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!

out of mold..

running through the archives is just like reliving little bits and pieces of my life..some i rather not remember and some i look upon with a fond smile..i realise my writing style has changed a lot..gone are all the crappy poems like..

something's got into me/ stressed? or a stress relief?/
ok, enough here/ i'm starting to feel a fear/
i'm going to pass my exam/ just like that, KAZAM! -snaps fingers-
- 30 oct 2002

or even those parody of songs like this one from eminem posted on 6th december 2002!

-addy goes to lose himself in the music/ the moment he's waiting for him to win toto!-

now adrian is allllllll serious..not so much action like..

06 dec 2002 must change must change..-psyches himself-
or
15 apr 2003 AD : -dumbfounded-
or
04 nov 2002 -in a bimbo voice- isn't that great?!

aaahh..those were the days..but one thing has remained rather consistent throughout these 2 years (plus a little more)..the lack of comments!! i used to moan about this regularly but reading back on my past postings again, i realise that besides blogging for others to read..this blog also serves to remind me of things i did wrong, silly moments, achievements to be proud of, failures that i overcame..more importantly, these postings preserve my memories..

another new week is beginning, stay adored and be happy!

god bless!
cheers!
adrian

i'm not a boy not yet a man..

i was just thinking yesterday how others have often regard my thinking as matured..somehow after yesterday's session, i kind of beg to differ..consider this, i stopped oogling at MTVs only when i was halfway through poly, i stopped playing with soft toys only when i finished poly, i still spend too much money, i still get angry over the littlest things, it only hit me that true love only exists in movies when i was in the army, i don't do the housework and my idea of setting the alarm clock is to get an estimate of what time my mum is coming over to wake me up! well, just to name a few examples! while my friends are getting married, one by one, i'm just on the verge of beginning to begin to understand what a relationship really means..but like most other things in life i'm still stuck at the basics! not that i'm not considering marriage in the near future, but sometimes i do wonder if i'm grown up enough..or are we ever grown-up enough in our lives? if it's complicated being a teenager, it sure is worse being stuck in between being a boy and growing up to be a man!

i get a kick out of.. ...

just got home from a football match..lost..again..but i scored despite playing like crap..so maybe that compensates a little for an otherwise forgettable match..it always is special when i score..i just get a kick out of it..

Shrek 2 was much like it's predecessor..lots of sweetness and cuteness and eddie-murphy-ness! i think eddie murphy really outdoes himself as Donkey than in his other comedy roles..ok..so maybe the story is predictable..but that doesn't make this movie any less enjoyable..parodies of films like mission impossible (remember that famous tom cruise stunt where he did that horizontal drop?) and lord of the rings, that crouch grabbing move of michael jackson's courtesy of Pinocchio and even of famous brands like Farbucks (i mean starbucks..really!) and Versachery all add a little charm to the film..if you're looking for a film to catch in the next week..be sure to leave your daily worries behind and visit this far faraway land..if you get what i mean! -winks-

that's all from me now..may all have a good week ahead..

god bless!
cheers!
addy