I'm a Superman

Weekends are never the same again, cuz I'm the superman. Previously, weekends' night lives are the highlights of the weeks. But for the past 3 weeks, I never really had time to chill out. Work after work, until I fell sick 3 days ago. Down with fever and an irritating cough, I rested at home since Wednesday afternoon til Saturday evening. Still tortured by the tormenting headache, I had requested not to go to the club house on Friday night. Finally I still have to go. On Fridays, superman work 24 hours, almost non-stop. And after the Saturday night shifts, superman reached home Sunday morning 5am. Soccer match normally kick off 9am, which means 2 hours to sleep! However cool as the edge of steel, superman still give his best and performs in the games, although it's bound to be sub-standard. Supermen may be tough, but they never have long lives.

Clubbing is detrimental to health, in the long run. Firstly, the music. The damage done to the ears are hazardous. When it's already damn bloody loud, and people need to talk to you, he will shout into the ear drum. It almost burst my ear drum once as I felt it vibrated vigorously when one guy merely wanted a beer. Damn. Next, I am supposed to collect the tent cards and place them on top the cabinet. I had put them on top the speaker instead. Arranged neatly, I went away for a while. Then I came back, in a rage, "who the hell messed up my arrangement?" I realised that it was the vibration of the speaker. I can't believe people can dance in front of the speaker. It's either they are deaf, or they cannot hear.

Secondly, the lights. The flashing lights never fail to cast a dizzy spell on me when the DJ activates it. In the darkness, these sudden appearance of the light is an irritant to the eyes, as they are used to the dark environment.

Thirdly, the air. In the house, the air is literally 2nd hand smoke with every breath you take in. I can't see the smoke in the darkness. However I only realised that the smell of the club house is nothing but cigarettes smoke when I happened to breathe in 2nd hand smoke elsewhere out in the open air, and thought, 'hey this smells familiar. It's like my uniform!' I deem it healthier to puff a few sticks out in the streets yourself than to hang around in the house for a few hours.

Fourthly, the drink. For the clubbers, overdose of liquour definitely damage the brain and the body, especially the liver. I often see people who can't hold. They can't stand on their own, they squat by the wall, they lean on the table, and they leave their residues on the floor. And their next precious day (which is a weekend) is wasted.

The above 4 points covers 4 out of our 5 human senses. It is slowly scraping away bits of a man's live as it takes actions on the 4 senses. However, (applicable to guys only) the 5th sense, the sense of touch, often provides psychologically pleasure effect when mars and venus brushed against each other. p.s. this ain't true for me, cuz when I'm on the job, I'm in no mood for such 'pleasures'.

Being nocturnal also has adverse effects upon man. It all eventually leads to a shorter lifespan. Clubbing can allow one to attain 'high'. But when going into further considerations, is it a moment of ecstasy, or a moment of folly?

Simplicity

A lot of things are missing in my life. Every now and then I get this unfulfilled and sucky feeling. A lot of things need to be done and I am doing nothing. I thought I need some motivation, but idling wouldn't bring about any either. Channel U broadcasted this show "leng nuan ren jian shi" yesterday. The show highlighted the life of the group from the TOUCH, a home for adults with mild intellectual disability. It featured 3 of them. I sensed the satisfaction from within them when they obtain the simple necessitites in life. A lady hopes to buy a house when she reaches 35, to live with her elder brother, who is also mentally intellectually disabled. It's true, as the saying goes: one finds happiness when he don't demands. Is it possible for me to lower my expectations in life, and would it bring about happiness eventually? I have been picturing in my mind that wealth and luxury is a part of my later phase of life. And putting tangibles aside, how can I influence relationships and emotions to affect my happiness? At this stage, I have not found my solution, but instead realised that I am the solution to some other. I hope that he does feel it, when I had taken 2 meals with him for the past 4 days. I always cannot seem to recall when I had my previous meal with him. It seemed ages. Even though conversation was rather minimal, it was a zillion times better than dining alone. Especially when dinner was cooked on Sundays, and he ended up dining alone in the living room. The share of three unfinished, either left to rot slowly in the fridge, one day... one week.. then desposed away in despair and agony. Why cook when no one comes home for dinner? Simple actions do mean alot. Simplicity may bring about simple happiness. But I crave for the taste of glory and sucess, and perhaps fame. Would I lose the simple happiness I that I could enjoy whilst in the hunt for fame and glory? Or perhaps I can achieve both at the same time. But for now, I need to find out what has been missing in my life, that had caused me to feel the emptiness...

