange for a now-seemingly-mere sum of GBP15,000,000 is definetly a good deal. Shearer wanted to come back, and did he enjoy his 10-year stay here, regardless of trophyless years at Tyneside...

Asia's most knowledgeable football fan?

2006-05-12T13:47:00.000+08:00

You're looking at him now...

Newcastle SG - Champions!!!!!!!

Terence Ong & Damian Peh - Newcastle Singapore - Champions of inaugural Kick-Off football trivia gameshow - ASIA'S MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE FOOTBALL FAN TEAM

To add to this, i'm thankful for the support gained from all you guys out there throughout the recording & telecast period..you know who you are...Chung Xian, Firdaus, Kelvin Lim, Kenneth Tay, Pok and the rest of you IFC peeps, Newcastle Singapore for constantly filling the studio to the brim with black-and-white...

It was a nail-biting end to the final, people who watched it will know....we came out tops 33-32 after going behind early in the game..

DVDs of Newcastle Singapore's magical journey will be obtained and made avalible to any of you out there who wants to relive the experience. Just drop me a message at my MSN Messenger window and i'll arrange for you all to pick up the disc..

Finally, big thanks to John Hirst, boss of Newcastle Singapore, in picking me and Damian to represent Newcastle Singapore in this show. I needed something like this to show to the world that I, Terence Ong, can talk-cock about football with real qualification(even if it means I can't do things like Mathematics, Science, Wireless Technology, Mobile Computing etc)...

I can't do alot of studying i'll admit..but football has always been my thing and i'm glad to have something to show for it, just like Alan Shearer has for his time at Newcastle despite no winner's medals - goals, adoration and adulation from the Geordie faithful and the record of being Newcastle United's all-time leading goalscorer....

With that said, what a way to end the football season for Newcastle fans both in Asia & the world - Newcastle Singapore winning the Kick-Off gameshow on the same night as Alan Shearer bid farewell to the Geordie with a last-minute penalty to win his testimonial game 3-2 vs Celtic......

2 big events for Newcastle all over the world....the only thing lacking now is who to replace Alan Shearer...

rest assured that you'll hear it first on the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct...and also from St. James Park when Damian & I will report to you guys LIVE as we make our trip to catch a Premiership game of our choice - most notably vs the scums, that is Manchester United...

a new manager, new players hopefully, UEFA Cup action to look forward to, hopefully we'll report a happy result from that night in Newcastle..

till then, please stick together with sph3r3r3r 3ffect, as WE CAN'T KICK OFF WITHOUT YOU!

Terence Ong, knowdlegeable football fan, signing off

Updates, ramblings and what-have-yous Version 1.0

2006-05-08T02:26:00.000+08:00

357 days - the gap that seperates footballing seasons 06/07 & 05/06 of English Premiership football, with this year's season ending 1 week earlier than tradition so as to allow the Germany-bound players to get ample rest in time for the World Cup. However cramped this season has been or however long the gap has been between the 2 seasons, this year's was no less nail-biting and exciting than last year's...

Flashback to last season when 4 teams - Norwich (33pts), Southampton(32pts,44 goals scored,), Crystal Palace(32pts,39 goals scored) and West Bromwich Albion(31pts), all seperated by 1 point each, were battling to avoid being 1 of 3 teams that will be relegated to the English Coca-cola Championship(formerely known as the Nationwide Division 1)..all their matches were played simultaneously and live updates of the matches were flowing in through handheld radios brought by the fans of the 4 teams..fast-forward to 82 minutes & Crystal Palace thought they'll be the lucky one to avoid relegation as they were leading Charlton 2-1 at the Valley, while any lingering hopes Norwich had were vanquished by a 6-star Fulham, who were leading 5-0 then, only to increase it to 6-0 on the stroke of full-time. Same fate went to Southampton, who by then were losing 2-1 to Man Utd..which leaves us, the ardent football fans, with West Brom, leading Portsmouth 2-0 and seemingly bowing out to Palace by the solidary point.

But remember remember, the defender Jonathan Fortune. Cometh the hour, cometh the man..Jonathan Fortune scores a header from a Jerome Thomas free-kick to level the game, and to condemn Palace to the Championship.....

FULL-TIME came, and The Hawthornes erupted into a frenzy as emotional scenes of a pitch invasion of ecstatic West Brom fans were beamed to the whole world watching. Bryan Robson had done it - the great Houdini act that Paul Jewell did back in 2000 with Bradford, saving the team from relegation right at the death!!

However, this season was not to be for Robbo as he, along with Steve Bruce and his injury-savaged, woeful Birmingham side, were relegated on the 2nd last day of the season after Harry Redknapp came back to Portsmouth in controversial circumstances to steal the magic from Robbo and perform his very own "Harry Houdini" act, hitting championship-winning form as they earned an outstanding 20 points from their last 9 games - a feat that neither Midlands team could achieve. Bruce saw his side failed to beat a lacklusture Newcastle Utd at St. Andrews, while Robbo & the Baggies, already relegated after Portsmouth defeated Wigan 2-1 with a late Matt Taylor penalty to secure their Premiership status, were unable to end their season on a high after losing their fixture that week, 1-0 to West Ham, as well as drawing with Everton 2-2 on the last day of the season.

BUT, that wasn't all for the last day of the season...A few matters have yet to be tied up, mainly:

2nd place and an automatic Champions League spot with it (Teams contesting: MaNure & Liverpool..seperated by 1 point)
4th place and a Champions League 3rd Round Qualifier spot with it (Teams contesting: Bitter North-London rivals ARSEnal & Tottenham Hotspurs..seperated by 1 point)
7th place and an InterToto Cup spot with it (Teams contesting: Newcastle United & Bolton Wanderers..seperated by 1 point)

Arguably, points 1 and 3 weren't of that much significance to ardent football fans unless you're a Devil, a Scouser, a Trotter or a Geordie...point 2 grabbed the world's attention as it wasn't just the Champions League spot that seperated the Gunners and the Spurs..throw in a bitter North-London rivalry between the 2 and you'll get an inkling of how important it meant to the different set of fans, and neutrals worldwide.(if you still can't visualize it, think Liverpool vs Everton 04/05..same situation, different teams)....

What made matters worse was that prior to their match kick-off, VS West Ham, in the afternoon, approximately 10 Tottenham players came down with food poisoning and a stupid,yet still-issued-nonetheless option to delay kick-off for a mere 2 hours was subsequently rejected by Spurs manager Martin Jol....ARSEnal on the other hand, had just about a full squad to choose from VS Wigan Athletic, save Alou Diarra who suffered a broken ankle when he was caught in a challenge from Sunderland's Kevin Smith a week ago....

ARSEnal's game was see-saw all the way though..The Gunners taking the lead through Robert Pires after defensive slip-up in the Wigan penalty area. Wigan Athletic pulled 1 through Austrian international Paul Scharner, after hard work from David Thompson, and surprisingly went ahead after that through a David Thompson(remember him, Pool fans?), yet again, free-kick that deceived Jens Lehmann..ARSEnal procedeed to level things up after Swiss international Reto Ziegler, who coincidentally was a former Spurs player, loss possession in the middle of the park to Robert Pires, who then released Henry to slot past Mike Pollitt in the Wigan goal to level the scores. After that it was ARSEnal all the way, Thompson unfortuanetly spoiling his day of good work when his poor back-pass to Matt Jackson went untouched by the latter and Henry sneaked in to round Pollitt and.....make it 3-2, before he converted a penalty to send the home crowd into ruptures and wrote himselves into the Highbury record books as the last player to score a hat-trick in the ground before it gives way to the new Emirates Stadium ARSEnal will move into next season...4-2 it finished to the Gunners

"What about Tottenham Hotspurs?" you all ask...well they went behind to a Cral Fletcher scorcher early in the game, Paul Robinson seemingly flapping at the shot, before Jermaine Defoe levelled things up for them in the 30th minute region with a well-taken goal...After the break, it was West Ham all the way as they were even able to scorn a penalty chance through former Spurs favourite Teddy Sheringham(favours for old club anyone?), only to score late in the game through a superb Yossi Benayoun goal..2-1 to the Hammers at full-time...

This result effectively dumps Spurs out of the Champions League no matter what happens in Paris on May 17th, the Champions League Final between ARSEnal & FC Barcelona.

Spurs were actually confident of pipping their bitter rivals to the 4th spot as well as knocking them out of the Champions League running until this slice of bad-luck hit them. With this, Spurs' wait of wanting to finish ahead of the Gooners in the League goes on for a 16th year. A kick to the guts for them and a very bitter pill to swallow, considering that bad luck only hit them at the penultimate game of the season, when it really mattered the most. However, in all fairness, ARSEnal produced arguably the performance of the season, surpassing the Real Madrid & Juventus games even, as they ran riot on a Wigan side, winning their final game at Highbury in style.

On to Point 1 & 3...MaNure and Liverpool, Newcastle & Bolton all seperated by a point from each other...MaNure defeated Charlton, still reeling from the fact Alan Curbishley won't be their manager come next season, COMFORTABLY 4-0 while Liverpool defeated Portsmouth, who had absolutely nothing to play for but pride, 3-1 at Fratton Park. Newcastle saw off Chelski 1-0 with a Titus Bramble scissors kick that ensured they finished ahead of Bolton, who beat already-relegated Birmingham 1-0 through a Ricardo Vaz-Te goal...so the end-of-season table for 05/06 looks like this...

(Copyrighted and credit to www.nufc.com, Newcastle Unofficial Fans' Collaboration)

Final words from arguably 1 of the biggest Newcastle fans you'll find around town...I'm elated at our end-of-season position, we've jumped arguably half-a-table in terms of position, going from a dangerous 14th position when bloody Souness left the club and us in total disarray and lots of trouble, to a impressive 7th with an Intertoto Cup place(and potentially, a place in the UEFA Cup if we win 1 of 3 InterToto slots) and a manager who, in my opinion is not the best manager for us in terms of tactical decisions and trophy count, came in after Souness and stabilized the ship, while earning the respect of the dressing-room. Not to mention he's a former captain of the Toon & loves the club just as much as Geordies will tell u about...he is, former West Ham manager Glenn Roeder...

Though not my first choice as manager, but as long as he loves the club and is able to take us to a certain placing for now..I'll be supporting him all the way. 7th place this season....4th or 5th next season with a full squad to choose from(as compared to this season when we only have half a squad at most), coupled with Roeder's signings and hopefully Luque coming back as a prodigal son...things are definetly looking good for us next season..Howay the Lads...have a happy World Cup season football-sph3r3 fans out there...and for the gals, just help your BF enjoy it aight?

I'm out......

TPSU Freshmen Orientation(FO) outtakes...

2006-04-24T02:07:00.000+08:00

Back from Freshmen Orientation(FO) camp for about a week already, and the (un?)surprising thing that people on the streets ask me are:

"Eh, how was the FO camp? Good or not?....is it better than the last one?"

"WAH LAO EH, u HAVE NOT BLOGGED FREQUENTLY as you PROMISED...yet again!"

hahah...and my reply to them, and all you anxious(i hope..) sph3r3-fans out there is:

"Tired lah..6 gruelling days of insufficient sleep and reliance on adrenaline and quick wits have taken a huge toll on my body"

But hey, gruelling and tiring it may be..i've come to realised that, save for my girlfriend, close friends made in TP and involvement within TPSU and its activities, this is the ONLY OTHER THING retaining my livelihood and sanity in a crazy polytechnic and diploma course in which the people are all so freakin' competitive.

so for starters, let's start with the main committee of FO...6 new additions and 2 withdrawals from the previous one set up at OTC, with the Head-GLs from each of the 5 respective empires(Mantiz,Centis,Spydra,Antor,Beenox) coming in. They are: Sarah Lois, YuTing, Fadzly, Gullible Glenda Goh(i'll explain more later) and lastly, Elvi, the 4-letter ONLY HGL...and also Foodmin's new head, Alwyn aka Khim Hong....while the 2 withdrawals were notably Beenox's FA, Sharugasan, who had to leave for China for OCP programme, and Mantiz's 3rd but arguably weakest FA, Wei Sen, who was released by TPSU president and FO camp commandant Sahfahri on a permanent free-transfer..

with the main comm. lined up, it was only a matter of time before FO kicked off with FOWorkshop and it was a good outing for the main committee despite the less-than-encouraging turnout of freshmen capped at around +/-200 max? Nonetheless, it was fun-filled, with Mantiz leading on the 1st day, joint-tops with brother/sister group Centis(who were later known to be merged together as CeMan!)..only to lose out on the last day of workshop-camp to Beenox by the merest of merest of fractions(and i really mean fractions..it's not even a freakin whole number!), with our weakness later made known by Pamela, the ravishing but ABIT sized co-head of Programme, to be in the scavenger hunt game known as HUNT-GRY, where freshmen go around completing a set of 100 tasks set out by the Programmers =)...Still, shout out must go to the GLs for facilitating the flow of freshmen,as well as being the spark for the freshies to shine..as well as to the freshmen for making things happen(small group of people, but nonetheless great bunch to work with..)

Moving on STRAIGHT to FOC(hey,if there wasn't a break during the actual camp itself,shldn't be a break in posting too right?PS:i have no idea what i just typed..f*ckin crap man!)...it was arguably the best FOC,out of the 3 i've been to, i've participated in,no matter the role. Freshies were cheering loudly from the FIRST DAY ONWARDS...it's like "holy crap!..nothing like this has ever happened in FOC history man..or am i just too young?"...and not only that there were ALOT of lookalikes that were either discovered or exposed or both(people like Farhan[Iskandar] & Kimberly[PeiQi] & GL Eddie[Baofa] from Centis...and i'm dead sure i saw the bookshop cashier auntie within Centis as well,or did i see wrongly?*hmm*)...but hey,that ain't the highlight of the whole camp..the highlight was my beloved Mantiz rising to be CHAMPIONS AFTER BEING LAST FROM DAY 1...as co-manager with Iskandar, i can only say that "im proud of my boys and girls,we we looked down and out on Day 1 but we pulled them back into the dressing room at half-time and told them to go out,enjoy the proceedings and take advantage of whatever opportunities that come by. Thankfully we had clinical finishing in the games..but i still can't forget my set of coaches,the GLs of Mantiz, who worked hard to prep my team out for games...it was a fantastic cup win really! everyone wrote us off,but instead we wrote ourselves into the record books...Mantiz - Champions of FOC 06/07!!!"

photos/highlights from these 6 days of fun will be up as soon as i get my Pc back in tip-top shape with a photo-editing software installed in it...

but on an ending note,it's ultra sad to hear the graduates' parting speech at the camp..i'll be losing a lot of fellow students that i truly respect and have a great friendship with(Alvin Ting, my personal mentor/FA at FO 05/06..Ah Tan, the ever-respectable Logistics head who i salute for great work wherever he goes..Andrew, the crazy yet playfully-hardworking ass who made FO a success..Iskandar, my fellow FA for this FO..disciplinerian who helped built Mantiz from scratch..Sahfahri, the President of TPSU and Camp Commandant of FO who, though found wanting at a few tasks throughout our Executive Year, has been a great friend to me..Ah Fat, great guy from INTSC whom i've enjoyed a good working relationship with from 2 FOs as well as INT Director's Cup..Alwyn, my primary school mate whom i've lost contact with until i met him at Fun Camp 04/05..hah!..Alvin Neo, vice-president of TPSU who has a knack for trouble-shooting as well as having girls falling for him..hah swee!..as well as Guang, the crappy guy who works as hard as a mouse too!...lastly Yaoda, weird but nonetheless 1 of the nicest guys u can ever meet on the street..just need to shave off THAT large cube of ice before u see the real him)...likewise for all the other Year 3 mates whom i've not mentioned over here...you all know who u are..people like Valerie,Ah Boy,Jimmy,Yasin etc etc....

next year will be my turn to go up and deliver THAT speech,along with (hopefully) people like Clifton, Victor, Fadezly Mountain, Wei Qi...will i cry or will i just shrug it off? i don't know yet for sure..but what i do know is that come my graduation days,i'll sure miss the living hell that felt like heaven,that is TPSU =).......

TP OEI!

Updates...

2006-03-22T00:43:00.000+08:00

- Ser officially has found a new species of mamals..or cows for that matter...she's found a species called Golden-Horned Bulls...more details as the story comes in....

- Bridgette, or Richard as I call her, is a potential paralegal who will register u for medical screenings, and hit you so hard when you tease her, that u won't remember a thing after that at all.....

- HuiLeng, or HL as affectionately known to her friends, apparently finds guys who are decked in white SLEEVELESS shirts & who spike their DYED hair upwards.....

- Lastly, me n Ser are a-ok for now...dark clouds are gone...sails are fully up and operational...we're heading for St. James Park!

Status Update: Back from Leave...

2006-03-13T02:47:00.000+08:00

yes that's right once again...the sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct is back online OFFICIALLY(though a bit overdue) after my exams have ended....

just to sum up in a nutshell what has happened so far(as of 2:47am, Monday 13th March 2006):

1) Newcastle's 6-game unbeaten streak FINALLY came to an end as Manchester United brought the Magpies to their knees with an emphatic 2-0 victory that was, honestly, never once threatened...2 goals from Wayne Rooney in the 1st 17mins SHOULD HAVE been accompanied by alot more from main culprit of shot wastages Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo & Park Ji Sung...nothing to rave about in Newcastle's POV...we were 2nd best all night, didn't deserve a 2-0 beating only, when under pressure, started to play like how we did under Souness....more on that later...

2)my exams results are in....just a summary...here is how it is:
FundHTBus: D
TechEnt: B
IFCTech: C+
INetAppl: C+
EDD: C+
JavaProf: C
Wireless: D

not the best i've envisaged...had hoped for a majority of Bs, with EDD getting an A while i was really hoping IFCTech i got B....sheesh that mark went to Keith...MOTHERFCUKER!!...but anyway, it was an improvement, albeit small if not minute, nonetheless and i hope that the coming Major Project(MP) & Student Internship Programme (SIP) will be a catalyst in my quest for higher GPA...as of now i'm at a lowly 2.2...sheesh!

3) I'm offcially an odd-job labourer now...as i'm holding on to 2 jobs at the moment..1 of them is as a part-time staff with a medical screening company(which i'm bound by contract to remain Privy&Confidy) and the other, somewhat my "dream job" that i've been waiting for ever since i decided media was my pathway to hapiness, is an "internship" at sports cable network giants ESPN STAR-Sports Asia...Reason why i'm holding 2 jobs is simple - 1 offer me financial security in the medical-screenings while the ESPN internship, though payless for now at least i hope, offers me the chance & experience of a lifetime no amount of money can buy, the chance to work in a cable network even before i do my uni degree on Mass Comm/Journalism.....but the workload from both is crazy lah, i'm working almost every day of the week due to that..as a result, soccer kickabouts will be severely restricted for sph3r3r3r....

4) My article got published on the Sunday Times!!!!!!Although it's only a VERY SMALL portion of just 2-sentences?But fcuk it....my name appears as a minority in support of Agu Casmir ( The Sunday Times, 5th March 2006)...READ IT!

5) i argued with my girlfriend for the umpteenth time....it's getting crazy man....i mean we were just planning our summer vacation, when this quarrel about her trying to support footie comes up....i mean WTF lor....seriously i prefer my dream gal to follow football, so that when i talk or watch..she's not lost.....then my girlfriend comes tell me she's not comfy with trying for it....so ok im stumped..and angered pretty much...though it is my fault anyway for assuming too much...i need time to cool off...

so as of the last sentence above....[CTU]sPh3r3r3r...OUT!

Last Train Home....

2006-02-27T12:07:00.000+08:00

Well well well...who would have known....

1 train ride home can be a catalyst for so many things to come.....

Man it's just a bloody sighting man....now why the f*ck am I feeling like this?

ok, maybe i still haven't close chapters of my life.....

but still...it's eating into my life right now...

surprise surprise...my relationship status has once again turned to "It's Complicated"...

and i don't blame her really....i blame myself...

