Friday, March 25, 2005
The game we blew it all!

Whilst Christians all over the world celebrated their festive occasion of Good Friday, the lads from team merah felt a rather soured and unfrutiful day after being tamed by a team that outclassed our gameplay in every department, from defenders right up to the forwards. Before i proceed on with the highlights of the match which creates a glimmer and ignites our dying sprits, i shall first deliberately emphasise on the journey to our mysterious match ground at Tanglin Pitch 3.

Firstly, the reason i chose pitch 3 instead of pitch 2 and 4 is because Islam teaches us to prefer the odd rather than the even. For instance, we sholah 5 times a day, zikir 33 times after each sholah, and Allah have 99 names. So, the reason of pitch 3 was based on the grounds of Islam, that propogated the idea of choosing the odd instead of even.

Yet, if i knew the exact geographical location of the pitch, i should have not overlooked the other pitches, in particular pitch 1 which is much closer to the main road. The lads were asphyxiate and flabbergasted after we had to go uphill and downhill in search of this mysterious field. To note, unlike St Wilfred which most of us are accustomed to, this tanglin area was rather mysterious, creepy and eccentric considering Singapore's standards in terms of cost and standard of living. For instance,

Hamlau: Eh, ini lampu ke lampu? macam zaman jepon ajer..tak betol kan ke?
Fahmi: hahahahahz...ini bukan lampu

The lampost, i should comment, is rather an unorthodox lampost that u could find itz Singapore! Itz rustiness and meager state of the steel only sums up itz conditions which i presumably assume unworkable by any means. After a mile of walking which most of us personified as walking through deserts or even tekong! considering the lack of water, Nas suddenly came up of a solution of visiting the church to get some holy water. St George Church to be presice. We are draining and dehydrating by this point in time, and finally settled in front of Yesterday's Spa and Cafe which Fahmi termed it after squinting his eyes in a hope to get a better view of the sign. We ended up with no man's lands, with houses located at the sides where some of us would juz love to lepak and rest for a while. Tahulah Melayu, kaki lepak!

We got moving again after Hamlau managed to get some directions from a man who probably doesnt visit the place for 20 years. Frankly the place was obnoxious and archaic. It belonged to the earlier generations of Singaporeans, where it could possibly be a vibrant place to have a kick around. In other words, the government of Singapore clearly overlooked this piece of land, as its developments is quite incongruous and incompatible with the development of Singapore itself. Possibly the govt wants to keep preserve this land as a heritage, to realise how our ancestors 40 years ago yearned and seethed through life just to play football!

Once we reached there whilst Salman, Fizy and Zul were killing time at Glenegales hospital, it was time where ants make rapid attacks on our legs and on Sapek's interior groin area! Tak nak cakap ajer..

Aneways, before i could prolong any form of suspense, team merah today was hammered 9-1 by a team whose soccer talents, tactics and technique are far superior than ours, although we are nearly one year apart. In fact, we should give credit to them for wonderfully displaying how soccer should be played. In fact, some of them were my ex-teammates from GUFC 2001 squad. It was nice to see them again, in particular Remy and Nizar. Esp Nizar cos his a much better player now than before.

My summary on our moves and attacking plays:

-Omar's shot just glimpsed the left post
-Omar made a 3-point play
-Fauzi and Ansar fell on their butt first while in a great position to score
-Hilman shot from 25 yards which ended in the back of the net and that proved to be a cracker to me
-Super Pippo miskicked in the 6 yards box ending up in the wrong goalpost
-Sapek aerial chested a ball(susah techniqe tu)
-Sapek manage to ole(padahal2)
-Ismael blind eye saves---His our Belacan Man of the Match

Credit should go to Ismael after he managed to protect the scoreline as low as possible. Ham kaki cacat then conceded 5 goals.


What's next for team merah? Frankly i felt like the worst footballer on this planet this very day. Truthfully, we are not prepared mentally and physically for such a game. After being abided by a cruel journey, we are not able to get our mindset settled and get on with the game. O well, being Malays, we should blame the journey, the corrupted field and the unfavourable conditions. Bt personally, i think we should blame ourselves, we are not good enough. In other words, we are just a skimpy and minute fish in an entire soccer ocean.


Once again, i would like to state, in my utmost humble manner, that my blog is for main discussions, paricularly the area of religion, political and social. These realms would only make up a humongous jigsaw puzzle of a world we are living in. Its a place where i invite discussions, and to debate on important matters pertaining to religious issues and political aspects. Frankly, i truly apperciate those who read my blog and gave constructive critiscm. Thanz yall! However, I knew, by evidence, that my blog is termed as deepshit or dalam, but i also knew that some of you out there loathe my blog. Well, i believe that it is hard to please every single one of you out there..so i dont give a.......you should know how to complete it...