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3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i enjoyed watching todd hamilton win the british open, its hard not to be happy for someone like him. i would have liked to have seen phil win (i am not a bandwagon fan, he has been my favorite ever since when i was 6, my 1st visit to the memorial tournament, when i found out he was a lefty (like me)-just for the record), but anyway, hamilton held up very very well. i cant imagine how nervous he was when els was birdieing everything at the end. but how does this major record look:masters: 1stus open: 2ndbritish o: 3rdat the beginning of the yr, would you have said that belongs to phil mickelson? any guesses on what he will get at the pga? i will say 4th, just for patterns sake :)after watching the playoff, i went to get my suit for senior pics. no armani, but it is nice enough. i can pick it up tuesday after alterations. im not overly excited for the pics, but it has to be done. i think they will turn out ok (hopefully).after this i went over to chads and helped him hook up a new computer and install stuff on it. aim wont work though, bc of some stupid popup blocker. we didnt really do anything, just messed around and talked (mainly about his vacation). it was nice to see him again (not like i ever go more than a week w/out seeing him). i was going to go to youth group at heritage with the youngs, but they didnt have it this week. pity...i wanted to play in the tournament tomorrow, but my parents wont let me. its probably for the best, as i would embarass myself, but i really want to start again! i should stop posting these gripes, but its what is currently going on in my mind, so i guess i wont :) i believe thats all ive got for now!'follow the day and reach for the sun!'-the polyphonic spree (light and day) seriously, this is the coolest song ever! at least for the next week until i get sick of it. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | people are finally coming back from vacation! chad got back last night from the carribean, and cody and phil just got back from nc. keith is done with his fair (i guess he is the #4 western rider in the country! did not know that...). and then, a big surprise, my friend from elementary school that left in 6th grade to florida has moved to louisville, so we are going to do something soon. maybe a reds game b/c thats kind of in between. this is quite exciting, i havent seen him in about 4 yrs :) so now i can stop sitting around moping about the ankle (its getting better i think, but i still cant do a full swing). i got invited to the final 'championship' tournament for the league that im in on monday. i guess its only for the top people in the league, so im not sure why i was invited (oh wait, the league kind of sucks), but i cant go anyway. what a pity... :) last nights thing at church went well enough. austin was there, and he remembered me. there was a little drama between he and a girl there who was listening to hilary duff on headphones and let out random shrieks a lot (very high on the unintentional comedy scale). the tension was eventually diffused, so the night was altogether enjoyable. i forced myself out of bed this morning so i could watch some of the british open. it honestly wasnt that interesting to watch. i was glad to see phil and tiger making moves. i used to hate tiger, but i feel kind of bad for him now (plus he signed 2 autographs for me at the memorial tournament). sidenote: todd hamilton (the leader after 3 rounds) i actually picked him for fantasy golf during the us open. grr...wrong tournament. that really isnt that relevant... i have read about the first 100 pgs of hunchback of notre dame. talk about a slow starting story...after the first 30 pages it picks up, but i was worried. another annoying thing is that there are about 5 other languages interjected into the book, and i only remotely know one of them (french). but it is getting more interesting as the story progresses. well, i am going to early church tomorrow so i can see more of the open, so goodnight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | (that means obligatory/compulsory) (which means it seems to be what youre supposed to do) as i blog surf at times, i notice a lot of '100 facts about me' posts, so i figured i would go for it. enjoy 1. i am already intimidated by this 2. i am pretty shy unless i feel comfortable 3. i despise small talk 4. i can honestly say that i like all music (except country, which imo doesnt qualify as music) 5. i actually do believe that track is a sport (sorry cody) 6. i think going to the movies w/ friends and doing nothing else is a waste of time 7. i think that college football and nfl are 2 completely different sports (w/ college vastly superior) 8. there is not 1 team in ncaa football that i do not hate other than ohio state. honestly, i have gone over this many different ways. 9. i get bit by mosquitoes more than anyone i know 10. i have difficulty saying no to other peoples requests 11. i have noticed that by saying yes, good things happen (usually) 12. i am a bigger tipper than either of my parents 13. this is b/c i know what it is like to have a job that depends on tips 14. this is also b/c i dont have a mortgage to pay 15. i absolutely love going to rock concerts 16. my first time crowd surfing was the most exhilarating experience i have ever had (until i got dropped) 17. i believe everything happens for a reason 18. if you keep an open mind and have perspective, you can usually get an idea of this reason pretty easily 19. this saves you time by cutting self-pity significantly 20. i should listen to my own medicine 21. i cannot live with myself when someone is mad at me 22. i have only had one person in my life absolutely abhor me 23. it was a middle school teacher 24. one day in class, i was kidding around with my friends and quoted some Bible verse about humility. she walked up behind me, and said 'why dont you practice what you preach, mr. nordman?' 25. i still have no idea why she hated me 26. i have difficulty accepting complements 27. i feel that by accepting complements (about my intelligence mainly) i am taking credit for that which i did not do b/c God made me this way 28. then when i say 'its a gift from God' or something like that, i feel corny and kind of rude as well 29. i guess there are worse dilemmas in the world 30. i am getting a little stressed about college applications starting soon 31. i have not yet been motivated to start this stuff 32. once i get motivated i should be fine 33. except for the interviews 34. i hope that the interviews are not phone, b/c i hate talking on the phone other than w/ friends 35. i already did a phone interview w/ an MIT guy, and i spent an hour listening to him talk about cryogenic freezing research. 36. i felt like an idiot after i hung up, b/c i was not impressive, i am sure 37. i dont think i will have to worry about going to MIT now 38. my mom saw my senior schedule and told me what she could remember 39. it appears quite difficult 40. my 1st semester is govt/econ, h. calculus, Bible, study hall, internship 41. that will be my 1st study hall ever 42. semester 2 is h. physics, french 4, h. english 12, Bible, and something else 43. i am glad i am a fast reader 44. i am proud of myself i made it so far w/out mentioning golf 45. oops, i just did 46. (this was obviously pre-planned, since i could have deleted that) 47. most people dont get my sense of humor until they know me for about 3 months 48. it is very dry and fairly sarcastic 49. i like it, but the drawback is that people never believe you when youre actually serious 50. i wish that i could vote this year 51. i missed out by less than 2 months 52. this means i wont be able to vote for a president until i am 21. 53. i guess 1 vote probably doesnt matter 54. that is just a fact, not some unpatriotic statement deserving of execution on a basis of treason 55. my number 1 pet peeve is apostrophe misuse 56. this is ironic as i never use apostrophes on this blog 57. i guess it is the ignorance as related to the misuse, like putting an apostrophe in 'visit one of our store's' (actually seen at sportmart at sawmill) 58. another annoyance is people finishing my sentences constantly 59. the people that do this actually do not know what i want to say 60. actually this is more or less one person that does this 61. obviously it is not less than one person 62. i like to find humor in little things and ironies 63. i often wonder why gangsta rap has any appeal to suburban white kids, but it does 64. my friend went to maine, and apparently most of the teenagers there are kind of like b-rad in malibus most wanted 65. they call themselves 'maineacs' 66. i can bluff really well when it comes to whether or not i have seen something like a tv show/movie 67. all you have to do is pick up little details/scenes from previews/commercials and throw them into a conversation, and nobody will suspect that you havent seen it 68. this is what i did w/ malibus most wanted 69. it works, doesnt it? 70. my dream career would be an investment banker on wall st 71. this is not what i had in mind in kindergarten 72. back then i wanted to be a carpenter, a pga pro, and somebody who goes around in a mickey costume at disneyworld 73. i dont think any of those dreams will come to fruition 74. i am completely fine with that 75. i am glad that i was more or less oblivious to pop culture during the 80s 76. everything about that decade seems hideous 77. that is another music 'style' i dont like, i guess (80s stuff, like journey...shudder) 78. i do however like livin' on a prayer by bon jovi ('86) 79. that is it though. 80. i think that the 'best of the 80s, 90s, and today' radio stations might as well be 'best of classical, rap, and heavy metal' stations for all the similarities in the 3 genres. 81. i consider myself to be very introspective 82. i would be willing to bet that this is a common sentiment among teenagers 83. this is b/c introspection is part of 'finding your identity' which is what all teenagers have to do 84. i like to think of 'introspection' as an 'introduction to inspection' which means its the first time you have seriously thought about anything of consequence 85. there are obviously exceptions to this, but its a general rule 86. another thing that i dislike immensly is the whole feminist movement 87. i am all for equal rights/pay/etc, but the rest of the movement is such a joke. they have such a chip on their shoulders, its annoying. the 'us v. the world' attitude is not going to win much support imo 88. they believe that they are better than men, which kind of discredits their whole position, that of gender equality 89. i just thought of that last one :) 90. i had another good one, but i forgot it 91. i always sing along with my radio when i am driving alone 92. i also sing when my friends are in the car with me 93. this seems to annoy them 94. i cannot wait to get away from ohio and go to college 95. my life here is fine, i just want to go live on my own and kind of start over 96. this is why i swear to myself that i wont go to ohio state (that plus the fact that its huge) 97. i will not however stay away from ohio stadium for the rest of my life (or the rest of columbus for that matter) 98. whenever i pass it on the freeway (315) i salute it (completely serious) 99. i can give you 100 reasons why OSU-michigan is the #1 rivalry in sports (if i remember, this will be my top 5 blog for michigan week) 100. i did this whole thing in 1 sitting! ha 101. not all of these were actually about me...youve been scammed! :) that is it, hopefully you know a little more about me (other than 'this is an awkward subject') :) a quick golf clap for paul casey and thomas levet who share the british open lead (probably not the case by the time you read this). believe it or not, levet was in that playoff in the open 2 yrs ago when ernie els won. so he can play. casey might have been ryder cup for the brits, not sure on that (i dont care that much, so i wont look it up...for now) tomorrow i am helping out with the disabled kids at church. hopefully austin is there :) unfortunately, we always play kickball or soccer over there, and i cant do that. we can figure something out. goodnight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | actually its just me. i am an army of one...sorry. ironically i just got another solicitation from the army today. i guess they havent noticed that i have never responded to them. i can think of a good way for bush to cut military spending a little...stop sending this stuff out! i finished rebecca today...over 200 pages. when i get going, i dont stop. it got so much better over the last half of the book. the first half is kind of dull b/c it is all setup, but i think that its all necessary. very very riveting finish, although the ending (last page only) is disappointing. i will now recommend it to the majority of the populace. next up is the hunchback of notre dame. i think i saw a wishbone about this before (actually i know i did). it shouldnt take very long. just got a new job today. once my ankle heals, i am going to go pass out fliers/flyers (not sure on spelling, at least i can be half right) for my neighbors computer something or other business (once i get more info, i can solicit customers for him on my blog :)) $10 an hr, plus good exercise (sounds kind of like single bag caddying, except i know that i will be working every time i try). not much else to say, except that i have once again dug out relient ks sophomore release (the anatomy of the tongue in cheek) and it is still incredible (for more on this subject, please see my top 5 blog.) thundercats, whoah! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i am not really in a posting mood tonight. i am very tired, which makes me grumpy/irritable, which i have been tonight. i did in fact get ncaa football 2005 today (a dumb purchase since i will have to get 2006 next year in preparation for college), and it is a very incredible game. the sound is so much better, there is no comparison. there are other new things, like actual sports illustrated covers for dynasty, plus 'greatest game' scenarios ('97 rose bowl, '03 fiesta bowl, who won both of them? thats what i thought :) the only dumb thing is that both of those you are supposed to beat ohio state. the anti-buckeye sentiment pops up again (this is a theme among the buckeye faithful that will be mentioned a lot more as football season approaches...wow, less than 2 months, that just hit me (trembling with anticipation)). the one annoying thing (this will turn into more than 1, trust me) is that the playbook changed, and i was so used to 2003, so it is a bit confusing. also it is always kind of hard to learn a new game, so it can be frustrating. all of this paragraph to say that i like the game very much. if you like college football (who couldnt?) get it. i did in fact get to go chip at the driving range today. i got a small bucket and went through it a few times until my ankle started to hurt a little, and then i left the balls there (biggest waste of $4.50 ever). also contributing to my early departure was an old guy that was chipping from a pot bunker directly across from me. very disconcerting. i did however develop a new shot, a low spinner that you bank into a hill of rough just in front of the green. this is a pretty common shot, but i have never tried it before. i got it to become somewhat effective, just need to practice more... i had a big scare today. my dad noticed that fluffy jr. (one of my goldfish) was belly up in my fishbowl, but when he tapped it, he came to. he seems to be fine now (knock on wood, cross fingers, etc), but that scared me to death, and put me in a worse mood. my fish are almost 3, which is pretty old i believe. i know death is inevitable, but i have grown quite attached to them. every time a pet dies, i swear i wont get another one, but i always do. speaking of the british open, i guess it starts in about 2 hrs. urlLink here is a convenient link to the leaderboard. . i dont think i have any more post in me. i have to go rest up so i can go do nothing tomorrow. stupid ankle... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | not sure why i am even posting anything now, probably just out of habit i guess. the allstar game kind of sucked, as it was never really a game. it was cool to see the AL hit for the cycle in the 1st inning, thats about it. since it wasnt really worth watching, i watched outback jack (speaking of not really worth watching). it was at least better than other 'love' reality shows like the bachelor crap. they use the hanging suspense stuff way too much though. it doesnt work as well when its that blatantly obvious (another good example: the davinci code-of course i would say that book sold ok-i still find it insulting to my intelligence). other than my fascinating tv watching, nothing much happened today, so thats about all i have to post. no great insights either, and most importantly: no obsessive compulsive thing i have to talk about here! except listening to my new 'repeat' song-'light and day' by none other than the polyphonic spree. their new album just came out (together were heavy), trust me it is incredible. listening to a song on repeat is not obsessive compulsive (henceforth OC, i am sick of typing that)...right? yeah... sidenote: i love whoever invented ace bandages! the most comfortable form of support i can find, and a lot cheaper too. that about covers it...goodnight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | urlLink here is a link to my new top 5 blog. (there is also a link on the sidebar). i did basically nothing today other than get my haircut. i read about 100 pages of rebecca, which is becoming, to my horror, actually enjoyable. i am borderline recommending it. life is kind of boring when i cant golf, plus most of my friends are on vacation this week (this always happens, they go different places, but all at the same time...its a conspiracy). i played ncaa football 2003 for the first time in almost a year i think. i realized it was set on 'jv' (very easy) when i ran the opening kickoff back for a td. i think 2005 comes out this week, and i am somewhat inclined to go get it. i should sleep on it. i think i am going to head out to the range tomorrow to chip if nothing else. i might try a few swings if i feel up to it. thats about all i have to post for today. i am going to go watch the allstar game in a bit (go AL! since the tigers are going to make good use of home field advantage when they make the world series...a little baseball humor there). i might post again later tonight, just wait and see! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | just an update on my basic blog format: i have created a separate blog for my top 5. i will still update it every sunday, and i can put a link to it on this page. i did this so it would be easier to access all of the archives of top 5 posts so you can be enlightened faster :) if this completely angers you and would cause you to boycott this blog, feel free to comment, but i probably wont listen anyway. -later |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | in case you hadnt noticed i updated my profile to include this among my interests. anyway, i decided to check out my last question (find a word from A G O S) in the handy dictionary and i answered my own question again! wow, who needs other people when you have yourself...everybody. so...the word is: SAGO \'sa-(,)go\ n: a dry granulated or powdered starch prepared from the pith of a sago palm ad used in foods and as testuile stiffening (with thanks to our friends at webster) how on earth am i supposed to know that this is a word? just thought i would update you on this so you arent kept up all night fretting about this. p.s. the british open (apparently now 'the open championship' starts thursday! :') let us hope for a successful title defense by the local boy ben curtis! sidenote: i play at his familys course all the time, and i got to hold and kiss the claret jug last year! quite the experience...i have pics but they arent digital. in case you were wondering. now that i have peace of mind, off for some more physical therapy...this post was longer than i meant it to be. anyhow, good night! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes this is the title of the song i was looking for last post. once i posted i thought 'why dont i just look for myself?', and lo and behold, i found it in about 1 minute (google search for 'hp commercial' + pictures). it is called 'pictures of you' by none other than the cure (i knew it sounded familiar). i actually found it on some message board about commercials...did not know of such things...no further comment. anyway, its a pretty old song, but it is very catchy...hp gets great songs for its commercials, there is another one that i like, i am not going to search for it bc there arent any words to search for, but someone in the marketing dept deserves a raise (no my dad does not work there). went to the doctor today, he confirmed that it is a severe sprain, and that the earliest i could hit balls is in about a week, which would leave me with about 2 weeks to get into peak form for the beginning of the season...i wish this wasnt going to be my senior year bc i dont want to go out on a negative. who knows, maybe it wont be, but 2 weeks without golfing is not helpful at all. if i had to be injured, i would almost rather it be right before season so i would have a tangible excuse for the inevitable regression of my game that will occur (sorry about the bout of verbosity, i have to warm up for school coming up fairly soon...ack). anyway, i would like to go chip and putt at the driving range maybe starting weds or thurs, who knows. this is really making my summer more difficult than what i had planned. my game seemed to be coming around, too...yes, i am quite despondent here. its just that i have done the exact same thing every summer since after 8th grade (golf/caddy more or less every day and get about 100 rounds in each yr), and i really enjoyed that whole routine, especially now that i can drive. now i have to otherwise entertain myself, and the only big positive is that i can sleep in. i really hope that some higher purpose for this incident manifests itself soon, bc i am kind of annoyed about my situation. tomorrow i go to get my pre-senior pictures haircut. thankfully i got my mom to schedule it about 2 weeks (a common time period for this post) before pics, bc i absolutely hate how i look for about a week after my haircut. i guess that is pretty common actually. speaking of senior pics, i have to go get a suit soon...i am plugging for armani! (what do you mean, $400 could be better spent on college?...) in addition to finding that song by the cure, another band i stumbled upon today (w/ a new release) was the polyphonic spree. its kind of a rock group with a 20ish person choir. very unique sound. i had heard one song 'light and day' before, but i didnt know who it was. i absolutely love them... urlLink check them out, you can listen to most of their songs on their website . i read a good chunk of 'rebecca' today (summer reading requirement) and it has gotten more interesting than the beginning. its obviously written by a woman (not meant as degradation, i just noticed quite a few details/sentiments/other fantasies that no man i know would think of let alone write. i will let you know how it progresses. one more thing: if anybody can tell me a word made up of the letters A G O S, i would be grateful. i cannot come up with the word at all, i even wrote down all 24 possible combinations, and none of them seem like words to me. i am obviously missing something, and this will bother me until i figure it out. help?? until tomorrow... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | what to post, what to post? i wont bore you with all of my ankle information like health updates/rehab endeavors/etc, as that seems to be an oft mocked activity of the older set. i am going to go see a doctor tomorrow to see what i should be doing to help it as well as to find out when i can start golfing again (within a week, please!). if i am able to caddy anytime soon, i would assume that it would just be single bagging, which is hardly worth it, honestly. this would make for a very down year financially for me. i think i need to get a job with set hours instead of spending 3 hrs a day wishing i could do something to get paid. on the other hand, $120 for 4.5 hrs work is very good money for a 17-year old. on the first hand, i can only caddy about 3 months out of the year...quite the dilemma. i will get back to you on this as soon as i get back to myself first. as i watched the trading spaces special tonight (quite interesting, especially finding out frank is married...to a woman) i found myself wondering what happened to vern. he was my favorite designer on the show, but they didnt profile him, and i havent seen him on any new shows in quite a while. does anybody know if he quit or left or anything? that would disappoint me quite a bit. another thing that was brought to my attention at camp had to do with movies. an 8-year old kid spent half the camp talking to me about dodgeball and all the disgusting stuff like the pizza and the pump thing that ben stiller used (in addition to michael jacksons escapades). i asked him when he saw it, and he said he went to it with his dad. honestly people, there is a reason these movies have ratings on them! an 8-year old should not be seeing this stuff and getting their minds screwed up by this (although its completely fine for a 17-year old...hmm, this will probably be my 'lying in bed, cant get to sleep thought of the night' as i turn it over in my mind, which is something i do a lot). anyway, i just wonder why some people dont take this stuff into consideration when they are shocked that little 15-year old junior gets an std or something. they are getting this stuff fed to them from early childhood. just a preachy opinion of mine to mull over if you wish. actually, i havent fully considered this topic, so i am still open to changing my stance. one more thing: a couple of months ago, there was a commercial for hp where there were kind of action photos and then photos were added to parts of them but they still fit (not much of a description, i know). anyway, there was a song that had something to do with pictures, something like 'the picture was all that i knew', along those lines. that was an awesome song, but i cant find it, and i want to get that song or cd. if anybody knows what it was, please please tell me. i will be forever indebted to you as well, so you will have got that going for you. i am off to do more therapy...ever try writing the alphabet in capital letters with your big toe 10 times a day? i hope not, bc it definitely sucks. goodnight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes this is edition 2 of the weekly top 5. this is a big step towards consistency, as i have not yet forgotten about this. about 2 more of these and i would think that this will have been solidified as a definite 'department' of the blog. without much further ado, this weeks top 5 is: 'things i heard the most at camp' 5) 'hows it going, hoppy?' according to camp lore, hoppy is some guy from 100 years ago who was made fun of bc he had a curved spine and a short leg. to make a long story short, he was found dead in a cave, frozen to death while clutching a fawn to keep it warm. since i was kind of hopping around (w/ crutches) this nickname was bestowed upon me, and it spread quite quickly. it could be worse i guess. 4) 'hows the ankle?' pretty self-explanatory...as you hear this question more and more, you kind of get a default answer without many details once you realize that they dont want to know that badly. 3) 'i have to pee' to be expected w/ 3rd grade guys. we had a buddy system, which grew much more relaxed as the week progressed. my response went from 'get your buddy' to 'just go in the woods or something'. peeing in the woods is part of the camp experience, right? 