4-2

No Yongren, no Guoan, no Faizal, no Eddie, no Kan Di, Jialong to arrive only at second half. 11 men to start with. Opponent was a newly formed squad, and multi-racial.

About 20 minutes into the game, we were 2 goals down. I felt the match without Captain Fu's distribution had curbed our attacking. Without our left-wing, I felt that I had posessed the ball more than usual. Weixiang misjudged a simple lob, and Jason had let the indian attacker loose for a one-on-one. I did not like to lose to people that I do not know, for I don't recognise their skills yet. Somemore they were a team made up of Marseille and Real Madrid jersey.

We had a mountain to climb. Then came an underserved goal from us. A fluke goal, but it brought back the composure, and since then triggered off our endless series of attacks. The 2 hours of sleep after Chinablack certainly affected the stamina. I was blessed to be guarded by a slow left back, however good at clearing. A through ball to Clement had allowed him to display his paced-finshing equaliser. Half time ended a draw of 2 goals each. Morale was further raised when Jialong came back from attending to his dear sheep. Leon was brought to left back, forming the usual partners in crime. It always feels shiok to see how him and Jialong took the ball from our side to their penalty box, otherwise rewarded with a corner kick.

3rd goal was the goal of the match. Wujie's corner went straight in, the same kind of goal I conceded in the match against AJC people. Weixiang took the striker position and redeemed his conceded goal with a classic header from a cross. 2nd half was a one-sided affair in our favour. Kenneth nearly headed in a corner, and we built up some really cool setups. 4-2, the final scoreline. I thought this was a way of wishing Yongren a happy birthday: a victory from his team, although yet again.

Perfect. It all was class to me. The team whose victories not really brought about by the 'trainings' we had, but by the years of bonds and understanding constructed.

and phenomenal performances...

Delta Platoon 2 : ACPC

I feel this was one of the best pic ever taken.. AS IF Shiyi was leading the horde. Maybe that was why I wasn't in it... (actually I was doing sai kang).

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Past 2 days @ChinaBlack. Quite a new and gala experience for me, a non clubber. A strenuous 16 hours of walking to and fro the alley, I experienced a couple of first times. My first time to light a cigarette for a lady; first time knowing a lady at a club; first tips from a wrong order taken for a Kilkenny. He was given a tequila shot instead. Angeline was the first friend I met.

The staffs are so far quite nice people. But they all looked older than they are, at least to me. I thought Shermaine is 26 when she's 23. I thought Jaslyn is 23 when she's 20. Weilun looks 27, but he's 23. Danny seems like 23 instead of 21. I heard Mr nice manager Andy was sacked on my second day. He is a damn cool guy. Boss Victor looks like Yekai, but a more confident and strict one....

All thanks to Eddie's connection, I got this oppuntunity, which is a step towards my ultimate plan. In addition I have a more money for my future studies and debts and expenditure, and an expanding network, acquiring new knowledge, learning to be savoir-faire.

Car = ?

Today's Guofeng's birthday. We certainly have had a great lunch at Seoul Garden Ang Mo Kio. Hanjun, Gan, Guofeng, me. Robert went for a play with "Fatimah". We had a fun and quality conversation. Our topic of the day was CARS...

Well, Gan is gleefully driving in his SLK. However he couldn't resist checking out the cool BMW convertable (high perfomance, but high maintenance). Robert is a happy man, who settles for a Proton Wira (Malay model), after meeting with an accident a year back, crashing the old looking model. Hanjun just got his hands on a Nissan Cerfiro, and is obviously contented with it. He never got to drive all these years. Guofeng admited that he is not craved out for driving though, even after few attempts to get one. He would carry on taking public transport for the moment. Me? Hrmmm.. I currently shared the bus with Guofeng. I concluded I'm not suited to drive my previous Mountain Jeep, even when I really adore the car alot. The jeep defeated its very own purpose as I drove it on the expressways when it was meant for the rocky mountaineous paths. I realised that I couldn't even co-ordinate the accelerator and brakes well. I had jumped into the car too quickly, and decided on it without much hesitation. Sometimes, you really have to do a research on the car that you are eyeing on. Now that I'm travelling on the bus, I sweetly recall my times with the jeep. Recently I've seen the jeep, newly painted, upgraded. I'm happy for her for doing so well. Hope she does find a new owner who can drive with purpose served.