HITTING THE THIRD DECADE


1) Run a half marathon across Penang Bridge & back without any training.

2) Played top flight first division football (Penang's amateur leagues are not easy!)

3) Got articles and letters posted in The Star, FruitAsia and the Malaysian FourFourTwo.

4) Won 2 footballs in a Coca-Cola competition which involved my wife drinking lots of coke whilst I kept and posted all the pulled tabs off!

5) Went through tough times in my marriage and still remained married (to the same woman!) at the end of it.

6) Coached the KDU football team to victory in the Inter-College Games and seeing the progress the boys have made over the last 2 years.

7) Giving Ben some advice that helped him come 2nd in a colouring contest in Gurney Plaza.

8) Juggled the ball more than 300 times when in England I struggled to reach 20. Actually the only time Ben has ever spontaneously applauded me is when I juggled a ball, lifted it up to the back of my neck, did 10 press ups and then stood up again. I didn't realise he was watching so the round of applause was quite a surprise.

9) Finally found a legal job in Malaysia.

10) Do something that people on Fear Factor couldn't - eat lots of durians!

11) Impressively not hit a motorcyclist whilst driving in Penang.

12) Scored the perfect hat-trick.

13) Won a trip to Taiwan, 2 football shirts, a year's subscription to a football magazine, a PS2 game (despite not actually owning a PS2), & err a bookmark through my own creativity in competition entries.

That was a pretty good chocolate Belgian cake that my wife got me too...  ¶ 1:08 am