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Change your thinking, dudettes .

2010-02-04T04:41:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to all 'B' and 'C' Division Table Tennis girls who had succeeded in reaching your target which is getting into Nationals! Now you know, nothing is impossible and impossible is nothing, right? The next target for 'B' Girls is to win GES to raise your current position a lil higher. Rmb , nothing is impossible. For 'C' girls, beat GES next year! Well played today, everyone. (:

Just to share what I've received in my inbox... ...

Change Your Thinking

It will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking..

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the room's only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end...

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation..

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.

Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene..

One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.

Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.

She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside..
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.

It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said, 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.'

Epilogue:

There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.

'Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present .'

CCA camp 2009 9-11 Dec

2009-12-23T10:04:00.000-08:00

Extracted from Kartini's blog... Kartini's reflection ...

On the 9,10,11th of December, that's when we had our Table-Tennis camp in school. There are 10 committees and total of 36 members that turned up for the camp. I can say this camp actually trying to tell us that we got to be discipline at all times as i think Table-Tennis team are lack in and of course more things that we could learn from one another and at the same time enjoy ourselves.

Day one, the committees have to be serious with all of them for the start and of course there were pupils late for the camp and punishments given. Basically, both captains Jasmine and Desmond got to tell them what are the expectations of them in the camp for three days two nights and then we had our ice-breakers like getting to know one another better and we also had our 200 seconds challenge by the teachers. Actually for day one nothing much happening, in the afternoon we start our training at about 3pm to 6pm then bathe, had our dinner and lastly Movie chose by the teachers. A great movie that is strongly recommended to all.

Day two, everyone are suppose to gather at the foyer by 7:30am sharp but however some pupils are late including the committees and so we got to do our punishment together because as mention in day one “One for All, All for One”. So we got to do half squat, push up and sit up over and over as when Jasmine ask them questions they seems like not answering. Afterwards, we move on with our morning PT by running around the school four times and some walk by themselves due to their own reasons. Honestly, during the jog i feel like wanna vomit but i control myself, it really shows me how i really slack a lot as I've not been training all this while. So after jogging we go for our breakfast and i don't wish to eat has i never eat after my jog or any other sports activities but been force to eat a bread.

After breakfast we move on with our wet activity, all committees are suppose to set up all the stations while the rest of them get their dry clothes and get back to the canteen. There's lots of delay in between as we're thinking about their safety during the activities but after all everyone had fun playing with the water that been tie up with the plastic. Most of them keep taking and throw it to everyone around and that including our teacher Ms. Chew that join us in the activities as well and then everyone go wash up get ready for lunch and training at 2pm to 6pm. After training we had our dinner and get ready for our Appreciation Night to our teachers and seniors that turn up. All of us had fun during the night and being very hyper that they dance around in the I&E studio. Then we had our night walk at about 1am to 3am then everyone goes back to sleep.

Day three woke up at 7:30am, we had our PT again and fortunately no one late and we continue with our stretching and jog around school for one round. No one was supposed to walk but Jasmine was mad as there were pupils who walked and while i turned to jog back to get two girls that were left behind as they were walking again because of their own reasons. Then it was my favorite session. It was the Tchoukball activity which we played till 12:30pm. After that, got ready for our training and our friendly match with Bukit View & AMK pri. I played match once and won but think my opponent was such a joker that he didn't play properly as he kept making mistakes. Everything ended at about 5plus. So that was all about the Camp and good job to Jasmine and the rest of the committee members. =)

Jasmine's Reflection...

Okay Okay, what I felt about this camp.. Hmms.. Actually, I didnt put too much hope in this CCA camp because it was my first time organising with some committees a 3D2N Camp which can boost everyone's bonding and everyone's discipling. I was inexperience, you know. I was afraid few people couldnt co-operate and this whole camp will fail . I couldnt care less after I was put in charge cause I knew this is my responsibility, it's my game. I think the more I expect, the more I will be disappointed. I should think this way,"The more I fail, the more experience I'll get." Everyone listened, but even though I couldnt get response many times, I still feel that you all.. get what I was trying to say. To be honest, I was very pissed off every few hours I have to give a lecture, asking questions for at least 4times and not getting a reply after even having a dry throat. I mean its not easy for me but I think it will be even more difficult for you guys if you all disobey me. I wasnt there to punish you all and make you all cry, neither was I there to make you all love me. I was there to bond you all, or rather bond WITH you all. If I had ever disappoint anyone of you, be it this camp or any other things, come up to me and talk nicely with me about it. Believe me, I'll improve myself.

Teachers, I hope I didnt disappoint you all and if I did, come to me and point my mistakes out. I will admit and change and improve and not let my mistakes continue to increase and of course, to learn new things and gain experience.

Everyone in the team has their own strenghths and weaknesses. Those cheerings, those hurrays, those screams, those fun filled times were so loud. Will it continue? Did everyone enjoys? Didnt manage to get everyone stays on the last day due to teacher feeling unwell and matches ending late... I swear I will get everyone to wrap up when sch reopens after our training. No improvements if there are no suggestions. I love this table tennis team, i love my juniors, i love my seniors and the best thing is, I love my teachers-in-charge. (:

I was craving for respect.

I was craving for everything to end when nobody responded.

I was craving for people to help me get you all to respond.

I was craving for your excitement and your enthusiasm and your 100% participation.

I was craving to give up during the camp but nobody knows.

All my cravings... do you all understand? But I survived, we survived. You all were the ones that slowly erased my cravings, helped me to get through. Please get this into your head,"Captains are not your parents/guardians, they don't feed you w whatever you all need/want. They are there only as your friend and hopefully, good role models. We make mistakes too, but we will never know unless you point it out to us."

This camp wasnt tough but it was enjoyable. I failed to make this camp a disciplined one but I hope the next cca camp organised by next cca captains will be able to achieve what I had once failed.

I learnt sth. "I will never fail what I shouldnt have failed"

-I dont wish to say,"I will TRY not to fail....." because I know TRYing never help.

10 Committees:

Jasmine Kong

Desmond Yong

Kenneth Lim

Kartini

Noel

Charmaine Nai

Au Cheuk Yee

Bernice Lim

Teo Qi En

Jasmine Huang

A thousand thanks to:

Ms Wynn Chew

Mr Fam Tong Siang

Mr Rezal

Paintball .

