4-5
So turns out we won on Wednesday night, by about 30 points. Nick sent me a message after the game. We played that small team, coming second last. Maybe it was a good thing I didn't play, as I was secretly afraid I'd get burnt by the younger smaller guards.
On Thursday I made the trip up to Newcastle. I left home at 6:30am, thinking that may have been ok on the basis that it took just a little over two hours to get there. Near the beginning I even thought I could stop later for a toilet break, but as I drove on, it became apparent that time would be a challenge.
Once I got there I had to find the actual place, and then parking. I parked in a paid car park building, and got there about ten minutes after 9am. I went to file some documents and then waited in court. One thing I hate about coming to these rural courts is that you feel like an outsider.
Anyway, as I sat there feeling fairly nervous, I saw Dugon walk across and sit next to me. I remember seeing she had a matter there, but didn't actually think she'd be coming. We talked a bit before she was sent to another courtoom.
I waited for a while before doing my matter. I was so scared I'd stuff up. It was my first arraignment as a pros. At one point after doing the main thing, the judge looked at me, expecting the next step. I didn't know what the next step was, lol, so I looked at the other side, and he asked "five days?" and I knew, haha.
So I managed to get it done without a kerfuffle, even though this judge was a bit grumpy in general to others.
I walked outside to look for Dugon. I thought I'd offer to drive her back, but feared it may seem sleazy of me and I could just picture her saying "no thanks", yet at the same time, it would've been pretty rude if I just drove off without saying bye. As I looked around, there was this really hot blonde who smiled at me. I wasn't expecting it so didn't smile back, but dayum. That was enough to lift my confidence for the rest of the day.
Maybe I'm not bad looking after all? Maybe I'm actually a catch for Naby?
I found Dugon walking in from the outside, and she said they had been sent back because the matter wasn't ready to proceed. So I sat around waiting for her to get a date, and then we left together. I needed to find an ATM to get some cash for the parking ticket, and then went to buy some lollies for my level.
I feared that there'd be awkward silences during the drive. I mean, after all, what the hell could we talk about for two hours? But it turns out that we managed to pull through ok. We started by talking about promotions in our office, then the work we did. It was mainly about work, though she did tell me her dad bought a new car recently. I noticed her yawning later on, and thought about asking her to sleep if she wanted to, but then didn't want any potential harassment claims.
Anyway, we made it back by like 2pm, and I was pretty tired. There was a lot to do back at the office, and it's always a burdening feeling to see 10+ new emails, but I worked through stuff slowly and made it through the rest of the day.
Friday was a bit of a stressful day. I had to wait for instructions from DS about a matter. He was supposed to get it from Jim at 10am, but I felt bored and asked Ele out to lunch, and she surprisingly agreed. So by noon, I still hadn't gotten instructions and was questioning how appropriate it'd be to go out for a one hour lunch...
I waited for her outside Citibank, a bit annoyed that even though I was late, she still hadn't arrived. I finally spotted her across the road waving at me. I gestured for her to run across, lol. When the lights changed, I watched as she walked over. She always has this shy smile when we first see eachother. I like.
We started walking towards the Japanese restaurant we had been to before. She asked me why I assumed she wanted that, lol. I said I thought she liked it, and she said maybe she doesn't want to have it everyday, lol. It was full anyway, she suggested food court below, I thought it was a bit dirty for her, we checked out a Japanese place that Shuing had taken me to before behind KFC, but that was full as well. She suggested Pepper Lunch but as we walked across the cinema she seemed to succumb to me idea of the cineme sushi train.
So we went there, and I ordered a hot green tea for her because that was what she wanted. I got a drink from the fridge and we started eating. We talked about investing in properties mainly. I knew the outline of what she was saying, but I did learn a few things. Also, she said she earned $70k, which made me quiet because that is more than me. She said they were looking for an apartment and would move there for six months then move back to rent it out. I got that feeling again that I was coming last amongst my friends, because of my gambling addiction.
