tagged?

for some strange reason i have been tagged...thus everyone in my address book has been tagged too. is there a ghost in my pc? i don't recall tagging anyone but i keep getting email messages saying that i have. anyway...bygones.

pirates 3 was one long movie. not a great movie but great soundtrack from hans zimmer. so typical of me to pay attention to the soundtrack and not the movie. finally got a copy of letters from iwo jima which i shall attempt to watch sometime soon. see what's the hype all about. shrek 3 is opening this week. not really stoked for it but i guess its one of those must see movies just because its shrek.

the magic has been slowing down. by magic i mean "magic the gathering". for those of you who don't know what it is...good for you. for those of you who do...call me if you wanna join me. we can tap our mana's and cast sengir's.

results

long story short...it was a really exciting 2 hours. in the end...its a split pot right down the middle. oh well...money that wasn't mine to begin with doesn't really qualify as a loss.

once again...magic the gathering for 7 hours. my dad seems so bored everytime we play magic. i think its time to alternate between mahjong and magic so he has something to do.

it was a fun weekend while it lasted. the anticipation of the final match of the EPL completely overshadowed everything else. now its over and i've gotta find something new to occupy my time. i also learnt that i can't sew.

Magic The Gathering

someone asked me today "what are you up to?" and the first thought that ran through my mind was "if you knew you'd laugh at me". am i so embarassed to be half geek half rebel? i guess the geek side of me is embarassed to be a rebel and the rebel side of me is embarassed to be a geek. am i confusing you? well...i'm confusing myself too.

anyway...so what was it i was doing? yes...i was playing magic cards. suffering a blast from the past my brothers decided to whip out the stacks of magic cards that lay untouched for almost 10 years. we've used it twice in 3 days. after 10 years of lying dormant these cards can really do things to a person. it makes you want to play...more...and more...and more. i'm not sure whether its the memory of the past or the inner child that makes me want to play. either way...it is fun.

that's the downside of growing up with 2 boys. no barbie dolls...no masak masak set. i thrived on transformers...spiders....star wars....star trek....RPG and magic cards. but as i grew up and went to high school...things changed. i unleashed the rebel in me. so i guess i can say that i have the best of both worlds and i should be proud of my inner geek. at least i had a geeky childhood...a rebellious adolescence....and a well rounded adult life :)

countdown: 3 days @ +3 points

i began the countdown at something like 30+ days. how time flies. the day of reckoning is just 3 days away...slightly more than 48 hours to go. if you guys actually bothered to count you'd know that the day of reckoning is 13 May. now what happens on 13 May that is so important. it is the end of the EPL season. most of you will be wondering why that's important to me since i don't even follow football. well...if all goes well i could potentially win FREE money. so i'm crossing my fingers and my toes.

supermarket sweep

So if you notice this post has all the characteristics of proper writing (i.e. punctuation, usage of upper and lower case, grammar) its because I’m using word to write today. For some reason its taking blogger.com ages to load so I figured I’ll kill time by writing here and pasting there.

Went to Tesco the other day with two of my favourite people. We played imaginary supermarket sweep and just so you know, go for the birds nest and the Brand’s essence of chicken if you’re ever in that situation. Turkeys and diapers are cheap stuff compared to birds nest.

So while we were waiting in line to pay up for our purchase, I casually mentioned that condoms would also be a good item to purchase on supermarket sweep just as fillers cause they’re always next to the counter and they come in small packages which makes them easy to grab. So you just throw a couple of boxes in to maximize on time and space. Sometimes I can take an imaginary game slightly too far and start thinking of strategies. So then begins a hilarious conversation.

Me: So which one do you use?
Guy: Durex lah! Do you need some?
Me: Which variety? If it’s the “close fit” then I don’t like.
Guy: The cheapest one lah!
Me: hahahahahahahahahaha…..CHEAPSKATE!

Is that what guys do? They scour the condom section in search of the cheapest condoms? Then again, who needs glow in the dark or strawberry flavoured condoms? Actually, who needs condoms anyway? Just strap on some of that clear wrap thingey that you use to cover food and you're good to go. Anyway, price aside at least he's wearing something which is more than I can say for some people i know.

Moving on, my mother stole my alcohol. When I noticed that 2 of my bottles were missing from the fridge, I immediately assumed that the culprits were my brothers. So when they came down I accused them of having NO MANNERS. They denied ever taking anything from my portion of the fridge. Then I started to wonder, if it wasn’t either of them it could only be one other person and that would be my MOTHER. So the next day I asked her whether she took my bottles and she said YES! That’s so out of character. Apparently she was bored at home so she just took 2 of my Bacardi bottles out of the fridge and drank it alone while watching OPRAH. Two days before that she scolded my brother for taking my VITAGEN without my permission. Now she takes my Bacardi without my permission. Its all very strange and somewhat comical.

how stoked are you for spidey 3?

i am pretty stoked. trying to keep my expectations on a down low. too many times have i been disappointed.

i've always believed in the power of music. it can influence the way you feel and sometimes even intensify those feelings. it has the power to make you get up and dance or sing even though you're tone deaf. i find that music is a big part of my life and that it can help influence my emotions. give it a try...you might be pleasantly surprised :)