it's do or die mission

hey fellas, i ain't have much time. I've got to go get ready for tomorrow's big event. I'm leaving for Penang at 7 am sharp friday morning. Gosh., I fell so intense right now. All the pressure of faring well in the tourney is upon me. It's too late for prayers now ( or maybe not ), I'll just have to go do my beset yeah? I guess that's bout all the time I have for now. Hope for the best and wish me good luck. I'll be back on Sunday and maybe I'll update you with the happenings of the tourney and just maybe I'll spring a few suprises to everyone. ;)
see ya guys soon.
signing off-
darrenkhoo

preparing and going all out

hey guys. First of all, like I said before Rafael Nadal would win the French Open. haha and how right I was. I guess Djokovic just has to wait a little longer. Next Grand Slam up is Wimbledon, hmmm what are his chances? Anyway, I'm having a scrabble tourney up next week in Penang from the 20-22 June. I'm leaving this Friday early morning bout 3-4 am and will be back Sunday night. The entry fee itself is rm100 plus the cost it will take to go to and fro ( not to mention the recent rise in petrol price ), it's gonna cost a hefty sum of money. I hope I do well, I'm confident I can do alot better than the previous few tourneys. I think I've improved certain parts of my game and I'm gonna go all guns blazing. With 1000 USD up for grabs and rm1000 for runner-up and loads more until 9th runner-up spot, I think I should be geared up to go for it. Besides, I think it's time I break outta my shell and show what I'm worth and make my parents proud at the same time. I've still got a few days left before that big one and let's just wait and see what happens yeah? hehe
And for all you football fans out there, Euro2008 is underway. My team, Holland has kicked of to a fantastic start with a 3-0 rout of Italy last week. My 2nd team, Portugal is also doing very well having already qualified for the next stage winning the Czech Republic and Turkey. Holland are playing France tonight in group C ( tipped as the group of death ) whilst Italy are entertaining Romania in the other match. If Holland wins it and Italy beat Romania, it's gonna be a nail-biting finale between France and Italy, however if Italy lose or draw and Holland fail to beat France, then Italy are in a real doubtful situation. We'll just wait and see, oh by the way the first match just started, I think I better go watch it now before I miss out on any juicy highlights.
Tomorrow's gonna be crazy, having to be at church at 12pm until 8pm literally eating up my whole day. I'll try to blog again tommorrow if I have the time. Till the next time, it's darren here signing off..
~darrenkhoo

tears and joy all around

Yo, yeah i know. Months since I've been here. Anyway, stop whining I'm here aren't I?
Well, as you all know mid-term just passed and we're cruising into the holidays. I managed to attend the 3rd MYSC challenge last week on the 24th and 25th. This time around it drew as much as 140+ (pic) participants, the most we've had so far. I however didn't fare so well, or at least not what I had expected of myself, partly due to the lack of practice lately. I finish the tourney coming in at 21st and it was a rather demoralizing perfomance all round. I have to congratulate my cousin though putting in a fine performance coming out untouched with 11 wins outta 11. Well done, Scott. Sean too was no shy of expectations as he came out on top with 3rd placing. It's a bitter dissapointment that I have to swallow but at least I met with some old mates that I have not seen in a few years including my dear teacher Pn. Thiliham. I think I'll look back at this and learn the few mistakes that proved so costly but yeah, let's just move forward.
Among the bingoes from which I produced were GITTERN, GUANINES, ENTRAIN, PINNETS, ATOMISE, PITCHER, TURDION, ERODING, BENDIEST, ENTAILED, ADVANCES, MOURNERS, SAUROID, FEATHERS, GARIALS, REPOTTED, NIDOROUS, BAILERS, STANYEL, INTRADOS and TREATING. Come to think of it, my bingoes were small in number and those in which I played weren't eye openers. Gosh, it's all just gone horribly wrong. I still have a couple of tourneys to redeem myself before WYSC in December.

Away from the scrabble scene, I've not been doing much except laze around and watching TV. Euro2008's coming up and I hope you all give great support to your respective teams. My favourite team here is Netherlands though I tip Italy or Germany to sweep the title. Anyway, Euro2008 isn't to start for another couple of weeks. For all you tennis fans out there, the French Open is currently underway. I want Novak Djokovic(pic) to win but it's gonna be tough wresting it from Rafael Nadal. Keep tuning to Channel 811 on Astro every 6 pm local time to catch some action of it. Till the next time peoples, darren here signing off.

