9:48 PM | Tuesday, May 19, 2009
korea trip(:
okay,i know it's kind of lame to post something that happen around 1 month plus ago. but yeah! shall blog about my korea trip. don't know why,just had the feeling to. and i can't remember everything,so i will try my best to state everything. (: DAY ONE!gathered at changi airport. waited for a while,took our boarding pass and a group photo! :D checked in and say our goodbyes to our families and mr shashi. (: took cathay plane over to hongkong,after that changed over(transit) to plane to korea. but had a one hour break for us to have our lunch. hongkong food,yumyum! boarded plane to korea,reached korea,the usual checkout proceedings and headed over to board our bus. the moment we stepped outside,it was nighttime already. and were were freezing like crazy. everybody in fact. jackets were all over both the guys and ladies team. bus ride was around 2 hours,till reach pyeong taek,the city we were supposed to have our competition. reached hotel around 9.40(which is one hour faster than singapore time). check in to the hotel,waited for 45 mins,before entering our hotel. shiok sia. bunked with suraj. (: had our super late dinner. bought pizza hut takeaway nearby. dinner was in hotel room. gotta sleep early as we had morning run with ladies team the next morning. slept around 12 plus 1 like that.DAY TWO!woke up around 7.15. as we need to gather at hotel entrance at 8. was the earliest in fact! we thought they left already. haha. jogged around for one boring big round around this few blocks. quite cool actually,pity didn't bring along camera! haha. went to buy cereal and milk for our breakfast at some nearby family mart. headed back to hotel for breakfast,gathered again around 12.30. went over to the floorball court for our trg. getting used to the court and the climate and short breathness and stuffs like that. and defintely,it was really cool to play! and it's hard to breathe in fact. like seriously. you run for 5-10 steps,you can die of short breathness already. freaking hard to breathe. after trg,watched the ladies team train for a while. took a bus down to some nearby place to have our late lunch. (: after that,went back to the hotel. the lunch was the worst lunch i ever had. it had digusting gross seafood inside. fish intestines,one whole big squid and octopus. yucks. and somemore stuffs inside. i just made myself eat the rice. so reached hotel,then went to buy pizza again. cause it was just beside our hotel. had team talk. then we decided to go shopping,near to our hotel. so we won't get lost. haha. bought some stuffs. dinner was pizza again,but didn't eat much,as we were quite full. and we actually kind of notice that we are staying near the red light districts! opening match the next day against india. 10am! haha. brian came over to my room,as suraj headed over to brian's room to play psp with alvin! lol. and we were actually staying the same hotel with the korea team! yeahhh!DAY THREE!woohoo. woke up around 7.30. gotta gather by 8. took bus down to the floorball court for the first match. super anxious for us. ate our breakfast in the preparation room. was ready for the match around 9.30. sang the national anthem! woohoo. the feeling was shiok. it's like dream come true. name was in starting line-up! woo. even more happy. and off we went. first goal scored by huan. yay! scored 7 goals and assisted 1 in this match! won them 31-0. was the best player for the match! :D after match,went to another restaurant for dinner. it's like buffet. but the food sucks. seriously. and we thought it was nice,so we took a lot,but turn out to be..... haha. anw,after lunch,went to hotel to have our rest. team talk and reviewed on our game. after that,had our own dinner again. certainly pizza again! haha. slept late that night,brian came over again. huan too.DAY FOUR!woke up early. no choice,was told that we had to go watch the ladies match and support them. yeah. they were actually losing to japan. left around the third period. went back to the buffet restaurant again for lunch. after lunch,went back to hotel to go get ready our stuffs. left the hotel around 5,boarded team bus over to floorball arena. match against australia. wooohooo. we were all in for a surprise. certainly,their experience was just too good for us to take on them. but it was great exposure. we lose 18-1. yeah,got thrashed. shawn was the best player for the match,with his only goal. went to the buffet restaurant for dinner. headed back to hotel after that. used mr siva's laptop to catch up with things in singapore. (: slept late that night.DAY FIVE!have to woke up at 8 again. match was at 11. and we need to be there at 9. super tiring. and due to the fatigue which caused by our last night game with australia,everybody was lethargic. and we had to versus a more stronger,faster japan. and yes,the fatigue did damaged on us. we were killed off by them. 26-0. but i am surprised that i was the best player for the match! and i didn't realise that it was the japan coach who actually choose me for the best player. cause it's like your coach will choose the best player of our opponents,and vice-versa. but i thought azmeer totally derserve it. he did well to save a lot of shots. if not i think we would had conceded more. went back hotel to changed and bathed. went to the macdonald for lunch this time! woohoo. it was like finally back to civilization! after lunch,went back hotel to have our rest. had team talk again. dinner was at the buffet restaurant. but didn't go,cause suraj was sick. so decided to stay in the hotel to accompany him. as i wasn't hungry either. mr sani(president of sfa),spoke to us. it was quite a funny talk. haha. slept early that day.DAY SIX!woke up around 9. gathered at lobby at 10. went sight-seeing! (: haha. the place infested with flies. lol. and shopping next! shiok. bought a adidas bag after 3 hours of walking around. bought some soverniors too. but seriously,there's nothing there to buy also! the shops prices are like singapore's. so yeah. had lunch at macdonald again. cause we supposed our muslim friends can only eat those things there. after that,went back hotel to get our stuffs. headed to play against singapore's neighbors,malaysia. haha. super stupid. shall not comment. we defintely can beat them. but due to some things happen in the team and during the match,we lost 9-5. faris was awarded the best player for his two goals performance. everybody mood was bad. had dinner at buffet restaurant again. headed back to hotel to rest. had a super early team talk the next morning. so slept early. (:DAY SEVEN!woke up at 7.30 for team talk. it was at 8. we slowly talked things out about the things happened on day six. yup. everything was cleared and it was better after the whole thing. went to macdonald for our lunch. some stuffs cropped up,so we had no choice but to eat macs again. left for game after that. woohoo. last game against host country korea! we played well. to at least hold them 8-2. for them being such a physical team. and defintely this was the best game we played in the whole tournament. (: best player for the game was augustine. and that sums up his performance as a captain for the whole tournament. changed and had closing ceremony! cool to max! haha. none of us got to the all-start team. think it's only for the top three teams. we finished 5th out of the 6 countries participating. we were alright and happy with the results. (: managed to exchanged my red polo tee for an australian team jacket! (: haha. but the biggest winner is augustine! he got a japan player full-set,jersey shorts even socks!!! wth. super good lah. after everything end,went back hotel to changed. was ready for our last dinner at korea. ate at some nearby pizza shop,cheaper this time. haha. (: after that,had team talk! and then we had a team gathering,talking our doubts about the team. the team gathering was without the coaches. so yeah. (: didn't sleep that night,packed our stuffs and a small group of us talked. haha. DAY EIGHT!board the bus at 4.30am. headed to airport! and we are on our way home. check in and went to eat first,before heading over hongkong. bought some stuffs at muji. and boarded plane back to singapore!!! bought perfumes for my mum,jerome(birthday present) and myself at changi airport. and our families were all waiting for us at the arriving hall. and there it goes,the wonderful korea trip. :D