"Terence...what on Earth is going on?"
"I don't know senor..it's just eating into me...like radiation into skin..."
"Then you have to embark on a journey of self-enlightement...where you can really think about matters of such...."
"yes senor...i agree....self-enlightement here I come..."

and so the journey begins.....

Shame on the FAS...

2006-02-21T18:30:00.000+08:00

I'll break away from tradition today and post an entry WAY before my self-imposed leave of absence(LOA)....Not in my style to post before LOA (haha sph3r3-fans will definetly attest to that!), but i've just read something that got on my nerves.

The Straits Times reported that Woodlands Wellington duo Goh Tat Chuan and Masrezwan Masturi have been axed from the national set-up, on the eve of the Asian Cup pre-qualifier against Iraq, for breaking a curfew. According to the report, the Lions were supposed to be back in their hotel rooms by 11.30pm last night (Monday, 20th February 2006) but Goh and Masturi were nowhere to be near their hotels room after the curfew, Goh attending to his sick wife at home while Masturi was in a team-mate's room. Both players were unhappy as they felt double-standards were being practised within the Lions' camp, relating to a somewhat similiar incident in the last training tour in the Middle East in early February 2006 where 2 players overslept and missed training, yet got dealt with privately. Goh "can't even describe how hurt I was when I was told to go home" while Masturi claims it's not fair.

When I read the article by Marc Lim(as well as a comment from Marc Lim, ST Sports Correspondent..a damn good one in my opinion), I had to write to the papers to publish how I felt at the entire situation. Here's what I wrote to the ST team:

"I'm writing in with regards to the article, "Masrezwan and Goh dropped", from sports correspondent Marc Lim on the 21st February 2006.

As an avid fan of the Lions, I'm appalled by the decision to axe 2 of our core players for the national team, Goh Tat Chuan and Masrezwan Masturi. Yes it is wrong to break a curfew, whether it's in the home setting under the jurisdiction of parents or that of the coach within the national team set-up. But to boot them out of the squad on the eve of arguably the biggest game so far for Singapore, ever since the Tiger Cup win back in 2004, leaves a sour taste in the mouth of local fans, more so when there's the cloud of controversy still hanging over us fans due to the revelation of a probable "double-standards" mentality in the squad.

When one thinks of players booted out of the national team, Roy Keane(World Cup 2002) and Edgar Davids(Euro 96), for constant disagreements and arguments with the coach, comes into mind immediately. But skipping a curfew, with a valid reason from and remorse felt by Goh Tat Chuan in my opinion, doesn't warrant a sacking, let alone on the eve of the start of the Asian Cup pre-qualifiers. That's not to say that indiscipline should be condoned, but compared to Davids' and Keane's expulsion, this issue looks minute.

Initially, I thought that we have a squad capable of beating Iraq on home soil and bag the 3 points to ensure a good start to the qualifying campaign. A holding player in the middle of the park is required to nullify the provision of ammunition to the deadly striking duo, Emad Mohammed and Yunis Mahmoud, of the Iraqis. With Goh absent from this game, it's hard to find any player in the current national team that can execute this role to perfection, judging from the Lions' recent performances.

Goh Tat Chuan and Masrezwan shouldn't have been sacked from the team. Yes they deserve punishment for their breaking of curfew, but only after the game is out of the way. Unlike powerhouses like, say Korea and Holland for example, we do not have the quality to replace players just with the snap of our fingers. With a big void to fill in our midfield, a potentially mouth-watering game between the reigning West Asian champions and South East Asian champions is now on the verge of becoming yet another humiliation, on home soil, to the national team.

The FAS urges fans to come out in support of the national team in build-up to international fixtures involving us, but with no proper reasons given for the alleged practice of "double-standards" within the camp, it's not hard to see why the fans are reluctant to come out in droves. How can we support our national team when we're shrouded in doubt over the control of the national team? Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against Avramovic or the FAS officials (in fact, I feel he's the best coach Singapore has had in a very long time, both tacitcally and discipline-wise), but the local fans deserve more than just a few line of comments from the officials.

With that said, good luck to the national team. I'll still be rooting for the Lions to try and pull off a victory against the Iraqis nonetheless as real fans do not abandon their teams no matter what. But the FAS should try to rectify this situation as soon as possible if they do not want players abandoning the national team in future. This incident is not over yet, in fact it's only just beginning."

I do hope Singapore can go on and win this pre-qualifier still. Iraq, though reigning West Asian champions, are there for the taking and if we put on a good show and grab wins against the Iraqis and Palestinians on home soil, it'll stand us in good stead for qualification if we can grind out AT LEAST a draw VS China on home soil.

For now, i'm disappointed with the FAS.

Ramblings...part-time ramblings that is...

2006-02-15T21:10:00.000+08:00

Well, first and foremost Happy Valentine's Day to all sPh3r3-fans out there....i know it's officially a day,9 hours and 15mins late...but hey! better late than never right? Haha...anyway to all the couples out there, hope you all enjoyed that romantic day. Even if it's for 24 minutes or a whole 24hours long, treasure it as it's spent with no one else but your loved one [not even that kind of moment with ur mom can kick that off the charts! q:) ]..and since it's the month for loving, make sure your partner and ya get a hell of a gd, romantic time out of it....=) Happy Valentine's Day once again..

Moving off that...I've had no time whatsoever to even write an article about Graeme Souness' departure from Newcastle (which served to blow the dark clouds engulfing Geordie-land away finally!)...but just to reveal how i feel.....it's simply akin to BEING ON HEAVEN!! That son of a gun doesn't even know what he's turning my beloved club into..so much for injuries or not believeing in tactics. Even Glenn Roeder can get 2 wins out of 2 with the same squad you got...so

SHAME ON YOU SOUNESS...RETIRE FROM THE MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THINGS TO SPARE OTHER CLUBS THE HUMILIATION, ANGUISH AND TORMENT YOU'LL BEING TO THEM.....

But sticking on Newcastle, 2 wins out of 2 have really sucked the Grim Reapaer out of Tyneside and sent him packing to wherever he came from (Sunderland maybe? heh heh). We're slowly climbing the table hopefully and with 4 home games coming up, including a FA Cup tie VS Southampton, if luck is on our side we could very well be on our way to Cardiff to give Alan Shearer a fitting tribute to his Newcastle career, which ends this season. More on that as news comes in..

With that, I'll try to keep regular posting rate up when my exams end OFFICIALLY on the 24th February 2006...right now let me mug nicely for them and wish me luck for all of them, especially the killer of a module named Java Proficiency.

Terence...OUT!

SOUNESS SACKED!!!

2006-02-03T02:22:00.000+08:00

Ah, just the topic brings joy to my life..

Graeme Souness had been relieved of his role as Newcastle manager..

more to come as i gather my thoughts together..

But Howay The Lads!!!

Cup magic..or rather the lack of it...

2006-01-30T02:26:00.000+08:00

Glenn Hoddle's "Sexy Football" Wolverhampton Wanderers made Manchester United's patched-up midfield look world-class....defensive blunder fromy Naylor(if i'm not wrong) allowed Kieran Richardson to score the first part of his brace, with a well-taken effort from Louis Saha sandwiched in between.....

And check this out...Rio Ferdinand even had the chance to play as a defensive midfielder for Man United....think this is weird? well think again...=)

Right now it's halfway thru the first half in the game btwn Portsmouth & Liverpool at Fratton Park....score's level at nil-nil....Portsmouth are taking the "Bolton" approach in this game while Liverpool seemed abit unrattled by it......

can Liverpool create enough chances to see their names thrown into the hat for the draw for the 5th Round...or will Portsmouth grind out a shock victory at home, though a win will be a distraction they will most certainly not want right now as their main priority is to stay in the Premiership....

Stay tuned...=)

(PS: Newcastle were FREAKIN LUCKY to beat League 2 side Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road last night...goals from Chopra and Parker, though he didn't know much of it, in the space fo 2 minutes were enough to see Newcastle through...But the scoreline flattered Newcastle, who almost paid for some slack defending if not for Guinan and Odejayi's open-goal miss, Odejayi's being the worst of the 2 as he rounded Given already, only to fire wide in front of an open goal..)

The Year Of The Dog

2006-01-29T10:28:00.000+08:00

That's right..

OFFICIALLY, well to the Chinese people at least, it is the Year Of The Dog.....

Hope you sPh3r3-fans out there had a good reunion dinner, whether it's with friends or family or both in fact...just hope you all enjoyed it........and garner enough strength for arguably 3 days of Angbao-hunting......yess I can smell the $$$....a few things off my wishlist hopefully??

Ash - if you read my blog....though you didn't dine with your folks...but hey, at least I hope you enjoyed ur reunion dinner....will come out to drink/chill w ya 1 day aite?Brothers.....=)

Adeline - Sorry to hear about the mishap you've been through....as a friend i'll be here for ya anytime,anywhere...all you gotta do is just holler my cell...and i'll b there =)...Stay Strong....you'll b ok,regardless of what the future holds for ya....all you gotta do is STAY STRONG....

Ser - Sorry I didn't reply your messages last night, kinda fell aslp damn early....didn't even last past 12 midnight to wish all my mates Happy CNY....watched only 1.5 FA Cup matches only last night.....

sPh3r3-Fans - Happy CNY..enjoy the relatives' presence (ok,ok..maybe not that), the food, the tidbits, the ANGBAOS especially......and don't forget to remember about this blog aite (kidding...kidding =x)

I'm outta here.......but oh wait....

Happy CNY to Suparmans too....can they eat Bak Kua or Bak Hu? =x

Suparmans are everywhere....on the rooftop...on the soccer field..in secondary schools...heck..in Polytechnics even!!!

2006-01-28T02:00:00.000+08:00

Just realised today....

Alvin Neo has a friend by the name of Suparman, he's Indo-Chinese....is the same age as me and Alvin (born:1986)...and is somehow FREAKIN SMART....has studied in places such as London, New York & China.....plus he's rich =)

Another good Suparman i know of is, of course, the legendary Malaysian striker Rusdi Bin Suparman...A lil' info about him...damn good striker....last few games he played for Malaysia were VS China and Thailand in 2004.....veteran I must say...

Date of Birth : 27. 1. 1973
Place of Birth : Kuala Lumpur
Nationality : Malaysian
Height : 173cm
Weight : 67kg
Playing Career : Malaysia Cup 1995 National Team 1996 Joined the Selangor Team in 1993 Position : Striker

But unfortunetly, like the character, played by Samuel L. Jackson, in the movie "Unbreakable" was trying to find a balance of extremes, this world is filled with a balance to ensure Earth does not spiral out of proportions....and i'm sad to say...Suparmans has had its fair share of bad namesakes as well....

Arguably the principal who had the shortest reign in Beatty Secondary was a Mr Suparman who incurred the wrath of the students by implementing strict rules upon his arrival, and also the wrath of the teachers by being inflexible so I heard.....nonetheless...1 year is the offical word of his tenure at the helm of Beatty Sec, though eyewitnesses in Beatty say it's roughly 6 months...

hmm...any suggestions for a Suparman that you sPh3r3-fans feel is incompetent, feel free to tag it on my board so that I can update this listing for the world to see...

then again...i think i can get 1 off my head now....holy sh*tters....this Suparman I know is alot closer than I've thought...

I want my mama??

Moody + confused & a tinge of anger = ???

2006-01-22T04:08:00.000+08:00

well that's the riddle/equation i'm trying to solve right now....many of u must definetly be askin "Why the heck such a equation??"

To explain more, let's flash back to TP Jam & Hop 2006...where I was co-emcee with Victor aka knitecralwer =)........both of us have our own styles of warming up the crowd, but w/o any rehearsal of program flow,constant last-minute changes,first-time partnership w him as well as inexperience led us to be flop emcees....to be honest i was utterly gutted about it...i mean, if i want to achieve my lifetime dream of being involved in the football media world either as broadcaster,pundit,commentator or journalist..then surely i've got to do alot better than this...but on the day it counted (for a while at least), I fell short, off the mark TOTALLY....man now doesn't that feel like shit....hence the moody feeling....

now 2ndly, why confused? Gd question...somehow i'm thinking that i'm just going in blindly into things. I mean, if weekends are days where it's off-limits to MOST PEOPLE(and surprisingly, it includes me too) EXCEPT family..and if i'm wanted to be around for a rare weekend outing, then PLEASE LEMME KNOW BEFOREHAND...serious, can't expect me to ask every week whether a weekend outing slot is open to public.

If I have to ask like this, then serious doubts are cast around me right now...YES i may be busy during weekends(including this week's, where i'm involved in TP Open House/Jam & Hop), but at least try asking me beforehand whether i'm free then..I would have tried to open a slot for an outing..YES I might not be avalible even if asked, but AT LEAST the avenue of possibility had been explored..sheesh..People should know their schedule at least 2 days beforehand, and i finished filming offficially on Thursday....so couldn't I be asked then?

If my mates wanna play football w me, they'll call the day before at least..

If my NUFC-SG lads wanna chill out or hang out for gathering, they'll also call a day before at least...

TPSU meetings are USUALLY notified 7 days prior to actual date..

so right now...3 feelings running inside me.....can I just go back to the 19th January 2006, where everything seemed so surreal?

Blog updates anyone?? NEEDED because...WE CAN'T KICK OFF W/O YA

2006-01-21T05:19:00.000+08:00

well think only a few people will know what i mean by the title sentence.

But Thursday, 19th January 2006, is arguably THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE..

a life-changing thing took place that I just cant explain right now, maybe when the time is more ripe will I then reveal what it is.....

but anyway, am at Kelvin "Luis Garcia" Lim's place now...Kenneth Tay is freakin sleeping, while Kenny Lee and Kelvin are apparently trying to KO the referee in WWE's Smackdown VS RAW 2006 on my PS2...

my brain is officially half-dead as of 5.20am right now.

Caught Memoirs Of A Geisha just now, and I tell you, though it has its nice moments but it is certainly 1 of THE DRAGGIEST MOVIES I'VE EVER WATCHED!!!!!!

145mins running time man!!!....sure it's good..but hell it's draggy..

so total popcorns I'm offering it....3.5/5 =)

anyway, gotta go get sm rest...i'll need all of it that i can get for Jam & Hop, so hopefully i don't screw up the Jam & Hop event this year at TP, where Victor and i will be the emcees...

if you're free, come down and give sph3r3r3r and knitecrawler some support aite?

New name...

2006-01-17T01:06:00.000+08:00

Quoted from Nikefootball.com.sg

"Your official Brasilian name is:

Spherererão "

ahaha man that's super-weird man...went to find out about the Nike Tiempo boots to put in my new-and-improved wishlist..and look what i've got...ahahah..SHEESH!

A close shave & a 2nd chance...is it a case of Denmark 92??

2006-01-16T23:53:00.000+08:00

Yupper...a close shave it definetly was...

Participated in the 1st round game for ESPN's all-new football trivia gameshow on Sunday(15th January 2006), called Kick-Off(airing on ESPN-Star Sports 21st February 2006 onwards..keep a lookout for it) ...and this' how the competition layout was like:

Segment 1
Round 1: Odd One Out
Each team will be shown 4 still pictures of famous players, managers, stadia, trophies etc. with the team on the host’s right hand side (Team A) always being presented with their question first.
The team will then be asked to identify which is the ‘odd one out’ and then asked to explain the reason why that particular player, manager, stadium or trophy is the ‘odd one out’.
Teams may confer amongst themselves and will score 2 points for each element of the question that they answer correctly (i.e. 2 points for the ‘odd one out’ and 2 points for the reason).
Should any part of the question not be answered, or answered incorrectly, the question can be offered to the opposing team (Team B) with that team scoring 1 point per element of the question that they answer correctly (i.e. 1 point for the ‘odd one out’ and 1 point for the reason).
Round 1 will consist of one ‘odd one out’ per team.
Maximum Points Per Team: 6

Round 2: Great Goals
This Round is based upon ‘great goals’ from EPL, FA Cup and Champions League football. The team on the host’s right hand side (Team A) will always be presented with the first question.
Essentially each team will be shown a piece of VT (Videotape) featuring a ‘great goal’.
The team will then be asked to name the player who scored that goal and answer a supplementary question about him.
For example: if the goalscorer is Wayne Rooney the question may be: Which club did Rooney play for before he joined Manchester United?
Teams will be allowed to confer and will score 2 points for naming the goalscorer and a further 2 points for answering the supplementary question.
Should the supplementary question not be answered, or answered incorrectly, the question can be offered to the opposing team (Team B) with that team scoring 1 point for a correct answer.
Round 2 will consist of 4 ‘great goals’ with teams alternating in answering questions:
Great Goal 1: Team A
Great Goal 2: Team B
Great Goal 3: Team A
Great Goal 4: Team B
Maximum Points Per Team: 10
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Segment 2
Round 3: Home or Away
In this round contestants will be asked to answer a question without conferring with their teammates.
Once again we will start with the team on the host’s right hand side (Team A) and the player sitting closest to the host (Player 1). We will then alternate the questions from Team A to Team B with the ‘captains’ being asked to answer their questions last:
Question 1: Team A – Player 1
Question 2: Team B – Player 1
Question 3: Team A – Player 2
Question 4: Team B – Player 2
Question 5: Team A – ‘Captain’
Question 6: Team B – ‘Captain’
Each contestant can choose the content of the question as either:
Home: A question (Video, Still Photo or Spoken) about the club that the contestant supports.
Away: A question (Video, Still Photo or Spoken) about football in general (EPL, FA Cup, Champions League, World Cup etc.).
The team ‘captains’ (Les Ferdinand and Lee Sharpe) will be always be required to answer an Away question.
Correctly answered questions are worth the following number of points:
Home: 2 points
Away: 4 points
Should a question not be answered, or answered incorrectly, the question can be offered to the opposing team with that team scoring 1 point for a correctly answered Home question and 2 points for a correctly answered Away question.
Once each member of each team has had the opportunity to answer 1 question the round will be over.
Maximum Points Per Team: 18

Round 4: Freeze Frame
Round 4 is based upon the concept of showing each team a piece of VT based around the following themes:
‘What Happened Next’: A bizarre or quirky incident from EPL, FA Cup or Champions League
‘Referee’: An incident in which the referee was forced to make a decision (bad tackles, diving, penalties, handballs etc.)*
* Each episode will see both teams receiving the same type of question (either ‘What Happened Next’ or ‘Referee’).
If the teams receive a ‘What Happened Next’ question the process will be as follows:
The team will be shown a piece of VT that will freeze before a bizarre or quirky incident occurs. The team will then be asked to try and describe ‘what happened next’.
If the team exactly describes ‘what happened next’ they will score 3 points.
If the team partially describes ‘what happened next’ they will score 2 points.
If the team fails to answer, or answers incorrectly, the opposing team will be offered the opportunity to describe ‘what happened next’ for 1 point.
Once one or both teams have had the opportunity to answer the question the piece of VT will be shown in full in order to reveal exactly ‘what happened next’.
If the teams receive a ‘Referee’ question the process will be as follows:
The team will be shown a piece of VT depicting a bad tackle, dive, penalty decision or handball etc. that will freeze before the referee makes a decision about that incident.
The team will then be asked to decide which decision the referee made in relation to that incident (play on, free kick, yellow card, red card etc.).
If the team exactly describes the decision the referee made they will score 3 points.
If the team fails to answer, or answers incorrectly, the opposing team will be offered the opportunity to describe the decision the referee made for 1 point.
Once one or both teams have had the opportunity to answer the question the piece of VT will be shown in full in order to reveal exactly which decision the referee made.
As in all the other rounds so far the team on the host’s right hand side (Team A) will always be presented with the first question.
Teams will be allowed to confer and once both teams have had the opportunity to answer one ‘What Happened Next Question’ or one ‘Referee’ question the round will be over.
Maximum Points Per Team: 4
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[u]Segment 3[/u]
Round 5: The Long Shot
In this round each team will be asked to ‘gamble’ a number of the points that they have scored in the previous rounds against a question about an EPL or Champions League team.
Each team will be shown a piece of VT depicting an EPL or Champions League team and will then be asked to define the number of points they wish to ‘gamble’ on a question related to that team.
The minimum number of points a team can ‘gamble’ is 1, the maximum number of points a team can ‘gamble’ is 10 and teams can ‘gamble’ any number of points they wish between those two numbers.
In the instance that a team has failed to score a total of 10 points in the previous rounds, that team may only ‘gamble’ the number of points that they currently have (i.e. if a team goes into the ‘Long Shot’ round with a total score of 6 points the maximum number of points that they can ‘gamble’ will be 6)
The more points a team ‘gambles’, the harder the questions become:
For example a 6-point question will be harder than a 2-point question etc.
Having defined the number of points they wish to ‘gamble’ each team will then be asked a verbal question about the EPL or Champions League team depicted in the VT that they have just been shown.
In the ‘Long Shot’ round (unlike the previous rounds) the team that is leading will be presented with their ‘Long Shot’ question first, so the order will be as follows:
Leading Team: VT
Leading Team: Long Shot Question
Trailing Team: VT
Trailing Team: Long Shot Question
A correct answer means that the number of points that the team has elected to ‘gamble’ will be added to their score.
An incorrect answer means that the number of points that the team has elected to ‘gamble’ will be subtracted from their score.
Incorrect ‘Long Shot’ questions will not be offered to the opposing team.
Teams will be allowed to confer and when both teams have answered one ‘Long Shot’ question the round will be over.
Maximum Points Per Team: 10
Minimum Points Per Team: - 10

