Sunday, November 27, 2005

I'll Be Alright

Wrote another piece of poem. Started writing on this piece a few months back but just couldn't get anything right so this piece had to be left in the vault uncompleted for a few months.

Digged it out today and strange enough, after I had said it's getting harder to write anything these days, the inspiration flows like water today. Re-continued working on this piece again... amendments, deletion, addition.. so there you go, the outcome "I'll Be Alright".

Background: This piece was written for a friend, JS, and was supposed to be completed a few months back when he was having difficult moments of his life. However, try as I might, wasn't able to come up with anything good enough and right enough to finish this poem then, thus it was only completed only today.

Anyway, do enjoy:
I'll Be Alright

Breathe your courage in, tell us, "I'll be alright"

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A Thing About You

Hmmm... listening to "A Thing About You" by Roxette.

Not really rock 'n' roll and not the type of song which everyone will fancy or notice, but I simply can't get enough of it. If I couldn't put the feeling of romance into words, now I know I could.

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NUS: 4 Goals

1st Goal: The defender loses his ball and I one-time right foot the ball into goal.

2nd Goal: One on one with the keeper. Shoot with the right foot and into goal.

3rd Goal: Ran from before half court and dribbled all the way in and shoot past the keeper with the right foot. My goal of the day.

4th Goal: A pass in from my right and first time in past the keeper with my right foot.

68 Goals!!!
My target of 6 goals was not reached... that means...

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Friday, November 25, 2005

A Change In The Tattoo

Finish a poem finally.. not very satisfy with it though but nevertheless, it's completed. This piece doesn't seem to fit very well. Some strange syllabus phrasing you see... I may edit it further more again... It's called "A Change In The Tattoo", not "A Bolt From The Blue" no more. The latter just couldn't fit in.

It's those type of poem that encourages people. That's very not like what I always wrote. Anyway, do give comments about it... I really had a hard time writing anything now. Rusting and drying...

Check it out at http://words.shaowei.net

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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Long Post

Not Updating My Blog
Someone ask me recently... "Why aren't you updating your blog anymore?" So I gave back the usual and standard reply... "I am too busy." ...which is true. Busy with work, my school project(which is coming to an end) and of course, busy scoring goals.. haha... arrogant? No, I mean more like busy trying my best to score as many as I could before 2005 ends. I aim to reach my 100 goal since 31st July 2005. We will go into that later.. So being buzy will mean that now is the only time I can update my blog... and when I say now, I mean past midnight.. Hope I won't end up a panda tomorrow at work "again". Yes.. always the case. Today, I will write a little more... so for those who wanted to read something, you can read until you "song". Even though it might be only one person asking about my blog or even only one person reading my blog, I'm really happy. Touched really... a blog full of craps and broken english.. so for those who are still reading, I salute you and say thanks... and BTW, feel free to leave me a comment or sms so I know you are reading.. of course, Henry and Jeffrey are the ones who visits frequently, so thanks. I'll try to make my blog more interesting but do not expect much as uninteresting guy can't write interesting stuff. Watever...

Poems
Yeah.. another thing. What happen to my poems?? I gave up writing? NO!!! I still love writing but I just can't write anymore... Believe me, I'm trying real hard and cracking my brain real hard... Stops at June 2003, and continue to complete 6 more from April to June 2005. Stops again and now we are reaching December.. 38 poems in all, excluding some that I dropped. lost count.. you can read them all at my homepage, both the 38 poems as well as the dropped ones. Don't be upset if you happen to find poems that I wrote for or wrote about you being dropped.. they are still there.. just that, they will not be so easily accessible through the site. Recently I wrote in my blog that I was going to complete a new piece called "A Bolt From The Blue" but it never gets uploaded to my page... What happens is when I read it all over again, I deleted almost about 50% of it cause I just felt that something was not right.. probably because I don't mean what I said in it.. This piece is those encouraging happy go lucky type of poem.. I mean I do write hair metal, but never this type of poem.. telling you the world is so beautful and... seriously, I have to sleep now... my eyes closed... write again..

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Sunday, November 20, 2005

Soccer Positions

Got the article below from Wikipedia.org

Centre back
The job of the centre backs or central defenders is to stop opposing players, particularly the strikers, from scoring, and to bring the ball out from their penalty area. As their name suggests, they play in a central position. Most teams employ two centre backs, stationed in front of the goalkeeper. There are two main defensive strategies used by centre backs: the zonal defence, where each centre back covers a specific area of the pitch, and man-to-man marking, where each centre back has the job of covering a particular opposition player.

