tired and miserable

just came back from the San Miguel Asian 9 ball championships which Efrem Reyes won in convincing style. and 6 hours on your ass in a stuffy place with like a 100 other pple is bound to kill your mood irregardless of what the occasion is. anyways learnt only a bit of technique but it was a bit magical. and yes "The Magician" can also be called "The Comedian". heh he quite funny acting cute.

anyways, yesterday went to AA2004 or Asian Aerospace 2004 and it was quite ok lah. will put the photos up in webshots and give you guys the link later.

"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met."

went to hospital to check on my dad. he got admitted yesterday for a minor op today. then he's like ok lah but his neck rather strained so he can't lie down much and i can't do much as well.

*cue talk..non pool players or anyone not interested can switch off now*
think am gonna make some changes to the cue. gonna put a silver ring at the joints A and B, have the back like the pfd cue in yesterday's pic which will be a black delrin butt cap and a ring of probably ivorine/phenolic. and get an extra shaft.
*ok cue talk over..everyone switch back on*

went for lingwei's concert and i do think there's some form of mix up somewhere or nots. cuz when i found out abt it, it was on sunday then happened that lingwei had a spare tix (grace's -- he said she couldn't make it or sth) so i took it over and didn't take much about it till i saw her blog which reads like this
"a) FCM meeting
that i have been looking forward for forever... okay only about last dec
b)lingwei's concert
which he ask me ... like forever too ...
c)chee chang's drama night...
which i really cannot go liao ... so sry!! ...
d)fish and co! .. with kok chwheng fir pauline and dinesh..
which i cannot resist... lol ... bring it on man!! ... "
then i'm like "UH?!" so well done huh?

the performance was quite ok and stuff (though david kept complaining about the background lighting and i felt that the piano often drowned out the choir to some extent) and lingwei's time on the piano was excellent and although i would feel its not too bad but i really feel is that i can't appreciate it as well as whoever likes choral performances. i (somehow like david) am more attuned to instrumental or orchestral performances, cuz hearing someone sing in a language i've got no grasp of like latin and hebrew is not really that good as hearing the sounds of the many instruments. oh well to each his or her own.

"If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something."

this is what my custom cue would look like



just that there's no veneers and i'm using a darker wood (cocobolo) and a Radial pin joint also will be using tiger maple for the forearm part. and of course it won't be a pfd studios product :P

"I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen...and replaced by exact duplicates."

played guard again today with jere and kelvin and yes the poor sucker still doesn't know what hit him. he's like down 60 in 2 days. too bad he ain't playin till at least next week heh. some incredible shots like a try to bank a six rockets the nine into pocket the six was intended for. and then a few chances to break clear but all got careless like after the 3rd ball.

then went to church to help vincent and teng joo to do some recording. think they're doing a series of videos of parables and stuff as well as english lessons and stuff. think there's some piano thing too. and like woah the camera i got to use was like ^^ extremely fun. learning to do audio editting and some video edittin too. the part on the parables was the "parable of the persistent widow" and running through the whole thing was like a good reminder cum refresher on the current yf theme of messages.

went to PH later and then realised they only had 3 tables open cuz they just changed all the cloth for the tables. so went to cue bar with edwin and its quite a nice place lah. didn't play too badly but was too relac haha..in the end left abt 11 and was totally shagged by then. dunnoe if i'm gonna stay later for the game.

something took the starch out of my mood. now i'm sleepless till the game. how do you tell, show, make the person you like feel that you are only lookin towards a platonic relationship and nothing more?

heh just came back. at home on a tuesdays early for a change. its been awhile since i had a tuesday off. broke my resolution to not play pool for the rest of the week.

so jq pon-ed school again and came by my place..then we took a cab with grace down to great world to catch "Mystic River". haha..and yes up to the 2 hour mark i was still wondering why the show was named such. and i really must say its quite a good show at the end. well written script, class act by the actors and a twist in the tale. shan't tell you who killed katherine (not too sure abt the victim's name heh).

then left them and went to rc to play pool with jere and his friend. played guard and like doubled my money. jere's had a 150% increase. lucky dude and poor chap. got 'sandwiched' really badly. and i played better than yesterday at least with my bk. tmrw that guy gonna play again and woohoo it seems he doesn't know what hit him so far. shall have to bring my top game out tmrw. unless he's the one who's really hustling us then heh.

"Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back."

went out for lunch with joseph and johan after stoppin by my old school to try to help joseph with his CAD CAM but was beaten to it by his friend. and boy, was he friend good! haha..even i couldn't do such a good job heh. lunch was at al azhar then went to town to do some window shopping (more like watch johan do window shopping and pffftt he's like an old woman :P) went to ph after that. played like crap. felt super sleepy and in not much mood. so left ard 6 and went to collect my cues from theQshop and they actually managed to correct the warp on the jump and break cue. so went back there and played with a friend before heading back home. and this will be the only day this week that i'll play. (i'm trying heh)

"If it weren't for electricity, we would all be watching television by candlelight."

heh played some good although brief pool. must be the luck that jere rubbed off on me. didn't really feel up to playing up to the point when jere came ard.

anyways my viattorre cue has been confirmed!
Forearm: Tiger Maple
handle: Solid Maple
butt sleeve: Cocobolo
butt cap: Black Linen Fiber
Joint : Ivory
Joint pin: Uniloc Brass Radial pin
R. Bumper: Screw type
Wrap: Leather wrap
B Rings

Shaft: 1 Solid Maple shaft
Ferrule: 1 Ivory 3/4 inch
Tip: 1 Moori "Q"

Weight: 19 oz.
Length:

Joint Caps: 2 pc Std. Joint protector set
Finish: PD Hi-solid urethane finish

Inlays Forearm: 6 Cocobolo points


"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory."

another class done. and hopefully he doesn't default on his payment. was supposed to get 300 for the first batch and ended up getting 200 instead, and now he tells me i might not get the original 100 he promised. arghs. shall find out tmrw and discuss the take i'm getting from the other 2 classes. good news that greg from theQshop has agreed to give me a commission for any customer i bring in.

anyways, if you're reading this, i just hope you would say if you were angry, confused or don't wanna talk to me and at least tell me something yeah? i feel bad that its like this. =/

"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm."

haha didn't really do much today and had some inspiration from playing abit today.


looks like duckiee just woke up haha..


