First Asian to win a Tennis Grand Slam!

I literally cried over the weekend watching the Women's Ladies French Open Finals. On Saturday, 4 Jun 2011, Li Na from China made history by being the first Asian ever in history to win a grand slam in the singles match. She beat Francesca Schiavone in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 in quite an emotional and mentally straining match.

We watched her as she seemed to have let the emotions get the better of her when she started making unforced errors in the second set. And I was like "Oh no, Li Na not again! Come on!". And we saw her fight the emotions, get herself right back on track and beat Schiavone at the tie-break to win her precious trophy and most ultimately the title of French Open Ladies Champion for 2011.

Well done Li Na! What a way to show that Asians are able to succeed in Sports too and we'll always support you! Let's hope you go the way and win all the other Grand Slams as well. :)

APISC Futsal Indoor Soccer Premiership finals

This post is all about Tubby with his amazing and proud moments at the APISC Futsal Indoor Soccer Premiership finals last Wednesday. He plays with Wangwei's co-workers in a team called FLUOR and I was there to watch their exciting semi-finals and finals match. Here are some shots of the boys in action during the finals on Wed 14 Oct.

Tubby getting all ready in case the ball comes!

Yes I'm gonna try and get the ball past you!

Watch it Defenders!!! Incoming!!!

Wangwei and his penalty shot - I'm not telling u if he got it in. :P

Tubby and wangwei with their winning trophy. Tubby also won "Player of the Match" for saving 3 penalty shots! :)

Family photo with our proud "daddy" at home.

Close-up of the trophies

More additions to Tubby's Soccer and our badminton Awards / Trophies. Now we really need some from Tennis.

Here are some videos from the night and the saving of 2/3 penalty shots from Tubby:

Some game play during the match

Saving Penalty 1/3

Saving Penalty 2/3

My new work place, the new "addition" to the family and netball & tennis craze.

Thanks to all who cared, we're pretty much settled on the move down to city. Just a few knick knacks and there left in Gippy, which we will endeavour to take the next time we visit. :P The first week of work went by quickly and I must say I really feel so blessed to get this job. It has a great working environment, you get training and courses to attend, the benefits are awesome and most of all, I can finally concentrate on my area of expertise and what I like doing; which is purely web design. Anyway, here's some snapshot of my workplace:

The first day was really overwhelming because I had so much to learn and the tour around the two buildings itself took about one and a half hours and I was introduced to so many people that I probably can't remember half of who I have met. It's so cool to walk into the SECC (State Emergency Control Centre), the room looks exactly like the scene from movies where they have the U.S Security of Defence giving commands in the control centre during am emergency. Also the 000 centre is also situated in the same building, so that's where all the 000 calls go to. :P My department is in the second building, which is on the right of the main building and there's also a snap of my little workplace. My colleague also took me to the fire stations in other regions for a visit and it was all truly an information overload week, but it was all good.

Then I'd also like to introduce my new "baby" to our family (apart from Jasper). It's nothing big or posh to be proud about, but still it's my first car which I financed from my own hard earned money, so it's just something I'm just really happy about. The mitsubishi colt is similar to the Honda Jazz, but it's just less common and I certainly like the red colour! It's much more secure buying from a dealer as you can a mind of peace as compared to private sellers. As you can see, I can finally "doll up" my own car with all the cutie girlie stuff. *hint hint* chaboh loo, time to get me that devil mirror cover already. heehee.. :D And to top it off, thanks to darling who bought me a GPS to go with it, now I know I won't get lost.

And so everything sort of ended about the same time, my tennis comps ended around mid may and so did the netball comps. Though we didn't win any game at all, we're still proud of ourselves cause we did our best and I'd say we're one of the more united teams who have the same players playing for most of the comps. *Alright we didn't win cause we needed more practice and the ang mohs are very tall okay!" :P I'm pretty glad for gaining some new friends throughout that period too and now it's time to find a new tennis club around my area to continue my tennis and hopefully a netball team to join as well?

Tennis over Badminton, Neighbours around and Culture Night 2007 Photos

Just had another tennis lesson last night. After weeks of badminton over tennis, the coach had one thing to say, "You are both using badminton styles! You can't mix both, it's either one or the other." *sigh* The people who have a knack for tennis or are interested are getting less. Ying now prefers badminton to tennis and tubbs got frustrated playing as well. But I'm still a passionate tennis fan and I think I'd quit badminton after this year to fully concentrate on tennis.

Anyway it's nice when you have neighbours all round who are friends. You can just pop over for a chit chat, ask to borrow some garlic, or go disturb people when you're bored. And the guys at Kal's have a nintendo DS as well, so they've asked to go over play wireless games sometime. So I finally pop over to get the photos and so, here goes the Culture Night Photo Outbursts:

The pre-evening dress worn for my "Rainie Yang - Dream Lover" singing performance and also to match Eileen for our "Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame" performance. Top photo: Sookie, Sharon, Me, Eileen and Ying. Then some shots of the performance. Honestly, my couple casts looked really compatible, but they are not an item in real life la. *evil grins* Casts: Ah Hao as photographer, Sharon as Ballerina and actor's love, Sookie as photographer's model.

Our "Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame" performance by Ying, Eileen, me and Ammie. Pardon the fleshy arms la I know. *pouts* Bottom right photo: Ammie in her pretty sari, Alex, Eileen, me and Sharon.

Finally, a change in costume. Top photo: 2 "extras" from the Churchill Soccer Club, me, Eileen, Ah Hao, Kal, Leon and GF Cindy, and Alex. Centre right: Me, Dominic and Eileen. The rest I'm sure need no more introduction. Tubbs was being teased as looking like a kungfu master or something and a chubby one at that too. haha. :D

Lastly, it's Singapore VS Malaysia in the flag photo shot. Of course, there's the extra "angmo" in the shot again. We were arguing about how the numbers of Malaysians overpowered the Singaporeans. Well, that's another story which I shan't go into. :p

So that's all for the Culture Night 2007 Ball with the theme "Shanghai Night". If you feel like looking at more shopping, the Insane Shoppaholic blog was also updated last couple of days ago. Till next time then..