2) 'my (insert authority figure, usually male, such as dad/grandpa) can (insert impressive feat that is usually doubled in exaggeration)' as covered yesterday, these kids still idolize their parents/whoever else. some of these stories were obviously fabricated, some were probably true. another fun thing that came up a lot about parents was personal information such as diets/weight/age of parents. these parents might want to rethink telling the kids this stuff... 1) 'what did you do to your ankle?/how did you manage THAT?' imagine telling about 100 people (literally) that your injury was from something as dumb as jumping off of a slide from 1 foot off the ground. i would have liked my injury to have been from something a bit more respectable, maybe i dived into the pool to save a kid from drowning or something like that. humility is a good thing... there you have it. i am off to watch some us olympic trials for track & field now, then a 2-hour special on trading spaces! (yes i am quite serious, i happen to enjoy that show, and no, this does not mean i am gay) some of the designers on the other hand... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes, i am now back from my counseloring? experience at summer camp, and it was good for the most part. however, it was a lot different than i had envisioned it being. about 3 hrs into the camp i sprained my ankle (and, even though about 200 people already asked me how, i will tell you anyway...we were on a playground, and i was going down a slide with some of the kids. it wasnt very slippery, so i got stuck at the bottom. this was not a big problem, so i hopped off the slide from about 1 foot off the ground, but i rolled my ankle when i landed, and i heard a really loud pop. i tried to walk it off for a few seconds, but it hurt too much, so i just flopped on the ground and had somebody get the nurse. i tried hopping back, but it was kind of far, so i ended up piggybacking on jordan (another counselor type) to the nurses office(yes, i owe you one, shut up :) ). anyway, i went to the ER and i got crutches and an air cast, and i felt good enough to stay (even though i couldnt put any pressure on it, i didnt want to disappoint my kids). let me tell you, a summer camp in the woods with a bunch of hills and steps is not the place to have to use crutches. they are fun to play with, but they suck when you need to use them. i saw myself in a mirror for the first time since tuesday, and i have all of these bruise marks around my armpits from them. stupid crutches... i think my injury could have been a lot worse, especially with the pop i heard. i thought it was a ligament, which would require surgery, and since i could not move my foot at all, it was quite possible. personally, and you dont have to agree, but i believe that God healed me enough that i would be able to stay. i figured that there would be a reason that it had happened to me, and it turns out that there was. one girl was homesick, so the director had me talk to her, and she ended up staying and having a good time. other than that, camp was awesome. i was worried that the kids wouldnt warm up to me immediately, but they loved me (always a good feeling :) ), and they listened to me for the most part. i was planning on messing around with them and running around a lot, but i obviously couldnt very well, but that opened some doors for more personal interaction. i taught some of them how to play euchre (kind of...they still dont get following suit...thats like the easiest concept in the game...they got the whole bauer thing). they all helped me with my crutches and held doors and whatnot, and when i got back from ER late at night, austin (the autistic one that i was supposed to help) had put a pillow and sheet on a spare bunk as a bed for my crutches. i was quite touched. the kids got along pretty well. they were kind of annoyed with austin bc he made a lot of noises and so forth at night which kept them awake, but they didnt really understand him that well, which is to be expected. if you can understand him, he is just the sweetest kid...as you can imagine with 3rd grade boys, the expulsion of gas is quite the hilarity. one night somebody did this when we were at a campfire, and everyone started falling over themselves laughing. then austin said 'i bet Jesus is up there laughing in heaven!' it kind of made me wish i was a dad in a way. there was only one other major conflict in the cabin, sort of an alpha-male thing that was never really resolved, only dissuaded, but i guess that can be expected as well. i just cant explain how much i loved interacting with the kids and how they accepted you unconditionally and how i was kind of like their hero. it felt really good. i guess they are still at the age when authorities in their lives are still figures to be looked up to. i was surprised how often they were bragging about dads/grandpas/whoever being incredible in some form. i guarantee that in 4 or 5 years they will be complaining about how annoying/stupid they are...such is life. my body is kind of beat up (not just my ankle). my armpits are bruised, my shoulders are sunburnt, i have a million (give or take) mosquito bites, and my back is quite itchy. throw in 2 brief showers and no shampoo over 5 days and a bath becomes quite appealling (sp?...i am tired). sorry, i had to complain about this...anyway, it was more than worth it though. i made some new friends among the counselors (even though i already knew them), and they were all really nice even though my injury was a bit of an inconvenience. so yes, i thoroughly enjoyed camp. at the end, my counselor asked me if i would do this all over again, and i said without a doubt. the one negative now is that i am going to be kind of bored until the ankle heals somewhat, as i cant golf or caddy right now. i had to cancel mondays tournament. the golf season starts in about 3 weeks, so i have to get better in about a week if i want to have any chance to get in good form...this kind of sucks. at least i can finish some summer reading. i will probably be posting more jewels about camp over the next week or so, as this is quite the long post and i forgot a lot of the stuff i wanted to write. i will close with another 'austin one-liner'. somebody else was making up a story or something, so he said, 'liar, liar, plants for hire!' kids say the darnedest things! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | actually that is tomorrow. false alarm... the tournament today went ok. the course was pretty short (cumberland trail, not cumberland like i said last post), but it was tough. a lot of of fairway bunkers (trust me, i would know) and the greens were annoyingly fast (i believe 12 on the stimp or so...very very fast to the casual golfer such as myself). so i limped home to an 88, which was good enough for 4th place. the field was a bit stronger this week, and 77 won it. it was very hot and not cloudy AT ALL during the round (this will come into play soon). after this round i wanted to go see if i could get rid of my golfers tan (very abrupt lines just above elbows and knees, around feet, right wrist (golf glove and matching rubber band line), neck, sunglasses, and a less noticable one across the forehead from my hat) at the pool, so i went over to chads house to go to the pool at medallion. of course it was a perfect day for tanning as the sun was nothing if not stifling and generally hot during golf. however, during the 4 or 5 minute drive to the pool, the weather went from sprinkling to torrential downpour with sheets of rain and no visibility at 30 mph. so we turned around and just hung out for a while. about an hour later it was clear again...stupid ohio weather...so we got to go to the pool for a couple of hours. thankfully i didnt see anyone i knew. i am still going to be quite pale at camp (2-3 hrs of pool time every day...ack). not much else to say, i will not be able to post probably until saturday or sunday...aha! i just watched william hungs video for 'we are the champions'! good stuff...i think he has gotten a little bit better, but he kind of sucks...i feel really bad for him. i am all for some patronizing, but people usually know when i am messing with them. to be so naive is quite remarkable. he sure isnt going broke though...only in america i guess. have a wonderful week, and develop some coping methods to deal with my absence early in the week as opposed to late...sorry :) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i have just had a revolutionary concept...every sunday i will give you my opinion on my personal top 5 somethings. this is very tentative, and it is more than possible that this will be the only one. with that in mind, the first category is...music albums! these are all from the last 7 or so years, so there was never really consideration for any classic albums. as you can see, most of these albums are from my favorite bands, which is no coincidence. without further ado, here are my top 5... 5. a rush of blood to the head- coldplay i got this cd last year, and i listened to it on my way to every golf match...its very calming, and i love every track from 1-7. 4. just be- tiesto this is that new (to me at least) trance album i have been raving about. the best song on it is by far the 1st track (forever today), which is probably in the top 5 songs (hint hint) for me. who says the london club scene is weak? i think he is the #1 dj in the world...heady stuff. 3. e-majn- cloud2ground another incredible techno/trance album. this is what got me addicted to the trance/indie thing. the best 2 tracks are #1 (raindown) and #6 (face2face)- which is the most beautiful song i have heard (other than amazing grace on bagpipes and possibly lee greenwoods 'God bless the usa') anyway, its an awesome album, except i dont really like the last 2 tracks. the 1st 7 are incredible 2. the anatomy of the tongue in cheek- relient k this is the most diverse album up here. they always have a couple of goofy songs on their album, the difference here is that those songs are really sweet (im lion-o, may the horse be with you). i also love the raw emotion in these words are not enough and for moments when i feel faint, and down in flames and failure to excommunicate are awesome as well. the fact that this is not their most recent album yet it makes up about half their concert set says something about the strength of this album. 1. ok computer- radiohead how do i love thee...let me count the ways...about 9, as in 9 of the best songs ever (actually track 7 doesnt really count, but its funny anyway). 3-5 kind of suck, but it seems that every compilation cd i make has at least 3 songs from this album. the guitar solo in paranoid android is one of the best of the post-hendrix era imo, and electioneering is still my favorite songs even though it is about 7 years old. karma police, airbag, and climb up the walls (the song that made me get...actually burn...this cd in the 1st place). kid a and their newest one arent as good as this, but radiohead is still a remarkable band. there you have it...edition 1 of my top 5. if anyone has differing opinions (there should be no differing with this list) feel more than free to post a comment, i would love to hear from you (yes, you). |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | 228 years...thats getting up there i say. i wonder how many more years we have in us, i mean every great nation eventually collapses. i would think that this wont come anytime soon, but in 150 or 200 years, will we still be as dominant as we are today? i think outsourcing is going to hurt us a lot more than most people realize. i hope that the tax incentives (if there are any) for keeping business in the country will be increased, bc this could really get out of hand. i think labor in india is something like 5 or 10 times cheaper than in america. why would any businessman keep his factory in america in those circumstances? i think the government needs to do something about this. anyway, there is my cheery, hopeful birthday wish to america. honestly, i love this country and there is no way i would want to live anywhere else. darn it, i am proud to be an american! i caught the last halfish of legend of bagger vance on abc last night. i had heard it wasnt good so i never saw it, but i actually liked it. one quote that really hit home was 'golf is a game that cannot be won, only played'. i think thats why i like golf so much, and also why i am sick of competitive golf (about 3 more months!) i think that, at least for me, the competition brought into golf by tournaments and high school matches kind of defeats the purpose of golf by making the competition with other people instead of yourself. i am surprised at how excited i am for next summers golfing just bc i know i will be able to golf without any pressure and i will be able to just have fun. the reasons i am not leaving the team in the first place are 1) my teammates are awesome 2) we have a great shot to win states, and 3) i guess i would feel like i was quitting on myself and everyone else as well. so i will drag myself to tryouts in about a month and see where things go from there...speaking of competitive golf, i have another tournament tomorrow...at cumberland gc. i have no idea where that is, so i am going to go mapquest it. enjoy grilling/fireworks/whatever tonight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes, i am pretty sure those are actually fireworks outside thomas, but it sounds like gunfire (or maybe thunder). red white and boom was pretty cool. i went with cody chad and brad. we ran into robby and his 'ladies'. we also met some girls who kept asking us for cigarettes. i guess it turned out that brad knew one of them so we hung out with them for awhile. interesting people...we also watched a parade, where i found out that they only give candy to little kids. even the political candidates in the parade do this, which doesnt make sense since the little kids cant vote. i still got a 'stress relief ball' from dominion homes (the best of everything), so i am happy :) the actual fireworks were pretty good, and we beat most of the traffic out. then we went to codys house where we stayed up playing halo and watching tape delayed wimbledon matches until about 5. quite happy to see sharapova win (no, not bc she is incredibly hot...i just dont really like serena). on a side note brad was telling me about his girlfriend from quebec that he is going to hang out with in florida next week. i told him to tell her 'tais toi', which is french for shut up, but i told him it meant i love you. dont tell him (he will forget anyway). i will be so proud of myself if it works :) messing with people can be fun (to an extent). i am going against one of my principles right now and listening to a britney spears song on repeat (everytime). i am definitely not a fan, but this song is really incredible. it has a slight resemblance to evanessence at times. i think they are one of the groups that will change the face of popular music (groups like genesis, creed, boy bands, duran duran as far as the last 20 yrs). they created a unique sound; whenever i hear a new song of theirs on the radio i can always tell who it is. more and more bands seem to be imitating them. personally, i like this movement, there is more of a rock sound with more edge to it, while it doesnt diminish the vocals at all. theres my musical analysis for the month (more like my whole life). ps those 'fireworks' on the last post looked a lot better in the create post box than they do on the actual site. sorry :) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | hmm...blogger is not being particularly prompt in the area of posting stuff. i posted like 3 hrs ago and it hasnt come up yet on the site. unlike last time i will wait and not repost which could make me feel stupid...just got back from shopping for camp stuff. nothing terribly exciting happened, except i saw a guy with about 4 teeth total. it was kind of disgusting, but i felt really bad from him. i had thought columbus was kind of through with the hick image, but i guess were not done yet. maybe he just chews tobacco a lot...very unhealthy habit might i add (plus those spit cups are completely repulsing). just downloaded a new song called 'Jesus walks' by kanye west. it has been on power 107.5 ('columbus' hottest hiphop and r&b'), now i have probably listened to it about 10 straight times. i try not to do that bc it makes me get sick of it, but its really good, it confronts some issues that i have kind of wondered about for a while. urlLink heres a link to his website. anyway, im heading downtown probably in an hour or 2. have a great holiday weekend :) here are some early fireworks for you: \|/ \|/ * |/ -*- * -*- * *- /|\ /|\ * God bless america! happy 4th |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | apparently my 1st post did work, it just didnt come up when i checked it. now you know i wasnt making it up though. you also know that i tried to make them similar ('cup o tea'). oh well. golfed the same 9 holes twice this morning, shot 43-41. i started off w/ 2 double bogeys bc some old guy was right behind me so i rushed. i pride myself on being a fast golfer, so i picked it up, and i beat him to the turn by about 2 holes. played the 1st nine in 58 minutes, which is top 5 for me. the second time around i was even through 6 holes, then i finished bogey triple bogey. i got stuck behind a twosome in a cart. i waited for them on every tee from 13 to 17, but they wouldnt let me through. of course, when i got to 18 they were like, 'want to play with us?'. grr... another annoyance on golf courses is people who honk when they drive by. its not like youre the first person to ever think about this, its not that funny. somebody did that today when i was walking up to my ball. what purpose does honking have then? am i going to screw up my walking? i guess i can see how it would be funny actually. i still find it annoying tho. i am going to go shopping now :'( for camp. wish me luck... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | ack! cursed blogger erased my rather lengthy post. now i have to write it all over, and it will never be as good as it was. here we go anyway. today was another day consumed by golf. i played 18 holes this morning, where i shot 83 and played fairly well, and then i had a lesson this evening which also went well. i also finished a book called 'mafia cop'. its about some guy who grew up with his family in the mafia, but he became a cop. for someone like me who is fascinated by organized crime, it was an interesting book. it wasnt incredibly well-written or organized, but there was a lot of 'good stuff' as i like to call it in there. its by bob drury and louie eppolito (can you guess which one was the mafia guy?) if you want to check it out. next on my list, unfortunately, is a book for school called 'rebecca'. it looks like some sort of romance novel, which is not really my cup o tea. i guess i will just have to suck it up and read it...not sure why it was assigned. saw spiderman 2 last night with some people from school and youth group. it was pretty good, it had more depth than what i expected. a little corny, and some graphics (web swinging from building stuff) were kind of weak, but overall i would give it 3.5 out of 4 stars (yes movies are out of 4 stars, not 5 like a lot of my friends think...its not a restaurant or a hotel! very annoying...yes i am easily annoyed, sorry. it makes me more interesting as a person...maybe...) tomorrow i am going down to red white and boom ('largest fireworks display in the midwest') with cody. i have actually never been before. i know there will be a squidgetload of people down there. i am predicting i will get mugged. who knows. i will carry minimal cash. thats about all ive got for now. ps: the post title is the name of an article i read somewhere. its by a harvard professor, so its obviously not conservatively biased. its an interesting objective view. im not taking sides on this, urlLink but here is a link if you want to read it. have a great friday :) and be safe this holiday weekend as an excessive amount of coppage is expected to be present (aka the po-po). there you have it, i can use ebonics as well as the next guy. there, now i am really done. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | another day consumed by golf is under the belt...i got up early this morning and played 18 (shot 83, so i was happy enough), then i had a lesson this evening which went pretty well). i also spent a few hours reading a book called 'mafia cop', about some guy who grows up with his family in the mafia, but he becomes a cop, yada yada yada. for someone like me who is really fascinated by organized crime, it was an interesting book, but it wasnt especially well-written or anything. i liked it though. now i am going to have to read 'rebecca' for summer reading for school. it looks like some romance novel which really isnt my cup o tea...not sure why my teacher picked this book. i guess i will just have to suck it up and read it...or i could just use sparknotes. actually i dont think the book is popular enough to be listed. stupid book. :( yesterday i went to see spiderman 2 with some people from my school and youth group. it was pretty good, although some parts (esp the ending) were a bit corny, and the special effects when spidey was swinging around were kind of weak. it had a surprising amount of depth to it though. i will give it 3.5 out of 4 stars (so many people i know think movies are rated out of 5 stars! ack! its not a freaking restaurant or hotel, its a movie, out of 4 stars! this is one of my fairly irrational pet peeves, bear with me). i am going to red white and boom ('the largest fireworks show in the midwest') with cody tomorrow, so i wont be able to work. i guess there are about 1 million people there every year, which is about as many people as there are in columbus. where do they come from? (west virginia)...no comment on that one. anyway thats about all ive got for the time being. ps: post title is the name of an article i read. urlLink here is a link to it . its by a harvard guy, so its obviously not conservatively biased. im not taking sides on this, its just an interesting and objective article. so there. have a wonderful friday. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | sorry...i have a semi-interesting story to tell you. wednesday i went golfing at medallion cc with chad (they bought a guest package for me...buy 2 rounds get 1 free...or something like that) anyway, when we teed off, it was perfect weather, and i played ok. i made about a 60-footer for double bogey on the 1st hole, and i ended up with a 42 with 2 birdies on the first 9 (rookery...tipped out baby!). then we went on to preserve, where i was playing ok. after 4 holes, chad pointed at the sky and said 'that sucks' (it was menacing, he wasnt just anti-sky or something...just to clarify). i said 'that wont hit us until the end of the 9. so we played on. on 5 tee, the lightning siren thing went off, but i was like 'just pretend you didnt hear it' (i am a negative influence). so as we walk to the green, he gets out his umbrella, and i made fun of him for being a woman (obviously umbrellas arent for men), banter, etc. then, a gust of wind blew it inside out, and i said 'see, God doesnt approve of transgenderedness' (it was funny, just go with me on this). but wait, thats not all...he set the umbrella down to hit a chip, and it started to blow away. then he started cracking up and fell on the ground, so i had to run it down. it actually jumped over a fence and went onto a fairly busy road (sunbury rd for those columbus readers). a couple of cars had to go on the opposite side of the road to avoid it before i could get to it. needless to say, we went in after that. unfortunately, we were literally as far away from the clubhouse as possible, so we enjoyed a 2ish mile walk in a torrential downpour. this red crap kept squishing up through my shoe. i still have no idea what it was, but chad thinks it was gum. whatever it was, when i took my shoe off, my sock was covered in redness. my mom thinks it was dye from the brown part of my shoe...who knows. i honestly have never been that wet before other than when swimming. i literally could not take my shirt off until it dried for about 20 minutes. so there you have it. if you didnt find this at least somewhat amusing, you might as well not read the rest of this blog as it is the quintessential example of my sense of humor (either that or i didnt tell the story very well). that was more humor than you can shake a stick at. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | notice a theme with these titles? dont worry, i wont keep doing that. anyway, i just found out one of the most annoying things you can do (other than not tipping your caddy...cough cough). next time you buy something cheap with cash, like mcdonalds or something, give the cashier more money than you need to. for instance, if you get 2 double cheeseburgers and a small coke (my usual order), the total is $2.97. so i give them a $5 and two $1, which makes absolutely no sense. they kind of stare at the money and then go 'you gave me too much', then you say 'can i have my change then?'. it is one of the funniest things ever (if you have a somewhat malicious sense of humor as i do. (stressing the somewhat)). i stumbled upon this by accident, but now whenever im in a bad mood or something, this helps me out. no i am not a complete jerk, and if you feel like condemning me (all of you people who read this), let (s)he who is without sin cast the first stone...something like that. i honestly dont think this would offend anyone though. now that i have made this post unfunny with my political correctness that i cant stand in other people, i shall leave. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i have found the secret to shooting much lower scores in golf: play the womens tees! dont laugh...today i tipped it out on the front 9. i hit the ball pretty well, but my wedges were going everywhere except where they were supposed to. so i said, if i play the womens tees on the back 9, i will have a wedge into every green (at least par 4s). so i sucked up my pride and did that. i spent the majority of the time trying to think up tough comebacks for people who might make fun of me. unfortunately nobody did. actually that was probably fortunate as i couldnt think of anything other than explaining all of this, which would take way too long. anyway, i was bogey-free on the back, and i shot a 1 under 35. i hit a par 5 in 2 with a couple of 5-woods (3-putt par...ack!), and i had some sort of wedge into every other hole (except 11, a par 3 that i hit 9 iron on). i figured that if people laughed at me they werent secure in their manliness, unlike me. yeah... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | since i have not been blogging for very long, you have not realized everything that has gone into my efforts to break 80 on 18 holes over the past 2+ years since i broke 90. today all of those struggles finally came to fruition as i made about a 5 footer for a 78 on the last hole. i had to go 27 holes to get it, and it was HOT out today. i think 92ish, with more or less no wind. so i am quite happy right now. honestly, i think i will be satisfied with my golf 'career' from now on, as i hold no expectations of breaking 70 or anything. i am kind of busy right now, so this is a short post, but i just had to get this out there and spread the good news! