And the biggest smile award goes to...

Naz!
A heart felt congratulations from the whole squad!

Sujan, why so serious?

Festive Funnies

Nothing to do with touch but still......

End of Year Friendlies

Last 2 game request to wrap up the year and shake the excess tyre off....

1) vs Singapore Poly
Thursday, 21st Dec
Timing: ???
Please contact Khairul for more details

2) vs Eusoff Hall (NUS)
Friday, 22nd Dec
Timing: 3pm-6pm (though it will be much better if it is later)
Please contact Jit Wei for more details

Merry Xmas all

Back....and here's a good news...

Lessons from Oasis 06

An old rugby coach once told me, "you never really loose from a defeat providing you learn from it," If everyone took something positive from Oasis 06 that will make you stronger in the future then we didn’t loose anything. In retrospect it was a hard weekend. Being drawn in the larger pool in the mens category along with a tough mixed pool and half the team being drafted to referee was physically and mentally exhausting. These are not excuses being highlighted. Instead I’m proud that no one moaned or complained and everyone played until they literally broke themselves. In the last two games we were dropping like flies, subbing off only stretch out a cramp before going in to replace a teammate with the same problem. A fond memory for me will be Sujan motioning for me to stay down after suffering a bad calf cramp during the mixed final while he and the team covered for me. It’s a great feeling to know someone’s got your back but its an even better feeling knowing you’ve got someone else’s.

We didn’t keep our clean sheet and we didn’t win Oasis but we lost to a skillful team who flew in New Zealand ringers to beat us. It’s good to hear how disappointed everyone is in loosing; it demonstrates how much pride is on the line each time we play. Defeat is bitter but it emphasizes how sweet victories are. In the grand scheme of things we need teams like Wanderers and Bro-town to up the anti so we in turn improve. Playing touch just wouldn’t be as fun if we won every game by 5 tries, we need the prospect of difficult games and potential defeat to keep up the pressure and maintain our focus. Personally I prefer begin the underdog again.

A lot has been said in the aftermath of Oasis about what could have been if we’d prepared as hard for the tournament as we did for NTL. For NTL the team made sacrifices to squeeze in 3 sessions a week, no more so than Leander. The NTL training paid off, the result being history. I think this one photo sums up the effort put in vs. reward gained. For most the feeling of winning is “jubilation” but for the one guy who made it all happen the feeling is just relief at a job well done. Similarly the same guy will find defeat particularly irritating.



Oasis was always going to be difficult for us. 6 pack is a young team the majority of members are still studying. As such our numbers will always suffer during the exam period but it’s a small price to pay to maintain such a young damn good-looking bunch of players.

So to summaries;
Learn something from defeat
6 pack needs a nemesis (of sorts)
Effort = reward
The team needs to take some of the burden off the captain’s shoulders
We are good looking

I wish I was a.....

Guys,

I know we did not get our wish last Sunday...to remain undefeated...

But guess who got his????

............

............

............

I WISH I WAS A PUNK ROCK GIRL WITH FLOWERS IN MY HAIR...

Conquering Muscle Cramps

A muscle cramp, technically, occurs when your muscle tightens and shortens causing a sudden severe pain. Muscle cramps generally result from overexertion and dehydration. When you don't have enough fluid in your system, it leads to an electrolyte imbalance that causes your muscles to cramp up. Electrolytes are minerals such as sodium, magnesium, calcium and potassium that help the cells to function normally. An imbalance occurs when we have too much or too little of one or more electrolytes in our system. The main electrolytes affecting muscle cramping are potassium, sodium and calcium.

Cramps may also occur after inactivity, such as sitting too long in one place without moving a muscle. Sometimes you can even get a cramp when you're just lying in bed, though researchers cannot define a cause.

Most often people get cramps in their calves, however, you can also get them in your thighs, feet or just about any muscle. Cramps can be eased by a few simple methods. First, relax the tightened area. You should gently massaging the area that's cramped, whether it's a crick in your calf from over exercising or a spasm in your feet. Second, stretch the muscle out slowly and gently, as long as you don't feel pain. For calf cramps, do a wall stretch. Stand about three feet away from the wall, with your knees straight and your heels on the floor. Lean into the wall, supporting yourself with your hands. You will feel the stretch of your calf muscles. Hold for 60 seconds and repeat three times.