hurdles ar' coming

yeah yeah.. been ages since i blogged but who could blame me? I'm passing time as if it was moving at 10 seconds per second ( if you get what I mean ). One minute it's 9 am, *snap* it's 5 pm already. Phew!! time just doesnt wait for me. I guess it doesn't wait for anyone. Oh well, I will just have to make do with what I've got.
It's been 3 months going into 2008. People have come and gone by, things have been done, places have been visited... so many things happening within this period yet so little is felt for any of them. It literally means, I've yet to do something memorable this year. have you? I hope you have, cause this three months just passed in a blink of any eye. Blink three more times and there goes year 2008. I mean seriously, you would want to remember something from it once its gone. Okay, I hope you don't mind me being all sentimental and mushy but I guess this time calls for it. You don't often see me in this situations but yeah, I've just been doing lots of daydreaming and thinking.
Anyway, breaking into April 2008. Birthday's coming up, so is mine ! I'm sixteen this year, can you believe that? sweet sixteen yeah i know. It's suppose to be special, so I'll try to make it one.
Besides that, I've also got a scrabble tourney just around the corner, followed by a futsal tournemant, multiple church activities and responsibilities ( oh did I tell you that I'm into a leader's training course? which means more things and resposibilities to do) and two consecutive weeks of worship leading. And with my test results from march's monthy test coming out bad, I've really got to buckle up on my studies or I'm in for a tough ride in form 4 ahead. Juggling all this is gonna be tough but I'll try my best not to get all entangled up in it. That's life I guess, trying to live it to the fullest. I will have to see y'all next week cause its getting late here.. will try to be more consistent with my blogging.
good night
--darren khoo

they're off

hey people
my parents are finally off on their cruise with my uncle paolo and aunty sally for a few days. I guess I have the house all to myself. Although there is this creature of a sister living with me in it. - sigh -
And as you all know, my cousin and grand aunt has left for Italy last week. It was saddening to watch them leave but I guess you have to let go sometimes. - huge sigh -
One thing I can take positive from this past week is the fact that Arsenal drew 2-2 with Birmingham and MU smashed Newcastle 5-1 to narrow the gap between the two rivals to 3 points. kekekeke
It's just been a busy week and I don't really have much to say for now but I promise it will be a more eventful week next week. see y'all soon
--darren khoo

Is it worth it?

Hey you guys,
As you all know, it was Valentine's Day yesterday. It wasn't really filled with commotion on my side although it did end pretty well. It all started from a tiny empty conversation that lead from one thing to another which resulted in something exciting and new. Oh well, I'm not gonna tell you guys what it is just yet as I'm taking the situation a step at a time. I hope the decision I made was worth as much as I think it is. I don't wanna be regretting it a few months later.
Tomorrow's gonna be a super busy day. I'm having church training courses in the morning, XYZ ( Xtraordinary Youth Zone ) after that, regular celebration at 5 pm, followed by attending a dinner for uncle's birthday. And once all that is over, I'm going off to my cousins house to overnight for a day so that I can ask him some Add Math's questions that just absolutely puzzles me. xPxP
Oh and by the way, don't forget to catch MANCHESTER UNITED v ARSENAL in the FA Cup 5th round on Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning 1.15am. It promises a supreme game of pure football and artistry from both sets of players. I can't wait for it!
It's drawing nearer to midnight, I think I better bunk it now before I go all drowsy for tomorrow's early morning training at 8.00 am!!
good night fella's

-dkbengway signing off

saying goodbye seems to be the hardest word

It has become a rather tradition nowadays that I say goodbye to almost everyone that I've know for sometime. * huge sigh *
The person you know who is leaving on the 19th of February and I ain't even got the chance to see her again. How sad, no? If only we all could meet and do our fun group thing again. Anyway, I guess we'll just see on how that plans out won't we?
My cousin Marina is leaving with nona Elsa on the 18th of Feb. Gosh, It's so soon and probably too soon for my liking but I have to accept it. Uncle Paolo and aunty Sally are gonna enjoy themselvess a little bit more before they take off back to Italy next month. All I wanted to do was spend good last moments with these people. Oh well, at least I did spend some time with them. Urgh, if only the day at 48 hours instead of 24.
Away from all the drama, I'll be getting my rm 200 this tuesday for excellent achievement in the recent PMR. Lol, thank God my year had to fall on the same year of the election thingy. That's one plus side to this solemn week. Oh and today is Valentine's Day ! So I'd like to wish all of y'all Happy Valentine's Day! You don't have to spend time with just your lover, but rather with those whom you love and cherish your time with. That's what I plan to do. x)
Oh well, I've gotta go and complete my Physics assignment. I'll see y'all real real soon now.
good night

-darren khoo