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes, it has been awhile since i posted, as i was occupied with actually doing things with people and escorting ryan (my friend, who as he puts it, is from florida but happens to live in kentucky) around town...there might be something to this social stuff...i will attempt to make up for this with renewed vigor, or not. i definitely wont use that phrase for awhile again. i dont think that he had changed that much, which was a huge worry i had. i really felt sick when i was waiting for him to come. i think he has changed somewhat, which is obviously natural, and i have also changed, even though i dont really perceive it. so we got along pretty well, not as naturally as in elementary school or anything. it was more like somebody from church i see 2 or 3 times a month, chemistry wise. the thing that disappointed me was that pretty much none of his friends from 'back in the day' were available. they were all on vacation, either that or they had some vague 'plans'...no comment. so we ended up seeing a movie friday and saturday nights, and just hanging out. we saw bourne supremacy friday with philip, dan, and andrew. then ryan wanted to go to walmart for no real reason. i dont know where any are (although i know there are some), so we settled for meijer. he showed me how to do a 720 in a shopping cart. i was kind of thinking 'you lived 5 minutes from the beach in florida, and this is what you did?'. on saturday, we drove around for a couple of hours (literally) looking for his old house, which we eventually found. then we played tennis and saw manchurian candidate with cody. very confusing movie, but im almost positive i had seen it before, and no, it wasnt the original version...ha, it came to me...i saw a preview. no im not completely stupid. anyway...then we watched a street something or other, like a magician who didnt do much until the very end. i didnt know they had those in ohio. oh, but they do...then we hung around easton for awhile...i had no idea how ghetto it got. i kept making stupid comments, like 'oh, theres ray allen' (i do that to people wearing jerseys...cant help it), and ryan said 'one of these days, youre going to get shot'. it would be my honor to get shot for being dumb like that, and it might just cure me. we went to church this morning, and after lunch at panera, he left. i think goodbyes are so much harder when its not somebody youre going to see the next day or week. maybe we can get together again when more people are in town...theres a lot more to tell, but this is probably kind of boring and long already. i did get a few new cds: just be-tiesto; this is trance, vol 2-various; and ocean avenue-yellowcard. all 3 are incredible. the various one is like 80 minutes of continuous dance/trance mix. i love it dearly, so much so that it will replace a rush of blood to the head (coldplay) as my new 'pre-golf' cd. i may go over requirements for this later...ironically, one of the songs is a mix of clocks by coldplay. i guess this genre is not for everybody, im not sure how thats possible not to like, but ryan could only take about 20 minutes of it, as it was 'driving him crazy'. the brilliance would be lost on someone who listens to country music...ick. anyway, i like other music too, so im not incredibly strange (at least as far as music is concerned). but honestly, i dont see how one cant appreciate this music. you can just immerse yourself in the driving beat and bask in the intermittent glow that is the synthesizer...(yes i am listening to that cd right now). i picture somebody gliding through a pool and then coming up with eyes closed and smoothing their hair back in carribbean crystal blue water at dawn with a sun and sky gradually lightening during the moment of transition from night to dawn to morning to day. but thats just me. it makes great reading music too. once you get into the book and the music at the same time, your reading speed is driven solely by the beats. so when the drum and bass kicks in, i probably read double time and i still know exactly what i read. its quite enjoyable. of course, country people could ridicule me for not recognizing their whatnot for the masterpiece that they hold it to be...beauty is in the eye of the beholder...i hate it when i use cliches...i also hate it when i cant put accents over french words. it defeats the purpose of using it. one other thing. the espn/usa today coaches poll (college football) was released last week, and ohio state is #9. i guess si said we were overrated, and candidly, i think we might be. i mean, we lost 75% of the dline, and our punter (jts favorite play is in fact the punt), as well as qb, 3 recievers (not that the passing game was anything special). also, aj trapasso, our only punting recruit seems to have the most legal problems this side of willie williams (ooh, how does that feel, canes fans? oh wait there arent any real one. ooh! im on fire!). so i would put osu #14 or so. bob hunter, a columbus sports columnist, wrote an article about the counterproductivity of preseason polls, and i agreed with it 100%. so tonights top 5 will be my most overrated college football teams (no i will not put osu in there just for loyaltys sake...yes i can do that). this post is already incredibly and annoyingly long, so i wont make it much longer. feels good to be back! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 31,May,2004 | Well ok, I used to play tennis at this clay court here in Singapore. It's probably the only around, so many expatriates go there for training. I met many people there, the most memorable one was this Indian boy that kept whining 'It's just a game' when I beat him 6-0. There was this boy too, by the name of Alistair, that I used to play with quite often, because his training slot was around my time too. His mom was such a nice lady, and he was really such a nice guy. When I stopped going to the courts, I never saw him again. Only today, 3 months after his untimely death, did I know about it. Apparently he went in his sleep, with no medical records, no problems the day before. The baffled the doctors, and they could find no reason. My dad always repeats the same old catch phrase when someone dies so suddenly: 'frailty of life'. Honestly if he can't find something fresh to say then he should shut his trap, sometimes people feel better without the overly used 'words of wisdom'. But really this death was a real bummer. How could someone so young be taken so early with no rhyme or reason. He's about my age so I inevitably started thinking 'what if it was me?' I really don't know whether I should feel upset or glad at his death. On one hand, this guy just left his single mother standing on the edge of depression with his death. From my very short time with him I could tell there was a lot of love between the 2 of them. When something like that happens you naturally feel a little upset, but this time the feeling's different. It's this warm, fuzzy feeling in my heart that tells me not to be upset. Well actually I don't know how to describe the feeling so I just used an old and cliched catchphrase. Those who know me would also not know that I've been thinking about death ever since I reached a certain level of maturity. All along I had feared death, feared the pain, feared the thought of going to somewhere really, really bad. Then my thoughts matured, and philosophy came into play. I knew what I wanted from this world; nothing. I've all along wanted to die an early death of old age. All along I've wanted to live a short, meaningful life; and die a painless death. I thought death by old age was the ony way death would be painless, but this death has opened up a whole new dimension for me. I really don't know why the thought of changing places came to me. I know if I were the one to die my family would be devastated. But they have my sisters don't they? Then again I've always been the special one. The more intelligent one. The one that has the most hope in life. That poor lady had and now has no one else. I feel so sorry for her, but what can I do? If the lord were willing, if he called out my name, I think I would really not hesitate. I think I would gladly swop his place for mine. By saying that I'm kind of implying that I have a really bad life. That's really not true. I have a really great one, but if my death could do something so miraculously good as to bring mother and son happiness, I would gladly do it. My only wish is that that could happen without me feeling pain. I'm a sucker for pain. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 28,May,2004 | Ah well... urlLink I'm sorry yesterday I was all wierd and emotional. I just wasn't thinking straight because it was my last day in a place I've been living in for the past 2 years. Anyway, for those who wants my take on my day yesterday, here it is... Well my last day at school helped me discover a very Under the Radar player in class, Benjamin Siow. I honestly did not have him on my list of targets, and he just got 1+ marks less than me in average. Well what I can tell you is that he won't be able to go UTR anymore, of he's gonna get ready to get voted off. Essentially, I won't be the one getting him exposed, I'll let the Fairplays do the job; my dearest slaves Anjan and Jason will be all over this guy once they find him out! I was also doing some bonding with the Fairplays, through a lame coin game. But it was really nice seeing another side of them, not having to be playing the game. I was in a really good mood until a 'Jenna Awardee' came into the game. Well, his name is Samuel, and his mouth shoots off like a donkey's ass once something remotely funny comes into conversation. Not to mention his mouth smells like a donkey's ass. Some very scientifically inclined people may like to compare his words to the speed of light, and his brain to the speed of sound. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 26,May,2004 | The Finale... A title that lets your thoughts run wild! After the urlLink American Idol finale I'm sure quite a few of you are expecting a commentary. Sorry to those people, because I've just been so touched by the song 'I Believe', and I'm gonna right about the finale of a phase in my life, and the beginning of another. My dear friends would know that today was my last day at a place that I've detested and cursed for 2 years; the Boarding School. As I lay on my bed, the one that always seemed so uncomfortable at night but so appealing in the day, I heard the sound of something bead like falling on the floor. I looked in between the gape of the bed and the wall, and there was this glass star, the star that I had recieved on my first week here. I felt it extremely appropriate that I got the star back at the start of a new chapter in my life. Enoch and Ken Wei helped to carry my stuff down, and him waving as my car went off reminded me of the ending of the movie 'Big Fish', where the characters of the persons life waved him his last goodbye, without any tears, but instead with joy. It is today, as I wave goodbye to the shining star of Miss Barrino, that I've grown the '10 inches more' that mother has always wanted... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 26,May,2004 | Today at school was a huge mess up. Yes it was P.E. again, and I realised I could actually play Badminton... Well that wasn't really the highlight of the day, because I started to step up my little gameplan. As I said in the earlier post, I need so badly to step up into Fairplay's shoes. Guess what people? I'm already on to it! I initiated a whole chain of jokes about Mr. Mad Devendran. I'm telling you, by the crowds that surrounded my table, I think I may be even better than I thought. Today was also the 10th year anniversary for boarding school. Ironic really, that I announce my leaving on this day too. Anyway it seemed like a farewell party all for me. The starters were really great... Prawn salad or something like that. The clam chowder, though a far cry from my mum's standards, was far better than I expected. The rest was ok... until the horrid dessert. Away from the food, the tiki torches outside really gave me a wierdly comforting feeling. I guess it's because there are now torches for the Survivor: OM in December. Something in the hall really didn't feel right, and it was because I was sitting next to a bunch of people that I used to be comfortable with, but I am not comfortable with anymore. I was sitting with none of my friends cause they were all serving... And I just didn't feel good. I really don't know whether it's because I'm leaving, or because I found that I had no real friends. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 26,May,2004 | Being in my class, as I realized today, is like playing a huge game of Survivor. I find it appropriate, that as a SurvivorFire writer, I compare a few significant classmates to a few of our most loved, most hated Survivors. For your information, I got back my exam results today, and some more emerged as Fairplays, and even more dropped like flies. The first person I’m doing is a guy named Ashok. He sits right next to me, laughing his ass off all day. Any Survivor idiot can tell he’s playing the game, distracting others by ridiculing the teachers. Before the exams, he was on my Fairplay list, one that really had the potential to do well, but was valiantly concealing it. When the results were returned, he dropped to a John (Marquesas) Award. He definitely outwitted the “sheep” of the class, because a countless many fell into his laughing pit, but in the end he was completely outwitted by none other than me… There are 2 Fairplay award recipients, namely Jason and Anjan. Both play a very good game, and end up far, as in as far as top 5 in class. Both conceal their capabilities very well, playing the “I’m a doofus, don’t worry about me role.” What I know is that they definitely go home to mug their heads off. Personally I fell into Anjan’s trap at the start of the year, I thought he was a lazy pig who would couch up and do nothing at home. However sad for him, the Nurse John from above entirely spoiled his game. I got a lot of feed about him right before the exams, and I marked him on my list as a competitor. Jason, because of my past experience with him, I knew his bloody game plan. Sitting next to Ashok and Anjan, I knew I had no choice, I had to step up my game or be eaten alive. I used to be a Kelly W, having no game plan but to win, win and win all the bloody immunities. I knew that once I lost my grip I would go, right then, right there. I slowly converted into a Neleh… I let myself be used as a pawn. I let the 2 believe that “Hey, this guy is falling into my trap” he’s no longer a threat! Even though my test marks were still maintained, they no longer looked there… They only looked at how distracted I was… All I can say is: Wrong Move! Stupid, Stupid People!! I know I’ve still got a lot of work to do… For all I know, I’m the one being outplayed! Now that they’ve seen through my bloody plan, maybe I just need a new alliance, maybe I need to be the new and biggest FAIRPLAY! P.S. For those interested, I got 4 A1s and 4 A2s, that makes a total of Distinctions! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 16,June,2004 | Ok, there's this friend in my OM team called Muthusamy. Since I have nothing to talk about today, I shall talk about him, and my Indian Physics teacher. As in Indian from India... I mean... You know what I mean... Haha... Muthusamy is going to get the 'Diane(Survivor 3) Award.' Because that's exactly what he does, boss people around with his big fat mouth... Actually it isn't fat, but it's black. So anyway he is a guy that does all the slack jobs by opening his mouth to boss people around, and when people stand up to him, he cries. There was one particular time, when the rehearsals for OM were to be done in front of the Vice-Principal, and Diane here whined about having to go for a uniform group thingy. So naturally everyone protested and yadda, the case was brought to the teacher. In the midst of puberty tempers and very uncalled for tears, Diane revealed that what he wanted was rank and power in his uniform group. Oh my heck, how many people have an attendance like you... I mean I don't even go! We were lucky we protested and the case was brought to the teachers, because normally he would brush away protests like they were nothing, and just go on doing what he wants to do... Actually it's pretty sad that I'm probably not going to do OM again, because I really loved the experience of staying in school till late, and all the bonding through ultimately fattening foods... Haha... Go OM! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 14,June,2004 | I have something called an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when it comes to turning off the lights. My mother always gets pissed at my living in darkness, and she always says something about darkness making her depressed. As if she needs anything at all to make herself depressed... But anyway my thinking today revealed to me why I always had these vampire like instincts, living in the dark and at one point biting others. You see I've always wanted to die, like in my previous post. Just get myself away from this horrid and cruel world. But then, after I pass from this world, where will I go? In the Bible, we will supposedly go to heaven, a place of joy. We will be there for the rest of time. Just imagine yourself feeling nothing but happiness forever. Knowing that this will never end. Looking at it like that Heaven may not be too desirable after all. And I won't even need to talk about hell. Now for the vampire part. You see vampires will never leave this world. They just live and live and continue living on in this world. The only difference from heaven is that these vampires live in a changing world. A world with emotion other than joy. A world that is free for you to explore. A world that you know, and if you don't, will grow to know. Vampires live in a world where they are free to do whatever they want, without facing consequences. Of course there's the downside of having to take lives. By belief, vampires are servants of Satan. If only I could be a vampire not under the control of Satan, not under the control of God. If only I could be the master of my life, my free and everlasting life... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 10,June,2004 | Ok... Singapore just broadcasted 'World Idol' and I'm wondering why Asians could not vote. Racist people! Anyway only the first 6 people were shown, with the last 5 due next week. So here is my commentary for this week's show. Ok when the German guy came out I was like 'What were you thinking? With that sleeveless shirt?' He is quite a good-looking guy though, but his song choice is really bad. Up-tempo songs don't usually go well with the public's taste, and he will not have an audience large enough to win. For his limited English, I would actually say that was good enough, just not enough to win. The Aussie Idol had a great voice, but his flamboyant style really puts me off. What's worse, he picked a well known song, changed the arrangement totally and destroyed the song. He was like talking melodiously, creepy. For the Pan Arabic Idol, who am I to judge? But anyway all I can say is that I thought her to be very brave but maybe her target audience is not huge enough to win World Idol. Right from one of the judge's mouths, funny he was reading my thoughts... The Dutch Idol is another super geek turned superstar. And I really like his sense of humour, banking on his geekiness to give him the cool look. And this is emphasised greatly on the spectacles! He was quite good, but not outstanding, and like I said before not outstanding, means not winner. I'm still wondering however, how he got through the second auditions when he forgot his words. I don't think American Idol would have allowed him to. A law student with a big face. Sy whatever you want but his voice is really good. His performance however really pitchy. I don't know if he uses English frequently, but anyway not good enough to win. But anyway I don't think anyone was paying attention to his pitch problems because of his good looks. The Polish Idol... Ok, first things first, BRACES? Oh my god, Simon is never going to use the phrase 'Too young for the competition' anymore. Well obviously she had a lot of pitch problems and an awkward sense of volume control, but like the German judge said, she has a big voice, and an even bigger personality. I love the personality and the dialogue between her and a few of the judges. I especially like the one where one of the judges said something about her being as bad as the Polish judge, and she had a look of pure horror on her face as she answered 'No, not him!' Hahaha... That's all for today, I'll bring you more next week! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 09,June,2004 | Yep, I was playing 'The Sims: Superstar' yesterday, and I killed 2 people! Well I'm getting a little wierd, using the example of making a 70 year old couple give birth to 4 kids to tend to the farm! Well anyway I was getting jealous at the kids not having to go to school on alternate days, without having to see a doctor! Well anyway I'm not staying in Boarding School for the next semester, and so my dad's going to get a timer fixed in my bloody computer. I hate that so much; what if I had a project that needed so much time to fix. I can see it now, that big red sign; 'You have exceeded the time limit. Please call your father if you would like to request for extra time!' Oh my gosh, why can't these people just trust me? But anyway, on the bright side, my computer can be re-booted now! Sorry for having nothing to write, but there's a difficult challenge on Survivor Fire that my tribe is currently trailing in. So I've gotta help... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,June,2004 | Yeah... It's the June holidays and I'm kind of taking a little time off from my beloved blog. But anyway if there's anyone reading, today will be all about the French Open final between two wonderful players; Coria and Gaudio! Well with all the drama and theatrics, it was absolutely impossible for me to keep away from this topic. First was the loss of a set to love by a frozen Gaudio. I kept my hopes alive of Gaudio winning, but after it reached 5-1 in the second set I thought it would be all over. But a spark can be re-lit in the presence of oxygen, I thought, and remembered how he climbed up from a 5-1 in the second against Nalbandian. For a moment that seemed to be the case, as he went up 5-3, but then he lost the set. My Dad was saying that Gaudio did not deserve to be there, did not even deserve the challenge. My dear daddy, I thought to myself, ' In an unfair world it matters not that you deserve to be there, but that you are there!' The crowd was all behind Gaudio, and he climbed back up a set 6-4. Coria had strained a muscle, and was experiencing cramps. Huge drama it was when he was reduced to a snail's pace and lost a set! In the final set both men were exhausted and Coria seemed to have recovered from his cramp. But anyway with crucial breaks at almost every turn, tension was high, the crowd was restless and the cheering could only be stopped by hitting a serve. All the rest was bullcrap tennis and really is not worth mentioning. Gaudio won in the end, after all his nervous laughter and his funny antics. With all the drama and the theatrics, I believe that if I were on court that day I would win. Because I, for one, can act! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,June,2004 | Well looking at the amount of homework I've got for the June holidays, I really shouldn't be calling it the June holidays anymore. In fact, from now on I shall call it 'Home School.' Can you believe it? After the stupid SARS homework being posted on the internet, the school seems to have found more eco-friendly to have us print our own homework out. Like I said before, death iways a good option. Anyway I really have nothing to write about. I'm basically posting for the sake of posting. So today, like I said a few posts before, I shall tell you about my friend Chun Ming. I've also said that I have no doubt my relationship with him is nothing but friendship, because I knew him before my hormones started raging. First to his appearance. He has a really, really broad face, even broader than mine actually. He used to be really skinny and stalky, but now I've reached puberty and I've grown to be of equal height. And now he's sporting a bulging tummy that he doesn't want to bring up. Really, sometimes when you look at him he looks like a Chinese version of Barry Manilow and Clay Aiken crossed. Just that his face is growing just a little plumper. That too is something he doesn't want to bring up. Now to his character. Obviously told by his growing body, he is a a rwally bubbly person, if you get my drift. His mouth can never stop complaining and talking. But unlike the 'Jenna Awardee' Samuel See, he spouts things that actually make sense. He is a creative thinker, like me and was involved in the OM competitions. He has a knick for shooting off his mouth sometimes, and the younger petty me got really angry with him once for letting off a secret of mine. But now he usually keeps his mouth in check. I have a wierd feeling that he'll make it well in the corporate world, but his stupid ambition is to be a teacher. His has however a whole list of ambitions; from owning a bus company to being the head of the Land Transport Authority. Any tourists to Singapore on a shoestring budget, go to him for help for public transport... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 31,July,2004 | Here is my supposed-to-be-unopiniated summary of the 4th leg of the race. I want to start off on a particular note, the note that basically says that Colin is a dirty, lowdown, son of a bitch. There, the start to my opinionless summary. Ok so the teams got the clue at the pit stop, telling them to take a 20-hour bus ride to Buenos Aires, where they'll get their flights to Russia. Woohoo! New destination! Anyway, the teams arrived at the bus station one by one, and everything was closed. They agreed that they would get their tickets in the order to arrive, but when Colin & Christie talked to a ver sad man, they found here was a bus that left 3 hours later but still arrived at the same time. The queue rearranged, because of that scum of the earth. Mirna pissed off a few people, and drew an absolutely ucalled for 'Don't talk to me' when she tried to ask Lance what was happening. The piece of shit went and bought tickets for 4 other teams, because 'that's the order in which they were there.' Hello colin... I didn't see any queue!??! The four behind teams rushed to the airport, where Charla & Mirna standbyed on a Swiss Air flight. I really don't know if they knew about the flight to Germany at this point, cause they were playing push barbie around the airport and not bothering to find another flight. The twins & Bowling moms worked together while Bob & Joyce had no time to look. And everyone left... Oooh! Look who's the business loser this time. Bob & Joyce got business class seats! Haven't they learnt from 4 previous seasons? Anyway, everyone leaves and Charla & Mirna are left behind. They unexpectedly catch the Marshall & Lance flight. Like I said, I don't know if they knew already that there was this flight, but if they did, they're the airline experts for this season. So, everyone arrives in Russia, and they find the stupid battleship. Fro the first time since the first leg, we see the Yield! The Detour: Block 5 shots, in which the teams travel to a nearby skating ring and have to block 5 ice hockey slap shots. And Drink 1 shot, in which the teams had to travel further away to do this traditional drinking thing. It's obvious to me that the drinking was much easier, and unfair also cause Charla's arms length would be too short. For some reason, there's no pictures with Charla looking absolutely hilarious in the ice skating outfit. They had to find a bronze horseman in the middle of St. Petersburg, which is a waste of time route marker cause they didn't do anything there. They were then told that they had to go the the Old Tower for the most exciting Roadblock ever. Caviar, the most expensive salt there is on the market. The favourite topping for the high society table was wasted on one of the best thought Roadblocks I've ever seen. 1 friggin kilogram per person, which makes a total of 8 kilos. Now if 100 grams cost about 50 bucks, 1kg wouls cost 500, and 8 would cost the producers a whopping S$4000! Anyway, the sodium chloride imbalance in most of the eaters mentally balanced Chip, who finished it in monster speed. The only other guy who ate, Marshall, could not match up, but was still miserably fast. Brandon and Colin are IDIOTS! The best eater was Charla, followed by Joyce. Nicole fell terribly sick, which shows she already has a little imbalance on the caviar side. Christie did not fall as sick, which means she's perfectly normal. Oh what a chemically incorrect task, but who cares anyway? The teams all made thier way to Catherine's Palace, their pit stop. Yadda and Bob & Joyce were eliminated! Now, the producers are going to have to pay for the huge water bills that the caviar eaters were going to drink. