4 March 2009

I tried to be a smart aleck on traffic conditions today but end up being "defeated". I sent Sam to school as usual and was on the ramp from Blossom Hill exit to 101N when I got caught in a traffic jam and that time was only 8.05am. As I chugged along at 15mph and not getting anywhere, as I approached the Hellyer exit, I thought that since my tennis won't start till 9.30am, I have time still to go home, prepare the ingredients for what I want to cook for lunch and come out at 8.45am when traffic's not too heavy, which should give me ample time to get to CSF by 9.30am. So, I went home and did my stuff and came out as scheduled. But lo and behold, hey, the traffic's still bad. Lesson to be learnt here: ALWAYS CHECK TRAFFIC REPORT prior to leaving home! So, in a panic mood I turned on the radio only to find out that there was an accident (few car pile up) at Tully exit. Man! I hate that exit. I called Richard to tell him I will be late but he didn't turn on his phone. Now, Richard, tell me... why do u have a phone that u don't bother turning on? Anyway, I calmed myself down and told myself to be patient and that this jam will be over in a short while. It actually wasn't that bad as I had envisioned it to be coz I cleared that jam in 15 mins and reached CSF at 9.50am. Was late but hey, I made it. At first when I heard abt the accident I thot, "Dang, that's the end of my tennis." But, praise God, I made it there and as usual, had a fun time hitting with Richard. After we're done at 10.30am, went over to play with some 3.0 ladies (XiaoLu/Gary vs Sylvia/myself) and we lost that match. Despite the loss, I had fun, no complains. As I walking out to go home, I saw another group of 3.0 ladies and asked if they needed 1 more player and they said, "yes" and made me promise them that I will play at 3.0 level and not 3.5. So, I had to held back my serve and my ground strokes. Man, it wasn't easy coz I had to slow down and kept reminding myself not to hit so hard. I had fun and only finished playing at 12pm. I think the tennis courts at CSF has some kind of magnetism on me coz these days, I kept staying back for more, hahaha.

Came home and cooked lunch and fetch Sam and went for bowling only to find out that there were no lanes available due to a league and birthday party. So, as a consolation, both of us went to Baskin Robbins (yes, we're crazy to eat ice cream in the dead of winter cold) and bought rainbow and strawberry shertbet home. It was on sale for 2 quarts @ US$10.69 after tax. U can't get that kind of deal in Penang for sure!