wah kaoz!

talk about bad things coming together..
isn't it a wonder how bad things always happen one after another like a domino effect? first i got posted over to gombak which is like at the other end of singapore..then i had to do a major servicing on a saturday night on the day before i left..plus a lot of last minute additional stuff..can't they let me even leave in peace! then today during football i got whacked around the rib area by my own teammate! wah kaoz..there's this lump now..and even the most normal things like getting off my chair hurts..anyway the teams drew 1-1..though i came off after the incident..couldn't even run without the pain..the only bright side i can take from all these is that i delayed my posting for one more day! hmm..maybe i should get an mc for tuesday as well! haha..

anyway have a "better week than me" ahead!
cheers!
god bless!
adrian

good conversation.. ...

just got home from dinner with jasmin..she's as nice to talk to as ever..we just chatted away like long lost friends..well kind of in a way! =P

anyhow, it got me thinking, i stopped accepting requests to go out for dinners and meet-ups and asking people out these days because i suddenly thought that i had lost my touch and had became a poor conversationist..to the extent that i find excuses not to go out alone with just a friend..yes, i believed that i will bore that person to death and that person to me..don't ask me whatever gave me that idea..but since going out with jess a week ago and now jasmin..i'm starting to doubt myself about that "theory"! maybe it's the company of those two lovely ladies or maybe it's just myself all along..anyway, i would like to thank them for letting me be the someone i know i can be and for letting me entertain them for dinner! =) the pleasure's all mine..really!

last but not least..jasmin asked me how many CDs i have in my collection and for the first time..i actually made the effort to count them..and came up with the grand total of -ahemz- -drum roll- 1223 (singles, albums, jazz, pop, indie, chinese, dance, you name it i may have it!)!!! my goodness! can you imagine how many i would have now if i hadn't sold off and gave away any of my CDs before?! and that total does not take into account CDs that come as double-CDs..it also means that even if i listened to one CD per day..it'll still take me MORE THAN 3 YEARS to finish listening to all of them! -dumbfounded-

natalie where are you??

the sole on my shoes which i've worn since poly are torn! -whines-
my sling bag is torn at the corner! -moans-
my football boot's stitching is torn at the side! -hai-
gotta spend money replacing them! -frownz-
my exams are over! -YEAH!-

cheryl nuer you can stop nagging me now! -hehe- -big hugs-

happy father's day dad!

today is father's day and i know like always there will be no celebration, no special lunch..it's going to be just like every sunday..another ordinary sunday..there was a period of time i despised my dad..but the passing of a friend's father made me think about a lot of things..

i started to recollect times when i (a young boy then) used to pretend to be asleep so that my dad will carry me from the car to the house..times when my dad will drive around singapore searching every macdonald's so that i will not miss the figurine that came with the happy meals that week (trust me, there were very FEW macdonald's outlets back then!)..times when he would make the effort to drive my family to diamaru every weekend (shopping centres? see macdonald's..) for a walk-around though i end up making him buy me a toy nearly every time..times when he was probably tired but still took my brother and i down to the field to kick a ball..and times when he would take us for yearly tours be it genting highlands or australia..as a young boy growing up, i never appreciated such acts..these were supposed to be done! period. but now i realise after so many years spent misunderstanding my dad (i still cannot understand him till this day some things he does!), that even though he don't show it obviously enough..he still does it quietly for the family..just like even though we're not that close these days, he still makes the effort to know what drinks i prefer and makes sure the fridge is filled with it (most times he gets it wrong though!)..okay, so he can be a miser and stubborn at times, but no one is perfect!

to all my friends, all i can say is before you start saying your parents don't understand you, think of the times when at least they tried to..

and to my friends whose dads have passed away (you know who you are), instead of treating this day as a day of moaning, take this day to remember and treasure the memories, daddy wouldn't like to see his little girl crying now would he? stay strong like i know you girls are! -hugs-

last but not least, to my dad..i know you are probably not going read this but i'll just leave it here anyway..i appreciate all you've done for me and the family and i feel blessed that you are my dad..even though you can be unreasonable at times, i know that deep down you do care..from the bottom of my heart i love you and happy father's day!

god bless!
cheers!
adrian

a little less chicken..a little more essence please..