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 27,July,2004 | Amazing Race's Sports Injury by Ethan Alter The Amazing Race's father-daughter duo, Jim and Marsha, got off to the roughest start of any team. After Jim took a tumble on the Santa Monica boardwalk and ripped up his knee, they were forced to go to the hospital, and nearly missed the first airline flight of the race. But they never gave up, battling their way into third place on the second leg. Their luck gave out Tuesday night though, as plane problems grounded them for good. Ethan: So Jim, how's the leg? Jim: Oh, it's fine now. The stitches actually popped out five minutes after we were on the airplane. At that point, I was just concerned about infection, so I was taking antibiotics. Eventually, it went away and now I've got a nice souvenir scar. Marsha: He doesn't have feeling in the top of his kneecap though. He never mentions that part. But that's my dad, I guess. Ethan: I'm still impressed that they were able to sew your wound up so quickly. Jim: That's actually a funny story. The nurse was taking her time, and I knew I had to get her on my side. She said, 'I don't understand why you just can't take the next flight to Uruguay.' So I said, 'You don't understand, I have to get on that flight. I didn't want to tell you this, but I'm a producer and I'm filming a show in Uruguay. My camera crew is already on that plane. It's going to cost millions and millions of dollars if we have to delay the production.' And she goes, 'What kind of show are you making? Is it some sort of animal show?' I saw a spark in her eye and said, 'Yes, it's an animal show.' She said 'Oh, really?' and then ran and got another doctor and a paramedic and all three of them did the procedure together. And then she said, 'Okay, you go ahead and produce your show, but no running and no jumping.' Marsha: She gave him a narcotic for pain and Dad threw it away because he didn't want to have a fuzzy head. All that injury and no pain medicine, I was so proud of him. We felt so victorious walking to the flight — I could hear the Rocky music in my head! Ethan: Settle another issue: Did those bowling moms lie to you? Marsha: We still don't know. We overheard them talking to some locals, but they weren't discretely talking to them. It was like they were trying to lure other teams into listening, and I totally fell for it. After we got to the exchange booth and no one else was there, we figured they had tricked us. But then we wound up beating them to the pit stop and we thought that maybe we were just so wrapped up in the race that we misunderstood. We never confronted them about it and they probably had no hand in it. I can't wait to talk to them and say, 'We're sorry for saying such nasty things about you!' Ethan: What happened to you at the Buenos Aires airport? That was confusing. Marsha: I told the woman behind the counter to book us on the 9:10 flight, but there was only one seat left. So I had her book me on that flight and put Dad on the standby list. I also asked her to confirm us for the 10:30 flight. I think confusion arose because Brandon and Nicole — whom I never should have helped in the first place after they screwed us over on the first leg — asked us to buy their tickets, too. So now I'm asking for a lot of tickets, and I guess the lady got confused. In her mind, she said, 'Well, Marsha's got a ticket for the 9:10, so I'll put Jim and Brandon and Nicole on the 10:30.' So I think we're set and then Dad sees that I don't have a ticket for the 10:30 flight. Jim: She made the mistake of not giving us the tickets that we asked for and I made the mistake of not checking the tickets at the counter. Once we got back to the counter and realized she wasn't going to admit her mistake, we got the airport manager in on it and even she couldn't do anything. But we still didn't think we were sunk because we were first on the standby list for the 10:30 flight. So we get to the gate and they start calling out all the standby passengers, except us. We asked what was going on and the guy didn't even look at us. It was very apparent that we were not getting on that plane. He took Kami and Karli ahead of us, even though we were first on the list. I don't know how that happened. They may have done something behind the scenes that we didn't see. Marsha: Or maybe he just thought blonds were cuter than brunets. [Laughs] Ethan: You got on the 11:30 plane instead. Did you have any hope of catching up? Marsha: The episode didn't indicate this, but our plane was actually delayed for another 30 minutes. Once we landed, we ran a really quick race. If it wasn't for those 30 minutes, I think we could have caught up to Marshall and Lance. The producers even told us later that we were really close to beating those guys. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 23,July,2004 | Ok... That title is entirely random and hysterical. But anyway, this is my comments on each individual team on the third leg of the race, with teams showing their flight arrangement skills for the first time. The first leg isn't counted cause the flight arrangements were printewd on their Route infos... Colin & Christie -- A first place finish was entirely unearned. They were featured much more this time than in the previous episodes, and we all saw that there's really nothing much to them. They're only first because of their ability, if you can even consider it an ability, to outrun Charla. There will come a point in the race where the team will face some immense difficulty, and this team will crumble because of Chrisie's inability to keep calm and be nice. Colin is a great racer, with his ability to keep calm and his classy aggressiveness in getting his plane tickets. Christie, on the other hand, will do nothing except to bring the team down. Charla & Mirna -- Charla & Mirna showed that they had mental powress that could overcome a lot of physical obstacles again. They are paying for it, with Charla having limited choices to make in the physical tasks. I love it that they're so aggressive but can still work well together, but they need to be nicer to the other teams. I know they're policy is to be nice to those who are nice to them, but they do not need to flare up at those who aren't. If they didn't flare up today I think they'll be in a good position to go very far, but at this point, a Yeild might be the price to pay for being mean. Boo Mirna! Charla is having a hell lot of fun in the race, except the part where she turned into a chocolate loving frankenstein after getting electrocuted. It's sad that they made an alliance with people they cannot trust... They really need to use their Yeild power now, with most effect on Marshall & Lance. Brandon & Nicole -- Nicole first; it wasn't a smart move revealing your bond with Charla & Mirna at the airport. I fully agree with Mirna on this one. One good thing is that she has revealed herself to not be the whiny one in this race, cause Christie is the one that has gone miles ahead of her in this area. Brandon seems to be the only one in this team, taking the reins in trying to find flights, doing the tasks cause he's stronger, and according to him has a bigger stomach for chocolate. I have to give the team their props on getting to the 2nd flight, cause I really didn't see them working. Maybe it was just dumb luck. It was really despicable of this team to go leave Charla & Mirna in the lurch like that, with possibly no flight out. Bob & Joyce -- I'm actually starting to like this team, of course under a certain influence. They've been consistent in their 4th - 5th place finishes even with their lack of physicality. They weren't featured much in this episode, but I think they can use their age more to their advantage while getting flights. Too mild to fight off the aggressive teams at the moment, but sneak under the covers and be really, really nice, and you'll get pecedence over the others when it comes to this area. Maybe the world of internet dating isn't so bad after all... Kami & Karli -- They got really lucky with the flights this week, but it might just die on them next week. Their characters are so similar that it is impossible to tell between the 2. Didn't notice much of them this leg, except for the fact that they keep bumping into Chip & Kim everywhere. Really showed their stupidity by missing the strip of shallow water leading to the island. Coupled with them walking right past the cluebox last week, I will safely quote my friend saying, 'They use their legs more than their eyes.' Big Question: Will they be back battling for last place with Chip & Kim? Definitely yes, and they'll hopefully be joined by Marshall & Lance. Linda & Karen -- Karen's definitely the better racer in this team. She's giving way to Linda the big chicken by letting her do the easier, more enjoyable tasks. Linda will definitely bring the team down at some point, and Karen won't be able to do anything to stop it. Unless Karen has the angel-like temperament of Zach last season, she will also not be able to take the heat and will collapse with exhaustion at having to give way to her much weaker teammate. Chip & Kim -- Back in third to last place, and Chip declares that they're moving up, slowly but surely. Surely you realise the elimination cut off point is moving up faster than you are. Chip didn't really show any of his idiotic qualities this week, but I'm sure it'll come out next week. Hopefully we get to see whichever one, the twins or them, get to the Yeild and try and kill one another. Chip is such and idiot but doesn't use his meaness meaningfully, like in getting his tickets. Marshall & Lance -- Marshall & Lance was the team that really deserved to go this week. I said already that I wouldn't mind, and wouldn't be surprised if these 2 went. I'm going to say that again this week... I give them their props for getting the second flight out, but that 'I'm dead' attitude at the roadblock probably would've made 10 white chocolates go down his throat without them noticing. The guy that wasn't doing to roadblock wasn't helping. Showing your frustration at you teammate is never a good idea. They are really boring, and ti sure looks like they get into trouble next week. Jim & Marsha -- This pair definitely could've made it together. They're like the nice guy team this time aroung beside Bob & Joyce, and we would've loved to see them go further. As much as I don't want to, I have to bash them for their lack of skill in getting plane tickets. Really horrid that you managed to get tickets for someone else on the flight you weren't booked on. And in the whole race I've never, ever heard of only one team member being booked on a flight... Sad. They stayd positive till the end and there's a plus point for them. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 22,July,2004 | This to me was the best episode yet! With the dating couples ending their losing streak, and a proper, fun Roadblock and an even choice for Detour. The only sad thing was that the photo album is short of any good pictures. Boo the editors! Give me the photos, and I'll pick out the good ones for you... Ok, so the teams left the pit stop in Buenos Aires. Brandon & Nicole got stuck in the mud, and Charla & Mirna, thinking they were friends, stopped to get them help. Charla , in the process, got electrocuted by an innocent looking fence. Poor her! The first betrayal: Charla & Mirna go on a different path. Brandon & Nicole, a few feet behind them, don't even bother honking to warn them... At the airport, Brandon & Nicole found that all the counters were closed, and they decided to try to call for information. The earliest flight, at 9.10am, was full. The next flight, they thought, was at 10.30am. Everyone queued at the Argetina Airlines counter, but Marshall & Lance decided to go out and investigate. This I have to give them props for. Unless you have no time left, do not be satisfied with what you have. Charla & Mirna followed suit, and hearing that there was a 9.40 flight, ran to a ticketing counter just across the hall, lining before Marshall & Lance. Jim & Marsha helped Brandon & Nicole get tickets, which again violated Nicole's promise to help Charla & Mirna get tickets. In the end, Charla & Mirna, and a very lucky Colin & Christie, without Christie's help, got on to the 9.10 flight. With that, the teams made their way to Bariloche, Argentina one by one, in 4 seperate flights. They were supposed to find the mayor of the place, but surprise, surprise, there's no picutre of him in the photo gallery. Anyway, from there, the clue directed them to a chocolate factory. Their task there was to chomp through 11000 chocolates to find 1 of 20 with a white centre. To me, and a few teams, this sounded like an easy, almost pleasurable task. However, people almost puked at the amount of chocolate they had to wolf down. I think it wouldn't have been a problem for Mr. Sweet tooth here, but I really haven't eaten that much at one go... So who knows? Charla proved that she was a little monster by zipping past Colin to receive a clue from her dwarf friend. How cute, or rather, coincidental. Ok, so they head to a mountain thingy where they had to choose between 'Rough Riding' or 'Smooth Sailing'. Nobody chose rough riding but it was a ride down a rough hill that is nothing scary, but slow. To me, the fear of falling down on a rough slope and feeling pain is much more than the fear of heights. Smooth sailing required the teams to go parasailing! Well, all the teams had fun! After the parasailing was the pit stop. A little island connected to the main piece of land by a strip of shallow water... You know that kind of dreamy thing... Kami & Karli went temporarily blind and swam across insted of walking. But other than that, nothing happened. Aand Jim & Marsha were eliminated, if you were wondering... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 18,July,2004 | Amazing Race Exes Get Evil by Ethan Alter Alison and Donny It's often said that time heals all wounds. Apparently, that maxim doesn't hold true for Alison and Donny, the bickering couple who went from first to last during the second leg of The Amazing Race. In this exclusive Q&A with TV Guide Online, the estranged pair of losers air their grievances and let loose with a few well-aimed barbs. This unpleasant exchange is about as real as reality TV gets, Race fans. Buckle your seatbelts! Interviewer: Alison, why did you decide to do another reality show so soon after Big Brother 4? Alison: I got an e-mail from CBS asking if Donny and I wanted to do The Amazing Race together. I asked him, and he said he wanted to do it. Of course, I wasn't going to be the one to hold him back from winning $1 million and I was also all about trying to win $1 million. So we mutually decided to do it. Interviewer: Aside from the obvious, how did the two experiences differ? Alison: Well, here you had to work with teams, and that sucked for me. It was a lot easier to do things on my own and do things the way I wanted to do them. During the race, you have to be impulsive and quick and if you make the wrong decision — or if you let someone else make the wrong decision — then you're done. Interviewer: Donny, why did you agree to sign on? Donny: Pretty much just for the opportunity to travel around the world on someone else's dollar. That's something you can never pass up. Neither of us had ever seen Amazing Race before, so we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. And most of the people on the show have been fans for life. I'm sure a couple of teams had diagrams in their basement of everything that's happened on every single episode. We were almost going in there blindfolded. Interviewer: How did you prepare for the race? Donny: We were on the computer until four in the morning some nights doing straight-up research. You could tell from the first episode that we knew what we were doing, because we were the only people who actually asked which flight got there first. We did everything we possibly could to be prepared. We just tried to be overcautious at a certain point, and it didn't help much. Interviewer: Did you have a strategy going in? Alison: We wanted me to be the brains and for him to be the physical aspect of the race. And in last night's episode, we kind of switched that a little bit. Donny decided to be mental as well, and that's kind of where we messed up. Donny: The race was way easier to do than dealing with her. Interviewer: Was it difficult to watch yourselves argue like that? Donny: Not at all. I knew exactly what to expect. There were no surprises. Alison: It was difficult for me. I didn't realize that all the name-calling would be coming from his end, and the things he said after the race. I didn't realize any of that would happen. That was a big shock for my friends and family, too. [He] was somebody I had trusted and confided in and for him to say such hurtful things killed me. Donny: Okay, well, don't let your tears get in the way, because you're no angel. Alison: Oh, I didn't cry, don't worry. Interviewer: I guess this brings up the relationship question. Where do things stand now between the two of you? Donny: There's no relationship whatsoever. There's no speaking terms or anything. It ended the day the race was over. Alison: No, that's not true. I moved in with him and his family for a couple of months after the race — I don't know why you're deciding to lie. Things were actually fine after the race for a while. Then, I found out that Donny was not only verbally rude to me, he was cheating on me as well. So I decided to leave him. Donny: That's a good one, but no. Interviewer: Are you still living in the same city? Donny: We're not anywhere near each other. Alison: I moved like five states away, actually. Surprised, Donny? [Silence] Alison: He doesn't know. Donny: He doesn't care. Interviewer: Getting back to the race for a moment, what happened with the bus to the cattle ranch? That seemed to be the point where you really fell behind. Donny: We had no clue that there would be stops along the way. We thought, first-class bus, first-class seats, it would be direct the entire way. We also thought it was the only bus that went there. The other teams that got to the bus station after us found another bus that got there faster. At the point we got on the bus, we thought we were either first or last. Alison: I knew we were last. Interviewer: Knowing what you know now, what's one thing you would do differently if you ran the race over again? Alison: I definitely would not go on the show with Donny. It was sad because last night, all my ex-boyfriends were calling me, asking, 'Why were you ever dating him?' and 'Why did you go on the show with him instead of me?' That's the one thing I'd definitely change. I wouldn't have let him think. I wouldn't let him use his brains, if that's what you wanna call them. Donny: Well, your good looks got us nowhere, so don't worry about it. Alison: Hey, neither did yours. Donny: I would take the midget instead of her. (Whoever the hell thought Alison was a bitch, look here!) Interviewer: Um, so... All in all, are you glad you did this? Alison: Yeah, I'm definitely glad. Donny: I'm glad I got to travel around the world with someone I hated. Alison: Maturity shines through... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 17,July,2004 | I'm still wondering why I have so much to blog about this week... So happening! Well, anyway, I will never let anyone copy outside of my presence again. Yes... If you haven't already inferred, someone got caught copying my work. The worst thing about it all was that the person that caught the copycat was the Maths Dean. Anyone in 3.16 would know that the maths dean can be one hell of a bitch. Oh yes... Did I mention that she was a close friend of my mother's? Well I was relieved when my maths teacher told me I was 'almost' called up, which meant that I wasn't called up. But what happened was even worst. The Maths Dean made a personal call to my mom, telling her to 'keep a closer eye on him.' Oh... And you know what she told my mom? 'He was involved in a copying case.' Wow! That's specific enough... My mom actually thought I copied in my maths test, cause I was struggling with a question the day before. And I'll bet she'll get suspiscious should my results come out perfect. What a bitch... I really should get my maths teacher to clear this matter up. Call my mom then... Tell her that I'm getting my work copied instead of me copying... Now that will solve everything, cause she won't really care if I get As for everything while the rest of my class fails... HEHE! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 17,July,2004 | I just peeked into my sister's blog, actually delved into it. I really don't think she expected me to do so... I mean, why would I be interested? Well, I realised that evrything she tells us is what she tells her friends on her blog... So much for family... It really doesn't say much of the complexity of her mind, does it? She is as easy to read as a book... And me being a Literature student, I can read between the lines. Well, there's a comment on her blog about me having nothing to say. That's just because I've been alone all these years. You always with my other sister, and Mum always with Dad. I've never had a permanent companion. I kind of think mom sensed it... That's why till now I have a maid to 'take care of me.' It's kind of like Survivor isn't it? With two prominent alliances and me as the swing. I really can't believe my older sister thinks that I'm having problems at school. It's so stupid... Do my results show any problems? Somethimes people like to be left alone, so shut your overly huge trap and pinch your gigantic nose cause I am not having any problems at school! I really hate it that she keeps telling me about prayer and how it changes things. It seems so super artificial and hypocritical, especially with your kind of situation and most of all your detestable character. I cannot get why my sis is so transparent, when I'm so complex in character. Haha... I'm too complex for anyone to read me, not even my parents. Thinking about it I realise how I never miss her when she's gone... How I never miss anyone but my dad. Could it be that I'm the Kingshaw of this story? Ohh... That's sad... Maybe it's because the girls in the family have never been too highly intellectual, and I'm only able to mix with those people, and in the case of my family, only with my dad... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 17,July,2004 | Yes, the 'programme' I was referring to is the CIP I had on Thursday at Macritchie Reserve. We had to walk 1 hour in and out of the area we were supposed to go to and it was all counted for our CIP hours. How nice is that? I calculated a total work time of 1.5 hours, and it is clocked at 6 hours. Not that I'm complaining, but wouldn't it be better if we walked into an office to do 6 hours of proper community work? Then again, the Physical Education & Aesthetics department has never been known for their efficiency... It was really more fun than work, especially with the antics of the dynamic trio we know as our class teachers! Mrs Toh was dressed much more formally than she would in class, but maybe it's because she wears clothes that look like a house elf's rag to class. With her age catching up on her, you wouldn't be expecting her to bend down to pick up weeds would you? Very surprisingly, she was actually sppeding up the hill to go weeding. Maybe the biologically enhanced foods have something to do with it. When she actually started weeding, it looked like she was tending to her garden. Staying in one spot, it was as if she was looking after her plot of flowers. When we were done, she beamed at us and told us the huge pile in the middle of the path was her's. Halfway done the hill, she actually started running, as in really running. ' To the aircon!' she yelled as our incredulous faces looked up at her. Mr Sham kind of thought he was Tarazan... He was looking for all the vines hanging on trees and tried to swing on them. He really showed a wild side of himself when he joined in the tug-of-war with the tree. Actually, I thought he lowered himself to my class' level of intelligence, which is not at all very high. But I tell you something... He actually has a car! I mean, it was pretty shocking to see a Malay teacher have a car, but his car wasn't even the typical Malay second hand car, it was a nice, middle-class car. Well... Call me racist, but Malays are never known to be rich are they? Deven was the most embarassing thing ever. He was trying overly hard to be funny, incorporating his little bit of Physics into a weed pulling activity. He was being blatantly ridiculed by Ashok and Anjan, but I have a feeling he really didn't know it. When I told him in his accent to 'apply the force' on the weed, he threatened to 'apply the force on your face!' I guess I don;t look Indian enough... Or maybe my imitation was too good. After we went back to home ground to retrieve our bags, Ashok caught a caterpillar meant to scare Mr Sham. Mr Sham managed to a certain extent hide his fear, but when Deven saw it he was totally mortified. He was saved by the ranger asking Ashok to put it back, and later gave the lame excuse of it having the possibility of being poisonous. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 16,July,2004 | Yeah... I was forced to buy tickets for the Festival of Arts. If I had to spend my time and money on something, it would definitely be Drama. Even though I knew that the storyline had no backbone, it was still better than going into a sleeping room with the music teams. So yes... My very professional comments on the performance: Storyline -- The storyline is a failure. Anybody and everybody could see that. But this was meant mostly for inter-school fun, so the storyline doesn't exactly matter. The author of the script is definitely not a thinker. Script(dialogue) -- Amidst a sea of puns and witty comments, the script wasn't exactly too smooth flowing. It was really good enough for a school performance like that, just that it wasn't perfect. The witty asides are what's best in the script, and this is where most of the Drama Club sriptwriting skills shine. For the simple and nonsensical storyline, the script was almost too good. Characters -- The characters in the script are absolutely perfect. Each one represents the typical, overboard NS men often talked about. The Nerd, the Macho, the 'on' one, the totally queer one, the 'good future' one, and the 'cannot live without home' one. Sadly, the very interesting subject of Malay logic was not touched on. Malays are one of the main components of army life, without whom the NS experience is not complete. With a repetition of the 'nerd' and the 'good future', I really don't see why they couldn't do a dim-witted Malay. Super extreme cliches work well with the nonsensical storyline, but incomplete experience just makes the cast a little less than perfect. Entertainment value -- Why do people watch comedies? To let loose, and have fun. With the flimsy storyline, the entertainment value had better be up there above perfection. Yes... Very much laughable, but definitely not high-level humour. After a while, the humour became very much corny and overused. I still do like the parts where the actors break into absolutely ridiculous and out of point dances. Their ability to incorporate a little musical influence really impressed me. It was the most highly intellectual humour in the whole script. Overall rating: Good, but not rememberable. 3/5! