semi hung over, skating later.... provided the guys manage to get off the xbox and in the car....

big spins are the shit to do....

and the new mariah carey video makes me all happy:



and this nas song gets me hyped:

looks like my list of trick is going to have to hold on for a couple more weeks while my ankle loosen up a bit... at least i learned nollie lipslides today....

been studying since 6 in the after noon and it is now almost 5 in the morning.... finishing up writing notes for UGC, 6 chapters down and 1 left....

need a smoke, some redbull and plow through the last chapter....

week of hell, here i come... skating will follow soon....

you know what, fuck it, im going to skate this friday at sp.... 5 weeks off the board is too long for me.... even if its just rolling around, i need to start skating again...

this is skateboarding....

to add to the list

switch boardslides (front more than back, wan made them look so good back in the day)
fs noseblunts (provided my left foot gets better)

shalyns bar event 2 in days.... all stocks in and working with my brother... should be good...

other tricks to work on when i get back skating:

front smiths (koston does them perfectly, got inspired)
switch skating (the basics, 180s and shit)
nollie nosegrinds
front board 270 revert out

xrays today showed its no fracture, but there is a severely injured ligament.... ankle in brace tmr and looks like no skating for 6 weeks....

fuck....

almost a week in and my ankle is still fucked, guess its not an ordinary sprain.... might be a slight fracture or crack.... xrays on tuesdays will tell....

been keeping busy planning for shalyns bartening event, which has really reignited my love for bartending.... it is my dream to start a bartending-catering business with my brother like we discussed last year....

ive strangely been more psyched on skating than i have been in the past.... having it taken away from me has made me realise how much it means to me, and how i want to keep it a part of my life.... hell i was even thinking about taking up skate photography or filming while recovering just to be able to be part of skateboarding...

tricks to work on when i start skateboarding again:

back tails (as always)
back smiths (thanks to fully flared)
fs 360s (i had of dream of doing them knee high the other night)
lien to tails reverts on minis (the thought came while smoking)
back lips (was trying them then the injury)
kickflips (hey a busted ankle might do good things)

in closing, go watch all 16 episodes of cardiel epicly later'd.... so fucking inspirational.... in a nut shell, john cardiel broken his back in a freak accident and was told by doctors he would never walk again.... through his positive outlook on life, he was able to show up the doctors and is returning to his love, skateboarding....

www.vbs.tv

ankle is in a cast, have to walk around in crutches.... life is a bitch... quitting skateboarding seems like an option at times like these....

skate tour today was horrible... fuck weather, fuck spots and fuck ankle on the last trick of the day... fucking rolled it ollieing down a stupid set of 5 at toa payoh.... times like these make me feel like quitting....

see how the pain is tmr, may have to go for an xray....

ok so heres the plan for 20th march skating....

sam come pick me up at my place at 11, we go and get alvin and jeff..

warm up at jerrelds stage

kovan, stairs and see what else

bedok, hopefully we can find a low rail...

then work and dinner and whatever...

bring camera, extra board i you think youll break one....

you know what grinds my gears?

mika, he should not be allowed in music
not being able to get UFC 82 downloaded

things i hate:

prison break
lost
greys anatomy
heroes
butch walker
jason maraz
paying $10 for a pack of smokes....

i better update this blog w/ an entry before the account expires

so here it is...

2007 in retrospect

-went from being employed to unemployed
-worked as a waiter and eventually a bartender
-drank way too much, but on the upside it was good booze
-made too many "mistakes"
-almost fell in love, then realised that it was not going to work out
-went back to school for 2 sems, scored well for both of them
-met some cool and some not-so cool ppl at school, drank with the cool ones, got dissed by the not-so cool ones
-sprained ankle attempting my first handrail, which put me on the injured list for a long time
-my big brothers "incident"
-introduction to guinness draught, macallan whiskey, martell and hennessy cognac, blavdo vodka, tanquery gin and barcardi rum
-back feebles, front blunt fakies, back nosegrinds, back smiths, blunt to fakies on quarter pipes, bs bigspins and of course all my stock tricks
-started listening to pink floyd, alan parsons project, band of horses, wolfmother, stereophonics, sonic youth, soundgarden, the smiths and more beatles
-the year of fully flared!!

and i intend to spend my new years wasted and in bed before midnight, wake up in 2008, assuming the world does not destroy itself...

so here a big fuck you 2007...... and a fuck you to 2008....

heres a great video by depeche mode called enjoy the silence....

bangkok trip was fun, lots of drinking and chilling by the beach was great....

4.0 gpa for 2nd sem, which is sick too, i thought i would get an a- for my SOC....

woot....

you play basketball, and you play football

but you dont play skateboarding....

exams a week away, chilling at home studying....

come on 4.0 GPA!!

cant wait to party when exams are over...

details of skate tour on thursday (8th nov)

Timing:
11am till late

Skate Spots:
Jerrelds Stage
8 stair handrail at Evergreen
Tampines (ledge to drop, stairs, some rails)

Mode of Transport:
Van, rented

Other events:
-Riding ard Singapore in the back of a van for the first time in your life!!
-Dinner and booze at Sams place (tequila and quasidilas)
-Awesome day of skate with good friends

Things to bring:
yourself
your gnar-factor
board (a spare one in case you think you might break 1)
Drinks and candy (we are getting an ice box, so bring a huge bottle of drink so we dont have to keep buying drinks!!!)
your skills to the battle
camera (to capture that priceless switch flip down 10)
$12 (to cover food and tpt costs)
wax (ill bring some but who knows how buttery you want the ledge to be)


Where to meet:
Sams place at 1030 AM, or at Jerrleds place direct if you live near him


so remember to be early, so we can get a good long day of skating (and sex) in and top it off with food and drink!