this is late news but anyway my first paper, sales management went pretty well..though i think i might have written too little for most of my answers..still hopefully i can get a good grade.. -cross fingers- now for the coming paper - international business - on tuesday..speaking of which, my mind seems to suffer from pre-mature hibernation..it's like everytime after the first paper, i just cannot get started again..alright so i've jotted down a few points here and there, i've ran through the lecture slides but nothing progressive..must be all those late nights following the euro2004! =P

jx is mad i tell you..every now and then, she'll drop little hints hurrying me to get married! this time she even published it in her blog! wah kaoz..just the other day even that kenneth asked me the same question - this after he attended a wedding dinner! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?! next they will be asking me when i'll be having a baby so that they can be god-mums or god-dads! -gosh-

whoops..supposed to be studying..don't tell anyone i was here now! -sshh-

just a bit more..

exams are approaching again! took half day off today..got caught in the rain on my way out of camp (not a good start..)..could hardly see the road on my way home! (definitely not a good start..)
got home and idled a bit..
finally got started and studied a bit.. (not bad..)
rested a while..and got up..(disciplined for once!)
studied a bit more..(good good..)
rested a little while more..(ok..this is becoming habit..)
idled around a little..
went to play football..
got mud kicked into my mouth! (ARGH!)
came home..too tired to study.. (damn!)
will try to better today's effort tomorrow! -determined look-

good night!

the KICKOFF!

today was the first match of the church league..14 teams split into two groups of 7..the top 4 teams of each group will then advance to a knock-out stage to determine a winner..it has been 2-3 years since the last time we took part in this competition so i was quite nervous..one thing i remembered is that i finished top scorer in my team then (not to mention the over-the-top celebrations!)..

the match began normal enough - both teams feeling each other out until a cross from the left caught out the goalkeeper and all i had to do was to direct the ball into an empty net..but..no..i directed it timidly onto the post instead! -what the!- thankfully from the rebound my teammate hit home..it made up a little for my miss but somehow that sinking feeling started entering my thoughts..but that lasted only a while as a long through ball from defense found me one on one with the goalkeeper..this time i made no mistake - lifting the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper! a tide of gladness swept over me..i went on to score one more in similar fashion a few minutes later - lobbing the ball over the goalie this time..during halftime i told myself if i scored one more, i'll do the robbie keane celebration..but alas! it was not to be..the match ended 3-0..

a good way to kickoff the church league but tougher opponents await us..hopefully the team can get better with each match..i'm not expecting us to win the league but the ball is round and anything is possible right? let's see how far we can go..until the next match, i will be basking in mental replays of the two goals i scored! =P

god bless all with a lovely week ahead!
stay adored!
adrian

8 years and counting.. ...

met jess for dinner just now..supposed to meet at 7.30pm outside nooch citylink...typical of that woman, she was late for an hour! but i forgive her..i always do!

went to esplanade to have dinner..being the suaku that i was, i didn't know what there was to eat except the "Garlic Restaurant" which i dined at with karen on valentine's day! well jess acted like she knew the place but i guessed that she was just as lost as i was! finally, we settled on this place called "Thai Express"..she had thai prawn noodles and i had thai chicken rice..her prawn noodles looked normal enough when it came, clear soup with a few prawns, seafood and glass noodles..until she made me tried it that is! the innocent looking soup tasted like tomyam with an extra dose of pepper! thankfully i did not succumb to her over-enthusiastic urging to have more than a spoonful!! the thai chicken rice wasn't too bad and the sauce that accompanied it was good..you kind of know when something tastes good when jess starts dabbing her food into it!!

we got dinner out of the way pretty quickly..but we stayed on to chat..reminiscing about the past, bemoaning our current fates and wondering how the future will be like..anyway it just hit me today that her brother is now in secondary 4 and her sis is 21!! gosh..to think when i knew her, the brother was still a kid and the sis just got into secondary school! time flies..

a little after 10pm and after around 5 glasses of cold plain water -oops!-, we finally got up to leave..she footed the bill as an apology for being late! then it was that long walk to city hall mrt where we parted..we promised to meet up soon to excercise together (hopefully!)..

however, the one thing that really made my evening was when she told me at the mrt that it has been a long time since someone made her laugh so much..it would have struck a deep emotional chord just a while back..but this time, it just made me feel special, special enough to be more than a friend to someone and special enough to stay that way..8 years of laughter and counting..i wonder if she knows..she makes me laugh too much too!