Just Kids!

I need to write a eulogy for my sidekick and I sorely missed its presence in my life, not as a tool but more of a friend that I went through my varsity days with. Time for a new friend to come into my life now since my previous one served me loyally for five amazing years. Anyway, this is an update about my sidekick since I will not be repairing it because it costs a bomb to do so.

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Baby Aidan; he’s an Amerisian (I made that word up!) because he is of Chinese and American parentage!

For the past month, I was back at home and my days were brightened up with smiles and laughter of innocent children at my mom’s kindergarten. Sometimes when I am not too lazy to wake up early in the morning, I will visit the children especially the three year olds and play with them. Honestly, some of them are very well-behaved and there were a few of them who were exactly a mould of the evil gremlins. I am not being unfair here, but most of my favored children are those quiet and well-behaved ones; I guess I like three of them only.

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Little Boy Hazzym wearing his Batman shoes.

There is nothing much to say here, but I realized that children bring happiness to the world especially when you feel that there are no more hopes left and how everyone is polluted with evil and no longer innocent. They can be the greatest love of all to adults because of their purity and sometimes, their intelligent and childlike wits. Charming, indeed.

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Best Buddies!


Life is beautiful, depending on how we’d like to look at it. If we choose to look at it from the eyes of a child, I think we’d see the world in a different way though in reality, it is not the picture that we’d like to see – often.

Discontented

A week has passed since my last update but there is nothing much I can do since my sidekick is still fairly sick and I have received the quotation from the brand company. The quotation quoted was too expensive for an ancient laptop to be repaired and the only way is to get a brand new machine for now. This, I have yet to speak to my parents about it since I am still finding ways on how to request for a replacement — never thought my trusty sidekick would freeze up. But it happens as technology grows older and it needs to be maintaned and replaced once there are major hiccups.

Off topic; Rafael Nadal dethroned Roger Federer in Wimbledon by winning the Gentlemen’s Singles. It was the greatest finals ever and an epic win for him! Besides, Venus Williams took home the Venus Rosewater Dish by defeating her younger sister, Serena Williams. Congratulations to both player and I admire them a lot — for their gameplay and how they strive on court to be the best in the game!

One more week to my graduation march and I still cannot believe that I am already a graduate and officially joining the rat race soon. Time flies, really. I guess I am growing older and more mature day by day with more responsibilities coming my way but what is life without any commitment?

I have been home for nearly a month and I do contemplate occasionally and I realised that everything that has happened in our lives, happened for a reason — often a blessing in disguise. Some chose not to believe in such matters but I do because when you reflect on everything that has taken place, you’d realise that it has something to do with the present that you are experiencing. The remnants and consequences of actions taken in the past and how much it will and has affected a person.

We all know the truth about life and that it is not a bed of roses like how it has been depicted in fairytales with happy endings. Of course there were great endings for us, but it does not happen all the time. Destiny is in our palms, we carve how we want our lives to be but we can never judge or condemn fate because it has been branded onto us since birth. Many of us tend to blame fate and destiny when everything goes the opposite way but have you thought about the consequences of the actions taken before putting the blame on life and its discontents?

Just when you are about to put the blame, think about the past and what have you done before executing any implications. It is definitely easier to pin-point others or fate when nothing seems to go well in one’s life, but I have always believed that that life is fair and filled with its own trials and tribulations as we go along the pathway. From there, one can increase faith and try to make the best out of everything. Religions exist for a reason, if not why do we have so much believe and faith in God?

By the way, the video below is a song Kris (oh hey, CONGRATULATIONS, you know what I mean!) introduced me to this morning. I really loved it and the whole song reminded me of something in the past. No, I am not hurt, but I am reminded of those days (by the song) when it was so sweet yet bitter in certain ways.



Who is gonna save you when I’m gone? And who’ll watch over you when I’m gone?
You say you care for me but hide it well … How can you love someone but not yourself?

Williamses in the Finals!

