Thanks and no thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks to:

-Baby for spending a lovely Monday with me. Helping me to really enjoy my term break and assuring me that my ego is intact, after all. This is one of the main reasons why you are invaluable to me!

-Baby again! For the ring you got for me. I lost the old one months ago and i am sorry, will take extra attention to where i put valuable items when i play soccer in future!

-God who give me the chance to be patient and reflect myself better.

-My parents for being so accomodating and always take heart in teaching me and sharing with me about the values of Faith in God and buying me an English translated Quran.

-Ming for being a great brother. Showing signs of growing old despite still being crazy and sore about losing. Appreciate your commitment to the family and your morale support for me when i needed it.

-Friends who remains sincere in our friendships and took effort in having a conversation with me, attempting to get me to lepak, able to hold absolute no grudges despite our differences in opinions.

-Fernando Torres for that winning header which made me scream out ‘GOAL!’. Proving that form is temporary, class is permanent.

-’FRIENDS’ Sitcom, which continues to make me laugh almost every night from 1am-2am. Chandler, i like you because we’re alike. Joey, you’re so funny! Rozz, you are the best nerd in the show ever! Phoebe’s so weird and funny, Rachel’s always hot and Monica i admire your winning mentality!

No thanks (refer to ming)

No thanks (refer to ming)

No Thanks to:

-those who pretended to be a friend, if any! Bitch behind my back? Well, only got two words for ya: S**K IT!

-MDIS for making it difficult for me to log into the school learning web portal, making module(s) selection process challenging.

-MDIS street soccer tournament for not being able to include us in the competition for being incapable of earning more revenue and cater to more teams.

-those playing soccer and not asking me to join them regardless if i am on one week holiday!

-those that cannot keep their personal dislikings for me aside and dont have the courage to be sincere with me. I will really appreciate friends that are able to tell me what they dont like about me without affecting our relationships.

-Ryan Giggs whose goal help Liverpool to go second again. I dont deny that my Baby’s favourite player is a class player all the way.

-Taufiq in a motor accident. I have always dislike motor cycles because of the accidents, the injuries and the money that my poor friends worry about. Get well soon bro.

-those peeps who judged me like they know everything. But it’s ok, i am lucky to have more people that values me than people like you!

Redbacks fall 2-0 to RSM (late post)

warm up

warm up

2nd half

2nd half

ayat

ayat

me in for capt

me in for capt

ming out

ming out

aki cross

aki cross

faiz

faiz

mok

mok

ming

ming

hilmi

hilmi

sidelines

sidelines

sani

sani

OG

OG

faiz and wan

faiz and wan

wan small

wan small

taufiq

taufiq

line up

line up

redbacks anthem

redbacks anthem

team shout

team shout

ayat miss

ayat miss

Refreshing time…

After my exams, instead of destressing the way Ayyub normally do, i found out that it’s more meaningful to spend more time at home doing constructive things for my own life. I spent Friday going to watch ”The Curios Case of Benjamin Button” with Baby and i thought it was a lovely story about love and responsibility. Yes, Baby there’s more to the show other then Brad Pitt. Given a choice, i would rather choose to grow up normally, i mean growing old instead or growing young. But, if it’s God’s will then i will accept it fully. Knowing that he cant possibly raise his own child, he chose to do other meaningful things and i would have done the same. It takes great strength and courage to leave the ones you love dearly to your heart. It was sad at the end seeing him losing his memory and died as a baby. Baby cried but i didnt..

curious_case_of_benjamin_button

curious_case_of_benjamin_button

I spent my Saturday playing a friendly match for my ex-crew of McDonald’s. They were really short of players and in the 2nd half, we played with 8 players. Despite going 3-1 up at one point, we lost the game 6-4. I thought it was a great game for me personally to learn to contain my frustrations. I played sweeper in the 2nd half, haha, managed to pull off some offside traps. The best thing was the opponents had 3 Redbacks players playing! Irwando, Abang Sani and Izat. I scored a acute angle freekick in the first half to level the scores 1-1. I was personally happy to have a real run out and to score from another freekick really tells me to have more faith in my ability. Last year, i scored a total of 5 freekicks: 2 for Redbacks, 3 for Cairnhill. Today was my first freekick goal and i was really glad to pull it off.

freekick attempt

freekick attempt

Baby has been working of late, despite having spent Friday with her, i still miss her a lot. I can sense her dissatisfaction as we went home on Friday night. I have been making sure that i dont end up not coming home anymore. At my age of coming 28yrs old, i really should stop as much as nonsense as possible. Without Abang in the house anymore, i need to set a good example for Ming too. Perhaps, there are more important things that i can also share a passion too like God, My parents, Baby and my own developements to survive in the economy.

more time with her pls..

more time with her pls..

