March 22, 2004
Crabby Scrabby
I'm sick! 
Damnit. So now I'm crabby, grouchy, miserable, cold (damn the management of my office building) and caught up in a wave of self-pity. And since there is no tissue paper in the office I'm using paper kitchen towels to blow my nose instead. There's paper towels strewn all over my desk, and I'm just waiting for lunch time when I can pack up and go home and sleep.
I hate being sick. Especially when there's tons of things to do at work but I just can't concentrate cos of the incessant shivering and nose-blowing. I'd better get a MC out of this else the medical system here is screwed up.
At least the weekend was good :)
On Saturday:
Played some softball, and squeezed in some time for my game. Damn Nubians came with 2 warships and attacked my city but because of some stupid bug in the program I couldn't import wood to build my own warships so I had to ride out the attack and lost 1 dock, 1 storehouse, 1 fishing wharf, some houses and who knows what else.
Also had dinner at this Italian place called Cantina - well, not really dinner because I had lunch at 5 pm so I just nibbled on a slice of pizza and a little bit of pasta. But from the little that I had, the food was yummy. Definitely worth revisiting.
Ended the day getting slightly high playing this game called King's Court. VERY fun. Especially when you have rules like "only speak English" and "No saying the word 'drink'". The drunker people get, the more fun it becomes.
On Sunday:
Played more softball! (Softball ranks #1 in my list of favourite sports; next comes tennis.)
Met up with some old friends for dinner last night (trivia of the week: Prego is open till 1am every single day. Good for reunions with old friends where you can sit and chat till late. Food's only ok though.)
It's funny how one can have a picture of oneself, only to find that friends have a totally different picture. At dinner last night, someone mentioned that I have a "strong personality". Which is strange because I've never ever thought that of myself. I mean, with a group of friends that go way back, I'm naturally more relaxed, more loud-spoken and more opinionated. But put me with a group of strangers or acquaintances and I just clam up. I'm inclined to sit back and observe the group rather than be an active member.
"Strong personality" - I wonder if that's a good thing...
Anyway... in spending the last 10 minutes blogging, I've used up one paper towel. I hate being sick.