Towards the end, I had my eye on the time as I didn't want to be seen to be going out for more than an hour lunch when something urgent was happening. She ordered a few more custom dishes, and I was thinking "ohh god", but I told myself to put up with it because...well, I liked her. She asked if I needed to go and I said yeah, but we waited for the dishes to arrive and I finished mine quickly.
I paid for the meal, saying she paid last time and it was her birthday the day before. She said she had gone to a German restaurant and had a big dish of meat, lol.
She said she liked the sushi train place, even though she didn't get a good first impression last time she went. We parted outside and I rushed back to work.
To my surprise, everything was normal when I got back. No urgent emails, no notes left on my chair, no DS screaming and asking me where I was. In fact, he was out at lunch himself. I wondered if he had been looking for me.
Later in the afternoon, he came to my room to talk about the matter. He had closed the door as usual. He went through some of the paperwork in the file, and made jokes about the movies involved. Turns out he is a bit of a movie buff and video game fan. He reassured me this wasn't a test, and told me about how when he just started out he was kinda like me, feeling like every question from a supervisor was a test.
I saw Mary walk around outside and I waved her to come in. We all discussed the matter, and when it was clear that we had come to an end, I thought it was about time for DS to get up and leave, but he remained in his seat and his body language suggested he was waiting for Mary to leave. When she did, he continued talking to me, which I found to be a little strange. Just a little.
At the end of the day, he was still around. I was actually working on my finances, completing my fortnightly spreadsheet as usual. I seem to have a little more money than I've budgeted. Don't know how that works out. Maybe I've forgotten to count something very crucial. Anyway, I noticed that when I turned my computer off and went to return a suitcase, DS was leaving at the same time. Had he timed it? Nah, I'm just being paranoid.
I must admit, I started feeling a bit lonely after work. I had started chatting with this girl online and had swapped numbers. She had asked in the morning if I'd be free after work and I said yes. She sent me a message asking me in the afternoon, so I decided to call her. No pick up. She called back, and that was the first time we spoke. She had a friendly voice, maybe a bit annoying/bitchy. She asked me to come out for a drink, and I said yes, then she mentioned it was with her cousin and friends.
There was no way I was going to meet a bunch of strangers and effectively be in 'her territory'. I went through that with Wendy Z and didn't want to go through it again. I hated being surprised like that. I said no but she kept pushing, so I said yes, knowing I'd just make up an excuse later not to go.
I thought about the casino. I thought about going to a 'shop'. But I told myself, goddamn, Naby hadn't even been gone for a week and you already want to cheat on her???
Then I figured it out - I'd go to the gym! I felt like it anyway, I was really in the mood. It was perfect. I had all the time in the world, and wouldn't feel constrained like those lunch time sessions. Also, it was a Friday night so it'd probably be empty.
As I walked to the gym, I came up with a solution. I messaged that girl, saying I had been dragged to drinks by colleagues, and asked her to come over, thereby flipping the situation and giving her a taste of her own medicine. Needless to say, she declined. See bitch?
I went to the gym and did 20 minutes on the bike. Far out, after not having gone to the gym for a while, that kinda shocked my legs. When I got off the bike, my legs were like stiff, like they were stuck in the cycling position.
I did some weights and worked on my abs as well. Good workout. Good way to spend my Friday night.
Saturday
Yesterday I was to meet Nick and Any for bball at KGV. I was late but was the first to get there. Turns out they were polishing the courts, so that was the end of that. I called Any and told him to meet us at Central. I waited around for Nick. I saw him when I started walking off in the direction I had came, assuming he'd come from the same direction.
He gave me my uniform, which was one of the things I was looking forward to the most. I was soooo happy inside to receive it. It looked and felt decent, not sure what his complaints were about. Most of all, I was just happy to see my name on the back. So this is it really, this is my 'second' team after the Pandas. I couldn't wait to try it on.
We walked to Central together, and it was a bit of a walk, but we had more than enough to talk about - bball, his trip to Thailand, work. We got to Central seeing Any shooting around. It was good to see him after not seeing him on Wednesday.