Round 6: Quick Fire Round
The final round of the show will be ‘against the clock’.
In a 90 second time period the host (Andy Penders) will put a series of general football questions to both team which will be either verbal, VT based or still photo based.
All the members of each team will have a ‘buzzer’ on the desk in front of them and the first person to press their ‘buzzer’ and answer a question correctly will score points for their team. Teams will not be allowed to confer.
Correct answers will see the teams add 2 points to their total score.
Incorrect answers will see the teams subtract 2 points from their total score.
Incorrect answers will not be offered to the opposing team
At the end of the pre-defined 90-second time period the round will end regardless of whether the host has completed a question.
However should the round end while a team member is answering a question that team member will be allowed to complete their answer and gain or lose points according to that answer.
Maximum Points Per Team: ?
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so up to round 5, Newcastle Singapore (the team i represented) was leading with an astonishing 9 points over Spurs Singapore...but it was where all it went downhill from here, in typical Newcastle fashion (think: 1995/1996 season, where we blew a 15-point lead at the top to lose the title)

For Round 5, aka Long Shot, we were actually planning to bet just 3 points, but Lee Sharpe, ex-Leeds and Man. Utd and also our "captain" for this round, tempted us with a chance to obtain an unassailable lead of 15 points by gambling 6 points for this round, as we had "superior football knowledge". Gambled we did, and we sure got our fingers burnt, as the subject we got was Liverpool, and for 6 points we had to answer the number of goals Ian Rush scored for Liverpool. When we got that question, Damian and I, including Lee Sharpe, were dumbfounded to say the least. We guessed 247, but the exact answer was 349. This then led us to think "Man,Ian Rush scored that many f*ckin goals!?!??!?!)...but anyway that's not the main focal point.

With a lead cut to 3 points, we got anxious and when it came to the final round, QuickFire, Spurs got the better of us and we lost 34-29 final score.

To be honest, I was totally gutted after the final whistle blew. From such a big lead, we actually LOST the game and stood every chance of being knocked out of the competition in all, with only the prospect of advancing into the 2nd round as 1 of 2 highest-scoring losers giving me something SEVERELY MINUTE to even cheer up about. Even pretty gals walkin around at the hawker centre near my place couldn't cheer me up...sheesh! Not to mention the anxiety of hoping the last 4 games of Round 1 do not conjure up any other losers getting a higher score than us, as we were then the highest-scoring losers with 29 points, as well as the heavy SMS bill chalked up due to the constant texting of Melissa, production assistant of the show and new-found friend, for updates of the 4 games...

But a sigh of relief was breathed when Melissa called me on Monday morning to tell me that with 1 game left to play in the 1st Round, Newcastle Singapore were still the highest-scoring losers and it effectively means we're in the 2nd round!!!

1 big round taken to get to the 2nd round, when it could have been all so easy...plus a chance to whitewash the demons of myself...could it be a case of Denmark 1992?
(Flashback, the Danish national team were already on their summer holiday, after failing to qualify Euro'92, when they were suddenly called back for training as they replaced Serbia and Montenegro, then known as Yugoslavia, due to the civil war within the country itself. They got off to a good start, finishing 2nd in the "Group of Death" which consisted of England and France, both of whom got beaten by Denmark 2-1. And from then on, as they say, it's history as Denmark made it all the way to the finals, beat the favourites Germany 2-0 with goals from John Jensen and Kim Vilfort.)

Hopefully my story ends like the fairy-tale of Denmark 1992. It'd make Hans-Christian Andersen proud definetly =). But before going that far, ARSEnal Malaysia, the father-and-son team, stand in my way of going to St. James Park. And with the same system of 2 highest-scoring losers going into the next round, not to mention 2 losers already getting 34 points each, minimum i'll aim for is a safety-net approach of 40 points, hopefully that'll be enough to win us the game, and a spot in the nest round....

Pray for me people...My old man was right, I can't study as well as other smart people..but i was born for such football trivia stuffs. Football punditry, here I come =)

Thursday?? or wait..wasn't it just Wednesday just now??

2006-01-12T02:54:00.000+08:00

Wonderful Thursday morning it is right now actually....2.55am on my PC's clock....i need sleep..sheesh!!

but anyway...just to progress abit...

Things i need to blog/update:

4) update wish-list on my blog
1) Shopping trip w Kenneth & Kelvin on Tuesday
2) SU meeting held on Wednesday and after-thoughts
3) Newcastle report
4) update wish-list on my blog

ahahah....with this...i end here...

am off to get some sleep..

stay tuned sph3r3-fans!

New Theory of Life...or rather an old theory being digged out again

2006-01-07T11:35:00.000+08:00

I like beautiful/hot/pretty women....but i LOVE my girlfriend...

=)

Happy New Year 2006 to all of you sPh3r3-fAnS out there!!!

2006-01-02T01:18:00.000+08:00

well well well, who'd have know...with a blink of the eye, 2005 has passed us and in comes the all-new 2006, bigger and better with loads of tweaks and improvements promised from 2005..=)

but well, a few stuff that i've to comment about that bordered on the end of 2005, as well as my sanity which was pushed all the way...namely OTC and Newcastle United's DREADFUL performance so far in half a season of Premiership football..

First up, TPSU Orientation-Leaders Training Camp (OTC) AY05/06 has been a success...though there were a few elements which were missing/different from previous camps that I myself felt could have been better implemented so as to make the camp a even better experience for the GLs and sub-comm mebmbers..like for example, 1)lack of mass dance/sch song at end of camp due to lack of Production Crew..2)lousy mass debriefs...3)camp commandant, a la myself, not being to ADEQUATELY and PROPERLY lay down the law and throw the gaunlet at people who, sadly, did not live up to either expectations or their reputations or both...but after every rains comes a silver lining on the cloud, and i'm jus proud for these silver linings to be in my OTC skies. With that, i would like to give a shout out to:

- Linggie, for being as good an assistant camp commandant as can be found anywhere else. YES we had our disagreements that even threatened to turn into a bloodbath, but I wouldn't swoop you for anyone else, whether it is Graeme Souness(1 S.O.B who deserves A LOT more elaboration later on in the posting) or Sir Bobby Robson..=) Thanks Linggie for OTC

- Alvin Ting, for relenting after many requests from us to come in as Facilitator (FA) to the GLs. My mentor during the last OTC as well as FO, i'm glad you came back to lend your unheralded expertise as well as vital experience to the inexperienced partnership of Linggie and myself. What can i say more?? With Alvin, no one walks alone =)

- Darren AKA Ah Tan, for doing an Alvin Ting and coming back to make OTC a good camp to say the least. Admire your leadership skills as far as Logistics are concerned. You've definetly brought Logistics Comm to an even higher standard as compared to last year. It's a shame you won't be participating in the next OTC, as i'm sure the new Logistics Head will be struggling just to meet the standards you hit last year. IMAGE hor! hahaha....kan zai!!

- Special Guest -- Sharu,Yi Jia,Jasmin Loh, & Eric AKA Ah Fat, for doing such a good job as FA (Sharu), Food-Admin subheads (Jasmin & Yi Jia) as well as Logistics subheads (Ah Fat =x) despite the apparent lack of experience in this job scope. All deserve mention in their own special way..Sharu for giving us FOND memories of his emcee-ing times (haha =x) as well as charisma the TP Sports Club way!....Jasmin & Yi Jia for bringing to the table youth,enthusiasm and most importantly, efficiency into a committee that most people will find dull and mundane....Ah Fat for easing into the sub-head role as if he's been doing it all his life, even though he got drafted into it only a short while before OTC started....3 CHEERS TO YOU 4!!

- Food-Admin heads (Victor, Yao Ming,Wei Qi) & Programme sub-heads (Pamela Heo, Clifton), for coming in with little or NO experience at all save for Yaoda,who has done food comm before. Thumbs up to Victor for doing a good job on the catering, even though the quality of food, with a bigger budget, can be improved..Wei Qi for being thorough in Admin...and cheers to Pamela and Clifton, who came in as a greenhorn but leave as experts, or well almost =x...Both of them deserve shout outs man!!They both have been through a lot in terms of expectations, experience as well as hardships, and both came out strong. I look forward to seeing both of them at the upcoming FO as Programme heads =)

- Other FAs(Iskander,Adeline,Alvin Neo,Andrew,Jas Kazumi,Chong Guang), supporting cast of OTC...without you all OTC just simply cannot function....FA OEI!

-Empire Mantis, for being the dream GL group any FA can only wish for...Though i haven't bonded with you all as much as both you all and I will have like to...I hope to get to know ALL of you lot better during outings which will MOST CERTAINLY be organised. Keep up the spirit and good work Mantis...MANTIS OR PANTIES WE DON'T CARE!!! =)

With all that said, I close the chapter on OTC..though for 1 last laugh/memory..i'll elaborate on how i looked on the last day of OTC camp due to only a maximum tally of 6 hours' sleep for 3 nights....my fellow FA Iskander said I "looked like China man...ar!"...while Alvin Neo said I looked like ghost =x.....haha to be honest, i was a wreck..loss of voice (jus ask ANYONE who i TRIED to talk to during the 3rd day of OTC) as well as a lack of slp made me simply an unbearable sight...BUT REST ASSURED sPh3r3-fAns out there, sleep and rest has made me back to the sPh3r3r3r everyone loves...haha or rather, love to hate!!!

Moving on...i wanna talk about 1 of my GLs in Mantis, Amy Ong Li Xiang(heh heh heh =x), who has a special knack of slapping people with the legendary "never make contact but contact made" slap!! hahah...basically when you suan/kacheo/put-in-your-own-word-here her in any way, she'll ATTEMPT to slap you by doing the slapping action so close to your face, a la slapping action in TP Mass Dance, BUT w/o contact being made. With that said, she'll expect you to at least feel "contact"...ahahah..that's how the "never make contact but contact made" slap came about....so lads and lasses out there, if you see Amy Ong Li Xiang, STAY AWAY FROM HER!!! hahahahah =x

Football-wise i'll post it in another post....i'm getting sleepy and tired, and i need sleep before the big game between ARSEnal and Manchester United in about 2.5 hours time...i hope MaNure wins, as both they and Liverpool seem to be the only team who can catch up with bloody Chelski....for ONCE in my life, i'll be supporting MaNure all the way....

more on football in the next posting..wait up for the Newcastle article coming up in a few days' time..am starting on it already....

Christmas isn't Christmas...till it happens in your heart...

2005-12-25T10:52:00.000+08:00

That's right folks....

stand up for Christmas will ya?

i'm trying my best to be as cheerful as i can too...haha afterall it's Christmas...what could go wrong??

anyway...a shout out to all readers..

Merry X'mas...and happy holidays

enjoy the festive season..and yes lots of my gd friends have told me X'mas isn't JUST about the money...hahah =x...so will have to try and make do with a change in mindset..

but hmm..as of Sunday..things i'm doing:

1) getting my darling's prezzie....
2) getting presents for exchange (think i'll do it on Monday lah..since my home has since become a claustrophobic experience)
3) planning for my 6th month anniversary, coming up next month...

Cant say too much of whatever i have for next month...but what i can say is that Ser, it's been a blast of a time being with ya...and yes words are sometimes not the best expression of feelings...so i'm hoping you'll like the 6th month anniversary i'm trying to come up with...YES my place may offer a claustrophobic experience...but lemme know how u feel about it lah..at least i cn plan other venues if u think it is....and yes I love you too...whether it's the weird holiday season or not..=)

so hmm..think i gotta go call up Kirsten Cohen now...heard she's now running an event planning business with 1/2 of the gruesome-twosome...Julie Cooper-Nicol...

now how's that for a combination of business partners??

well.....i'm not sure what's the answer for that..but i'm quite certain that a combination of me and Sphererer's wife is a better-set combi than that....afterall we're walking on the "Clarke Kent-Lana Lang" road aren't we?

ok...now i'm seeing the eggs being thrown from the back...

but hey...i love my darling....don't you all love your OWN darlings too??

Happy holidays people..i'll see u all at OTC =)

NIL

2005-12-21T22:32:00.000+08:00

well...crossroads, here we are again..or at least that's where i am right now?...i feel like somehow im breaking promises every single day..and it sucks..really does! first up for "Broken Promises" is the regular updating of my blog..i haven't been doing it for ages..and it seems,somehow,everytime i blog nowadays..it's about something bad..

Unfortunately for me, and maybe the readers(if any, that is)....no changes to the pattern as for now...

Seems abit of the Term tests stress is coming up on me now...first up: Java Proficiency..thought i could AT LEAST do well in that paper, get maybe a 60-70% to cover up for failure in my 2nd quiz and to set me off on the right road for a hopefully-B grade-filled semester end this time around..same for Enterprise Database Design(EDD), my 2nd paper which ended just today...but hey guess what?? I flunked both papers so badly i'll only get a just-passed grade of 55% tops most probs...SHEESH man!! feel the worst for EDD as i felt i was quite ok,judging from the lab sessions i had every Monday, though there're always mountains higher than yourself(in this case, SQL Pok n SQL Teo =x..hah)...but with this, i think my dream GPA target of 3.2 is up in the wind..and with it comes "Broken Promise" no. 2--breaking my promise of studying real hard to obtain gd GPA to go SIM and pursue a dream degree in Mass Communications...

well it doesn't end here...surprise surprise..turns out someone is not a big fan of Christmas...I'm not sure why i don't like it as well? maybe it's just the fact that i cant embrace the spirit of sharing as like everyone else...which just translate to "I'm FREAKING BROKE!!!"...man that statement is so true...i can't even buy X'mas cards to send out to dear friends of mine (with this, i wanna acknowledge publicly..VALERIE TEO PEI YIN, i've received your card..and many thanks for it..will try to dig out the $$$ to get u one also..=)..MERRY X'MAS).....sighz,ironic isn't it..i can't share the spirit, yet i'm actually reciting out the tagline of the entire festival itself...

Now linked to this point above is the fact that I can't buy the 1 present i know will make my darling happy...and i mean VERY VERY HAPPY...won't reveal the exact details of it..but it's been something she wanted for a long time..but gosh..when i went to check the pricetag for it today...it costs at least a WHOPPING SG$60-SG$100 at least...go ahead and laugh people, but i just don't have such amounts of money with me...so with this said..what am i supposed to do?get her chocs and say "Merry X'mas..."??...nah not my style..and yes im due for a change, but somehow the stubborness within me refuses....class must go with appreciation..no matter how much the cost..i'm committed to making my GF happy..but if i have no $$$...how the f*ck am i gonna make her happy? I myself am paying off debts caused by my feisty desire for exotic football jerseys everywhere....sighz.."Broken Promise" no.3--not able to give her what she want..or in short, happiness

3 broken promises already..and somehow i feel i'm not done..but right now that's all i can think of...VERY VERY GOOD friends i owe my sanity to are people like: Kenneth "Kinnis" Tay, Xavier "Xabi" Tang, Kelvin "Liverpool" Lim...Sook "Tng" Chin..and in a seperate category..Serene "darling" Wong....but well...the DES side of my friends aren't doing so well now...quoting from the internet..i'm apparently "not as nice as he should be"....and to add insult to injury..i just f*ckin pissed my GF off....not that i don't wanna share w her and/or act like i'm some shitass...but such BIG thoughts like this aren't really SMS material...or SMS length since i'm on the topic...+ she has to conference w Tng and whoever else is on the other side....so how am i going to get my msg across?can't be email mah..

sighz...X'mas just brings alot of things into perspective for me...no $$$ to get into the spirit...and term tests around to simply destroy it all...what could get worse...break-up from a nearing-5month relationship??

alot of people see me as Superman...haha and i appreciate that...as i'm achieving my motto of makin ppl happy...but like Five For Fighting sang it:

It might sound absurd
But don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
But won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

so to end off....wanna shout out to:

Valerie Teo: thanks for the X'mas card, and your friendship/support from OTC all the way to this upcoming OTC....i'll try to get the $$$ to get u a card..but at least i know Santa's delivered ur "wishes" for ya..u know what i mean..*winks*...Merry X'mas again..

Serene Wong: i'm sorry sweetheart, for pissing the shit out of ya..but try to understand..if it was so easy saying it all...i would have....*shakes head*...Tay is right..."Water Spilled can never be poured back into the cup"...i can't take back what i've done...will jus wait and see what your response is ba...

Sook "Tng" Chin: *shakes head again*...you're right..i may nt have been the nicest i could be...but at least let me know where i fouled up..remember....u're 1 of the few who kick some bullcrap sense into me when needed..so don't just say...tell me!!!

ANYBODY LINKED W OTC 05/06: as usual...whether i'm in this state of severe depression or not..i'll expect to see all of ya at OTC proper...so watch that X'mas hangover..and i'll see u all 28th this month...

so with all that said....best of luck to those who have exams/assignments/what-have-you to settle before TP's term break....and Merry X'mas again..or for my side the lack of it...

i'm officially a fishmonger!!!! =) =) =)

2005-11-15T23:32:00.000+08:00

hah yupper the tittle says it all..

i'm truly a fishmonger...as i'm pathetically selfish in some aspects of my life..

maybe i am destined to be single n lonely all my life ba??

but hey, for the sake of her happiness, i'll just bite the bullet and try 2 change for the better bah...

looks like the future is bright again after tt confession...or wait, is it?

*food for thought...*

Finally, a song to describe my life now...and others matters among it..

2005-11-14T01:06:00.000+08:00

well, looks like i'm backtracking on my promise again...i haven't been updating regularly YET AGAIN....to tell you the truth, i'm feeling f*cked up, inside, about this blog right now, simply coz i can't really decide what to do..

i mean, i really do love writing personal views, whether is it about my daily life or football, my big love.....but then again, i don't like making false/empty promises, and if i cant regularly update my blog, then what use is it for the existence?

haha...if you think this form of thinking is weird, wait till u check out my thinking for relationships, it'll kick Zhen Qing aka A Kindered Spirit off the "Most Opera-tic drama"...hahah =x...

but well...like the title said...finally found a song to describe my life right now...and it's called "Lay Your Hands" by Simon Webbe, formerely of Blue fame...the song is pretty much about struggling in life and requiring smone to rely on....here're the lyrics...