2009-09-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

So sec 1s/2s had laser combat tdy and sec3s and some sec2s had paintball tdy . :D Oh well, i shall only update about paintball . (: Paintball is like a counterstrike game whereby you have to hide yourself and your objective is not kill pple, is to hit down the cones set up. (: Opponents will try to hit you and hit the cone so everyone has to be alert in the game and give their 100% participation. Also, you have to find sth to hide , so that you wont get hit. When the impact of the paintball hit you, it really really hurts ok. But lucky you got a thick protective vest on and a protective face mask. Its really useful. If you got hit on your neck or knuckles or scalp or the uncovered areas, omy, it do hurt. Haha. Dont worry, it wont kill. We were divided into 3 grps of 5. A, B and C . Team C won, rawks manzx ! Haha :D So yeahs, after hitting the cones down, you will have to run for the flag and run back to your starting pt tgt w the whole grp to consider winning. The otehr grp would have to carry a fake "bomb" and so call plant it below a built "helicopter". So yeahs, diff grp diff target. But objectives are actually same same la. By the way, if you are hit and there is a splat of paint on any part of your body, you are considered out of the game. To get back in, you just have to run back to your starting pt, give the wooden planks a slight tap and then you are back in agn. (: Easy right? Haha. So, each round we were given 80 bullets to shoot. We always managed to complete w/o having to finish our bullets. So, its quite fun actually. The whole thing lasted for maybe 2hrs at most. Quite short. Thats all for Paintball .
Anyway, lets wish Kenneth a speedy recovering of his knee. He will miss out trainings but its okay, as long as he is gna join us again. He is so brave, lets cheer for him. WOOHOOS ! :D haha. So yeahs, practically thats all for tdy paintball. Laser combat idk but from what i have heard, its quite fun yeahs? (:

Pool outing details:
Either on late Nov or on the 3rd week of Dec (after the week of our CCA camp 9,10,11 Dec). 8 tables will be reserved for that day from morning 11am to 2pm. Total bill will be $64, so we would have to divide it among ourselves. I have got 22 pple who are interested in this outing, so yeahs, actually each person dont have to pay more than $5, its a good deal, so grab this opportunity to learn new things ! :D Dont zibi at homeee ~ And if you want more after playing for 2 hrs, you can continue but you would have to pay for $4 per hour until 5pm latest. The place is located along townshend road, jalan berseh, #02-02 New world centre, opposite an old market. Downstair will be a Macdonald. Pple can have their lunch there or go market. Transportation might not be provided, so we would have to meet at AMK hub and take a direct bus there. (: You are not gna wear your sch uni or pe attire because for the first time in life, you are not allowed to do so. You must be in your home clothes and preferrably not so revealing for it is air-conditioned. Nearest MRT station will be Farrer Park. Its near Mustafa also . (: Thats all for the Pool Outing briefing . Those that have not confirmed with tehir parents, please confirm it before Sept holidays or the next training session which will be in term 4 most likely. So yeahs, it would be good for you all to come to try out new stuffs and a great learning experience. (: oh yeahs, those gng thr, please put on your best behaviour and act like secondary students. Thats all, detailed enough? More detailed info will be given at later date. (:

PAINTBALL !

2009-09-01T07:38:00.000-07:00

Sad to say, Windsurfing no more ! ): Sec 1s have to go Laser shooting, will be fun luhs. (: Sec 2s and 3s, good for you all. Will be gng for that PAINTBALL ! :D Haha ! (: Sec 1s bring along Pe attire. (: Those gng for paintball ones, please bring along your Dark coloured long sleeve shirt and long track pants or jeans (Dark-coloured) . Of course, dont forget abt CCA card and water bottle yeahs. (: No long sleeve? BORROW. Paintball-ers, rmb to bring the form given to you on mon tmr ! If not, you wont get to play ! :D Thats abt it, have fun tmr k ! :D

Thurs 13 Aug trng

2009-08-14T03:38:00.000-07:00

So what happened on Thurs ? Hmms. Few sec 2s were late again. any balls dented? currently, some of the sec 2s and 3s are gng Paint ball and Windsurfing right? (: Sorry sec 1s, but you are gng for only windsurfing. You will get the chance next yr, dont worry . :D Anw, windsurfing is sure to be fun too! No worries k . (:
Windsurfing will be on a Sat, 17 Oct , $10 for the whole day. (: Paintball will be.. Not sure yet. But will be FUN :D Next week got CCAs, dont be late and don't leave early yeahs. Alrihgts, thats all. Btw, camp will be held on 9,10,11 Dec, Wed to Fri! Just look forward to it k, I swear it will be real FUN - if everyone cooperates. Best chance to bond ! Its gng to be awesome OK ! :D Please do come ! :D Thats all, Byes. Hope eevryone will have good results for common tests yeahs .. (:

6 Aug Thurs .

2009-08-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

Training day, thurs. 1 or 2 balls were found dented but Jayven had given 50cents. Honesty act, learn. (: After training ran 10 rounds, everyone done it yeahs. (: Cool. Nth rly bad happened. So, keep it up. Yeahs. :D
For the SEP, Paintball changed to Windsurfing yeahs due to age requirement(14yrs old). Our dear sec ones cant play, so sad. Haha. so changed to windsurfing. Details to be confirmed. (:
For the night cycling, who are gng ? remember to sign the form and pass it up on Tues maybe?
Then the amazing race. Jasmine, Charmaine, Desmond and Kenneth. Pass the form by Wed bahs. On 29 August, at Tampinese. Jiayous. (:

Nth much alr, Happy 44th Birthday , SINGAPORE ! :D (9 Aug 09)

Complaints ~

2009-08-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

No accidents happened today . But 5 balls dented today, 1 ball flew up . Same old complaints from coach again. Leaving w/o permission, not serious and stuffs like that. Irritating some times but we all should understand. Today was.... slightly lousier than previous training in terms of attitude and skills I suppose? Everyone seems to forget what to do uhs? I noticed that we have been skipping our regular warm-ups and PTs. Haha. Enjoy life uhs? Maybe Thurs do PT yeahs, and warm up start. Or maybe no warm ups because half the hall was taken up by Badminton players. Anw, the PT I/Cs are always late or absent. Then the equipment I/C didnt seem to be doing their job. Maybe Yun Jie did. But what the ... is teck kai doing uhs. Always late one, people set up finish alr ehs. Aiyoyo. Nvmds, can improve one . (:
Coach had said tdy that Kenneth, Teck Kai next training onwards late(Meaning reached later than coach) by 1 min, have to run a round in hall. 1 min=1 round uhs. No bargaining. Haha. Everyone be witness . That was all for today training . And, next time can donn't step on balls again ?? Hais .

