I would walk 500 miles

musings of a dysfunctional adult

each word brings you to some different part of the blog!

NAVIGATIONS: everything has to be accessed from the image on your left yeah

"I" brings you to the Profile, which is nothing much.
"Would" is the Blog
"Walk" = Archives
"500" is the Tag board, please drop a note if you've come by
"Miles"is for the links to all other friends miles and miles away

sitting, waiting, wishing

Wishlist?
i long for the warmth of the days gone by...
and of lofts and lakeview penthouses

Saturday, October 08, 2005

today was the first soccer practice. we had to take a train all the way to Zone 5 to this place called Berrylands (sadly no berries in sight) to the Berrylands training grounds run by LSE. Berrylands is this quiet little town in the outskirts of london where the air is really fresh in contrast to the smoggy london weather (for the past 3 days). The pitch was so well maintained it was a pleasure to play on it. And it wasn't very cold so most of us were comfortably attired in t-shirts and shorts. Should have brought my boots along. Will bring them over in January. Anyway, the girls from the US are really pro. hopefully i can learn a thing or two from them. Played right back, and i think i didn't do such a bad job for a beginner. Although i was uncertain whether i should turn up for training, i'm glad that I did. Spent a good part of the morning deciding whether to go, and finally i dragged myself out of bed. I knew that if i didn't go, not knowing if i'd make it through the trials would kill me, much like it did when i was too lazy to go for women's softball trials in j2. In a way, you just crave to know for sure what the outcome will be like, regardless of the outcome.

Songs of the day:
說走就走 - David Tao
飛機場的10.30 - David Tao

I would walk
500 miles;11:17 pm

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thursday was spent reading. spent almost the entire day in my room. unfortunately, i only made it through 11 pages of chris brown's book. The laptop is too distracting, i leave it on just in case friends come online. Maybe i should just turn it off next time. At night, went to watch "Fame". It wasn't as good as les miserables i thought, but then again it was a different kind of musical. More emphasis on dance instead of singing. The PL kind of musical. anyway, spent another night out in London. Always enjoy late nights in the city, even in Singapore. Its quieter and more beautiful. Next time we will head to Chinatown for dou jiang you tiao!

I was quite bored during my stuyding, so i decided to send junk messages to people in Singapore over the internet. little did i know that a simple spam message to my sister that said "hello i am bored" would mobilise the entire family to call me and start a video conversation over msn! I will never ever do that again.

Anyway, wanted to put this down long ago but i keep on forgetting. Monica Lewnisky is studying at LSE! haha. she's doing post grad. sadly, even if i bumped into her in the corridor i wouldn't recognise her. I heard quite a few guys are trying to get lucky with her. How amusing.

A few amusing things happened today. Firstly, was walking back to Bankside with Huishan and Shafa when we noticed a duck swimming along the River Thames. The first time we saw one here. It was quite cute i must say. However, further along the way we passed the convenience store and saw that the headlines for the South London Post were "Diesel spill on the River Thames". Poor guy.

The second thing is that i found out the welfare officer of Bankside happens to live on my floor! This cheerful girl who always stops to chat and say hi. (I should have known). Anyway turns out one of her duties is to give out free condoms. (To prevent the spread of veneral disease around Bankside? Haha). Would that explain all the commotion on the 7th floor in the wee hours of the morning? (And the mysterious message on my door)

Weekend is here and i'm broke! Darn. Have to fork out 13 pounds to go for soccer tryouts. this is terrible.

I would walk
500 miles;12:07 am

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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

slept all the way till 11.30 this morning. If huishan didn't call i think i probably would have slept all the way till afternoon. Having lectures in the late afternoons just promotes laziness. The econs people have morning lectures.. :(

Netball tryouts went quite badly. had a really bad day. Its the kind of day where everything just goes wrong and you can't seem to get out of it. Maybe i wasn't focused. bad passes, stupid mistakes, the wrong type of defence, no sense of urgency. It was quite terrible really, my netball has been going downhill for quite a few weeks now. The high was 2 months ago, the friendly with Lab10 and pesta sukan. Now i'm stuck in a rut. don't know how long it will last. The last rut was in sec 1 and 2 and it lasted close to a year. i think it's a mental block. when you just can't get into the right frame of mind to perform well. argh. i shall refrain from using any other stronger words to save everyone the shock of me cursing. miss the nice SRC showers and post-training bak chor mee at victoria street.

malaysian food today was quite good. the rendang was tasty.

song of the day:
John Mayer - Split Screen Sadness

I would walk
500 miles;11:47 pm

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lectures have started! the first lecture on political theory (yesterday) was interesting, if only we didn't have to take notes. It was like listening to a story, but i lost the lecturer's train of thought halfway through. The fact that the Old Theatre was hot and stuffy and the seats were uncomfortable didn't help things either. IR100 and HY116 (International History) was much better, though the history lecturer rambled on like a machine gun for one hour straight. Oh well, i should start getting used to it. I think not studying for a year has made my brain go to waste. When you work, you learn something new everyday, and its something you do willingly and sometimes even unconciously. But studying is totally different! I'm finding it tough to overcome the initial inertia. :(

Went to watch les miserables with shafa, huishan, huifang, adrian and khoon liat yesterday. It was quite enjoyable, but also quite sad cos there was an empty seat beside me and i wished there would be someone there to fill it up. After that we took a very long but enjoyable walk back to bankside. Passed trafalgar square and crossed waterloo bridge where there was a fantastic view of the london eye and big ben. Sadly, i didn't manage to get very clear pictures of that.

Netball tryouts are tomorrow! I hope it goes well....

And the people here are really friendly! Had dinner with a girl from Norway, and someone gave me a notebook after only knowing me for 5 minutes! I felt so bad i promised i'd treat her to dinner someday. Passed by the London Marathon shop today and it had lots of cool Addidas gear. But it was more for Singapore weather though. :( Hmm.... maybe i'll buy some back as Christmas presents...

Songs of the day:
Over My Shoulder - Mike and the Mechanics
Amie - Damien Rice

I would walk
500 miles;12:38 am

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Sunday, October 02, 2005

went running today with huifang and explored the bankside area. ran past st paul's cathedral too. shall drop by someday to take a look inside.

the service at hsbc is really terrible. i'm starting to appreciate the good service back at home. sigh. anyway, the plates, bowls and pot i bought a couple of days ago has finally come in handy. been cooking for the past few meals. haha. its been a quiet weekend here. lectures start on tuesday, argh.

I would walk
500 miles;4:54 pm

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