We shot around a bit before this guy just came and joined us. He seemed a bit weird. We shot around a bit more before the weird guy suggested a game. It was Nick and I versus him and Any. We were doing alright, but I noticed the weird guy went pretty hard at Nick. I thought he was trying to prove he was good enough for our team, since he said he wanted to join one.
He could definitely play, but he just didn't look like a basketball player. He looked a little too happy.
We later got a game of three on three going, even though I had to go in about 20 minutes. It was Nick, Any and I versus the other three. We had a really good pick and roll going with me and Any and Nick. I really liked it. I just wished Mike would be able to figure it out.
Towards the end, I came back with a loose ball, faked right then dashed left, crossing my defender over and went in for a floater. It went in as I heard the guys cheering. It put a smile on my face. Any came over and said I was like a 20 year old Jason Kidd, lol. I would've preferred Allen Iverson, but I'll take that compliment.
Some other guys wanted to play so I took the chance to leave. I walked off feeling pretty good that I was able to pull off a cross over again after my surgery. I realised I was now heading towards the 11 month recovery period. But I also told myself that the guy I crossed over wasn't exactly a top defender, and I may well not have been able to pull that off in a game.
I went to meet the guys in Chinatown for yum cha. I saw Brain and Malay there already waiting. We stood around and talked while waiting for Shuing. When he called later, he got a bit upset that we had waited instead of getting a table first. I had actually deliberately waited because this isn't the first time he's done it. I just felt it was rude of him to always come late and have us set things up ready for him.
Moreover, he said he had to leave at 1pm for work, but I reckon he just needs to get home to place bets.
Anyway, we eventually went to Zilver, and while waiting for a table, Shuing arrived. Brain and I waited for a table while the other two went to see if Marigold involved any waiting. Anyway, we got a table first and so I called them back.
I thought it was a bit rude of Shuing to dominate the conversation about G when Malay had been BLOODY ATTACKED a few days ago. Sheesh. Shuing really wanted to talk about G and Sally. Don't get me wrong, he had juicy stuff, like how G is now grounded by his mom, lol, and how I got him into trouble by cancelling movies last time. Apparently he had told his mom he was coming to movies with us, but when I cancelled, he went to see Sally. His mom waited outside the cinema and never saw him, so found out he lied, lol.
I did try to steer the conversation away by asking Malay about his incident. He didn't seem too shocked about it all, which I guess was good. But I just wished it had happened to Bobby instead of a nice guy like Malay. This world is so unfair.
But Shuing eventually kept coming back to G. I think he gets too obsessed with other people's business.
Anyway, after a while Shuing paid his share and left. The rest of us decided to go watch X-Men, so we upped and left. It was a bit less than $20 for each of us, which I thought was pretty good. I didn't like how Brain took all the change, cause I felt like we should've left a tip, but later I realised why, as he offered to pay for some of Malay's parking fee.
We went to the shopping centre near me. I had messaged G, and he asked what time but heard nothing back. I called him and he said he was coming. I said thanks for telling me, and he said he was contemplating.
Contemplating my ass.
So we checked our Rebel for a weapon Malay could hide in his car while we waited for G. Eventually he arrived and we met him at the cinema.
We bought our tickets and went in. I noticed G signed up for the membership reward thing. We sat down near the front, and went through some previews. G went out holding his phone and then came back. Before the movie actually started, he got up again. He said to me he didn't realise the movie was this long and left. Malay said he was a bad liar.
What G didn't know was that Shuing had already told us about stuff earlier, so we now knew he had left to see Sally. I thought for a moment and told myself: anything that makes you a liar cannot be a good thing. For G it was Sally, for me it was gambling.
Anyway, I tried not to think too much about it even though I felt a bit used, but I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. I was a bit hostile towards the new cast, but I really enjoyed the guys who played Xavier and Magneto. My favourite bit, of course, was the Wolverine scene where he tells them "go fuck yourself" LOL!
I didn't like the selection of the mutants though - surely they could've picked more exciting and powerful mutants. I mean, a butterfly and sonar guy? Seriously??