SEP will be PaintBall, 1 session. Held in September perhaps. Must really enjoy, don't waste money. And, should be quite fun . It will be MIX team k . Thats all. Adios ! (:

Good day . 30 July

2009-07-30T07:20:00.000-07:00

Today training 30 July was fantastic . Cause everyone was in the hall by 3:30pm latest , omygod , rare thing . Training as per normal, interesting and everyone being serious, wahs. Today.. Coach got no complaints . Okay, JiaMing didnt come, coach unhappy. The only thing bad. ): 1 ball dented, couldnt save, srye. 1 ball, dear jasper, thanks for sending it to "heaven". Okay, the ball was stuck above the projector, nice one. -.- Okay, honest boy, he owned up and paid 50 cents, cool. Oh, I learnt sth from coach tdy. He gave me 5 words, I don't quite get it. He said,"Out of difficulties make Miracles." Don't quite get it but somehow still know a lil bit . Haha ok. Beside that, everyone was enjoying and training .
Andandand, we are gng for PaintBall during Sept? Aww . See , girls let boys, tsk ! Girls want windsurfing one lehs . Nvmds, think PaintBall gna be fun too.. (: Okays then, thats all for tdy training! Hope everything can go well smoothly in time to come. (:

Tues 28 July Trng

2009-07-29T08:42:00.000-07:00

Not many people attended CCA today. Maybe sec ones did come but most disappointing was that sec 2s, the trio didnt come uhs. Oral ? But why did the sec ones and some sec 2s had their oral but they were still there at 4:30pm ? Even if it was just 1 hr, at least coach was able to see you are willing to learn . He wasnt happy of course. He commented:"Everyone no heart to play, sigh. Then I come for what. See, the sec 1s boys came even though they have oral an hour later. Why can't the rest do the same? Then sec 3s some girls came at 4pm, also no heart to play one, come for what? No heart learn, don't learn ma. Waste everyone time......." Darn, I got nth to say. I just stood there and listened to his complaints and naggings. I could not argue with him. Or I should say, I could but I would not. I was uneasy of course. Due to that, went in search for those not oral who are the sec 3 girls. Aiyoyo, was I supposed to scold/punish? Err , I don't feel like, I would feel bad. WHat did I do ? I pleaded them not to be late again. Oh my god. I must be crazy. Ok, apologies accepted. Everything were well till band students were marching and their leader shouting at them. Coach again commented:"Who are they ah? Why they all got go for cca ? Why our cca so empty?" Arghs, how he want me to ans. -.- Its not like I am a psychologist and know why they didnt go for cca. -.- Next thing he commented was when sec 3 girls went for break which coach said they went for 35mins. Again, I pleaded them to concentrate and limit their break to 5 mins and the best damn thing was they were still chatting while playing. Haiyos, maybe coach too many complaints? Or am I too kind? HAHA, laughs. Anyways, what I just want to say is that, everyone please come for CCA punctually. Got time , come. Break as usual limit to 5 mins only. Don't slack just because no teacher is there. Must prove to be independent.

Btw, 3 balls were dented. 1 was stepped by Jasper but he was honest! He paid 50 cents. (: Everyone should learn. Another 2.. Tables squashed it? Idk, i don't wish to know. A table, dropped and hit Noel's head uhs and the edge hit his knee uhs? Only 1 girl was helping him and the rest were either talking/packing/pushing tables out. Lucky the table was alright. And thank god that Noel didnt crack his head off. Hopefully he is alright. Now, learn sth from this accident ok? No more next time... Okays, thats all for Tues. Thurs CCA as usual 3pm reach hall and girls, please help the sec ones boys to set up tables and nets. Do your part, its your CCA too. Everyone, jiayous. (:

Saturday Friendly match

2009-07-29T08:22:00.002-07:00

Saturday friendly match against CHIJ SJC wasnt very bad. Okay, organisation quite bad, their school's lighting quite bad.. But, they are not excuses of playing badly. Its not they budget dont want switch on the lights luhs.. Its just the lights are spoilt, no choice, must be considerate. Organisation.. Okay, I admit, my fault. I didnt plan it well ok. I am sorry, my apologies. Anyways, our senior boys played too and they won? Okay, some . Overall, won .
Including the girls, overall results were so-so. Thought we would win doubles and singles. Haha. But, we lost doubles by a point, 4-3. Singles.. YAY, WE WON! :D CHEERS ! Okay, 24-20 . Thanks to everyone! However, mistakes unavoidable. I don't know what's wrong with some of the girls but I know Jasmine Kong super disappointing. Lost to a sec 1 girl, not very pro some more. 3-2. Lost, AGAIN. 1st time lost to her was Lian He Zao Bao tournament. Saddening but I guessed maybe I wasnt serious and I just couldnt hit high balls. Hais, disappointing and demoralising yeahs. But nvmds.. Its over, look on ahead. Not the end of the world. (: So, Sheila , ShiHui and Melody. This trio. Sheila- Lost 2, won 1. (What happened?) ShiHui-Lost 1, won 1. (Did you try your best?) Melody-Lost 1, won 2(Best among the trio? Did you learn anyt?) Coach wasnt really happy about these results but he just smiled very.. idk. seem sacarstic to me. Sometimes, I wondered if his remarks are demoralising us or motivating us..... The boys, coach wanted all boys to win but of course it didnt happen. And anw, coach said we have to "la" or make the ball more spin in order to win them. Its okay, more friendly matches will be organised soon(Try ok) and we could maybe, train harder(Must). Thats all for the match. If you're think you played great enough, maintain. If you think the opposite, train harder. Pull up your socks ! JIAYOUS ! GANBATTEH ! A-ZA A-ZA FIGHTING ! :D

Tues and Thurs trng

2009-07-24T09:22:00.000-07:00

Tues

What could I say? Coach didnt come that day, a few were jumping for joy. Left me speechless. So what did we do? Hmms. We trained yeahs, cool. We asked for permission before leaving the hall, max 5 mins. The only bad thing seen was 3-4 players sitting by the side, chatting away happily. 3 times warning given before you all play. Ehh.. , not serious . Don't learn. Beside that, everything okay except finding 3 spoilt balls. No one owns up, sad. But the balls are safe. Btw, slightly more than half box full of balls is now reduced to like er, less than 1/2 ??! Hey, thats like alot ! But, doubt is our fault. Might be some other students stealing our BALLS. AHH ! We have to lock the cupboard ! Ok , must remind teacher , noted. After trng, everyone did their part , co-operate but found out that people tend to stroll while pushing the tables. Took a long sweet time, 10mins ? Tsk, longer than break, aiyoyo. Haha. But well, can be improved. Then , another case. Sec 1s allowing badminton players to play table tennis and even suggested leaving a table a ball and a net to play with them after 6pm. Dunnoe say Yes or say No. If I said Yes, would it be a right thing as they willl come for 2nd time? Or will you all really improve if you train more ? If I said No, would you be unhappy and are you gng to tough up and argue back ? What if i said no and i was actually training you how to argue back ? Uhs .. Next time, dont ask me ok... If you play, the uncle will have to wait to lock up the hall, and he needs to have his dinner with fmaily one you know. So what should i say? Er.. No more next time ah ? -.- Next is taking long sweet time to settle down and listen. This is such a common prob that there isnt any solutions. So, just co-operate will do. Thats all for Tues. Lousy Tues . Grading: 2 out of stars. :\

Thurs

Jasmine Kong was late, pls don't learn. Never learn, she's a bad girl. No punctuality, tsk! Anw, coach did come. So, everything fine. Only 3 balls spoilt. 1 cannot save, 2 otehrs saved. Ohs, someone left a Nike plastic water bottle in the hall and Lee Yan's CCA card left over there too. These passed to ms chew alr ok. So, if items are yours, go find her. Best ifyou just take your things along with you. What if one day you dont have anything on with you, are you gna leave one of your limbs or eyeballs at the place?? C'mon manzx, responsibility. You are the mother/father of your things, look after them! Okay, thats all for Thurs. Nth much, everything were in place. (: Grading: 4/5 stars . :D

Improvements to be made? Ganbatteh ! (:

Friendly match updates.

