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Here comes a long update.

15th December (Monday)

I went to Khatib with Astley for some games. We're playing card games...at a community centre! They actually have a card shop there and it's AIR-CONDITIONED! How many card chops nowadays are actually air-conditioned? I haven't seen any...until i wen there, of course.

Played with the guys there and man, they are really strong! Can definitely tell the levels between us, but Astley said they started earlier, so they got more experience than i have. Bah, i'm not gonna look for excuses for my defeat, i lost fair and square using my trump card, so i can only go and train more...sigh.

Left the place at around 2pm. On our way to the train station, i saw a figure ahead of me...some 200-400m? It looks like a model mosquito, with black and white legs and stuff, but somehow as the distance between me and that 'figure' pulls closer...

...it DISAPPEARED!

...is it actually alive? Or was it all just my hallucination? Mmm, i tried telling myself that it's one of the advertisement models that are mounted on buses (It being near the road), but who knows?

Went back home...with a headache.

17th December (Wednesday)

Nothing (much) happened on Tuesday so i'll just skip that. Actually, nothing much happened on Wednesday too. I spent most of the time that day on the net, viewing people commenting on each others' comments (I'm a board regular). It happened to be the eve of the day of release for one of Square Enix's most anticipated game of all time...

...Dissidia.

...and there i was watching people talking about the game leaked out. It's said that the store holders in Japan actually went ahead and release the game one day ahead of its scheduled released date. Then in the boards, people just started shouting at each other for pirating and stuff.

The whole discussion is just plain funny, i won't go too much in it.

18th December (Thursday)

It is revealed and announced that my brother will be attending the secondary school i've graduated from. They actually went so detailed and text-messaged my mother while she's working. Mmm.

19th December (Friday)

I went back to my secondary school on Friday. Went and sat in the hall while listening to the Principal making his speech. Apparently the Principal changed 2 years ago in 2006, just that i only got to see him now. Honestly i'm not too worried. The Principal seems to be more focused on character development rather than academics, which is good...to some extent. I only hoped that their focus is still on students getting good grades.

After the whole thing, went and buy books and uniforms and stuff...went home with my hands full of stuff...

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That is all.

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