Friday, December 11, 2009
And so u19 ended. Haha to think about it, it has been a rather surreal experience. The plan to participate in the comp was hatched a few months back. And this dream was nearly broken when within a few days from the deadline of registration, it was clear that most of the high school ppl were not participating in the comp. Both me and zj decided then on the fateful day at jurong east library while we were mugging for As to form this very team. Many thanks to coach for willing to guide us without charge. And I will forever be amazed by the sheer magnitude of my father's generosity.
In truth, it has always been my wish to play with you guys as one team, haha after all we have grown up together as a team. Right from the start, we were pitted against some of the strongest teams in our age group. It was no surprise that we were the underdogs for every match. But playing with you guys was really such a joy. I am just proud we showed such tenacity to come back time after time from games when we were trailing by 8-9 points. Haha, I have waited for nearly 6 years to have the experience to play every match with my very own dream team.
Forming my very own dream team was simple. Dream team may not be the apt term to use in this case as my "dream team" is not made up of legions of stars and galacticos or whatever terms you may call them. Instead, it comprises sole of a group of teammates who I deeply appreciate and love. I guess what we lack in skill, we made that up with our will. Thank you everyone in the team for giving their best. Often, we were missing several key players and sec 3s had to step in and plug the gaps. They really stood tall and performed excellently.
In retrospect, I felt that we did really well though there are areas we should improve on. Although our full squad was never present, we managed to put up gutsy performances and most importantly, we never gave up on each other.
My only regret would be that we never got wincoln to play for our team. Haha. I am just glad that I got to play every single match. Lol no more pre match jitters.
It's late. A million thanks to everyone who made this dream possible. Though it was achieved late, but better late than never. I really cherished every single minute that we played together.
life can be a burden, but dun ever give up