2009-07-24T09:09:00.000-07:00

Tmr Sat, the big day. Everyone should be quite on form le bahs... Anw, there are some slight changes due to some troublesome players who cant make it tmr. Tuition la, parents overseas la, BIRTHDAY PARTY on YATCH la ... Blahblahblahs EXCUSES. (*Some words missing*) =.= Lucky or unlucky for us, their top player isnt gng tmr. Hais . The previous post which got the fixtures and stuffs have been changed last min. It will be changed to like on that day, choose pple go play, its almost like our zone table tennis tournament yeahs... If not, it will be just yeahs, trained like a match with them. Best of 5. Dont worry, nth will go wrong if everyone co-operates. So, tmr everyone is to be in sch by 8:20am with bat, thermometer and CCA card. Boys will wear their butterfly/sch competition shirt(White with black words one). C girls wear Yasaka Blue one and B girls wear Pink Yasaka. Boys can wear butterfly pants if they want or pe short. Girls wear PE pants la hohrs? Dont so troublesome, one for all , all for one. (:
By the way, everyone should have known by now that shirt must be tucked in all the while , be it playing or resting or *Slacking*. So, must remind each other to tuck in shirt yeahs. The marvellously fantastic punishment is wasting 10mins watching other pple play and cant play for 10mins. So, be wise and tuck in.... Now I say this also guily. Later say alr, ownself tuck out how !? TSK. Xiasuay, so just... yeahs. Try not to rebel luhs, think will lose.
Don't think or care about the results, just enjoy the whole process. Brainwash ownself that it will be FUN FUN FUN ! :D Okays, JIAYOUS ! GANBATTEH ! :D

CCA resume .

2009-07-20T05:00:00.001-07:00

Alright DUDES ! CCA is resuming tmr !!! :D
And also, Sat 25 July 9am to 12pm friendly match against CHIJ st Joseph !
SO everyone , pull up your socks your pants, you shirt ._. whatever. Okays, just give it your best shot !! :D Alrights, I'm god damn excited now. Hahaha. So tmr as usual, 2:30 in the hall, set up tables and everyone is to get ready for warm up. Latecomers to be punished if come after 2:30pm w/o any GOOD reason. So, play well !! :D Wheets ! :D Doubles to play for the friendly match will be decided by this week okays . :D
ADIOS ! :D

Friendly matches, who are you playing with?

2009-07-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

Group 1
Sherle vs Clarice
Bryna vs Yun Jie
Kai Qing vs Nicole
Hui Wen vs Chloe
Chelsea vs Sheila
Fionn vs Shi Hui
Marilyn vs Melody
Trudy vs Hui Li
Shen Ru vs Tessa
Jia Yi vs Jasmine Kong

Group 2
Anisia vs Jia Ming
Boon Ting vs Kenneth
Yunwei vs Desmond
Crystal vs Noel
Yee Ying vs Charmaine
Qiao Fang vs Teck Kai
Hannah vs Hui Li
Fionn vs Sheila
Marilyn vs Shi Hui
Sherry vs Melody

Group 3
Wan Qi vs Jeslyn
Amanda Wang vs Clarice
Cynthia vs Yun Jie
Ching Sien vs Nicole
Chelsea vs Jia Ming
Angelica vs Tessa
Anisia vs Kenneth
Boon Ting vs Charmaine
Yunwei vs Bernice
Crystal vs Cheuk Yee

Group 4
Yee Ying vs Teck Kai
Qiao Fang vs Qi En
Amanda Goh vs Sheila
Trudy vs Shi Hui
Yunwei vs Noel
Marilyn vs Jasmine Huang
Crystal vs Desmond
Chelsea vs Bernice
Anisia vs Jasmine Kong
Boon Ting vs Jia Ming

Group 5
Cassandra vs Chloe
Chantel vs Jeslyn
Sherle vs Yun Jie
Bryna vs Clarice
Fionn vs Teck Kai
Jia Yi vs Qi En
Yee Ying vs Kenneth
Qiao Fang vs Kartini
Hannah vs Melody
Sherry vs Cheuk Yee

Group 6
Jia Yi vs Desmond
Angelica vs Hui Li
Shen Ru vs Kartini
Amanda Goh vs Jasmin Huang
Marilyn vs Noel
Trudy vs Tessa
Yunwei vs Charmaine
Crystal v Jasmine Kong
Anisia vs Bernice
Boon Ting vs Qi En

Group 7
Dena vs Jeslyn
Si Ying vs Chloe
Kai Qing vs Nicole
Amanda Wang vs Yun Jie
Qiao Fang vs Sheila
Yee Ying vs Cheuk Yee
Sherry vs Kartini
Fionn vs Jia Ming
Chelsea vs Teck Kai
Jia Yi vs Kenneth

Group 8
Amanda Goh vs Desmond
Angelica vs Jasmine Huang
Hannah vs Shi Hui
Anisia vs Noel
Boon Ting vs Jasmine Kong
Marilyn vs Charmaine

Okay, its group accordingly to standards and this friendly match will be held on 25Jul at their sch. The doubles in our school will be playing too yeahs. This list here is just for Singles. Everyone will get the chance and only 5 boys got this chance. Haha. So, train hard for these coming 2 days. JIAYOUS ! :D Don't have to thrash them, just gain exp. (:

Have a read abt this and be happy abt it. (:

2009-07-14T05:08:00.000-07:00

Schools to resume CCA programmes next week with H1N1 precautions
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 13 July 2009 2148 hrs

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education said schools will resume co-curricular activities (CCAs) next week. (COOL !!) :D

It said schools will also take precautions such as temperature-taking and visual screening for flu-like symptoms at the start of sessions.

The ministry said some schools have already resumed CCAs to allow students to train for sports meets or to prepare for the upcoming Singapore Youth Festival.

Life is almost back to normal at Rulang Primary, except that students still have to go through mandatory temperature checks. All co-curricular activities have resumed after being suspended for the last two weeks as an H1N1 precaution.

Low Min Chye, vice principal, Rulang Primary School, said: "CCAs are an important part of our school curriculum. So this is the reason why we decided to resume, but measures are taken such as CCA groups are kept to a small group and very importantly the pupils are kept together for a maximum of 45 minutes."

Besides this, Channel NewsAsia understands that ministry guidelines also state that where possible, students should avoid close contact and be at least two metres apart.

As a precaution, at least one secondary school is known to have stopped one-on-one counselling sessions to minimise close contact.

Over at Republic Polytechnic, a rule restricting students to certain canteens has left some students disgruntled. So the school has decided to ease up a little on that ruling, but said it is in a unique situation where being over-cautious is important.