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The Williamses

The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena are meeting each other in the Wimbledon Ladies’ Single’s final for the third time now. It will definitely be an exciting match and I wonder, who is the better player - Venus or Serena?

A tournament turned into a family affair, Venus, four-time winner and defending champion defeated Elena Dementieva to reach her seventh singles final and Serena, the younger sister, ended the hopes of wildcard Zheng Jie’s hope to become the first Chinese to reach a Grand Slam final as Serena booked her place with a battling 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) win. Zheng Jie played her very best during the match even though Serena was plummeting her with howitzer serves, but the Chinese player managed to pick up but it just was not her day. Honestly, I was hoping that Zheng Jie would be in the finals because of her game play and besides being ranked 133 in the world, she can be a really good match for Venus.

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Rafa the King of Clay

As for the Gentlemen’s, it will be a match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal again! Both players are in their top forms and Rafa has been playing really well from the start of the season and so did Roger. But will Rafa be able to beat the King of Grass? Well, my guess is that most people would prefer Roger to be the victor, but it would be nice to see Rafa end this season as the emerging victor for the final match but will his strategy and game play be good enough to beat Roger?

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Roger the King of Grass

So, whom do you think will bring home the Venus Rosewater Dish? And the trophy?

Let’s just wait and see.

Off topic; I writing this at the net cafe, my sidekick is still waiting for the doctor to come!

Photos courtesy of The Championships, Wimbledon 2008

Away

It has been nearly a week since my last update here. I wanted to write posts but unfortunately my trusty sidekick (my laptop) is quite sick and I have been trying to diagnose what is the problem with it and finally, it has been confirmed that the hardware is faulty; I am not too sure which but my intuition says it is the RAM. Anyway, I am waiting for the price quotation from Dell for the on-site repair and also an extended warranty. Cannot really blame my sidekick for falling sick since it has served me well for the last four years and coming to five now. It is pretty ancient but it is still running and only now it is experiencing a little hiccup.

Nothing much has happened over here except my craze over lawn tennis. I have been catching up with the matches on cable television and caught up with some inspirational movies on the Hallmark channel. I think that is the least watched channel compared to Star Movies, HBO, and vice versa because the films shown there are pretty old (sometimes!) and usually they carry a certain theme that has connection with life and how we should learn to face reality, and the whatnots. Yes, I am quite the boring one.

Anyway, life has been fine for me and even more so when I stopped bothering my thoughts with unnecessary contemplations. Besides, I have been doing some thinking over the relationships that I had had with those around me because a few days ago, my thoughts flew over to superficial friends and those whom we would choose to keep in touch after we leave school (primary/high school and varsity) because we would unconsciously segregate them and their importance to us. It all started when I met my ex-high school friend during my mother’s Sunday grocery shopping at the local supermarket. I was surprised to see her after four long years and we lost touch because of her ever changing cellphone numbers. When she told me that she has been married for three years, I looked at her in awe shock because all these while I only heard rumours about her engagement but she finally confirmed it to me. Anyway, the feeling of seeing an old friend was definitely overwhelming - in a way.

On the other hand, I will temporarily suspend all bloghopping activities until my sidekick is repaired because my feeds are not in this ancient desktop (it has been with us since I was ten years old!) and will resume my reading once I am back in a few days time - hopefully!

DEFEATED!

I turned on the sports channel on the cable television and could not believe my eyes when I saw the scores. By the time I tuned into the match, Kudryavtseva was already leading one set in the game and I was praying that Sharapova would serve and drive the ball placement better on the court.

Sharapova lost the first set in just 32 minutes!

With every drive she made, Sharapova was doing unforced errors giving free chances for her compatriot to win against her in the game. Things got tougher for Sharapova and her ever infamous shriek grew louder with each shots yet her play was not solid enough to overpower her compatriot, Alla Kudryavtseva which was only ranked 154 in the world unlike Sharapova herself, whom is the world number three.

