Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Surprise!!!

Yesterday was Qing Ling's BIG day... a few of us already planned to give her a surprise after a night class in church. I was chatting with her in MSN and she was a bit sad because don't get to go out to celebrate... =) I just have to play along and tell her that we can only celebrate with her in a later date since we have class.. *Bingo - she's sad-er!! muahahahaha....

6 cars were on the way to her house around 10+pm.. Pragas was working closely with Qing Shiun to find out the birthday girl's location in the house so that we can "romp" in the house easily. 9 person with a cake (with a PowerPuff Girl picture =) ) went in the house quietly and slowly climb up the stairs to her room. Qing Shiun helped us by calling her out, as she opens the door, Nicky gave a good surprise shout and Qing Ling was in real shock!! (haha.. dun have a picture to describe her reaction) As the "choir" sing the birthday song to her, she was just laughing (of course with a loud voice as usual) and sat on the floor (I think after shocked with Nicky's loud voice, her legs can't take it anymore hahaha). Anyway, we were glad that the surprise plan worked out very well! =)

To Qing Ling, Blessed birthday again.. We love you very much!! =)


The birthday girl

Making a wish:An Indian boyfriend??

Another brand new year - but still look blur!!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

YouthWave 'o8 Pictures



Ztec: Part of the camp

Ztec Rockets: Their first game against Innebandy
Ztec U-18: Young and energetic team



Ztec 8cers: Turun padang








Ztec 8cers: In action against the Bullets
Ztecaholic

Thursday, April 24, 2008

RG-CG Paintball Outing

I was with the Rev Gen CG members for night paintball outing last Friday. I didn't play but just be there to oversee the whole evening's event.The weather was not so good that night, it was raining heavily around 8pm and the youths were wondering if they gotta play that night. Anyway, there was a smile on their face when the rain stop half an hour later. Charlie and his friends were extremely excited and they even started to plan and strategise in my car - on the way to the "field". It is funny to listen to how they plan the game =)

Nurha, the person-in-charge and instructor fill the markers with pellets and then give some important rules, guidelines and safety rules to 16 youths before all of them run out for a "shooting riot" haha...


Nurha (mostly hidden) giving some pointers to the players.


Full concentration: The players listening to the instructions carefully since this is their first time.

Do we still look good? - Debbie (left) and Lina (Right)

All of them were having fun shooting each other without much game plan, some of them even shoot their own team members, dunno why. They played 5 games and the whole thing ended around 11pm.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

YouthWave Floorball Challenge '08

The April 19th morning started with an early wait at INTI College, Penang. Everyone suppose to meet at 730am before leaving in a convoy to Balik Pulau Sports Complex for the annual YouthWave Floorball Tournament, 19th-20th April '08. Everyone was so excited about the game, all were tensed but we still have some time to joke and talk non-sense (as usual =) ). One after another arrived at the meeting point and the last to reach is none other than our beloved Termin (that's already almost 8am) lolz... anyway, as the whole Ztec convoy is complete now, we start our journey with Sherwynd leading the way.

As we edge closer to our destination, I guess all of us are still unclear what to expect in this year's tournament, but Ztec is ready to give our best for this year. 4 Ztec teams (U-18, 8cers, Rockets and Ztecaholics) arrived at around 8.30am and we quickly settle down and prepare for the games.

Ztec 8cers (myself, Nicky, Sherwynd, Joon Han and Aaron) just can't wait to get into their first game against Contacts. The first game started quite slow as both teams trying to get to know each other game's plan and strategy. As for 8cers, we know that we have to win the first 2 matches to book ourselves a place in the quarter-finals. 8cers started to show better teamwork and understanding in their first game and we managed to score our first goal through Nicky. 8cers continue to strike towards Contact's zone and we scored another 4 goals (Nicky-2, Sherwynd-1, Joon Han-1) before the referee blow the final whistle. End of the game, 5-0 to the 8cers. The team spirit was high after the first match.

The second game against the Bullets was tough anyway as the opponent quite defensive. Sherwynd, Nicky and Joon Han were trying so hard to penetrate their defence line and score but they just find it so hard. Towards the last 4 minutes, 8cers hardwork was rewarded when Joon Han take full advantage in a quite messy situation in front of Bullets' goalpost to score the only goal in the second match. Now, 8cers already won 2 matches and we're definitely in the quarter-finals.

