The Return of the King
King Solomon's back, baby.
Why the staggering amount of time between the last post and my new one? Cos I got bored with it, that's why. And after wading through Google account's insanely complicated method of recovering passwords, I got my blog back. Yippee.
Oh God.
Okay, I'm a writer. What do writers do? They write. So if I'm gonna be a writer, I darn well better start writing. Okay, here goes...
Well it feels like one of those WWE recaps from TheWrestlingFan.com when they look at wrestling events from a few years back and things as they are now. What's changed? A hell of a lot.
I seem to recall that my last post occurred at a time when I was still a hopeful member of IRON on CyberNations, an online game. All these months later, I've been a member of IRON's government, fought a lot of wars, made a lot of friends, and lost a lot of friends when I decided to stop playing the game. It's a fading memory now, but yeah. It happened. Things have changed.
I'm a valued and reasonably well-liked member of A05 now. It took the better part of two years, but hey, I got there in the end. Once hated enemies have miraculously turned into good friends. Mild acquaintances have become closer than brothers. And as for one particular guy whom I thought was my friend...well...it looks like the tide has shifted, cos for once I'm with the majority on this one. I'll say nothing more.
Exams! I seem to have scored charitably high marks for my mid-years, CCE, with a B in GP and a failing grade in Math. And my dad still busted my balls over it, cos he doesn't know squat about the TPJC system, but in retrospect, yeah, I still suck. I need to frantically buck up because as I sit here and write, the As are like less than 40 days away, God help me.
Prelims, hmm, let's see...GP's alright, Math was an utter abortion, despite all the free tuition I received from Uncle Guan. I am so ashamed of myself, jokes aside. I need to get an A or something in the real exams to make it up, even if this means no more Xbox 360. Lit is half good and half bad, Econs is looking up, History started out bad and ended being pretty okay.
Of course, this is all speculation and it may very well be the case that next week you'll hear the faint cry of desperation echoing over the rooftops of Pasir Ris.
What else? Oh yeah, I made a film for Cheryl's video class, based on a movie which is showing on cable but I still haven't seen it yet. It was pretty cool, even if none of the hot girls seemed interested in checking me out and Cheryl still hasn't fulfilled my wish to meet up with Danielle The Sexy Momma tm.
I've joined and quit TornCity, yet another online game, the ramifications of which were I lost a friend and gained another, so not too bad on the whole. Who knows people are willing to act like utter assholes just to gain a slight advantage in an online game. It's unreal.
I've completed my collection of Sandman and Preacher comics, the whole lot will be heirlooms passed down to my children someday, you may count on that.
My guinea pigs died like long ago, and I was sad, but I've got a new hamster now and his name is Mr. Hyde. He's a grumpy little dude who bites me when I try to pick him up, but what the hell, I remember the time I saw him at Whitesands and brought him home for 10 dollars. He was so small back then. Sniff. They grow up so fast.
I've read a few good books and hung out in a few cool forums, like Giantitp.com, and made some way towards preparing for the exams that will determine my future life on this planet.
No pressure.
Ah well, the only person who can decide whether I'm a rich successful writer who gets condemned by the government but still manages to make out with the hottest of the Singapore single scene because he's so darn cool or whether I'm a struggling salaryman trying like hell to keep my head above water while my unappreciative future wife screams at me, my kids are doing drugs and my dad berates me for making less money than him...
Is me.
Crunch time, King.
Can you go all the way?
Here and now, it's all up to you.
Feedback! Now!
Lol. Love you all, especially, you, you and you. You know who you are.
Finn Solomon 11:57 PM
PROFILE
Sulaiman Daud a.k.a. Finn Solomon a.k.a. Dark Solomon, emo boy.
Liverpool FC die-hard. Rafael Benitez is my master.
Arts Student of Tampines College
Fortunate member of the best academic class in Singapore- 06A05
Reporter for the TODAY Newspaper
Fairly liberal Muslim
Technophobe
Quite possibly the biggest Stephen King/Terry Pratchett fanatic in the world
Lover of classic rock- The Beatles, Guns N' Roses, The Who, Led Zeppelin and AC/DCtag
Gemini- This might explain the days when I am insufferably moody. And also the days when I am wildly optimistic.
Dragon- The Chinese Zodiac is intriguingly accurate in its assessment of my character.
Shares a special bond with a special girl from Texas, an amazing woman in Madrid, the erudite psycho of Tampines, an amusing Egyptian and the classy rock lady in Canada, a great friend from the Phillipines, a lovely lass from Venezuela, another one in Sheffield, and the coolest of dudes from Miami, Minnesota and London.
If for some reason any of you are reading this, you know who you are. Thanks.
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