Wasantjib subramaniam riewomit
when i was studying chinese in school, they used to force us to remember terms, idioms and sayings. one of them springs to mind when i think back on my 1 sem spent in melbourne staying with sant. when i met him, we yi1 jian4 ru2 gu4. meeting for the first time we felt as old friends. it didn't hit me that i wasn't going to be staying with him anymore til the day i left bangkok. i felt quite sad but well, friends don't stay together physically forever, but they still stay as friends.
when i first came to melbourne weian, nick, william and sant were already here. spend alot of time with weian because i didn't know anyone else that well, and having played soccer and drank with nick and william in melbourne last time as well as in spore it was natural for us to hang out. enter sant, who was part of their soccer team (which is now only 40% as big since many ppl left last yr). first few times i met him i played soccer, ate after soccer and watch chelsea barcelona 1st leg. he called me john terry and i returned the favour by calling him thiago motta.
he was staying at his gf's old place and since the housemate was coming back when term started, he was finding a place to move to. by this time gab and kevin have came down already. so i thought might as well offer to share my 2 bedroom apartment with him since i was supposed to be staying alone during the weeks before gab and kevin come down during the weekends. in the end, i had to persuade my parents that he wasn't a criminal, and sant had to convince himself that the cell he moved into wasn't too small for him.
they say all things happen for a reason, and if the only good thing to come out of coming to melbourne to study was me meeting sant, i have no regrets. if he is the only good friend i made here, i have no regrets. it was lucky that personality and interests wise, we had alot in common. we even play the same position in soccer.
i could talk to him all night about everything under the sun (or moon). i would take out work at 10pm and start to do. sant would walk out of his room after talking to his gf at 1030, and we would talk til 4am. wonder why it was so difficult to wake up in the mornings. we would discuss soccer tactics, soccer news, business news, investments, stock markets, business, relationships, life and happiness. we would talk alot about past experiences.
hearing stories about housemate problems and having to learn how to get along, sant was the dream housemate and best friend for those 4 months. add gabriel in and you had the three stooges. grocery shopping at richmond then safeway, eating at huong vung 2/corretto's/sea salt/ying thai 2/boba/chomp chomp/rose garden/YAMAGATA!!!/mcdonald's breakfast at 7am/laksa king, going on road trip, playing soccer countless times on hockey pitch, playing footie in carlton gardens and our favourite activity... ...taitee! anyway i decided to come out with top ten moments with sant... here goes:
10. Buying 15 2L bottles of coke and we could stop laughing at the look of incredulity on the lady's face at the checkout counter
9. Calling me one monday evening to tell me he was going to fly to spore in a few hours for the wk to visit stovani, i was shocked
8. Shutting off the mains while my brother was bathing (he doesn't know this til today, he thought the building blackedout. PUNKED!)
7. Laughing uncontrollably when recounting my brother speaking to the china man in chinese when playing soccer (qiu qiu!, zhai jian)
6. Throwing glutinous rice out of the balcony and the sound when it hit the car could be heard (recorded on video)
5. Being forced to eat 20 tablets by him mum cos of his sore throat, and refusing to eat jumbu and durian because they are 'acidic'
4. Requesting yamagata and we went off in 5mins when it usually takes a wk to plan
3. Aiming every kick (6?) at kit's ass instead of the goal when we tried to let him score in his final day playing soccer
2. Asking me to slow down on great ocean road, winding down the window and puking (riewomit!)
1. Pissing out of the balcony, and a lady said "what's that?" (recorded on video)
sant is full of laughter, talks to me bout everything and is on for alot of things (except going to school), and i'll miss him here in melbourne!
when i first came to melbourne weian, nick, william and sant were already here. spend alot of time with weian because i didn't know anyone else that well, and having played soccer and drank with nick and william in melbourne last time as well as in spore it was natural for us to hang out. enter sant, who was part of their soccer team (which is now only 40% as big since many ppl left last yr). first few times i met him i played soccer, ate after soccer and watch chelsea barcelona 1st leg. he called me john terry and i returned the favour by calling him thiago motta.
he was staying at his gf's old place and since the housemate was coming back when term started, he was finding a place to move to. by this time gab and kevin have came down already. so i thought might as well offer to share my 2 bedroom apartment with him since i was supposed to be staying alone during the weeks before gab and kevin come down during the weekends. in the end, i had to persuade my parents that he wasn't a criminal, and sant had to convince himself that the cell he moved into wasn't too small for him.
they say all things happen for a reason, and if the only good thing to come out of coming to melbourne to study was me meeting sant, i have no regrets. if he is the only good friend i made here, i have no regrets. it was lucky that personality and interests wise, we had alot in common. we even play the same position in soccer.
i could talk to him all night about everything under the sun (or moon). i would take out work at 10pm and start to do. sant would walk out of his room after talking to his gf at 1030, and we would talk til 4am. wonder why it was so difficult to wake up in the mornings. we would discuss soccer tactics, soccer news, business news, investments, stock markets, business, relationships, life and happiness. we would talk alot about past experiences.
hearing stories about housemate problems and having to learn how to get along, sant was the dream housemate and best friend for those 4 months. add gabriel in and you had the three stooges. grocery shopping at richmond then safeway, eating at huong vung 2/corretto's/sea salt/ying thai 2/boba/chomp chomp/rose garden/YAMAGATA!!!/mcdonald's breakfast at 7am/laksa king, going on road trip, playing soccer countless times on hockey pitch, playing footie in carlton gardens and our favourite activity... ...taitee! anyway i decided to come out with top ten moments with sant... here goes:
10. Buying 15 2L bottles of coke and we could stop laughing at the look of incredulity on the lady's face at the checkout counter
9. Calling me one monday evening to tell me he was going to fly to spore in a few hours for the wk to visit stovani, i was shocked
8. Shutting off the mains while my brother was bathing (he doesn't know this til today, he thought the building blackedout. PUNKED!)
7. Laughing uncontrollably when recounting my brother speaking to the china man in chinese when playing soccer (qiu qiu!, zhai jian)
6. Throwing glutinous rice out of the balcony and the sound when it hit the car could be heard (recorded on video)
5. Being forced to eat 20 tablets by him mum cos of his sore throat, and refusing to eat jumbu and durian because they are 'acidic'
4. Requesting yamagata and we went off in 5mins when it usually takes a wk to plan
3. Aiming every kick (6?) at kit's ass instead of the goal when we tried to let him score in his final day playing soccer
2. Asking me to slow down on great ocean road, winding down the window and puking (riewomit!)
1. Pissing out of the balcony, and a lady said "what's that?" (recorded on video)
sant is full of laughter, talks to me bout everything and is on for alot of things (except going to school), and i'll miss him here in melbourne!
posted by daniel at 09:03
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