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Day: 172(Thursday, 6th June 2002)
Status: Training Day # 3
Days without PS2: 8 day(s)
Days without Cube: 4 day(s)
Listening to: Innuendo - Squeeze
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DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.DAMN.

I actually had an update last night, finished everything before I went to bed. Then, I forgot to publish my journal and shut down my pc instead and lost everything. I remembered after I shut down the pc so I quickly booted up to check and sure enough, the latest update wasn't there. Well, you guys didn't miss much anyway. It was my off day yesterday. Nothing much interesting to talk about. I guess I'll skip that. I might include some of the stuff I mentioned last night.
Some good stuff I hope :D

Just got out of the shower and DT told me that I have mail today. He said it could be from SONY and there was a letter as well. Letter from Monash, Demo from SONY. It's called "Smash Court Tennis - Pro Tournament". Hey, even though I'm not that much of a tennis fan, a free demo is a free demo! How bloody "kiasu" can a person be? :þ Let me impress you with my knowledge even though I'm not much of a tennis fan. On the front of the cardboard sleeve are pics of some of the players. We've got a bald Andre Agassi, a fine looking Martina Hingis, a hairy Pete Sampras, another fine looking specimen of Anna Kournikova, someone familiar girl (more on this later), some guy I don't know, another familiar looking girl (later as well) and finally, Pat Rafter (I think). I turned the sleeve over to look at some screenshots and read the description, the girls that looked familiar are Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport. Now, for someone who doesn't even watch a single set of tennis, I'm doing pretty well wouldn't you say? *winks*
There's another name at the back and I assume its the dude I don't know, who is Yevgeny Kafelnikov. OK, that name sort of rings a bell. Might have heard it on the sports channel before. See how it just rolls of your tongues... Kafelnikov.... HAHAHA. Say that 10 times really fast and try not to get tongue tied! How nice, I'm even creating little games for all of you to enjoy. Guess I'll try out this little demo when I have the time.

OK, today's the 3rd day at work. No Jezza to watch my back, but I got Stephen. He's alright. Sounds abit stoned at times. In fact, he looks abit like that actor, Giovanni Ribisi from "Saving Private Ryan" (as the medic) and "Gone in 60 Seconds" (as Nicolas Cage's brother). Actually now that I mention it, this Ribisi dude also acts/sounds stoned most of the time! What a revelation! Anyway, Stephen was a nice guy, going through the checklists of my duties with me etc. All in all, a pretty good day. Tony warned me about Adam (who's a pretty good looking kid) and said that Adam pokes people's butts sometimes. When I was cleaning the trays and Tony was replacing the serviettes, I saw Adam sneak up behind him and squeezed his butt! Hrmmm....I don't think Adam is gay. OK, so alot of good looking guys are gay, but I think I'll observe more before I make any conclusions. The atmosphere seems to be that of a family. People are friendly, its not too bad I'd say. Still, I've got to see Tony if he's working tomorrow to talk about my shifts. I need more work time for more money. Otherwise, I'll see if I can go see Ben to try getting some night shifts at Kew.

So what else is new....I guess I'll include some stuff from last night's update which wasn't updated DAMN.

Ryan asked me the other day why McDonald's is called Macca's. I couldn't answer him the other day. Then yesterday while doing updates, I remembered an column I read one or 2 Sunday's back. The column is called "Life Down Under" (I think) and it's written by a Phoebe Fong who's Malaysian but living in Australia with her 2 sons, Ian and Jordan. Yes, I got all this from the column.. I believe its a weekly column and the particular one I'm about to mention was pretty interesting. So here goes.

- Aussies like to shorten names. Example: Jeremy = Jezza, Barbeques = Barbie, McDonald's = Macca's and so forth.

- In OZ, everyone's a "mate". Dad's call their sons "mate", friends call each other "mate", strangers call each other "mate", even bosses call their employees "mate" (like in my case as well)

- Aussies love Barbies (BBQ). Just a couple of days ago, 4 guys at the BBQ pit just behind our unit, in the middle of the cold autumn evening.

That's about all I can remember from the column. Do check it out every Sunday in the Star. It makes pretty interesting reading. I read it occasionally when something looks ....erm....interesting. :D Also some interesting (here's that word again) that I found out reading that column, the writer was actually classmates/schoolmates with Patrick Teoh (Radio DJ/actor) and Michelle Yeoh (actress/beauty queen)!! Now, I even teach you new things. Is my journal THE BEST or what? :D

Here's more to share with all of you. As you all should know by now, the football World Cup fever is upon us. Personally, I don't give a flying shit about the World Cup. (I actually used this exact same sentence yesterday, minus the word "flying" because I thought it just sounded so cool). But just to get into the mood, I'm pasting some quotes from some pretty famous footballers. This is something that I found in the General section of the Sony Playstation forums.

I'm sure alot of us know that David Beckham is good looking, and is paid millions of pounds per year and plays some pretty decent football. I've seen abit of a documentary once called "The Real David Beckham" on tv once and he mentioned that he wasn't very "bright/smart". I'm starting to believe that and here's some proof if you care to read on. I think David Beckham has the intelligence of a retarded donkey. I don't think the other footballers are any smarter than him either.

Tell you what, next time your kids don't like studying, let them play some sport. If they are good and make it professionally, you'll get people like David Beckham, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan just to name a few. All millionaires now just from sports. Read the quotes and laugh your asses off. Some of their stupidity is pure genius! Erm, did that make any sense? I don't know if these are actually true, but let's enjoy them anyway, shall we?

Without further ado, I give you :-

FUNNY QUOTES FROM FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS

'My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.'
- David Beckham

'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
- Mark Viduka

'We lost because we didn't win.'
- Ronaldo

'If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day.'
- Neville Southall

'He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.'
- Ronnie Whelan

'I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.'
- Ade Akinbiyi

'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.'
- Stuart Pearce

'Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.'
- David Beckham

'I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable.'
- Paul Gascoigne

'I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.'
- Alan Shearer

'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.'
- Mark Draper

'You've got to believe that you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.'
- Peter Shilton

'I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester.'
- Stan Collymore

'Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.'
- Ian Wright

'I'm as happy as I can be - but I have been happier.'
- Ugo Ehiogu

'Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middles borough.'
- Jonathan Woodgate

'I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.'
- Lee Hendrie

'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.'
- Ian Rush

'Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11 internationals out there today.'
- Steve Lomas

'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.'
- Barry Venison

'I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.'
- David Beckham

'The Brazilians were South American, and the Ukranians will be more European.'
- Phil Neville

'All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.'
- Mitchell Thomas

'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.'
- Graeme Le Saux

'One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.'
- Alan Shearer

'I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.'
- Johnny Giles

'I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.'
- Les Ferdinand

'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.'
- Richard Rufus

' There's no inbetween - you're either good or bad. We were inbetween.'
- Gary Lineker

'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.'
- Thierry Henry

Enjoyed yourself? I was just going through some of what I typed just to make sure I don't make myself look like an idiot by making similar mistakes. Then I remembered something someone said once. It refers to the use of the term "stupid idiot". Now, according to www.dictionary.com, "idiot means a foolish or stupid person". Suppose you scold someone using that term, "You stupid idiot", wouldn't you actually be scolding them "You stupid stupid" or "You idiot idiot" ? You want more funny stuff? Check out this site:

www.engrish.com

Geez, don't I spoil you all. I think this is all for tonight. I better "Post & Publish" before I forget and waste all my effort for the 2nd night in a row.

Oh DAMN. It's Thursday and "Spider-Man" is showing. Guess I won't be watching it until the weekend I suppose.