Monday night at the "dogs"

Did something really out of my comfort zone today, went to Wentworth Park to see greyhound racing! It was heaps fun to see, pity I didn't profit from my experience but it fun all the same =)

Missed out on that darn trifecta by one number gr.... One of my friends struck though, she's $2000 richer tonight! Not bad from a $3 investment!

Sadly I'm the poorer, though I did get a good feed and beer for free, another lucky workmate shouted at the bistro downstairs.

Gambling is addictive, crap! Ok I'm going to be so knackered cum tomorrow morning, I've decided to stay up and watch the decisive knockout match. Go Socceroos!

quick post before World Cup time

I've gone out a lot this week, has been fun. Saw Disney/Pixar's latest animated adventure on Tuesday night, saw Tripod at the Comedy Store last night and just came back from seeing "The Descent" tonight.

All three things I've seen this week have been good ;) I was slightly disappointed with the ending of the "the Descent" tonight. It starts off promising and gets really interesting midway but then the plot goes C-grade and your not sure whether your watching the same movie anymore. The "Sydney Film Festival" is on now and will continue til Sunday.

Tonight's movie did give me insight on how the Beaconsfield miners must have felt when they were stuck underground for 21 days. Scary to be underground.

World cup fever

Its everywhere!!! Happy but sad after last night's game, anyway what happens happens. It was sad to see Federer lose the French Open final against the mighty Rapahel Nadal, and slightly saddening to see the "blue warriors" squander their 1-0 lead only to lose right at the end. Make no mistake I do go for the Socceroos (I'm not just saying this so that ppl won't post spiteful comments on this blog and send me hate mail) but I did hope Japan would pull through, at least make it to the final 16 which is task which may be still accomplished but highly unlikely!!! They would have to secure wins over both Croatia and Brazil to do so!!

Anyway, I'm still in a very "travel" state of mind after watching last week's finale to the "amazing race". I've been trying to learn Italian, I bought a CD pack at UNSW bookstore using my credit voucher last week. The language learning is going on ok, its pretty fun actually. I'm just learning simple phrazes at the moment, nothing too complex!

I can say things like "con ghiatto" with ice, should come useful when I want "
aqua minerale con ghiatto" (mineral water with ice) lol. Yes, I can also count to ten =)

Went to see Jennifer Aniston's new movie, "The Break up" tonight after work. It was well worth it :) I was expecting a rom com and yes, it did have its comedic moments but it also had a few poignant moments which in my opinion was an accurate depiction of reality. The script wasn't over done and full kudos to both Jennifer and Vince Vaughan, who also produced and directed the movie.

Ok, I've gotta see "Over the Hedge", "Cars" and "Fast and Furious 3 Tokyo Drift" in the coming weeks.

All the best to those with exams =) Ace 'em good!

""Those hippies and their damn language knowing"

Just watched the season finale of the "Amazing Race Season 9" and what a perfect ending it was =)
After a gruelling journey around the world, literally, facing intense competition from the "fratboys" from Florida, the "hippies "BJ and Tyler emerged triumphant and took the coveted $1m prize =)

Here's a quote from BJ after winning:

"Being cerebral or being intelligent doesn't help as much as being in the moment; just being aware of what's going on around you and it's just great to stay positive and just really enjoy each other's company"

Tyler said something really cool too, something about immersing yourself in the culture of the place you are in and taking and putting back the energy.

Hard not to admire these goofy, self-deprecating and perpetually smiling geeks! They exude positivity and free spiritness. When watching tonight I was impressed by their Japanese language skills, it turns out that both of them are multi-lingual, Tyler speaking 14 languages including Japanese which he's picked up from his Japanese girlfriend and BJ speaking around 18.

Anyway there heaps of great moments in tonight's finale, all of them highlighted on the following site if anyone is interested.

http://www.realityreel.com/index.php?file=article&sid=1772&page=4

Grey sky

Today at the office I looked out the window and it was all grey sky. My brain functioning as an inbuilt mp3 player started playing S.H.E's "Grey skies" on repeat. I like the song btw, it was very fitting of the weather, " wo de tian kong jin tian youdian hui, wode xin shi ge luoye de jijie", over and over ("Today my sky is a bit grey, my heart is the season of falling leaves").

5pm, work over time to go home. Just my luck, it starts to pour... again! I walk on Harris Street believing it to be dryer and safer than my usual short cut route to the Dairy Farmer depot. I was so wrong. Flooded sewers, gutters and fast cars don't mix well, I was drenched by the time I made it to Central station.

Anyway on a lighter note, I've noticed more and more people reading the Bible on the train. I used to try to, always felt majorly embarassed to do so and now I don't because (a) I can't find a seat (b) I don't find that I understand that much when I'm reading in public under pressure.

rain rain rain

It rained the whole day today non-stop, pretty amazing =) We need the rain, good for the drought, good for the farmers, keep on praying.

I finished Full Metal Alchemist 2 Curse of the Blood Elixir tonight in 12 hours and 29 mins, twas fun! I'm ready to watch the anime series on which this game is based, I've heard from friends that its well worth watching.

Going to bed, need sleep!

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