started the first leg of my meeting-friends-before-i-dont-see-them-again-for-at-least-5-years thin yesterday. first off, was supposed to meet up wit latheefa n anna but latheefa fell sick, so juz met anna instead. havent met her for like a yr, last time bein when she hosted the PESA finals. caught up on eachother's lives durin the past yr, but basically both of us hav been bummin around while others are workin. she hopes to get into NUS, if not mayb move to aussie. she's still the same, people dont really change much in a yr. talked a lot of shit n some weird observations n all. i never knew causeway point was such a mega place. i always envisioned tt place at a mid pt between singapore n malaysia n i tot it was juz residential area or somethin. that place has everythin. n a huge library to top it off. it was all done after SAS (this time, its singapore american sch, not st andrews sch) moved to woodlands n the expatriate community's houses built near the area. it was pretty impressive, really.

met hazril later on at west mall. he suggested we watch return of the king, but i told him i dont think i would b able to last 3++ hrs after bein out the whole day. so we watched sch of rock instead. he n his gf generously got me the return of the king score, but he had mistakenly thought that i was leavin 5 days' time. nono, not tt fast.

thinkin of droppin by to queensway for probably my last time, say hi n bye to teachers who r still there n to those juniors still in sch n all. winfrid, comin or not? aisha might pop down, depends on her work too. poor paulina's havin such a torrid time organisin n makin sure everythin's gonna go fine, but sec sch orientation isnt so much, she has not much to worry about really.

next wk, full of meetin ppl. some ppl i still hav time to fix on, but should b ok.

damn, my CM4 season's goin nutz. my precious players hav decided to try their luck in the higher division or retired. i lost like 4 integral members of the first team squad. was hopin to press for playoffs, but instead, languishin somewhere in lower-midtable. the board has told me to reassemble the squad n begin anew, thus not expectin any final positions. well, because of the cup successes last season, i got the money to consolidate my weaker positions, but like chelsea, they need time to gel. got a fab striker on free n got central defenders who hav excellent potential. but as i said, they need time. my contract runs out end of the current season (05/06) thinkin whether i should take up a new job or stay on n rebuild. been wit this team for 2 seasons already, this team is one of those teams which will stay pretty much the same over a long period of time. still early on in my career, so i need to raise my profile. some offers from 2nd divisions pop in everynow n then, but they're stuck pretty firmly in relegation battle, i wouldnt wanna take charge of em only to play in 3rd div next season n face my former team. i'll see how it goes. about 4 more months till end of season.