Parents overseas
As of yesterday my parents and sister tookoff for Europe via Singapore. 4 weeks of pure luxury! On that note, 4 weeks from now we will be in week13 at uni which means greater self disipline will be needed. I will miss their company in many ways however having that extra bit of freedom, it feels as if a wet towel has been taken off my head!
Parties
Since my last post there have been quite a few 21sts going on. Sean had his friday week ago at his place in Artarmon. The theme was 'uniform', dennis went in his scrubs, dot as a french maid, quek as a venturer(sp?-scouts), and i as a blackstump employee. It was a good night to catch up with the sydney uni crowd as i rarely get the chance to hangout with em outside of touchfooty. I had a great night except for the fact that it was pretty cold and that i ate some dodgy food. Going to bed at 1:30-2:00, i awoke with a empty and nauseating feeling in my upper abdomen, just near my solar plexus(sp). Slightly disorientated from sleep, i sat up and immediately felt the urge to puke then and there. Stumbling in the dark i lucky got my door open, got to the bathroom and hurled. Thinking that was that (usually after 1 chunder i'm feeling pretty good), i was as expected feeling hungry so i ate some bread. Still not feeling great i went back to bed. 40 minutes later, the same thing happened. And again. And again. This continued for a good 5-6 episodes over a period of 5 hrs. I reached the point of dry renching, i wouldnt wanna wish that sensation on anyone!
Consequently i had to cancel work and was too ill to get out of bed all day saturday and most of sunday.
Keiran also had his 21st party, located on a catamaran cruising Sydney harbour. I brought along Benidetta, Beatrice and their mate Jaime as i thought it would be an awesome experience for them. It was a great night, good company with the info-sysers, other civils also onboard. The food was delicious, the night was not too cold and i reckon we all had a good time. I can't wait to see the photos!
And more recently my beloved jacq celebrated her 21st last friday! The theme was Cocktail and there was quite abit of eye candy floating around. It was held at Manly 16ft skiff/yatch club, across from the aquarium and wharf. Man, i have never tasted such a delicious and wide variety of finger food! Bruchetta(sp) varieties, deep fried tender chicken, squid/calamari, strawberries with cream and chocolate cake, it was THE best food i've had a 21st. The night was also beautiful, met alot of jacq's mates from here and there - they were nice intelligent peeps.
Sports
Thursday touch comp at uni, we creamed the opposition. With the injection of Victoria to the team, we carved up with the extra girl. Scored 2 tries from brilliant passes and ballwork.
Last Thursday, i played my first competitive game of bball since year6! It was awesome to get back out there. We went down by 30-35 pts or so due to a lack of intensity and height. Personal low/highlight was intercepting a weak pass, dribbling 3/4 of the court, going for a classic left handed layup, and missing. An outstanding memory because in my previous game i also did exactly the same thing.
Tonight, we played AWESOME. Due to easter holidays we played two games back to back in the time period of one. The first game, we played a team who going from memory we had lost to narrowly. I will get the stats later. Anyhow, we just played excellent with a girl down, and with limited guy subs. The dedication and smart play from the team was memorable - it was fun to be out there. I scored 2 tries in the first game due to excellent dummy and clever passes from teammates who opened up the area for me. It was satisfying because we were out numbered the whole game. 4-1?
The second game, was also great fun however we drew 2-2. The game opened with the opposition (a decent side, i believe coming second - brown shirt team) planting the easiest of tries from a quick cycled steam-train. With the damage done, personally i picked up the intensity - i hope i brought along others with me. I did alot of yelling/talking, mainly trying to keep plays simple and slow. We dominated territory with out simple gameplan, however lacked serious threat down the middle. With both games, we clearly frustrated the opposition as they started picking on each other and dropped the ball. Always a good sign :D We drew the game from clever play from the boys, quek doing the hard yards setting up a try. The second try, was exhilirating to watch. With quick feet, tone intercepted the loose bass (miracle!) and put the pedal to the metal. To be honest, id say 9/12 peeps on the field gave up. The other two who were just split from tone's intercept gave chase. It was awesome watching tone at full speed, with an even faster guy cutting in on him. To cap it off, tone without his glasses dived to seal a draw.
Personally out of all teams it was the most satisfying drawing against this team. In some aspects i envy their depth of speed, skill and tactics, and on another note i totally hate them for their bad sportsmanship and general attitude. Thus making the draw that much sweeter.
Midsessions
Have gone great, except for Chinese. I've resigned to the fact that no matter how hard i try, i will never been top of the class. A combination of the other students having greater knowledge from their background, as well as the way my brain operates, i struggle recalling characters and listening to what is being said.