Do what you do, what you say, what you feel
Do what you do, let your hands that can heal
Do what you do what you say what you feel
Do what you do, let your hands that can heal

Sometimes life can be a burden
Tryna stay one step ahead
I feel the world upon my shoulder each time
I'm standing out on the edge
And my hopes have all deserted me
Like they washed away in the sand
And it's hurting my pride
Tryna survive
But i know i stand a chance

When you lay your hands
Oh yeah
'Coz it's the only thing I have that still makes sense

(Oh baby, when I'm calling out)
Give me love and affection,
Keep telling me, show me the way.
(Oh, if you see me falling down)
Lift me up from the shadows
Will you take me away to a better place?
(And when I'm in my darkest hour)
You're by my side, to turn the tide,
Until the suffering fades.
When life is getting me down,
getting me down, i'm close to defeat,
Come and lay ur hands on me.

Feel this road is getting longer now
And i'm too far away from home
Still I gotta keep on moving on
But I can't do it on my own
Baby keep my head above water
Help me swim for my life
'Coz the game is getting harder
The strain is gettin stronger
And I can only face the fight

When you lay your hands
Oh yeah
'Coz it's the only thing I have that still makes sense

(Oh baby, when I'm calling out)
Give me love and affection,
Keep telling me, show me the way.
(Oh, if you see me falling down)
Lift me up from the shadows
Will you take me away to a better place?
(And when I'm in my darkest hour)
You're by my side, to turn the tide,
Until the suffering fades.
When life is getting me down,
getting me down, i'm close to defeat,
Come and lay ur hands on me..

'Til I'm healed again,
Rediscovered my strengths,
Those bitter blues are gone...
Oh, gone...

(Oh baby, when I'm calling out)
Give me love and affection,
Keep telling me, show me the way.
(Oh, if you see me falling down)
Lift me up from the shadows
Will you take me away to a better place?
(And when I'm in my darkest hour)
You're by my side, to turn the tide,
Until the suffering fades.
When life is getting me down,
getting me down, i'm close to defeat,
Come and lay ur hands on me.

Come and lay your hands on me.

so with that said, i've always been, still am, and will forever be thankful i have Ser to rely on when i'm feeling down and out...

now if only i'll stop thinking of long-term relationship...or wait...i shldn't right?i mean..i was looking for a GF who cld go all the way..i'm no more sweet 13, or any age that'll qualify you for sec sch..and the time for me to fool around, if there even was 1 for me, has now passed....i'm looking for smone who i can be sure will be here for a long time, forever even.....if i was jus finding a fling right now..i'd have scaled further alr...but i'm not...i'm here for the long run, jus like Michael Owen will be for Newcastle hopefully....hee(sorry...have to take a dig at the people who criticized Owen's decision to move to Newcastle....)

so now what? restradegize bah....it's the only way to survive..don't get me wrong, i'm totally happy being with Ser right now....but marriage is definetly not on the cards for the future now...crazy idea it is...so we'll see how ba...

hang on..i hear a question from the back..."What if things doesn't change in the next few years?" you ask.....hmmm good question...i'm not sure myself....theoretically i wldn't be happy if the girl doesn't share the same vision as me....i'm crazy i gotta admit, i cant predict the future..but i can damn hell hope how my future appears...so if things doesn't change?hmm....change of direction is possible, but ONLY WHEN things are not what they seem to be anymore, and i have to be sure of it!!...otherwise...we'll see..we'll see...we cant predict the future can we?

and oh yeah...England won old rivals Argentina (again) 3-2, with Michael Owen (yes, the cute former Pool n Real Madrid striker yet again) scoring 2 in the last 6 minutes of the game to bring England right through the gates of Hell, from being 2-1 down to leading 3-2 with merely 2 minutes to play...

what's even more surprising is that he was practically annonymous throughout the 85mins prior to him scoring the equalizing goal....and that he used his header to score BOTH goals.....like what Martin Tyler said during the West Brom game " that's why frontmen cost more money than anyone else in world football"..tt's why he cost us 16million GBP....top-class striker really...and he's only 25.....plus he's married with a girl as well...

now wait..did i jus say 25 and married?

food for thought definetly......

HAPPY 3RD MONTH ANNIVERSARY TO MY BELOVED DARLING, SERENE WONG SUET LING

2005-10-26T21:49:00.000+08:00

yupper....the title just says it all...

today, 26th October 2005, officially marks 3 months of my relationship with Ser..and well it's been a hell of a ride, really...going through highs as well as the lows..but i've NEVER regretted being with you Serene, no matter what or how ur grandma might think about me, or whether the fact that your father grounded you to a certain extent...i don't care about all these external factors..fact of the matter is i can really don't care about all the other things that happens around us, i just care about you, Serene Wong Suet Ling AKA Ser AKA MY darling..

and with that said, i SERIOUSLY hope we'll go on to greater things, be it 3 years..30 years..or if we live that long, 300 years?

hahaha...well though we most prob won't live till that long...but yes, though i only asked u THE question on the day we celebrated your BDae together...to me the question had already been answered 3 mths back today..

and to end off for now...whatever bad things i may have done that upset ya..let's put that behind us now..and move forward?

I LOVE YOU LOTS.......

Oh me lads,u shld've seen us gannin..Passin the folks along the road,& all of them were starin..Gannin along the Scotswood Road,2 see the Blaydon Race

2005-10-24T19:30:00.000+08:00

well i can seriously bet a hell lot of you avid readers out there wouldn't understand what the #@$@%@$$#%#% hell my blog titles means huh?

haha, actually think not much of my blog titles made sense huh(or wait a minute..they do..just read the blog entries and you'll understand..WHAT! haha)...but out of point..let's carry on...

firstly, what does my title mean? well it is simply, like most of my other blog postings, lyrics from a song..this time the song being "The Blaydon Races", the official song for Newcastle United Football Club AKA NUFC...why this song u will wonder? well it is because we won for the 2nd time at St. James Park this season..and it's even more special as it was against our fiercest rivals, north-eastern neighbours Sunderland, who are seperated from us by only a mere 10 miles plus caging for the Mackems monkeys..heh heh!=x..well this game meant a lot to the Geordie nation..it is REALLY the only fixture we, the Geordies, look for whenever the fixture list comes out for the new season..PLUS being from the same region, tense rivalry, to say the least, is always expected..winning this game will earn the fans of the victorious team bragging rights until the next time the 2 sides meet, which for this season will be 17th April...and on to the match analysis now, whereby we took the lead through, surprise surprise, Shola Ameobi when from Emre Belozoglu's corner he lost his marker and sent a bullet header into the net to send the crowd into ruptures..but somehow Sunderland managed to claw 1 back almost immediately, when Liam Lawrence equalized with a shot from outside the penalty area...not to be intimidated, on home soil especially, Newcastle scored a 2nd, Ameobi taking centre stage yet again when he bundled with Steve Caldwell to send a Charles N'Zogbia cross into the net..replay shows that Caldwell's head directed the ball in, but Ameobi will have none of it and claims the goal is his to keep...arguably his best performance so far in a Newcastle shirt....but Sunderland(damn these monkeys..just cant seem to lie low and die..) equalised in quick-time fashion again, when Stephen Elliot scored with a spectacular strike from about 30 yards out...2-2 going in at Half-Time.....but well, though Sunderland came out in the 2nd half with abit more conviction than us, we still scored the last goal of the game..and who else but Tyneside's newest favourite son, Turkish star midfielder Emre curling in a free-kick that went in off the post, leaving Kelvin Davis absolutely no chance at all....

so 3-2 the match ended....i'm simply overjoyed that we kicked the shite out of Sunderland's arses...and earned bragging rights till April at least, when i expect yet another ass-whooping lesson to be imparted to them..heh heh..figners crossed that we'll have our full WORLD-CLASS squad then....marvellous..simply marvellous..now let's build on that success now and get our season started...=)

haha...lots of you are now in need of a break after such a long reading bout the Newcastle game...so kk...break u all shall have....

hahah...kk done!!...moving on to the 2nd part of my blog posting..met up with my sweetheart today at Bugis to have our rings oxidised and engraved on...it was just great seeing her..really revitalized my energy level..awhile without her can be a killer...and well wasn't feeling the best of myself as well..so to get to see her again, albeit for a few hours only, was simply splendid...accompanied her to see the Singapore Fashion Week: School Connexion segment, whereby Temasek Polytechnic's Temasek Design School were taking part...think she thoroughly enjoyed herself with all the beautiful creations and clothing on display...could just see her gleeing from ear to ear....am happy to see her happy, especially more so since it takes her mind off the throat infection she's gotta put up with, for a while at least..

but well...i gtg soon, aunt is nagging at me for not working but instead sitting here blogging away....but before i leave...food for thought that plauged me today...

\have you ever wondered that sometimes, even though the people around u claim to be happy, they might just not be?i mean..it's like u want them to be happy, and they tell u they're happy...but somehow u just cant put your finger on that niggling doubt within you that says "hey, that's not right..something's wrong"..

some people call it the special sense(haha...neither Peter Parker nor Halley-Joel Osmond can attest to having this special powers...)...others call it simple paranoia...i'm not sure what u can call me..maybe a mixture of both?but somehow i just feel that the people i care about, though they tell me they'll be alright, are not totally frank with me...

man i need psychological help

any takers??

hahah...Elyn, this is for ya....

2005-10-23T10:53:00.000+08:00

well, as the title suggest...

this post is SPECIALLY DEDICATED to Elyn from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, the mad-cap, 1/4 Japanese who i met at Polytechnic Forum 2005, self-proclaimed tomboy who supports Arsenal and the Japanese national football team(for their looks i reckon?haha..=x), who eats McDonalds' for supper and complain that she's gotta go for few more laps of swimming to burn off the excess _ _ _ s that will come with this late-night sinful supper....hahahaha.....

okok im not sure what to put in already....

maybe Elyn, you should lemme know what you want inside..and then i'll see wat to add it?

hahaha...btw sorry for this late posting..slpt early last nite ar..so didn't fulfill that criteria...=x..

New blog layout..new objectives to achieve..what else more can i say?

2005-10-22T01:00:00.000+08:00

hey hey fans out there..welcome back to another spankin' episode of The sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct..i'm [CTU]sPh3r3r3r..your host for today..and you all won't believe what we've got for you lot out there on our show today..loads to cover, ranging from blog layout changes to Newcastle losing to Wigan to my trip to Malaysia for Polytechnic Forum 2005..all of these and lots more,coming up in the next hour(or wait..it might be even longer..?hah)

but anyway, first up will be the new layout of The sPh3r3r3r 3ff3ct..hah, kinda blue isn't it?well, spent hours looking through HOARDES AND HOARDES of templates/skins/what-have-yous at BlogSkin.com(shout out to them for hosting this brilliant skin..as well as a certain DreamWalker for making it?)..but it's kinda irritating when the BlogBody length is so freaking long...i'm trying to find a way to curtail it so it wouldn't make reading so painful..but for now lads and lasses..u all just gotta bear with it....am also trying to figure out how to add photo marque into the top-right section of the blog..and trying to see what background will actually fit it nicely...but sorry Tng, Ball and WenQi(BOO!),this color is here to stay for awhile...heh heh heh

moving on..it's been a week since i came back from Malaysia, where i went to attend the residential part of Polytechinic Forum 2005..it was pretty much fun after fun after fun..people from my sub-theme were simply awesome, from the (noisy) bunch of Indians like Di, Kaatan to people from Yuh Lan AKA Te Ne Ne and her all-girl sub-sub-theme, as well as the affable Ah Neo and his sidekick, Eng Meng AKA Ah Boy, and not forgetting the crazy girl bunch of Hui Rong AKA Steph Sun,Shi Shi and Adeline AKA Ben(?..hah)...miracles do happen in life i realized, and it does make u wonder what else happens in life when songs such as 黄一飞's Ji Pa Ban can become Sub Theme 3's, and later on the entire Poly Forum's, unofficial SoundTrack..haha..everywhere we walked...u'll hear "Ah Si Wa Wu Ji Pa Ban"...haha...wonderful man!really had fun with all the people there...especially Ivan..we had fun testing out our new Fox-1 targetting system..haha...tio bo Ivan?

and adding on to my sub-sub-theme(hey hey guys, think you all deserve a shout out for all the hard work we've done at Pertapis)...people like Nizar, Kaathan and Di as aforementioned, Simon, Teddy, ZhiYong, Eddie...thanks for making our Malaysia and Pertapis an enjoyable one....hope to see u all again when M.E.D.A.L.S comes into play...*salute*

Well..not forgetting the part where i saw SO MANY BEAUTIFUL AND CUTE GIRLS!!haha...ok now this topic might actually get my ear pulled so long it can touch the floor, but well don't tink Ser will read till here..so let's move on..=x haha..hmmm...the cuter ones consisted of THAT 1 GAL from Ngee Ann Polytechnic...Angeline!!haha man she was so cute that it melted the icing on the shoulders of ppl like me, Sahf, Ivan, and Zen(he can be out of the picture for now..haha..he's happily enjoying his fruits of labour in the form of Valentina and the other pretty girl from RP....)..OMG She was jus so sweet lah..arguably the sweetest smile/gal i've seen since Ser's appearance in my life...swee..simply SWEE!!hahah...=x...well..she wasn't the only cute girl there..there was another cutester from Republic Polytechnic, and i think her name was Pearl..though cannot knock Angeline off top spot..hah but she's the sporty-sporty kind, quite tanned, wide smile...smhow forms up the image of a sporty-kind-of girl i wanted to woo last time, kinda reminded me of Carissa,albeit a shorter-version..but too bad..Im attached le...and am happy with my current one..so now, only can see and COMMENT(haha..not admire..so don't put words in my mouth..) from afar....=x..hahah

so lads and lasses reading up till here so far...changing blog layout has been tedious, while Poly Forum has been such a blast, that im considering going for the next one....hahah....true man..kill alot of birds by going for the next one..=x..haha..at the same time i risk having my ear pulled so long it'll form rings around me on the floor...haha..but then again..u never know.u might just see me at the nxt one..

well..i'll leave the Newcastle-Wigan part to my next footie update, which will include details on the hopefully-fulfilling Tyne-Wear derby game between Newcastle United and Sunderland(-Mackem-Bastards....hahah)...hope we thrash them in tt game..but hmm..footie updates i leave to that point, though to add abit into the mix..me and the lads at the fan club are hopeful of teaching the Mackems a lesson in Premiership football standards by thrashing them, mainly because our midfield will most prob consist of Scott Parker, Nobby Solano and Emre...man 3/4 of the world-class midfield we can boast!!!i am getting excited already...haha..HOWAY THE LADS...

yeah man it's now 12.50am...i've finally finished the blog update...sighz i have to get used to writing long "articles" like this again...just a shame i ain't in Mass Comm, where it'll allow me to further develop my journalistic skills...stupid Info Comm then....=x...and i have a game for NUFC-SG versus some team from AsianBookies.com...haha i know the team sounds like a crap team..and i hope that if it "lives up to its name", then i'll be able to add to my goal tally and kiss the ring i now have on my 4th finger on the left hand..a la Frank Lampard and Raul Gonzales...sighz i need a new goal celebration...=p

but before ending off...she cant come to my game tomorrow...hopefully she'll be at the Nigerian game come November 6th...then again, if she's ok, like i THINK she is for this time around, it's down to her dad..so we gotta see..nonetheless she ain't there tml..and it's led me to kinda miss certain aspects that Carissa had...in the sense that up to date, she's THE ONLY GAL who actually came to watch me play in a match/tournament...and i tell you, no matter how ugly we splitted from each other, i actually cherish tt action/moment, as im a firm believer of "game being improved just by the mere presence of your loved ones there cheering u on"...well truth is im gutted that she cant be here today, but bo pian..gotta bear with it..haha..no matter how lanlan im..it's her dad who's the strict one...not her...which lead me to wonder "man i am kinda privilleged in the sense that my folks are quite liberal on their control over me"...so guess i won't be seeing her for another week..hmm..lets hope she turns up for the Nigerian game...

till then ba....absence can only make the heart grow fonder...

now ponder on that....=)

i'm outta here..and going to catch some sleep...it's 1am now..and i've only got 5hours of slp!!!DIE!!!hahaha...

YAY...celebrating the almost-confirmed return of constant updating of The sPh3r3r3r Effect..=)

2005-10-04T00:53:00.000+08:00

hahahaha....yes fans and annonymous readers out there who simply find my blog irresistable..or should i say magnifique..hah

I'VE DECIDED TO CONSTANTLY UPDATE MY BLOG..

kinda weird what a silver lining after rainy periods can do to a person's spirit huh?

hahah..but for now..bear with it as i go through countless samples of terrificly-exquisite blog templates at Blogskins.com...

i DESPERATELY need a change of template skin....it's boring even myself out already...=x

but then again...WAIT WAIT WAIT...patience is a virtue my fellow padawans....=)

suddenly i'm slowly, but surely, regaining my prefereed style of writing.....

but sighz...it's back to doing up the project proposal for OTC 05/06....

i'll see u folks ltr...

Where is d passion when I need it d most..I kick up d leaves and d magic's gone..

2005-09-30T12:04:00.000+08:00

well i needed a title for this particular entry..and since im currently hooked on to Daniel's Powter's "Bad Day", as well as going through one myself(read below for further details..)...though to myself "might as well use that..but with a tad of change to it..=)"

haha..but well..how long has it been since the last update?*hmm*...about 1 month and 15 days to be exact?wow jeez..haha...this hiatus from blogging has been a chock-full period of that amount of time stated above..but sadly im still none the wiser, but still the same old crazy football fan u'll find around TP....

but hmm...good stuffs that happened this month deserves a shout out first...like for instance my beloved Newcastle United Football Club is FINALLY ON THE RISE again..haha..after a tumultuous start to the season, new record signing Michael Owen is starting to repay his 16mil. price tag by scoring 2 goals in 3 games to give us 7 points from 3 games(1 draw..2 CONSECUTIVE wins..as well as 2 clean sheets back-to-back..now how many times can Newcastle boast tt record?? =) )....and slowly with Emre Belozoglu, Kieron Dyer, Nobby Solano and Alberto Luque coming back to complement Scott Parker in the star-studded midfield- on paper at least- we Geordies can finally look forward to SERIOUSLY climbing up the table and reaching the top echelons of European football competition again...HOWAY THE LADS!!!!

moving on to a more personal part of me....football-wise after getting regular kickabouts under my belt at Bedok Futsal court as well as Farrer Park with the NUFC-SG team...i can finally proclaim that IM SLOWLY GETTIN BACK TO MY PERSONAL BEST IN TERMS OF FOOTBALLING SKILLS...in recent weeks i've been totally rusty- not being to dribble on the ball, spraying stray passes all over, and just not getting to grips with the pace of the game- due to lack of match practice as ive been heavily invovled with school work and TPSU work...but right now im slowly coming back and though im still not a dribblin wiz a la Ronaldinho or Cristiano Ronaldo or Toh De Yong (?)...hahah..but personally i feel good..and hopefully i can improve on it with the weeks of hols left to come....

and moving away from football..personally-wise me and Serene just celebrated 2 months of OFFICIALLY being together...we got together on Tuesday, 2 days after the official 2 months, to celebrate...and man..am i glad im celebrating it with her..and no one else..i just feel so complete with her lah..w/o her will be damn freakin weird...and yes im lookin forward to many more months with her..this is just the start of a long long long long journey....hee =)

but well...in life there has to be balance of good and bad things (arrgh i hate the balance man..it just f*ckin sucks..)...and as usual..there are bad things happneing in my life too(hey hey..im normal too man...like u guys n fans reading my blog...=) )

so far..there's only 1 bad thing to report about..and it is how im feeling AS OF RIGTH NOW(1.02am, Sept 30th 2005?..haha)...hmm funnily im suffering from a confidence crisis, a la Amdy Faye at Newcastle United...but his is footballing confidence, while mine is personal confidence....what triggered it off is that recently I found out that i might have unknowingly forced 1 of the people, within the close cirle of people i really care for a lot, to go along with something he/she/they might not have been ready for..and though i've got assurance that it's not the case..but somehow i still hate myself for tt..i mean i don't like to force people to do anything against their own wishes at any point of time as by doing that they'll b unhappy..n last thing i want is them being unhappy, especially this close cirle of people..so in the process i'd rather myself be unhappy if that is able to make them all happy....

haha..contradicting myself right?smhow i should feel good now as others are happy..but smhow i still feel like crap..i really do....sure things are still fine now...but i just cant help thinking "would things have been better if i hadn't 'forced'?".....sighz i really don't know.....how how how?

hmm...to add to that...there's the exclusive screening of GOAL!, the new soccer movie starring Kuno Becker as a budding Mexican boy who gets to live his dream of playing for a big soccer team when Newcastle United sign him up, organised by Golden Village for the NUFC-SG fanclub as our club is invovled in the movie...

good thing about this is that we're getting pre-screening as compared to the other Singaporeans as it opens on the 6th October officially(the fan-club was supposed to watch on this date too)...but GV shifted our group to 4th October for special preview...

but bad thing is..this shift of date has caused me to not be able to go with my intended partner...sure at first i felt it was ok..can only blame GV for changing dates so suddenly...but then i saw my mates from the fan-club, most of them bringing their close friends and galfriends n stuff....while im going alone or meeting up with Keegan n Kel and the rest at least....and then reality sinks in..i won't get to be going with close friends from outside or my GF or anyone else for tt matter

to add salt to my already-deeply-injured wound...there'll be media coverage of this special screening as ESPN and TNP will be there to cover this event and report on us....

sighz...now im not blaming my intended partner for not being able to make it for the movie..it's not her fault that her hands are tied behind her back and she cant go...tts why i blame myself (no surprise huh?haha..) again...people are right, maybe i am expecting too much from people around me that i neglect them...take this for instance...people cant come with me, so be it!!why shld they be trying to come up with reasons and stuff?

sighz..only consolation i can find to answer that question in my defence is that my intended partner for the movie just turns out to smone very very important to me now...and i'd have loved to enjoy this special moment, seeing my fav. club make it big around the world, with my fanclub mates as well as my intended partner...so yeah, am totally gutted that it turned out like that

but like i said above...cant blame my intended partner..only can blame GV(turns out unfair to blame them too)..and myself for expecting too much....sighz...i should shoot myself to death shouldn't i?im a really weurd person inside...think the CSI team will have big trouble post-mortem-ing me as they'll find weird shit within me..hah =x

but to sum up...

