February 09, 2005
Monday 0702
Who says u cant have too much fun in one day? Kicking off the day i made way to the Centrelink office in Brookvale. Beating the crowds i arrived at 8:45, finally submitting my Youth Allowance application (after 1.5 years). Arrived at THE mall (Warringah) and purchased a new pair of boardies, mind you they're size 14! Went to Myer, hassled other staff who have been affected by the dustmites for letters. Grabbed a CD from Nikola : 'MARSALA - Music without borders'. We went to a gypsy 'gig' at the Basement on Saturday night, see other entry for details!
Tennis with Angie was at Allambie Heights community courts. Neither of us were pro or even amateur so it was good to get out there and just muck around. I tell you, the sun was a scorcher! After having my ass kicked 4-6 i had a bit of time to kill before meeting up with Adi and Tone at freshwater. I had lunch at Manly Oportos. You know your in for a treat when the burger and chips are cooked fresh, the drink is cold and the scenery is a cloudless manly beach. Predominately, uni students, dole bludgers and retirees from the west were there.
That done, the boys arrived at freshie and we headed out. On the day the water was crisp, probably around 19-20 mark. Fairly calm waves, predominately lowtide. A huge sandbar just in the centre of the beach existed which proved useful later in the day. With the air temp and sun casting a pleasant day, we ran into a few people. Angie was there! Keiran, an exMyer was there as was Steve Wrathall and his mates!
Towards late afternoon we went for abit of snorkelling just around to the northern end near the rock pool. A steady current provided an easy path out towards the area of site seeing. Saw lots of small fishes (sry not too good with my fish breeds!) among the sea grass as well as the deeper rocky parts. The water was fairly turbid, tone suggested it was from the recent rains. A part from that, it was good to get out there and soak up the atmosphere.
Dropped Tone and Adi off around Balgowlah, popped by to Middle harbour yatch club where Ben works. he was closing up for the day but had a few stragglers hanging around. Bidded farewell, went to pick up Jacqui from her place in Belrose. Spoke to her father about touch. His knowledge of the game is pretty awesome, it was good to speak to another who shares the same passion, knowledge and thinking of the game. Not realising i'd arrived 15 mins early Jacq was alittle frazzled. Went eventually made it to artarmon reserve where we were to face 'Untouchables 2'.
After a significant psychological and physical team buildup, the tension just collapsed when 'untouchables 2' did a no show. Making the most of the time, we had a practice match among ourselves. It was a constructive period where at one stage we had 8 v 3 due to poor defending and excellent teamwork from the 3.
Posted by sleong at February 9, 2005 02:07 PM