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 15,July,2004 | Ok... Here's the comments on the teams that I bring every reality show I watch. That is if we here at Singapore aren't too behind... I titled the post perky underdogs cause the underdogs seem to really be having fun on the race! Go the underdogs! Here's the whatever I promised stuff... Brandon & Nicole -- I said last week that much was expected of this team, but they underperformed last leg. This leg, however, was a totally different story. They showed no negative signs, no whining, and no complaining. Nicole, however, may be a little too inactive for my liking. Poor her getting shagged in a foreign country, and all her boyfriend did was look for his balls(pun!). Bad Boy... They got a little lucky with the cemeterys, having their taxi driver correct them... Charla & Mirna -- GOGOGOGO the little one! I love you Charla! She absolutely rocked the episode with her punk dancing, her ballerina twirling and her 'stick your hand up the cow's behind' comment. It wasn't exactly fair that they got on the common ferry, but who cares right? It does make up for her inability to run, and she paid for it again at the foot race to the pit-stop. All I'm afraid of is that Mirna will feel like she's doing everything for the team, which is so untrue. I think Charla helped more with the slab of beef in the first leg. Nicole & Brandon are getting along well with them, so maybe, hopefully, the mentioned alliance next week is them. Then Brandon can carry Charla during a foot race! Ahh... I sense the first working Amazing Race alliance even before I see it! And did you see Mirna's face when she hugged Phil? Hilarious! Jim & Marsha -- Wowzer! This team shocked me with their 3rd place finish. Who would expect the weakest team last leg to come out so strong this leg. Victims of the bowling moms? LOSERS! Ok... it was really bad of the moms to play so dirty, but who would believe that a middle class country like Argentina doesn't accept US currency? Even we in Singapore accept US currency! I really like it, however, that they finished in front of those moms. Rub it in their faces people! Linda & Karen -- Who would expect the moms to be such home-bred bitches? Firstly, they've not heard of a foam party... Superbly stupid... And then they, like those bloody cowards in class, bully those weaker than them. How low can you go? I really, honestly, hope that these 2 go down next week. Who knows? we may get to see Charla jumping on her trampoline tummy... Btw, I thought the 'You outsmarted a cow' comment was serious on their part. And I still don't know which is Linda and which is Karen... Marshall & Lance -- Who? What? Where? After a fluke showing on the first leg of the race, this team proved that they teams cannot be judged on just 1 leg of the race. They are so insignificant because they are humourless and entirely serious. Who was it claiming to be the Ken & Gerard of the race again? This team needs to go soon... They are of no interest to us viewers. Bob & Joyce -- Really, really horrible leg for these 2, and they still managed to stay in. First, the wrong cemetery... A little luck was involved of course, but they could have simply told the driver Evita Peron and he would've known where to go. No... I have to speak in their native style... Chacarita! Chacarita your way home soon people! Oops... Sorry if I just cursed you... Anyway, really bad call with the detour. Just because you like dogs doesn't mean the dogs are easier. Matching the face is much easier than walking one mile! Colin & Christie -- Same comments as last week. This team definitely has chemistry together, and a lot is expected of them. However, they have failed to show us any of their outstanding abilities. I really wouldn't be surprised seeing these 2 eliminated the next time. I wouldn't be too upset either! They're getting monotonous and are sinking into the depths of Marshall & Lance's oblivion. If they don't show well the next time, I will have absolutely nothing left to say... Chip & Kim -- Chip's a bastard. Need I say more? Yes I do! They sank as low as the bowling moms this time, playing it absolutely dirty. I have to say though, the stand off in the cab was a very smart tactical move, and it was absolute fairplay, even though some might not admit it. I'm sure that everyone rather him be nicer and let the bloody taxi go. Well these 2 have got to take a taxi and go home soon, cause I have a feeling next episode Chip will show more of his torrid qualities that I will surely hate. Kami & Karli -- Poor little babes got stood up by that bloody Chip. Really respectable that they managed to finish the dog walking task even though they hated dogs. Maybe it's because they're so catty... There seems to be a significant twist in the detours this season; one is much easier than the other. They're enemity with Chip & Kim will push them to use the 'Yield' next episode... I hope! These 2 teams will continue to battle for the last team in, I can feel it. Alison & Donny -- What a bummer. Donny's a strong guy, but maybe he's too dimwitted. Alison's a weak girl, but she's smart. These 2 make a really dynamic duo, but queerly they were booted so early. Alison confirmed she's a bitch by walking away so defiantly from her partner after getting eliminated. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 15,July,2004 | Ok... Here's my blow by blow summary of what happened on the second leg of the race. This week's picture album totally sucked, with no pictures of the tango detour. Very queerly, 50% of the pictures were of the foam party at te 'Shake' place,when on TV they only spent 5 mins there. The poster of the photographs was also crazy, cause Kami & Karli have so many pics when Bob & Joyce have none... Ok, so you know they were in Uruguay when they stopped. They received the clue to go to the pub 'Shake' in the Uraguaian downtown. The little lady went the wrong way, which I was absolutely pissed at cause Brandon & Nicole were right there for them to follow. The bowling moms surprised me with their navigation skills as they took over Alison & Donny to reach the pub first. Meanwhile, Charla & Mirna chanced upon a hooker! Amazing Quote at this point(says Mirna to Charla about the hooker): She's pissed now cause we're talking to her when she's got business to do. And so the teams reached the pub one by one. Brandon & Nicole were the ones victimised by the task, with Nicole getting squeezed in the context of trying to burst her beach ball. Ok... That sounds sick! Ok, yeah! She gets touched and shagged, and for a moment I thought the guy was going to rape her under the foam while Brandon minded his business with the balls. That sounds sick again! Ok... The creepy face in the picture is probably the molester... From the part house they were supposed to go to the port to take a ferry to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Charla & Mirna missed the ferry. I mean if Charla was normal they'd have missed it. Again... MANIPULATION! The little lady actually used her disability to her advantage again. I have a feelin this is going to be the trend for as long as they are here. She is one power pack... Getting the ferry to wait for the 'Guest of Honour'. Go the little one! They got to Argentina and had to go to Evita's resting place. It was a cemetery called Recoleta, but a few teams got the wrong cemetery, going to Chacarita, where Evita's Husband, the president, was buried. It is absolutely disrespectful of the producers to make the teams run into the cemetery like that. Oh, and Charla & Mirna caught a buggy which decided it would help a 'little lady'. Amazing Quote at this point(says Mirna to buggy driver): Little lady here! Little lady here! And the teams received a clue for the Detour. Yay! In tango, teams had to travel 1.5 miles on any preferred mode of transport to El Tango, where they would receive a picture of one of the dancers. Then, they would have to enter in a horribly lit, beautiful and atmospheric theatre, where a large number of people were doint the tango. Recognise the face. Very difficult in the dim light, but still easier than walking 8 unruly hounds 1 mile. That was of course in Perro! Teams had to deal with hyper active dogs that sometimes were overly horny for their own good. Only Kami & Karli and Bob & Joyce completed this task. Amazing Quote at this point(says Alison to the dog): You can't keep having sex! From there, the teams went to a cow farm. What's it with cows this time? First, slaughtered, bloody cows. Then now its alive and fast cows... Oh the irony! Anyway the roadblock clue read: 'The person that's doing this task must have fast hands and fast feet'. Amazing Quote at this point(says Charla to Mirna): You may have to stick your hand up the cow's ass. And anyway, the teams did not have to do that. all they had to do was get a bananda off the cow's neck. Luckily Charla didn't step up to stick her hand up the cow's ass cause she would have been trampled to death. All the blah and teams had to go on a horse carraige to their next pit stop. Oh yes... Did I mention that Alison and Donny were eliminated? What a shocker. I really don't know what to say after 2 most expected couples got eliminated first... *hums away* Opinions and views on teams will be posted later tomorrow I kind of tired now... And there's school tomorrow. *Sighs* |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | Yes... I'm pissed again! That Jenna I was telling you about is rally becoming the most irritating and impetuous bastard I have ever seen. Samuel See Boyao, a mention of that very name and I feel like puking my existence out of myself. He is a friggin deperate asshole who laughs like a bloody Hyena. He is such a desperate wuss that he needed a loser last year to introduce him to a loser girl. One look at his screwed up face and you'll know why he's so bloody desperate. Stupid, low class and unhumouring idiocracy is what I will describe his life as... Well, he's really not as bad as the bitch of the class I will term as the 'Deena Awardee'. Being a secretary of the class he seems to hold more power than anybody else in the class. For some reason he doesn't dare face the class, has absolutely no confidence and charisma, but in front of the teachers... Ooh, that's a totally different story! 'Oh Mr Deven, so and so didn't do duty yesterday...' 'Oh Mrs Toh, can you ask them to donate $2 to the class fund?' Wanna be responsible boy? Start doing your own Maths homework and handing it up on time first! Hypocrites are those I hate the most... Oh yes... Have I added that he's a bloody faggot? He flirts with that German student in the class only because he has influence over teachers. Definitely a good person for his re-nomination bid next year. Well kid, if it is a re-election bid, say bye bye to your power, and guess who moves in to your place? Haha... ME! No one supports your 'It's against the school rules...' (in a whiny voice) stand. No one ever listens to the feeble and suddenly without a teacher unauthoratative 'No balls allowed...'Who is the one who is gaining respect from everyone; the social groups, the uncool people, the smart gang and even the ruggers? ME! You think you got itsy bitsy control over your puny German ally? I kind of think he would want me to be in your place FAGGOT! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 10,July,2004 | Here are the actual highlights of this leg, not my opinion! The first thing the teams did when thet arrived in Uruguay was to find this hand on a beach. Supposedly it is the 'Last thing you see of a drowning person.' I really like it. Who'd think that you have an art form besides thosed stupid sandcastles on a beach. From the big hand the teams went into the tree area where they hunted for ferry tickets. They took a ferry to an islan and went to a meat farm to recieve their next clue. At the meat farm, they found out that they had to carry a huge slab of beef to a meat shop. It was a very uncreative challenge, and my favourite team, Charla & Mirna, lost their lead because of the sheer physicality of it. I feel that for a team to gain a lead using their wits, and then to lose it because of their disability, is super unfair. Boo the producers! Then came the Detour: Chips or Zips. Chips involve the team going into a casino to play a game of roulette. The teams start off with 20 chips, of which they can only use 5 at a time. They must match the number of the landing to get their next clue. My call, 4 attempts of 5 chips each will take you less than 10 minutes. Just bloody well try your luck! For some reason, there are no pics of them playing chips. Zips involve teams having to cross buildings on a zipline, then descend almost 20 storeys into the pool on another. That will take them about 20-30 mins at my guess. Might as well chips first, then try the zips! Here's the pit stop photo which they didn't have in their photo album, It's different from the other photos, cause it's in a different section of the site... That's all with their limited photo album. But Dennis & Erika, my initial favourite team, got eliminated! Sucks... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 07,July,2004 | Amazing Race? Definitely! I don't see why CBS hesitated so much about bringing this season back, cause from the first episode, I can totally tell this season's going to be absolutely awesome! My comments on the teams... Well sorry they're up so bloody late, my sis's been hogging the com! Alison & Donny -- Everybody hates me, nobody likes me! I thought that Alison would come in with that mentality, but no, only her little Donny is upset with her, or so she thinks. Overall this is a strong team, even though I hate to admit it! I really don't see any place where Alison can lie and cheat in this game. Flirting, is a whole new story. Maybe, since flirting can only be done at the pit-stops off camera, she can slvage her deviled reputation. Marshall & Lance -- Who the hell? How the hell? When they reached the pit-stop, I was like, 'How did they get there?' They played an extremely insignificant role in this episode. It's either they are simply a boring team, or CBS is trying to keep them low cause they win the race. If another alpha-male team wins this time, I'm not going to be too happy, especially if it's this boring pair that thinks they're the Jon & Al and Ken & Gerard of this season. They might as well say they're the Rob & Brennan and Chris & Alex, since they're the only alpha males! Karen & Linda -- Surprise, surprise! The bowling moms can actually do something. Do you actually belive that bowling is a sport mommies? The answer to that question lies in your physical condition. They only got eliminated by a smart but to a certain extent unfair twist in the flights. I mean they probably didn't even know that the second flight arrived earlier. I really liked it that they worked together in carrying that slab of beef. They weren't even tired after they completed the task. That's about the only thing rememberable that they did in this leg... Bob & Joyce -- Our quiet couple of this race. They are very mild and nice people. Their lack in physicality, I believe, will bring them down in this race. They migh fluke like Teri & Ian, but I really don't think so. Letting the man do everything, my dear Joyce, is not right. You sould've help carry his backpack while he carried the beef. They remind me of an old couple in my church. The man had a stroke... Charla & Mirna -- What can I say? GO GO GO THE LITTLE ONE!!!!! She said that she was here to break all stereotypes about dwarves, but to me she just displayed the exact thing I expected! I mean, after Gimli's performance in Lord of the Rings, I kind of think everyone's stereotype of a dwarf is: stubborn, strong headed and determined. She really impressed me with her firepower, zipping around everywhere like she was a cat on a race. Well she is on a race... Mirna's having the hots for Phil, that's going to be real funny! Too bad that we don't get to see the 12-hour intervals. Brandon & Nicole -- Shame on you 2. Admidst high expectations, these 2 surely did not perform. They got on the second flight, and the twist in the flights surely saved them. Everyone, including myself, thinks they look like a carbon copy of Flo & Zach. They have in fact, displayed traits of being Flo & Zach. Nicole started whining in this episode, and it looks like she may be on her way to a number one spot that Flo has taken. Brandon, has not displayed Zach's wits, and basically that will bring this team down. Both models are heading for disaster with their most probable brainlesness (think Derek & Drew), but I'm looking forward to seeing whether they can beat Millie & Chuck in their christian proclaimations. Prediction, 4-5 place (think Derek & Drew and Millie & Chuck). Colin & Christie -- The predicted power couples are surely not performing here, with Brandon & Nicole already down, these 2 went even 'downer.' They had the flight twist to blame, unlike the previous pair. I mean, who would expect such a smart, but evil twist? I really love their charisma and chemistry together. I do think they'll go far in this race. Chip & Kim -- I do not like this team. There you have it straight in the face! Call me racist, call me anything you want, I DO NOT like this team. Firstly, they do not have the charisma and chemistry that the other couples have. Secondly, they made an absolutely stupid mistake. How can there be a task without the information? Booyah! I absolutely did not think they would make it to the pit stop so quickly. But I really pitied them. Phil should've just imposed a time penalty and got them over with it. Kami & Karli -- They say the word 'manipulating' in a creepy, blonde way! All I want to say is mostly the same as Chip & Kim. Move away girls, Charla and Mirna are the smart ones that are going to manipulate Charla's glaring disability. The question is, do these bimbos do better than the himbos of last season? Probably not! Jim & Marsha -- I would love to see Jim interact with Marshall. Imagine this, 'Hi! I'm Marshall...' with Jim replying, 'Really, I was only a captain!' Haha, sorry I'm being so lame. I kind of think he named his daughter afer the word Marshall... How stupid! Tearing your leg in the first few seconds just means this team is entirely incapable. Being the first Father/Daughter team, they are a huge dissappointment. Dennis & Erika -- This team had the chemistry, the character and the charisma. It was really sad to see that they didn't have enough aggressiveness to be in the race. It was a sad, sad first bootee. It never pays to be nice in every reality show. I really thought Jim & Marsha deserved the boot more than these 2 did, but adious anyway! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 07,July,2004 | urlLink � Chip and Kim Mcallister, married parents from Coto De Caza, California. Chip, age 46, is the owner of a web technology company. Kim, age 44, is the owner of an information technology recruiting company. They have been married for over 25 years and have three children. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Colin Guinn and Christie Woods, a couple from Corpus Christi, Texas that have been dating for over a year. Colin, age 24, owns a cell phone store. Christie, age 26, is the managing partner of the Longevity & Wellness Center and the 1996 Miss Teen USA. This is my current favourite team after the only couple with chemistry got eliminated... They definitely have chemistry together and I hope will make it far in this race. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Linda Ruiz and Karen Heins, best friends and bowling partners from Palmdale, California. Linda, age 45, is a mother and tennis teacher. Karen, age 41, is a mother and homemaker. Both have been married for over 20 years. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Dennis Frentsos and Erika Shay, a 'once engaged' couple from New York. Dennis is a 27-year-old mortgage broker from West Nyack while Erika is a 25-year-old wedding planner from Piermont. According to CBS, Dennis broke off the engagement after Erika went tandem skydiving naked with her instructor. No word on whether any peanut butter or chocolate was involved. This was actually my favourite team to win. Sadly, they are eliminted cause of Dennis' nice guy attitude. Erika is so bloody stupid to lose herself a guy like this! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Charla Faddoul and Mirna Hindoyan, first cousins from Maryland. Charla, age 27 and living in Phoenix, is 'married to the man of her dreams' and is manager/co-owner of a chain of ten sportswear stores. Mirna, age 23, lives in Towson and is an attorney who graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law. The two were born only a month apart in Syria and emigrated to the United States when they were young children. Between the two of them, they speak a variety of languages, including Armenian, Turkish, French and Spanish, and have traveled extensively to foreign countries -- skills that should prove valuable during the competition. This is my favourite team based on purely character. I think they have the brains to make it far, but their physical disadvantage will definitely bring them down. Luck, luck, luck! Go the little one! By the way... Doesn't she look pretty fast for her short legs? I mean, she was whizzing through everywhere! Again... Go the little one! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Jim and Marsha McCoy, a father and daughter from Florida. Jim is a 53-year-old helicopter pilot who lives in Jacksonville. The 26-year-old Marsha is a law student living in Gainesville and attending the University of Florida College of Law. Marsha, who considered herself an 'ugly duckling' as a child, is an NFL Jacksonville Jaguars cheerleader. With Jim having spent 23 years in the military, the family once lived in Germany for two years. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Marshall and Lance Hudes, brothers who are originally from New York, but have since relocated to Dallas, Texas, where they own and operate a pizza shop. Marshall is 31-years-old, while Hudes is age 26. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Brandon Davidson and Nicole O�Brian, a dating couple. Nicole, age 21 and currently living in Los Angeles while trying to break into Hollywood, was Miss Texas USA 2003 and second runner up at Miss USA 2003. Brandon, age 25, is a male model currently living in Houston. The two consider themselves very religious and spiritual people and met just over a year ago when both were hired to work the runway at a bridal expo in Houston. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Kami And Karli French, 26-year-old identical twin sisters from Eugene, Oregon. Kami is a caf� manager while Karli is a student at University of Oregon. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Bob Barron and Joyce Nicolo, a dating couple from Mount Laurel, New Jersey who, despite living in the same town, met on an Internet dating website. Both are widowers who lost their partners to cancer. Bob, age 61, is retired. Joyce, age 54, is a medical practice administer. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | urlLink Alison Irwin and Donald Patrick, a dating couple from Pennsylvania. As Big Brother 4 viewers are well aware, the 23-year-old Alison managed to cheat, lie, flirt, and backstab her way to Big Brother 4's final two, where shewas trounced by the equally deviled Jun Song in the program's final houseguest voting. Throughout the show viewers endured Alison's incessant whining regarding whether her relationship with 21-year-old boyfriend Donny would still be intact after he'd seen her Big Brother behavior. Obviously the answer was yes. Now we have to bear through another season watching Alison cheat, lie, flirt, and backstab -- only this time while she travels (at least partway) around the world. Thanks CBS. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | Yes, yes... By the time you read this I expect you to know the Greeks won Euro 2004. It's legendary isn't it? The Greeks let in the Trojan horse and boom, the Trojans get themselves smashed. Well in a way this is a literary dream come true, I mean, the bloody underdogs played a great move and they deserved to win. The legendary Trojans went on defence, closing the walls and even getting the attackers to come in and defend (think Ronaldo). The Greeks knew they had to pull something off to win it, they had to risk it... As in in the legendary story the horse was suspected, and if they went ahead and burnt up the horse Greek's hopes were all gone. But the Greeks went for the risk, and they pulled off the Trojan horse trick. This is bloody scary... I mean all the similarities... Oh well, not really my usual length of posts... But it'll do for now! Go Greece, boo the overconfident, overhyped ad overrated Portugal. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 04,July,2004 | Haha! Today was my group's Youth Day presentation, and I tell you... It sucked! Why? Because it was so incredibly boring, and it didn't induce any strong emotion from the audience. That, is what you call a horribly horrid performance! And I tell you, their downfall was using the most amateur instrument of modern day poetry, rhyme! Lousy, lousy, lousy, and they all thought it was marvellous... It is such a straightforward recitation of our thoughts that even my mom conceded it was bloody boring. Why, why, why? Why didn't they just accept that laughter is always the best way to get through. Why did they not accept my script? Because they wanted it serious. I tell you that if you're being judged by a panel that supposed to be open to all forms of presentation, that thing would have been so fine, but hello, in front of a larger audience, the one sure thing that will win all of them is their participation. What can induce them to participate? Clapping! What can make them clap? LAUGHTER! Next time something like this happens... Fuck it off, cause they're not going to listen to the truth anyway. This team is so fucked up. Make Michael god then... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 09,August,2004 | Recently blogging has been all the trend, and on the papers it's been pretty publicised. Some blogs have been singled out as good and popular; some of which actually mean something, some of which don't. Today I was unfortunate enough to chance upon one that was a diary of a tormented and life of pure idiocrasy. If you are bored and want to take a look into the blog, here's the address(http://xiaxue.blogspot.com). I don't know what so special about her blog, cause all I see is daily routine and well, Singapore propaganda. Oh yeah... There's it's own bit of vulgarity as well. At least here I'm refined enough to learn how to control my anger when there's nothing but a blank screen staring at me. How can any proper lady get so crude without any provoking factor? Maybe, in her definition, a 'Singapore Lady.' Here it's entirely different isn't it? I hate Singapore, I bash Singapore, only because unlike her, I am a highly intelligent person who has prospects outside of Singapore. What's even worse is that she actually generalised people 'Coming from English-speaking girl and boy schools like ACS or MGS' as those who traditionally quit the country for better opportunities. I don't know what's her bloody problem, probably that she was never smart enough to get into these English speaking schools. She obviously can't see that people in these, by the way top schools, have enough foresight to recognise that honest and long-term success cannot be obtained by those who stay illogically loyal to their country. From my point of view, even my dog makes more sense than her. I'm just hoping that this extreme will, like her blog, attract the masses, the intellectual masses... