To whom it may concern,

I just want to express my feelings in this column at this point of time and even if it doesn't appear in the forum column, it's okie. This recent period or recent days are really not the days for eusoff itself. There are a lot of sports which we should have won but we didn't........

Just like today for example, we lost our most important game such as soccer which has been in the finals for many years and table-tennis which is the same case. This is really a very bad day for all of us.Personally I am in the table tennis squad and before this, we have very high expectation in it and even temasek were also scared of us till the point where they feel that the maximum they would go is only the second. But today, we lost both the games in the semis and it is really very devastating. At this moment of time, I suddenly realise how important IHG is to me and many of the people or sportsmen. After the lost, I really went back to my room and cried as I think this kind of thing shouldn't show to the rest and also there's someone in my block (not to be so concise) is even worse; he cried so terribly after the lost of the soccer match and even got himself so drunk that he couldn't stand up properly (half a bottle of whisky). At that time, I really know what IHG title and winning the game means to us. It is not just a game but also a thing which means so much to us. Maybe some of the hall residents don't feel it but as for those who really participated in the sports or those who went all the way down to support all the sports will tend to feel it. I just feel that after all those times that we have sacrificed and the efforts put in, we should really have some rewards for that but in the end, there isn't......
 

What I am saying all these now is not to ask for any pity or comfort but for only two reasons.....

One, I really hope that the rest of the people will really try all the best to perform in the remaining sports and do all their best so that they will not have any regrets after the game. I feel that playing in the sport is not for anybody or anyone in the team but to justify themselves and to be answerable to themselves.

Secondly, I really hope that this year undesirable results will really put across to many that we must and definitely can do better next year and not to forget about all these in just a few months time. We should not only tell ourselves but also cultivate a kind of mentality to the freshman and the rest of the residents that IHG is really an event that means a lot to the hall and the people.

There will definitely be many ways to improve in this sense but it will left till a later period.
 

So try your best to those sportsmen and women who haven't finish in their sports and for those who have finished theirs but didn't do well, have a good cry in your hearts and always remember the so called 'humiliation' that we got this year and how the rest of the halls have ganged up against us to prevent us from clinching the title and put it across to the next year. We have really have the determination and faith to get back what we should and go all out.....

And that's the EUSOFF SPIRIT.....

that's the way that we EUSOFFIANS should have the kind of mentality.....
 

ALL THE BEST EUSOFFIANS...........
 

From a disappointed and devastated eusoffians.....
 

First, I have to say I am not very good in words but I just write how I feel about certain things through this period of time and if there's anything that I accidentally criticise or offend, I hope it doesn't mean anything.

As a freshman, I didn't know much about the IHG importance and the excitment it brings until the time comes when the game really started. I feel that it is really a event that should bring everybody together and to get the feeling of being united as one in the hall. But since the start of the training, I slowly get to feel that the determination to win is not there as compared to the rest of the halls or I should say temasek hall especially when it comes to the point that we were so close in points with temasek.