Too much of anything is no good, including my favourite sport. I badly need a break from tennis now, at least two weeks I guess. The tiredness has finally got to me, both physically and mentally, I clearly felt that tonight. For the time being, watching Wimbledon would be enough.

There is so much to do in the coming week, namely two proposals, one presentation and three sites for clients, among other (many) things. If there is a way to duplicate myself like virus, I would be very grateful.

I took a snapshot of the heavily-flooded Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan when I was on my way to work this morning (sorry it is so blurred and out-of-focus). There was even a red rainstorm warning during most of the day.

I never thought that the postponed league match against KCC, the defending champion, would take place. All of a sudden the rain stopped in the late afternoon and our home courts were dry and fit for matches! Despite some intermittent rain showers, we finally finished the match. I feel a bit lost now, the summer season is finally over!
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HKU Ladies’ A+ Tennis Team: Vera, Damaris, Belle, Vivian Wong, Vivian Man & Amy, at Sandy Bay home courts

OMG, we beat CCC tonight 7-2 and get the 1st runner-up spot in the league!!! This meant so much to us, we never got any place better than the 4th after our promotion to A+ division 4 years ago. Beating strong teams like CRC and CCC is unbelievable! The most important winning factor is, of course, the quality of our players. Unlike previous seasons, this time we have been able to play our strongest players for almost every match. So what’s next? Right, playing KCC, the defending champion, this Saturday evening!
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When my coach told me to play a singles match with that teammate again, I knew it would be a torturing experience. I had already played two full-set doubles match before that, so I felt quite tired actually. As expected I couldn’t hit as many winners as last time, and my unforced errors began to pile up. When I was down 1-3, I told myself “OK, that’s enough, if I lose this, my last win would be invalidated immediately, no matter how ugly I need to win this!” Luckily I walked away with a 6-3 win after trading long rallies non-stop for 60 mins. It was so hot and stuffed, I couldn’t breathe easily. I swear that I have to make myself less miserable next time!

Photo taken with my new Canon Digital IXUS 50 at the dinner after tennis.

Today is a day to remember, I just got the last cheque for a project which has been a nightmare for me and for every one on the team for the past three months. I shared my feelings with Dave and he added that:

Everytime I get a check these days, it becomes a day to remember. I can feel every single drop of blood and sweat that went into each dollar on that check … I cherish each dollar that I made like each one of them was my offspring … and I certainly understand the value of money more than I ever have before.

Very well put indeed, now I am holding the damn bloody cheque in my hands, wondering how many of these warning signs I have seen and what I could do to better protect myself in the future.

Only today I got a chance to try a video conference on iChat with my new iSight bought 2 weeks ago. This gadget is absolutely gorgeous, my only complaint is that I don’t have many friends on iChat to play with, well, actually I am not sure whether there is a real need for people to “see” me.

Photo taken by my new Canon Digital IXUS 50.

We just beat Recreio tonight (8-1) , that means we have guaranteed at least a second runner-up spot in this summer league season! Wow!!! I was a bit tired mentally and physically at the matches, probably played too much over the weekend. Three hours in Causeway Bay and another two hours in Kwun Tong, it was so hard to breathe under the hot sun! My performance tonight was below-par, but still managed to grab two sets, which wasn’t too bad I guess. Oh btw, I went to two movies during the weekend: Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Wedding Date. I like the former more.
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My diarrhea hasn’t fully recovered yet, but I figure going out would be better than staying home. So I went to work and had my usual tennis lesson tonight. It’s getting better and better, so tomorrow I will have another few hours of exercises.

Meanwhile, I would like to introduce to you a new, personal project from my friend Ian - Free Stuff From Japan. The idea is simple, you can register for a draw for free cool prizes from Japan. After each draw, there will be a blog about each item given away. There is no catch, do give it a try!

Got up at 9 am this morning and had a terrible stomach. After a few washroom visits, it’s obvious that I had diarrhea and had to stay home today. So I cancelled the meetings and rested on bed for the whole day. I didn’t eat anything except two bowls of congee from mom. No idea what caused this, one suspect would be the Po Tarts I had yesterday afternoon. I hope my co-workers are fine though, I treated them a few of those too!

I knew this is gonna happen, it’s just a matter of time. We’ve been together for ten years now, we had some wonderful times, every one thought that we were made for each other. Five years into this relationship, I started feeling that we’re not going anywhere: you failed to materialize your promises, you kept making me wait, you complained that I was too demanding and that I couldn’t satisfy you. You promised me something two years ago and it still hasn’t happened.

I knew you got other options, in fact, plenty of them. People have been rumouring that we would part, yes, listen - I am leaving you now, it’s official. In fact I have been leading a secret affair for the last five years - he’s the one. I believe me and him together would have a future, but not with you. No, I didn’t dump you, contrary to what most people think, it was you who abandoned me first. No matter what, I am moving on. I hope I could completely forget about you in two years’ time and prove to the skeptics that this move is a smart, necessary one.

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