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 04,August,2004 | Drat it... I've been having problems with blogspot these few days, that's why my Amazing Race stuff is up so late. I couldn't log in properly, so I emailed the admin to find out whta's wrong. I don't know whether they did help me fix the problem, but anyway it's fixed now so I'm fine with it. Anyway I realised I'm not posting much about my regular life anymore, so since I'm free and not sleepy, I'll do that right now! First let's start off with the tests. Quite a few tests back over the recent weeks, and I topped all of them! With a Bio and E Maths perfect, I'm invincible at the moment. At least since this week, that is... I had a E Maths test on Monday on a topic I haven't done with my tutor, and I know that I did really horribly. Then yesterday came the big blow, my English test came back and I crapped. I actually failed an English test. At one point in time I remembered being regarded as an English expert. And I failed my test, 21/50. Entirely depressing! I guess it put me in place, so now I've got to work even harder... I'm really starting to wonder how long more I can keep this up. I have a feeling I'm going to break soon. Anyway for Biology that idiotic b!tch Kelvin Chen got 24/25. He's really scary, cause now he's pumped to try and knock me off my top spot. I hoped he got really discouraged by my beating him when I didn't even study the night before. I'm wondering how I can convey that to him. 'You're stupid... I didn't even need to study to get this one, and you worked so hard for a less than perfect score.' Any suggestions on how that message can get to him? I went out with Mum and Dad today, and if I remember correctly I ate Shanghainese. My memory is horrible these days, need to think before I can remember what I ate a few hours ago. On the way there there was this old Caucasian man pushing his wife out of Gleneagles hospital. His wife seemed to be real sick and only had her ward robes on, and her flesh was poring out of it. I didn't mean to say she's fat, I just wanted to show how weak and helpless she looked. Anyway they seemed to be rushing to Tanglin Mall. I really don't know what was happening, but I kind of think she was pretty much ready to go, and her husband was granting her her last wish or something. It's scary to think that you might be in this position a couple of years down the road. That's probably one of the reasons why I don't want to get married. C.S Lewis once said, 'To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.' I never want to fall in love. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 04,August,2004 | Yes, I told you that all the animal titles would be my comments on the teams. The sphinx can be counted as an animal right? Even though it has a human head. Argh.. Nevermind! Let’s get to it shall we? Colin & Christie – With a display of great wit this leg, they have gained a 13 hour lead over the other teams. They, however, seem to lose it next leg as Charla & Mirna steal their cab. They really deserve for their cab to be stolen, after all that bickering this leg. Going to travel agencies seems to be what Colin does best, but always remember, when there’s a flight that’s going to go soon, and you cannot afford to waste time, it’s not always the best option. Colin has a really bad attitude, and instead of Christie bringing down the team, Colin will succumb easily under pressure. I thik they have what it takes to go far, most probably to the final 3 teams. Charla & Mirna – I can’t make any excuses for their neglecting to check with the trusty travel agencies. Like I said before, the safer option is the airport. Their not being able to find a taxi was stupid, even though they did save a bit of cash there. Finding the 50 min earlier flight out was one of the best tactical maneuvers I’ve seen on this season so far. I kind of think if Colin & Christie had gotten the same tickets as everybody, they wouldn’t have performed as well as these 2, because they would’ve succumbed to “peer pressure” and went with the others to eat, drink and be merry. Mirna better start doing something for the team, cause now it isn’t exactly balanced. With 2 people o the team with an equal number of plus and minus points, balance is very important. Brandon & Nicole – Funny how the expected Final 3 teams come in 1,2 and 3 this leg. Of all the spoiled final 3 teams, I think this one is the worst as they succumbed to “peer pressure” to fellowship with the other teams instead of trying to find better options. Getting Chip to help, was it a show of manipulative powers? I don’t know. Not much shown on this leg about them really… Chip & Kim – Where was Kim? I don’t even recall her speaking in a confessional this time around. Chip seems to be the brains and brawn of this team, and Kim is just there to fulfill the ‘team’ requirement to get into the race. I kind of think that they need to start bickering a little bit to make more of an impact on the show. Chip surely went up in my ratings this week. Although helping people is not so much a good tactical maneuver, I’ve said it before that I’d rather someone play Mr. Nice Guy than good player. He better not help anyone if they get any further, cause he may just ‘help’ himself out of the race. Marshall & Lance – All I remember of them was that Marshall’s leg was hurt. I don’t see how he got that injury, unless he was so dumb that he injured himself during the 12 hour break. Oh yeah… He is dumb! I really don’t know why they didn’t ask help from anyone for the Rock & Roll thing, since one of them was injured. They actually showed a little race skill by checking in with the Air France office. Unfortunately, it was closed. When a team is rumored to be eliminated next round, I don’t think it’s exactly viable to support them. Kami & Karli – They really don’t seem to have any brains. You know that you’re more physical than the bowling moms, and when you don’t know where to go you might as well wait for them and then beat them at the Roadblock. It was risky for them to go walking around like that, without a clue as to where to go. If they weren’t helped out by Chip, I think they would be roaming the desert for 40 years. Linda & Karen – Domestic airport mistake, again! These people never learn, do they? I’m just wondering how they’ll cope next week, because this week was all that was shown of them was mistake after accident, and mistake after accident. Again, the blonde one didn’t do anything, and what’s worse, now she has an excuse to let the other one do all the work. I was hoping they didn’t catch up to the 3.15pm flight to Cairo, because they really didn’t deserve to. Getting their money stripped of them was entirely deserving, but what would’ve been better is that they got eliminated. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 04,August,2004 | Anyone see dead mummies this episode. I sure did, but of course since the producers were not licensed to kill they had to almost kill them by stripping them of all their cash in Egypt. I mean, when you’re not going to be going to the airport, and you’re in a poor country like this, how in the world are you going to get money other than being a night soil carrier? So, the teams left the pit stop in Catherine’s Palace, and found that they had to take a train to St. Petersburg’s Hermitage museum. There they had to find Rembrandt’s “Return of the Prodigal Son”, something that sounds vaguely familiar. I kind of think I chanced upon it while doing my OM research, because Rembrandt is one of the registered artists in the problem. So anyway Chip & Kim took an extraordinarily long time to find the painting, while Colin & Christie started a leg of bickering by suggesting that the Prodigal Son was Jesus. I’m left wondering whether God neglected to give him any sense of general knowledge. In the meantime, Charla & Mirna, unlike all other teams who took cabs, “choo-chooed” their way to the train station on foot. A great display of Race skills was shown when she asked locals about the painting. Once the teams found their painting, they found that they had to go to Cairo, Egypt, for this leg of the race. Chip & Kim stupidly rushed to the airport, while Colin & Christie, a pair that has proven to be apt at flight arrangements, walked to a travel agency. A travel agency is the place where they actually check all the airlines for the earliest flight. In airports, their access to flight information is limited, and most of the staff are too lazy to check thoroughly. Kami & Karli were the only other team smart enough to go to a travel agency, but they were too late to catch Colin & Christie’s flight. Colin & Christie came to the realization that they were on the earliest flight to Egypt, and the others had been duped by the Lufthansa lady. They had a stopover in Paris, for quite a number of hours, I presume, since they had time to find another flight. This flight, instead of 2.25pm, landed at 2.35 am, about 12 hours earlier than expected. They got to Egypt and the Tower of Cairo, but found it closed. The poor things had to sleep in the Egyptian streets. I mean, even the poor Egyptians don’t sleep on the streets, and they had to?! All the other teams stopped over at Frankfurt, except Linda & Karen. They were found to be with the lying Lufthansa lady, who informed them it was possible to catch up in Frankfurt. She turned out not to be lying for a second time around, cause they really caught up. Meanwhile, in Frankfurt, cousins Charla & Mirna proved that they were too small to be noticed when they isolated themselves from the other teams to find better tickets out. It turns out that there was a better flight, and our little pink panthers, complete with the tiptoeing scene, left for the flight that landed 50 minutes earlier than the other. That scene, coupled with Lance stirring in his piggy-wiggy slumber, was one of the most hilarious scenes in TAR history. In Cairo, Colin & Christie went up to the tower to find one of 2 “Fast Forwards” in the whole race. In a way it was a good option because there are only 2, and the likelihood of you using either would be pretty small. Might as well take a rest from 1 leg of the race. They had to carry this sarcophagus, one of those gold coffin thingys in the pyramids that you usually see in the movies, from somewhere to a temple. Colin was being a huge jerk by thinking he was so smart and not heeding Christie’s advice. In the end, Christie was right and they carried the thing to the temple. At the temple, Christie refused to shut her gap and wanted Colin to admit he was wrong. Bad move! I should know since my father’s a Colin (same name, same character…). When they reached the temple, Colin halted and started bickering. The priest started shaking his head in disapproval… Hey! These clue holders aren’t supposed to display emotion! Well anyway, I was hoping the priest tear up the clue in objection to their quarrelling in his temple, but he didn’t and sent Colin & Christie along to their pit stop, The Sphinx. Colin & Christie arrived at the pit stop at 11.27am, and I have to fast forward 3 hours to when Charla & Mirna arrive. They go to the Tower of Cairo, and found that they had to go to the Giza plateau and follow the yellow rocks to their next clue. They went there, had a little trouble, and then finally got themselves to the Roadblock. From what I see, this was the most time consuming thing in this leg. It might have taken even longer than the Detour! The Roadblock: one team member had to enter Osiris’ shaft and grab a artifact bag. Citing claustrophobia, Mirna asked Charla to go down. I’m left wondering what Mirna can do besides getting her team noticed at ticketing counters. Poor little Charla had to climb every single rung of the ladder because of her “littleness”, and after a while, with the bag as big as she was, she had to take little rests on the ladders. Those producers sure aren’t thinking too much about her still being in the race… Anyway, Charla & Mirna were given a map as their next clue, coupled with the contents in the bag. Puzzling for a little while, they assembled the puzzle on the map and found the little hole that led them to their next location. They found the Detour as other teams started arriving at the Roadblock. Kami & Karli, however, were easily dumfounded by the puzzle. Not like they realize that the oval room in the white house doesn’t have corners… The Detour this time involved Rock & Roll, and Hump & Ride. In Rock & roll, nice play on words to the producers, teams had to use an ancient method of transporting wooden blocks. Ball bearings in the form of logs were given beneath the stones and teams had to roll it, apparently across the length of a football field. It is, according to Phil, “physically demanding, but if you master the ancient art of rolling stones, it can be completed quickly.” In Hump & Ride, which only Charla & Mirna arrived in time for, teams has to get on horses to guide camels with carpets on their bags to a carpet merchant. This task was entirely up to the moods of the horses, whether they went fast or not. I have a feeling with all those empathetic horse and camel rearers by Charla’s side, even helping her to get on the horse, they managed this task pretty fast. And all the teams went to the pit stop, where the moms got last place. It isn’t a big surprise as there’s a Fast Forward. The producers wouldn’t want the Fast Forward to determine who gets eliminated, especially since they’re trying to downplay and eliminate the Fast Forwards. Anyway next week the mummies have to beg. Will they be wrapped up and sent into the tomb? I don’t think they would fit into one of those sarcophagus thingys! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 04,August,2004 | Wow! Ok... So today I got caught in ths thing that was shockingly similar to the 'Don't talk to me!' from Lance last episode of the Amazing Race. As you all know, the one person I really can't stand in class is Kelvin Chen. With his whiny voice and incessant speaking when spoken, or even not spoken to, I have about this much tolerance left for him. Well, I don't know if he's under the impression that we're actually on good terms, cause he actually dared ask me for help. During recess, I was casually walking to my seat when he cut right in front of me and went 'Have you seen Liwei?' Really like Lance, cause I don't think he was expecting the person he hated most to talk to him. I honestly thought that 'Don't talk to me!' was going to come out of my mouth, but instead, I just stood there for a moment and then shrugged. Ahah... That just proves that the 'Don't talk to me!' was uncalled for! Boo to Marshall & Lance, who are rumoured to go next week. Thank everything on and off the earth should that happen! Anyway why he asked for Liwei was because the estate office found out about the key. What happened was that the smartest boy in the class, Liwei, was handed the key on Friday to open the door back from the lab. He did the stupidest thing by throwing the key around and it eventually landed in the gap behing the whiteboard. Now it can't come out. Oh the irony that the smartest boy in class would do the most stupid thing! Anyway for a moment he thought he was doomed but 'Oh my Saviour!' Kelvin turned out a duplicate key. Supposedly he was afraid something like that would happen and took the key for duplication, complete with yellow tag and class printed. He managed to dodge the estate for the weekend but yesterday someone returned late and the estate man took a look at the key knew it was a duplicate. Ahh... Control freak Kelvin gets into trouble for trying to handle too many things at once. Another person's in charge of the key, but he, with his OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) about trying to be all responsible and running the class, has taken over since the start of the year. How much you want to bet he'll push the blame? Oh yeah, more on class happenings... Toh Siew Tee, my Bio teacher stopped me after class today and told me I got full marks for the test. And she was giving me this toothy grin that reminded me of Dobby the House Elf. To think Kelvin Chen was actually trying to surprise me by studying and attempting to hit me off the Bio topspot! LOSER! I just have a feeling that the 'Don't talk to me!' is going to come out of my mouth very, very soon... |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 02,August,2004 | By Ethan Alter There's one thing you can say for sure about Bob and Joyce: These senior citizens definitely don't look like your typical Internet-dating couple. Still, the latest team to face Philimination on CBS's The Amazing Race (Tuesdays, 10pm/ET) was also one of the most popular thanks to their upbeat attitudes, strong racing skills and all-around good-heartedness. Here the New Jersey natives reminisce about their first date, and look ahead to the future. Ethan: So tell us the story of how you met. Joyce: We met through Match.com. I had been a widow for a long time and didn't have much of a personal life. I was raising my three children and working hard. My son, who is a software engineer, told me, 'Mom, you need a life. Go on the Internet. It's the only way you'll be able to do this.' And I said, 'No way.' But he insisted and helped me put my profile on Match.com. Lo and behold, Bob came on... Bob: And I saw her profile. Actually, I passed over it several times because she looked like a girly girl and I was looking for someone who liked outdoor things. But one day, I read her profile and it said she likes outdoor activities. So I sent her an e-mail and the rest is history. Joyce: For our first date, we had drinks at a local restaurant. Afterwards, Bob walked me to my car and when I got in, I thought, 'Yes!' Bob: I got back home that night and my daughter walked in. She knew I had had several dates on the Internet and so she asked, 'Well, how'd this one go?' And I said, 'This one went really well.' Joyce: We knew immediately that this was going to be a long-term thing. The race just sealed it. Ethan: Whose idea was it to apply for TAR? Bob: [Raising his hand] I was a fan of the show and, actually, I was already planning to do it with my brother-in-law. My hook was 'Meet two brothers-in-law who actually get along.' But then, I met Joyce and thought, 'This will be a lot more fun.' I knew she would go along with the application and I knew we were going to get picked. Two widowed people who met on the Internet and are active — we've got a few things going. Joyce didn't think so. Then we were picked. Joyce: And I was like, 'I really have to do this now! What in the world did I get myself in to?' But I would do it again in a heartbeat, as long as I didn't have to eat any more caviar! Ethan: Yeah, that caviar challenge looked positively brutal. Joyce: It was awful! We had already decided that I was going to do all the eating challenges because I eat virtually anything, and I do love caviar. But when I saw the amount of caviar, I was shocked! When I first started eating it, I was like, 'Okay, this is gross, but I can eat it.' But after a while you felt like you just had to throw up. Ethan: Since you're both so Internet savvy, are you thinking of putting up your own website after the show is over? Bob: I don't know. It would be nice to hear 'Hey Bob and Joyce, I took your advice and I met someone.' That's part of our story. We hope we can encourage people to take a chance and get out there and try again. Maybe they can be as lucky as we were. Joyce: I would like to do that, if only to give people like us a means of support. If you are widowed or divorced, it doesn't make a difference how old you are. Put yourself out there. Take a chance. Every day is another experience. I tell my children this all the time: 'Do something every day that scares you and you always will remain fresh.' Bob laughed at me when I first told him that. Bob: I had heard to do something that scares you every once in a while, not every day. Joyce: Every day! Ethan: Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently if you ran the race over again? Bob: We'd probably try to work with the other teams a little bit more. Also, don't always believe the information you're given. Double-check and triple-check everything. Joyce: Definitely stay connected to the other teams more; you never know what you can pick up. And the teams that are racing are very smart. It's so nice to see young people with so much intuition and the absolute moxie to put themselves out there and work it. Bob: Overall, we're happy with the way we ran the race. We didn't want to screw anybody over or embarrass our children or ourselves. We knew we had a life to come back to after this — that was always in the back of our minds. We felt real good about doing the race the way we wanted to do it. And I think we had more fun than most people! Joyce: Because of this experience, Bob and I are going to backpack in Greece next year. You can go anywhere in this world — you don't need a tour and you don't need luggage. You can carry everything you need on your back. Ethan: So now that you've survived the race together, have you taken the next step? Bob: We're not engaged yet, but we're confident that we have met the partner we want to spend the rest of our lives with. We're taking it a day at a time. This is real. Joyce: This is for real. We'll be together. He knows that and I know that about him. What will follow will follow, and we'll just take each day as it comes. I always said I don't need $1 million, because $1 million is fleeting. I got the biggest prize of all: I got Bob. It sounds corny, but it's true. |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 01,August,2004 | Can you believe it? I actually went to Geylang yesterday, cause my dad wanted to try something new and there was like the supposed food haven. It was really an experience for me, cause I kept thinking of Amazing Race possibilities. Now who said Amazing Race could never come back here cause there's nothing left to do? We were kind of stuck trying to find an illegal carpark somewhere along the street, cause there was no friggin space. My mom was wondering why people were starting to wear Red Shirts so early, something that I really laughed hard at. It's not like Christmas which starts early at November, mom! Apparently the prospect of National Day parade preview had never occured to her. Those cheap Singaporeans are out only for the freebies, who cares which day you go on? Ok... Enough with the Singapore bashing, which will cease for the moment cause everyone that's feeling so patriotic will kill me. We went to this apparently famous for seafood restaurant, where there seemed to be some gravy left on the 'cleaned' table by a very generous previous patron. I sat as far away from the table as I possibly could without looking too snobbish. My usual elbows on the table were drawn uncomfortably to myself. I drank the tea, which had some black dust inside. I couldn't help but to wonder whether it was cigarette dust or tea leaf residue. Unrealistic me... What are the chances of it being the former compared to the latter right? I don't even want to think about it. The food was pretty good, but I much rather have stayed in the comforts of my home and da-paoed something from the Cze Cha just down the road. It apparently also got 5/6 chopsticks from Makansutra, which was the same as the restaurant we just went to. Anyway we got some of the famous Tanjong Rhu Pao and went back to our car. On the way back, we had to cross an overhead bridge. One half of the stairs leading up was occupied by creepy Indian men, and they all seemed so coordinated, sitting on one side. It was like in that childhood story, with the scary beast under the bridge that threatened to eat up anyone who tried to cross. We opted to brave the never ceasing current of cars instead. There seemed to be some soliciting going on, right next to our car! The Indian man then proceeded to convieniently lean on our car when we were just a few metres away. I couldn't help but to pass a comment to my Dad saying, 'Dad, there's a pimp on your car!' The Indian Man pulled away, and they carried their dealings somewhere else. I can't imagine how many deals my car must have seen through the night. Anyway, that's all for my experience in Geylang! I still have some paos left! |
