alright i haven't blogged for a while. actually i haven't been doing very much for a while. my schedule has been like this everyday: wake up, play on the computer, eat, play on the computer, talk on the phone with kai, eat, watch WC match 1, watch WC match 2, sleep. unlike saiful, i have been completely hopeless in my attempts to study, as is rather obvious. i think there are too many distractions at home, what more with the World Cup on. sigh. looks like i have to go out to study.

the only major break from that routine has been yesterday, when the rather deranged triumvirate of princess, girlfriend and myself went to celebrate princess' 18th year! whee. happy birthday vernie! for once, i actually didn't mind being the guy tagging along with the shopping girls, carrying their shopping bags, handbags, etc... twas good to go out with them both again. vernie spent perhaps just below $200 on a pair of birkenstocks [pink and flowery!], 3 books from borders [on offer! haha. cheapskate], a pretty sundress and a pair of earrings. kai and i bought her a pair of bright pink heels to accentuate her princess-ness and treated her to a [not-so-] royal fish & co lunch where we coincidentally bumped into yish. who also happened to splurge on birkenstocks. tsktsk.

anyway, the expression on vernie's dad's face was quite funny when he saw the number of shopping bags :P but princess deserves royal treatment once in a while lah.

so kai and i wandered around aimlessly after that, as couples tend to do for lack of a purposeful direction. we argued over my spending on her, as usual, and we went to toys'r'us, where kai started playing with elmo. hm. after that, she had to go home and mike was sad :(

bleagh. there were so many things i wanted to do after the TSD exams that i haven't quite started on yet. i wanted to find a job/volunteer but i haven't even started searching. i've had some cursory practice on the drums and brushed up slightly on my rusty thai. but that's about it. sigh. at least i've spent more time with kai, which is good.

my head is spinning from the lack of exercise and continued staring at screens [TV and computer]. i really should get started on some kind of work. or look like i am at least. or maybe start thinking about doing it. sigh :(