The last group game was even tougher as we know Salibandy is the favourite to defend their YouthWave championship. Eventough 8cers has booked a place in the quarter, we vowed to face the giants with a undivided spirit and teamwork. As the game begin, Salibandy demonstrate their attacking skills through Deswynd. 8cers was having difficulty to adapt to Salibandy's fast-paced game. In the first 5 minutes, Salibandy was already 3 goals ahead. 8cers was trying hard to catch up and managed to score a goal through Aaron (or Joon Han). Time was just to short for 8cers to pull back more goals and the game went to Salibandy with 3-1 scoreline.

After nearly an hour break, Ztec 8cers went down to the court again for the only quarter-finals that featuring Ztec team as Ztec U-18 was defeated undeservely in their final group match that cost them a quarter-finals berth, Ztec Rockets and Ztecaholics were both tasting their first competitive games and have to bow down to much experienced teams in their group matches.

Ztec 8cers vs. Torch Bearers (if I got the name right, from PCC) in the quarter. The first minute was a bit shaky as both teams trying to play safe. As the last man, I saw the ball coming my way and on advantage I rushed out trying to clear the ball, unfortunately I missed it. As the ball moving slowly in front of me and with the opponent pressuring, I tried to clear the ball and it was out of my way before the opponent steal the ball and press on. The opponent finally took a difficult angle from the left side of the goalpost and score. It was 0-1 and we're determined to come back at least to tie the scoreline. 8cers had a few good chances but the opponent's defence was tightly covered. The referee blew the whistle to end the 8 minutes of the game - scoreline remained 0-1 to the opponent.

It was a big blow to myself as I was in that position to take the blame. Partly speechless after the game, can't believe that I made such mistake. Anyway, it was a good fight as we manage to push ourselves into the last 8. For all the Ztec teams, you guys did well... even though some of us are quite dissapointed, but there are still rooms for us to buckle up before the next Penang League and YouthWave.

For more Ztec's results and write-up on YouthWave, please visit http://www.ztecfloorball.blogspot.com/

3..2..1.. Ztec!!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Crossworks sets to rock again

Very soon... all the talks on reviving Crossworks will be realized!! With a team which has almost 60% new faces now, the band is all-ready and pumped to make their way to the stage again. While Benard taking over and function as the leader of the band, Crossworks has recruited a young and talented lead guitarist from PCC, Yuen Thern who can't wait anymore to rock the stage =) We also have 2 dedicated musicians from the Borneo, Riksen (lead guitarist) and Fernando (bassist). And of course, without Florence, the fantastic, fabulous, crazy, insane keyboardist, the band is not complete. Just worried that she plays too much of jazz-y music.... haha. In vocalist section, Joe Ang and Su Mei, both are strong in singing "parts" will be supporting Benard, who is also the lead singer and acoustic guitarist.

And.... my gratitude to all these wonderful people, dedicated and talented musicians and singers, with their kind and compassionate hearts, I thank them for considering me and I'm equally humbled and touched when they agreed to give me a try and take me in as the drummer of the band... hahaha ;-)

Alright, talk about Crossworks, I would like to give all the credits to Mr Daniel Yong who's also the founder of the band. With his tireless effort, he actually started the band with a team consist of musicians and singers from churches all over the Penang Island. Crossworks then started to develope and travel around to do worship workshops, hold evangelistic concerts as well as doing concerts by invitation. And today, Daniel's leadership and guidance has played a major role in reviving Crossworks. Uncle Daniel, we will continue to carry on with the vision that you've set for Crossworks!! .... the legacy continues!!

*Bonus fact :

Something that I have to tell you about Crossworks is the band itself has produced a superstar who has gained the popularity in the entertainment circle now. Hannah Tan - yes, Hannah Tan that you often see in TV, magazines and newspaper adverts was one of the Crossworks' members =)

2nd Q SNL Worship Schedule







YouthWave Triple Challenge

All of us in Ztec 8cers Floorball Club are equally excited about the upcoming YouthWave Triple Challenge, from 19th-20th April 2008. This year, Ztec 8cers is sending 4 teams for the 4-on-4 Floorball Challenge. And guess what?!? We're sending 1 girl's team this year... Wow!!! And our coach has given the group a name - Ztecaholic. They have just gone through about a month's training and they are all fired up to face the giants. All the best girls!!

To Ztec U-18, Ztec 8cers and Ztec Rockets, Play Hard and Play Smart!!

3..2..1.. Ztec!!

Launching PD...

Finally, I have sometime to really BLOG!! Phew... Lolz... By the way, PD simply means Passionate Drummer... but of course it will not be a 100% drums talk kinda blog =)