3,359,005 | male | 14 | Student | Scorpio | 01,August,2004 | If you ever see a random title, it's my opinions of the teams on each leg of the race. And it's starting to take form; the first one was Skrewts, a creature from Harry Potter. Now it's weasel. So if you just understood whatever the hell I just said, cheers for you. Here's the stuff! Chip & Kim – The number one placing is very much undeserved. They have shown before that they are incapable of making flight arrangements. This week, they got lucky because Colin went all out to help everyone but Mirna. The thing is, you can’t depend on someone every leg, and you won’t be number one on the finishing line just because you can eat caviar. Colin & Christie – I think they are one of the most strategic players to ever be in this game. They, along with Brandon & Nicole, see Charla & Mirna as threats and decided it would be best to try and bring them down. I really don’t like Colin’s dirty play, but it’s a really smart strategic move to try and get Charla & Mirna out early. Really, really bad choice getting a girl to eat when there’s a guy in the team. Guys are always stronger at these eating things… Just look at Fear Factor! Christie’s emerging as really bitchy. I know you’re all frustrated at having to eat salt, but no need to take it out on your boyfriend and another team! Marshall & Lance – Same thing as Chip & Kim. These two got lucky with Colin playing dirty. You’re just pawns in his game, so watch out. I thought the “Don’t talk to me!” comment at the bus station when Mirna tried to ask you a question was really uncalled for. I mean, Mirna was actually trying to be nice and you told her to shut her trap. As the only other guy to have eaten the caviar, you really let your team down by doing it so much slower than Chip. I love it when you declared to everyone when they asked whether placings were still being respected, shows that you’re actually thinking of ways to get ahead. From then on, you just rode the “Colin help” wagon. According to the spoilers which have been accurate so far, these two go next week… Let’s continue hoping! Charla & Mirna – Rock on gals! These two looked to be in huge trouble this time, but they managed to save themselves again. They have proved that they can survive independently, without any alliances and without any help from others. I really respect them for that, but a few friends won’t do any harm. Mirna is getting on my nerves, but I like Charla too much to make this team budge from my number one spot. As I said in my summary, I don’t know if they had secured on the connecting flight through Germany or just got lucky. If they indeed secured the Germany connecting flight, they’re the flight supremos this season. The editors very unhelpfully forgot to tell us when the Swiss Air flight would arrive compared to Colin & Christie’s flight. The editors might be trying to downplay them, lest they stick out as the winners this season because of their superior flight arranging skills. Brandon & Nicole – I hate their strategy so badly, and it doesn’t seem to work. They make alliances that they know they will not keep, and benefit without benefiting others. I also hate the way that they keep proclaiming to be Christians. Christie said something to the effect of them being Christian, but they will be ruthless when it comes to competition. Something about playing well. It’s like saying “I’m Christian, but I will not hesitate to lie, cheat and steal…” What a hypocrite! Brandon, they one doing all the lying to alliances, states that he wants to live as an example to others, so won’t drink the vodka. So your living example would be to backstab whenever necessary? Stop contradicting yourselves, and stop reminding us you’re Christian! The fact that we know you’re Christian, and yet see you backstab people week after week is enough! Linda & Karen – Queerly, we didn’t see much of them this episode. Maybe they’re not as interesting as I initially thought they were. I actually thought they are the female versions of Ken & Gerard, but now it doesn’t seem so much like it. They don’t have much skills in finding flights. I mean, Charla & Mirna jumped right to the front again with their skills, but you couldn’t? You’re losing your entertainment value in this season, and you’re not a very proficient team at the race. Your leaving would make more space for the more interesting teams to show! Kami & Karli – Second to last, again? This teams physical capabilities has pulled them through so far, but their lack of brains will pull them down eventually. I really can’t say much about this team, cause they haven’t really been featured much. I admire the fact that they one doing the Roadblock was shivering when she was done. It was a much better reaction than giving up and sleeping like the other prom queens. Sheer grit and determination is what got her through. The comment about “We hate getting pushed back already” was a redundant statement. If you don’t like getting pushed back, do something about it… Bob & Joyce – Awww… Last week I said that I was beginning to see why my friend liked them so much., and this week they are eliminated. I did say that they weren’t showing much character and will need to go if they stay this boring, but I didn’t mean this soon! Joyce ate the caviar fast, and she can be counted as a prom queen cause she’s a skinny female. She didn’t even flinch! We didn’t exactly see Joyce finish the caviar, so I kind of think the producers were kind enough to tell her that they’d already been eliminated. Bob’s words to her on the horse carriage sounded as if she was on her deathbed traveling around the world… Err… I don’t think I should be so mean to such a loving couple. I sincerely wish them good luck on their relationship, cause they look like they’re going to be a real happy couple together. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 30,October,2003 | Famous people are weird aren't they?? Its like they're not real people. I just went to the Craig David concert and the show was good (not as good as Prince mind you but I like Craig David better, and yes I went to that one twice on the weekend.) The show was good, he was good, the seats were excellent!!.. It was all in all a good night... There was some trash on parade though, the outfits of some of the people were shocking!! Not to mention the ages, there was heaps of young girls and older people too. He reaches all people.. which is cool... Anyway, what I was trying to say is that I think fame is a weird concept. We waited after the concert to see Craig David come out of the backstage door and after a long wait he eventually did. It was very weird to see him in person, in full view and in a normal setting, walking around, getting into a car. And it must be weird for him that there were hundreds of people waiting for that..,.... I don't know what I'd be like if there were fans waiting for me to come out of my house every day or to go shopping, even for groceries.. I guess we take stuff like that for granted.. I don't know how he lives but it must be well even though it would be lonely.. And all those fans, wanting to know things about you, everything, to see you and hear you.. theres a bitter irony to it all... but i guess i'll never know because I am not waiting to be famous, i only know what its like to wait to see somebody famous.. Prince was also a strange thing to see. We could see his face better as he had big screens and it was also surreal.. The show was much more 80s and funky, and the band was great.. Also, Prince ended up being on for 2 and 1/2 hours but Craig David was only on for 1 and 15 I think.. but he has less songs. At Prince everyone danced ... at this one, the fans were too reserved and only a percentage of the crowd stood up.. For the Prince concert I went because my boyfriend had a ticket that a friend had bailed on but we still had a good time.. he enjoyed it so much and I liked seeing him having fun, dancing and singing. That was on last friday night, the 24th. Then the next night the 25th I worked at it and went in after with friends. It was less packed and had less of a party vibe.. so I was definitely glad that i went the first night.. So now am relaxed but had a big day, i'll write more later when I have the time.. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 21,October,2003 | Phew!!! what a day./..... Its week 12 at uni this week, so I am trying to organise 12 weeks worth of notes for 3 subjects and do all the reading, questions and learning.. Today wasn't bad considering it is my least favourite day. Something good happened for a change, which was good and has given me renewed confidence in myself. It started yesterday though, when I got back an assignment I had worked hard on . The mark on the paper was 55. My tutor said she wanted to see me and said that it was one of the best reports she had read, and that it was well written and argued. I thought to myself, 'am i hearing this right?'.. and told her I wasn't happy and that I wanted something to happen. I asked her if i could re do the assignment and she said she;d ask ... so needless to say I was pretty fired up yesterday afternoon. ... whilst on this fired up trippy thing i wrote email to the lecturer and course coordinator requesting to see him to talk about it.. long story short I went today and got him to read it and it was remarked too.. got 70!!! I almost fell off my seat!! The moral of the story is that if you know yourself, then no one can tell you otherwise. I knew I was capable of more than a 55 - I usually get average marks like 70 and in this case I knew it was worth about that... Hehehe... what a day! ;P |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 19,October,2003 | Just in case anyone is wondering.. (no one probably reads this anyway but to put my mind at ease).. I didn't end up going out on the day of my birthday (which I said I was in my last blog before todays bloggs.) Because none of my friends could make it - I ended up going out with my boyfriend and we saw Lara Croft Tombraider and ate Vietnamese in George st .. it was a nice date, and funny cause earlier on in the day a work friend had presented me with this huge buinch of flowers, the most beautiful, romantic flowers ever, two bunches of light and dark pink tiger striped lilys with green leafy stalks.. (shes a close girlfriend too) and wherever we went that night all the women everywhere would look at the flowers, drool and sigh and then look at my boyfriend as if he was the most lovely guy ever!!! Hehehe it was funny!!! There was one point in the evening when I had to go to the bathroom after the movie and left boyfriend holding the flowers outside the toilets, and this girl approached him when I was inside, and gushed over the flowers and him!!! Heheh..... But last night was a nice surprise.. it was about a week since the actual birthday, and last night went to the pub with school friends, as my friends from work couldn't make it.. But they surprised me and turned up and it was great!! They are the best, and the presents they got me are so nice I love them.. So thats how my birthday panned out.. (not that anyone is reading this... ??) |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 01,October,2003 | Argh.. so tired today. Went out for my birthday last night with friends from school and ended up at this break beat dj's set afterward... didn't get home til about 4am and woke up at 9ish... They asked me what I wanted for my birthday and they got me 2 cds (which i requested) and this make up bag thing too for my pending trip overseas at the end of the year. Its pretty cool - its a surf brand one. But its just not really my style. But it is the thought that counts.. though. I was supposed to clean my room and study today but as you can imagine i am sleep deprived and lying around falling asleep everywhere.. Its been a busy week..i got a lot done - i got my haircut and my nails done too so i feel pretty special.. also went to gym twice, worked two days and attended all classes, tutorials, and had my final commerce presentation ever... and handed in a 3000pg group report.. yay!! going to rest now... @_@ i feel like a zombie... >. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 01,October,2003 | Going to bed, have a long day tomorrow. Working in the city, then meeting some new friends from Uni for drinks in the evening. I am looking forward to it very much.. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 01,October,2003 | My birthday is coming up (23) and I am feeling very bah humbug about it. I don't really want to be older, I want to stay as I am, because I know that I am unprepared.. Coinciding with my birthday is the return of Uni and I know that it will be busy. There's so much going on in my life right now that sometimes I feel like i can't breathe... I went to the John Mayer concert on the weekend and in amongst the crowd (it was a sold out event) it was strange that I experienced the physicality of what emotionally and spiritually I have been feeling for awhile. I felt cramped in, hot, like my skin couldn't breathe, and just weary overall.. But it was the best concert I have been to to date.... entirely worth it.. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 01,October,2003 | I'm finally here.. I have a blog. Very cool... |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 29,February,2004 | If anyone is wondering, when I say ' there ', I mean that place that you thought you would be in when you were little and wanted to be grown up. But do you ever get there ? and what is it ? Is it finishing high school? finishing Uni? Getting into a relationship? I'm 23 and I always thought my life would be different to what it is now. I always thought I would have done so much by now, yet sometimes I feel like I've done nothing. I'm not there yet.. when will i get there? When I was away, in KL, my cous said a funny thing. She was talking about her future (she has youth on her side) and all the things she would have acheived by the time she was 25. A house, a car, a high paying job. I laughed at her, and told her what the world really was like, that I was 23 going on 24 and had no house, a junky car and two lowly paying jobs, and no chance of getting them by the time I hit 25. She looked at me in disbelief as if I was lying to her, and I didn't know what to say. They were so important to her, I guess that was her 'it', her getting 'there' was 'it'. I know that those things aren't important, maybe if I had them already I would think so, but I would rather not have them and enjoy life as it is for now than wish for something that is far away in the future. I am dying to get away from this place, and see the world. More than just asia, I'd like to travel to Europe, Africa and America, to see what its like there. here, especially where my parents live, its a suburban existence. I go to the local malls and feel out of place because I don't have a pram with babies in it. Two friends of mine got married last year and that scares me so much. Lots of other people have asked me why, but to me its crystal clear - marriage is cutting yourself off from discovering things in this world, and entering into the 'suburban' part of your life. when you're married there's more than just you, and you sort of disappear into that. For me, at this stage, I think thats 'it'; not getting caught up in the suburban existence; i'd rather be doing something life changing, for myself, that I want. Before that (suburban existence- husband, house and kids) I want to be a traveller and have my own experiences and discoveries, away from everything that is here and that I have always been used to..... and thats it !!! |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 09,February,2004 | HiHi! Basically, I have to write something because I have been soooo darned lazy these past few months and my friend emailed me to say she'd be checking (how boring, Sorry Charmaine!) She just told me she wouldn't be back for another 18 months, which I suspected because I think that London might be a little like KL, it sounds really fun and a lot of people that go there spend a longer time there than they thought they would.. my unlce spent 12 yrs there and he was supposed to study only!! Plus its good money and travel prospects everything being so close and all. So this is essential to our keeping in touch.. The last few months, ok three (? i think) have gone past very quickly. I've been away from Sydney and my life here for 9 weeks and it felt so goood ... I love travelling and seeing new things. Coming back has been a little hard actually, because it means i have to do things and get back 'on the ball'... just litle things, like the pile of mail, were hard to deal with, i open it, look at it, then put it back down.. have become really lazy and non correspondive (i know its not a word but ya know).. but the good news is that things are happening slowly. I have cleaned out my wardrobe and am proud to say I am up to date!! I threw away so much stuff I was ruthless!! On the return journey I got sick, and got a cold so thats also why i haven't been doing anything, - the cold got pretty bad and i just lay in bed for a couple of days with jet lag and the fluey cold feeling of fuzziness.. then it turned into a bronchial cough, which i still have at times... But about KL, I love it. Thats where I went and spent my time, with my family (aunties and cousins and uncles..) ..The shopping is awesome, and the food is also great. Its like they are more on par with America in some ways - just the franchise chain stores they have there are really American, like hot dogs, pretzels (we have those here i know) and others (they had this one where you could get a pizza flavoured crepe or banana peanut butter crepe all folded over and it was great! really crispy!) Also the supermarkets are huge!! and the mallssssssss!! But the funny thing is my cousins seem to be at that age (puberty - all between 10-20) where they think they are doing everything right but they are really just being strange and silly! And Jay and I saw straight through them - don't know if its about the down to earthness of Australia or just my family.. Being back is a little tiring, cause I know that its back to the daily grind, wish I could escape and run away!! Haven't worked much at all, both my workplaces seem to not have any work - its quite at TT and DM has already rostered everything up until March- so have been trying to fill the 3 days i have off per week this session. By chance, got a job interview tomorrow with the firm my cousin is presently working for, so feeling abit nervous about it. Its a law firm so I am not exactly feeling confident.. and uni is finishing soon (6 mths) and then who knows?!... its just for more rounded work experience than customer service is all. Gotta try it...Can only try.. Anyway, thats all for now, sorry its so boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehehe catch up more soon... |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 01,March,2004 | Does this count as a hobby? I have decided, that I am going to become a person who has many hobbies. I've been feeling a little 2-D lately, partly cause a new friend asked me if I had an online journal, and i thought I did but after visiting his mine seems so.. well, 2D. I don't know if I want to show this to him.... his site was pretty good, it had all the interests and recent things that had happened to him.. and it got me thinking, what are my interests? what are my hobbies? I guess I just never thought about it before. That may sound sad, but when I asked my brother if he thought I had any hobbies, he flatly replied, 'your hobbies are friends and work'. ahem. Boring!! There's so much to me than that! Isn't there? Music, concerts, Books, Games, AND friends and work i guess. Well i guess going to concerts was a bit of a habit last year, and i'm sure it will be too this year. Last year I saw Groove Armada, John Mayer, Michelle Branch and (not really my choice but circumstancial attendance) Prince, Shaggy and Craig David. I guess thats somewhat attached to work though, so does that make it a hobby still?? And i went to tropfest last week, which was excellent!! it was a big thing in the domain where they showed short films and everyone brought picnics with wine, cheese, and other miscellaneous picnic food. It was great, lounging around watching the short films.. great stuff. So I guess I do have hobbies, and interests, just don't have a site about it. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 19,April,2004 | I had a great weekend. Bianca is back from Moree and there are lots of social activities happening! Drinks Friday night, got very trashed and sent out some drunkend sms and took P & D (formerly P & T, who is still a little upset) to meet my friend Peter at his work. I was a little trashed, on the way home ate 3 burgers (thats so gross) and so began a bad spell of late night eating binges. Stayed over in the city, went home the next day and that night went to the John Mayer concert at the Entertainment Centre.. it was the best thing ever! I love John Mayer, and so do alot of other girls and women.. But the lyrics, they are the best.. and I wish I had written down his set so i could remember it better, I was so scared I'd forget about it when I was watching him. We had excellent seats, mine was directly in front of him, first elevation entertainment centre. Awesome Awesome... i bought the live CD any given thursday, and a sticker for my brother... A friend of mine surprised me with a ticket it was so lovely.. but we went for supper after (bad) and had korean (which was good) but I didn't get home till about 2, then had to get up to work at brookvale the next day.. (tiring).. I have been floating around with a sea of John Mayer lyrics in my head all day.. and was all weekend.. 'If only my life was more like 1983' Whatever happened to my Whatever happened to my Whatever happened to my lunchbox? When came the day that it got thrown away and don't you think i should have had some say in that decision......... He also talked quite a bit.. i really like him, he has a funny sense of humor and this way about him that is familiar.. He was doing an impersonation of his mother it was so funny.. you can tell that he's really clever and witty... quite taken with that.. want to go to New York to see the city he lives in, if it has the same vibe.. and want to try to explore some more music.. jazz especially.. *sigh*... |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 13,April,2004 | Wow.. Time has flown, I have done so many things in the past few weeks don't know where to start. Well, I got the job at the law firm, and am there 3 days part time helping them out answering phones and photocopying, filing etc.. mail run in the afternoons after lunch.. its easy work sometimes hectic and the ladies are really nice (its actually an all female office, and one man). They are all Malaysian Chinese which is funny cause I have never worked in that kind of environment, but only had dinner parties family things in that type of environment. Lorraine one of the solicitors brought in curry puffs the other day and they were so nice! And Florence is from HK, she is always going for milk tea and they always buy me one! But have been really tired the past week cause Ticketek has been pretty busy. Poor Dave I have been no picnic this week.. Last weekend I worked all weekend and this weekend I also worked, the Easter show is on at the moment and its been pretty hectic, I have been supervising lately so its a bit nerve wracking having people actually look to you for advice all the time. But today I went out with Brian, Deepa, Katie and Carol (Brians flatmates). They are so funny and Carol had never seen the Opera house or Harbour Bridge so I made us go there - she liked it. We had dinner at Darling Harbour and also had yum cha at Chinatown in the morning.. The thing is, they spoke Mandarin alot and it was a litte confusing, I felt so left out and can't imaging how Deepa felt, I actually had to interrupt them and ask them what they were speaking about at dinner tonight. I felt so rude but they shouldn't have been speaking in front of us like that, especially with Deepa there. The fact that she came is quite refreshing, that she is willing to make contact like that and go out of her comfort zone to hang out with me was so endearing. Shes such a sweetheart. Bee's back from Moree, and its so good to see her again. We went to the Easter show yesterday and it was sooo much fun. Me and Dave and Annie and Bee went on the ferris wheel and Annie was so scared she was clinging to the sides and doing deep breaths with a whhoooaaahh!!! whooaaahh!! and screaming!! hehe she is great fun.. We got our faces painted - I got a butterfly, bee her's painted like a fairy/showgirl and Annie got her's as a cat, pink to match her jumper, complete with black kitten nose with a splotch of glitter. So cool.. Ppl kept looking at us like we were strange but then smiling to themselves.. i think secretly they wanted to also but didn't have the guts.. Going to sleep now, on a last note we saw this alpaca yesterday and it was so dead to the world sleeping that it was sitting down but had its head flat on the floor in the hay, conked out.. it looked so funny.. i wish i had taken a snap.. thats what i feel like doing for the next 9 hours.. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 07,April,2004 | Hehe regarding online journals, I was speaking to my cous online last weerk and we were talking about online posting and journalling.. The reason why I thought my site wasn't up to scratch is - there's layers ... outer and inner.. And this is my inner journal, not an outer.. I should have realised by the glib, trendy-ness of that guys journal (who i secretly think is now a bit of wanker anyways) that it was an outer, or 'public' journal as my cousin put it.... and who has time to make a cool trendy journal for ppl to look at and say, 'hey, cool journal'!?? |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 16,May,2004 | *Sigh* Not a good way to start a post i know, but its how I'm feeling right now.. The interview this week (i can't believe it was only this week, feels like forever - its sunday night and it was only 5 days ago) was well, it was a little odd to be honest. The first round was easy, I knew that I was doing well, but this second round, truthfully I don't think I was that impressive. I arrived at the place a little early and like last time, was surprised to find that there were others there that had been there since the morning.. (another batch of recruits).. why am I always surprised?? I have no idea.. I am so naive like that.. They made us go into this small room, and sit at tables and prepare an individual case study. Mine was about car heaters and the production line, and at first I had no idea what to do. I read it a couple of times to get the info into my head since it was swimming from the excitement. Then, as soon as it was done, they made us wait before we were taken away to do interviews... There were three people that interviewed me - Wayne, Barry and a lady whose name I can't remember. I did my presentation and felt stupid doing it to be honest, since it only went for about 8 mins, we talked about the problem and how to fix it. and then about other things also. They asked me what my best subject was a uni - wasn't quite prepared, said strategic management. I should have said Business in Europe but i thought strategic mgmt sounded better. it was still a D - and worst - chemistry. andyway, i felt a bit naive, i'm this thing that hasn't been out of uni or had a real job and i'm speaking to these ppl that have worked with the company for almost 20 years, and the lady 7 months. she commuted and said she was getting tired. said alot of ppl did it, which is reassuring. The rest of my week was a real blur. Wednesday I had lunch with Justin, and it was fine, we have always gotten on well. But then on Thursday I was with Dave and we bumped into Justin and he looked sort of surprised, and he hasn't emailed me since ( I had sent him an email wed night).. he was with a girl, a pretty little girl, and they looked pretty uncomfortable. Which was weird. I am not sure how I feel about it really, I felt a bit down really but thats silly cause he knew new I had a boyfriend (as did I, duh!), it wasn't a secret.... sigh,... i don't know.. all i know is that sometimes there are ppl you've always been drawn to and i just don't want the progression of our friendship to change now that he's met my boyfriend.. he could have just been really busy and not had time to email.. But i don't know whether or not to contact him or wait till he contacts me. Thursday night i stayed up til 2 writing my assignment presentation which is tomorrow. ARGHHH!! My LAST presentation for uni!!! YAY!! Dave's bday was on Friday and i met him for a drink with his work friends. They are nice, very Australian. Then Dave and I went for dinner at Wagamamas and we got lots of little side dishes.. came home to his place, he fell asleep (cause he had had so many beers), and I went home.. We are getting along a lot better now, we were fighting a lot (or I was) for the last couple of months, somehow he was really annoying me by just being himself.. I am not sure if thats ever happened to anyone else thought assume it has. Although I was feeling a little down this week, I am not sure why. He has been very patient and understanding through it all, even though I was horrible.. I bought him towels and a bathmat for his bathroom. He chose them he's getting quite good at it really. They're really nice, his little apt. is very coordinated and relaxing to be at.. Last night we went out with his parents, they're up from Vic and it was like old times. They sure can drink though.... After we saw them last night I was trying to teach Dave some Canto phrases. He's not bad, but its so weird hearing him say things!! But i like it. THats all I have to babble on about this week.. Tomorrow starts another cycle.. it never ends. week 12 at uni only about 3 more till the end. sigh... Chaz, if your reading this, hope you're doing well babe. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 08,May,2004 | Yep, thats right, I'm invited back!! Yahoo!! I have to go back on tuesday, and do a presentation to the line managers. Here's the paragraph from the email: Congratulations you have been successful in moving through to the second round of the Masterfoods Australia/NZ Graduate Recruitment process, which will be held on the week commencing Monday 10th of May. We will require three hours of your time, on the day highlighted below. In the first two hours you will prepare a case study to present to Masterfoods Line Managers, followed by a half hour presentation of this case study. Finally we will require you for an interview to commence immediately after the conclusion of your presentation. Its a bit daunting! But so exciting! I'm ready!! In other news, nothing much else is happening, except that I clumsily sprained my ankle whilst coming home from the station.. I had plannned to go to Bowral to see school friends but that came to an end. Tonight is Allys Bday party, i didn't know what to get her (the girls all went in and got her something already, didn't even ask me) so I just got her this hand cream set with little gloves. I think its so cute but i don't know, if she doesn't like it i guess I'll give her the receipt so she can change it... i am over caring what anyone thinks, if they are getting a present from me, they'd better just like it. I think i'm good at presents, unlike some ppl (one yr the girls went in and got me a picnic basket - i already had one so now i have two cause i didn't want to rude and say anything)......and last yr i asked for cds and a toiletry bag for my upcoming trip and i got this white make up boxy thing which isn't really what i meant (and now lives underneath my bathroom sink in the cupboard as a general stoage thing), so i am going to have to be specific this year indeed... Sigh.. Dave's bday is coming up and I have no idea what to get him. He is so hard to buy for! Particularly cause I think i am running out of ideas... He needs alot of things for his apt, like towels and a broom but i think getting those might be boring. Hahah speaking of boring I asked him if he wanted concert tickets to the John Butler Trio and he said he'd like towels... so I guess towels it is then.. and I might take him for a nice meal... he loves king st wharf, as I do, his work always has these social club (yes he's in the social club) dos and the last one he raved on and on about!!! But i'm glad that he's enjoying his work! Well, better go do some Uni work.. thats right I still have uni work... BYE!! |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 04,May,2004 | I got a first round interview with Mars Inc.. Me.. when I got the email I didn't believe it so I printed it out.. When I got to the interview (after a week or two of apprehension) the lady, Narelle, told us that 3900 ppl had applied, and only 510 invited to attend.. So now I am waiting to hear about the second round.. and its killing me softly!!!!!!!!! ALso, today I met this guy from my class, Jian Du. I have wanted to meet him for awhile but the opp never came up. I wondered about him for awhile now.. Eddy and I were at the Unibar and i saw him and his friend sitting there and waved, then went inside. After about 2 hours, they came over to us to talk and had a drink with us. I thought he was from Shanghai but he is from Harbin, even further north, near Russia. Thats so cool, I have never met someone from there. He sais it is very cold.. His name is Jian Du. There was also another person I met today, a guy also , and he is from Penang!! His name is Sze Yen. Small world!! Tonight has been busy even though I haven't done much, i caught up with Bee, Emma and Seri over the phone. Got Gmail, and it had my name! Its pretty cool. Think I am going for lunch with Justin tomorrow. Its mother's day this weekend and I am unsure as to what to get my mum.. |
