Life - Beginning To Perk Up

At last! Life's interesting.

Rugby matches are better than I expected. Or rather, just being in a stadium and yelling my lungs out is better than I expected. The rugby... nah, didn't understand much, and I don't really care. The Hong Kong Sevens Tournament was a good place to be, though. However, my attitude towards the 'sport' of rugby is pretty much summed up by this wisecrack "Rugby is played by men with odd-shaped balls".

After the match was even better. I finally got my chance to be 'evil'. I wasn't too evil by anyone's standards, but I took my first steps. It's important to break out of that cocoon, isn't it? A first time is always a first time. And yes, it makes other first times a lot less scarier. Stepping from the known into the unknown is incredibly satisfying after you've actually done it. The only disadvantage is that the unknown loses it mystery and romance... in essence, its 'unknown-ness'. Getting back home at nearly 11 for the first time adds to the heady feeling. Yes, I'm a teenager, and enjoying it!

Home's boring. Especially if you have guests coming over for dinner. Especially especially if you are expected to entertain their kids. Here's where I was proved wrong. The son of my mum's colleague turned out to be a metalhead, the first one I'm meeting IN Hong Kong. I was almost ecstatic. Time flies far too fast when you're discussing metal in a state of near-euphoria and relief. I'm heading for a gig someday with him, for sure. And yes, I owe him bigtime for introducing me to South Park!

Oh, and I'm heading for China proper - Shenzhen - in a couple of days to do the 'tourist thing'. I'm in no mood to actually live there, but travelling is good. After all, there's a lot of places to see, I might as well start just across the border. And hey, you get cheap pirated DVDs there! So... China, here I come! (oh, and Metalhead's coming with me - atleast I don't have to worry about being bored out of my wits!)

Yep, Hong Kong's not too bad after all. I'm living life in the moment at last. It's no use resisting the winds of change, is it? In fact, flowing with the current can be pretty exciting at times. Now all I need is for a typhoon to blow me away...