The sky was ominous but nathan and me got up early and went to yishun ring road for a soccer match with Ethan's frens. To be honest, i couldn't sleep the previous night upon hearing who I will be pitted against today. Slept around 2am. The two of us got there early and the other team was alr there. I saw Wei min, the supposedly "1,000,000 better than him player" Desmond(I think) and a couple of familiar faces, Siva, Ashley and this Ndu guy. They were not the only players, Ethan subsequently told us there were club players and a sg U21 player in their lineup. I was overawed. But later when our team came, it settled me down a little. Adib, Boon and Josh, three fantastic players what more can i ask for. It got delayed till 11pm before we got started due to some painting work going on and a mini soccer clinic.

The match was pretty even but the other team had better control of the ball and Desmond was really a handful. He is awfully quick and loves to cut in from the left. However we didnt give him much chances and kept a foothold on the game. To be fair, we created numerous opportunities only to be wasted by our striker. But he buried a chance around the 30th min with a stinging left foot shot that was too hot for the keeper to handle. The match started to get out of control with Kim on the receiving end of some really hard tackles but he got up immediately to his credit. Jason a club player with Boon was pretty impressive and held the ball up well. As the match went on, a long ball from ashley saw the sg U21 player allowing the ball to drop to Desmond, I tried to follow him but he was quick. Honestly, I used my hands to grab him abit and Wak came in too. But in blink of an eye, he was past the both of us for a right footed shot that jus went past Nathan. it was 1-1. That was half time. I was tired... fucking tired.

Second half started and we held back and defended and went for counter attacks. One of them saw Adib playing a superb through ball to Jason and he was duly felled by one of their defenders. Josh stepped up with a calm left footed penalty that made it 2-1. The ill-tempered match went to breaking point with both teams hurling abuses after Kim was chopped down viciously. The referee had to end a match that was the best i had played. We won 2-1 and it was all that mattered. Our team is truly great as Ethan always said. I love the team and i wonder back to those days where we had our national A div tournament. How the fuck did we get knocked out first round... hahah but at the end of the day, i admit that i admire the skills the other team had but playing as a team is all that matters whether you win it or not. We fight for one another, just like the AJC motto. hahah never knew i would be so passionate.

I will be going to the Kallang stadium later and a win over Malaysia for Singapore will really cap off a magnificent day for me... Ciao