first dose of the vivid reality.

Today was a very important day for me as it marked the first game played together with the new J1 team. I was captain for the day and it felt good. we were against republic poly at their home ground. journey there was long but upon reaching the destination, we were astonished with the beauty of the polytechnic, a far cry from what cjc is. the field was astro-turf thus i wore spandex to cover every part of my leg. i was shocked to see some of my friends in the rp team. they had two national players and a side that was under 20 years of age. all we had was a fresh and raw J1 team that were ready to be battered into shape. the cj team embraced themselves for what would be a 'meaningful lesson'. with the new j1s playing, we got moped 43-0. it could be 43-3 if my penalty went in. as we were already beyond reach of catching up, we received a penalty few metres off the halfway line and i decided to go for the kick. it was ambitious but it almost went in. the ball hung in the air for close to four seconds and it strayed just below the horizontal pole. the guy that caught the ball stunned there for a while as he couldn't see whether the kick went in and when he saw a guy running at him at full speed and the ref not blowing the ball, he turned around and grounded the ball. it was a scrum at the five metre line. sadly, we lost that scrum and gone are the hopes of a try. besides that, nothing much in the game to talk about.

Anyway, that aside. i just received my schedule for the U-18 thingy. its held at RI over a few days. part of me wants to get selected so bad while the other part of me knows that if i get selected i will just put my body for an ass whopping by the ang mohs in Darwin and i surely will have problems managing my studies. for now lets just put it aside and enjoy whats left of today.