JOHN LE SI ANG

hey john!!! it's little late but i hope you see this anyway. so sorry!!! i have been really busy these days. alright, here's the story of john!!!

sophia, elena, leanzza, marc and i were selected to be in WIRA 2009 and definitely, we need a COACH!!! it is none other than the one and only JOHN LEE SI ANG. the first few words of sophie still ring in my ears:

soph: ok, he's really scary!!! i daren't ask him any questions directly! most of the time, i ask daryl of keefe to ask him for me... and most importantly, remember to copy down whatever he says!
us: ok....

yeah... that's john... and of course, for the first we met him, only sophia did the talking... haha!! john did really try to get us into the discussion and make us laugh but understand the topic at the same time. but, following the words of sophia, we only keep quiet and copied notes.... :P

below are the memorable words and actions john said and did to us during certain tournaments (i hope i got them correct):

WIRA 2009
john: it's ok!!! as long as you guys know that you deserve it, it's ok!!! don't be sad!
(he said this minutes after we lost to CHS)
other than that, while CHS was giving a reply speech, he took a piece of paper and crushed it in front of us! scary right....? abhi was like "oh shit". this is because he was going to give his speech later... even though we lost, he didn't give up on us... he came back

KDU CQ Teo 2009
he said this minutes before the results of the finals were announced.... (we were against Sri KDU)
john: no matter what the decision is... you guys did really well!
after the results were announced, he clapped the hardest and gave us the biggest hug!!! we were only the runner-up... but, he picked us back up and came back

IIUM 2009
he said this after we lost to MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba in Round 4
john: poeple, don't be so sad!!! come one, you have another round!!! cheer up! come on, smile girls
and he said this while we were outside the room waiting for results for the quarterfinals
john: ok, no matter what, we will take lots of pictures after this!!!
and we lost, and he kept to his words, he took the photos with us. he smiled a lot but those smiles were different... nonetheless, he promised to help us in future tournaments and he did!!! he came back

KDUDA 2009
he said this while we were waiting for results the theater hall
john: ok, if we have time later (it means that if we don't get through) we will go for movies and come back for the finals alright?
we didn't go for any movies but we stopped at the semis... after that, he couldn't come back anymore...

he is now in UK studying law. while i am typing this, he should be asleep... no, watching true blood i think... haha
but, this is john:
one who picked us back up no matter how bad we fell, how bad we were bruised or how bad we disappointed him...
one who came back again and again even though we let him down over and over again...
one who tries his very best to cheer us up despite we ought to be sad for the sh*tty performance we gave...
one who believes in DJ, debaters and in us...

john, no words would be enough for what you did for us... only actions can, like how i promised you, we will make you proud one day. we will keep our word like how you did...