Saturday, June 03, 2006
finally got my new pair of badminton shoes. injured myself wearing the old pair which has faithfully lasted me for about 3 years. i wanted to get them during the singapore open, but i guess i won't be going this year. no one i really want to watch. both the korean and chinese first team members are by and large not going to be there. i'd much rather have watched the indonesia open or even the malaysian open. oh well, at least that solves the problem of how i'm going to get home in time to catch the semis and finals of the french open. speaking of which, henman is out, which leaves nalbandian, henin-hardenne and dementieva left. and dementieva is again as errativ as usual, she acually had a 94% first serve percentage in the second set and those serves were pretty fast averaging around 178km/h. but alas it fell apart again in the third. luckily she still managed to squeeze out a victory. i think aside from justine, she probably the one with the most tenacity on court. i mean with such a weak serve that draws gasps and on occasion even ridicule from the crowds, it takes a hell lot of persistance and perseverance to be able to get on with the game and to dig in deep to find victory. one word: respect.
played badminton yesterday with math pple. it has been a while since i've seen them and it's also been a while since i played badminton. so double delight for me. it's a bit weird. somehow i feel a little bit closer to the senior batch then to my own batch. the reasons are quite natural i guess. oh well.
caleb and terence should be returning to singapore in july perhaps? havent spoken to caleb in a long while. was supposed to go visit him at least once while he was in france. i felt i owed it to him to do so, after my last minute withdrawal. even now when i think about it, i still feel a bit bad because i was the one who persuaded and eventually convinced him not to give up on the fddp and to go for ecole centrale, i was due most probably for supelec but decided that it really wasnt my cup of tea like a few weeks before we were due to leave. well i'm glad he seemed to have a rather good time these past 2 years over there, otherwise, i dont know how i would be able to handle the guilt. but alas, everything happens for a reason, and i'm very glad it did.
going out with gerri and roon today. pc fair with gerri who should really get a new comp and then meeting for a subway dinner followed by movie. how rare such outings seem to be now that the doctors have begun working.
listening to kings of convenience again today, woke up with cayman islands in my head. i havent a clue why though. the serenity they provide is really quite something.
i love singapore with all my heart. but i just cant bring myself to support some of the stuff made my locals. i mean people were complaining when that straits times movie reviewer gave a bad review of jack neo's "i not stupid too" citing rerasons like "if we dont support our own talents then who will". but to me, i've always felt that we should not lower our standards just to support something homegrown. quality speaks for itself and if it isnt up to the mark, why should we give ourselves the leeway to be inferior? i've never watched any of jack neo's productions so i cannot comment about his works, but one thing that i sleaving me cringing nowadays is by and large the singing competitions like singapore idol. especially when i'm on a bus with tv mobile at the most unfortunate of times, i will usually make my way to the exit as soon at i know they are about to telecast an episode of the hyped singing competition. i mean it's just me perhaps, but i certainly prefer listening to good music rather than people trying to make good music. i mean yes one can admire their sense of ambition and their determination to achieve these dreams, but for a show that's meant to be entertaining, singapore idol gives me more goosebumps than anything else. but oh well, it's not something that i would want to whine about, just my thoughts.
my bank account is depleted again. sigh, so now i can only wait for an injection of funds in august. i realise that whenever i'm in the red (or close to being in) i always seem to think about the priorities in the things i should spend my future money on. that helps me look forward to the future.
ah i guess i better be getting ready now. dont want to be late again. i hope it's not too crowded today (yes kids this is called self-delusion. how can suntec with pc fair not be corwded on a saturday afternoon). haha!!
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