of “thursday” ramblings (part II)…
it is almost like clockwork. as soon as i am done with lunch, the sky will open its floodgates and the rain just pours. but one cannot expect much sun durin’ this time of the year. monsoon season has arrived, yessiree.
so i finally did it last night. by it, i mean cuttin’ my hair. it is now short. like short short. i had been thinkin’ bout it for the longest time now and finally last night, i did not hesitate goin’ to see the hairdresser. the lady tied my hair into a ponytail and then without warnin’ nor emotion, she snipped it off and put what had previously been attached to my head, on the table in front of me. i stared at it for a while. and surprisingly, i didn’t feel anythin’. well, not immediately anyways. it was towards the end of the haircut, when nothin’ can be salvaged, that i realised that i wanted my long hair back! but what’s done is done and i’ve accepted the new look. like what i’ve told a couple of friends, i’m gonna rock the hairdo and look, in the words of tyra, FIERCE!. ;)
ohhh i haven’t blabbered about the world cup asia 2011 event. in summary, SKIN did awesomely well, better than expected. we placed 12th out of 47 teams. not bad and is the highest ranked singapore team in division 3. but for the fact that PALS reckons we’re from indonesia instead. :S
the lightin’ was atrocious. they really need to work on that for the next world cup, seein’ that it will be at the same venue for the next 2 or 3 years. i appreciated that the hotel was right beside the venue and it made goin’ back and forth a lot easier. i also liked that the players’ paddock was relatively near to the playin’ field. well at least for division 3 and 4 teams. division 2 teams prolly had some cause for complaints in regards to that. the floors were slippery and we saw a lot of near-falls and one particular fall by an aussie paintballer. hehe :p the referees had a hard time and coupled with an annoyin’ headref in field 3 who looked like he wanted to marshal the field by himself, the paintballers were on the receivin’ end of that frustration. i am glad that i was not reffin’ so there were moments where i wish i was with the rest of crew like my two partners, daus and shahrul. i hope to see them one last time in january before the final take off.
SKIN hung out a lot with team zoo. on the first day of arrival, we did the field walks together and headed to pantai cenang for lunch. or what we hoped to be lunch. by the time we got there, it was right smack in their lull period where shops are closed from 3pm to 6pm. so we waited till it was 6pm before we conquered a table at a seafood restaurant. everyone had been eyein’ the prawns and lobsters etc. we managed to see the beach where we goofed off a lil’ and thankfully we did coz we never saw the ocean again after that afternoon.
we went back to cenang twice after for meals. the rest of the time marrybrown took our money. it was just convenient, situated at the airport which is just a 5 min walk from our hotel. if one of us had been adventurous, we would have discovered some warung place to makan a lil further down the road. but alas, it was fried chicken for one too many times.
now for pics! stolen from rudy big mac and the various official wca media photogs. :p
p/s: i know..it’s tuesday. :p
