Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Waiting Game

Nothing to do really as I await the return of the uni grind. Mainly reading and playing my DS. And restocking and reorganising my modest comic collection. Yeah, so I read comics. They aren't updated as often as I like plus one of them is like a year behind on the third issue. No idea what's happening there.

It's strange how some memories just pop out. You're doing something and all of a sudden, a nostalgic memory blossoms. You smile, then go "WTF? Where did that come from?" I was thinking back to the ye olde days of primary school. As I was wondering about my former classmates and what they were possibly up to, my mind brought up the time of the school fete. Basically, the year 6 students would set up stalls and the rest of the school would spend money. Was it for charity or the school? I don't remember. Anyway, my group set up this skill game stall. Arranged on a table was a variety of jars with an amount of money written on it. The aim was to throw a small ball so that it landed in the jar. If it did you won the amount of money inside (ranging from 5 cents to $5). It like $1 for three throws and $2 for eight throws or something. The kicker was that the ball was those very bouncy rubber balls and the place where you stood to throw was a ridiculous distance away. Naturally, more money was made then lost. One guy was lucky. He managed to win $5 eight times in a row, but it spent $10 or so to get it. There were a lot of 5 cent winners, so the profit we made was insane. I remember we managed to con this girl in our class, Jenny Jiang(?), into having multiple goes and she basically wasted 90% of her money.

That came out of the blue as I was doing housework. Random, but it was a good, fun memory. Yep, when I'm not reading or gaming, I do the housework. Vacuuming, washing the dishes, washing the clothes, hanging the aforementioned clothes and bringing them in. I wouldn't say it's boring or that I hate it. I've seem to have developed an immunity to it. I just do everything on automatic. Still, it can take a stupid amount of time before everything is done.

On the subject of primary schools, I've noticed that my old primary school even has a Facebook group. Pity that I don't anyone in the group. Must have been beyond my time or after it.

My power supply for my computer has been acting up. Makes horrible whirr-ing noises and sometimes the fan doesn't spin, causing the PSU to overheat and the machine to restart. Maybe I should buy a new PSU...

Doctor Who and House have finished. I need something to fill the void. Maybe a short anime series?

And Phuong...why has your blog gone private? Isn't supposed to be public?

1 comment:

xp:shie said...

haha - i don't know. i reckon i must've clicked on something without realising it. ahh - broadband is just too fast x) i'll do something about then ... whenever.

i heard kylie (minogue) was gonna be in the doctor who chrissie special this year. lol. how weird. hope david tennent (or tennant?) will still be the doctor for next series. x)