How bad it is when you come home each week and certainly get a scolding. How nice it is when it is really your fault, because for once, you can apologize and try to do something about it. I used an exceeded 227 smses last month, and got told off by sms, phone and scolded in person. With 5 cents an sms it actually amounts to $11, wow. Gotta be careful from now on.

My saturday did not start off well too, hailed a taxi to tempest training cos I couldn't stand the idea of public transport there. Taking 10 or 31 is like a nostalgic nosedive and I'd probably turn up at training giddy and disoriented, and waiting for the darn 11 at kallang is so futile it just turns me off. So I decided on cabbing since the new KPE meant that I could get there in maybe $9? But very unfortunately, I kena-ed a cheaterbug/clueless taxi driver who firstly suggested ECP (instead of the obviously shorter PIE or KPE), didn't know how to get to KPE, then missed the KPE turning. I was on a lookout but the sign came too late! And I didn't open my eyes enough when my parents drive there, learned my lesson now :/ The darn driver took me on a 12 dollar, dizzying trip past mount vernon, joo seng, aljunied, with countless traffic lights. So I felt terrible when I came into training, also already not very well cos of the beer the night before and the pms pains and hockey aches! Like all trainings at valhall, wasn't too good, can't control as well and kept mis-passing :( And so clumsy that I stepped on the ball twice and almost did a couple more times, till I became a laughing stock haha.. Managed a few good intercepts and controls, just feel sooo bad to my running linesmates when I mispass, and my weakness in running into positions. But like all floorball sessions, was a good workout and still fun :)

After training, I was prepared to have a restful day at home, but even better that xl asked if I'd like to join the committee meeting cum outing, kite flying at marina barrage. Was fun! I agreed to go cos there'd be sisters, so confirm fun! Haha.. I managed to get ain's 'damaged-by-xl' kite quite high up at first. Then suddenly I couldn't, haha, not sure if it's lucky at first or the kite just got progressively more unflyable the more I tried. But kite-flying is an unexpected, forgotten pastime that I wouldn't mind doing again :)

As we passed the marina area, I recalled how my family had been there maybe 15 years ago. Can't remember if it was a regular weekend activity or a once-off. But there hasn't been any family recreational activities since my dad became a taxi driver 15 years ago. There are no off days and everyday you don't drive you still have to pay the rent. For someone practical like him, taking day offs wasn't an option, plus we really need the money. Though taxi drivers don't have to face colleagues and bosses, it's an irritating job cos there'd be time and petrol wasted searching for passengers everyday. And if you happen to be unlucky that day, there goes your livelihood. Not to mention the fatigue from being behind the wheel all day. That's why I think, the bad-tempered should never become a taxi driver. There's no avenue at work, no subordinates or students to let out the anger and show some authority over and feel good about yourself. And the sometimes excruciating bad mood from working all day and not having good earnings can take it's toll on everyone. It seeps through the front door like a toxic fume and destroys us when it hits us, destroying us from inside out.

That said, family problems can make my heart beat ever so hurtfully and angrily in my chest, but at the end of the day all is forgiven.

All in all a great weekend, ktv and our favorite german bar on friday, floorball and kite-flying and sistering on saturday, picnic and atas buffet on sunday!

KTV was loooong time coming and so FUNny, haven't been out with cindy for so long (ZzZZzeng) and haven't heard the orignial 你的爱还在不在 for months. And I love singing with May Lim somehow, maybe our range and volume is similar, and you won't blame me when I obviously dunno the song that well and sing wrong hahah.. the pointing up and down works wonders btw.. German bar was good too, I can never say no to a good beer, and though cindy came sooo late, it was worth it! I'm glad I stayed :)

Happy that I could make it for tempest picnic too, grace's potato salad is very good! Very generous with the egg and bacon and mayo mix was good, but she's too bhb so we had to say that the potato came in too big pieces (room for improvement) haha. We played daidee for a while and there were serious accusations of soak cheating cos her cards are ALWAYS good hahah.. first time I see soak so show-off, in the way she played and proclaiming that yeahh that's what they play when they wait for cells to grow! Nice mix of food there, had old chang kee, bengawan solo, DIY sausages-japanese cucumber-pineapple (demanded by grace and prepared by soak's maid), grace's soggy-looking fruit salad that no one dared to touch at first, tuna and crackers, chocolates, jelly, chips etc.. I felt a little sad that it clashed with my buffet and I had to keep shuffling cards whenever I felt the urge to eat more haha.

Now it's a sunday night and I've been chatting all night, ignoring any work that I might have to do. Just one more week and it's the break cmon! :)