Is it just me being paranoid?
---MAYBE

Is it my fault and my fault only that i feel like this?
---MAYBE...hovering on the verge of YES

Is it the fault of those close to me (whether it be Ser,Tng,Xav,Keegan,Kel etc etc)
---HELL NOT!!..not a chance in hell.....

so yup people..after reading this...try to understand my plight..i just feel like crap now..and nt myself totally....will try very hard to be meself again...but i need time to be alone bah, i guess...only time alone can really give me a gd chance of exorcising these "demons" within me....confidence level is at a all-time low

so people if i don't sound right when i talk to u..give way abit..im still findin myself....

i won't avoid anyone right now..but i'll just sound damn weird..hah..i guess?

well....see what confidence can do to a normal human being?hahah....man,MIRACLES!!!

lucky Ser's not reading this now..or at least she won't be till when she gets back from her Neon chalet at least....let her enjoy the chalet first,took lots of persuading from alot of ppl for her to go, so cant afford to spoil her spirits...n she doesn't have to be sucked into this...hmm for that matter no one does..i gotta fight this myself..

but Ser...if u get to here...it's not your fault k sweetie? im sorry i broke ur promise...im nt tt ok now actually..you, and others are right....i do expect too much from others around me..as well as from myself....i just cant take it when others get hurt in the process..so i have to go sort myself out..period...

sighz...i've got no signing-off paragraph for this posting...too unconfident to write le...=x...or how bout this...i got cheated FOR THE 2ND TIME IN A ROW when i bought the pirated Nightwatch(Nochnoi Dozor) DVD from pirates..as 1st time i bought, English subtitles ran off suddenly, leaving me n my younger sister cursing our luck as it went off at the exciting part, and that the movie is in freakin Russian....

then found a 2nd pirate...who sells the same title, but with different packaging...thought to myself "eh...should be different le...WOOHOO!!can watch and complete arguably the foreign-movie-of-the-year le.."....then bought from the 2nd pirate, only to find out that it's actually the same batch of DVDs..and the subtitles goes off at the same timing!?!?!?!?....sheesh man...lucky i caught the pirate back..so i changed the 2nd NightWatch DVD i had with A Lot Like Love..as Ser wants to watch this movie so badly...so i got it for her....hope she'll b happy with it...=)

haha..call me an idiot for getting conned so easily..i don't care...judging from the deepness im stuck in the hole that i dug myself in...i think im starting to call meself names...=x

now how's that for a blog posting worthy of 1month and 15days....

im outta here..going to try n repair bridges i accidentally burned(Wenqi and Keegan..here i come..)...and going to try n exorcise the f*ckin demons within me..

wish me luck,....HOWAY THE LADS!!!

errm...blog posting bah???...I DON'T HAVE A TITLE FOR THIS POST!!!

2005-08-15T01:30:00.000+08:00

wow man..it's been a freakin 13 days(14 days to some of u all if u all go by official timing of posting as 15th August) since my last blog posting...

and judging from the many "fan-mail" i got from IMs(yes yes Sook and Magdelene..u both qualify, as alongside alot more others!!..hahah..), prompting me to blog frequently and tt they don't wanna read bout footie(footie isn't good??hahah...yo peeps...it's me life leh....i eat,slp,breathe football lor!)....i'll have to come out of "hiding" and start posting...

but well..blog postings are a bit like reminiscing the old times, as one sits down...thinks about the good or shitty things that happened from the last blog posting all the way till now...haha..sadly for me...there HAS to be a mixture of both good and bad stuff that happened during this mini-hiatus of blogging...sighz..guess what Glenn Hoddle said bout karma being "what goes around comes around" and that "balance is always there in life" does apply to everyone...1 way or the other!!

hah....well lets talk bout the good things first(im the optimist..so heh heh..bad things can sit at the corner and sulk and wait for ur turn!!muahaha!!)...firstly i wanna give a shout out to my class of F404(yes Yan Yan...i kept my promise and gave u peeps a mention...believe me...i only left F404 out as no time to blog..nt becoz i no response to it...=) )...they gave me, Elden and Nad a surprise BDae celebration for the Leos of our class last Thursday(4th August 2005), Elden's BDae itself!!...thou La certain TCS teacher wasn't the happiest after her class tt day due to unforseen circumstances, Yan Yan and the rest carried on with the celebrations and YES...even though i ended up with more cake on my face than the other 2 due to them putting it on my face as well and that i had to endure the rest of tt day with a sticky face...im still happy and touched..it's the first time my class had ever celebrated my birthday...so thanks again Yan Yan, Zi Hui, Wei Lin, Serene, Jun Yong, Jun Hong, Hao Pin, Xian Jun, Elden, Nad, Tze Kiang and Jun Wen....F404 really hold strong place in my heart....=)

and hey hey..guess what...good things aren't over yet...haha....the 1 more good thing to happen in my life is my relationship with Serene....it's now 11-12 days short of 1 month..and im proud to say that i TRULY love and cherish her alot..and that she really completes my life...haha...today(Sunday) we just achieved a few more debuts too, compared to the last few(tink for nw tt's a secret only avalible and open to me and her..heh heh!hahahah...)....but people, if u all really wanna know...YES IT'S OFFICIAL....me and Ser are now Serence for real....so plz stop bombing her liao k?haha...nt easy for both of us to retain our sanity one leh!hahah...=x..j/k j/k

well...sadly all GOOD things must come to an end..no matter how good they are....sighz...for this blog posting the only bad things that happened to me was the failure of Newcastle United Football Club, both the club in England and the fan-club in Singapore....first up..for the Singapore side, we played Arsenal's fan-club soccer team on Sunday morning(14th August 2005) as part of the celebrations of the start of the new Premiership season whereby Newcastle played Arsenal at Highbury for their opening fixtures(more on tt later..)....we were expecting to put in a good showing for ourselves as well as the NUFC-SG spectators.....sadly we got thrashed 8-2..no thanks to a combination of poor defending at times as well as poor refereeing...i put my hands up for part of a poor defence, was caught out in terms of speed and possession at times...SORRRY TEAM, REALLY AM!!!...but for the poor refereeing...man the referee KAYU man!!f*ck man, he gave lot of advantage to the ARSEnal team, by giving them run of play even though they're OBVIOUSLY offside....sighz....tink the team altogether let NUFC-SG down performance-wise...but nvm...we'll bounce back together and build a new NUFC-SG team worthy of challenging for honours in terms of local fan-club league...HOWAY THE LADS

moving on to the Newcastle-UK side...we played Arsenal today, and many picked ARSEnal to be clear-cut winners today....sadly they did win thou, 2-0 scoreline to be exact..Freddie Ljungberg(pronounced YungBerg) being influential player as he won a controversial penalty to allow THIERRY HENRY(pronounced Tee-Yeah-Ree Horn-Ree) to convert the penalty, and then squaring the ball for Rapist Van Persie(real name Robin Van Persie lah..just tt he's accused of raping a gal while back in his homeland of Holland during pre-season holiday..hah..) to sidefoot past Shay Given.....sighz....referee(AGAIN!!..sighz..today bad day for NUFC..seems tt Referees ALL OVER THE WORLD cant stand the sight of black-and-white..do we really give them the impression of prisoners?hahah...) big figure too as he CONTROVERSIALLY sent off midfield lynchpin-of-the-day Jermaine Jenas for a sliding tackle on Gilberto...we were playing well up to that point before havin to fight on with 10 men...it's already a hard task matching Arsenal with 11...now we gotta do it with 10....shucks!!...but credit to the lads, we handled them well..and it wasn't till the 2nd controversial decision of the day that killed us..referee Steve Bennett adjuged Charles N'Zogbia to have brought down Ljungberg in the Newcastle penalty area while he was preparing to take a shot at goal, when replays show that he DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH HIM at all..bloody diving at show here man!!!!...sighz...so tt's it..2-0 loss on the first day for season..first time in 4 years we lost on opening day.....nvm nvm...HOWAY THE LADS....we'll bounce back definetly..judging on today's showing...lots of positives to take out of this game....

oh yeah..1 more good thing to come out of today...my bonding with the NUFC-SG people...spent arguably the whole day with them today..and talk-cock-sessions really bonded us....HOWAY THE LADS MAN!!!...may we be a group to be reckoned with in future!!!!

so well..tt's the end of 14-15days of blogging inactivity...im STILL trying to find my swashbucklin' style of writing...IM NT THE COMPLETE ARTICLE yet...so please give me more time as i embark on the journey of self-rediscovery..hahah!!

okok...Serene just went to bed after finishing up her VM....and after accompanying her thru the nite...it's time for me to bid farewell as too...

await my next post u people shall!!!

Terence...OUT!!!

First Kebab...now: Foster Lager....next???....French Loaf anyone??

2005-08-01T17:32:00.000+08:00

hahaha....yes yes yes...like the tittle says.....

NUFC has firstly signed on our FIRST-EVER Turkish player in the form of star playmaker Emre Belozoglu from Inter Milan for a reported fee of EU3.8million..

but adding to tt list now...will be Australian captain Craig Moore..who signs on a free transfer after terminating his contract with Die Bundesliga side Borussia Mochengladbach

more on the Newcastle trasfer saga later.....

but well..jus wanna comment tt while Newcastle got themselves a Aussie "Koala-Bear" for a hopefully-potential defensive legend....i myself have gotten myself a "Koala-Bear"....heh heh!!

haha...nxt posting will be up shortly....keep a lookout!!!

Never Gone...

2005-07-29T01:10:00.000+08:00

well well well...after a long break from blogging(caused by a recent excessively-packed schedule that made me hand in 2 projects..as well as having to fight for my term tests results, which came back with averages of C for most of my subbys....not to mention the workload TPSU is generating, thou im relishing my responsibility there...=) ).....

guess who's back...?

hahah..okok maybe tt one didn't catch lots of ya out there..but yup im back...and back with a vengence actually. More on that later though...just wanna give a shout out to my supporters who love my blog entires,though slow and infrequent nowadays(=x)....like Backstreet Boys..i only took a break, which one of u twigs said i was quitting?...*looks around fiercely,SOCOM Mark23 Mod0 Pistol in hand*..their new album's called Never Gone, meaning they were NEVER GONE...so well..here i am with today's blog entry too..labelled Never Gone...=)

and with that..i'll get on with the agenda of today's posting
(oops...got caught up in TPSU Secretary feaver...haha...=x)...

1)my acrimonious split from the Season of the CAT...and CTU's movement into the Season of the Frog/Ser

yes..finally done and dusted, this chapter of life in my book....after much slagging around, we've split..and we've moved on...
wasn't the best in terms of split..she felt i cheated on her...but i didn't...decided as early as 4 weeks ago I DIDN'T WANT IT ANYMORE.....she deserves better and i deserve better too....and i got my TRUE HAPPINESS already in the form of Ser...

Frog's really all i've wanted all my life...she's pretty..cute personality...sweet..loving..ra-ra for camps and stuff...

Cat cant do tt..im sorry..she just cldn't....

i've found my true hapiness....and Cat, for all that u've heard bout me, i cant say if it's all true or not...but i still wish u hapiness..and hope u and maybe Vincent work smth out..

but till then...GOOD RIDDANCE!

hell hath no fury like a man screwed...=)

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2)Newcastle's Inter-Toto Cup campaign....

sad to say..it ended smhow disastrously when we fell 2-1 to FORMER Spanish giants Deportivo La Coruna at their home stadia, Stadio Riazor....Ruben Castro(he again..he's been in hot form ever since the start of Depor's InterToto campaign 2 rounds back) giving Depor the lead first when Pedro Munitis left Babayaro for dead on the right-flank before cutting the ball back for Castro to slot home his 3rd goal in as many games...and for the rest of the first-half any Newcastle fans watching this game must have though they're watching a horror show..as Newcastle simply let Depor run riot around them, and pump hopeless long balls forward,hoping to find Alan Shearer...

but things took a great turn in the 2nd half, when in the 48th minute, Milner's corner got cleared away, but only as far as Lee Bowyer. A sweet left-foot volley into the roof of the net followed that and it was 1 apiece...with Newcastle having grabbed the all-important away goal...sadly..it wasn't to stay long..as 10mins after tt...alleged Toon target Jorge Andrade was allowed to dribble from the halfway line all the way to our penalty box..before firing an unstoppable shot past Given to restore Depor's advantage...

2-1 the scoreline read at the end of the game..Depor running out worthy winners in the sense we were TOTAL CRAP for most of the game...but with the away goal in hand..i'd say we got a gd chance in the return leg at SJP nxt week...Howay The Lads!!

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3)My Birthday Wishlist...

yes i know it sounds gayish/childish/stupid/girly/what-have-you...

but since Tng was such a big influence(albeit bad one?hahah..=x) on me..and Ball was CONSTANTLY asking me where's my list...

i have no choice but to oblige...it's declared on the left....go check it out aite...

well..for now that's all i can offer....devoid of ideas/creativity a big reason why i cant write more.....slowly slowly lads/lasses...im getting back my swashbucklin' style already...just need to refine it into the good ol' style...hee...

so till then...

Terence...OUT!!

new posting to announce...

2005-07-27T14:02:00.000+08:00

hahahah..yes...a new posting is on the way....

keep a watchout for this space.....

highlights include:

1)the surprising split from the Year Of The Cat....and now CTU's movement into the Year Of The Frog/Ser....hee

2)Newcastle's Inter-Toto Cup campaign....whether disastrous or victorious i will explain...

3)My BDae WishList for the new year....hahah....influenced by the infamous Tng..and encouraged by ppl like Ball...and a whole lot more...haha...

so like i said...KEEP A LOOKOUT!!!!

It's hard holding you..loving you..losing you.....Should i stay or should i go?

2005-07-12T02:29:00.000+08:00

well...am back here again...with several updates in my life....not just romance people!!...hahah....football, SU, u name it...big updates to it...so w/o holding back anymore...im proud to announce the Newcastle express!!!!

just found out that we've been drawn to meet Deportivo La Coruna of Spain in the semi-final of the Inter-Toto Cup..with SS Lazio and Olympique Marseille being potential rivals in the final barring a giant-killing feat from Tampere United or Swiss side Young Boys SC..=x....haha...but first and foremost...we're meeting Dubnica of Slovakia for a 3rd round 2-legged match after they whopped Ankaraspor of Turkey 4-1 on aggregate in the last round....

we must overcome Dubnica in the first leg first..w/o a shadow of a doubt get a good result over there...then the 2nd leg give both Emre n Parker 30mins of football..as facing Deportivo may nt be the hardest task in football now, but they're still a worthy opposition nonetheless, and we'll need creativity and industry COMBINED in the midfield to beat them...

Lazio n Marseille....hahaha...remember Marseille are SEVERELY weakened, with Peguy Luyindula not able to find back the form which made him arguably hot property in the French Ligue 1 2 seasons ago, as Marseille bought him as a DIRECT REPLACEMENT for Didier Drogba...

since then, they have lost people like Hamdani, Pedretti, Drogba, Steve Marlet, and 2 more players who left recently tt played in the team which beat us 2 seasons back.....

Lazio, on the other hand, have the mercurial Paolo Di Canio on their side, him extending his contract by another year to keep him there for this last season....with him, Tomasso Rocchi and Roberto Muzzi arguably the people we shld be fearful of for now....looking at the current squad sheet, it has big star names like Peruzzi, Couto, Ousmane Dabo, Liverani(the first black player to be capped by the Italian natl' team), but it lacks the power it had a few seasons when they won the Scudetto and had power to stay near the top 3-4 in Serie A...

overall...im nt tt scared yet.....our team can compare with these 3 teams any day on paper...form-wise, judging from their form last season as well as ours, we're on par with them at least...but we just need to play to the top of our ability...and hopefully with trouble-makers Messr' Bellers n Robert gone...we'll be stronger and can get a gd run..

HOWAY THE LADS!!!!

and hmm..while im on the topic of Newcastle...let's move on to the mini "Days Of Our Lives" tt's going on in the NUFC-SG team now...Dalif my good friend has lashed out at most of the people in the football team after we gave him our frank comments regarding his skills and performance in matches recently, which weren't the most easy to absorb n to deal with...with Keegan, our gaffer, almost suspending him before Dom pleaded for him...

sighz..Dalif Dalif...now that u've apologized and we all accepting it...move on and improve..i've left my comments on how u can improve and stuff...take it and WORK HARD...and come back, prove to us that u've a better player n man...ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS...don't do a NATO on us plz....we have faith in you, and are willing to help you. All we ask for are commitment, effort, and no fuss(no one said it was easy....if smone did..i'll kick his arse for u as it never was,still isn't easy, and will forever not be easy...=) )

hmm..moving on to "greener pastures"(hahah, as Dalif puts in his blog..)...it's time for a TPSU update....we just had our first OFFICIAL informal-bonding session thru a spring-cleaning session and BBQ at the end of the day...everyone had fun, Ah Guang had fun being Master Chef..Wei Sen did his job well as Asst. Chef..Victor Raj was, errm..., the same old joker who shoots shit out of his mouth??haha...and the gals were happy too..as were Sahf, me, Yao Ming and Alvin Neo....and Andrew was his normal loud self....

for me...i feel this to be a good bonding session with the people who i don't really know in the Ex-Co....we'll be workin together in the future, so i hope to have a fruitful relationship, both working n friendship, with all of you in the time to come...so with tt view in mind, this bonding session couldn't have gone any better, thou the Chix Wing cld certainly have!hahah....=x ,...okok im in no position to ask as i've been a big PROCRASTINATOR for this BBQ session(or shld i say...all tt ive been to??...=x =x =x)...

