Sunday, March 19, 2006

Sleeping late n waking late procedure in the morning led to me juz having coffee and 2 slices of bread with cheese & peanut butter before i head for boxhill via train to play soccer.. i took the train from melbourne central station which is just underneath my apartment literally.

the ticket for a full day ticket covering zone one(city) and zone two(boxhill area) is AUS$9.70. gawd.. this is crazy.. if i had bought single tickets for to and fro it would hv been over ten bucks. the thing that struck me immediately when i stepped off the escalator down was.... THE VENDING MACHINES !! you know in singapore we can't even bring in food & drinks and here they're opening selling it.. well,.. i guess that goes to say which ppl litter more often..

i looked at the tv display for my train timing.. it was around 7 mins. i thought that was long but i juz got over it coz i reckon the distances to cover between stations here are further.. my train came.. i stepped up from my seat and walked towards the door just ahead of me. no one was alighting from the door. the door didn't open. i stood there waiting for it to open. the 'goldfishes' inside stared at me with a weird look on their face.. then i thought i might as well enter from another door which was open. i walked towards the next opened door(which was a distance away) and the train left. sian..

embarassed.. i walked towards a mrt map n played my part as an unsure tourist finding my way.. hehehe.. then i sat down waiting again.. i sat there bored for a while then looked up at the tv display again to check when is the next train for boxhill. 17 minutes.. SEVENTEEN FREAKING MINUTES !!!?!? oh man.. singaporeans should quit complaining about waiting for mrt fot 5 mins. argh.. i sat there resigned waiting for my next train, mentally preparing myself to make a dash for a door with alighting passengers.my dashing techniques were good. heh.. i got on the next train and stood for about half an hour. then bored i turned to look around the carriage. i noticed that the carriages ain't linked. so i can't walk from one carriage to another. whoa.. it's so old skool. like a real charcoal powered train!

then i looked around somemore.. clearly, the thought of advertising on trains hadn't occured to them. no ads. just plain white ceiling and walls. then i noticed a sticker on the door. Powered operated door. of course i thought. the instructions below explained that i would need to open the door by myself if i wanna alight. oh... luckily i read that before my stop. else i might missed it if no one is alighting i thought.. further pondering answered the mystery of why i missed my first train. damn..

met kim and his frens and walked to the soccer field. it was a ten min walk. coz they said we'd missed the bus. (i wasn't late, mind u.. i was on time.. just that the bus was scheduled earlier..) i heard the next bus is an hour's wait.. god.. singaporean transport damn good man.. i silently thought to myself..we reached the place and changed into our attire. the grass is so nice. it's like carpet grass.. wow.. so short oso.. long grass and soft soil makes running more difficult. coz ur boots will sink in and u'll need more strength to pull them out.. but it is so dry n cool that my body didn't warm up properly resulting in early stitches. the dryness in the air dries up my mouth.. and the saliva became kinda gluey.. making it hard to breathe.. however, the longer i played the more comfortable i got.. i guess it'll take some time for me to fully accustom myself to the climate difference while playing soccer.

after the game, i understood why kim had replied my question of whether we will be bathing after the game somewhere before returning for home with a firm "NO. We'll just change and go back." coz i didn't realli sweat much throughout the 3-4 hours of soccer. hmmm.. we returned pretty dry. oh ya.. almost forgot. i twisted my ankle under a challenge from a defender. arrghh.. it's gonna swell tomolo.. but i continued playing after the trip and did manage lotsa goals as well..

felt so tired. aching all over.. took a 2 hour nap after bathing n dinner. but now going to sleep late again.. it's 4.50am already.. kk.. good night everyone.. =)
Blabbered bean @ 20:59 //