Initial D and the batch reunion

The date with Serine and the RJ batch reunion were vastly different kinds of affairs and it's obvious which is better. :)

The day started off well. Woke up at about 8am and slacked around, reading the news, reading magazines. At about 10am, I called Jerry up to have a game of tennis. He obliged after admitting that he couldn't get back to sleep. So the tennis in my life continues. He complimented my serves. They were definitely hit harder and more accurately than last week. It really seems to me that the improvement was so vast it was hardly believable. I think the next step would be to get consistency on the serves, get them over the net and into the service box. The crucial part is still ball tossing, it's just crazily annoying not to be able to toss the ball well. Sigh.

It started raining at about 11, and we rushed back home fortunately before the rain was heavy. I started preparing for the biggest day of the month, a day with Serine! Haha. I bathed, changed, styled my hair and I was ready to set off. It was still raining though, so I had to carry an umbrella. But I managed to catch the bus almost immediately and I got to Orchard pretty much on time. It all started pretty well.

Serine came at about 12.30pm and we headed off to Lido. We waited to collect the tickets and realised that the theatre was almost empty. There wasn't really a need to book the tickets, but at least I could confirm the tickets.

Initial D was pretty exciting, with all the screeches from the tyres when the cars were drifting. But I found the show to be pretty boring, since I've already watched the anime. The worst was that they didn't follow the anime and they tried to cramp Stages 1, 2 and 3 into 1 movie. Serine enjoyed it too, haha..she likes racing. Gosh! That's pretty unbelievable by itself.

We headed off after that to grab some food. Stopped by at Wheelock to check out what's replacing Olio, look at Big O and NYDC. But we decided not to have dessert at those places. Walked over to Paragon and just looked around, but the desserts at Coffee Club weren't tantalising. We kinda decided to go Marche after that. It was great getting to eat a crepe again. Just simply fabulous. We chatted, complained over the drinks. Haha. It was all very casual, very comfortable.

We walked around after that, trying to get my sister a present. Serine gave several suggestions but I decided to get her a book. We checked out some really cool cookbooks at Kino but Serine pointed out that I wouldn't want to carry a heavy book to the batch reunion. So, I didn't get anything in the end. We headed to school next, took a bus and walked some distance, then we split up in the canteen at RJ when she saw where her class was.

End of Part 1.

I saw my class immediately, so I sat down at their table and we started catching up on how everyone was doing. Honestly, I wasn't close to the class in the first place. So it wasn't really a smooth time for me. It was comfortable, yea, just wasn't in that zone where you're totally at ease with the people around you. The feeling with my class and Serine were different, vastly different.

After sitting down for quite a while, we decided to join the whole celebration upstairs at the Parade Square. We got quite a good table right in front of the stage. But the whole occasion was pretty crappy. The songs were crap, the lucky draws were crap, the food was crap, the sound system was crap, basically almost everything was crap. But we had a good time chatting and commenting on almost everything.

Towards the end of the affair, I sms-ed Serine to see how she was doing. Haha. She was equally bored as me. Soon after, she gave me a call and told me she was leaving already. The phone call barely lasted 5 seconds. It could mean a lot or it could mean nothing at all. So, I don't really want to read too much into it. But then again, I just can't help it but feel happy about it. Why in the world would she just call me for 5 seconds to let me know she was leaving the reunion? Hmmmm.

Following that, the class took really long to decide where to go next, but we just walked to J8 and sat down at a round table at Cafe Cartel. We ordered some stuff and sat down to talk more. Talk, talk, talk. That's basically what we did the entire night. Then I realised that somehow the class atmosphere didn't really suit me. Don't get me wrong, I really like the class, it was a great day spent together. But, it was just a little weird feeling developing inside. Like usually when things are going great, you wouldn't want the moment to end. But this time, I just wanted to go home and rest. Haha.

It was a great day after all. :)

Serving out the evening

Got home earlier today and I just felt like some tennis. Unfortunately, no one was available to play. So well, I just went down to do some training on my serves. I still suck big time at my kick serves. But the flat serve is getting better. I'm getting about 50-60% of my first serve in. But my second serve is non-existent, so I better get that percentage even higher.

It was really a great feeling getting consecutive serves in. They were relatively fast, but maybe not as accurate as what they need to be. Well, at least at this stage, I gotta concentrate on getting the serves IN rather than getting them well-placed. It was a great 2 hrs just serving in the rain. The worst thing that happened that was my balls got quite dirty. The tennis courts here are getting old man.

Serine replied last night regarding the date to watch Initial D. She'd rather watch on Saturday before the batch reunion, but I suggested watching on Friday evening instead. Well, she's agreeable but slightly hesitant. Maybe because she doesn't want to go home too late. But this could be a good thing. I may get the chance to send her home, based on the advice by Charlene. Hope this works out, hope this works out.