Sadly, all good things must come to an end, this blog entry not barring any exceptions..and what a way to end it than an update on my "Library Status", as Karine puts it..haha,

hmm...so far i've been taken off the shelve as me and her have decided to give it another go after the cooling-off period which have taken a lot out of both of us....

it's not the same now i know...tink you know too...but let's try to work smth out aite sweetie?

i've done alot of thinking these few days, and i've been bombarded with comments/views/advice/what-have-you from close friends of mine who are aware of the situation(MA,ZN,JX,XaV).....im nt ready to really decide yet, so im trying hard for now....

this r/s thing is dragging on like Steven Gerrard's contract wrangle with Pool....last summer(2003/2004) he wanted to leave Liverpool as he felt they weren't winning enough success(Premiership n Champs Lge to be exact...)...but Liverpool persuaded him to stay....a seaon later, 2004/2005, he tried to leave again for the same reason, with Chelski coming in with heavy interest but told to f*ck off by Pool's chairman David Moores n CEO Rick Parry, but this season was 1 to remember for both him and Pool fans everywhere, as they historically won the Champs Lge by beating Italian giants AC Milan 4-2 on penalties, after they came back, within a 6minute period, from 3-0 down to draw 3-3...simply awesome stuff...

then after tt...he personally said on TV, "how can i leave after a nite like that", after being asked if he was still bent on leaving Liverpool..

but now here comes the juicy part, he expected Moores n Parry to open negotiations over a new contract shortly after the triumph in Istanbul, but they dragged on, and as it dragged on, Gerrard felt as if he wasnt wanted..and felt even more unwanted after he was asked wat terms it was required for him to stay....

He flared up..didn't want contract extension....fans took to burning his jersey outside Anfield as sign of hating him..but 24 hours after tt decision...he decided to sign a new contract afterall after sitting down with his GF and agent, with cell phone n TV off, and thinking bout his blood ties with Liverpool(he's born n bred Merseysider, been at Pool since 8)....

so right now im like this....uncertain of my future and whether or not i'll sign...but for now i'll still give 100% until we win the Champs Lge...so bear with me aite?plz....

so well...once again a long post, with seemingly a lot of football facts in it...i sense a change of direction for my blog....tink i might as well just use it as a platform for me to hone my football journalism skills and challenge Wang Meng Meng n Ernest Louis for their jobs at TNP...what say u guys?hahah..lemme know.....

so till then..Terence OUT!!!

Too real is this feeling of make believe...Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal...

2005-07-07T23:22:00.000+08:00

well...u read the title right...guess it kinda applies to most aspects of my life for now...and guess what...im back blogging frequently..haha..at least it's on a 3-day-once basis at least...so cut me some slack...im still trying to find the writing interest in me again......

but hmm..first and foremost, to start off, i've FINALLY COMPLETED MY TERM TEST PERIOD!!!man it's been a hectic 3 weeks, from all the emotional turmoil i've been through to the last-minute studying that was uncalled for due to LOTS OF IMPROMPTU stuff appearing in the 1 week prior to the test period...i'm lucky i'm even surviving after this big rush.....but summary of how i did...

Techincal Comm. Skills and Routing&Switching--Surprise package of all, as i thought i'll flung RoSw as i just cldn't understand most of it...turns out to be blessing in disguise as i bucked up..and learnt all i cld...may be able to score in both these papers

Internet Computing Applications(Adv. Java)--think i might just scrape thru this one...hopefully get 60+ then i wldn't be bound down with tough semestral-end project?

Telecomm. Systems and Mobile Computing--man...THIS IS THE 1 PAPER IM F*CKED BOUT....TelSys, kinda thought it was easy and was damn confident bout it, cld even play Football Manager and watch pool during the 2 days i had to study it...but dang!!they came out 1 20mark question i cldn't do as i didn't practice my graph-drwaing..and as a result, might flunk it!.....for MobComp, was quite easy as it was quite similiar to last sem's Term Test paper, so hoping to ace this one thru!!

Overall--what i thought i'd flunk...i aced thru and SHOULD BE able to get good grades..while what i thought i'd ace thru..just came back right into my face and shot me with a SOCOM pistol right at my nose, as i most likely will flunk it!

but well...moving on to non-academic stuff(man, i deserve a break mah...7 days of term break shld be enough for me to recharge my batteries..thou this 1 tem has been like play-time all the way for me man!!hahaha...=x)...firstly i played my first game for the NUFC-SG soccer team last Sunday VS the CitiBank team, where we drew 1-1 and 3-3 on previous ties with them....but this time was different...lacking bout half a first team due to other commitments..this team was filled with new blood(yours truly included)...and we duly lost 3-0, due to 2 defensive errors in a first half which we never really recovered from....played better in the 2nd half though, but it just wasn't enough....sighz...i didn't play to my true form either, was just pissed at the way we gave away our goals....even thou we were mediocre for a half, didn't tink we deserved to lose like that!!!!but then again..i wasn't at my best, so no room for complaining too.....just have to work out our basics on Sundays and hope the next friendly 2 weeks from now, we'd yield out better results.....HOWAY THE LADS!!!!

speaking of HTL...i just got wind of news that Craig Bellamy AKA "mad horse"(as termed by me old man..and to which i duly agree!!...haha) is a successful medical away from being an OFFICIAL BlackBurn player,linking up with former Wales manager Mark Hughes again...hopefully we get 6mil from him, which then cld fund our own capturing of Emre Belozoglu, whom Newcastle have made an OFFICIAL bid for to Internazionale....pricing shld be around 4mil, since tt's what Inter have been asking for from day 1.....

so judging from this....the new Newcastle team looks like this for now....

Shearer-----Chopra

Emre---------Jenas/Faye/Butt----Parker/Bowyer/Dyer-----Milner/Ambrose

Babayaro/R.Elliot------Bramble/Ramage----Boumsong/Taylor-----Carr

Given/Harper

*MOST DISTURBING SIGHT IS THE ABSENCE OF BACKUP TO THE STRIKING DEPARTMENT.....if Shearer or/and Chopra gets injured/suspended/what-have-you at any 1 given time...we'd be left to call up schoolboys to take their places...UNBELIEVABLE, but sadly true!!*

moving on to other things...it's a mini-update on me love life now.....sighz...guess this term break will be real crucial to finding out what happens btwn me and her...is the connection still there?or has it died when we both cooled off?i don't know....i don't even know what she thinks for Milburn's sake!(haha..had to use smone since i dont believe in God or Christ..who else but Wor Milburn!!)....sighz...hopefully the answer will come during this term break....wish me luck!!!see how the topic for today applies now huh...

so there u go peeps..quite long update, but maybe lacking a bit of swashbucklin' style still as i seek to reclaim the Kambing style of blog-writing...haha...bear with me folks...this is only the beginning of a blowing-off-the-cobwebs session....

so till the next time...Terence...OUT!!!

Lyrics For "The Things We Never Did" by A1

2005-07-01T08:14:00.000+08:00

You and me
We sit and talk of friendship then I ask
If you can see
If we could be together, forever

I see the light die in your eyes
Cuz you're scared you'll hurt
So you don't want to try

Well take a chance and come home with me
You could stay for eternity
If you try then at least you'll see
Then you'll never
Regret
The things we never did

You turn to me
I see your eyes
Andsomehow,they cease to shine
You smile at me yet I can see
You don't think we can make it

You see the light die in my eyes,
Cuz I'm scared to lose you
I wish you would try

(Chorus)

I see the light die in your eyes
Cuz you're scared you'll hurt
So you don't want to try

(chorus)

Then you'll never regret the things we never did

The things we never did

Well take a chance & come home with me,U cld stay 4 eternity....if u try then at least u'll see..then u'll never regret the things we never did...

2005-07-01T01:12:00.000+08:00

well....by popular demand, and i mean DAMN POPULAR demand...my blog is up and running...and for now it won't close due to "funding from outside investors who prefer to stay low-profile"....haha..but posting won't be everyday as im nt emo anymore!!hahaha...

but well..without further ado...let's go on with the belated show..but hey hey,....like i always say.."better late than never mah"...

firstly..to let all my readers out there know(thou i tink most of u, who are my gd friends and stuff, already know)....i've been VOTED INTO THE TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS' UNION Executive Co(TPSU Ex-Co) for AY05/06...and have been FORMALLY ELECTED AS HONORARY GENERAL SECETARY.....so for this..i wanna give a shout out to ALL THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME....a really big thank-you to u all!!..and even though i didn't get to be President and give u all ur treats..but im still thankful for all the support you all placed in me..and rest assure...i'll strive, along with the other 12 main comm. members, to make TP a better place for u students....TP OEI!

secondly...im here to promote Princess Theatres down at Bedok Central as a top place to go watch ur movies man!!haha..firstly as it's cheap(Mon/Tues/Wed-$5,Thurs/Fri-$6,Sat/Sun/PH-$7)...and that u can sneak in ur own snacks!!!total addition of costs=$10 MAX...haha..even cheaper than the current prices u pay at the big G3's theatres...Secondly...as its quality of picture n sound is nowhere near the mediocre standards u hear from people nowadays....it boasts good Audio/Visual quality..and its seats are quite comfortable...thou the only bad things bout the cinema is tt it doesnt seal the doors, so outside noises can be heard a bit...and tt NOT all new movies are released there....but hey hey...wat the heck man...it's just $5...so go there...catch the movie..and chat with ur friends bout it n laugh at them for being conned out of their movies!!....ahhaha......

evidence i know wat i'm talking about...watched 2 movies there recently...Batman Begins and Initial D....am watching Fantastic Four there next week too..any takers??haha....

lastly(paiseh..this will be shortest posting if im nt wrong..as im under flu medication now..and am damn drowsy...haha)...it's bout my love-life again...haha...well....me n "her" have had a topsy turvy ride so far....and right now i can frankly say we've taken 40 steps behind....she asked for cooling-off period so tt we can clear our heads, and also our differences....and it's been a long while...hopefully we'll get to settle this and move on..either forward or backwards im nt sure..but let's just take it slow....and for the record...i still miss her alot....
(PS:"heR"....u know who u are....hear the song tt's playing in my blog and check out the lyrics in the above posting...it shows wat n how i feel right now....)

okok....gotta go off now..kinda boring post i know..haha...but coz i havin flu now and feel just like crap...so will post again when i get better..

till then....

Terence...OUT!!!!

The emptyness of what could be, shows everything she means to me...

2005-06-10T20:19:00.000+08:00

well well...im getting more and more heavy stick on my tagboard...haha..im so sorry...nowadays i just cant seem to justfiy my blog postings...and for that i ought to be shot...many people have asked for me to close down the blog..haha...im thinking since that nowadays i dont have the time to update as much as before due to certain adjustments in my life(which i'll touch on later...)..i MIGHT turn this to a strictly Newcastle/Football-only blog..but it's still tentative..and i AM treading on murky water for this..so watch this space for more developments..

so moving on...here we go...a brand new start...and hopefully not a "false dawn" like previously...=x....LET'S GO!!!

first-up....the main thing that's happening in my life now would be the Temasek Polytechnic Students' Union Executive Committee(TPSU Ex-Co) elections for AY05/06...and well...it's getting hasty...lots of canditates are shaping up for this fight...i am no different..i feel that if and when given a leadership role, i can play it with vigour, enthusiasm as well as effectiveness. And as such...to ALL CURRRENT TP STUDENTS READING THIS..Terence Ong needs your help in voting for him in the upcoming elections that's from the 13th June to 16th June 2005..at the CyberCentre(10am-6pm)...im confident of getting into the main committee w/o a shadow of a doubt, thou the presidency post??well..let's just take it slowly first...not care bout how many votes people get and will they excede urs, rather, focus on my own votes and see how far i can go...Terence Go(YOU GO WE GO!!!)...hahahaha....there are strong canditates around, with Sahfahri and Alvin Neo being the biggest challengers to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency, but i do feel that i can be a dark horse to that supposedly-2-horse race, although i think that the other peeps have something to say bout it too...hee

LIVERPOOL: CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE...04/05

2005-05-26T23:33:00.000+08:00

Tt's right...

just saluting Liverpool...for their fighting spirit, courage, mentality or whatever u wanna call it..

they did it...coming back 3-0 againsT Milan....it's nt an easy job..but they did it..

so here's to salute them..and hope to see them back defending the UCL nxt season...

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!

(PS:Blog entry will be done up tomorrow....sorry for inconvenience caused..=x)

A good bit of me sleeps underneath, in the bed of my soul, lying next to believe..

2005-05-22T22:32:00.000+08:00

well...HELLO PEEPS AND FANS OF MY BLOG!!!!
it's been a long hiatus from blogging man...and i have to apologize to a few people(yes Corinne...it's you...maybe Carissa is up for running also..hah..=x) who expected my blog to be updated, 1 way or another at least.

but cant really blame me...i've been bugged down with lots of things....namely "TPSU FOW/FOC 05/06" and "TP ENG Orientation 05/06 / TPSU Orientation Finale 05/06" taking up SUPER MUCH of the 21 day-long absence incurred on this blog...

but hey hey...no matter what happens to the show, it must go on somehow..and without further ado..lemme present to u all, ladies and gentlemen, "POST" No. 6.....*claps from audience*...(haha...okok..im going paranoid)

firstly...on to the more important things...i just got back from both sets of orientation programmes done up by TPSU and TP:ENG...and needless to say...TPSU's one had a bigger impact on me..difference will be elaborated...but well...why TPSU got my vote would be that it had the exact same impact, or maybe even higher, on me this year as a HGL(yes, i got appointed Head GL for this time around..came as quite a surprise as i wasn't expecting myself to fill such a position one...) when compared to last year when i was in my 1st FOC as a freshmen(Phalanx FOC...u rock man!!Phalanx OEI!!!)

and throughout this FOW/FOC period ,of about roughly 8-9days?, i got to know a lot of good friends, from both freshies of Krypton/other empires and also from the main comm(peeps like Stacie,Grace,Alvin Ting,Alvin Neo,Lester,Ah Boon,Melissa,Zhe Han,Andrew,Darren,Ah Guang,Phyllis,Khai,Safahri,Han Wei,Alwyn,Yao Ming..and others whom i may have accidentally left out...u know who u are...)...and not only that...i got to learn from a gd leader such as Alvin Ting on how to be a good FA/HGL...thou it's true that we play hard when it's time to..but when it's time to work, Alvin shows true professionalism that i admire and respect and hope that it rubs on me well enough

downside of this FOW/FOC may be that i lost my voice a few times...but i have NEVER REGRETTED this year's camp..and will cherish all the memories i have of this camp...

Moving on to the 2nd big thing tt just ended..which was TP:ENG's Week Zero orientation program...i was drafted into the Program Comm for this camp..and man was it a disaster...organization was a mess..so too were the other committees..for once i was happy that i had to be taken out of an orientation program as TPSU came calling me on the 3rd day as part of their "Olympiad officials" team, which i'll elaborate more on later...

but a few things i wasn't happy bout Week Zero was that on the 2nd day...there was supposed to be Mass Games around TP that's scheduled for 3.30pm....and at 3.15pm the station masters(me and a few of the program comm, namely Ben,Eva and ZhengYong) were ALREADY PREPARED at our stations when we were called back and told that the program WAS CANCELLED.....we just felt like WTF!!....i mean..how can u just plan something, and go back on it right at the death??makes no sense...ANOTHER THING was the fact that i tried to "take"(ok..maybe steal seems a better word) a ENG Mentor shirt from Log Comm's stock on the 2nd day..and when i got found out...a seriously-pissed Log Comm IC took it away from me...and didn't give me anything. Then on the 3rd day..everyone from comm. were suppose to get the shirt with their sizing..but i cldn't as i was with TPSU..so i got Eva to take for me...but alas..i was left with M when i needed an XL for just-nice fitting...shucks....i got injustice man!!!

but there's always that glaring light to save u at the end of each dark tunnel...and this light came in the form of the TPSU Orientation Finale. I seriously had a lot of fun with the TPSU peeps..and knew a lot of peeps better(Wen Qi/Pamela and a lot more)...made a lot of new friends in the form of peeps like Li Peng/Adeline/Fuwat...TPSU rocks totally man..thou im nt sure if i'll run for committee yet like Alvin advised me to as im nt sure of the time commitment i'll have to give out to SU..but i'll consider..and will post my decision here soon...watch out for this space...

another highlight of this hiatus would be the few purchases i've made with my DaySpring pay of SGD540+...as u can see on the "WishList" section of my blog..a few things have been canceled out..namely the Mizuno volleyball shoes, England 05/07 Home Kit(got mine with Terry 6 at the back..woohoo!), KRC Genk 04/05 Away Kit...and half canceled would be cheap jerseys on eBay...hhaha...if im able to..will post up the pics of the Mizuno shoes and jerseys ASAP.....damn chio!!!!althou it came at a heavy price as total purchases cost me $110+$120+$80=$310 out of my $540 pay...sheesh!!!...and i have 2 more SGD80 jerseys coming in...die die die..no makan during 1st week of sch liao!!!hahahah...=x =x =x =x x= x= x=.....

a few more things before the big conclusin of this super-big post....went for TNP Big Walk today with Hafiz...and met up with Li B/PengWei and Pok and their gang halfway....had fun with their group and Hafiz especially as we walked for 5km only out of 10km and then proceeded to Suntec's McD to have BF and slack...haha...thou bonding with Hafiz was good man....1 of my besties definetly he is..hmm? .....hahaha

kk...ending off...it's the "her" time again...haha...this time it's a bit more complicated....but to be brief and not to leak out "intimate" details...but we moved 6 steps forward during the nites of FOW...but stupidly...i committed a grave mistake..and a few days after tt..during the nites of FOC..we moved 10 steps backward(making it a deficit of 4 steps)...thou we did have a heart-to-heart talk and i tink it did the trick as we're nw moving forward, back to where we were post-FOW at least....

but my main point is this...im willing to wait for her..even if it takes 6mths or a year...as long as i know there's smth worth fighting for..i'll fight on...and im adapting..u don't have to sacrifice anything for it...neither do i...all it needs is compromise..and tt's what im working on...so give me time and a gd chance...when the right timing comes...u can hand me back the tix aite??

so for now....im signing off..with a promise that from now on...blog entries will hopefully be more frequent and then i wldn't have to type so many things as if my life depended on it...haha...

Terence...OUT

(PS:it's now officially 35+21=56 days of missing her and GROWING every second right now....im in the game...and am in with a shout..and i'll do anything for it..wish me luck people!!!)

It's you and me...and all other people...and i don't know why, i cant keep my eyes off you..

2005-05-01T13:09:00.000+08:00

Yeah....judging from the topic of the posting.....i really understand the lyrics to Lifehouse's latest single "You & Me"......but well..more on that later....

first and foremost...sorry for the 9-day hiatus again...needed to sort out some personal matters and also get a grip of my life first..which was spinnin into oblivion with work...haha...althou it's over now..served up 1 month of working for DaySpring last Friday...thou i came in late for that day...haha..and "forfeited" my pay for that day to pay for my cab fare there..but overall...it was fun doing the job...got to know a lot of new friends..peeps like Wee Hong,Eugene,Boon Long,Jun Wei,Alvin,Sharmaine(woohoo!!hah),Sharin,Jacqueline,WanHui(woohoo again..hah),Jessie,Suelynn,Enuice and many more i may have left out...was 1 of my better working experiences....won't mind going back again....

but moving on...sadly, all good things must come to an end..somewhere,somehow...that was just the beginning of a really bad 2-day period for me..starting off...i found out on Thursday night that i've BEEN REJECTED for TP's CMM course...REJECTED...zilt chances...zero..NADA!!
sighz...i was really looking forward to it...and being rejected was leaving me speechless...as i don't know how to describe it...sad is DEFINETLY NOT THE APPROPRIATE word...i feel sad when Newcastle loses a game,or when i flung 1 of my modules, or when i lose a game i tink i shld have won...so right now...if anyone knows how i feel,please tell me..as i don't know the word..
i tell u..it's worst than havin a kick to the gut like all Footie Managers will tell u...worst!!