It was a bit sad at the end when Xavier got shot. I felt like crying but kept telling myself not to because I was with Malay and Brain.
After the movie Malay drove us both home.
On Thursday I made the trip up to Newcastle. I left home at 6:30am, thinking that may have been ok on the basis that it took just a little over two hours to get there. Near the beginning I even thought I could stop later for a toilet break, but as I drove on, it became apparent that time would be a challenge.
Once I got there I had to find the actual place, and then parking. I parked in a paid car park building, and got there about ten minutes after 9am. I went to file some documents and then waited in court. One thing I hate about coming to these rural courts is that you feel like an outsider.
Anyway, as I sat there feeling fairly nervous, I saw Dugon walk across and sit next to me. I remember seeing she had a matter there, but didn't actually think she'd be coming. We talked a bit before she was sent to another courtoom.
I waited for a while before doing my matter. I was so scared I'd stuff up. It was my first arraignment as a pros. At one point after doing the main thing, the judge looked at me, expecting the next step. I didn't know what the next step was, lol, so I looked at the other side, and he asked "five days?" and I knew, haha.
So I managed to get it done without a kerfuffle, even though this judge was a bit grumpy in general to others.
I walked outside to look for Dugon. I thought I'd offer to drive her back, but feared it may seem sleazy of me and I could just picture her saying "no thanks", yet at the same time, it would've been pretty rude if I just drove off without saying bye. As I looked around, there was this really hot blonde who smiled at me. I wasn't expecting it so didn't smile back, but dayum. That was enough to lift my confidence for the rest of the day.
Maybe I'm not bad looking after all? Maybe I'm actually a catch for Naby?
I found Dugon walking in from the outside, and she said they had been sent back because the matter wasn't ready to proceed. So I sat around waiting for her to get a date, and then we left together. I needed to find an ATM to get some cash for the parking ticket, and then went to buy some lollies for my level.
I feared that there'd be awkward silences during the drive. I mean, after all, what the hell could we talk about for two hours? But it turns out that we managed to pull through ok. We started by talking about promotions in our office, then the work we did. It was mainly about work, though she did tell me her dad bought a new car recently. I noticed her yawning later on, and thought about asking her to sleep if she wanted to, but then didn't want any potential harassment claims.
Anyway, we made it back by like 2pm, and I was pretty tired. There was a lot to do back at the office, and it's always a burdening feeling to see 10+ new emails, but I worked through stuff slowly and made it through the rest of the day.
Friday was a bit of a stressful day. I had to wait for instructions from DS about a matter. He was supposed to get it from Jim at 10am, but I felt bored and asked Ele out to lunch, and she surprisingly agreed. So by noon, I still hadn't gotten instructions and was questioning how appropriate it'd be to go out for a one hour lunch...
I waited for her outside Citibank, a bit annoyed that even though I was late, she still hadn't arrived. I finally spotted her across the road waving at me. I gestured for her to run across, lol. When the lights changed, I watched as she walked over. She always has this shy smile when we first see eachother. I like.
We started walking towards the Japanese restaurant we had been to before. She asked me why I assumed she wanted that, lol. I said I thought she liked it, and she said maybe she doesn't want to have it everyday, lol. It was full anyway, she suggested food court below, I thought it was a bit dirty for her, we checked out a Japanese place that Shuing had taken me to before behind KFC, but that was full as well. She suggested Pepper Lunch but as we walked across the cinema she seemed to succumb to me idea of the cineme sushi train.
So we went there, and I ordered a hot green tea for her because that was what she wanted. I got a drink from the fridge and we started eating. We talked about investing in properties mainly. I knew the outline of what she was saying, but I did learn a few things. Also, she said she earned $70k, which made me quiet because that is more than me. She said they were looking for an apartment and would move there for six months then move back to rent it out. I got that feeling again that I was coming last amongst my friends, because of my gambling addiction.
Towards the end, I had my eye on the time as I didn't want to be seen to be going out for more than an hour lunch when something urgent was happening. She ordered a few more custom dishes, and I was thinking "ohh god", but I told myself to put up with it because...well, I liked her. She asked if I needed to go and I said yeah, but we waited for the dishes to arrive and I finished mine quickly.
