3 consecutive days of full training & my body was aching terribly. We had games against the 21s & the men's team.
And my face got scratches during yesterday's game with 21s. That vain woman didn't even cut her fingernails short & she behaved like a cat; scratched my face with her fingernails. Damn~~~
A comment from a player: "Wow... so pia.."
I said: "So what? Pia at the wrong time." *laugh*
Was disappointed with my own play and shooting. Should I be more dominant or passive? Shooting has becoming worst... Wondering what the $&^#!@ am I thinking... Every moment I have been thinking on court, perhaps think too much. Can't wait for wednesday to come... And I can fully concentrate...
24 August 2008
19 August 2008
Nations Cup is here!
Dear netball supporters,Nations Cup is here soon! Please show your support to the Singapore Team & let us hear your Cheers!!!
16 August 2008
Sunburn
Training + match play under the hot sun is a terrible thing to do on a saturday morning. And playing as a GA really made me panting madly and I could feel my skin burning under the sun rays.
Training lasted for 3 hours and I'm glad it's over & it seemed like I had finished a carnival. For so long I had never eaten duck rice and it just tasted so yummy when I'm eating for my lunch. Yummy~~~ and the additional char siew... *slurp*
Team meeting finished at 5pm. Home sweet home~~
Fern went to clubbing with the rest. I'm supposed to go too but I didn't. Perhaps it's a good choice not to go as I got really terrible headache now. I guessed I got heat stroke.. "Alamak"
Training lasted for 3 hours and I'm glad it's over & it seemed like I had finished a carnival. For so long I had never eaten duck rice and it just tasted so yummy when I'm eating for my lunch. Yummy~~~ and the additional char siew... *slurp*
Team meeting finished at 5pm. Home sweet home~~
Fern went to clubbing with the rest. I'm supposed to go too but I didn't. Perhaps it's a good choice not to go as I got really terrible headache now. I guessed I got heat stroke.. "Alamak"
13 August 2008
Relieve...
After slogging hard for 7 days, I felt so relieved at 8.45pm once the papers were submitted. No regrets... Not too bad, I forced myself to memorise the answers in 1 1/2 days. My goodness... My brain can actually memorise so much things within a short period of time. Hopefully I will get good results this time round.
08 August 2008
I'm in for the Nations Cup team & which means I got to do a lot of extra work. I'm very busy preparing for the tests again. So fast... every 3 months I got to face the tests... stress...
Looking back in the past when I sacrificed my precious times just to do netball trainings & it really taken away a lot of things from me. My career (which I haven't move on), my social life, my relationship (almost gone at a point of time), my degree. Should I blame NETBALL for taking away these stuffs? Well... I used to do so but 2nd thoughts came, why blame it when I still continue playing? I can just stop & have all my life back. I can only say that PASSION is in me.
Being national netballer isn't easy, you have to face a lot problems in school, work, home, friends. And when it comes to trainings, you just have to put aside all the problems and focus in trainings. It's tough, especially when you are sad after a quarrel/fight with your loved ones. How to focus?
I often ask myself, "If I ever stopped playing netball, will I have a bad figure?" Oops, though my figure is not that good now but you should know what I mean...
Fern had her tough days too... her studies weren't that outstanding (which is eyeshocking to me) and she got hard times coping with it. Though she couldn't continue her Honours, I'd never heard her complaining that NETBALL caused her to lose Honours. But she did nag that if she got HONOURS, she'll be earning few more hundred bucks.
Everyone has their own problems & it's how you deal with it with your own mind.
Looking back in the past when I sacrificed my precious times just to do netball trainings & it really taken away a lot of things from me. My career (which I haven't move on), my social life, my relationship (almost gone at a point of time), my degree. Should I blame NETBALL for taking away these stuffs? Well... I used to do so but 2nd thoughts came, why blame it when I still continue playing? I can just stop & have all my life back. I can only say that PASSION is in me.
Being national netballer isn't easy, you have to face a lot problems in school, work, home, friends. And when it comes to trainings, you just have to put aside all the problems and focus in trainings. It's tough, especially when you are sad after a quarrel/fight with your loved ones. How to focus?
I often ask myself, "If I ever stopped playing netball, will I have a bad figure?" Oops, though my figure is not that good now but you should know what I mean...