*peek-a-boo!*


hanging on every word or cue of the master :P

heh hope you peeps enjoyed the photos :P just woke up. dunnoe didn't sleep well or sth cuz when my dad switch on the hi fi in the morning ard 6 (?) i suddenly woke up and couldn't get back to sleep till like 7 =/

"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

here they are! (no ducks were harmed in the photoshoot :P)


relak one corner...pocket!


duckiee says, "stop!!"


i'm about to break..when..ahh?!


"hee hee the cue ball is MINE!"


"i'm suntanning...ermm..kinda bright huh?"


"heh now the 9 ball is mine too!"

back from yet another class and finished dinner heh. quite tired by the whole thing. guess wat i'll be having 3 classes on 3 consecutive days and it starts on march 2nd lol.. yes that means i'm gonna work on my birthday =s

also took some pics for my fone and my display pic for my msn. haha..i'll try to post them up. anyone with webspace to let out?

one more bc down...yippee.
having bad sinus attack today. went everywhere sneezing and having to chase a nose that does seem to have a lot of stamina. feeling quite tired all of a sudden. and yes another batch of students incoming, which means more work and more money. also must go down to the remittance centre to remit half of the cash for the cue later today. :) nites peeps!

"If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."

still got some problems fitting the tip on. arghs. came off for the umpteenth time. owells. quite tired now. shall go crash and burn.

ok finally got the ferrule flush. shall go try with the 2nd tip now..

arghs..trying to learn how to cahnge my own cue tip. using my old rage shaft to do it. bought a couple of soft Lepro tips and trying but i think i sanded my ferrule sides too much..so it isn't flush. arghs..so i just wasted a tip zz.

had my medical today and boy was it crap. i got a pes b status when i can't even lift my own weight. shall have to go settle that asap. prob get my therapist and doctor to write letters to help me downgrade.

then went to play pool. yes like yesterday, i was playing like crap. shooting was off, position play was off and the break was somewhere on mars or sth. all the racks i broke all ended up with zilch on the break. i guess what saved me from paying was the lucky flukes and some funky two way shots. (me, jere, louis, imran - winner stay race to 6, last 3 pay) snooped till pple wanted to chop my head off. and jere..the bk only has ONE owner :P and it heeds my commands. hahaha..unfortunately it heeded them too well and even my break was affected.

went for yf after that. and it was a throughly edifying message about "What to Pray". went through the Lord's prayer and its meaning and importance to why we should pray in that way. also that when we pray, we must say it with confidence that it is granted already (for things according to His will) and that they shouldn't sound like words that we're just made to say without meaning and conviction. i esp think Prob 30:8-9 is all the more meaningful to me. "Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." truly are we like that, is our dependence on God only limited to asking for our daily needs only when we run short or when we are in very deep need?

today is just not my day to play pool i guess. had like crappy breaks and dumb plays. everytime i had a good break, i would miss the first ball after the break or when i have a good run out, somehow screw it up.

tmrw's medical..ugh.

talked to clarence today..went to his place to drop off the CNCG discs i borrowed but in the end i forgot to pass it back to him. (sorry bro!) anyways when i was there we were talking and stuff and i came upon this myself, that it is sad to see this common and rather disturbing trend nowadays. i see more and more pple ard me get attached and for the most part to break up a few weeks/mths later. (not that i'm sour grapes or all that) but its like what were their reasons?

see we came up to this conclusion, that all the more we should go after the "needs" in our lives and leave the "wants" behind. (of cuz there are always exceptions - like "want bk cuz i need it to break better or want jump cue cuz i need one - sold my jump cue" -- get the drift?) so for him is to work towards good health and results whereas for me is to go through army and try to progress to the next level in pool.

whereas talking about r/s..i guess i'll make my stand clear. in all my 19 (coming to 20) years, i've been alone and yet i'm not alone, and i'm happy the way it is, there's no rush..there's no commandment that says "Thou shalt be attached before 21..blah blah" (i hate it when pple think that in my mind i'm desperate to get a gf--grow up huh?) i thank God for bringing me thus far and i know He'll be there to see my thru the rest of my life.

sighh..tired. shall turn in after filling up my forms for my medical. tmrw got to meet someone who's interested in. one of the cues i'm selling at 12 noon. zz!

btw, these are the cues i'm selling so if there's anyone who you know of who's interested tell me. prices are negotiable.
a) Rage (now known as Fury) NR-11. Comes with one (1) Predator 314 shaft and one (1) normal maple shaft. Tru-loc joint. My Quote: $400.
b) Cuetec Break Cue. Actually its a Cuetec sneaky pete which i changed the original graphite shaft to a maple wood shaft with a ivor-III ferrule and hard tip. Breaks really well. My Quote: $100.