A weekend of the past

On Saturday morning I went to the courts, and to my surprise there were a few Asian guys there. I was a bit disappointed because I was looking forward to doing some jump rope. Anyway, I shot around for a while and then they all approached me and asked for a game. I hadn't really noticed them playing, so didn't know what level they were. Two of them told me that this was kinda like their first time playing, but said that their third friend was good.

I wasn't going to knock back an opportunity to test myself, and this would seem pretty ideal - to have a run against scrubs, so I agreed.

I teamed up with the smaller guy, and then the third friend teamed up with the fat guy. I found myself guarding the third friend, and he was pretty decent. He knew how to play.

I found myself having difficulty with his speed. Even though mentally I was there in terms of defence, I did a pretty shoddy job of guarding him. But offensively, I was better than I had thought. I instinctively did jump shots, even though in practice I kept telling myself I wasn't ready for it. I hit a good percentage of my shots too.

I could rebound and block ok, but what I noticed was my passing was still there. I could thread a needle through a keyhole with my passes. I thought "if that's all you can do, then you'd still make a pretty decent guard".

We won the first game, then lost the second game. We rested and chatted for a bit after that. Found out they were from Burma, but there was another name for it because they found Burma to be offensive. They were uni students studying nearby. They were surprised by how old I was, lol. Damn that's bad.

We played a third game and kept the same teams. It was a close one, and we won by one, hehe. I was pretty damn happy.

I left after that, not really wanting to risk over-using my knee. I got changed and then headed out to the office to do some work for my hearing. I had planned to stay only about an hour, I just wanted to get my head around what I needed to do on Monday, that's all.

I stayed for about an hour and then went back home to get my car, and then drove to the Bra to have my glasses fixed. I paid the $150 for the new arm, but the dude said he didn't really know how to attach it and the girl who did wasn't there, so he suggested I go to his other shop at the shopping centre near me.

I was cool with that, so I drove to the shopping centre and had my glasses fixed there. I had to wait a while, so walked around the shops a bit. I was to meet Malay and Shuing to go to Bunnings, so messaged them that I'd pick them up in half an hour.

When I returned to the optometrist, the dude fitted my glasses back on and cleaned them for me. I kinda liked the feeling of his fingers fidgeting around my head and ears. I thought it was really good customer service and told myself that if I ever needed anything related to glasses, I'd go back to them.

I left and picked up Malay and then Shuing. We drove to Bunnings nearby for Malay to look for some tools for his car. I'm always amazed everytime I go there, it makes me feel like I know what I'm doing. It's also like another world where you can learn so much.

Shuing bought a sponge for G after we told him that G washed his car with a scourer once, lol.

Once we got our stuff we left and met up with G at Chinksford for lunch. G had already eaten, but I said he could come out for a drink anyway. We went to Happy Chef, and I ordered some meat on sticks on top of our own orders just so G didn't feel left out and it wasn't too obvious that I did it for him.

After that we dropped Shuing home, and then the three of us went to check out one of the cars G is looking to buy. It was pretty damn nice, a Subaru, but he for some reason liked the hatch, whereas I was pushing for the sedan. Can't believe they're the same price.

We split after that, I dropped Malay home, he invited me to drinks Thai was having with his friends but I didn't really feel like it. Instead, I went out to the movies because Friday had ruined my plans for a movie.

I went to Broadway and watched The Hurt Locker. It was ok, but thought the dude was a bit too bravado, you know, another one of those "I don't need to follow the rules because I'm so cool" kinda guys. I think I'm getting tired of those.

After that I did think about whoring, but then decided against it as I wanted to wake up early to go to the courts.

On Sunday I did wake up early and go to the courts, doing three sets of jump rope. No one was around, so I found it especially peaceful. I kinda wish everyday could be like that.

I went to the gym after that, then had a really nice fruit salad and then went home for breakfast. I organised lunch with Malay and Shuing and we went to Chinksford to eat. Shuing had to go at 3pm, so it felt a little bit constrained.

Shuing told us a bit about the previous night when he went to Amy's farewell and had to drive Linda and Michael L. We talked a bit about how Michael L couldn't help himself criticising anything related to Shuing's car. Shuing said he actually hadn't said anything for the entire night, but couldn't help himself and ruined it at the end when he critiqued the cleanliness of Shuing's windscreen, lol.

After that I had this suddent craving for the casino, so I went. You would not believe what happened. The dealer rolled it into one half of the wheel nine times in a row. Luckily I bet with the streak and walked off with $100 gain even though at one stage I was up $270. Imagine if I had betted against the streak, I would've lost it all. Amazing.

I ended up going for a massage after, but at the place that's sorta near me. Met a girl called Dana who was from South America. We got along fairly ok, but she had a boyfriend. I find it kinda a turn off to know that they have a boyfriend.

So yeah, looks like I've returned to my old ways since coming back to Sydney. Will I accept it? Probably not, I still want to quit gambling and whoring. In fact, I'm aiming to pay off my credit card by my birthday in June. Do-able?