You should also make sure to drink plenty of fluids. If you get muscle cramps after exercise, drink water or a sports drink or juice to rehydrate and restore your electrolyte balance. Most of the time water will be sufficient to rehydrate you, however, you are then better off choosing a sports drink containing electrolytes.

You may also undo a cramp with ice. Ice is both a pain reliever and an anti-inflammatory. Try massaging the area with ice for no more than ten minutes or until the area is bright red, which indicates that blood cells have returned to heat the cramped muscle. If ice is too uncomfortable, try heat. Heat improves superficial blood circulation and makes muscles more flexible, so some people find that heat is more soothing for muscle cramps than ice. Try a heating pad for 20 minutes at a time or even a warm shower or bath. Make sure to massage the muscle with your hands following ice or heat.

For Honour & Glory (Oasis Carnival)

Sons of Lankan, of Wigan, M'sian, S'porean, my brothers.

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come when the courage of men fails,
when we forsake our friends
and break all bonds of fellowship,
but it is NOT this day !!!!!!!

An hour of woes and shattered heads,
when the legacy of 6-pack comes crashing down,
but it is NOT this day!!!!

This day we play & FIGHT !!!!!

By all that you hold dear on this good Field,
I bid you *charge, Men of the 6-pack!!!!*

Many years from now, would you be willin'
to trade ALL the days, from this day to that,
for one chance,
just one chance,
to come back here and tell our opponents
that they'll never take...
OUR CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!
(and oh... the hot & cold pool too)

6-pack Saturday's friendly

Some pics of the weekend friendly

6-pack's favorite activity
Sitting pretty and chit-chatting

...with the exceptional few...

It's Yum in the middle

...with the ball !

...but Yum...the play is on this side...
why r u running and looking at the other side ? aiyahyar
btw, notice Adam's pukey face ?
damn unfit and
spend most of the time trying to fertilize the field

the conclusion is that...
we r damn unfit and out of touch
let's go back here for
last 2 trainings
before showtime !!

p.s: There is a new move to be learned and perfected

Cya on Monday & Wednesday, 7 pm, Padang

World Cup Team

The Open Women’s Touch World Cup final team has been selected.

Congratulations to our SRC girls who made it (and can afford it)

The Singapore women’s team is recognised as the No.1 team in Asia and will be travelling to Cape Town (Stellenbosch) South Africa to play against the best in the world.

The Squad:
o Haseena Allapitchay (Captain) - Wanderers Wantoks
o Goh, Anne (Vice-Captain) - Wanderers Wantoks
o Boo, Hui Min – SRC
o Mohd. Kasbi, Marlina – SRC
o Zheng, Yiting – SRC
o Liu, Angelina Hiuyun – SRC
o Ong, Mephine – Lion Red
o Chan, Wen Hui – Lion Red
o Ow Yong, Alvinia – Hwa Chong Institution
o Lim, Dawn – Wanderers Wantoks
o Tan, Jessica – SRC
o Phua, Esther – Wanderers Wantoks
o Kiong Kimberley – Wanderers Wantoks
o Teh, Kristy – Wanderers Wantoks
o Loh, Lay Kwan - Wanderers Wantoks
o Tara Menon - United World College

Saturday November 25th & 26th– SRC Oasis Touch Tournament

December 8-10 will see the local school boys and girls compete against visiting teams from Australia; New Zealand; South Africa and the Asian region in the 3rd World All Schools Touch Championships. (Turf City)

Short Story

An Irish man walks into a pub. The bartender asks him, "what'll you have?"

The man says, "Give me three pints of Guinness please."

So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone. He then orders three more.

The bartender says, "Sir, I know you like them cold. You don't have to order three at a time. I can keep an eye on it and when you get low I'll bring you a fresh cold one."

The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three Guinness Stouts too, and we're drinking together.

