dear all who frequent my blog.  i have decided not to continue the story of letters between the father and the teenaged daughter.  i will just give you a couple of reasons.  i went on to read a few more of the letters between them and realise there was too much frustration and till this day, their relationship is still at best polite; but to me more like indifferent or stalemate.  so, it weren't be too encouraging to post these excerpts here.  the other reason is that i the letters between the father and the daughter never happened.  it was created in the moment of my ingenious imagination and found that i could not bear to fool my fellow bloggers anymore.  this thought came as i was browsing through the celebrity bloggers that many singaporeans were raving about.  now i don't want to be in the same league as them; sharing stories and events that never happened. 

 

with this matter resolved; rest assured that the other things like high bp, coaching, holidays etc are real.  i will continue to blog about these things although i know that my blog will never be as popular as mr brown or xiaxue but does it matter?  the blogging world is large enough to accomodate a simple blogger like me.  while i may be obscure but i sure am thankful for those who drop by to say hello.  my blog, unlike others, exists not for myself but for others.  have fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i am feeling my bp going up again.  must have been the rich food i had last week.  i wonder if it is really so. dun tell me the effect is so fast.  i registered 130/90 recently which is a reading i haven't got for a long time.  then again, i also have been too lax in my diet although my exercise routine remains consistent and regular.  my plan is to get it down to the normal level again with a bit more exercise and a tough rein on my diet.  the salt intake has to come down and no more fried stuff for a while.  looks like i really must not slacken on both exercise and diet; my body is just too sensitive to such things.

 

as i said before, i will be maintaining two blogs.  this one mainly for personal stuff.  the other one will be dedicated to the art of writing and its related matters.  meanwhile, if u are free, drop by and make some comments on both. 

 

sometimes i feel like i am blogging for myself...............duh

i just managed to enable comments on my new blog, so go there and try it out.  i will still hold two blogs until i am used to the new one.  both will be updated on a regular basis; albeit not daily.

 

meanwhile, i am busy with a few other stuff.  got an article to write for a magazine which is due first week of sep.  just signed up for a teaching (mission) trip to Tainan.  wrapping up my coaching course for the formation track, finishing end of august.  not forgetting some proposal papers to write at work.  ha, come to think of it, it is happy busyness.

 

oh yah, i supposed to write about my review on "on writing" by stephen king.  he's a good writer; he makes writing sounds so easy.  the best part of the book was his retelling of his narrowing escape from death in a road accident.  he was hurt so badly that sitting down to write is a pain during the stages of recuperation.  but king's passion for writing got the better of the situation.  he said throughout the book that he writes out of passion, not for the money; not then, not now!  how noble but i think i believe him.  i do admire his wife, tabitha who sticked with him through thick and thin - her courage, belief and confidence in him.  no wonder their marriage survived through the good and bad times.  in short, king writes about life and his writing is a reflection of the seasons of life he and his wife and children have gone through.

 

 

 

 

   

stay tuned............have a good weekend while you wait

I am still recovering from the World Cup fever.  Every 4 years, many people in the world are drawn into this; even those who have never watched a single soccer match in the last 4 years.  Within a span of 4 weeks, they became familiar with names like Zidane (not anymore!), Beckham (also retiring), Ronaldo (the bald or the bad?), Owen (where was he?) and the upcoming ones like Ripery, Rooney or Ronaldinho.  They also undergo a crash course on soccer rules like offside, P.S.O. and free kicks.  My wife is one of these people.

 

Even as I reflect on the couple of matches I watched (can count with one hand because of the late nights or rather wee hours of the morning), I am inclined to think that soccer is both ugly and beautiful.  It has in it the makings of a demon or an angel out of any soccer player.  Everyone crytall-balls the outcome of each match; oblivious of the actual odds and the vulnerability of each competing team.  I am inclined to think that those who try to place their bets on their favorite team don't understand human nature.  The red card has an uncanny way of hunting down those players who should be staying on the field; if only they knew!  How many great players have fallen prey to this.  The latest was of course Zinedine Zidane.

 

The irony of it all is that people all of the world including yours truly are such suckers for a game who can be so full of controversies, excitement, exhilaration, frustration and even pain to some.................it is almost short of idol worshipping!  However, on the other hand, it is a game that so closely reflects the real life.  It bares it all; the triumphs and failures; the griefs and the glories; the victors and the vanquished.  Isn't life like that?  The thing that tops it all is its ability to portray human nature to the core; complete with its ugliness and beauty.

 

So, you decide for yourself if it is still worth watching soccer?  If watching it stirs up a paradox of sorts in you; you are probably experiencing the game of life.