one night, two heatbreaks

one night,
two heartbreaks,
and both my teams are out of the world cup.

the twist of fate that was the penalties. i just hate penalties.. that one second makes or breaks the fate of the team. as the today paper put it:

england just had to go out on penalties. no other way would be acceptable. yet as punishments go, this one was hideously choreographed.

hargreaves could not miss as if to prove to the end he has been a revelation
lampard had to miss becaused he missed everything all tournament
gerrard had to miss because it was as of he was too close to goal (thirty yards out he is deadly)
carragher had to miss so that we could argue if he was too fresh
and ronaldo just had to score the last penalty to rub it in.

well there's a silver lining to every disaster; we have seen the last of sven goran eriksson. mr magoo who more often than not looks like he's comtemplating how to lose the next game without looking as bad as the last.

brazil next. enough said. it's just too surreal that they are out. played like imposters of the magicians that they usually are. especially the fifa world player of the year. twice over.

now the only suitable world-cup winning team left is germany. ack bird must be gloating right about now.

the world cup is really eating up all my time.. i watch almost every single match there is to watch.. and now even with 2 days of no football, it suddenly feels empty... like somethings not right - just like how this british patient of prof's is an exercise freak who finds something amiss when he doesn't do the daily jog/physical activity even though he has like severe pain in the knees. :S

bird has joined me at prof's. i think i'm the student who has been attached to prof for the longest since the start of the year. and the more i stay the the job, the more repetitive i think doctor's lives are. endless routines and meetings, non-stop checking up on patients, staff continously giving you no peace. but compared to my life right now, which consists of casual employment and hanging out with friends, i think it's a better way to spend my time. funny, i'd rather be busy than slack. takes a lot of confidence to say this, cos when it comes the time when i'm in prof's shoes, i'll definitely go back on what i've just said. muahaha. aye but that will just be a form of temporary relief from all the stress la.

serious stuff aside, i think i'm going to order my birkenstocks online!!! it's like 50 bucks cheaper and it's free shipping too!! :) just wonderful. my comfy, moulded-to-my-feet birkies!! yay. i hope they arrive soon.

this malacca trip has been enjoyable.. more enjoyable than the normal trip cos we had a special guest: lilian! :)

we did the normal things we do all the time but it was in a different environment so that was refreshing for a change. malaysia's just so different from singapore. it's a much slower pace of life, no stress, everyone just living the days as they go by. it's so simple. like lilian said: reminds me of oldern singapore.

in malacca, shops don't open until noon; people don't go to work until then; heck they don't even wake up until 9! on a normal working day too! ayee. if only singapore was like that.

well.. after 19 years of obivion, i have found out that i have a cousin from malaysia who's coming to nus to study! how cool is that. :) hahah we stopped at batu pahat on the way back to visit some relatives and we ended up giving advise on studying in singapore. it was fun! hahaa.

well. teddy geiger was just on air on 987fm! :) he sings darn well live too! i should have gone to his showcase tonight.. i've got an entry pass too! sighh.

yup ok. the world cup calls! england vs trinidad & tobago. tata!

i went a-baking today! hahhaa and i ended up with no cookies still.. cos they're all not quite done and there was no time to do the world-cup-cookie :( aye so sad... i was hoping for world-cup-cookies in time for the world cup.. which means i have to go back to lilian's house tmr morning to accomplish my mission! hahaha so exciitngg..

why must sport compete against one another? they should spread the lovee and spread their telecast time so that sport-lovers can get their fair share of sporting action!!! yes i must remember to call up the tennis association and remind them not to clash the french open with the start of the world cup, especially if nadal AND federer are both playing on the same night as germany's opening match! ayeeee.

and yes tan shi hui! i haven't taken any of my jabs/check-ups/tests at all!! :S aiyohh. must squeeze everything into the last few months since they haven't told us what exactly to do yet. i can foresee one thing i will hate about uk: british inefficiency. the famed, or rather, infamous inefficiency.

and i almost wanted to ask you lar lilian!! about where u found the website! but i forgot in the midst of all the nice smells wafting from the oven today.. hahha!

i can't believe sh has made her 50th post and i haven't. :( aiyahh it just goes to show how lazy i am hiaaahhh.

yes and i think everyone should go and try out this superduper cool website: www.pandora.com
you won' regret it trust me!

i'm into my second day of official leave and i'm already feeling bored. went back to NUH for awhile today to help my seriously-techno-klutzy prof with his phone and laptop connection. :S and in the process got a taste of what a doctor's annual leave is like.... which is no leave at all..

even the newspapers have picked this up: peadiatricians cannot take annual leave in june cos that's when all the children are free for treatment and consultations. so they're just slogging away, harder than the rest of the year if that's possible.

gosh. look what i've gotten myself into! hahha