It turned out to be a very unexpected day, with Cat getting elbowed in the head by some random fella (whether on purpose or not remains to be seen) and Guangyu doing MEGA spectacular goals in the nick of time (to everyone's awe) and many other moments which cannot be quantified by words.

1. An ACJC guy laid out (what is the past tense of layout anyway?) on the concrete and started bleeding. The irony of the whole thing was that even though the guy was from ACJC, it was the Rafflesians that rushed over and tended to his wound while his fellow ACJC-ians (though not from same team) did nothing but yell and then proceed to do absolutely nothing about it. I kid you not - I remember expressing dismay about it.

2. Cat got elbowed in the head by some guy (really, who breaks a fall with an elbow? it hurts even more) and just when Leeqi and I were going over to show some concern and check on how he was because he did look like (AND WAS) in great pain, the ACJC guy near us commanded us not to move because it was a foul. Honestly. I understand that we ought to play by the rules of the game, but it doesn't stop us from being flexible. I can jolly well return to my own position afterward. And like Leeqi said, no matter whether it was on purpose or accidental, it is basic courtesy and sportsmanship to APOLOGIZE to the person to whom you have inflicted pain on, is it not?

3. Driving around the field shouting AC ULTIMATE out of the car window is a clear taunt. I don't think anything much needs to be said about it because you as my blog reader are smart enough to rationalize the implications of doing that.

Despite how the day turned out, which ended in us getting silver and Cat being sent off to hospital because his skull was no match for that guy's elbow (he is now okay to those who care), it was actually kind of fun. Taking turns to dive into the mud for a layout drill (though some GUNIANGS didn't, ahem ahem) and slapping each other with mud-stained hands

The highlights of the day were the AC matches (TWICE against the same team imagine our frustration) which was a tough fight but which we eventually lost NARROWLY, BY THE WAY due to unforeseen circumstances and reasons that only ACJC themselves will know. But it is quite pointless to bring that up right now.

Yesterday was the first time that all 15 of us were present and playing together (this is highly reminiscent of Hadley cheerleading last year -.-) but the support and encouragement that the team gave was really.. mind-blowing really. And though this team isn't the one that I usually play on, I am glad to have been part of it.

At the end of the day it is not the gold that matters, but the effort, dignity and INTEGRITY we put in to trying to achieve it.

All that glitters is not gold. In words of Cat, "They may have won the battle, but they are going to lose the war".