Day out with the boys
Yesterday morning I went to the courts for a bit of a workout. I did some jump roping and shooting. I tried again to touch the backboard but failed =( I seem to get so close, but no matter how many times I try, I can't get it. I wonder if I've lost my hops permanently or if it's just temporary.
After that I went home and had breakfast, planned to go to the gym but my schedule was a bit tight seeing I'd have to meet G soon, so I spent the time vacumming the house and ironing my new shirt and getting some of my clothes in order. I think I definitely need to chuck some things out, as I want to be able to find my clothes readily, and not have to search from the huge pile on a chair.
G picked me up at about 1pm, seemed like I hadn't seen him for a while. I wanted to ask how him and Amanda were going, but couldn't figure out a way of doing it without being too direct or prying, so we just talked about random stuff. I texted Brain to let him know we were going to the city to see if he wanted to meet up, since he said earlier he'd be in the city earlier. He said yes.
When G and I got to the city, I called Brain to ask where he was, and he said he was in Alexandria and would meet us at 2pm. Grrrr. So G and I took a walk around Paddy's, which I think he actually enjoyed. He came close to buying some Transformer cufflinks until we realised it was a ring, lol.
At the end I wanted to take a walk through the Market City shops, but he seemed somewhat reluctant. We took the lift upstairs and checked out the new arcades, which now has bumper cars. Brain arrived and we went to the foodcourt for lunch.
As we ate, I noticed that G had spilled soup everywhere on his tray, and I again wondered how someone with table manners like him could get a girlfriend, while I was on my own.
To my surprise, Brain just outright asked G how Amanda was, and G said everything was going fine. I wanted to ask why she wasn't coming to new year's at Ele's if everything was fine, but he said he was going to the Hunter Valley with her the next day so I assumed they were still together.
After lunch we went to check out some shops. Brain had some specific shops in mind, even though we had checked out other franchises of those same shops the other day at Bondy.
We walked to World Square because I wanted to check out a particular store, and we called Shuing who said he'd come out to meet us, so we ended up going to the arcades to wait for him. I bought $10 credit and played some games, and again got somewhat annoyed that Brain wasn't playing anything even though he seemed like he wanted to go the most.
Shuing arrived and we played some four player games upstairs which was pretty fun. Then I decided to have a go at Street Fighter, because I hadn't played for such a long time, and had my ass kicked, lol.
After that we stood outside for a while trying to decide what to do. I noticed a girl nearby talking to two guys, and thought she looked like Lily, with much shorter hair, almost a mushroom cut. I remembered she said she preferred shorter hair, and wondered if it was her. It did look a bit like her, but: 1) she kinda has that common, mediocre look, which makes a lot of people look similar to her; and 2) always seeing her in one context (the brothel) made it hard to see her in any other context. This girl didn't seem to notice me at all, whereas I figured if it was Lily she would've either acknowledged me or became more awkward upon realising I was there. I kept thinking about it but then decided it wasn't her, since she dyes her hair and this girl's hair was completely black.
We decided to call out Malay since he could only come out later, but G had to go home so G drove us to Shuing's place for the car. On the drive there, we somehow got talking about depression, and Brain chipped in "I'm depressed" which seems to have been overlooked by the louder conversation going on between Shuing and G. But I definitely picked it as a sign.
We got to Shuing's place and got into Shuing's car to go to Chinksford. We decided to eat at Tea Inn. Shuing was hungry so he had a full meal, while Brain and I were still feeling the lunch so we just had something small. Talk got interesting when Shuing said G had told him about Wendy, and had me tell them a bit more. So I told them the story, and Shuing was of the opinion that I should've asked Wendy about what type of cancer her dad had, while I said I didn't because it was a little too personal and it was only the second time I'd met her. He said my problem was that I was too "distant" and my standards were too high. We didn't delve into that anymore, but I somehow agreed with him. The standards thing wasn't new, but the distance thing? Probably, but I like to call it lack of affection.
We also talked about how Brain thought he was ugly. He had said it earlier which was glossed over, but I brought it up again to reassure him and give him some self confidence. I tried to gently let him know that he just needed to actually talk to girls more, but don't think he got the message.
