Surprise Surprise
For the first time in my life this Sunday, I will be a bridesmaid! My old school friend Karen is finally having her wedding ceremony after so many many long years pak-toring with David and I felt really honored and excited that I get to be her bridesmaid.
Which also marks my 3rd consecutive week going back to KL.
Angry?
Why do people have the misconception that friends cannot get angry with each other? People tend to forget that humans have feelings once they become friends. It’s quite alright to get angry at friends, in fact, I anger my friends a lot. They pissed me quite a number of times too. The thing is, it’s normal to be angry with your friends. Like Sue. Sue can be awesome sometimes but she sucks at being a housemate. Rent is always late, sometimes not very honest to me, sometimes leaves things in the house and not tidy. But despite all this, I love her all the same. I do tell her off, at least I try to minimise the ‘impact’ a little bit hahaha, but I love her all the same. In fact, when I am angry at my friends and they are angry with me and we trash it out, we move on. And our friendship grew stronger. I think this is how friendship should be, no?
Chew On This
I have been reading this book, Chew On This, by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson. It all started when we were having a conversation about fast food and how my boyfriend’s brother used to work at McDonalds and I was suddenly interested at how patties and french fries were made, how are burgers assembled and all that jazz. So at a nearby bookstore, this book’s cover caught my eye because it had a picture of french fries and sauce dip.
And after reading this book, I am damn sure not going to eat any fast food anymore. Well, perhaps once in every twenty five years. I think everyone should read this book. If you’re too stingy to buy, I am happy to lend you mine.
Diablo 2
Is what I am crazy about now. Last weekend I played from 8pm till 7am, non-stop. I am a Druid (Expansion Character) and now at Act II. Best. Can’t wait till Diablo 3 is out man. Can’t wait.
Beijing Olympics
I missed the opening ceremony and I missed the closing ceremony. I do follow the sports on and off though. My favourite is volleyball. I love the Japanese team. The girls are so kawaii. Reminded me so much of this old Japanese tv series I used to watch when I was a kid, called Maero Attack, it’s about volleyball team, story line something like Slam Dunk but better. I also followed badminton of course, and Lee Chong Wei’s performance was so disappointing. I was in the bus on the way back to Singapore so I didn’t catch the game live, but thanks to my boyfriend’s coverage via SMS, I managed to picture the entire game much like I would have watched it on tv.
Some sample of SMS coverage he sent to me:
- Game two starts. Bad net play by lee. Lin smash to get the first point
- Two love. Lee hits it long and out. Now long rally. Lee smash and out again. Three zero!
- Another smash by lee and it hits the net yet again! Five zero! Unforced errors!
- Brilliant smash by lin. Lee has no response! Six love
- Again the poor judgement by lee. Misjudge and have to rush to the base line. Net play short. Lin pounces again
- Lee misjudge again a base line shot. Struggles. Lin pounce with a back game but shuttle the net. Lee gets his first point
- Long rally. Net play. Drop shots. Still going. Lin strikes one long. Lee leaves it to go out. And it’s INNN. It’s eight zero
- Malaysian supporters are slumped to their chairs. Great drop again by lin! Short reply by lee. Lin pounces and scores again! Almost the same move as before
- Misbun walks over to talk to lee like he knows what he’s doing but misbun never won gold
- This game is faster that i can type
- Good steady rally from both players. Lee makes another unforced error! Misbun shakes his head and looks at his notepad
- Lee serve. Lin left it saying he’s not ready. Now reserve. Lin smash! It goes wide!
- Lin goes yeahhh to the crowd. Lee still looks like a drug addict but with withdrawal symptoms
Of course at this point in time I was no longer interested with the progress of the game. I somehow hoped that Chong Wei would win us a gold. In this case, Lin Dan was certainly the better player. I think Chong Wei was under pressure, and was not mentally prepared for this game. Maybe they both have good physical skills and good techniques. But if your mind is not prepared, you can fuck up everything. I think it’s the most important part of the human body, your brains and your state of mind. Does our local badminton team go through mental training as well? I wonder. Hard la actually, if your coach also never win anything before in the Olympics hahahahahahahaahahahhahaha.
But I must say China has done exceptionally well in this Olympic games. They’ve participated in so many events! The synchronised swimming was really nice, did you get to watch it? Really amazing performance by team China, although the gold medal went to the Russians.
THE Permatang Pauh Election
Wonder if it’s going to change Malaysia forever.
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