Nothing surprising about the fact that I do like to have a little kickaround, and until recently, play amateur sunday matches. It started off quite weirdly, actually, when I volunteered for the primary school football team in ‘93, after ’scoring’ a ‘goal’ in a void-deck game with one of those $1.50 plastic balls.
Went for one session and quit. Haha.
After that it was mainly tennis ball soccer, at the basketball or volleyball courts in school, or outside, under the void decks. Still remember the days when it rained cats and dogs and we’d be at the void deck and the ball would roll out into the rain and we’d get wet picking it up. Even got scolded by some ‘civic-minded’ residents who said “You cannot play here! This is not your playground!”
Civic-minded residents my ass. You buggers probably litter and spit and god knows what else un-civic things you do.
Those primary school kickabouts were supplemented by some field outings, over at the field right in front of my block, once we all went off to secondary school. Of course, the ’star team’ in primary school disbanded, and it was left to a few musketeers in the neighbourhood/vicinity. These were more leisurely, and usually involved four or less people, but it was quite alot of fun then.
In secondary school it was quite a different proposition altogether. There was no soccer team in the school, so we’d play on the field, and later, the basketball and street soccer courts in school. Sometimes we’d even head out of school to find alternative grounds when the courts were all occupied and we didn’t want to challenge the seniors.
Formed our first team then, in sec 2. White reebok jerseys, no numbers, and well, sad to say, it didn’t last too long. Then in sec 4, we formed our second team. Lasted long enough, but also disbanded. But there’s a fairytale ending: the guys I played with are now still my best pals.
Turned to recreational football once again after the army. Erratic but eventually got rolling again in the second sem of my first uni year. Formed yet another team last year.
And here I am, playing for my third team. Never played schools football, so actually I’m really amateur.
Oh well, it is leisure, isn’t it? 
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Daily rides:
Fri – 9361A (89), 9675U (89), 3639P (358)
Sat – 7444H (12), 9637E (31), 9402R (31), 7331A (12)
Sun – 1972P (21), 899A (15)
