Floorball ivp is finally over. I don't know whether to say this with a tinge of sadness, relief or what.

I really want to recount the game on 3 feb, because that is a very significant point in all the floorball that I've been playing. and I will never want to forget this day..

On sunday, two days before the match, there was this curiosity in me that wanted to find out when IVP floorball started, and when was the last time NUS floorball had won the championship. As i finally arrived at my answer, i was in disbelief that we had never won the championship before. That was because i was aware that the seniors has always been very strong in floorball. Maybe it was sheer bad luck, but whatever it is, it ignited a fire in me, that we MUST get this championship and create that bit of history.

I'm so glad i found out about this though. Because otherwise, i don't know where will the fire be coming from. For once, it was triggered from the inside.

Nervous pangs came in again, like what i first felt in all that excitement of playing floorball matches for the first few times in JC.

and after the long wait on tuesday, 7.30pm was approaching and the match was starting. Honestly, i didnt have the absolute confidence that we will win this game. It was not an easy game and i was mentally prepared for that.

then the first period started. Nerves on both sides, the tension from the team, the anxiety that we were not scoring. Possession was almost equal but RP had such quick counter attacks i knew we could not afford any stupid mistakes. There were a few chances on both sides, and every time they had a chance against us, i just take a deep breath in and pray with all my might they will not convert. And thank goodness for Ain that really saved our asses so many times, i could heave a sigh of relief. I wanted so much to do something, to break in, to beat the opponents, but as far as i remembered, i didnt have much possession of the ball. Period 1 ended and you know things could really go either way at that point in time.

Their defenders were lobbing the ball to their forwards, who were fast and skilled. That got me really worried, all they needed was just that one chance and i think we might crumble. Just a thought. Period 2 started. and i cannot really remember if it was period 1 or 2, but when Michelle lay a board pass to me, i kicked the ball with my leg and it went to the centre, the RP player immediately picked it up and went towards our goal. At that point in time, my heart literally stopped as i went 'shit!' Thank goodness that shot went out.

I tried to be as focused as possible, same thing happened, possession was almost equal as the ball ding dong back and forth with all of us having equal scoring opportunities. Then suddenly, as i was defending the last man, as the ball went back to her, she didnt approach the ball, so i tried my luck and ran towards her to steal the ball. I somehow manage to get the ball from her and went 1v1 against the keeper. As i was sprinting towards the goal, i heard the crowd's cheers increasing. The things that happened thereafter i don't remember, maybe it was adrenaline but somehow i just took the decision to go on my backhand and tip the ball in, the keeper stuck her foot out and with the inertia, i couldn't stop myself and rolled on the floor. I was in pain but that was a moment so significant i got up almost immediately and celebrated with all the other teammates that were on court to hug/hi five me. That was a momentous goal. I think i would remember this goal for a long time (: Our morale went up like crazy and within the next 15s, Deniese took a shot and it went to the back of the net! my goodness, it was so sensational. It felt like we had won the game even though i tried hard to keep my cool.

After some more dingdonging of which we had more attacking opportunities, they committed a foul and we had a penalty. I was asked to take the penalty but i missed it ): Power play was after that but while we had possession, we didnt manage to convert too. Then, we were in this situation whereby Michelle made a short pass to eliz along the board side, and i was on the other side of the court, so i ran to the centre as i was calling for eliz, the ball came to the centre so i just swung my stick towards the goal and wheeeee it was a goal (: we were 3-0 up and we were so happppppy! period 2 ended after that..

the 3rd period was crazy. I really admire RP's fighting spirit in wanting to give us a good fight, they didnt give up but tried to get it back! they starting to gain a lot of scoring opportunities. A few mins into the 3rd period and they had alr scored the 1st goal. I started to get worried, because i knew RP was gaining momentum and we started getting flustered. Plus the ball is round and at that point in the game, you really know that anything can happen. We committed a bad mistake which resulted in a necessary foul and so gave power play to RP that converted it in less than a few seconds. RP was 2-3 down to us. I was so scared.. We still had 5 mins to the end of the game and RP was literally high on the goal, they kept attacking and attacking. Somehow, we were too flustered to even hold possession of the ball, i remembered shouting like crazy to "HOLD THE BALL!" but somehow everyone just wanted to pass in which resulted in quick counter attacks. I remember just wanting to go into court and try to do what i could.

We got a free hit! someone made a nice pass to jaslin when she converted it into the back of the net. 4-2! that was just crazyyyyyyy!! i knew it wasn't easy for RP to catch up 2 goals in a matter of 2 mins? we were all so happy! and everyone calmed down thereafter. that was the importance of the 4th goal! And then my line got in at the last 30s? I remember just wanting to shield the ball and hold the possession of it. I turned my head to glance at the scoreboard and it was 14:48. I had 12s to hold the ball and obviously i did that. They didnt come up to be to try and steal the ball too. At the last few seconds, i just wanted to try my luck for a break in, i heard 3 of them were on me, but as i attempted a shot, this girl slashed me and diverted the ball away, it went to the blind side and eliz scored! 5-2 up, i  knew we had sealed this win. Within a few seconds, the final whistle blew.

As i was sitting on the chair, i just took every single detail in. It was as though the world had stopped at that point in time. Everything was slow-mo and it felt great. Something which i haven't felt from floorball in a while. I got overwhelmed and almost emotional but i held it in. and then we celebrated as people were busy recounting the game and laughing and taking photos. I only wish for this feeling to last forever of which i know is impossible. But to all who made this possible, thank you very very much.