Hockey tourney in Malaysia ‘06 '05/30/06
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World Ice Hockey 5’s in Malaysia last May 2 - 6, 2006 was a blast! 50 countries from all over the world participated in that event. For the women’s hockey, 4 countries composed of 4 teams from Hong Kong WIHO, Malaysia Slayers, Singapore Blizzards & ASIAN STARS (5 players from Manila, 2 from Macau & 4 from HK). Due to incomplete members of the Asian Stars team, the coaches of Manila and HK decided to combine players. We didn’t expect we’d win the tourney because: 1 - we didn’t know the other players, which was difficult for us to adjust. 2 - we thought that language barrier would be a problem (but turned out that everyone speaks English fluently). 3 - we didn’t have the time to practice before the tourney. So in short, we had doubts about our teams capabilities.
Asian Stars (Manila/HK/Macau)
Adrienne Li G
Aggie Chin
Bonnie Chan
Claudia Leong
Jessica Sy
Jhoanna Benedicto
Kit Torrefiel
Louann Cortez
Nicole Lee
Shan-la Lau
Sharmaine Miguel
Trisha Kong
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Our 1st game started around 11:30pm, we were tired, nervous and uneasy because ’twas our 1st game. But thank God, we won against the Singaporean Blizzards 1-0. Considering that most of their players were imports from China, USA and Canada and they had the tallest and oldest players. We played our part and we really worked as a team.
Our 2nd game was a match with KL (home). We lost 4-3. But at least our defense was strong. Actually, it was a very interesting game considering thee home-court advantage, we out skated them and our defense was up. Again, they also have the strongest players from Japan and Canada.
Our 3rd game was a little biased because some members of the Asian Stars are from WIHO. But its ok. Really. 
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Semi-finals. Asian Stars vs Malaysian Slayers. We lost unfortunately! But it’s ok. We still got the 3rd place over-all. No worries! Vixens will be back next year… with the rest of the Philippine women’s team mwehehe… :p
Shoutout to Au, Shaba, Megan, Michelle, Alysson, Patty, Alex, Meh, Kae, Ann, Babing, Chaya, Christine, Chriska, Jami, & etc. Louann, Jhoanna, Kit and Jessica of course (putra jaya!). I know we will win in the next year’s league. “Haki na toh!”
Oh btw, thanks to David Kong (our HK coach) for coaching us. ‘Twas worth an experience. Also, thanks for the team dinner. Would like to commend Albert Lee for the nice shots from our games. We looked like pros. And to coach Paul for assisting and supporting us. Till next year! 
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- Author : sharm
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hi sharm! Congrats to your team. sayang di tayo nagmeet. where in KL did you stay?
Hi Leah! Thanks for checking out my site.Ü Yeah… too bad hindi tayo nagmeet. Anyways, we stayed at Pyramid Tower Hotel in Petaling Jaya. I miss the place na nga eh hehe.. Anyhow, looking forward to meet you soon. Just leave me a notey as to when ka ulit babalik dito. Thanks again!
wow still active! you know what, i really want to be part of this sport, di ko lang alam if rollerblades associates with iceskates. til now i cant imagine na you’re into this sports kasi wala talaga sa arrive mo hehe! very feminine. all i can say is, you rock! astig! baka mag ka tourney kayo d2 just tell me dami rin kasi into ice hockey here.
hi fung! yep! i’m still playing hockey.
rollerblades and iceskates are similar pero maninibago ka lang sa iceskating kasi mas mabilis ang glide mo sa ice. haha… yeah.. people often judge me when it comes to hockey kasi nga “pa-girly” daw ako pero they haven’t seen me play kaya di nila alam ang kakayahan ko sa sport na ito hehe.. anyways, sana nga makapag laro pa ako 2 to 3 years from now. 
basta as long as i can still skate and kaya ko pa ang katawan ko, i’m not gonna quit. :p
hi sharm!! i read your blogs.. wow! you had a good experience out there.. hopefully, we will particular the next year’s league… lets fight… a big challenge! XD
thanks for the site you gave me.. its simply NICE!! XD
hey jami! yeah… next year we’ll be the champs! team pinas will be ready for them hehe.. nways, thanks for checking out my site. till next competition… see ya around! =)
ang dayaaaaa! bat ndi ko alam to?!?! ahaha i miss you guys! congrats. tagal na nito but yah…. ang galing! the best part is.. u still remeber…: “HAKI NA TO!!!!” ahaha
hi chaya! omg!… didn’t expect na magco-comment ka sa blog ko hehe.. miss ka na namin! last may yung tourney pero 5 lang kami nagpunta. we’re forming an all womens org ulit coz dami nang sumasali. anyways, kelan ka bibisita dito sa pinas? how’s mutya? anyways, hope to hear from you again.
Subject: “HELP”: AWSM Corporate Sponsorship & Equipment Donation
To Sharmskee & the Manila Ice Vixens ice hockey organization –
Dear Ladies,
Very briefly –
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