The bartender thought that was a wonderful tradition.

Every week the man came in and ordered three beers. Then one week he came in and ordered only two. He drank them and then ordered two more.

The bartender said to him, "I know what your tradition is, and I'd just like to say that I'm sorry that one of your brothers died."

The man said, "Oh, me brothers are fine----I just quit drinking."

Short Story

Murphy calls to see his mate Paddy who has a broken leg. Paddy says, "Me feet are freezing mate, could you nip upstairs and get me slippers?"

"No bother," he says, and he runs upstairs and there are Paddy's two stunning 19 year old twin daughters sat on their beds.

"Hello dere girls, your Da' sent me up here to shag ya both."

"Fook off you liar!".

"I'll prove it," Murphy says, so he shouts down the stairs, "Both of them, Paddy?"

"Of course, what's the use of fookin' one?"

How to .............. fish!

Presenting to you the second master piece in David’s self help “How to…….fish” series. His first volume, “How to sell fish” became an overnight success and put fish mongering back on the map. Now the self help guru is pushing back the boundaries in his latest work; How to drink like a fish!
Is there nothing this man doesn’t know about fish?

Step 1; gather friends (and at least one waiter) for an evening of social enlightenment


Step 2; add some choice beverages (not drinks) then proceed to bore the crap out of your team mate with the “Queen of extra time” story


Step3; add more beverages, a pack of cards and some choice drinking games


Step 4; Lap dance for white dude looking for some exotic lovin’ (white dude looks unimpressed but seems to attempt to cup scrotum)


Step 5; pass out and allow team mates abuse you and wooden figurine to teabag your face

The Bally Boyz

...if u watch Jielun's last post...

Even the Bally Boyz

train hard

watch the clip below

before all their amazing acts & moves

they trained hard for it

and it was not always highlight reels during training

Keep on evolving and improving...
For the love of the game!

Pls don't try the fancy stuffs without
proper training
or
communication/team understanding

You will either tear ligaments
or
Make a fool out of yourself

Clips of handsome looking male required.

Please email me 3 to 10-seconds video clips or still pictures of yourself/team mate in your/his favourite position or try scoring moment or anything fun/sad/ridiculous that defines YOUR SIX PACK Moments e.g the infamous Gideon point middle finger and wanking signal scene in the finals.

Send me as many as clips as possible, there is technically NO limit to the number of submissions. You are also allowed to send in clips of your team-mates getting burned or owned.

So what are you waiting for? Rewatch the videos of the NTL matches again! Decide on the best 3 to 10 secs of yourself or bloopers of selfish team-mate that never passes and send it to me! I will put all the moments into a couple of music videos to be enjoyed at this year's End Year Dinner, but I will need help from everyone to contribute the videos.

To be part of this block buster production, email me privately, you'll get to learn about video/flash editing and decide who gets owned in the music videos! And who knows, you might be the next you-tube sensation!

Instructions on how to cut videos will be posted shortly later this week.

Dateline for submission is 31 Oct 2006. Best entry will win a dinner date with SOPHIE!!! in ur dreams"

Anyways, check this out!

Free Hugs...and more

Spread Love not Animosity

... at the end of it all...
despite winning or losing
all we have is each other
6-pack is much more than just all about winning
Please throw your selfishness and hurtful words away
Friendship...Love...Care...Support

" In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, a man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring"

I don't mind where you come from
As long as you come to me
I don't like illusions I can't see
Them clearly

I don't care no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
You've shown me eventually
What you'll do

I don't mind…
I don't care…
As long are you're here

Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same

Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
And in between it always seems too long
All of a sudden

And I have the skill, yeah I have the will
To breathe you in while I can
However long you stay
Is all that I am

I don't mind…
I don't care…
As long are you're here

Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's always the same

Wrong or right
Black or white
If I close my eyes
It's all the same

In my life
The compromise
If I close my eyes
It's all the same

Go ahead say it you're leaving
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same

...life's good...

...thus the Lote Tuqiri's size...