Ang Keng Loo, senior director, Student Affairs, said: "We don't have a lecture theatre system where everybody sits there and listens. We have groups of students discussing actively throughout the whole day and the amount of interaction they go through, should there be a person who is infected in that group, the transmission is almost like 100 per cent."

One of the reasons for Republic Polytechnic's stricter rules is because of the initial rapid spread of the H1N1 virus among students. 105 students have been infected so far. 97 have recovered.

Latest figures from the Health Ministry show that there are currently 49 H1N1 patients in Singapore hospitals, including a 51-year-old man with diabetes and hypertension in intensive care. - CNA/vm

- By the way, Sec 2s, please pass your NYAA booklets to Sheila by Wed 15 July which is tmr. Okay, my fault, I didnt update earlier, blame me . =.= And those who passed up alr, my fault agn for not reminding you all to complete. Ok, blame me. I apologise. Now then I update, my fault, sorry . But please, for now, by hooks or by crooks, complete your NYAA booklet by tmr end of school and pass to sheila, 2D. Co-operate yeahs, thanks. (:
People who had passed up:
Melody
HuiLi
Sheila Ho
Lee Yan
(See ! No BOYS!? TSKTSK. Please rmb to bring.. Thanks and DONE .)

Postponed .

2009-07-11T10:52:00.000-07:00

Oh well, havent received any news on the resume of CCA, think next wk also wont have any la. Sadded right , hais. Okays, just received an email from CHIJ that friendly match might be postponed maybe until this H1N1 cases calm down. Postpone is dued to no big gatherings and oh well, such 'great' choice.. The knock out friendly match format has been drawn out on microsoft Excel but seems like it would be difficult to understand... Its actually the juniors sec 1s and sec2s would be playing 2 times each except sheila, shihui and melody. These 3 flowers and sec 3s girls will be playing 3 times each. 1 time maybe 3 sets/best of 5. 5 of the boys will play 2 times each except Jiaming (3 times). The CHIJ ladies will only be playing 2 times each beacuse they have got so many more people than us. Hopefully, everything will turn out fine and hope its successful. (: Please stay tune to this blog for any updates! (: Leave a tag before you leave too, thanks. (:

CCA cancelled !

2009-07-02T06:00:00.000-07:00

Okays, stay calm.
Due to current H1N1 which have shot up to 800, MOE had decided to stopped all CCA, remedials and morning assembly. There wont be any CCAs for this week and maybe the upcoming week. Stay calm. When cca start, must train hard. (:

Also, friendly match against CHIJ will be held on 25th JULY, saturday, 9am. Its been confirmed currently. However, if H1N1 worsened and schools closed down etc, this friendly match have to be postponed. So, hopefully, everything will go fine successfully!

Everyone takecare of yourself and prevent going to crowded places yeahs? See ya !!! :D

Tues 23rd June oh nine

2009-06-23T07:52:00.000-07:00

23rd June 2009

Well, so much improvement today. We, girls were obedient and training seriously, marvellous. Haha. Everyone asked coach for permission to go breaks today and backed in 5mins, how nice. He was happy and I was saved from his naggings. Veryvery nice . :D He even praised shihui for pinning up her side fringes all these, looking clear. Ahhs, very gd. His praise is once in a blue moon de ok. So yeahs, be honoured. (: The juniors learnt new skills today yeahs? Fun? Should be, you all improved! haha. You all are just so much better than the past seniors. (: Today, coach didnt nag. Cheers people !!!! :D

However, we have got 5 dented balls today ! Coach helped to restore one back, left 4. The good thing is, 2 people have admitted stepping on the ball, leaving 2 pple unknown. They have paid 50 cents AUTOMATICALLY which shows their integrity. Wows, i am confident next time round, we will just be brave and own up and pay. (: We managed to save the balls anw, so thats good. (: But 5 dented balls today! So.. TSK ! How can ?! But at least girls kept clear off balls right. (: haha. Good job yo. Oh yeahs, we didnt do warm up or footsteps workout today right people? Very happy right ??? haha . Thurs, everyone shall do! Mwahahas. Its nth to us alr la. (: C'mon, do it once, fast and perfect. Or maybe twice ? Thrice? lol. Just do it . Okays, Thurs pple. \

Oh yeahs , about the friendly match against CHIJ. Well, have postponed the date from 18thJuly to 25th July(Un-confirmed). Would be in the morning at 9am to12:30pm. May extend depending on how long we play k. May be a girl's sch, but our senior boys are gng, so yeahs, just learn from them. If i am not wrong, they rarely play with Rubber. So long-pimpled players must try hard to win them ! (: Also, their best player from sec 3 managed to get in top 16. So, we all should be training hard yeahs .

Bring thermometer please .

2009-06-22T01:31:00.000-07:00

There is cca tomorrow, tues, 23june, 1:30pm-5pm . Please bring your thermometer for temperature taking tmr and take your temperature before coming to school tmr. If you are sick, please stay at home. And, if you have been to affected countries, please quarantine yourself at home. Don't come out!

Regarding the friendly match:

Well, well. If everything goes well and both school agrees, the friendly match will be probably held on 18July. 3rd wk whn sch reopens and is a saturday.

Reasons on saturday:

1) They suggested as they dont wish this friendly match to affect their training time.

2) We should be training as well and not sacrificing our trng time to gain exp. We should also gain exp as well as having training.

3) We might have different training days. We trained on tues and thurs. They might train on wed and fri and mon. We would not want our remedials to clash right?

Therefore, the best choice would be a saturday.

Well, its not confirmed and we have to wait for them to nod their heads. (:

*Please come early tmr to set up tables and warm-up will start at 1:30pm. Latecomers will be punished to run 7rounds around the hall.

Well , just sharing . Have a look . (:

2009-06-18T09:39:00.000-07:00

1.Strenghts, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats of table tennis.

2.Which area and how we can improve?

3.Quality of team.

Good questions given. Lets talk on it step by step.

Firstly, Strenghts:

*Our tabletennis team is warm-blooded and we are quite connected.

-We would joke around and play with each other to test out skills or learn new skills.

-We will try to involve everyone in different activities, like matches within us.

*Majority of us, some Sec3s and those sec2s and sec1s are devoted to table tennis.

-CCA starts at 3.30pm to 6.30pm. Majority came at 2.30 and set up tables themselves. They left at 7pm.

-They packed up everything, and now, they picked up all the balls, even those under the tables&Chairs.

-Majority of us take the initiative to ask coach and did what they are supposed to do.-Some of them have basics before coming in and they are learning & improving fast.

*We stand up on our feet again FAST and we encourage one another.

-We lost many competitions but we get over it quick.-We cheered each other up and we tried our best to go support all competitions.

-Those juniors bothered to ask about results and encourage us though they alr knew we sure lose.

Secondly, Weaknesses:

*Our tabletennis team have very low sense of responsibility.

