sheares handball guys lost..

The result from yesterday match wasn't something what we had expected or wanted at all. Despite being the favorites to win, TH managed to produce an upset and steal the victory. They took the game to us right from the start. TH ,who was more desperate for the victory in order to keep their hope of qualifying for next round ,was much more aggressive right from the start. Sheares somehow lost their concentration and composure in the early moments as they were trailing by 4 goals right from the start. During the second half, we managed to produce some fine performance and tighten up the defense.

although we did fight back and both sides exchanged leads a couple of times, TH was lucky to steal the victory from us in the dying minutes. it was a heart breaking night for the whole team and those who came down to support us. Perhaps this match served as a wake up call to the team and now it is really the time for us to perform to our potential in the next match. 

after months of training with them, i believe we are the strongest and hope everyone who is donning the orange on the court will strive their best and produce an outstanding performance to overcome KR.

Jia you guys. 

mac problem solved

it was just yesterday when i finally decided to go down to IT Care to solve my printing problem. i thought it was just a simple problem somewhere and it  was just on my side that i couldn't detect it. however, the problem was more complicated than i thought.

two IT Care staff attended to my problem and tried solving it. however, they couldn't really find the solution. luckily, there was this passerby who offered me the advice to go to the mac forum to seek help... and so finally, i managed to find the solution to my problem there

the solution :

as leopard is relatively new, there are quite a handful of printers that are incompatible with it and the official website of the respective printers have yet to offer the new patch for it. anyway, a dummy printer settings which is compatible for leopard is set up. so the print preview can be seen correctly and accurately according to what i want. from there, i save the settings to PDF format. With the PDF format, i will then able to open it with the reader and print out using my printer.

it may seem troublesome but what to do.. it still beats buying a new printer. haha.. mac is too gd for the printer i guess.

hope this will help other mac users who are facing similar problems.

problem with mac and printer

when u guys first saw the title, i bet those non-mac users must be thinking that my mac book is finally giving me problems right? haha.. it isn't exactly that picture that u guys have painted in your mind.

yes.. there is a little problem with my mac. i was using the powerpoint by micro soft that day and i found that i couldn't print the slides. there was some problems with the setting i think. however, i couldn't really play around with the printer setting since i didn't have options to do that. previously before i upgrade to leopard, everything was working fine. strangely, the print settings has no trouble with MS word.

i had gone down to IT care for advices and they suggested to me to re install my printer. i did that and the problem still persists. sigh.. it could be like what some of my mac friends say, it wasn't MAC fault.. it is just the microsoft product. haha..

anyone out there kind enough to offer me some advice ?

sheares basketball girls

after cruising through the first round with easy victories over KR and King Edward and staging a well deserved fight back in the semi against the eusoff in the semi, the sheares basketball girls finally came down against TH in the final.

it was a heart breaking moment at the final whistle as they fought really hard in the final. being their TM for the past few months, i do feel for them through the competition. they trained really hard during the hols and last week. they transformed from a team of no bodies to a team that was filled with fighting spirit and able to go to the finals and give TH a good fight.

i think the girls deserved more than 3 cheers.

anyway i was really honored to be the TM for this team. really appreciated Alison for giving me this chance to be the TM even through she didn't really know me at the start. hope i didn't let her down throughout the last semester. initially i was really bored whenever i had to watch them train. however, as time passed and i got to know the team better, training was n't that boring anymore. it was quite a joy actually to see them improving over time. it is like watching a infant slowly learning how to walk.

hope this defeat will be a good lesson for the young team and may this team stay together and strive even harder next year... gd work girls.

stepping into 2008

counting down to a new year together with the sec 4 class has almost become a tradition since it has been happening for 2 years in a row. this year's  counting down 'party' was no exception as i chose to celebrate with them again.

however, this year's programmes were rather screwed up. there was no dinner unlike past years.. no counting down in town... keith and dave wont be available till after midnight, yc was busy with gf and eugene had his own programmes. so in the end, only jian hao was free b4 midnight and he almost didn't make it to my house on time. he reached 5 mins b4 12. i couldn't believe i spend the last moment of 2007 with him. for a moment, i thought i should have joined hy for her countdown.

when dave finally arrived, we played some xbox games and ate some chips. keith came n fetched us at ard 3 in the morning to go his house. initially we wanna watch some dvds but ended up plaing Wii. it was fun and entertaining. in the end, we did what we always do in the past years, laid dead everywhere in his room.

i guess the programmes didn't really matter. it was the people u spend the moments with that matter. however, if the attendance continues to worsen for the next count down, i think the tradition may have to be broken =(

anyway, it is nice to spend the last moments of the year and first moments of the new year with u guys...=)