3rd unlucky thing to plague me(being late for work n not havin any pay was the 2nd) was the breaking down of my PS2 due to its lens giving way...i always thought that it was my burning of DVD backups that was the problem...but how wrong was I..as i was playing my copy of Mercenaries halfway when the disc jus didn't load anymore...SHIT!!!!...more money to be spent man..went to Mega Multimedia to ask for quotes on repairs..and he told me SG$180!!!SHEESH....what a 2-day period man...

but well..the light at the end of this semmingly never-ending tunnel was the fact i went out with HER(yes..that magical HER that lights up my life) for dinner...YAY! u must have thought...but wasn't the best of "first dates"..sighz..i may have screwed up the night by not being naturally myself?hah..i know..sound weird...but maybe it's just the burden on myself of wanting to improve from the catastrophe from last time...sighz...i do hope she enjoyed herself to a certain extent at least..if not i'll feel damn guilty...really do...

and this pointer brings me to my 2nd last pointer of the day..which is my nick....it does link...I still cant keep my eyes off her right now..even thou i got blown off once before. But im back..trying another method to get to her heart..hopefully i can touch it a hell lot more than the last time..but like Clarke Kent said in Smallville S4Ep19..."this time will be different"...AND IT WILL CERTAINLY BE...i'll be pulling out all the stops there is..ppl can give her flowers or fried chicken...i'll just play to her likings..and hopefully it'll work...maybe she finds me irritating...or anything bad...so can someone give me a sign ASAP?? i'll keep on trying w/o a shadow of a doubt...but i need motivation smwhere,smhow...anyone out there??

Last pointer of the day..Newcastle drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace at SJP last nite....shucks!!!we still cant score..Alan Shearer hasn't scored since Feb. 2 i think..man..we really need to move during the pre-season..and hopefully we have a chance to play Inter-Toto cup next season..otherwise..NO EURO CUPS FOR US MAN!!!

so for now..i gotta sign out..will update more frequently i hope..thou i'll be out of com for bout 7-8 days..as i'll be at TPSU's FOC from 3rd May to 11th May...so hopefully i get to have a change of luck there....

Terence...OUT!!!

(PS:don't tink she sees this..as she doesn't bother scrollin to the bottom..but if she does..then good..haha..it's been 35 days of missing her and couting..stakes have grown a lot more higher..and i'm grabbing it by the scruff of the neck already...wish me luck peeps...i REALLY WANT HER!!!!)

So go then..out into history...and show them how easy it can be....you might not believe it yet...but pretty soon you'll see...Even long shots make it

2005-04-22T10:53:00.000+08:00

Yeah...i guess that topic summarizes up the recent 1 week for Newcastle.....our season has taken a funny, but big nonetheless, twist this week..just in the space of 1 week and so much changes has occured....more on that later..

but firstly...to the peeps who constantly read my blog(yes Carissa..haha..you're up for it now....prime nominee...hehheh) for either 1)leisure reading, 2)seeing if their names are on it, 3)wanting to lash out at any part of me...my beloved Newcastle United...or my blog(f*ck you guys man..go screw sm other blogs..or better still..show me ur blog is any better than mine!)......I'M SORRY that there hasn't been a lot of updates lately...work at DaySpring Medical has taken up a hell lot of my time in the early mornings of every weekday...and has left me exhausted in the night to just not be able to post...

but hey..u know what "they" say...better late than never...and hence i'll start off...work, like i mentioned above, has taken up a lot of my time..and during this 10-day hiatus from blogging...i've been with the DaySpring Medical crew doing up medical screenings at a Stat. Board located in Central SG and right now...am at a polytechnic in the North area(not liable to disclose any names as i'm contracted to remain P&C[Privy & Confid.])....

thou i must say for these few days Jessie hasn't been in the best of moods..and i emphatize with her..doing backroom data-entry and data-analysis till the wee-hours of the night..before catching ONLY A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP at most and having to start off a routine cycle of a new day as IC of the screening project seems to be taking its toll....and if me or any staff on the Registration side made any mistake leading to mix-up in the backroom....i'll apologize on their behalf...but SERIOUSLY SPEAKING...i don't tink we made much of a mistake, let alone catastrophe...and if it's anything to go by...the next few stations may have to shoulder some of the blame too.....but im not pointing the fingers yet....although some people have to start standing up and be counted...

well....enough of work..though this next issue here is somehow related to it...it concerns my arguement with 1 of my co-workers at a certain fast-food outlet at Tampines last Friday(April 14th 2005)...apparently she got angry because i dished out constantly insults and diss on her till she couldn't take it...and for that i had to apologize....fine on my side if i really did screw up big-time..but problem is that she's been calling me things like "Bangadleshi"...and "Black-Man" for the past week w/o me retaliating or doing anything to spark off those remarks, and i've put up with her crap long enough....to be lame and joke with someone is ok..but to do that and NOT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND COUNTER-BARRAGE for it is just stupid and dumb. I mean...those comments are so primary-school..and she can use them right now?? and have the cheek to be angry when i counter-ed...sighz....thou i tell u what....this friendship of ours is seriously on the rocks now...I can live w/o this co-worker in my life...and most probably i'll do that...

sadly...looking at it...i thought this 10-day period for me personally wouldn't get any worse..but it did....with my beloved Newcastle....1 week ago..we were serious contenders for both the UEFA Cup and the FA Cup, and it seemed Newcastle's trophy drought and Alan Shearer's long-awaited dream of winning a trophy with his boyhood club will be over...we lost 4-1 in Lisbon, even after taking a 1-0 away lead to make it 2-0 on aggregate...while a few days later..we suffered a second-straight 4-1 loss at the hands of Man Utd(which i tot was undeserving for them...and a scoreline that flattered them...we GAVE THEM THE GAME...not they winning it...just ask Norwich or Everton how good are they!)...before summing up the week with a morale-deflating 2-1 loss to Norwich at Carrow Road, with Dean Ashton proppin up to head in the winner in stoppage time after Patrick Kluivert had seemed to seal up a deserved point with the equalizer in the 90th minute...

First thing first....it was simply a combination of bad luck and simply being not good enough for the loss at Lisbon. Losing Bramble, Dyer, and Jenas all to injury at the stroke of half-time was a hard blow to take on the face...and it was during this 20-miniute period that Sporting scored 4 to win it...
But for the MaNure game...luck had only a small part to play, it was total DIS-COMMITMENT(im not even sure there's such a word) from the players that led to our downfall...Laurent Robert had the gd chance to put things right after his crazed outburst to the media..but he flunged it..the midfield wasn't even there at the first-half...2-0 to MaNure it read on the stroke of half-time..and i guess the damage was done there...if it was 0-0..we'll have a high chance of matching Man Utd..and disgraceful scenes of Butt NOT ACKNOWLEDGING the Geordie faithful is just embarassing and hurtful to say the least....

well...i must say it's the end of 1 hell-of-a-long blog posting...although i must say considering that it's the event of 10 days...it might have deserved a longer posting....hahaha...well..i'll leave it up to u guys to read it......will be posting up my article of Newcastle's dismal run soon..so keep an eye out for it..

till then....Terence...OUT!!!

(PS: well...after so long...YES..i still miss her..and it's growing by the day..but im keeping my cards to myself....not going to make any mistakes i made last time...and I MEAN IT!!!....25-26 days and counting....)

They'll always hit you and hurt you...Defend and attack...Theres only one way to beat them...Get round the back

2005-04-11T01:30:00.000+08:00

that's right..tt topic says it all..i just got back home from Sportballz(Official pub of the Singapore Spurs Fan-Club)...after my debut gathering with the NUFC-Singapore crew to watch Tottenham-Newcastle....and man..what i saw today was a fluster.....

but more on that later...well...hmm..wat happened today..lemme see...oh yeah...had my first "DaySpring Part-Timers" gathering....nt too bad a turnout..6 people...there were Josie..HuiYing..Eugene..Kenny..Alvin..and myself...though didn't have WeeHong and Sharmaine(sighz...)...but it was kinda ok..met them for dinner as i didn't wanna watch movie today due to financial reasons...=x..and guess what....we took a Neoprint together..hahahah..dunnoe why guys do tt nwadays..but hey hey, it was Josie n Huiying's idea anyway..so we appeased them n went ahead lor...

after the dinner....went to the arcade to kill off time..and man..do i really suck at Virtua Striker 2:Ver 98 right nowe..haha...in the past i cld beat all the peeps at Bugis. But for today..sighz....managed to beat only 2 or 3 peeps..sighz..i really need to start training up again..

but after that arcade was what today was really about...the meeting up with NUFC-Singapore for our first "away" match screening..and my first gathering with them...met up with John AKA ToonRaver...Tony..Dave..Foxy..KenMura..and Tiyok....but sucks..we lost 1-0 away to Tottenham....in a way...they slightly deserved the win today..just like Villa last week...we were totally awful today man..the team just didn't turn up...sighz...hopefully we're saving up for both Lisbon and Man Utd nxt week..coz if we start playing like we did today...we'll most prob. end up with nowt this season....but hey hye..like i told John...i'll trade today's loss for wins in the next 2 games gladly....haha..HOWAY THE LADS...

kk....i gtta run for now...Real Madrid VS Barca's 2nd half is starting soon...man..this game is superb...Madrid currently holdin a 3-1 lead after Zidane and Ronaldo had put Madrid 2-0 up..before Samuel Eto'O pulled 1 back for Barca....while Raul rounded up the half with a tap in to make it 3-1..

will be back tml for more analysis of Tottenham Newcastle..till then..

Terence...OUT!!!

(PS:today saw KenMura bringing his girlfriend clad in a Newcastle jersey....sighz..admire both him havin a GF...plus the fact she's A NEWCASTLE FAN...man..i want such a girlfriend man!!!!...then reality dawned on me..if only she was mine...15 days of missin her n counting...)

first time in a long time...

2005-04-07T00:18:00.000+08:00

tt's right..my topic of the day sums it all up.....it's been a hectic few days...which is the reason why i haven't been able to post daily replies as i've been doing for the 1st week of blogging..but well...as they say...better late than NEVER...and hence..i'm taking the "late" route now...here we go..

ok...so many things to talk about and so little time...where do we start???hmmm...okok..work first..since its the 1 thing tt's been giving me a whole lot of "activities" to fill up my week...start of work has been quite ok..though my first day had a slow start...with 3 mistakes of handing out urine bottles to the wrong clients coming to haunt me in quick succession...hahah..man..u shld have seen the ICs faces...they were just pissed....though i was quick to pick up the pieces..and moved on quite smoothly from there...though the 3rd day..which is 2day..was pretty much sucky...firstly...woke up at 8.15am..when the reporting time at Ngee Ann Poly was supposed to be 8am!!!!!!....haha...got the shock of my life when Jessie called me to hurry me to get down there ASAP...but this shock was an expensive one..as i had to spend $18 to rush down there by cab...and just when i thought i was goin to get fired....i didn't even get a scolding??now how bout tt.....but worst off.....i LOST MY IC!!!!arrrgh...most prob it happened last week when i went to paly pool with Sheila and Zhen Nan,...then used my IC to book a pool table....when i got it back..i tink i didn't place it in properly..and it fell out...sighz...now it's goin to cost me a hellva of a bomb!

but well....in life..there's always karma saying that for every bad thing u encounter..there's always a good thing to counteract it...for this instance the good thing would be my dear friend Sheila winning the SILVER award for her Ahmad Ibrahim choir.....i felt damn happy for her...as i tink she deserved it..i mean..take a look at it..she took this choir 3 mths before SYF...they had no foundations whatsoever...u can just compare the situation to West Brom during the pre-Robson era...after Sheila took over...shaped them up into smth at least..and bang..they got silver....i went to watch both their rehearsals and their actual SYF performances...maybe nt the best in the world..but certainly great improvement...and 1 thing the choir that DMN simply lack--the will to win!!i went on to read 1 of Sheila's students' blogs..and man was he psyched up to get smth out of it....the will just made me support them..i dunnoe why..but i just did..and im just glad to see them getting a SILVER....so now..they have smwhere to stand in school...and Sheila can go and ask for her pay rise n contract extension from AI...hahahaha!

lastly...to end off...i opened up my mailbox this Monday to find inside my Stand Up, Speak Up wristband and my Leeds 04/06 home kit man...WOOHOO!!!damn happy....the Diadora Leeds kit looks damn nice..while the wristband..enough said bout it on TV already...though tt will be the LAST STUPID THING i do...which is shellin out crazy money for a wristband...

well..tt's all for now folks..runnning low on inspiration..ideas and fuel..as currently..my eyes are on the verge of closin for landing...haha..guess i'll post more tml or smth..when im a bit more sober....

Terence...OUT

(PS: she tore her ligaments!?!??!?!?!!oh man..im so freakin worried bout her...sighz...9th day of missing her now...)

Cause im broken....when im open.....and i don't feel like i am strong enough

2005-04-03T21:22:00.000+08:00

tt's right..as my nick said...if Jack Bauer had the longest day of his life...i had the WORST day of my life so far....

but well..for starters....every sucky day, no matter how sucky, have its bright sparks...for mine..it was the morning kickabout with Norman AKA Mat Suar(MS), Foz, Xavier AKA Xabi/Xavi, and lots more....we met a team of NS peeps including a certain Tony, a neighbour from around my area that's damn good last time....man....i played till im all aching...even till now...shucks!..haha..thou i did enjoy my game though...wasn't as good when i started off...but slowly..as the game progressed...felt i did well enough....there's still room for improvement lah...but overall...im happy with the progress...

now comes the shitty part 1.....i argued with my 2 sister and my dad over the computer's technical ability and faults etc etc....needless to say no winners were called..thou i've had enough of the 3 constantly blaming me for whatever problems the computer comes up with...i mean....true i MAY be the cause of problem smtimes...but i've always fixed it w/o complaining...and right now..the way i got treated was like how slaves got treated last time...w/o respect...so yeah....i ranted...maybe teared a bit....not just due to yesterday's problems..but also stress building up from way back to last Sunday...normally i can take stress n all easily..but my brick wall has fallen..and i'll need time to rebuild my fort...so right now im living on a short fuse...will try to control myself..but if u see me losing my head...bear with me....but I WILL TRY TO CONTROL MYSELF....

(PS: u can skip the next 2 pointers if u're not a football fan as it's bout my Newcastle...)
well....if it ain't bad enough...now comes shitty part 2....Newcastle 0-3 Aston Villa....never mind if it was a home loss or that it was to Aston Villa...it was the way the entire football match played out....i watched the delayed telecast on ESPN just now at around 1pm...and what i saw shocked me to the core...Barry Knight-who was 1 of the WORST, if not the WORST, referee i've seen in a Newcastle..even Matt Messias VS Portsmouth wasn't tt bad- TURNED DOWN 3 penalty claims which i thought were legitimate to say the least..first one being the strongest as Shearer headed a ball towards goal under challenge from J'Llyod Samuel...with the ball hitting his hand before being landing in front of Sorensen for him to palm it out to safety. It had the entire stadium up in fury..everyone in the stadium saw the incident, save a certain Mr. Knight and his assistants...the 2nd and 3rd one coming in succession as firstly Steven Taylor was pushed by Liam Ridgewell while challenging for a corner put in by Laurent Robert...then following that incident...Butt was also pushed by Samuel again after he went past him....needless to say again...we were all furious yet again.....but man....u know when they say..hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, i tink that can apply to guys too..noticibly Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer...the entire saga happened in the 81st minute, when a counter attack was launched by Newcastle...Bowyer was following play, albeit slowly, when he was within sight of Dyer and Dyer SAID something...after that..Bowyer just strangled him and tried to punch him....before being seperated by both team mates and opposing captain Gareth Barry...that was the final straw man...team-mates fighting against each other....reminiscence of Batty-Le Saux, the Iranian pair during the Asian Cup....i was just ashamed and fuming that they would actually do....

Seriously though....i don' know who to blame for this one....2 of them...none of them...or what??

Bowyer was DEFINETLY the more aggresive one...constantly trying to throw punch after punch at Dyer...there were traces of him boiling up earlier in the game when Barry Knight, who in my view had the worst game involving Newcastle other than Matt Messias VS Portsmouth, took him to a side and askin him to cool down......so he as the aggressor should be punished..

but what bout Dyer....true he was the one who had to fend off first the strangling, then the punches...but he's no angel either....looking closely at the game on ESPN just now...it was evident that he SAID something to Bowyer that must have stirred him up and try to punch Dyer...I disagreeumption is that Dyer had nagged at Bowyer to chase after the game like they needed it..as Bowyer- at that point of time- was merely strolling on a counter-attack move....

Both should be punished...Dyer for his big-mouth...and Bowyer for his violent nature...but to be fair...if Barry Knight had given us AT LEAST 1 of the penalty claims..this particular scuffle may have been avoided..as clearly it was frustration that led to the 2 losing their heads....

sigh....Newcastle are without them for the FA Cup s-finals now..thou i agree with CyberPukish's view that Milner should be given a chance....

we'll miss Dyer's dynamic, sometime "mad-horse", style of running...and Bowyer's midfield play, which is a lot better now as compared to the period of time from him being to West Ham up till pre Souness period...

at least we have the right side of midfield covered...but central?can Jenas and Butt and Faye cope with Roy Keane and co.??

i hope so...if not...we'll be dommed in terms of FA Cup progress.....

so well..yeah...tt pretty much sums up my Saturday and Sunday....though for something brief.....i went to see DMN choir prep for its SYF outing tml...and they done quite a good job..only that it can be better..gave them a pep talk already..so hopefully they're up for it.....

lets see what happenes tomorrow then...

Terence...OUT

(PS: 7th day of missing her..and counting still....)

Update on events...both ON and OFF the pitch....

2005-04-03T15:33:00.000+08:00

will update later when i get home from DMN choir's practice...watch out for this slot.....things to be updated on are...

-Newcastle VS Villa
-Saturday's events...

Errm...Happy AFD?