SRC Six Pack versus Bucks IPA

23rd Sept, 3.30pm, Turf City
Score: 9-1 (at Full Time)

Dick of the day: Male Menopause IPA no. 21 for his never ending whinging and complaining the whole day long

Player of the day: Naz and Taufik for having to fast and combining to score a lovely try.

1st half
After the exhilaration of winning the mixed finals, the boys were in high spirits and decided to field our best team by opting to start the game by way of ‘natural selection’. This was a process of gradual elimination by which two balls are being tossed concurrently, with the player throwing one ball straight up in the air and receiving the next ball, passing it off and then chucking the air ball to the next person. And by the gradual process of elimination, our “natural selection” was confident that they had the best handling skills in the squad.

Off to a sluggish start from the six pack ‘natural selection’ as Adam made a turn over by over running the mark. After a high adrenaline and lots of girls supporting mixed finals, the boys were lacking motivation due to the lack of eyes on them. Only barely after a minute, the virtues of selecting by means of ‘natural selection’ was completely tossed out of the window as the IPA team did a quick dump, split right- which sucked in 3 guys, and the quick thinking Bucks player made the pass to the unopposed winger to score. 1-0 to Bucks.

‘Hatchet man’ Adam was furious and decided to resort to his little bag of dirty tricks as he made Bucks moved off their tryline by slowing the play down as dummy half which gave us the penalty- you sneaky bugger you. And from a simple dump and split, Alan scored and showed us how truly awful looking he is up close and personal to the camera. In the actual words of one of the recording personnel “that was quite... scary”. Hence to all unsuspecting potential SPGs… be warned by this simple reminder- Beer Goggles. 1-1!

And once the ‘natural selection’ got out, Six pack started to play some proper touch with David bursting through on a two on one situation to make the score at 2-1. Come on, did you really expected David “Sell Fish” Teo to make the pass?

Things are starting to get rowdy now as ‘Keyman’ Yum showed that he was no pushover by shoving away the IPA player who was a head taller than him and point his finger right in his face with his typical “eh don’t F*@K with wo ah! You know I from Chao Yang one k!”

That infuriated the same IPA player (no 12) with Lee low standard of English by resorting to taking out THE smallest player on the team- Jie Lun with a vicious knee to his mid section. Actually thank goodness it was Jie Lun or else it will be anyone else’s groin…. Haha short joke.

Back to some touch and Taufik breaks through as a dummyhalf on the 9th minute for Naz to score showing all those useless slackers how its done, when both of them are fasting! RESPECT!
Score now at 3-1

IPA now trying to slow the game by reverting to their simple tactic of changing this into a contact game by a shoulder charge on Kenny on the 10th minute for him to lose the ball. Btw guys do you know that Kenny is none other than the President of the Republic Poly Rugby team…. Wwwaaaaahhhhhh.

12th minute and off a series of quick dumps, Gideon spots the Bucks defence in disarray and sucks in his defender as a dummy half and releases a perfectly weighted pass for Adam to burst through the half gap to score. 4-1. Well done Gideon!! Good on you mate!! You’re a freaking legend!! Yum Hwa says “Gideon is my hero because he showed me what it was like to recover from an injury and bouncing back into tip top shape, proving actions speaks louder than nonsensical self glorifying blogs…. Sniff sniff I adore you Gideon, you’re my hero!!” To which Gideon aka ‘Touch Legend’ replies “Piss off you gay piece of shit who uses SKII face wash everyday! Stop ogling at me!!”

During the closing moments of the second half, IPA (no 21) proceeds to show the effects of male menopause with his balding head and over aggression by trying to confront David after a touch while plays goes on but ends up getting screamed at by his team mates for losing the plot.

2nd Half
The second half saw a magnificent display of the shooting defence done by the 6 pack boys by limiting IPA to gain only 10 metres after 4 touches and to turnover the ball. Once again Gideon ‘Touch Legend’ Loh, shows that hes not all about the razzle dazzle fanciful skills and handling despite his deceptively small stature, he out jumps a 6 foot tall IPA player to intercept the ball for a try saving intercept, proving once and for all that “short man can indeed jump”.