2,012,853 | female | 23 | indUnk | Libra | 05,August,2004 | I must keep up with this journal.. thats the whole point of having one, right? I Graduated last week... it was very surreal, but also good to know that that part of my life is over, and the next stage is here. I am ready for the next lot of learning.. International studies, language, more nutrition, who knows what the future holds.................... ATM I am a part time paralegal !! and enjoying my time off... |
4,291,530 | female | 23 | indUnk | Virgo | 24,August,2004 | Hey everyone, This weekend we were very busy! And we've had a lot of help from our friends. Our neighbors, William and Marie, are very sweet to us and we're always doing something with them throughout the week. William works for a towing company and Marie is a stay at home wife. They live with William's mom, Ida, who is currently having chemo for her breast cancer. She's doing okay, and we've been to see her a few times at the hospital when she stays there. In any case, William and Jeff love to play Diablo 2 together and are constantly talking about the game. William came over on Friday afternoon and told Jeff he needed to move our car. Jeff was a little confused and William said we needed to move our car next to his tow truck so he can fix our flat tire. Yes, our tire was flat! We knew that we had a screw in the tire, but we hadn't gotten around to fixing it yet. Turns out there was a slow leak and so our tire was slowly loosing air. So William popped out the screw, used his tire repair kit and we were all set to go. And William told us normally he'd charge 45 dollars for his services but for us, all he wants is Jeff to deck out his necromancer on Diablo 2. Which Jeff does happily! Saturday Jeff and I wanted to put up our new chandelier in our stairwell. We've had this chandelier in a box in our living room for about 2 months waiting to get a ladder to hang it up with. Our old one was, well, old. One socket was broken and it was missing all of the glass cups around the light bulbs. The house was built in the 70's and I think that was the original chandelier. Needless to say, we needed a new one. So we got it and it sat in it's box forever. We asked around and my boss at work, Tammy, had a ladder. We just needed to go pick it up to use. Much better than buying one or renting one! So we decided to go down to Tammy's house and pick it up. We took Cinder with us because Tammy had been wanting to meet the puppy. She has a puppy too so we've been swapping stories at work. We got to her house, and her puppy did not like Cinder, but Cinder was fascinated with Coco. Coco is a Chihuahua and Cinder is bigger than Coco and all Cinder wanted to do was play. But Coco would have none of that. We laughed a lot at them while we were cleaning off the ladder. And then we tried to get the ladder into our car. We opened all the doors, the windows, put the seats down, everything. No such luck. We thought about tying it to the top of the car but that's a little dangerous. Tammy graciously offered to let us use her van for the day. So we loaded the ladder up, and drove back home. Jeff got the chandelier up in about 2 hours. It looks fantastic. It's sort of a rustic look, blackened copper and clean lines, no flashiness. It has brightened up the stairwell a ton. In light and in style. It makes the house seem that much more put together. It's amazing what a nice light will do in the house! After we dropped Tammy's car back off for her (no Cinder this time), we went to Tyson's Corner, a fantastic mall in our area, and bought Jeff new Sunday shoes. His old ones had split off from their soles and you could see his socks through the toes. So new shoes were needed! We found some nice ones at a shoe store in the mall. We also got some things that I needed for Primary on Sunday. We also went to Target to get another light for our extra bedroom so when people come to stay, they have light in their room! We also got a few bathroom fixtures like a towel rack and a toilet paper roll. A very productive trip. :) We had dinner in a Mexican cafe right near there, and walked around the lake in the shopping area. When we got home, Jeff put together the lamp and hung the bathroom fixtures while I played with the puppy. All in all, a busy and productive Saturday. On Sunday, it was my Sunbeams' turn to teach sharing time, which means it was MY turn to teach sharing time. I was really nervous about it. Our theme for the month was 'How can I strengthen myself and my home through faith, repentance, and prayer?' So, I looked at the sharing time helps on urlLink http://www.lds.org and came up with one using the shield of faith and darts. See D&C 27: 15, 17. Jeff and I made 'fiery' darts from pipe cleaners and I taped them under a few chairs in primary. For every dart, I had something that could harm the faith in our houses or ourselves like 'You've just come home from church and your friend wants you to go to the movies with him. What should you do?' or 'You're really hungry and your mom is busy doing laundry. You want to eat lunch as soon as you can. What should you do?' That one got a lot of interesting responses. Ranging from 'make something yourself' to 'don't be so hungry!' In any case, Jeff made a shield out of a poster board and we wrote faith on it and had the kids who didn't have darts, come and hold the shield and respond to the problems. It was very cute and they had some really good answers. It went really well and I was pleased about that. My Sunbeam class is growing in leaps and bounds! I started off with just 2 girls, and I now have 4 little girls (Shelby, 4, Kennan, 4, Katy, 3 and Hannah, 3) and a boy who is visiting for about a month (Zach, 4). They keep me on my toes. Their lesson this week was on I am thankful for my home. I was talking about a picture of a blossoming tree and they all piped up that it was the popcorn-popping tree! So we sang the song, and they proceeded to talk about what type of popcorn they had at their house. It was funny, but WAY off the topic. We got back to talking about who lives in trees and went from there. One thing that I introduced a few weeks ago as part of the lesson is selling Joseph into Egypt as a game. They each took turns being Joseph and everyone who was left were his brothers. I was the pharaoh, and the 'brothers' sold 'Joseph' to me and then came to ask for food. It was a very cute game and we have played it every Sunday for a month. Who knew it would be so popular. We were able to play Diablo 2 with my dad as we do every Sunday. I think Dad and I died about 10 times. Good thing we're not hardcore players or we'd loose everything every time we died. We really look forward to playing every Sunday with Dad. :) Sunday night we watched some of the Olympics that we had taped earlier. I've been following the swimming, and of course, the horses. We watched the stadium jumping finals and Germany won. USA came in 4th by like .2 points. I just enjoyed watching all the beautiful horses! That's all for now! Check back frequently for updates! :) Love ya all, Catherine and Jeff |
4,291,530 | female | 23 | indUnk | Virgo | 20,August,2004 | Hello all, This is the first post on my blog I made to keep everyone in touch with what Jeff and I are doing out here in Maryland. I know we don't keep in touch as much as we'd like to, and I thought that this would be a good thing to let everyone know what's been going on with us. So, just a quick overview and then I'll get up to date. Jeff and I moved out to the east coast almost exactly a year ago. Although at the time we moved to Virginia to a nice apartment complex called Windsor at Potomac Vista in Woodbridge. It was a cute, 2 bedroom apartment on the second floor with a washer and dryer! My favorite thing in that apartment. We stayed there about 8 months and then moved to Maryland. Why did we move? Well, in those 8 months that we lived there, Jeff got a job as a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin ( urlLink http://www.lockheedmartin.com ). The job was in Gaithersburg, MD and we thought it wouldn't be too bad of a commute for Jeff so that we could stay where we were. Boy were we wrong! He had a 2 and half hour commute one way, so that was 5 hours a day he spent trying to go places. We thought, 5 hours driving, 40 hour work week, and him going to school full time was too much. So we moved. We decided to buy a house because the interest rates were fantastic and we would be paying just as much with rent as a mortgage payment. So we took the plunge! We used Weirchrt Relators and found the house we bought the very first day out looking. It was just what we were looking for. 3 bedrooms, 2 and a half baths, with another washer and dryer. Very important, those washer and dryers. :) So on April 1, 2004, we closed on the house and moved in! Jeff now only drives 10 minutes to work every day and is able to go home for lunch every day. Lucky dog. So that pretty much brings us up to speed on where we are. Now on to what we're doing. We bought a Cairn Terrier puppy soon after moving to our house. We named her Dogwood Cinderella, Cinder for short. She was so sweet as a tiny puppy, and now she's just so much fun. She loves people and can do all sorts of tricks. She can sit, stay, lay down, speak, and shake. The shake is adorable but she sits and lays down the best. We just celebrated our 3rd anniversary with a trip to West Virginia. It was beautiful. This summer has been nice and restful. Coming up in our lives is school for Jeff. He'll continue at George Washington University as a grad student. This will be his last full year. I continue to work at Genetics and IVF ( urlLink http://www.givf.com ) in Fairfax, Virigina, making apointments for either infertility and prenatal genetic testing. Boy have I leared a lot! We've been enjoying our time here in Maryland! More updates to come! |
4,313,749 | female | 25 | indUnk | Taurus | 24,August,2004 | Mornin, y'all. Interesting bits in the news this morning. First off, over 750 fell sick while visiting South Bass Island in Lake Erie this summer. They're not sure what to blame it on... hm... could it be partly because the Great Lakes are some of the most polluted waters in the nation? You stick your hand in the cesspool, you ain't getting it back. It's almost as bad just to breathe in the sea spray. Or- it could be a dirty restaurant worker who failed to wash their hands after a potty break... You see why I don't like to eat at restaurants so much anymore? A pube in the food is enough to turn any stomach. In other news, the porn industry may require their participants to wear protection. And it only took how many outbreaks of the clap and AIDs to spark this course of action? Well, another interesting night in the Olympic arena. A white man can run , and fast. Hats off to Jeremy Wariner for disproving all sports analysts and 99% of spectators who thought a white athlete would never beat a sprinter of any other color. And- would you believe it- a raucous night in gymnastics? It seems that the crowds have gotten tired of the scores that the judges are giving. After a practically perfect vault from Romania's Marian Dragulescu, the judges almost begrudgingly gave him a 9.9- I can't remember the last time I've seen a 10 in this sport. No one in the world can vault like Dragulescu. No one can stick a landing after a front triple like Dragulescu. A 10 wasn't in the cards, but he's supposed to be happy with a 9.9? At that point, he was sitting pretty ranked #1. After his score flashed, he hid the disappointment, but fell on his landing on a vault that should have been a walk in the park. You tell me that he wasn't affected by his score. Move to the parallel bars- same story. A flawless performance by Hiroyuki Tomita was surpassed by a gymnast who was far less powerful and daring. On high bar, Alexei Nemov completed an unheard of six- count 'em, folks, six- release moves and stuck his landing. What was his score? 9.7 . It was enough to rile up the crowd and boo the judges. It lasted for ten minutes, postponing Paul Hamm's routine, until Nemov stood up and urged the crowd to stop. Hamm's performance was nearly void of any discrepancy, but in my opinion, not good enough to surpass Nemov, which he did. Unsurprisingly. Hamm won the silver, Nemov's score was enough to send him home in 5th place. It was a Malaysian judge who didn't think Nemov was good enough for a medal. Didn't you all know? Malaysia is the world's leading producer of first-rate gymansts! Sure are- they keep 'em all in a box underground and they're planning a release in time for the 2012 games. In other news... I haven't suffered a wedgie yet today. Peace. |
4,313,749 | female | 25 | indUnk | Taurus | 23,August,2004 | I'll be posting a link to my Ofoto albums (courtesy of Kodak) soon. Once I post them, I'll pass along the user name and password via email. |
4,313,749 | female | 25 | indUnk | Taurus | 22,August,2004 | Hello again, y'all. I can't resist making a comment or two about Svetlana Khorkina, the russian prima donna of gymnastics. It seems that Svetlana is pretty sore about losing the all-around competition to America's Carly Patterson last week, and has taken to vocalizing her opinions to a russian newspaper. See, she feels that the judges had predetermined Patterson as the winner, and in her words, 'fleeced' her for the entire competition. Let me take a step back. Khorkina is a product of the russian sports machine. They've churned out numerous gymnasts, divers, volleyball players, and wrestlers, among others. In a country that is too poor to support its once to be reckoned with space program, they invest everything they can into their athletes, and it has been paying off- until recently. Alexei Nemov is the last man to my knowledge to win the men's all-round in gymnastics for Russia. Alexander Popov was 'The Russian Rocket' in Barcelona, Atlanta, and Sydney, but resolved to slink out of the pool after failing to qualify for events in which he'd previously been so feared in Athens. Rulon Garder defeated the russian wrestling favorite (can't think of his name, but this man was a BEAR) to win the gold medal. Now, don't get me wrong- these are all awesome athletes. They once dominated thier respective sports, but knew enough when they were defeated. I can't think of anyone who has acted as unprofessoinal and unclassy as Khorkina. In Sydney, it was discovered that the vault had been set five centimeters too low and consequently sent Khorkina crashing to her knees. My heart went out to her. She fell off the parallel bars. Again, my heart went out to her. In Athens, she fell off the bars again. Guess what? My heart went out to her. When Patterson defeated her in the all-around competition, I felt a sense of sadness as I knew that it would be Khorkina's last Olympics. She paraded around the appartus, toting her flag, draping it over the parallel bars, acting like she has for the past ten years or so- the russian darling slash prima donna- a very fitting role. She commented that the silver medal was grand, in so many words, and that it was the best day of her life. Yet, four days later, she's changing her tune and crying foul. Give me a break! Khorkina should wait to talk smack after the Olympics are over and stop falling off apparatus- then maybe she'd win the gold medal. Anyone watching the competition can clearly see that Patterson was the most mechanically correct out of the entire field. She didn't fall, she didn't stumble. She deserved the gold and got it. Khorkina has to realize that even though she is a sentimental favorite in the sport, it's not going to earn her medals. Near-perfect routines sometimes aren't even enough. It's a different scenario than Paul Hamm and the korean controversy- there, it was the judges screw-up. Here, it is Khorkina's screw up. Get over it, Svetlana. You're not the top dog anymore. The top dog won the gold, and even if she doesn't travel to Beijing to defend her title, she is still the Olympic champion. However, feel free to come up with your own opinion. If you're going to award gold medals to sentimental favorites because you feel they should get it, call Popov back to the pool and give him a couple. Give Jenny Thompson three. Hell, I have a lot of friends- give ME one. Oh, wait- that's not how you're supposed to do it? Somebody had better tell Khorkina. Peace. |
4,313,749 | female | 25 | indUnk | Taurus | 22,August,2004 | Mornin', Y'all. Six a.m. and I am tired. Just woke up a half hour ago and I'm ready to crawl back under the covers and snuggle with my pillows. Anyone else feel the drudgery of life like a vicious, neverending cycle? Eat, sleep, poop, something like that? I'm too old at 25 to live on the edge anymore, and on the edge I mean spending all my money at clubs and staying out til dawn, only to stumble into work still smelling like smoke and alcohol. I did that for a while. Some of my friends still do that. Number one, I don't know where they get the money because we all make the same amount, and number two, it should be old to them by now. It's like those 35 year olds who still try to pick up girls at the club, all spiffy in thier silk shirts and tapered pants. Just old . I start a new job with FedEx soon, and I'll be working creature of the night hours- seriously. 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Hey, I'm not complaining. It means that I'll miss all the lovely traffic down the 101 every evil morning and all the little shits coming back from nights of crazy partying. I am no so much concerned with hours as I am with making enough money to feed my belly and Jess'. And maybe get that guitar I've been eyeing on Musicians Friend for a while- a Squier Strat, all black and shiny. But that's not important. Wonder what shift I'll work when I become a doctor. I watched a show where this ER surgeon had worked mids for three years. Now that's just too much. I'm hoping that if I specialize, I can sort of make my own hours. Someone tell me I'm dreaming- I don't know how this stuff works! Anyway, anyway, anyway... Off to the place where I stare at a computer all day. Hope this finds y'all well and behaving yourself. Peace. |
4,313,749 | female | 25 | indUnk | Taurus | 22,August,2004 | urlLink Me. A doggy bed. Need I say more? urlLink |
4,313,749 | female | 25 | indUnk | Taurus | 22,August,2004 | Ah yes, the summer Olympics are now halfway over. I've settled into the familiar routine of watching absolutely nothing but sports for days on end until three in the morning. In about a week, I'll be at a loss as of what to watch for a while and then I'll settle into another routine- the same one that I had before the Olympics. There's always stories that come out of the Olympics that inspire, anger, satiate even. Already I can think of three. I enjoy Michael Phelps. Not only does he have bragging rights, he refuses to use them. He loves to be part of a team. He credits everyone around him for helping him succeed in a sport where it's all touch and go, literally. He's one of the most composed and humble athletes I have ever watched, and it's absolutely refreshing. He swims all year-round to give credit to everyone, himself last. Paul Hamm is said to have won the gold medal in the men's gymnastics all-around on a judging error, and that the medal should have gone to a korean gymnast. First of all, shut up. Paul fell onto his ass during a vault, sunk all the way down to 12th place, and was able to pull it together enough to medal. The fact that he did that should be enough. It's always the fat assholes who like to judge our elite athletes behind a microphone as if it's easy to compete at world class competition level against the best of the best. Who the hell is Al Troutwig? Has he ever competed a day in his life in gymnastics? And Jenny Thompson. I've followed her swimming career for as long as I can remember. Everyone makes such a huge song and dance about how she's the world's best teammate, helping her team members to the top of the podium, but has never won and individual gold medal. Do they notice how fast swimmers are at this level? How close the races are? They speak of a second as if it's an hour. Give me a break. Jenny has balls the size of Manhattan to swim competitively while she's immersed in medical school. She's also suffered heartbreak this year after losing her mother. Again, fat bastards behind a microphone make it so easy to judge and point out flaws rather than significance of strength and courage. I'd like to start a pestering squad to urge Jenny to come back just one more time for Beijing. Then, her critics will have to shut up. How many of them can swim 50 meters in under 25 seconds? Assholes. I love them all, all shapes and colors and religions. They are beautiful, talented, hard working, and they deserve every accolade we can give them. They also help to encourage me to work out pretty hard for two weeks out of every four years. One more question- who is this chick who calls commentary during diving? I have literally seen ten competitors dive into the water, produce absolutely no splash, and this Elfie girl will say something like 'Oh, no, she was short of vertical...' , 'Nope, there were three drops of splash that landed on the forehead of the chinese judge...' Anyone give me some insight? You gotta love sport. Peace. |
3,827,097 | female | 15 | Arts | Pisces | 06,July,2004 | Current Music: Could It Be Magic - Donna Summer Feeling: blah Ok, I'm late. Yeah and posting here since diaries.suchisthis, it's server, is being a bitch. Vicky and I headed to Kristen's house in the Bronx for a bbq. She lived far out but it didn't matter b/c we spent the night and it was worth it. Vicky and I ate a lot of chicken and hot dogs. But we killed the donuts. It was great but very fullfilling , lol. Then soon as the hours went by we all went outside. Kristen's neighbors were lighting up fireworks in the middle of the street. It was cool and pretty at first but then it started to swift it's position. It went in the air but then as it went down it looked like it was going to hit us. I screamed my ass off and ran around the corner. There were many coming one after another. I think they did that on purpose just to enjoy our screaming of being terrorized. Kristen was just having a blast laughing at us. She was just standing there like it was no tomorrow. Hmm...let her ass get burned, lol, I'll be down the block. Later that night we had a ritual. A burning ritual. Lol. Vicky and Kristen were burning everything from plastic cups to pop rocks. Haha. It was great. I think Kristen has a slight fetish for hot wax. She kept pouring it on her from the candles outside. I was like what is wrong with you?? Do you know how hot that is? She was like it really doesn't burn. It feels so good. You should try it. -Pours-. *Lets out ahh.* :-/. I really worry about her. Then I was feeling a little darish and told them to flash the air. They only showed thier bras. Pussies I said. They were like well u haven't done anything yet, let me see you do it. So I did. I flashed the air with my feminine parts formely known as breast. =D. Then after burning half of the cups and ruining the poor cement we headed inside for the night. I was the 1st to take a shower. Then as soon as I get out Kris and Vicky both come in the bathroom and go in the shower...together...with thier clothes on. I'm like what in the world. They're like Sharice come in with us. It's gonna be fun so I get in, only I'm already washed and half a little towel on me. It was getting soaked so you know what I said fuck it and took it off. I was completely naked. It was great. Then they started washing thier hair. Vicky washed Kristen's and I washed Vicky's. Ahh those are the hightlights of the night. I had fun. It was the best 4th of July I ever had...yet. I'm out. Peace. You are the Moon card. Entering the Moon we enter the intuitive and psychic realms. This is the stuff dreams are made on. And like dreams the imagery we find here may inspire us or torment us. Understanding the moon requires looking within. Our own bodily rhythms are echoed in this luminary that circles the earth every month and reflects the sun in its progress. Listening to those rhythms may produce visions and lead you towards insight. The Moon is a force that has legends attached to it. It carries with it both romance and insanity. Moonlight reveals itself as an illusion and it is only those willing to work with the force of dreams that are able to withstand this reflective light. Image from: Stevee Postman. http://www.stevee.com/ urlLink Which Tarot Card Are You? brought to you by urlLink Quizilla |
3,827,097 | female | 15 | Arts | Pisces | 02,July,2004 | Hey. This one of the many things I have as an expression zone. I hope to update in this as much as possible. No one at all knows this blog I have. Hopefully it shall remain that way. Sorry for my rudeness. My name's Sharice but ppls call me Cherry. What's On My Mind Alex. Alex. Alex. I want him so badly right now and I can't have him. Uhh it sucks! I wanna reach out to him so badly the way I wanna do it but can't b/c he has a girlfriend and I can't do that. -Sighs-. Oh Alex, come back to me. I can make you so happy. I know he loves me (b/c he said it) and I love him. I'd do anything for him. Anything for him to be content. |
3,369,668 | male | 44 | indUnk | Taurus | 26,May,2004 | Well, today is going okay. I have applied for a few jobs, done the bills and balanced the check book. I am currently a house spouse. I think I could get used to this. It's too bad I can't take this on as a full time occupation! Cocoa, the cat, is in heat and won't shut up! She is normally a recluse but is now very affectionate. The poor thing doesn't feel good at all. the other two cats are nowhere to be found. I gues they are avoiding her. Soon they will be in heat, too. The back yard needs mowed. I plan to get on that after I get a haircut this afternoon. My hair is so long I can comb it straight back like a gangster. It will feel so much better soon. Sis called me to let me know the counselors at school think she will be one of the top ten juniors for grades this year. Go sis! The girl works like a demon to maintain grades while swimming and while working. She works harder than most adults. It should be fun to watch her grow up. |
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