Thursday, May 13, 2010
I walked into the CCA store to go grab my goalkeeper gear. Training was soon going to begin. Soon enough, Mr Soh came in, trying to sort some of the mess in the CCA store. Someone on my left, whom I cannot remember, asked about the numerous dusty-looking helmets lined up, left idling on top of the cabinets. Mr Soh looked at the helmets, paused, had a short ponder. And then he went on, commenting about the past 'keepers that once wore those old helmets. He then went something along these lines, "woah these keepers uh... some of them are
legends man".
Only recently have I recalled that short and seemingly trivial comment, I finally realized that, at that moment, I knew I wanted to be one of those, that future 'keepers will look at that blue helmet (if left idling on the cabinets like the others), and be told of the 'keeper I was. Not the one that helped win SA's first A'Div, but the one that worked hard enough to have done so.
I just can't seem to get over those memories of that night. I'm still living in
that past. It still makes me smile even when I'm walking alone, thinking 'bout that wonderful, glorious night. May I never forget, but may I also never dwell on it for too long. There's much more for me to achieve in life.
Especially in 6 months time...
my thoughts at 10:21 pm