We also talked about Keen's divorce. Apparently he doesn't want the baby at all! Far out, never knew he was that type of person. Shuing said he'd changed a lot, he was a lot more aggressive, and was hitting on a lot of girls. I kept thinking back to the time I met him on the bus and how he kept checking out a girl behind us.
We also talked about G. I said he was lucky to have a girlfriend, because he wasn't exactly the best looking guy, whereas Shuing differed and thought G was decent looking (???). He also thought their relationship was a purely sexual one, and the thought of G being used for sex was somewhat...disturbing.
Malay arrived sometime later, and we chatted for a bit before going to the Wick for coffee/dessert.
By now I was probably a bit tired, but ordered a dessert anyway. I noticed some nice little chocolates which were present-worthy for the next Lily visit. We sat outside and talked, and conversation kinda deteriorated for me when:
1) Shuing started bagging about Ele and her group of friends. Of particular annoyance was him making fun of Colin's name (Colon, really, that's funny???) when he didn't even know the guy.
2) We disagreed on "the most important part" of The Social Network. He said it was the part where Zuckerberg was talking to his girlfriend early in the movie. I disputed it mainly because he said that scene showed he was socially inept. My idea of socially inept is Spawn - Zuckerberg in that scene was just annoying. So I said the most important scene was when the idea of facebook was being created. He got really angry and I think he said "well fuck it then".
3) He suspected that a guy who had parked a green van in front of us was a serial killer, just because the "stats" show that serial killers tend to drive green vans. He reminded me of my mom's paranoia.
It didn't help that Malay seemed to go along with making jokes about prostitutes going in and out of the motel opposite us. It's really annoying when he can never be serious. He also hasn't read that Rich Dad Poor Dad book. I'm just trying to give him a perspective on the importance of money in the hope that maybe he'd grow up, but he can't seem to realise that.
I was glad when we left, but I told myself not to be too unhappy since I was kinda glad that we at least got Shuing out and provided him with some company.
Today
I walked to the gym in the Wick this morning, did my knee exercises and some weights before walking back home. I then went to the courts looking for a game, but there were just some kids and families there, and I thought it'd be better to avoid the sun and go home to watch the Bulls-Bucks game after shooting around a bit.
To my disappointment, the game wasn't on for some reason, so that was my activity for the day.
After that I went home and had breakfast, planned to go to the gym but my schedule was a bit tight seeing I'd have to meet G soon, so I spent the time vacumming the house and ironing my new shirt and getting some of my clothes in order. I think I definitely need to chuck some things out, as I want to be able to find my clothes readily, and not have to search from the huge pile on a chair.
G picked me up at about 1pm, seemed like I hadn't seen him for a while. I wanted to ask how him and Amanda were going, but couldn't figure out a way of doing it without being too direct or prying, so we just talked about random stuff. I texted Brain to let him know we were going to the city to see if he wanted to meet up, since he said earlier he'd be in the city earlier. He said yes.
When G and I got to the city, I called Brain to ask where he was, and he said he was in Alexandria and would meet us at 2pm. Grrrr. So G and I took a walk around Paddy's, which I think he actually enjoyed. He came close to buying some Transformer cufflinks until we realised it was a ring, lol.
At the end I wanted to take a walk through the Market City shops, but he seemed somewhat reluctant. We took the lift upstairs and checked out the new arcades, which now has bumper cars. Brain arrived and we went to the foodcourt for lunch.
As we ate, I noticed that G had spilled soup everywhere on his tray, and I again wondered how someone with table manners like him could get a girlfriend, while I was on my own.
To my surprise, Brain just outright asked G how Amanda was, and G said everything was going fine. I wanted to ask why she wasn't coming to new year's at Ele's if everything was fine, but he said he was going to the Hunter Valley with her the next day so I assumed they were still together.
After lunch we went to check out some shops. Brain had some specific shops in mind, even though we had checked out other franchises of those same shops the other day at Bondy.
We walked to World Square because I wanted to check out a particular store, and we called Shuing who said he'd come out to meet us, so we ended up going to the arcades to wait for him. I bought $10 credit and played some games, and again got somewhat annoyed that Brain wasn't playing anything even though he seemed like he wanted to go the most.