I paid for the meal, saying she paid last time and it was her birthday the day before. She said she had gone to a German restaurant and had a big dish of meat, lol.
She said she liked the sushi train place, even though she didn't get a good first impression last time she went. We parted outside and I rushed back to work.
To my surprise, everything was normal when I got back. No urgent emails, no notes left on my chair, no DS screaming and asking me where I was. In fact, he was out at lunch himself. I wondered if he had been looking for me.
Later in the afternoon, he came to my room to talk about the matter. He had closed the door as usual. He went through some of the paperwork in the file, and made jokes about the movies involved. Turns out he is a bit of a movie buff and video game fan. He reassured me this wasn't a test, and told me about how when he just started out he was kinda like me, feeling like every question from a supervisor was a test.
I saw Mary walk around outside and I waved her to come in. We all discussed the matter, and when it was clear that we had come to an end, I thought it was about time for DS to get up and leave, but he remained in his seat and his body language suggested he was waiting for Mary to leave. When she did, he continued talking to me, which I found to be a little strange. Just a little.
At the end of the day, he was still around. I was actually working on my finances, completing my fortnightly spreadsheet as usual. I seem to have a little more money than I've budgeted. Don't know how that works out. Maybe I've forgotten to count something very crucial. Anyway, I noticed that when I turned my computer off and went to return a suitcase, DS was leaving at the same time. Had he timed it? Nah, I'm just being paranoid.
I must admit, I started feeling a bit lonely after work. I had started chatting with this girl online and had swapped numbers. She had asked in the morning if I'd be free after work and I said yes. She sent me a message asking me in the afternoon, so I decided to call her. No pick up. She called back, and that was the first time we spoke. She had a friendly voice, maybe a bit annoying/bitchy. She asked me to come out for a drink, and I said yes, then she mentioned it was with her cousin and friends.
There was no way I was going to meet a bunch of strangers and effectively be in 'her territory'. I went through that with Wendy Z and didn't want to go through it again. I hated being surprised like that. I said no but she kept pushing, so I said yes, knowing I'd just make up an excuse later not to go.
I thought about the casino. I thought about going to a 'shop'. But I told myself, goddamn, Naby hadn't even been gone for a week and you already want to cheat on her???
Then I figured it out - I'd go to the gym! I felt like it anyway, I was really in the mood. It was perfect. I had all the time in the world, and wouldn't feel constrained like those lunch time sessions. Also, it was a Friday night so it'd probably be empty.
As I walked to the gym, I came up with a solution. I messaged that girl, saying I had been dragged to drinks by colleagues, and asked her to come over, thereby flipping the situation and giving her a taste of her own medicine. Needless to say, she declined. See bitch?
I went to the gym and did 20 minutes on the bike. Far out, after not having gone to the gym for a while, that kinda shocked my legs. When I got off the bike, my legs were like stiff, like they were stuck in the cycling position.
I did some weights and worked on my abs as well. Good workout. Good way to spend my Friday night.
Saturday
Yesterday I was to meet Nick and Any for bball at KGV. I was late but was the first to get there. Turns out they were polishing the courts, so that was the end of that. I called Any and told him to meet us at Central. I waited around for Nick. I saw him when I started walking off in the direction I had came, assuming he'd come from the same direction.
He gave me my uniform, which was one of the things I was looking forward to the most. I was soooo happy inside to receive it. It looked and felt decent, not sure what his complaints were about. Most of all, I was just happy to see my name on the back. So this is it really, this is my 'second' team after the Pandas. I couldn't wait to try it on.
We walked to Central together, and it was a bit of a walk, but we had more than enough to talk about - bball, his trip to Thailand, work. We got to Central seeing Any shooting around. It was good to see him after not seeing him on Wednesday.
We shot around a bit before this guy just came and joined us. He seemed a bit weird. We shot around a bit more before the weird guy suggested a game. It was Nick and I versus him and Any. We were doing alright, but I noticed the weird guy went pretty hard at Nick. I thought he was trying to prove he was good enough for our team, since he said he wanted to join one.
