soccer day

i haven't kicked a soccer ball for more than a year...and i actually missed playing soccer (even though when the guys were here, i always seem very un-enthu about it...)

and today, i actually played soccer at princes park! Many thanks to Kenneth who organised this soccer game on Easter Monday *applause

there were only 7 of us though..and 3 girls,4 guys...so can imagine how slaugthered the team would be with the girls. i am not used to playing soccer on field though. i only played on field once...so i was quite apprehensive about it. and princes park was where wp tore his ACL 2 Good Fridays ago. was feeling quite scared of playing on the field.

but the game was pretty ok..except for the fact that the goal posts were miles apart and running from one end to the other has caused strains in my rectus femoris bilaterally. i felt so breathless on the field, as if oxygen can't get into my lungs. and did i mention the stitch in my left side which felt like a knife was being stabbed right between my ribs? OUCH!!

still, i enjoyed the feeling of chasing after the ball and trying to score goals (but failing miserably most of the times). brings back happy memories on the CS netball/basketball/tennis court.

playing soccer today made me realised how much fun i had with the guys. even when we dun play a game, and just practised shooting penalties/trying to curl the ball. we goof around, laughing at each other's weird antics. would always remember jf having to climb into the rubbish chute to get the ball that flew in...and wp's occasional war cry before he fires the ball with full power at unsuspecting victims like me...and edwin's explicit show of fustration when he fails to score. and of course, i'd always savour the taste of accomplishment when i actually manage to score a goal on those rare occasions, beaming with pride and joy.

never knew i can be into soccer like that. but i know i am way off from being as good as them. i'd still need "god mode" in order to play with them. nonetheless, i am definitely looking forward to a reunion soccer match some day in the future...perhaps, in the heat and humidity of sunny singapore...