Shuing arrived and we played some four player games upstairs which was pretty fun. Then I decided to have a go at Street Fighter, because I hadn't played for such a long time, and had my ass kicked, lol.
After that we stood outside for a while trying to decide what to do. I noticed a girl nearby talking to two guys, and thought she looked like Lily, with much shorter hair, almost a mushroom cut. I remembered she said she preferred shorter hair, and wondered if it was her. It did look a bit like her, but: 1) she kinda has that common, mediocre look, which makes a lot of people look similar to her; and 2) always seeing her in one context (the brothel) made it hard to see her in any other context. This girl didn't seem to notice me at all, whereas I figured if it was Lily she would've either acknowledged me or became more awkward upon realising I was there. I kept thinking about it but then decided it wasn't her, since she dyes her hair and this girl's hair was completely black.
We decided to call out Malay since he could only come out later, but G had to go home so G drove us to Shuing's place for the car. On the drive there, we somehow got talking about depression, and Brain chipped in "I'm depressed" which seems to have been overlooked by the louder conversation going on between Shuing and G. But I definitely picked it as a sign.
We got to Shuing's place and got into Shuing's car to go to Chinksford. We decided to eat at Tea Inn. Shuing was hungry so he had a full meal, while Brain and I were still feeling the lunch so we just had something small. Talk got interesting when Shuing said G had told him about Wendy, and had me tell them a bit more. So I told them the story, and Shuing was of the opinion that I should've asked Wendy about what type of cancer her dad had, while I said I didn't because it was a little too personal and it was only the second time I'd met her. He said my problem was that I was too "distant" and my standards were too high. We didn't delve into that anymore, but I somehow agreed with him. The standards thing wasn't new, but the distance thing? Probably, but I like to call it lack of affection.
We also talked about how Brain thought he was ugly. He had said it earlier which was glossed over, but I brought it up again to reassure him and give him some self confidence. I tried to gently let him know that he just needed to actually talk to girls more, but don't think he got the message.
We also talked about Keen's divorce. Apparently he doesn't want the baby at all! Far out, never knew he was that type of person. Shuing said he'd changed a lot, he was a lot more aggressive, and was hitting on a lot of girls. I kept thinking back to the time I met him on the bus and how he kept checking out a girl behind us.
We also talked about G. I said he was lucky to have a girlfriend, because he wasn't exactly the best looking guy, whereas Shuing differed and thought G was decent looking (???). He also thought their relationship was a purely sexual one, and the thought of G being used for sex was somewhat...disturbing.
Malay arrived sometime later, and we chatted for a bit before going to the Wick for coffee/dessert.
By now I was probably a bit tired, but ordered a dessert anyway. I noticed some nice little chocolates which were present-worthy for the next Lily visit. We sat outside and talked, and conversation kinda deteriorated for me when:
1) Shuing started bagging about Ele and her group of friends. Of particular annoyance was him making fun of Colin's name (Colon, really, that's funny???) when he didn't even know the guy.
2) We disagreed on "the most important part" of The Social Network. He said it was the part where Zuckerberg was talking to his girlfriend early in the movie. I disputed it mainly because he said that scene showed he was socially inept. My idea of socially inept is Spawn - Zuckerberg in that scene was just annoying. So I said the most important scene was when the idea of facebook was being created. He got really angry and I think he said "well fuck it then".
3) He suspected that a guy who had parked a green van in front of us was a serial killer, just because the "stats" show that serial killers tend to drive green vans. He reminded me of my mom's paranoia.
It didn't help that Malay seemed to go along with making jokes about prostitutes going in and out of the motel opposite us. It's really annoying when he can never be serious. He also hasn't read that Rich Dad Poor Dad book. I'm just trying to give him a perspective on the importance of money in the hope that maybe he'd grow up, but he can't seem to realise that.
I was glad when we left, but I told myself not to be too unhappy since I was kinda glad that we at least got Shuing out and provided him with some company.
Today
I walked to the gym in the Wick this morning, did my knee exercises and some weights before walking back home. I then went to the courts looking for a game, but there were just some kids and families there, and I thought it'd be better to avoid the sun and go home to watch the Bulls-Bucks game after shooting around a bit.
To my disappointment, the game wasn't on for some reason, so that was my activity for the day.
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