Centre backs are often tall, with good heading and tackling ability. An ability to read the game well is a distinct advantage. Sometimes centre backs concentrate less on ball control and passing, preferring to merely clear the ball in a "safety-first" fashion. However, there is a long tradition of centre backs having more than just rudimentary footballing skill, enabling a more possession-orientated playing style.

The position is sometimes referred to as centre half. In the early part of the 20th century, when most teams employed the 2-3-5 formation, the row of three players were called half backs. As formations evolved, the central player in this trio (the centre half), moved into a more defensive position on the field, taking the name of the position with him.

Sweeper
The sweeper is a more versatile type of centre back that "sweeps up" the ball if the opponent manages to breach the defensive line. His or her position is rather more fluid than other defenders who man-mark their designated opponents. Because of this, the position is often referred to as libero (from the Italian: free). The sweeper's ability to read the game is even more vital than for a centre back. A sweeper is sometimes expected to build counter-attacking moves, and as such requires better ball control and passing ability than a typical centre back. However, sweepers are often merely defensive players. For example, the catenaccio system of play, used in Italian football in the 1960s, employed a purely defensive sweeper.

Full back
The full backs take up the wide defensive positions, one on each side of the field. Their main task is to prevent opposition players crossing or cutting the ball back into the penalty area. In some defensive systems, full backs man-mark opponents. Most full backs are also expected to provide an attacking dimension by getting upfield along the wings and providing crosses.

Traditionally, the full backs (the "2" in the 2-3-5 formation) played a role today occupied by the central defenders. As the game evolved, with the old centre half taking over the central defensive role, full backs have migrated out to the flanks and the position now requires a slightly different set of skills. The modern full back is usually pacy, strong in the tackle and with good stamina to get up and down the field.

The wingback is a modern variation on the full back with heavier emphasis on attack. They are usually employed in a 3-5-2 formation, and could therefore be considered part of the midfield. As the role combines that of the winger and the full back, wing backs need to be blessed with good stamina. As they have the support of three centre backs, they are expected to concentrate more on providing support for strikers and less on their defensive duties.

Centre midfield
Central midfielders play a number of roles on the field of play, depending on their particular strengths and weaknesses and the tactics of the team. They are the link between defence and attack, and must also defend when the opposition are in possession. Their central position enables them to have an all-round view of the match, and as most of the action takes place in and around their area of the pitch, midfielders often exert the greatest degree of control over how a match is played.

Central midfielders are often divided into defensive and attacking midfielders. A defensive midfielder, or "holding midfielder", shares many characteristics with a centre back. Their main priority is to distribute a ball effectively when in possession of the ball, or to break up an opponent's attack when not. Attacking midfielders are expected to create scoring chances for team mates and to try to score goals themselves.

All midfielders need excellent fundamental footballing skills, i.e. good ball control and passing, as well as good stamina. In addition, defensive midfielders should particularly be strong in the tackle. For attacking midfielders, especially the breed known as "playmakers", the vision and awareness to spot and pass to team-mates in a good position can create invaluable scoring chances for a striker. Of all the positions, midfield is possibly the one where raw speed is the least important, as this can be compensated for by ability on the ball.

Winger and wide midfielder
The out-and-out winger is a position that has been less fashionable since Alf Ramsey's England side — the "Wingless Wonders" — won the World Cup in 1966. The job of the winger is simply to provide crosses or cut-backs into the penalty area for the strikers to score from. Traditionally this was done using pace or dribbling ability to beat opposing full backs. Wingers were not expected to contribute to the defence.

The wide, or side midfielder is a modern development of the winger role. Side midfielders are similarly expected to support the strikers, but are also expected to help with defensive duties in the wide areas. Other roles include retaining possession of the ball in the wings to allow the fullback to overlap them, and offering wide passing options for the central midfielders in games where the midfield is heavily congested. However, the distinction between wingers and wide midfielders is blurred: many outside midfielders can still legitimately be classed as wingers.

Centre forward
The centre forward has one main task: to score goals. There are two commonly categorized types of centre forward: the "target man" and the "link man". Most teams that play with two strikers will field an attacker of each type, although many play a number of other variations.