Earlier in the week, a classmate of mine got me to join a team to assist them in marketing aspects. I was flattered, but it was a perfect opportunity to put my marketing knowledge to test. I wont reveal much about it other than we are really going to develop something and we are joining in the Singapore Startup competition organised by NUS.

marketing-strategy

marketing-strategy

Life certainly has many struggles, this will be my struggle to improve myself. I must put my heart in everything i do, hopefully i have have some success to benefit from. Failures are what i want to face now, as it is only through failures that makes me stronger. My msn nickname is Yubz Revived since the msn messenger was first available. Reviving is my personal trait. I love to make comebacks, as i simply love to win in anything i do. It’s time for another Yubz Revival!

Frustrations..

victim or villian?

victim or villian?

Thought about not blogging this, as it will feel like almost degrading myself. But i know myself best and i only meant the best for Redbacks.

Yesterday, i blew my top during the match. I was extremely annoyed with Taufiq for ignoring me playing in midfield. I ended up chasing balls, jumping for headings when i fear i might twist my knee while landing. I am the type of player that wants to be involved in any game. From my point of view, the defence pumped the long ball too many times. Once i started falling back, i somewhat misunderstood that i cant attack. Truth is Azhar would have fall back whenever i go up. The captain put me out for the second half, perhaps to ‘teach me a lesson’. I didnt contain the anger of mine and frankly i didnt want to. Game after game, especially this season we made the same silly mistakes again and again. I offered to play midfield mainly because i know i have the capacity to provide more. The Captain told me that i failed miserably, because i lost my cool. Ironic it may seems, i always play better when i am fired up. But i guess i am fired up in the wrong way for the team. My performance is secondary, as i find out. Obviously, the winning mentality what Taufiq said about me isnt what Redbacks require in the team. I feel very guilty now that I cause the team to feel down. I will try to contain my frustrations next time. Somehow, i need to just find my own way to enjoy the football regardless of the situation. Being honest is not the right choice for a character like my kind.

As i talked to Azhar on the phone, he did pointed out a few things for me to learn to benefit the team. First, my temperament. Second, prolonging any displeasure. Third, redbacks have come a long way and the first and second are not accepted. I mixed with most of the other players, mostly after games and i do know how they really feel after each game. I accept the wrongdoings on my part and it didnt feel good. My whole frustrations are based on what i thought that could help the team. I thought wrong and maybe i am the only person feeling this way. I know i will be perceived as egoistic by reacting like this. Frankly speaking, i dont know what else to feel. I have high expectations and when i fall, i am not going to easily accept the fall. I will get mad at myself, like now, but there’s no giving up in me. Taufiq, perhaps to you i am giving up but you can say whatever you want. I never played S League never get bad press never get booed by the fans and it’s also normal. Normal being passionate in what i do. The only wrong thing i did was to project the wrong image of redbacks.

Maybe Azhar is struggling to bring the team together and i offered to help. He didnt give me any concrete answer and i told him no matter what, i dont want the captaincy. Azhar represent Redbacks and you dont want to put someone who loses his cool representing redbacks. I just want the opportunity to assist in the strategies and i can understand that it’s more difficult to do it in pairs than doing it alone.I believe i can do a bettter job and i dunno how the team will react.

Above all, i have strong belief in who i am. I give everything whole heartedly and sometimes i do make the mistake of blasting people. But what i need to stop is prolonging it. That’s why i decided to blog, as the perfect way to ‘let go’. Reading this is your choice, surely in my own blog i have my own right to fully utilise it right? ;P

Fantastic Family Picture @ Royal Plaza on Scott

Happy 34th Anniversary Papa&Mama!

Happy 34th Anniversary Papa&Mama!