The game slows to a grinding halt for the next ten minutes where nothing exciting was happening until Tamil tiger own elite chain smoking, bottle downing renegade- Amila, decided to take matters into his own hands and got himself sent off in order to give the IPA a fighting chance and to make the game more exciting. 6 IPA players vs 5 Six pack.

Alas the one man lead was not to be as Jit Wei gets a tug on his shirt and politely request to the Bucks player “Could you watch the shirt/shoulder PLEASE” with a hand held out in friendly gesture. Not satisfied with such impeccable manners, the Bucks players proceed to shove Jit ‘One Shoulder’ Wei and got sent off as a result. As voted the moment of the game, with both captains being called in by the referee, ‘Mad Englishman’ Alan Lowton, decides to take a lovely sunbath by lying down on the ball hence soaking in the fine Singapore weather. Blimey! Good on you mate!

And after being recharged by that break, the Wigan man answers back by receiving a long pass from Kenny and executing a delicate sidestep to make the score 5-1.

David ‘I wish I was Chinese’ Teo almost made the contention for being the dick of the day by attempting to fake an injury by holding his ribs in agony after the positive touch, but of course Wendy the ref was less than convinced. After some horrible acting, he decides to smile for the camera and sprints immediately after that. I reckon he is probably a Man Utd or Chelsea supporter.

And as usual Amila receives the ball and sidesteps the whole Bucks team to offload a floating ball for Naz to score the last video recorded try. 6-1

Due to some technical error, the rest of the match report is unable to be completed but final score line stands at 9 (I think) to SRC Six pack and 1 to Bucks IPA. With the prelimaries finally over, up next would be Bedok Kings in the semi finals en route to the final goal…. Our dream is almost within reach... what will be the final outcome?

Instructions for cutting video

I've evaluated a few sharewares for cutting videos and this is by far the easiest one to use.

1)Goto http://www.avi-converter.net/avi_mpeg_rm_wmv_splitter.html
2)Click on the download button to download the installer.
3)Installation and running the shareware should be pretty straight forward.
4)Once the program is started, click on the open button to open the video that you want to cut from.
5)Use the preview pane to go to the start of the action that you want to cut and take note of the timing. Do the same thing to find out the end.
6)Click on split by selection
7)Click on Split to save the selected clip.
8)Alternatively, you may use the curly bracket to indicate the start and end.

Note that the shareware will self destruct in 60 days and the maximum length that you can crop is 2 mins of clip. I do not think you will go beyond the limit.

Please send your clips to me by 31 Oct 2006! Really need everyone's help cos this will help to speed up the production process.

Fruits of our labour

Six Pack National Touch League Champions 2006
Shake and bake........

Mixed Finals:SRC Mixed vs Wanderers

23rd Sept, 2.40pm, Turf City

Mixed Finals Match:

Score: 3-3 (at Full Time)

Player of the day: David for finally not being selfish when it came to the crucial game

Hatchet man of the day: The original hatchet man himself- Adam

Dick of the day: No dicks, you were all awesome!!

Finally!! The long awaited match up between the undefeated champions of the local touch scene- The Wanderers versus the young upstarts and the latest talk of the town- Singapore Recreation Club. The long build up to the finals saw SRC defeating the Wanderers by a narrow one try during the preliminaries and the experienced reigning champs looks eager to avenge their loss. As the crowd builds up on the sideline on a slightly overcast day, little did they know that they were about to witness history in the making.

1st Half
SRC wearing blue and yellow gets the kick-off and within the first minute, Adam breaks through as a dummy half and makes a pass at the try line but Leander and Mali collides in a vain attempt to score. Wanderers in red and black, hits back immediately by making slick passes and good hands, showing a hint of things to come. In defiance, ‘Hatchet Man’ Adam, started to impose his authority on the game, by taking it out on an opponent, the revealing his simple but brutal tactic.

Wanderers draws first blood in the 4th minute with the French player no. 16, did a quick step, jinxed and made a dive from the 5 metre line to score between Alan and Angela. A lovely individual show of talent from the opposing no. 16 who will certainly trouble the SRC team in this match. Meanwhile, the opposition shooting defence appears to be troubling the SRC players as they found it hard to get into their usual flowing and aggressive dumping pattern.

