TPC 9-ball Championship

And so, after 2 weeks of hard work and practice and tough tournament play, the TPC 9-ball championship has come to a close. I've put in so much hard work and it really wasn't easy for me, having to study and play pool at the same time. I really had to manage my time and i didn't have much time for myself. It was one hell of a week for me, having to focus fully on two things.

But i am proud to say, i have emerged as TPC 9-ball Champion. Much effort and support have contributed to my win, and although i made many mistakes in the tournament, I'm glad to say my skill barely helped me scrape over. All those hours of practice really made a difference in the last rack, 4-4 in a race to five. I had a really tacky situation with 7 balls left on the table, i had to play the cue ball into a cluster and yet maintain position. I made a recovery shot on the 5 to drop on the 6, but it was all wasted as i wasn't tall enough and had to rely on the bridge. I had to pot the 6 ball with a lot of spin using the bridge, and due to the insufficient skill and control i went out of line again.

Facing the tough shot on the 7 i was glad i held it in there and didn't blame myself or get frustrated. I made a 90 degree cut on the 7 with left spin to drop on the 8 ball, yet again out of line. I was too focused on the game to care by then, and i did not give myself undue pressure for getting out of line 3 times in one game. I potted the 8 to drop on a perfect nine, and suppressing the adrenaline rush i cleaned up the race to 5 with a runout from the 3 ball to the 9 ball. Only the last rack was worth watching though.

I am so glad!!! This is my first challenge trophy and i hope there will be more to come.... Pictures coming soon! A big thank you to those who took their time out to come down and give me support, Rambert, Chester, Beng Wee, Zhan Suo, Joash and other players from TPC. Thank you all!

Perspective.

Only if you see it the right way. Life is beautiful when you decide to look beyond the ugly things. You might just find out that they aren't that ugly after all, its just the different ways things appear or people express themselves. If you still think that they're ugly after looking beyond their ugliness, then look at yourself, because in the mirror you will find that you are the ugly one who's unwilling to waver to anything.

From crawling to walking to running to leaping and back to walking, there's something I've learned in life that helped tide me through all the pretense, backstabbing, judging, hate, anger and other problems that caused me to even think for one second, that life was meaningless, that life was nothing but a mess and i found problems with everything, even the ones i loved the most. That is the last thing i would do, and i think anyone would think twice too. Because these are the people that will stand by you unconditionally whatever you do, they will be able to accept you no matter what you are, even if the world hates you. So cherish them.

I once had many many problems in my life, that caused many knots in my heart that made me angry with everything, wanting to destroy those who made me angry, made fun of me or made my life miserable. Little did i know that instead of helping myself, i was carrying all those emotions, that only helped make my life even more miserable. I still embraced it and came all the way here to be a happy go lucky guy. How? I'll tell you how.

Life.

Life is getting something and losing another. You can't have every piece of the pie. Time is a one use thing. If you're using it for one thing, it's obvious you can't be in another place using it for another. It's about deciding what's really important. And for accuracy and in case you don't regret, think about the importance in the short-term. Because that's whats really gonna affect you directly for the next few years. For me, i'm going to work hard for my wife who's coming in 2 years instead of 4(SHIT and YES) figure the two out yourself and so short term demands i have outstanding performance in life. So i'm going to design my own life and live it the way i've designed it for the next two years. Set.

Enough about me. For erwin chua jia hong. Hello man wake up. If you think majority of your friends have no drive, look for me. Look for someone else who has a drive and is a brother. If you wanna work hard together sure thing man. Don't see your life as boring, aimless, or doing nothing, sad or shit like that. Your life is what you see it to be. I have two pictures for you bro. Take a good look and think deep.




And for some side entertainment for people who think that i'm gaining weight(ok fine so? my wife doesn't mind. Not YET.)

Signboards

This is for those who don't know what they want and yet want their life to be lived to the fullest. Go ahead!

My life.

And to someone else out there, save your sacarsm for yourself. There isn't any right or wrong in whatever you have plunged yourself into. I do not hold any grudges to whatever you have to say, and i hope you walk out of your slum too. Hurl all the abuse you want, i will not mind nor will i blame you. Just know that nothing you do or say can stop me from living life to the fullest, having all the fun i can have, grinning because i'm happy everyday, doing things my way, now and forever. I just hope you find your light and a new meaning in your life. Life is what we all make it out to be. Think about it.

My brother.

And so, to one of my best brothers out there, get over it. You know you can. Walk out of the shadow she has cast over you, because your life deserves more. You once said life was about survival,everybody is just doing what they can to survive. Well guess what. That line was nothing but bullshit. Look at me, look at us brothers. Are we just surviving? No. Look at me. Okay maybe now its a little unfair, so look at me back when i was single. Was i surviving? Not even close. I was dying but living life the way it should be. I had a blast every single day i decided to have fun. I was all i wanted to be- Fun, and i still am now, and nobody can stop me. You should too. Think about the things i said, brother, and look at yourself and ask yourself. Do you deserve more? If you do, walk out of the slum right now, and start living life to the fullest.


Remember this.

H1N1

I hope swine flu spreads REAL fast so mst can be cancelled. Yes, i know all you bastards hope for the same thing....