so we had our final prelim rnd match against hall 4.. din win din lose, we drew.. but the game was so bad tt i felt like we lost in an unfair way (well we did lose on goal diff of 1 so we'll be meeting hall 6 in quarts).. i must say this is the first time in all my years of playing netball(yes, 11 years for goodness sake!) tt the F word came out of me..so naturally.. bad i know im not supposed to esp when an ump myself but c'mon they were really really just too rough.. i mean can u imagine someone sweeping her arms across ur head when u obviously caught the ball like 2 seconds ago???? her reaction cant be tt slow rite???? and mind u she's no softie.. came bulldozing into me like a car tt has its brakes missing.. and this is just one of the many incidents thruout the whole 40 mins on court, the one which i let loose.. ill really be a saint if i din..

yeah players aside, umpiring was, well, hmmm yah she's my fren so ill just say not up to the standard.. okie of cos i remember myself telling my players never ever to blame the umpires for bad games but well this is not personal but i really think they cld have done a better job.. i know trini will second me if she's reading.. but of cos, im sure she has no ill intention on her part to umpire the game the way she did.. i mean how can we blame her when she is the SOLE umpire for all the matches (which in itself is already against the rules).. umpiring since the break of dawn.. its really no joke.. but i just feel tt to deny any team of proper umpiring just becos of the lack of resources on the part of the convening hall is just not RIGHT.. there's seriously something wrong with the system.. we din train and fight so hard just to be deny of justice on court.. yeah .. anyway to all those pushy players out there, we play NETBALL here, we dun wrestle on court alrite! its abt the brains and skills, not the battle of brawns okie!

yah okie i know enough of bitching.. hurt my palm during the game as i was trying to tap a ball away.. got the ball but fingers are gone.. damn painful.. almost cried and smart me called for time.. haha .. actually im not sure if its rite.. i called for time not becos my injury was so serious tt i cant go on.. was cos the ball was in our possession in the goal third then i know ill have to finish up the shot but i dun think i can shoot properly with the pain so i wanted to rest awhile and let the pain subside .. well here comes the moral dillemma..rite or not im not sure.. but i think if im faced with the same prob agian i wld have done the same.. hmmm anyway bad shooting today.. runs weren't impressive as well.. im so losing it.. hate the feeling rite now.. yeah okie dunno if i can mention this on my blog hee.. hope laoren dun read it.. GUAT played today!!! hahaha okie she'll really really kill me if laoren finds out.. anyway thx lots cos i tihnk we realli needed u.. and guess wad, u played much better than a perfectly abled person, im serious.. of cos i wldnt want any of ur 7 screws to fall out of place but it'll really be great if u can join us for our other matches.. i mean can u imagine the defending champs and runner up fall outta the run after prelim rnd??? hahaha and of cos with u ard, chances of huizhen playing for us will be much much higher!!!! heee.. okie my wishful thinkings..

okie one last thing to say abt IHG.. the sports com is either not interested in keeping our titles or simple just incompetent.. totally disorganised, 1 hour be4 the match u can still hear players asking who are we playing today... duhz.. there was no competition strategy to talk abt let alone aims for this year.. suddenly, i feel so proud of wad we did for IHG last yr.. there was never one nite we din talk abt strategies.. pushed for the dates and time to accomodate our players, making so many provisions for the players just so tt we cld all be present for impt matches..still keep my IH diary with me and i can never find a day free from trg or matches.. we started planning so early, got all the players we needed and we had in mind how far we can go.. we impressed everyone with our abilities and everyone started thinking of how to beat hall 12 girls.. tt was our era, the golden age of hall 12.. sadly, never to be repeated.. im glad i was part of all these and to the gang out there, we know we'll nv forget these =)