FORZA FERRARI !!! FORZA KIMI !!!

Kimi Raikkonen was the outside bet to win the Driver's World Championship title. He was seven points adrift of Hamilton, and 3 points of Alonso, and with the Mclaren's sheer pace throughout the whole season, Kimi would need a miracle to happen, and it did.

With Hamilton's problem early on in the race, which made him drop to 18th position, it was a much needed scenario for Kimi.

The whole race was full of surprises, and towards the closing laps, I held my breath, as I thought that something was going to happen to Kimi's car. But, everything went smoothly, and on the last corner, Kimi past the line for the last time this season. He has won the Brazilian GP, but it would still be unsure if he would win the Driver's title.

And as Rosberg, Kubica, and Heidfeld cross the line, that would mean that Hamilton will stay at 7th position, and Kimi the Champion.

In 1986, the last race was at Australia, with 3 drivers, all with a shot at winning the title. Mansell, Piquet and Prost. Prost was the outside bet like Kimi, to win the title, but win it , he did.

History was in Kimi's favour.

Eu Jin, surprisingly, watched the race as well. I was actually quite surprised when I saw his sms after the race at 1.45 am.

Got Thinking skills paper tomorrow, so, that's all.

Ferrari lost a champion with the departure of Michael Schumacher, but found a new one with Kimi Raikkonen, The Flying Finn!!

Happy Birthday Shaun!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAUN!


Yesterday you were 17


Today you're 18


Tomorrow you will be OLD-er

LOL.

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday today.

My best wishes =)

My Final, Final post until after AS (maybe)

This post is by request of Lim Hock Chin, my number 1 rival in badminton (apart from my brother).

Ken Hou asked to play badminton this morning at Jaya Square. Those playing there was Ken Hou, Hock Chin, Hee Ian, myself, and other former SU people, which I don't know all that well, only by name.

Played doubles today, and won all, which wasn't all that much of a challenge, because I was partnered with Hock Chin...hehe.

Today was more of a practise section for me, and Hock Chin, after our under-par performance on Friday with some friends, so it was quite a good outing.

I also played one singles with Hock Chin, but this is what he kept on requesting to me to post on my blog.

Before we played, Hock Chin said that he will get back his position from me, and he did. =(

He played much better today than yesterday, and so did I, but his improvement was much more than mine, and I lost in straight games. 21-16, 21-11. After his victory over me, he kept saying "I am back". He had a big smile on his face after that.

That match, was actually very fun. It shows that I can play at a fast rate, with strong attacks, if I want to ...lol.

Does that mean that I am a strong and worthy opponent on court to him?

Hmmm....sounds nice doesn't it...hehe.

Watch out Hock Chin, I'll get you again, and I hope that if we play with the same people on Friday again, I hope that we can come out on top, after the two of us had shown quite some improvement and we can play at a much faster and harder rate today.

So, Hock Chin, if you're reading, hows the post?

cya =)

Exams start next week.

Econs, law, business, thinking skills, econs, law, business, thinking skills...ARRGHH!!!

4 subjects, so much more less than SPM yet much harder. Why why!?

This week, other than studying, I've played pool once at AC. Me and Hee Ian against Eu Jin. Of course we lost, but it was fun. I've got the theory of it, but its totally different from playing. Hey Qi Hong, wanna play billiards at Saujana after my AS?

Gonna play badminton tomorrow with Ken Hon, Hee Ian, Hock Chin, my bro, and maybe with one of my bro's friends (still to be confirmed). Hock Chin is sure to fight me again and hopefully I can still stay on top. Some of you must be thinking "his first paper is on Wednesday, and he's still playing badminton", well I can't help it! I'm addicted!! I might even play in between days of my papers, but I doubt that will happen. My parents would kill me if i do.

Today, only Eu Jin, Wei Shiung and myself came to college today. Jin Hong came in for law, but left before Mr Bala came in. Don't worry, you're seeing correctly, Mr Bala came in today as well. As for Econs, I was the only one at class, until something like 10-15 minutes later, Wei Shiung came in. It was actually much more beneficial than when there are 7 of us in class. It was the most knowledge gaining time for me, in that one class, than throughout my whole econs lectures and tutorials at Taylors. That's for me, I don't know about Wei Shiung. Hehe...do any of you know what CC and ILO survey is? I do...lol.

Tomorrow morning, my mother will be bringing me and my brother and sister to Sunway Pyramid. I know, I'm a bit late to see the how the new wing looks like. I know that Carl's Jr has a shop there, that's a must try for me. I think the new wing will definitely be better than Pavilion.

So, this may be my last post for about one month, until after my AS, so

SELAMAT HARI RAYA to all my Muslim friends, Rabiatul, Hazwani, Izzy, Dominic, Kamal and Juna.

Btw, how do you say Selamat Hari Raya in Maldives?

KL trip

After watching the semi-finals of the Macau Open, we went down to KL.