2005-04-02T02:46:00.000+08:00

hey hey guys....happy April Fools' Day to all of u out there readin my blog..and to the minor group who's joining my growing "legion" of "fans" each day...keep on reading..hopefully u'll get smth to inspire your lives in the future....

well..u know what they say...each day is as different as your Evian mineral water is to your Ice Mountain...and i couldn't have agreed more...had my final training at DaySpring Medical with Jessie today...prior to my first day of work at a "secret location" come this Monday...wasn't too bad a day overall..as i made friends with the peeps over there like Boon Long, Kenny, Eugene and arguably the best-lookin temp staff of all there, Shermaine(or was it Charmaine?...hah..sorry...=x)...though the same couldn't be said bout my "relationship" with Jessie..which practically went downhill after i told her that due to my supp. papers and FOC commitments...i have to take more than 3 days off AT LEAST....and needless to say she got "pissed off" totally and promptly shifted me to the "solely-morning" shifts...thus capping my TOTAL earnings for this month of working to a mere SG$500-SG$600...then i tried askin her if i cld do aftenoon duties for those days im free..then she said very hard..with a stressed face.....i don't blame her though..coz she's lookin for committed work personnel...but who's to say im not committed...then again FOC came to me way before this job did...and i wouldn't give up my FOC commitment for anything in the world(maybe CMM bah..and CMM only..hee)..as it gives me a chance to reunite with my fellow Krypton GLs...make new friends in the form of the new freshies...and lastly to have fun.....sighz....let me get thru the first project..then i'll see how i can mould her thinking...

but hey hey...like they say (again?!?!?!)...when u're down and out...look to the heavens and someone from up there, be it God, Jesus, Buddha, Godness Of Mercy or even Brian Clough or Jackie Milburn(for u football avids), will drop you a voucher allowing u to claim ur good mood back from a redemption counter near the location where u found ur voucher(check SMRT map for details..haha)...and my voucher came in the form of going back to DMN with Josie to see the choir practice for their upcoming "big-game" against the SYF judges this Monday...judging from their vocal talent and prowress..they shld be able to get a gold back at least, without a shadow of a doubt...pending NOTHING GOES WRONG....unfortuanetly to say, NOTHING covers a broad area...and for the choir, the area covered would be their desire to do well, and the fire in their belly...as from what i've seen yesterday, they're SUPER DUPER COMPLACENT about themselves, not paying FULL attention to Mr. Toh as he was circlin out key areas that focus needed to be directed on...sighz..i hope they wake up in time though, to do not only Mr. Toh, but also Ms Tan, Mrs Chan AKA Mrs Grace Kwok, the alumnis(tt's me included...), and MOST IMPORTANTLY...themselves...as on paper they should bring back the GOLD (W/ HONOURS) to DMN one..where it truly belongs....but then again..it's on paper..and u don't sing on paper...so lets hope they sing their hearts out..and bring back the gold....

well...u know what they say (man..this bunch of "they" sure have a lot of things to say)...your day is never complete without a good knowledge or understanding of a certain outstanding issue. My day's quota got completed when i listened to Janet's documentary idea of Japanese prostituition which in turn leads to the revealing of the social issues n stigmas that's widely evident in Japan nowadays...man i tell u..it was SUPERB...i totally got hooked on to the idea..GOOD WORK JANET...hope the documentary gets published n shot..so i can watch it and see how it really goes..im anticipating alreaddy...*drooling*...not only that....the alumni who went back today sat down at Century Square's newest Food Junction and talked about D'Chordals on a whole and how we're progressing...after dinner(yes..dinner..they had nice food..i had just 2 curry puffs from OCK..haha..due to "Operation SG$2" repeating itself)...well....there are individuals in the choir who don't follow the same direction as alot of us are..and i just hope over time they actually get to follow our direction and move on to greater things...

alright...1 last quote...from "they" again..and it's that u can never end off your day without doing a good deed.....well...good deed i did today..as i arranged for Tor Tai to meet me at 9.30pm for me to fix his com(kinda was in desperate state as his bro was rushing him to fix the com ASAP)...so yeah..did a good deed for my good friend..and he just went off..bout 1.30pm lydat....

so yupper...this is it for a AFD for 2005..hopefully come the next AFD...i'll be able to talk about more things..and probably more happier things...a Girlfriend maybe?hahaha..im nt sure...guess u peeps aren't too...observe this slot for changes...

Terence...out!

(PS: Zhen Nan...if my little "tiff" with Jessie has made things bad for you as u're the one who recommended me..so yeah..if it made things a little bad for u...i'm sorry...)

(PPS: GO DMN CHOIR!!!!!!u all can do it one..have faith in urself...do your normal thing...don't panic even in times of going out-of-tune..just slowly get the pitch back together...1 out-of-tune moment won't kill u as much as the aftermath of it...so yeah...JIA YOU!!!!!..u all can do it one..AI ZAI!!!!)

(PPPS: well..tink she went clubbing again or smth..hah...she ain't online...but sighz..now i know why im called a SNAG or emotional guy...5th day of missing her..and counting...)

只想给自己一个 Happy Day...爱情的铃声响起 Everywhere...

2005-03-31T23:11:00.000+08:00

well..like the topic (sorry WeWe..stole ur lyrics like i did to Mich a few posts back...hah...) said...today was a BIG CONTRAST to yesterday...if yesterday was the UNLUCKIEST day i had...then today was arguably the HAPPIEST one i had.....let me guide u thru the day today like my beloved Phil Keoghan has been doing for the past 7 seasons on CBS with The Amazing Race...

First things first....real early in the day...about 3.30am in the morning...shortly after my posting of yesterday's event...i managed to salvage my SG$39.90 Sony earphones from the dead!!! After only having it for about 2 months...i spoilt it by plucking 1 side of it out from the entire structure during my sleep on the last nite of TPSU's OTC 04/05...must have had a really bad dream man....but at tt time..i felt like shit..as up to tt time i had already spent nearly SG$150 on earphone equipment....but well...i took it out...analysed the damage..did a bit soldering to the wires..and voila...AS GOOD AS NEW...woo!!!

2ndly....the day really got going when i went to have my job training with JiaXin at the DaySpring Medical Centre(Haig Road)...it was 1 of the LONGEST verbal trainings i've been thru...towards the end..me n JX had no choice but to just stone n glare at them as our brains just cldn't take it much more....hopefully..tml's practical won't be too hard..i've absorbed not a lot..but hopefully enough to pass tml...

3rdly...after that...went with Xavier to claim his "LOTR" set for him and Ah Des...haha...man..u shld have seen the look on his face..he was just gleeming from end to end....i felt happy for him..really did...then i realised...if only i could feel as happy as him with someone like Ah Des to him...sighz....

4thly(wow..first time i hit 4thly..hah...)......came back home to celebrate my big sister's, Adeline, BDae...really hope she's enjoying herself at K-Box Marine Parade now with her bestie ShuLing AKA "Paris"...haha..but yeah...she's a gd sister to me..and one i can share my heartaches with...without being scared of it really comin out to the open....had a nice cake too..and just loved it...credit to my younger sis Emily for it...wee!

Lastly...just when i thought this day couldn't get any better....step in Benjamin Ong...my father...he alerted me to 2 big envelopes in my mailbox..that was meant for me...he told me it's jerseys in it or smth.Excited..i rushed down to open up the mailbox n came up..took me a record-time of just 45seconds...hah..and well..when i opened up...BEAUTY TO MY EYES....my Sheffield Wednesday 00/01 and Newcastle 01/03 home kits were in it...photos posted below in the link..go have a look,....man..the jerseys pulled me back from the dead....totally enjoyed my day!!

kk...it's a few minutes left before the end of Thursday...so gotta sign off for now..hopefully more things to report on Friday...till then...

Terence...OUT!!

(PS: Happy BDae goin out to Adeline,my big sister, and Desiree, a TP HTM student....hope u both enjoy ur BDaes as much as u'd enjoy the finer things in life...)

(PPS: Well...4th day of missing her and counting...really hope she don't feel awkward n stuff when she sees Yean Bing in training today....and yeah...meaning of the 4th day hit home when Xavier asked me....sighz...)

(PPPS: The links for the above kits are:
- Newcastle Home Kit: http://www.ebay.com.sg/viItem?ItemId=5172547145
- Sheff. Wed Home Kit: http://www.ebay.com.sg/viItem?ItemId=7139931386
- UPDATED...Korea WC98 Home Kit: http://www.ebay.com.sg/viItem?ItemId=5178988535 (Xavier...remember this one??Virtua Striker 2: Ver 99 one....) )

Tong Hua Rocks!!!

2005-03-30T23:49:00.000+08:00

Errm...3rd day of blogging....a slight eventful day today...not as long as yesterday..but well..here it goes...i better hurry..there're only 15mins left before the end of Wednesday...

Hmm..where do i start....ok yeah...had an unlucky day today man...it all started off when i left to meet Hafiz AKA Foz/Kit at Bedok MRT to go Queensway for our "soccer shopping" trip(more on that later...)...upon leaving the house and halfway thru the trip to the MRT station..i realised i FORGOT TO BRING MONEY OUT to top up my fare card and for expenses....and all i had then was SG$2!?!?!?!?!....haha..felt so stupid...and if it wasn't for Foz who lent me money to top up my EZ-Link card and for makan..i would have just died out there today....

but well..all wasn't gloomy for today...it was the first time i met up with Foz ever since God-knows-when...man...it was good to see my Villa bro again...good friendship never dies! We went to Queensway today for "soccer shopping" today like mentioned above..and man was it a blast!! Found out that the Nike Air Legend boots and street soccer shoes i wanna buy is $20 cheaper there in total as compared to the pricing at SportsLink!!!SO CHEATING!!...but well...today's tirp didn't help as my wish-list just grew without supervision...items going up were either a pair of Adidas Salsa street soccer shoes or the Air Legend STREET SOCCER shoes...an Adidas long-sleeve shirt that looks like it got rigged out of Seth Cohen's wardrobe...the new 05/07 England Home Kit along with the 04/05 KRC Genk Home Kit (didn't expect Singapore to bring it as Genk isn't famous in Singapore..but it did...WOOHOO!!!)

Then after the "shopping" was done..went with Foz to dinner at KFC..where he bailed me out of my "Operation SG$2" crisis again...man..we talked like we haven't seen each other for years (hmm..maybe we havent? *ponders*)...talking bout our Winning Eleven 8/Pro Evolution Soccer 4 S-League Patch...the S-League on a whole...footie stuff....and guess what..he even gave me a question that i was just left dumbfounded with at that point of time..his question was "Who was the other player apart from Jonathan Greening in the West Brom squad who's a Man Utd reject?".....but hey hey..i got the answer already Foz...RONNIE WALLWORK!!!hahaha..lemme know if im right or not aite?

And how bout an unlucky bout to end off the day....on my way home from Queensway..i seperated with Foz as i wanted to go to the arcade to brush up on my Virtua Striker 2 : Version 98 skills.....and with my remaining 2 credits on my FunLand card ensuring me 2 games at least...i chose new teams that i thought would be able to last me through the tournament and get me a few goals.....only to find out that IT BACKFIRED on me!!! Using Bulgaria with its 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 formation...i had to come back from a goal down against Germany's 3-5-2 Double Volante system..before going out on penalties after leading 3-1?!?!?!?!??!ARRGH..and it was only the 2nd game of the entire tournament of 5 games.....sighz...and if it wasn't bad enough...Scotland with its 4-4-2 Double Volante and 5-3-2 formation was my 2nd choic..guess who was my FIRST opponent...Germany AGAIN!!!....and haiz...i got whopped 2-0....tt's it...2 credits finished within 10 minutes when i thought it would last me 45mins at least....sighz....1 of the WORST arcade trips of my life..even past Pavillion trips ain't that bad!!!

well....guess everyone's bad day has to end off somehow..right?? Signing off now to go watch the Kuwait VS Saudi Arabia WC2006 Qual. game....think it should be a good game..Kuwait lying 3rd in the group with Saudi in front only 1 point...plus both teams can attack..so yeah..will be enjoying that game in particular....

Terence....OUT!!!

(PS: sighz...tink she went clubbing today....how i wish she wld 1 day heed my advice and try to moderate her clubbing trips as much as possible....day 3 of missing her....)

(PPS: found out on my Queensway trip today that i may not be able to bid for the England 03/05 Home Kit with Gerrard on its back and also the USA Nike 03/05 Home Kit as both of them are MEDIUM sizes..and when i went to try it on today at Queensway...with 1 shirt in it...feels a bit tight...haiz..if i really wanna buy it..looks like i gotta take a gamble...advice anyone???)

damnit..cant post chinese wordings as topic...

2005-03-30T23:46:00.000+08:00

Errm...3rd day of blogging....a slight eventful day today...not as long as yesterday..but well..here it goes...i better hurry..there're only 15mins left before the end of Wednesday...Hmm..where do i start....ok yeah...had an unlucky day today man...it all started off when i left to meet Hafiz AKA Foz/Kit at Bedok MRT to go Queensway for our "soccer shopping" trip(more on that later...)...upon leaving the house and halfway thru the trip to the MRT station..i realised i FORGOT TO BRING MONEY OUT to top up my fare card and for expenses....and all i had then was SG$2!?!?!?!?!....haha..felt so stupid...and if it wasn't for Foz who lent me money to top up my EZ-Link card and for makan..i would have just died out there today....

but well..all wasn't gloomy for today...it was the first time i met up with Foz ever since God-knows-when...man...it was good to see my Villa bro again...good friendship never dies! We went to Queensway today for "soccer shopping" today like mentioned above..and man was it a blast!! Found out that the Nike Air Legend boots and street soccer shoes i wanna buy is $20 cheaper there in total as compared to the pricing at SportsLink!!!SO CHEATING!!...but well...today's tirp didn't help as my wish-list just grew without supervision...items going up were either a pair of Adidas Salsa street soccer shoes or the Air Legend STREET SOCCER shoes...an Adidas long-sleeve shirt that looks like it got rigged out of Seth Cohen's wardrobe...the new 05/07 England Home Kit along with the 04/05 KRC Genk Home Kit (didn't expect Singapore to bring it as Genk isn't famous in Singapore..but it did...WOOHOO!!!)

Then after the "shopping" was done..went with Foz to dinner at KFC..where he bailed me out of my "Operation SG$2" crisis again...man..we talked like we haven't seen each other for years (hmm..maybe we havent? *ponders*)...talking bout our Winning Eleven 8/Pro Evolution Soccer 4 S-League Patch...the S-League on a whole...footie stuff....and guess what..he even gave me a question that i was just left dumbfounded with at that point of time..his question was "Who was the other player apart from Jonathan Greening in the West Brom squad who's a Man Utd reject?".....but hey hey..i got the answer already Foz...RONNIE WALLWORK!!!hahaha..lemme know if im right or not aite?

And how bout an unlucky bout to end off the day....on my way home from Queensway..i seperated with Foz as i wanted to go to the arcade to brush up on my Virtua Striker 2 : Version 98 skills.....and with my remaining 2 credits on my FunLand card ensuring me 2 games at least...i chose new teams that i thought would be able to last me through the tournament and get me a few goals.....only to find out that IT BACKFIRED on me!!! Using Bulgaria with its 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 formation...i had to come back from a goal down against Germany's 3-5-2 Double Volante system..before going out on penalties after leading 3-1?!?!?!?!??!ARRGH..and it was only the 2nd game of the entire tournament of 5 games.....sighz...and if it wasn't bad enough...Scotland with its 4-4-2 Double Volante and 5-3-2 formation was my 2nd choic..guess who was my FIRST opponent...Germany AGAIN!!!....and haiz...i got whopped 2-0....tt's it...2 credits finished within 10 minutes when i thought it would last me 45mins at least....sighz....1 of the WORST arcade trips of my life..even past Pavillion trips ain't that bad!!!well....guess everyone's bad day has to end off somehow..right??

Signing off now to go watch the Kuwait VS Saudi Arabia WC2006 Qual. game....think it should be a good game..Kuwait lying 3rd in the group with Saudi in front only 1 point...plus both teams can attack..so yeah..will be enjoying that game in particular....

Terence....OUT!!!

(PS: sighz...tink she went clubbing today....how i wish she wld 1 day heed my advice and try to moderate her clubbing trips as much as possible....it's a dangerous place out there and im just worried for her safety...sighz...day 3 of missing her....)

(PPS: found out on my Queensway trip today that i may not be able to bid for the England 03/05 Home Kit with Gerrard on its back and also the USA Nike 03/05 Home Kit as both of them are MEDIUM sizes..and when i went to try it on today at Queensway...with 1 shirt in it...feels a bit tight...haiz..if i really wanna buy it..looks like i gotta take a gamble...advice anyone???)

It's a new dawn..it's a new day..it's a new life...for me...

2005-03-29T22:26:00.000+08:00

Well...like the topic said....or rather just as Michael Buble sang (sorry Mich..hadda steal a phrase from your new hit single...hee!) .....it's a new dawn,day and life for me....so i'll just get on with what really happened today....i reckoned today was a pretty long day...maybe not as long as Jack Bauer's day..but still..it had its fair share of goodies...

1st thing 1st...had a good day today as firstly...i went for my interview that Zhen Nan(thanks for it bro!) recommended me to....some "admin" staff at a clinic for their health screenings projects...was kinda an unusual interview i would say, as me, Jiaxin AKA Princess, Josie, n Calista BONG were all interviewed, or rather briefed, at the same time....but well..i'm geared up for the job already..get to learn a lot of things, prospect of seeing "eye candy", and get good pay..OMFG lor...$7/h leh!!!!YES YES YES!!!!...can finally start scrapping the things off my wishlist liao!!!

2ndly..moving on..after that...was supposed to meet up with CC and his mates to play soccer...but ended up going to Marine Parade to play pool with ZN and JX as it was close to 4-4.30pm at the time..yeah...didn't regret my move thou..as i played with the style n vigour that i had before my recent "pooldrought" where i just played like shit...even worse than amateurs..
Man..i could slice most of my shots properly again...take good shots with the ball coming back to where i want it to be..simply superb..tt one really cheered me up big time!

3rdly.....oh yeah...forgot to mention...i FINALLY got the wristband i was waiting for 3 months for..the Standard Chartered "Seeing Is Believing" wristband that SHOULD BE WORN AS A PAIR...it comes in blue n green(colour of StanChard)...this band is about the Kenyan runner who woke up 1 day to find himself blind...and with this band...plans to help 1 MILLION blind people regain sight within 3 years...so yeah...I KNOW WHAT BANDS IM WEARING...unlike those f*cking posers walkin downtown who when asked bout the meaning of the bands they wear...give u answers like "errm..don't know leh / eh..got meaning meh??".....POSSERS!......so now i'm just patiently waiting for my "Stand Up : Speak Up" wristband....i know the meaning of that band too...racism OUT OF SPORTS!!..hahah..not out of society yet mah..so im still entittled to diss those ma'f*ckin kelengs who try to act tough on the soccer pitch....and those m*ts who think they're damn good with a bit of skill...see..good lah u m*ts....now even people like Dyer & Bellamy adopt ur attitude..got a bit of speed then tink they top of the world....hahaha...although Dyer has made a tremendous improvement to his game n attitude...good work Souey!!

kk....the day's almost ending..it's 11.27pm right now...33 minutes more before the start of Wednesday....better end if off quickly...if not..im bound to get a hella lot of stick for not posting wat's today..today...haha...nt sure what it means too..but yeah..

Terence...OUT!!

(PS: just watched re-run of the World Pool Masters 2002 tournament....ppl like Reyes...Strickland..Schmidt are damn good lor..wonder if i'll ever reach 1/10 of their standard...)

(PPS: folks...please pray for me that i'll be able to get my eBay bids through...the links are below..click on them to see what NICE jerseys they are...USA Home 04/06...Belgium Home 04/06...both Nike products...NICE!!!
http://www.ebay.com.sg/viItem?ItemId=7144179528
http://www.ebay.com.sg/viItem?ItemId=5180295666)

(PPPS:still missin her a bit...day 2....)

First Posting...

2005-03-28T19:46:00.000+08:00

Wow....big wonders what "tua-emo" period of feeling can do to a person....don't really fancy blogging one..but tt has changed..for now at least...

Frankly speaking..it's funny how emotions changes you...i guess that's why my brother KT says "Blogging are for emo guys"...haha..i guess i've joined the club officialy today...

1st thing 1st...this will be a try-out..seems fun to be writing though...but i'll see how it goes...think lots of people will be surprised i have this blog...

2ndly...i need somewhere to pour out my feelings for now...haha...frankly...the aftermath of Sunday night has settled in right now..I AM FINALLY FEELING NORMAL!!!WAHAHAHA....but man..i just feel damn low now...i know i kinda "promised" her and myself i'll move on....but somehow..somewhere deep down in my heart...i just cant accept that fact of reality...i still wanna be that someone in her life..that someone to be there to care for her..to love her..and to lend her a shoulder to lie on when she requires it (like how she dreamt it...LOVELY!)
haiz...i mean...she told me i was a nice guy...but why wasn't i given a chance?i mean..i don't really blame her...not at all...don't want to commit..tt's fine..but haiz....the guy up there ar...why u ta pai give me girls that buay-gum with me one...
i thought that i felt fine last night...not much of effects..but after today...the uncertainty of the meaning of something she said..what happened to KT..and seeing couples all around...man..i tell u...life-changing...from a hearty young lad...for now i'm just a kid..and life's a nightmare!...im just a kid...i know that's not fair...

3rdly...errmm...i'm having a damn tough time doing up this freakin blog! i wonder how u peeps actually do it till so stylo milo...i still am on the default template man...=x..haha..though don't worry...as of right now (9pm SGT) i'm actually trying to do up a nice wallpaper and get a nice template done..

yeah...i guess that's enough for a first post...hah...tink it's enough for u peeps to digest...and oh yeah..this blog will be used to vent out my frustrations/feelings on my beloved Magpies AKA Newcastle United...HOWAY THE LADS...