Wimbledon documentary

There was this documentary on Wimbledon just a moment ago. They were featuring tennis greatest players like Martina Navratilova, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras. They featured Martina Hingis as well and she won her first Wimbledon singles title at the age of 16! My gosh. That's like when I was studying for my O level prelims. Pete Sampras was simply amazing. His athleticism was unmatched and he won 7 Wimbledon single titles! The coolest was when they were interviewing Roger Federer on the time when he was 19 and he beat Pete Sampras in the 4th round. He was crying after the match too. I would as well if i had beaten the best player in the world. Nah. How could that happen. Though, I wouldn't mind winning a Grand Slam though.

Here's to my tennis journey! Cheers!

Sunshine girls..

I was having dinner with Karen earlier today at the tables around Subway at Lido. There were 2 guys and 2 girls seated about 3 tables away. They weren't hard to notice as the group of them were enjoying themselves and taking photos with their camera phones. It struck me that one of the girls was just radiant. Indescribably so. She is pretty yeah, but I'm not being lecherous or anything here. She's just, well, as the topic says, a sunshine girl. Someone always cheerful, well most of the time, extroverted, exciting, unpredictable, open. It's just completely opposite from what I am now. And it really seems to me that this is exactly what I'm looking for. Someone to cheer me when I'm down, to put a smile on my face, to make me laugh.

But, like attracts like. To find someone like this, I've just got to have these qualities first. I'm not sure what's putting me down lately, but I just can't seem to lift my spirits for any occasion. I just feel like staying home, sitting in front of my computer, wasting my weekend away. A new work week comes and it'll be the same again. Where's the motivation now? Where's the drive? Where's the passion? To live?

Like attracts like. Just gotta keep that in mind.

On the wrong track

Over the past day, I've just felt that I could be on the wrong track after all. How true am I to really liking Serine? The answer had come pretty easily in the past, but right now, I just seem to be having doubts about it all. Are we really compatible? Are we really going to be happy in a relationship? I'm pretty tempted to say that if we don't try we won't know, but it's hard to place any commitment when there's no affirmation of the end result in the slightest way.

But that's besides the point. I'm just having doubts about everything now. Probably because, even though I like her so, I just feel that I'm not important enough to her to be seriously considered when she would like to enter a relationship. It could be just delusion on my part as well. I hate to admit it but, do I really need someone to like? Maybe. Probably. I don't know. Where is my direction? Maybe I should just reserve all emotions and feelings till maybe at least during university, where there is a multitude of girls. To affirm my feelings? To choose from a larger pool? The answer seems pretty selfish though.

I'm really tempted to say that I should just leave things to fate, to let things take their natural course, and what will be will be. Wtf. I don't believe in this crap. I'm probably tired of it all for my mind to give up like this. It's sad really..I could be fighting a losing battle after all.

Tennis Mania

I can't remember my life being ever so entertwined with tennis. Everyday, I'm just reading up websites on how to improve my serve, my backhand and my forehand. Twist serves, topspin serves, topspin serves with slice, slice serves, etc. All the different kinds of serves, and all I can't do. Arhh. Haha. That takes practice I guess.

Just had some tennis sessions this past week. Monday and Tuesday were spent improving my serve. Friday and Saturday were spent rallying with Elaine on Friday and Rebekah on Saturday. Elaine's a middle aged lady, she approached me for a short tennis game when I was training my serve on Friday. She can hit the ball but not really well. But it was still fun as I'm not that good anyway. Rebekah's better at tennis. She's this 15-year-old kid from St. Nicks (why do I make 15-year-olds sound so young) who's currently learning tennis. Somehow, she really reminds of Jolene. Same attitude, maybe slightly lower excitement levels, but absolutely the same sms-ing style. And sometimes, I forget I'm talking to a 15-year-old rather than an 18-year-old. Rebekah's really great at tennis. For a girl, she can really hit those backhands with power. Well, at least more powerful than my one-handed backhand. The most amazing this is that she's a left-hander and she's playing with her right. Gosh! That's exactly like Hamon. Haha. I really hope we'll get more chances to play in future.

Was out last night with Shanon and Junjie. Played pool at Paradiz. Shanon wanted a change from the chronically pathetic MechMaster at Far East Shopping Centre. It was a good change though, they had good cues, good tables, good environment, and they even had TV sets showing ESPN. I managed to catch a little of the Stella Artois Semi-Finals. I hope Andy Roddick wins that tournament. At the Gerry Weber Open, the finals going to be between Roger Federer and Marat Safin. And that is going to be one really exciting match-up. Go Federer!

I guess that's it for my recent life. Tennis, tennis and more tennis. Oh maybe Serine too. She's coming back this Thursday, and I've really missed chatting with her. I hope the zoo trip turns into reality. The last time I really liked a girl so much was Cassandra, and at that time, I didn't like her as much as I do with Serine now. I hope good things occur. I really do.

:)