Went to cut my hair after dinner. The hair guy suggested some curling treatment to give my hair more volume. Waited pretty long for it to be done. Now I appreciate all the time girls spend on their hair! Haha. It’s really not easy to sit in a hair saloon for hours.
Anyway now my hair looks a bit korean.. Like… RAIN! Yeah right. Haha.
Will continue to work hard on growing my hair longer! Yarrrgh!
Went to the park today. Used the 35mm SLR camera I borrowed from Jiahui. Took some really excellent pictures. I thought they were good enough to be framed and put on display in my new house.
The zoom is excellent. It’s a 28mm-210mm, which is about 7.5x zoom. The camera’s manual, so every time I take a picture I have to wind it. The shutter gives a mechanical ‘click’ sound, which is damn satisfying to hear. Haha. Shiok.
Alas, I got the shock of my life when I went to collect the photos. Both rolls of film were blank! Somehow I didn’t load the film properly, so it didn’t advance when I wound the camera. I was so fucking pissed off!
Pure stupidity. Turned out that there’s a different way of loading for manual 35mm cameras. You’re supposed to insert the film into a groove in the spool. It turns out that all those years when I was younger I was using the improper way of loading the film. I just pressed the film in anyhow, but it still worked cos it was electronic and sorted itself out.
Great. For the next few days I can expect to be the laughing stock in the family for my “pro” camera skills. Haha.
Played soccer with the old fogeys team yesterday. Wha lau. It’s like the thing I look forward to all week. Damn loser right. Haha. They’re a working class pub team consisting of mostly guys in their 40s. They are damn strong physically I tell you. The previous week I play midfield kept losing 1v1s. When I challenged them they just shrugged me off. Fucking tanks. Haha. And they just keep passing and passing. It’s so hard to even have a sniff of the ball.
This week I played centre back though and it was quite comfortable for me. Cos it’s 8 a side with 3 defenders, usually the 2 full backs will deal with the strikers. So as they tussle for the ball I just come in and clean up anything that gets beyond the full back. Got a loose ball? Just whack it up the pitch! Got someone running at me from the centre? Just keep backing off until he makes a mistake. Pretty easy stuff. Don’t even have to run much. Haha. Sweeper is the position for me man! For lazy shits like me =p
Oh, some more right, I can go and collect the ball from the keeper and start the play. Cool. Can play direct balls and watch your forward scramble for the lousy ball you just gave him. Muahaha. Oh that is EVIL. But I just hate it when I get the ball and look up, and the midfielders are just staring at me dumbly. Haha. Fuck man. ASK FOR THE BALL LAH FUCK. I wonder how to say that in chinese… 来跟我要球啊！妈的 Luckily I didn’t say that during that match, for obvious reasons. =D
The only thing I have a problem with is with headers. Can’t really judge the flight of the ball properly. Got one defensive clearance from the other side that I went in to head, I head too early so it hit the top of my head. Damn fucking pain. No wonder my ex-PJC principal say soccer make you stupid. Haha. I’ve read all the training materials and understood all the theory, but in the end it’s all about exposure to the real thing. Ah well. Been playing more field soccer these past 2 months than the past 4 years combined, so hopefully I will be able to get more practice soon.
Hello. I think it’s about time I updated.
Just remembered from talking to James the other day that Det’s mum is going to get the guys to help me move my stuff to my new house. Well, I’m kind of grateful yet embarrassed at the same time because I won’t be there to help out. It’s sort of like asking other people to do your job for you. Ah well. It’s nice to have friends you can depend on. Ok, so nice is an understatement. It’s wonderful! Thanks guys… I’ve been missing your company.
I can’t believe I’m missing out on 3 months worth of sunday soccer! The penultimate joy in life!
I just wish I was back as soon as possible. I missed out on Altitude 3/5’s moment of glory. Can’t help but feel like I should have been there to support them too.
Anyway, it was ok in china until a couple of days ago when the FREAK WEATHER started. It’s colder now in spring than it was during winter. In fact, it was the warmest winter in recorded history. Now it’s like 1-10 degrees. Could have sworn that I saw small flakes of snow just now. Damn the weather.
I’ve been taking some tennis instruction from my brother’s coach. Been going to the gym. Been playing badminton. The clubhouse people probably think I’m some exercise freak because they see my face every day. Got one time they even asked if I was the tennis coach. Haha.
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