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Memories...

Sunday, December 19, 2004

todae i am going to talk about rugby, haha, becoz a lot of memories came flooding back to me after watching new zealand take on england just now on tv

i recall with fondness the days when i was playing rugby for armour in my army daes..during early this year from jan to march..everyday was training, rest, and then more training..shiok man..

rugby is a tough game, a real men's game and i like to think of it as "legalised fighting" haha, but its great fun and testerone overflowing..most people who dunch play the game always have this conception that rugby is only a game for big guys, but there is a role for comparatively smaller guys like me haha..Although size is always an advantage, a lot of times u realize that the bigger and fatter the players, the slower they are (eg.Ronald ahahha).. which means to say smaller guys tend to be faster,quicker, and are harder to catch sometimes..speed is crucial in rugby, u may be big and strong, but if u are slow and lack the mental toughness, u are still going to be roughed out

moreover, in rugby, the 15 players are divided into 2 groups: the fowards and the cues. The fowards are essentially all the bigger size guys, while the cues are the smaller size ones. In a match, fowards will always fight with the opponent team's fowards, while cues will always fight with the opposing cues. i ve personally seen with my own eyes, guys who are even smaller than me take down 80 kg heavyweights haha..the key is being ferocious and knowing how to tackle properly, i.e going for the legs

the kind of feeling u get from playing in a competitive rugby match is very hard to describe..its kind of like going to a big fight, where u must try and protect yr teammates as well, or else one can get walloped by 6,7 guys at one time. Lots of underhand means also come into the picture..haha..i rem when i was playin last time against my opposing winger in a match, even though he oredi placed the ball away, i kicked him on his shin as hard as i could when the ref turned around.

rugby is pretty much like life in general..u get knocked down, u get whacked, and thrown all the over the field, but at the end of the day, u pick yourself up, dust off the mud, dirt and grass in your face, and carry on playing ..it teaches a person to be tough and meet challenges in life head on just like a tackle

looking back, i never regret joining the armour team for training and the competition..i still rem that time when i went over and played the game for e first time, lots of people had doubts about me, coz of my size. But i didnt give a fuck what they think..i trained very hard for a few months, and was finally rewarded when i scored the first try of my life, and one which i wont forget for the rest of my life. i rem receiving the ball from thayho, evaded a few challenges, and then just keep running and running down the touchline until i scored..haha, here s where there is a big difference between scoring a soccer goal and a rugby try: unlike soccer, normally for rugby, after scoring a try, u are just too fuckin shagged to celebrate so wildly,and normally u have piles of players stacking up on top of u..

i ll never forget that try i scored..it may mean little to the eventual score in that match, but it sure fucking meant a lot to me..another one of my dreams fufilled. Those few months of playing fulltime taught me a lot of lessons, (besides knowing how to fight and whack people better) and taught me to be mentally much tougher.

KINDA TIRED NOW..BAHHH..MAHJONG SESSION TOOK ITS TOLL ON ME

The Incredible Hock