Cue: Semestaarrgghhhh 2

Apologies to my beloved blog for leaving you so unattended for such a long time. I am truly sorry
and I promise I'll update more regularly from now on. But you must admit, dear blog, that you are not quite so interesting as illegal street racing (virtual of course) nor are you of much use to me while my muse is frolicking in a distant winter wonderland. But I promise never to leave you again.

Anyway, now that that rather frivolous apostrophic apology is out of the way, let's talk about me because everything is about me. Not only does this universe revolve around me, every other universe and the entire time and space continuum revolve around me. And no, I am not developing an ego complex. But yeah... my holidays were fairly subdued. Nothing particularly exciting to speak about besides the odd party here and there and a bit of catching up with some high school friends while pitching beemers at them, slide tackling them and taking spikes at them. So, in summary:

Cricket day - considering the extended break from any form of cricket (backyard inclusive), I didn't do too badly. Managed to get a wicket and score a few runs (before being clean bowled taking a blind swing at an off-spinner). We (as in the class of '05) were beaten by the class of '06 for, I think, the first time. That said, they got a bit of help from Johnny 'the pom' who was counting extras at half the value everyone else was. But that's life. That eventually developed into a soccer match which ended up in a draw before time was actually up because we were all too damn tired from cricket.

World Cup final - omfg! *screams and kills random Italians* I can't believe Italy won... grrrrr... First they take a tumble and steal a win from Australia at the very last minute. Then they go and beat Germany in extra time. And then they end up winning the damn thing. The only good thing about all that is that since Australia should have beaten Italy and Italy won, that means Australia should have won the World Cup. Shut up, I know there's a huge logical flaw but it's the only consolation I have.

Volleyball with 'the gang' - we did play volleyball. We managed a set and a half until things once again degenerated into soccer. It seems World Cup fever is more difficult to shake off than we thought. Anyway, anything-goes-so-long-as-you-don't-kill-anyone indoor soccer is insane. I still haven't quite got the wall rebounds quite right yet, but be assured that I'll be ready come next post-World Cup aftermath. But it was nice to see the gang together again including the girls who weren't at the cricket days for unknown reasons (perhaps the fact that they don't play cricket will suffice?)

Li-Kan's birthday - sure it's unorthodox to spring a surprise party on someone at their own house without anybody in the house knowing beforehand, but we're all about unorthodoxy. Most of us brought laptops with us because the plan was to have a LAN party. The only problem was that people were missing games, missing update patches and having issues with the networking. So we ended up spending more time setting up the networking than actually using it but it was a learning experience and next time will (hopefully) be more gaming productive.

Mandy's birthday - which was today. Happy Birthday Mandy-chan! ^^ To a public park to play childish and potentially embarassing games? Sure, why the hell not. Games which involved popping balloons using only your glutes, whacking people with inflatable hammers and 'accidentally' stepping on people while attempting to pop balloons tied to their feet. Those poor balloons never had a chance...

So here I am. Wishing that semester two was nothing but a distant nightmare, reflecting on the seemingly distant memories of sleeping all day and staying up all night.

And so I stand on the eve of my last day as a free man... at least until mid-semester break.