arrrrggh!! its 5 more days from today!! NJC , u gonna taste the JJ SPIRIT! im super excited by the upcoming tournament. we’ve worked so hard for this, let’s repay the coaches faith in us. all the scoldings, the laguhters, the jackings, everything related to US, this is waht we’ve all been waiting n craving for. n now, that it has come, shall we show our true potential that initially captured our coaches attention. before it even begins, let me thank the coaches, especially mr. ravi shankar. he has developed me into a player i never dreamt i could be. a striker. in a team. playing as team, helping others out. i noe i may not be the best, but im sure what he has taught me, will bring the team far. i still remember the first time i came for jj soccer trials n how it developed from there…
March 2005:
around this time, late march. i enetered jjc. 2nd day of orientation, mr. ng asked me,” do you know fairuz from ur school? do u think ure better than him? “ i answered, “definitely.” the day after, fairuz called me. haha. he told me that he heard bout what i told mr. ng .( btw, those of u hu dont know fairuz, he was a former jj player. one that mr ng loved so much n wud keep him for aniting) he then told me that the seniors were asking him bout hu this ady is. all the hoo-haa. hahaha. they were curious of my abilities. haha. then, came trial days. how can i simpy forget. the day i OUT-RAN the captain azlan. pass the defence. n yah, how i got to know my buddy, umar. haha. he lend me his training jersey for the friendly match. i made it pass the first trials. trainings after that were intensed. haha. then, came tournament season. team selection. wasnt put in the team then. felt sucky. was very low. sad that i couldnt contribute to the school. nonetheless, i came to support the team in every single one of their matches. too bad, they were knockd out. after tournament season, we j1s formed our team. soon, matches started to come. we played external friendlies. had testimonial matches, we beat them. we then thought that there was such a thing as an invincible team. what more, with a captain like umar, vice-capts like kavic n rashid. damn, we were on cloud 9. then, there came a period when our school field was being taken away from us. the process of an astro-turf field has begun. then, mr shankar didnt come down for any trainings. he thought it was not necessary to train with a field. we boys continued our trainin on the hockey court. as umar mentioned, thaat was the hardest period of bein the captain. trying to get players to come to training despite the inavailability of a field. pity him then. we continued training. we knew what we wanted. to get into the team and bring JJC to further heights. n so, the following year, the field came. we trained had. very hard. matches also came. but somehow, we went on a losing streak. or draws. we didnt accomplish any wins no more. somehow, i felt the spirit n fire in the team go down. the coaches almost lost hope with the team. who could forget the shouting mr shankar gave to us in public. punishing us in front of a crowd watching a rugby game. i was devastated. n suddenly, somehow, one way or another, we build up from every scoldings we got. each time one was given, it fuelled us to be even better. out whole team’s long-dist timing improved tremendously. those who once could not even reach the 20min mark, now come in at 19 min or so. knowingly, the fire i could see in everyone’s eyes. the hunger. the warrior that was trapped within each teammate. people like yongsheng, malwin, rashid, yewsong.. everyone.we got back to our winning ways. the unforgettable comeback with TPJC. 3-0 down in the space of 15minutes, soon ended up in a 4-3 victory for us. it accelerated. 2-1 against srjc. 3-0 against hwachong. damn. i wonder what triggered their minds. the coaches also saw this spirit that started to grow in each of us. soon, the j1s came. we were further equipped with magnificient players. harrison.. mike.. thank god. we have potential. from then on, training was never only a fun thing. it was a fun n learning experience. intensed. the way we finally able to overcome the barrier in our heads. to fight against all odds. damn. it sounds like a fairytale. but lets hope it’ll be real when a-div comes.
n now that its looming aroun the corner, we shall be prepared. we’ll fight. we are a band of brothers. let’s show it to the school. homeground. we shall conquer. defeat shall not bring us down. we’ll pick up from there n hold our heads up high. if we lose, we know we lost to a better team. just 5 more days guys. the wait is over. insert those keys n start ur engines.!
having a match against njc later. a friendly. but doubt it’ll be one. us jjcians shall show njc what a-div soccer is all about! i might or might not play. even so, the heart is there.
JJ VICTORY!
