Life sucks,so what?Rangers Lead The Way!

Well yeah.Been there,done that,got the T-shirt.That's the end of the Pasir Ris League I've been playing in.We played,and we lost.Can't really boast about it,nor can I feel sorry about the loss.I did my part and the rest of the guys did theirs, some albeit doing less.Some guys I wish to highlight during the league's run-first off the two captains,Farid and Ariffin.Razali even though he is only 15 played like a 18 year old.Annur,always bloody late but always giving us that edge we didn't have.Aliff,who can still amazingly joke about letting in 3 goals.Khai,Naz,Man and Zul who played their hearts out on the field.It's because of people like these that a team like us can go all the way to the final.

If there is one thing that has been a plague in all the teams I played in,it's complacency.Bloody complacency got MI rugby to nearly lose to CJC in the 15s,complacency made MI lose their balls against SRJC and YJC in the 10s and missing out on the semi finals.Now being complacent has made the gremlins lose the final.I mean,I don't want to give a blow on the guys' morale...a silver is nicer than a golden one right?Even I have more silver cups than gold ones.

Besides,it's a sin for a muslim man to wear gold.Can't say I'm following my religion.So what's another trophy anyway?

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of
the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht
oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can
sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt! tahts so
cool!!!

I had a family function just now,actually I came about 3 hours after the function ended.Typical.Well then,just meeting my cousins after all this time is a bittersweet moment of sorts.Farhan had changed alot now-(Ah Joe,the tequila taste like neraka..) to then-(Ah Joe,mata aku sakit kene chilli..)They were telling stories about Farhan's adventure in KL and it was damn funny as usual.I followed Rudin and we hanged around with his friend Zaki(coincidence).After all that we decided to watch a midnight movie(particularly Meet the Fockers)but it was sold out.So what me and my equally dumb cousin did was to head to town.What a stupidly insane idea.We ended up being caught up with a bunch of people with nothing better to do,the crowd mobbing us in every direction.Our luck stayed with us as we didn't get soaked by the dumb "snow" bubbles and the party stringers.The same must be said for the police.Their patrol cruisers and outriders were the only vehicles not to get sticky shit all over them.

One thing about malays,When we promised to meet or do something,expect us to come an hour late.I beg you not.So there I was at Pasir Ris Park at 3.30pm,sitting with Yussuf,Hafiz and Faiz,waiting for the others to come.And we were supposed to start 30 minutes earlier!Well after all is said and done,we began training.I believed I had a jinx when my strato ball hit my head.I doubled up in pain and just when I stood straight,Yussuf hit the ball right at my balls.Twice.Ah,and the girl with Apit stil ask whether it was that painful.How about a screwdriver up your ass,is that painful?

So there I was,changing up at St Wilfrid,seeing my dismal team letting in five goals in the first half.Then I realised,only seven gremlins were playing on the field.That didn't include me and Efin.Well we played and we lost by a big margin,if that was ever possible with the gremlins.After that,I had my class gathering.Well I thought I came late,but rather late than never right?Hafiz,the chinese guys,MJ Chrishan,Umi and Diyana and the chinese girls were there.Funny,the malay girls that have been smsing and reminding me to come didn't even show up.A real irony don't you think?Whoah,Sembawang park is a real nice place,with the beach,the park and all that..very nice..but just try to go to the place..I think you would need a GPS.

Happiness is to see the world in a grain of sand,
and Heaven in a wild flower,
to hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
and eternity in a single hour.

William Blake

Well it appears that Gremlin Park F.C. would be meeting Eastwich F.C. for the final of the Pasir Ris Soccer Championships.The first semi-final match was between G.P.F.C and MJC.It was a real open match with both teams attacking and counter-attacking every minute of the match.The Gremlins suffered a misfortune when goalkeeper Muhammad Aliff was injured while he was trying to smother a through ball.Aliff managed to tip a almost certain goal before he had to finally be subtituted with the untested Muhammad Hafiz.Hafiz however,made amazing stops to the Eastwich's shots.Finally the match ended and the teams were resorted to the dreaded penalty kicks.Gremlins first kicker Aadil gave a rocketing shot that glanced the left post and went in.Kicks by Naziely and Farid also went in.The final kick by the MJC also glanced the left post but it bounced out.

The second semi-final match between Eastwich and REM was atypical of all REM's matches,filled with vulgarities and punches.Eastwich started well with three goals that were the result of poor defending.The fourth goal was a penalty and the fifth was a nice corner set piece.Late in the match,a member of REM was sent off for a second bookable offense and he never got over it.Later on when the referee blew the whistle to break up a scuffle,the sent off player ran up to the Eastwich player and threw a punch,causing a huge fight where a single Eastwich player was not seen to even raise a hand.The match was abandoned with a 3-0 walkover win for Eastwich.The fight continued after the match with several people helping to break up the stupidity of the REM team.

With that,this is Zaki Zulfiqar reporting from St Wilfrid Sports Complex.

Gremlins Park F.C. after the semi-final win.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Tomorrow at 1100,this team is coming out at St Wilfrid and going into the final.