-In ard March or when, we have a box half-full of balls. In ard April or so, left 1/3 in box.Every training, we threw at least 6balls on avg and dont care about it.

-Few of us dropped the tables countless times because too clumsy. Those droppings resulted in at least 3 tables spoilt. TItanics, some called it . -.-

1)Two tables are unbalanced, 1 side high, 1 side low.

2)One table got a spoilt wheel, always dropping out.

-We dropped the blockers dunnoe-how-many-times.Maybe we played till too "hiong", clashed with the blockers.

1)Two blockers are bent in the middle.

2)One blocker have loose screws at the side and its unstable.

-Some of us left in a hurry and left their BATS & CCA CARDS IN HALL!The teacher-In-Charge have to keep for them like their mummy.

*Minority of us came at 4pm and kept going for "Breaks". They nvr come back till 6.

-They went toilet, canteen, slacked and chatted with friends.

-Wasted time & money doing nothing, showing the least amt of interest.

-Majority of girls rarely participate in competitions organized by STTA or other organisations.For e.g, this coming competition in June, they dont go if their friends nvr go. A few active ones have to invite them.

*Minority, especially girls, bring their own emotions to cca, resulting in moodless plays.This year is better already though, but still can improve.

Thirdly, Opportunities:

*Our coach is paid to come here and teach us new skills.$60 per year per person. Lucky got edusave.He is a coach at AMK pri sch, trained out many outstanding students in tht sch.The pri sch students are even better than majority of us, Secondary students.We have friendly matches against their sch in 2008 and wows, we lost . How pathetic.Having this coach is our honour and he have improved many of us & still improving.

-Through him, we have learnt how many good players played and learnt how/what to observe.

-Also through him, we are always updated on any table-tennis tournaments & was encouraged to play.

*This year, our T.I.C was able to get us have friendly matches against NgeeAnnSec .

-We were given the chance to gain more experience and played with neighbourhood sch.

-We learnt that we should not despise neighbourhood sch players' skills & learn from them instead .

*LianHeZaoBao will be organising a tournament, open and local for public .

-Hopefully, we are able to observe those good players from Sports Sch/China & make friends with them to learn more.

-The best thing will be able to hunt good players to get in MF & play for the sch.

Fourthly, Threats: -I dont understand, so skip . (:

Which area and how we can improve?

*Of course we are going to work on our weaknesses, especially our pathetic sense responsibility.

-We need something to start on building our responsibilty. So, we shall choose balls, important.First thing we need to do is get everyone to pay maybe 50cents into CCA fund and use the money to buy balls.The balls should not get any lesser. If anyone step on the ball, pay 50cents AUTOMATICALLY.If caught nvr pay after stepping the balls, shall be forced to pay $1.50[Triple] and get punished by T.I.C .

-Everytime start service, look around for balls and PICKED them up, put them in BASKET/POCKET. DONT KICK!PingPong ball is round! Dont flatten it!

-As for tables, get 2more partners to help pack if you are too weak. Dont overestimate ownself.Tables are too expensive, cannot buy. So, protect and love them.

-BLOCKERS! Dont see them useless, cheapcheap ok! They cost alot too.Carry 2 at a time, lift them up and put it down gently. You move the blockers, not crawl/jump/walk under/over !

*Punctuality

-Come for CCA at 3.15 to help set up everything and start training. Go toilet before cca starts.-Limit yourself to a 5break, only one time.

-CCA ends at 6.30pm. Keep the tables and pick up all the balls before leaving. Do your part.

*Emotions

-Yesyesyes, you cry, you scream, you attitude, you do whatever you like...Just dont bring it to CCA and ignore everyone in the world also your business. Just train hard, train well.-vent your anger in CCA! Great time, show the power! Smack it! PiakPiak! Isnt it btr? haha.

Thats all , enjoy reading . (:

2nd round 3rd round .

2009-06-17T20:59:00.000-07:00

Ytd , few girls went 2nd rounddd . (:

Charmaine: Got in 3rd round ! :D Close and exciting match ! (: They deuced till 17-15 lehs ! Omgosh . Haha . She rawks righttt !? :D She and the player standard quite alike yeahs . (: Anws , congrats charmaine ! (: Haha .

Kartini: Played agnst Nanyang de , lost 3sets but at least she got more than 5pts for all sets ! Wonderful right ? Haha . (: gd game, kartini ! :D Haha .

Melody: Played agnst GES player . Well well , able to get in 2nd round very gd le . (: So yeahs , dont get discouraged. Shall win GES next yr ! (:

HuiLi: Played agnst St Nicholas Girls (SNGS)player . Lost but she gained experience right ? So, jiayous ! (:

ShiHui: Against CHIJ St joseph Convent . Lost 1-3 . Won first set . I have recorded the first set . Shall post it next time . (: Nice match . Exciting . :D Its ok , its gd enough she could win first set . Good start . (: We will win them in the next friendly match . (:

Vanessa: Last player of the day, played at 8pm . Under 19 Local ... She suay la .. Opponent is a YOG player .. Trained 7times a week , 4hours .. 0.1% chance to win . She evrything also gd lehs . Service all so spin de . Tsk . Nvmds , good game . (: You tried anw . (:

3rd round

The only player who got in 3rd round . Nice one manzx . Haha . :D

Charmaine: Lost 1-3 . She won 1st set sial . Tsktsk . 4th set 11-9 sial ! Almost .. Hais . Nvmds , can get 3rd round seriously very good le . :D Jiayous yeahs, my buddy ! :D 3Cheers for you ! :D

Thats all for results . (:
Btw , if we were to have friendly match against CHIJ , are you all available on Sat ? (:

16june lian he zao bao match .

2009-06-16T21:51:00.000-07:00

Yesterday , some girls went for match at STTA .
Here are the results:
Sheila lost 0-3 , she had met a strong opponent . D: Suay ah . She played well though . (:
Kartini's opponent whom we thought a china named Liao Fang , walkover . 2nd round .
Melody won 3-0 , good for her ! (: Grats . (: Nice one melody . (:
Huili's opp walked over , got in 2nd round. Lucky . :D
Jasmine lost 2-3 . This one no cmt la . Complacent . Lost to a girl she should not lose at all .
That girl standard may be btr than our sec ones but is lousier than amk pri students .
Cant believe that could win amkp student , lost to a chij st joseph sec 1 girl . AHHHS . Heavy blow . She should rly go naked and bang the wall manzx . But nvmds , she learn not to be over confident and would play well the next time. (:

Later afternoon, charmaine , shihui , kartini and huili and vanessa are playing . Wish thm luck .

Anws , I am hoping to have a friendly match against CHIJ St Joseph convent , girls sch.
I have exchanged no. with a girl me and charmaine met . Partly , I have to compete with the girl agn . and secondly , they nvr compete with boys before . Thirdly , we need to gain some experience .So , all I need now is teacher's permission and I am gna start organising .

Okay thats all , hope the girls would get in 3rd round later .. (:

Reviving blog .