He could definitely play, but he just didn't look like a basketball player. He looked a little too happy.
We later got a game of three on three going, even though I had to go in about 20 minutes. It was Nick, Any and I versus the other three. We had a really good pick and roll going with me and Any and Nick. I really liked it. I just wished Mike would be able to figure it out.
Towards the end, I came back with a loose ball, faked right then dashed left, crossing my defender over and went in for a floater. It went in as I heard the guys cheering. It put a smile on my face. Any came over and said I was like a 20 year old Jason Kidd, lol. I would've preferred Allen Iverson, but I'll take that compliment.
Some other guys wanted to play so I took the chance to leave. I walked off feeling pretty good that I was able to pull off a cross over again after my surgery. I realised I was now heading towards the 11 month recovery period. But I also told myself that the guy I crossed over wasn't exactly a top defender, and I may well not have been able to pull that off in a game.
I went to meet the guys in Chinatown for yum cha. I saw Brain and Malay there already waiting. We stood around and talked while waiting for Shuing. When he called later, he got a bit upset that we had waited instead of getting a table first. I had actually deliberately waited because this isn't the first time he's done it. I just felt it was rude of him to always come late and have us set things up ready for him.
Moreover, he said he had to leave at 1pm for work, but I reckon he just needs to get home to place bets.
Anyway, we eventually went to Zilver, and while waiting for a table, Shuing arrived. Brain and I waited for a table while the other two went to see if Marigold involved any waiting. Anyway, we got a table first and so I called them back.
I thought it was a bit rude of Shuing to dominate the conversation about G when Malay had been BLOODY ATTACKED a few days ago. Sheesh. Shuing really wanted to talk about G and Sally. Don't get me wrong, he had juicy stuff, like how G is now grounded by his mom, lol, and how I got him into trouble by cancelling movies last time. Apparently he had told his mom he was coming to movies with us, but when I cancelled, he went to see Sally. His mom waited outside the cinema and never saw him, so found out he lied, lol.
I did try to steer the conversation away by asking Malay about his incident. He didn't seem too shocked about it all, which I guess was good. But I just wished it had happened to Bobby instead of a nice guy like Malay. This world is so unfair.
But Shuing eventually kept coming back to G. I think he gets too obsessed with other people's business.
Anyway, after a while Shuing paid his share and left. The rest of us decided to go watch X-Men, so we upped and left. It was a bit less than $20 for each of us, which I thought was pretty good. I didn't like how Brain took all the change, cause I felt like we should've left a tip, but later I realised why, as he offered to pay for some of Malay's parking fee.
We went to the shopping centre near me. I had messaged G, and he asked what time but heard nothing back. I called him and he said he was coming. I said thanks for telling me, and he said he was contemplating.
Contemplating my ass.
So we checked our Rebel for a weapon Malay could hide in his car while we waited for G. Eventually he arrived and we met him at the cinema.
We bought our tickets and went in. I noticed G signed up for the membership reward thing. We sat down near the front, and went through some previews. G went out holding his phone and then came back. Before the movie actually started, he got up again. He said to me he didn't realise the movie was this long and left. Malay said he was a bad liar.
What G didn't know was that Shuing had already told us about stuff earlier, so we now knew he had left to see Sally. I thought for a moment and told myself: anything that makes you a liar cannot be a good thing. For G it was Sally, for me it was gambling.
Anyway, I tried not to think too much about it even though I felt a bit used, but I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. I was a bit hostile towards the new cast, but I really enjoyed the guys who played Xavier and Magneto. My favourite bit, of course, was the Wolverine scene where he tells them "go fuck yourself" LOL!
I didn't like the selection of the mutants though - surely they could've picked more exciting and powerful mutants. I mean, a butterfly and sonar guy? Seriously??
It was a bit sad at the end when Xavier got shot. I felt like crying but kept telling myself not to because I was with Malay and Brain.
After the movie Malay drove us both home.
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