The SRC girls executed a ‘teapot’ play with Boo, Mingli and Wendy almost broke through the Reds defence but Wendy was just caught from the back. On the other wing, our boys did the same trademark move again but were just let down by the final pass from David. (we have to say we were shocked by his sissy dive pass)

Frenchie scores once again on the 13th minute with Sujan showing that he needs to lose some weight off his ass as he almost made the touch but still got skinned on the wing. Score now stands at 2-nil to the Wanderers, as SRC players were just starting to look a little out of the game.

And at last! The Rojaks answered back with a try on the 16th min after a DJ from Leander and Amila, a quick dump, a missed touch and a lovely pass from the boys’ captain set up Ming Li for our first try. With spirits uplifted again from the team in blue, you know that a crucial game was on when you see Amila diving to make touches, good on you mate!

The first half ends at the score of 2 to 1 to the Wanderers and halftime was a critical moment for Coach Carmel to whip up the team and instil the fighting spirit into the Rojaks. Having said that, team heckler Gideon added the extra motivation of promising a beer for every try scored for the try scorer and the boys were alive once again.

2nd Half
The second period saw a renewed SRC team with Leander breaking through the defence from a DJ and David almost scored a slam dunk try only to get touch at the last moment. ‘Hatchet man’ Adam smelt blood and furious with rage, he vents it out on the Wanderers team as he takes out one of the poor girls and almost chops off her legs.

On the 3rd minute, after 4 sets of touches on the Wanderers try line, the constant pressure from SRC finally cracks the defence off the selfless running and dumping from Boo, allowing David to break through and he passes to ‘The Stallion’ to equal the score, Try! And the score stands now at two all.
In one of the fan worthy moments of the game saw Angel coming to attention in the 5th minute and raising her hands like one of her eager students in her class to signal a touch. The game soon comes to a grinding stalemate for the next 10 minutes as both teams start to probe at the other defence, waiting for a mistake to be made. And it was the team in red almost scored with one of the girls breaking through the Rojaks but thankfully, Adam made the touch on the five metre line, yelling “NOT IN MY YARD BIATCH!!”
As the clock ticks down and the players starting to tired, SRC struck on the 17th minute off a dump and split and a flop pass from David to the Sri Lankan warrior, Amila!, to score. 3-2! Finally after all the selfish plays from the self proclaimed ‘The Great One’, he made it up with those two fine assist. However, was that going to be enough to take the championship, the Rojaks wondered?
Alas it was not to be as Wanderers answered back immediately on the 18th minutes off a defensive error that has been worked on for the LAST 6 MONTHS!! And the Reds level the score to make it 3-3 as the game draws to the end of normal time.
Sudden death
The SRC Rojaks had to regain composure quickly as they knew that the game was almost in the bag and now they had to claw it back for the sake of the fans, the team and most importantly to secure toilet facilities for next season!

Its sudden death and each team having drop a player to make it 5 on 5 with SRC perform the kickoff. Wanderers gain possession, drives up the field and out of nowhere, one of the Reds broke on the wing as Angela and David chases down the player who managed to release a pass to one of his teammates. As everyone was about to cringe in view of the impending try, our ‘Ang Moh’, made a Lontong special and sprint to make the try saving touch! Thank you, you beautiful white boy you!

Having possession, SRC started off with a drive to get out of their half and as the Reds expected a usual punch up, ‘The Stallion’ thought otherwise. Leander gets the ball and he checks to look up and as quick as a flash, sidesteps the opposite player rushing up and sprints to the wings, he draws in the opposing winger and releases an inch perfect pass to David for SRC to be crowned the new Mixed Touch Champions!
As the sidelines erupted in ecstatic euphoria, history was made as the reigning champions were finally defeated and a new touch champions emerged. Will this be the start of many more trophies to come? Will this be the dawn of a brand new era for SRC to dominate the touch scene? Question remains but only time will tell….