Fern had her tough days too... her studies weren't that outstanding (which is eyeshocking to me) and she got hard times coping with it. Though she couldn't continue her Honours, I'd never heard her complaining that NETBALL caused her to lose Honours. But she did nag that if she got HONOURS, she'll be earning few more hundred bucks.
Everyone has their own problems & it's how you deal with it with your own mind.
03 August 2008
Back from Perth Training Trip
A week spent in Perth was really fast & I do missed staying in Perth. Stayed at Scarborough Observation Resort & 18 of us stayed in 4 units. Schedule was tight & we were hurried for trainings, games, ice baths, lunches & dinners. The team was slow with no sense of urgency which I didn't know why & poor Lisa was so pissed that she didn't want to talk to anybody.
Perhaps I missed those times Vicky, ex-national team manager, who often scolded us for being slow or not getting the things done correctly. In this manner, most of the players were scared of her & would have sense of urgency.
1st game against one of the ANL team & we really really played so badly. We just couldn't bond together or rather said that we played individually or trying to test one another's abilities.
2nd game against the Men's Team. Oh my god, they're super fast with their play, playing with their abilities & not being contactive. I could said that they are the gentlemen as they would hold you back when they knocked you down, unlike some other players. Bad game too... We just couldn't control our passes; slow & sloppy.
3rd game against the Men's Team again. Much better flow with a little bit of controlled passes & pace.
4th game against WAIS development & invitees. A younger group of players to challenge. Much better passes & we controlled the game quite well. And I had to be the "captain" for this game. I was soooooo nervous that at a point of time, I forgot that I'm the captain.
5th game against WAIS squad. Though the results was upsetting, we managed to play better as a team, knowing one anothers' abilities.
6th game against the Men's Team. At the 1st quarter, we managed to hit 12 goals for the attack side. That's a boost for us. But after that, we went into a slump. What happened? At the end of the game, the men were so sweet that they gave us little gifts wrapped up in pink.
Through this trip, I know what I need to improve. My runs as a GA were much more better but my shots were lousy. And the most important thing is I must get a TIP/INTERCEPTION! *angry* I didn't manage to do it in any single games & I swear that it'll be part of my goal from now on.
Through this trip, I could understand some players better & able to know whether the players has motives in their mind or players who are humble by nature. I could only adviced that being arrogant won't get you anywhere... so please be humble. At least people won't dislike you. =) And it's unhealthy to bring in the bad habits as we don't need that.
Perhaps I missed those times Vicky, ex-national team manager, who often scolded us for being slow or not getting the things done correctly. In this manner, most of the players were scared of her & would have sense of urgency.
1st game against one of the ANL team & we really really played so badly. We just couldn't bond together or rather said that we played individually or trying to test one another's abilities.
2nd game against the Men's Team. Oh my god, they're super fast with their play, playing with their abilities & not being contactive. I could said that they are the gentlemen as they would hold you back when they knocked you down, unlike some other players. Bad game too... We just couldn't control our passes; slow & sloppy.
3rd game against the Men's Team again. Much better flow with a little bit of controlled passes & pace.
4th game against WAIS development & invitees. A younger group of players to challenge. Much better passes & we controlled the game quite well. And I had to be the "captain" for this game. I was soooooo nervous that at a point of time, I forgot that I'm the captain.
5th game against WAIS squad. Though the results was upsetting, we managed to play better as a team, knowing one anothers' abilities.
6th game against the Men's Team. At the 1st quarter, we managed to hit 12 goals for the attack side. That's a boost for us. But after that, we went into a slump. What happened? At the end of the game, the men were so sweet that they gave us little gifts wrapped up in pink.
Through this trip, I know what I need to improve. My runs as a GA were much more better but my shots were lousy. And the most important thing is I must get a TIP/INTERCEPTION! *angry* I didn't manage to do it in any single games & I swear that it'll be part of my goal from now on.
Through this trip, I could understand some players better & able to know whether the players has motives in their mind or players who are humble by nature. I could only adviced that being arrogant won't get you anywhere... so please be humble. At least people won't dislike you. =) And it's unhealthy to bring in the bad habits as we don't need that.
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