kick ball

I just had lunch with an old friend from Raffles Hall today, at this jap restaurent called Nanten, at Hong Leong Building. To digress a bit, I had the braised egg ramen, which was fabulous, just as touted in I.S. magazine. A must try!

So anyway, had a pretty good chat, general catching up, and sharing some perspectives on life, career, home, etc. I'm really happy for him as he's doing really well in a translation services firm with global operations. Well enough to be renting a whole apartment at dairy farm estate for 1.7K a month, and buying a Honda Integra! (Good choice!)

On top of all that, one of the main purposes of the lunch was to kick-start a plan to rustle up some of the old takraw kakis to play some takraw on a regular weekly basis. Am pretty excited about that, since I'm not getting enough exercise, and I don't even manage to go for badminton every week. Hopefully the plan does really take off.

P.S. For those not in the know, takraw is short for "sepak takraw", a sport which is played in an indoor court similar to a badminton court, and involves 2 teams of 3 players playing a volleyball-like match using a small rattan ball (which is now usually plastic), but using their legs and head only. A very agile and acrobatic sport, you can find out more about the game here: http://www.sepaktakraw.org/
My interest in takraw began in Raffles Hall, where I started by playing for leisure, then representing the hall for Inter-Hall Games, then representing NUS for Inter-Varsity & Polytechnics Games, and finally becoming captain of the varsity team. I really do miss the game...