to my dearest coyotes,

[quote]In the heat of battle

it ceases to be an idea

for which we fight...

or a flag.

Rather...

we fight for the man on our left

and we fight for the man on our right...

...and when armies have scattered

and when the empires fall away...

all that remains is the memory of those precious moments...

...we spent side by side.[unquote]


thankiuu, coyos. for all the memories dis ntl. for all the fun. for all the smiles. okla not forgettin e moments of frust and watever-nots on the field heh.
ayes i was a bit quiet jz nw during de-briefing.hmm wasnt exactli myself. hmm now come to think of it, i was feeling the feeling of havin sometin(victory) so close yet so far.n i hated e feeling.n i didn know wat to do, wat to say or how to react.
but heh all i know is tt we played a hell of a game. it was great. i keep rewinding the memory of our first half jz nw agn and agn in my mind.*smile* and you know what, above everything else, it is all tt matters. tt we played as a team. tt for that one moment, we were u n t o u c h a b l e. 5 whole tries, gurls. 5 lovely tries.

actually i just want to say that i love you gurls.heh.
cant help it hah, being da capt somehow meks me more 'motherly', duno y.lol. sometimes i find myself giving more den wat i wud give of myself. and it amazes me in an endearing way. n is a good thing. i like. cos i feel more connected to everyone of u. something i cant really say for when i was captainin tp.
so yeahh its lovely being part of this team; being given the opportunity to captain n ol.
just know tt you all are so one in a million. :) *muacks*
here's to many more games sugela,coyos.....


love,
ifa

the rain n heat wont stop us.
we come so far
so we shdnt give up wo a gd fight.

let's give it all for the Mojito's match!

Quarter-finals: SRC Coyotes Vs RP A @ 1pm, turf city

Coyotes started off the game slow, in a sleepy mood due to the de-motivation of late-comers and especially the hot searing SUN! we even had to rushed with 5 players rushing in the moment the referee blew the whistle to start the game. we were lucky that we were attacking! our attacks seem 'kanchong' and rushed, BUT we gave them a really good fight. we covered well, despite shooting up by Ho and Shihan, etc.. good thing, they always called for cover. That is, of course, a good start of a great communication. Ifa was screaming ard for blast, mainly blindly.. but at least, it was a distractive move and the opponents bought it. Coyotes were smart enough to choose a right gap to blast. Steph missed a crucial big gap in front of her and unselfishly, passed off to Chua. Steph could have scored through that gap! Khoo had moves up her sleeves but it didnt work out 'cause of the frequent drop balls. RP had loads of drop balls too! So who is intimidated by who?!?!?!
Chua playmake moves and keeps telling her team mates what to do, but coyotes moved too slow to her fast reaction. Vie made wondrous 4 side-steppings on 3 RP players and created big gaps on her right and left. But sadly, had no support on these gaps. QY had really made sure her defense was always on the line and her covering really was astounding.
the 2nd half came to an end and it was a start of sudden death, 5 0n 5.. then dropped out another one. it was the moment of 4 on 4 sudden death, that Chua decided to make a subbing-loop. She loop Eda and sprint for her life, as if she's going to get the ball back again! which created the biggest opportunity for Eda to run through easily and score the GOLDEN TRY!
Steph got the clean sheet in the game. We really got to thank our greatest covering up defense: Khoo, Ho and Vie cause they took all out to dive and touch to prevent tries and covering everyone's little mistakes! Cheers to teamwork! Cheers to Coyotes!
~we're all in this together~

I thought i'd share with u.

Tpiranhas 2002

If I'm not wrong that's the year i first tasted Coaching. And these are my first babies. i remember all of them. Liza, sophia, bedah, Ju, Dawne, Paki, Farrah, Maggie, Lin, Dolly, Eda, Leona, Nora, And Raudha (missing's Ngoi, Das, Siti K, Nunu and Shaz)

Loved every single one of them. all of them brought into my life something special. One with their wacky ideas then their monsterness. at the end of the day.. i learned soo much from them as much as i hope they learnt alot from me. as much anger they had when they play, they still loved each other and that showed alot on and off the field. ok maybe there were one or two problems but that's natural workin with people. Dun expect flowers everyday. hehe but yeah i had soo much fun coaching them. Lovely bunch of girls. Now all moving on with their lives, with or without rugby. What i did successfully with them i guess wasn't the wins, (we had memorable losses) it was the friendship. *smile* sweet..

Coyotes 2007

Now this is the new era of my babies. Ning, khoo, ifa, chua, mag, ho, cc, ya, jane b, shihan, stepho, eda, maggie and lane. (missing, vie, jane kwang and qiao ying) Different faces but same energy i had with the first one. This one was a challenge to work with cos they didn't start with me. they started somewhere else. So laying down the ground work was pretty hard. but hell if im not going to infect them with the right attitude.. then my job's not done. at the end of the day, hopefully, friendship. If not Mutual understanding and respect. cos we're faced with different personalities, background and age group.

This team's still struggling to find their common ground. Still faced with challenges and differential perceptions. But boy when they get their shit together, U should see them play, Damned they play even better than the best team in the league! and they surprise me sometimes even more, themselves. u can sense the other team trembling when they step on the pitch. Yeah it was a challenge to get them to see what they are capable of as a team. but struggles and challenges are part of bonding a team. And i enjoy every bit of it (even as much as i sometimes get upset abt it. heh)

they're not perfect. but who's asking for perfection? They are an acquired taste. *smile*

So why do i do all these again? Cos ten years down the road i get to look back at these faces, and smile cos i see that at least something that i've taught touched a bit of their lives. I push my girls to be better than they could ever be. I teach them never to settle in their comfort zone and i always push them beyond their capabilities. Cos I know for a fact they have the potential to be more than who they think they can be. and of course i will never allow them to lower their values to get what they want. Always play with integrity and pride.

What players dun understand is that getting people to work together is very diffficult. it is like art. You can be as creative in the approach but the basic disciplines must always be present. And the balance between free will and discipline is what makes a team work.

When i first met the tpiranhas they were full of questions, doubts and fears. And now all of them are finding their own paths and making their decisions. Now. questions, doubts and fears are replaced with certainity, assuredness and confidence.

If i met the tpiranhas again i would want to say to them that i'm glad i coached you, thanks for all that u've taught me and thanks for all the bad times and good times. I am proud of each and everyone of you, Definitely happy that our paths crossed.

Mag and eda thanks for sticking around. I'm so glad the passion hasn't died in you yet. I can see that you guys have grown so much in touch. In every single aspect of it. mentally and physically.

I hope you got all that you've wanted out of playing this game.

Night everyone