Target men are usually of above-average height, with good heading ability and an accurate shot. The target man will tend to score goals from crosses, often with the head, and use the body strength to shield the ball while turning to score.

Link men are often smaller in stature, preferably with dribbling skills and good pace. They are expected to contribute goals as much as to create chances for the target man. Smaller strikers tend to prefer to use their pace to run onto a ball passed over the opposition defence, rather than to collect the ball with their back to goal in the manner of a target man.

Deep-lying forwards
Deep lying forwards have a long history in the game, but the terminology to describe them has varied over the years. Originally such players were termed inside forwards, or deep-lying centre forwards. More recently, the preferred terms have been "withdrawn striker" or playing "in the hole" (i.e., the space between the midfield and defence of the opposing team).

Whatever the terminolgy, the position itself is a loosely-defined one somewhere between the out-and-out striker and the midfield. Such a player is either a skilful, attack-minded midfielder or a striker who can both score and create opportunities for a centre forward.

The list of deep-lying forwards of renown below thus contains players who can be described as inside forwards, attacking midfielders, or "hole" players, depending largely on the terminology of their own day.

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Anime Update

Hadn't been updating on the anime for quite some time so I shall update now..

Since then the finished series are School Rumble and Samurai 7. So here's a short overall review on these 2 series.

School Rumble... at least a 9. It has got to be one of my favourite series of all time. Highly recommended... love it...

Samurai 7... production cost of $300,000 USD per episode. 26 episodes in all... 36 x 300,000... Overall, still a great show.

Now watching... Shaman King, Gankutsuou and Air.... Here's a short review on them so far.

Shaman King... Action and only action... quite kiddy honestly.

Gankutsuou... This series is very highly rated.. Had comtumes in it designed by Anna Sui so you can expect a lot from Gakutsuou. A Gonzo work somemore. Serious stuff.

Air... Romance... highly rated as well. So far it has been great.

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4 Goals Nus

The opponents are weak today...

1st Goal: Dribbled past the opponents' defence and dribbled past the keeper to put the ball into the back of the net with my rigth foot.

2nd Goal: A through pass by Henry and and first time slot the ball past the keeper.

3rd Goal: A pass in by Henry and managed to shot right into an open goal with my right foot.

4th Goal: Goal of the day. Dribbled past every single opponents and put the ball past the keeper with the left foot.

64 Goals!!!

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Saturday, November 12, 2005

4 Goals NUS

4 goals NUS... not is a good mood so shall not say much

1st Goal: Pinball with the goalkeeper and I kicked the ball in with the right foot.

2nd Goal: Pass in from the right and one touch slammed the ball in with my right foot.

3rd Goal: Pass in into the penalty box too. One touch put the ball in with the right foot.

4th Goal: Slammed the ball in with the left foot after dribbling into the penalty box.

60 Goals!

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Saturday, November 05, 2005

6 Goals NUS

The weather today is super! No sun at all. My good scoring form continues... The left thigh is injured, overworked, during the week and thus today, I could only play striker, target man.

1st Goal: Went and dribbled past the last man and slot the ball in with the right foot.

2nd Goal: Dribbled past the keeper and shot the ball into an open goal.

3rd Goal: A pass from my right found me right in front of an open goal. Dribbled in and slam the ball in.

4th Goal: Pin ball action. The ball deflected me and in straight between the legs of the keeper, Linyou.

5th Goal: A pass in from my right past the keeper by Henry and I slotted the ball with my right foot into goal.

6th Goal: Dribbled past 2 defenders into the penalty area and shot past the keeper.

Scored a lot of typical "target man" goal today..
56th Goal in all since 31st July...

10th May - 10th July - 50 goals
31st July - 5th November - 56 Goals

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Thursday, November 03, 2005

4 Goals Jurong

It's a friendly against the division one. Nothing worth to talk about.

1st Goal: One on one.. shot through the legs of keeper with the right foot. Wasn't an intentional shot between the legs. A miscue but somehow, it went through the legs.

2nd Goal: A wild right foot shot again. This time again, through the legs of the keeper. Same keeper further more.

3rd Goal: Run through and one on one with keeper. Shot past the keeper with right foot.

4th Goal: Run through and one on one with keeper too. Shot past the keeper with right foot.

50 goal in all!

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