Usually, she’d fight back but she was still very much handicapped by her shoulder discomfort (maybe!) and her forehand was not as strong as before. The game was totally a disaster and one of the shakiest I have ever watched. Besides that, she also made unprecedented 22 unforced errors and managed to only break two out of six break points. Furthermore, Sharapova committed eight double-faults where three of them was in one game in the first set. Definitely a black hawk down!

Kudryavtseva won 6-2, 6-4.

Masha

Masha down and out …

Every drive she made was either out or errors, and I am seriously disappointed over the match because I was hoping that she’d be in the finals this year but I guess it will never happen now. Hopefully, she will perform better in the next Grand Slam, the US Open.

Anyway, I don’t fancy her compatriot either, Miss Alla Kudryavtseva. I applaud her for breaking Sharapova’s game and driving her out of this tournament but I am sure that Sharapova will come back in the next tournament with better game play strategies and amazing physical form.

It was even barely a week into the Grand Slam, so many of the top seeds crashed out of the tournament namely Andy Roddick, James Blake, Novak Djokovic, Daniela Hantuchova and finally Maria Sharapova. Honestly, I’m really upset with Sharapova’s match. Perhaps, it just wasn’t her day.

Perhaps.

[UPDATE]

Finally, Ana Ivanovic [SER] is out of the tournament after being defeated by China’s Zheng Jie whom only ranked 133 in the world. She secured an amazing 6-1, 6-4 victory over the clear favorite to win this year’s Wimbledon, Ivanovic. Well, the match was great and Zheng Jie deserves the win!

Being Grateful

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Maria Sharapova

Wimbledon, the world’s oldest professional tennis tournament is back!

Held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, world renowned tennis players gather at the private club for series of competitive matches to determine the final victors of this Grand Slam. I’m hoping that Maria Sharapova will pull through all the matches (Ladies’ Singles) to hold the Venus Rosewater Dish as the winner! As for the Gentlemen’s Singles, it would be fun to watch Rafael Nadal battle it out against Roger Federer; like how they battled each other at the Roland Garros finals.

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Stylish Masha

Anyway, this is what I have been occupied with for this week at home — tennis all the way and some gaming on the other hand. Besides, I totally dig Sharapova’s latest Wimbledon fashion style — her attire was inspired by men’s wear as she loves them in general. For the first time I was able to see her wearing shorts in a Grand Slam tournament and it was not just any plain shorts because hers was worn low on the hip with wide-tailored waistband which gives the pin stripe-effect and adorned with gold stitched buttons. I love her top though; a sleeveless one with a tuxedo-style bib front and she also wore a single-breasted jacket with gold stitching on the collar lapel and front edge when she strode into the court. Even Serena Williams’ style blew me away with her much talked about white mackintosh with the familiar gold swoosh perched above oversized buttons.

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Serena Williams

Well, it is true that tennis is a sport but with these fashionable sports apparel donned by the tennis stars, it makes the whole game interesting because I get the chance to see various styles. Can’t deny that they don’t look good while playing!

Honestly, I am enjoying the simple hedonistic of being at home. It has never felt this good before knowing that I have nothing more to worry about when it comes to my results or anything related to the varsity. I am finally graduating! However, whenever I think about the working life ahead of me, I do worry and have a little contemplation or two but hey, I have surpassed the challenges of being a student for four years now, so I doubt the harshness of this reality; the working world can beat me down anytime. After all, I have been through quite a number of hiccups (who doesn’t?!) when I was still a student but I survived them all so, this can only be the upcoming challenge for me. I’m waiting with all my strength, faith, hope, intelligence, and etcetera. I’ve heard a number of complaints/rants from my surrounding about work and how tough it can be but seriously, when you quit complaining, start and learn how to enjoy what you are doing, you will never like it because reality bites and checks-in, always. Nothing comes easy in life unless all of us were born with multiple silver spoons. But fate intertwines, not everyone was born with such luck, noh?

I might be called naïve for saying that people ought to stop complaining about life and its sub-components, but if you don’t try hard enough, how would you know what it’d be like to feel the sunshine everyday?

Being human, we need to be grateful — always.

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