time flies

yikes! a month without posting and a week to go. august flew by in a blur. every weekend featured at least 1 beach ulty session, maybe a wakeboarding session, and the occasional junk.

the best junk was the private one that kristin invited us on (LOOK AT ME! CHILLIN' WITH THE HIGHROLLERS!), with the devoted speedboat and the donuts of death. these things seriously FLEW thru the air and bumped your backside something furious. luckily, i only fell off once, and since i was lying on my stomach, the fall was just a couple of barrelrolls before landing on my side. jon wasn't so lucky...i think he may have done some flips before landing on his head...and grant managed to barrelroll thru the rope, picking up some impressive burns on his arm. huge adrenaline rush tho. probably one of the most exciting things i've ever done to date (soon to be changed by new zealand (!!!!) ).

and then of course, there were the olympics. the tv at work is right over my shoulder, so i spent a good portion of the days watching tennis, swimming, track, and volleyball. absolutely gleeful when the US relay team beat the frenchies--a lot of our traders are french. my mother is in love with michael phelps--my dad is jealous. she keeps asking if "our jon" could train to be a swimmer. i told her that he hasn't got the pain tolerance, and she agreed that he is a bit of a softie (awww). i'm very glad the US basketball team pulled it out. USA! USA!

TWO DAYS OFF B/C of TYPHOONS! that's 3 to hit this summer! ppl always die on typhoon days b/c they see a lull in the storm and think, oh, that's a good chance for a swim or a surf. idiots. no sympathy.

what else? mmm...went to singapore last weekend. my first foray into what a colleague calls "the real life version of disneyland". i quite enjoyed it, and now i wish i had taken a non-frisbee weekend there. we stayed in little india, in a "hotel" where the shower was right above the toilet and jon could stretch from wall to wall. the fields were a 10 min walk away, and the best part is that there's a fresh food market right next to the fields. so every day for lunch, we had our fill of prata and biryani. not the best for playing on, but meh, it's our last asian tourney so we can do as we please. for dinner, we went to the food stalls in china town. i love laksa. kristin found some yummy crispy wantons, and we washed it down with root beer floats and soursop ices. also, i found that i don't like cactus juice.

and for our last weekend here, we're shopping for hiking boots and playing the beach hat tournament. i will definitely miss this place.