Mr.FcuK Snapshots & Lessons of My Life

Photos courtesy of Chong and Ren Yi.

It was in the month of March 2008, when we had our first Ultimate Frisbee in conjunction with our Nottingham Games. A 3 day period, with a little fiery temper, rain, and laughter, made Ultimate somewhat a success. Even though the sport didn’t had a good reception and is unfamiliar to many people, there were 6 teams sent by students and 1 team from staffs.

Format was 5 aside, with 8 in a team, with the field size smaller than actual size. It was kinda hard for each team to find players as the University divides teams according to courses and faculties. But nonetheless, everyone had fun. The gold member went to Chemical Engineering, Silver went to Pharmacy (they have tall guys) and Bronze went to Business School (that’s us). Looking forward to the next Nottingham Games…..

Our Business School.

Cheering before matches.

Our captain, Sean, with his strong 2 handed throw.

Again in action.

Gan, after scoring. Very delighted.

Sometimes, these things do happen in Frisbee.

Rain was pouring hard and strong during one of the days. But we are hardcore players.

Saiful enjoyed scoring in the rain.

Everyone enjoyed themselves despite the rain.

Bronze it was for us.

The year that was - the good old happy moments of Year 1. Lots of memories from Year 1, with exams, car wash, BBQ, Frisbee, geeky specs and many more that had made Year 1 interesting. Really enjoyed myself during the first year, with some crazy things that we do, playing Frisbee at night, fun mamak moments, getting awesome discounts from Ren Yi for Starbucks and spending time on the black leather sofa watching television and talking crap.

Alright, pictures will speak by themselves now.

Year 1 Class photo.

Exams during Semester 1. The picture just makes Saiful look good, but don’t be fooled. :p

Gan, washing my his car at my house.

Sze Wei spending a night at my house. Why? Cause he forgot to bring his keys. Don’t go back PJ so often next time. Hehe.

The time of the year again, and that wasn’t mine. We know whose was it.

Our university gotten for us, students, a new set of TV and surround speaker.

Waiting for exam results. Yeah, waiting. Seriously.

Me heading to Taman Sinar Harapan for some charity work with ACE Society.

Lollipop day.

Balakong (Cheras Selatan) trip together. Saiful was trespassing in the liquor section.

BBQ night.

Saiful and his new geeky specs.

Kelantan boy, Gan, with his raffles draw tickets. Excited and organised.

Everyone was waiting eagerly with their draw tickets, hoping to win. By the way, Gan didn’t win anything.

Cute puppy sniffing Gan’s shoes.

Semester 2 exams, look what exams made us into.

Our own Year 1 class annual dinner at TGI Fridays.

Days of Year 1 filled with people sleeping in class, especially during Law Lectures.

Days of Year 1 filled with endless Frisbee fun and Tournaments.

Playing Frisbee in the pool, this was how crazy we became when footballers were using the field.

Days of Year 1 filled with gay action and there’s more to come during Year 2.

Those probably sum up the Year 1 life and some special happenings. Year 2 is starting in 2 weeks and Chinese New Year will be different this time without Datuk K and Papa Bear. Am just looking forward for more Frisbee action, touneys to join and see what other funny things that Saiful and Gan will get/have….

In reference to the previous post, here is the summary of what I did in Kedah for the past 3 months, with mainly spreading the love of Ultimate Frisbee at Sungai Petani, Kedah. Man, I got to say, it was tiring, exciting and just pure fun. To be finally able to play Ultimate at your hometown makes it not boring anymore whenever you get back. Yeah, there were ups and downs over there, and boy I have to say, one of the downs really pissed me really bad, but seeing the students enjoying themselves helped me to take my mind off it. They are passionate about it too, but too bad they are being hold up by exams.

I went to 3 secondary school, with 2 being Kebangsaan and 1 being Chinese. Plus, I have been to UiTM Merbok, Kedah too, but that didn’t turn out really well due to time constrain. Nonetheless, we had our Sungai Petani pickup every Friday, 8.30 AM, for about 5 weeks at a public field, Jubilee Park. Just hope they will continue the pickup session when I’m not there anymore.

Note: if it’s raining, it’s most probably cancelled.

Students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ibrahim, my previous school.

Students from Sekolah Menengah Sin Min, the Chinese school.

Students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sungai Pasir, the last school that I went.

Students practising their throws.

UiTM Merbok, Kedah. They already had some players there who learnt how to play Frisbee before. The guy in the center is Azlan, from UiTM Shah Alam (Sungai Petani dude too).

Our pickup spot, Jubilee Park. Field isn’t 100m but this is what we have to make do with. Every Friday, 8.30 AM.

The youngest student, standard 5, Mr. Chew.

Drill sessions during pickup.

Just like this shot.

Ultimate game time.

There are many people whom I want to thank for helping me so much, morally and physically. Shoutout to my parents and sister, Doug, Kuan, James, John, Mr. K.K Lim, Azrin, Alvin, Sean, other Nottingham Knights/Oops members too, Azlan, Bani, Mr. Soma and also my students from all the schools. You guys were, are and always will be great. So I guess that’s the chapter of my Ultimate life experience during the past 3 months, and a new chapter begins back at Nottingham, with more exciting training days to come and also tournaments to join. Can’t wait…..

*Updated: Pickup at Jubilee Park on Wednesday 3-6 PM