Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Big Day

Today's the Big Day.

Waited 1 year 3 months for this.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

OVA Trip to KL - Day 3 Pictures

Final Day in KL... breakfast at hotel, last-minute shopping for some, last-kopek movie-watching lazing-around in room time for others (ME!), and it's back on the bus, headed for Singapore...



Some last-minute camwhoring before leaving our hotel room





This pic is all about Abang Den wanting to show off his freshly-purchased Burberry's Boxers!That's all folks... and back to Home Sweet Home!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

OVA Trip to KL - Day 2 Pictures

Here's the photos of the 2nd day, including Match photos, and the ceremony of memorabilia-exchanges at the VIOBA Clubhouse after dinner.

In my hotel room upon receiving the new OVA jersey
Our Hotel was the Site of Malaysia's Declaration of Independence some 40 years ago

Here's a low-down on the cast of characters on the Coach to VIOBA:

The One Who Didn't Play and The Joker - Abangs Ken Loy and Salim
The ... Err Entah ni siaper
The Money Changer and The Tanker - Abang Halim and Abang Wan
The Bachelor - Abang Muthu (Muthu Benitez! Muka sama macam Rafa)
The Goalkeeper (and youngest on the trip) - Wee Yang
The ex-OVA President - Abang Aaron
The Eldest - Abang Ben
The Stand-in Captain for Kallang Victorians - Abang Dexter
The Man - Abang... Cik Abang
The Other Man - Zulhairi
The Fitness Instructor - Abang DenThe CISCO Man - Abang Din
The Lawyer - Abang Hamid
The Recently-Botak and the Father of Two - Govind and Salik
The One Who's Been Going To World Cups and European Championships since 2002 - Abang Terrance
The Navy Lieutenant-Colonel - Abang Dennis
The Chinese Muslim - Abang Arthur
The Organizer - Abang Zan
The Match-Day Squad
Pre-Game Moments
Abang Norman... The Guy who upon hearing that I couldn't afford it, willingly sponsored the entire cost of the trip for me, despite having never even seen me before, all for one simple reason... we're both Victorians. I'm grateful the Victorian Spirit is still alive and well after all these years.
Pre-Match Team-Talk to lift our soggy spirits (Look at the rain!)
Our moods were splashed with cold water because of the weather. Talk about being a wet blanket!The Baby of the team was also our Man-of-the Match... Baik Keeper!The Looks on our Faces summed up our feelings about the weatherOur Team Joker Abang Den started his diving routine even BEFORE the match started! O_OThe field was practically rendered a swamp!The Game was literally a total wash-out... the joke was we needed a sampan! -_-'"Match in ProgressVisibility was very bad on the skylineFull-TimeAbang Aaron presenting our plaque to VIOBA President Dato' YusliDatok' Yusli in turn, presented OVA with a VIOBA flag
The Singaporean Victorians
The Malaysian Victorians
Victorians mingling
The Victorian Family