2009-06-15T08:39:00.000-07:00

Ok , i am here to revive this blog .
Maybe I should make it a habit to blog abt all training ... haha .
Anw , lets talk on last thurs training . (: 11June09
As usual, last training everyone trained.
Want hear good things or bad things first ?
Lets hear the bad things first . (:

So , I have received grumblings and complaints from coach which pissed me off.
Firstly , waste my time . Secondly , I have to suffer cause of you all .
2qns , why did you all disappeared w/o permission and went for a more than 10min brk?
Nah, dont have to ans me . I can understand .
You all are just the past me . But I couldnt just experienced myself and let you all experience the same thing ! Trust me , you all are gna regret it . tsktsk .
Yesyesyes , you all think the coach are very strict etcetc and you all just want a rest .
Then what abt players in china? They frigging trained harder than you all !
AND I MEANT MUCH MORE INTENSIVE TRAINING !!
The trng you all are having are just preanut butter jelly o sandwich manzx !
C'mon ! Stand up , chest out , be active sporty player !
The next time , you all should be more automatic and ask coach before you leave e table .
And even for a sip of water also must ask !
Maybe I should list out a few players , talk abt it to allow pple to understand .
No offence but please do learn and dont repeat the same mistakes !

Shihui-
You are left-handed , a very tricky player and can rly play well if you put in more effort . You have training under the coach since P2 and should have known the coach well by now! Shouldnt you just listen to him and be more focus in your trng ? You can listen , you do listen . Ask you to come early , you did . Thats very nice, isnt it ? (: However , alot of times , you tend to let your emotions take over you and .. thats unacceptable . Maybe I shouldnt say tht , cause like i said, you all are like the past me . So I am not being rly fair like tht . Hmms . But still , I rly hope you will be focus in your trng CONSTANTLY and ;isten to the coach . You will do btr . (:

Sheila-
I should say, you are the star player of the girls' team and you have the motivation to do better. However, your motivation dont last . Or I should say its like a broken train, moving on very fast and suddenly stopped . You suggested running for few rounds in warm up which is good . (: But you know what . The problem in you is you are always disappearing with shihui and melody and tessa even . You should stop them and ask permission from coach first. You played with the P5 girl last thurs , rmb ? Can you tell me why you lost ? Maybe I should tell you . Idk if I am right and my sayings strong enough . But I thought abt how and why you lost for 2days . Finally , I came up with the ans . (: Quick , thank me . Haha . Anws , i think . I said I THINK , you disappeared alot of times and wasnt thr to observe the primary players . Hmms, complacent ? You are a fast player and you take action faster thn an opponent thought . The girl in p5, if i didnt oberve wrongly is one who grab chances faster than one who thought . She's left handed and if you hit towards her left hand , she is just gna smack you back . She dont care if its in or not , she just smack and make sure she have grabbed hold of tht chance . You tend to hit ball that pple are able to use forehand hit back . You smacked with power too . But she is even more aggresive ! She may be little but she think fast . Actually , to defeat her , you should be playing slow and steady with her, towards her right hand . You can chop with her . Tell you sth . I can see that kids like her dont have much patience and will eventually lose to you even you w/o smacking ! Once you won them by a set , their confidence gets lower and they will just sulk . They are not experience like us but they have the aggressiveness we sec sch students hoped to have . Maybe you should reflect abt it and try to improve . Lastly , learn from your mistakes and you will be the star player of the team and win medals/trophies for sch . (:

There are many pple I would like to cmt but i shall save it for next time .
Lets cmt on Jasmine KONG , myself . Haha .

Jasmine-
Actually , I start it out with no basics . Balls flying out of the window and not even in sch team during sec 1 . Ex-coach , Frankie never once stop arguing with me . Ok , i must admit I was stubborn and always think I am right . I was the slackest of all in the team and disappear for more than half the trng even tho I do attend . Haha . I never train hard and never thought I would until I was in sec 3. I have wasted a full 2yrs and guess what ? I was ultimately regretful . Haha . I have wasted 2yrs and I could have been much btr ! =.= Stupiddd me , why didnt I find any interest in it for the last 2 years !? One day , I found the ans . (: I am proud cuz I am able to find the ans myself . (: I didnt even tried playing for more than 30min in a game and always slacking ard in the hall . Coach say 1 , I say 2 . Coach say play , I say later . How am i gna improve !? How am I gna find the interest in table tennis if I didnt even try playing myself ?? I didnt find the joy of playing until I started playing with my partner , charmaine . Tsktsk , i have finally caught the feel of playing and the pleasure . Some more , it sure feels gd after a few hours of great smack and a great bucket of sweat ! Now is Sec 3 alr , what else could I do manzx .. Sec 4 say byebye , no more playing alr . How sad . Next yr national , B Girls team have to aim for 4th position in our zone and of course , the C girls to aim for 3rd now . (:
Hope current sec 1s and future players wont be like the past me yeahs . I can see that the current sec 1s are devoted players and are improving fine . (; Great thing . :D

Well , end of commenting . No offence for the players abve mentioned . This blog is not know to many pple . Dont worry abt your reputation . And pls , improve to earn your reputation back .

Oh ya , 2 good things abt that day . (:
1. A few students have shown integrity by owning up stepping on balls and hitting the ball up the aircon . They have paid 50cents each and thanks to them , I dont have to pay . (: Everyone should be like tht , we must learn . (:
2. Everyone abides the rule of having PT every Thurs . Tcher in charge say run , everyone runs. Nobody cheat and even hose who are rushing to go off did their PT before gng off . Agn , this is good and we have done the the crucnches, push ups and jumping jacks well . I am sure we could continue to have this attitude and do btr in future . (:

Well , I think no more alr .
Moral of this post: Observe , show respect to coach and have integrity .

Photos of FENGtianwei .

2008-08-27T19:40:00.000-07:00

The Trios , FengTianwei,LiJiawei and WangYuegu had clinched a Silver medal for

singapore . After 48 years , our Singapore flag finally raised and we were all very

proud about that .Tuesday , 25.8.08 , they came back to Singapore from Beijing .

Many Singaporeans were at the Airport fetching them , cheering for them .

They went from Changi to along a sch , near Orcchard areas , then last was Raffles

City . There were around 400+ people at Raffles City . But from my eyes , I saw more

than that . :X When they were about to go , the crowd chased them for their

signature . The Busy Fengtianwei was trying to wave and smile , signing at the same

time . She walked as she signed and she seems famous . Hhaas . However , the Trios

on that day were quite Emo . They looked glum . Except only occasionally rise their

heads for a few photographs and Smile and wave . Li was busy with her phone,

smsing and chatting . Wang was Sick that day but she appreciated the crowd . :)

Only Feng was quite Enthu and kept smile going at the crowd . Her sweet smile and

touching speech dedicated to her coach make the whole crowd SCREAM . We were

High and we ran towards them not caring our "Face" . JUST FOR HER SIGNATURE .