Went to the Pavilion first. Parked at my father's office building and we walked across the road and taadaa, Pavilion. Its a very big building, but when you go inside its a totally different shopping complex than others. All the expensive brands staring at you, and not even one shop which is 'enter-able'. Even the Parkson there sells mainly branded things...only the Higher income group will be able to shop here.

As for the food, the restaurants are on a different level. Many kinds of restaurants, but we decided to go into Pasta Mania...bad decision. There was Madam Kwan, Tony Roma's, Carl's Jr, any many others, but we just had to go into Pasta Mania. The food, just edible. I've had much much much MUCH better pasta in my life. I doubt it will survive.


After that, went to Lot 10, but the only thing we got was the suitcase for my sister to go to Tasmania. Then went to Sungai Wang, because my sister wanted to get something for her friend. Had to walk a further...just a long walk.

Very uneventful night, FULL STOP.

Exams are just around the corner, and what am I doing?

What am I doing? The usual of course studying, and (like Kamen says), PLAYING BADMINTON!!
After AS , I will be playing with pl1-pb2 as well as 5 beta (for the reunion).

Played today at Jayasquare with my bro, Hee Ian and Hock Chin. It was so freaking hot today, even while playing it was so exhausting.

Lost all my doubles in straight games, except the last one which I was so tired, so Hee Ian did all the work, and so was Hock Chin, so it was mainly a Hee Ian-Sebastian match.

Actually, Hock Chin wasn't tired, he was more of feeling the aftermath of a shocking defeat, to me. =) I beat Hock Chin again!! 6-21, 21-16, 12-2(retired). In the last game, Hock Chin couldn't concentrate, got so pissed, and he retired. He spread himself out on the floor, looking very dead.

The second game was particularly tiring for both of us. I played to my maximum, and I'm sure he did his best that he could today, but I think Hock Chin will bounce back from this defeat, like I did (lost to him every time since Form 4 and 5). Hock Chin seriously made me run like hell.
I'm feeling the effect now...*can barely open my eyes...so tired*

It was a good match, looking forward to playing again, but please don't make me run so much =) TQ.

The beginning of the weekend is here, and it will be kinda weird because on Saturdays, I will always look forward for badminton training, but there isn't any now. haiz.

I think my father will be taking my family to Pavillion(did I get the spelling correct), which is across his office. Wonder what shops are there.

Can't think of anything else to put on this post, and also because I'm too tired. So, thank you for reading.

=)

The End

No no, its not the end of my blog...lol,. but it is for my training under Coach Audrey.

Thanks to the SKSJ principle (read previous post), my training under Audrey has finally come to an end. It has only been 7 months since I rejoined after a very long break. Thank you coach for helping me with my play, and I hope to train under you again. =)

When I rejoined training, the training for that day was lobbing. The entire time I was lobbing, until I couldn't feel my hands anymore, and I had gone over my limit. Weird experience. That time, we lobbed for about 45 minutes. This time, the last training, we also did lobbing, but only for a certain time, I think it was like 10 minutes. Erik was already dead by that time. Then we also did something else, which I already found very difficult the last time we did it. My lungs were about to give way!!

Today, was a contrast of how I played yesterday. I played very slowly without much attacking. Hero to zero. I thought I would be able to finish my training on a high note.

Now questions are coming into my head, like what kind of training would Mike be doing if I do go under him?, would my play deteriorate compared to others?, and would my task to rise as the one of the best amongst my friends be taken away from me?

Don't know.

This is the end of my training under Audrey, for now, but this isn't the end of my training. That I can say for sure.

It wasn't as I hoped

I BEAT LIM HOCK CHIN 21-19!!!! WOOHOO!!!

We only played 1 game, but I totally took advantage, and it isn't a win I value a lot, because Hock Chin has probably not played badminton for a hell long time. So all his shots were very sluggish...but it was fun if you think about it.

Hee Ian invited me to play today, and the others that were there today were my brother, Wyhow and Hock Chin. Played many doubles, played 2 singles, one against Hock Chin, the other against my brother. Won 1 lost 1.

I played a very different game than I usually do. This is the 1st time that I have smashed so much, and I didn't injure my right shoulder, or my leg. Amazing!! lol.
My game was full of attacking and fast play, but this cost me the win against my brother because I'm still not too sure about myself when I play like this. Probably need some getting used to.

My best game of all time, was my final doubles game. Me and my bro, against Wyhow and Hock Chin. We won 22-20!! We were leading most of the time with a 2 point advantage. We had game point at 20-18, but 2 slip-ups allowed them to catch up. The last two points were the highlights of my whole badminton life.

Hock Chin lobbed the shuttle to the back. I waited, at the very right moment, I crossed my racquet to do a cross-court smash onto Wyhow. Hock Chin blamed me for not smashing at him. We were now at game point again, 21-20. The last rally went on. Shots went left, right back, front, then the shuttle was hit to the back of the court, and it was mine to hit. I heard Hock Chin say "smash me lah!", and it went all too perfect. I smashed at Hock Chin, broke his defence, and the game was ours!! I never felt better.

Brilliant.