i must admit that i'm no soccer fan, but i confessed to have pulled an all nighter just for the world cup finals to see the showdown between the Dutch and the Spaniards. i am also embarrassed to admit that this was the first time i actually sat through an entire soccer match. still cannot fathom what exactly makes soccer fans go gaga over the google box, missing almost an entire night of beauty sleep. much to my dismay, the match was quite disappointing. there wasn't a team i was particularly rooting for since the start of this season games, though i admit i have a penchant for spain to win the world cup last night because i could speak a tad of spanish (lousy reason i know, but that's the slightest affiliation i could think of. dutch - no link) both teams played defensively for most parts, explaining why there wasn't enough adrenaline pumping in my system to keep me 100% awake. i was hoping that either of the teams score a goal within 90 mins so i won't have to sit through the extra time... but much to my dismay again... they played the extra time, with lady luck on spain's side after the referee counted the "offsite" goal in. and paul the clairvoyant octopus got it right again!!! paul paul el pulpo, espana gano el Mundial!! the spanish government ought to buy it over lest it ends up as sashimi on German plates.
i miss my beauty sleep... not very wise, considering there was a whole day of rehearsals going on for tomorrow's award ceremony. we tried to rock the stage (sorry, wanted to upload a photo, but blogger wouldn't let me). and by the time i got home today, i crashed on my bed. will have to report to fusiono again at 9:30am tomorrow.... haha, if you guys are free, swing by fusiono and steal a glance at our breathtaking, astounding performance... hurhurhur...;p
not sure if we are talking about this same guy, but a fellow scholar friend missed rehearsal today to attend the wake of his friend who died of heart failure. it's grief beyond description to know of a friend who passed on before you. i recall a fellow Singaporean badger (we call ourselves from UW badger coz it was our school mascot) who passed on last year because of an acute meningcoccal meningitis infection. it was a complete shocker to me. though i didn't know her very well, i remember vividly she used to serve me meals in my dorm as she was working part-time at my dorm's dining hall. yea, treasure all your loved ones around you - even in lab. it's easier said than done though... i do think constant encouragement and reassurance from one another would be helpful. remember my close shave with "death" last year ( the car accident in malaysia??)? When I was back in lab that Monday, I told a few of you how thankful I am to be still alive and I thanked them for being part of my life journey. As my 1 year stint in REC lab comes to a close, I would like to thank each and everyone of you (whether you read this or not) for making a difference to my life. I thank God for making our lives cross path. ps: I am not being emo! haha...When it comes to leaving, I am not a big fan of sappy sobby endings, and this poetry by 苏轼, not a stranger to those who took C. Lit in secondary school 《水调歌头》 (ps: you don't have to take C.lit to know this.. i think Faye Wong did a cover for this) never fails to uplift me when it comes to parting ways... "人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。" 希望我回美国以后，我们还会千里共婵娟！ ：）
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ReplyDeletehmm i oso had a primary sch fren who passed away from playing soccer.. it's like the most yuan1 wang4 way to go.. felt very sorry for the parents. n i cldnt even make it to his funeral cause i was away.. sigh. such is life.
My primary schoolmate also passed away. I think we were in Upper Primary level already.
ReplyDeleteWhat my form teacher told us was that he was having a heart attack in the morning when it was time to wake up, and his younger brother went to shake him hard to wake him up. That somehow worsened the cardiac arrest and he just died like that.
I am not sure how true that is.... but.. yeah I understand how u feel.
The fragility of life.