Omg . We chased to the road where their bus is . Then everyone crowd around her ,

asking her to sign . With that , I whipped out my bat and asked her to sign . She never

listen . LOLS . So , no choice , a little rude , went to chup my bat in . And then , she

signed it ! ;D WOW . She signed on my bat . Others were just signed papers , etc .

LoLs . No kick . =X Then , the crowd dispersed after they went back . I was damn

happy laas ! LOL . Entertain those kaypoh reporters for 20mins ... ZZZ

My bat is special . Famous yeahs . hahas . Here's some photos . I saw so many schs

laas . Mayflower never no go . WTH . -.-" ZZZ . Lucky I go , if not , no chance of her

Signature .

ILOVE FENGTianWei !! :DD

Photographs .

SIGNED by FengTianWei . ((; x33

In the crowd . Spot her .

Great , she looked at the cam .
White shirt is FTW , With red blazer is WYG .
Escorted off by Securities .

Take the Time to ...

2008-06-25T02:47:00.000-07:00

Take The Time ......

Take time to Love ;
It is the secret of Eternal Youth .

Take time to Laugh ;
It is the Music Of The Heart .

Take time to Cry ;
It is the sign of a Large Heart .

Take time to Read ;
It is the Source of Knowledge .

Take time to Hear ;
It is the Power of Intelligence .

Take time to Think ;
It is the Key to Success .

Take time to Play ;
It is the Freshness of Childhood .

Take time to Dream ;
It is the Breath of Happiness .

Take time to LIVE ..
Because Time passes ...
Quickly and NEVER Returns .

Happy Road to Life , my Friends ,
Loves & Blessess . ;D

great table tennis

2007-08-11T01:32:00.001-07:00

Service Strategies in Table Tennis

2007-08-08T05:52:00.000-07:00

Service Strategies in Table Tennis

In table tennis, the person serving the ball usually has a slight advantage, thus it is important to attack your opponent with your service. You can apply different spins when you serve to gain your advantage. Likewise, if you are on the receiving end, you need to buffer your opponent's attack to try to regain the advantage. Watching the spin of the ball will allow you to return the ball effectively. The strategy is to keep your opponent off-balance with your serves and returns.

Some questions you may ask:

What are advantages of the different types of table tennis serves?
How do you return such serves?
What strategies should be used?

Serving the ball

Your service can be hard and fast, or you can change the pace and fool the opponent with an off-speed serve. Most newer players use a flat service that has little intentional spin. Better players will put a spin on the ball that will not only cause the ball to curve, but it will affect the way it bounces off the table and especially how it comes off the paddle after being hit.
Different service spins include top-spin, side-spin, back-spin and no-spin.

Top-spin serve

In the top-spin serve, you slide your paddle over the top of the ball as you hit it. When hit properly and with force, the ball will actually curve downward in its flight and then skip forward after it hits the table. They work the best when the ball hits near the end of the table on the opponent's side.
Often the server will throw his whole body into the serve, telegraphing the type of serve to the opponent.

Side-spin serve

In a side-spin serve, you bring the paddle across your body to create the spin. With a right-handed server, the spin is clockwise when viewed from above for forehand serve. A backhand serve will create a counter-clockwise spin.
If the opponent hits the ball flat--without a spin--it will go off at an angle to the right for a right-handed forehand side-spin serve and to an angle to the left for a backhand side-spin serve.
Hitting the forehand spin serve to the right side of the table will increase the chances that he will miss the table on his return. Likewise, the backhand spin serve should be served to the left side of the opponent.

Back-spin serve

A back-spin serve is also called an under-spin serve. This serve is very useful against attacking players and against less experienced ones as well. A very heavy backspin has great chances of becoming a lost point by the opponent. It is also very difficult to attack these serves.
No-spin serveNo-Spin serves can confuse and opponent, when used after a couple of spin serves. Also a very fast, long, no-spin serve can be useful when your adversary is too far from a certain side of the table.

Returning the serve

Returning the opponent's serve is quite important, as a good reception can throw him off balance. A poor return can seriously damage your chances to win the point.
What is considered a good return is one that will allow you to attack the next ball. Since good players are hitting the ball faster and with tricky spins, effectively returning the service is becoming quite difficult.

Top-spin serves

Top-spin serves can be difficult to return if they are very fast and long, which happens most of the time. You should be careful and not be caught off balance. You should close the angle of your racket or paddle, facing down, as you should do to any top-spin ball. Try to return the ball as low and fast as possible. Another choice is to try to attack the ball right away, if it is slow and/or high.

Side-spin serves

Side-spin serves are very difficult to return. You should always watch your opponent's paddle contact with the ball to understand what sort of side-spin he uses. Then you can compensate by aiming the paddle a bit to the left (if he did right side spin) or to the right (if he did left side spin). The nightmare of all players is not knowing what kind of side spin the ball has. In those cases, aim to the middle of the table.

Back-spin or under-spin serves

Back-spin serves are very common. The ball tends to slow up or skid when it hits the table. You should open your racket angle, facing up, as you should do to any under-spin ball. Return it with the same back-spin to the opponent, the lower the better.

No-spin serves

You may think that no-spin balls would be easy to return, but it is easily possible to confuse these services with any of the others above. The most important thing is to pay close attention on your opponent's serve to understand what kind of spin he gave the ball.

Strategies to use

You want to vary your serves, but yet concentrate on your opponent's weaknesses. You can learn the weak points from carefully observing his play. Likewise, you must be observant in watching how the ball is served to you in order to compensate for the spin and provide a good return.

In conclusion

A table tennis player can serve the ball with a top-spin, side-spin, back-spin or no spin at all. Returning such serves requires a player to carefully observe how the ball was served. Playing to your opponent's weaknesses in returning serves is a good strategy to use.

Table Tennis Tips- (humourous)

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Table Tennis-(humourous)

Let's face it, ping-pong is highly dangerous. The smaller playing area concentrates the action, creating a physical and emotional work-out unparallel to any other table-top games in the indoor sporting world. Naturally, you don't want to suffer any serious injury - so these tips revolves around playing safe.

a) Stretch: To avoid pulled muscles.
b) Breathe: Not breathing can cause you to die.
c) Wear Comfortable Clothing: Loose clothing may snag, whilst tight clothing may restrict you - and if you don't look good you can't play well.

Well now that you know how to play safe, you'll probably want to play to win. To achieve this one needs mastery of technique, an unimpeded flow of life essence, and strict deterrents for the regiment.

a) Wake at 4:00am every day.
b) Eat a bowl of wheat stalks and small pebbles.
c) Work is then comprised of ploughing the soil, catching flying pigs, and four to six hours of stroke-work and match-play.
d) In the evening, poetry and ellecution.

Extreme players have never eaten ice-cream or interacted with the opposite sex - they're pure. With this technique, you too can be a champion.Remember; play well, play safe, and relent not lest ye be trampled and left for dead.

A guide on playing safe, and playing to win.( Dont take it seriously)