As my body was doubled up in extreme pain this morning, I wondered if it would be less painful for me if I went for NS (if I were a boy) instead of having to suffer bloody menstrual cramps every month. Okay most of the time it's only the first day that the cramps attack me, but trust me, the pain is absolutely mind-numbingly, head-spinningly, bile-invokinlgy horrible. Yes, I know I just made a few million grammatical errors. Anyway, back to my point. Think about it! So you suffer during NS, but hey, you get to become fit and roll around in the mud, getting in touch with the basest of your instincts, and it's for two years. And it's not like the hell lasts for two years. AND you get paid for it. Now, think about menstrual cramps. For the more unfortunate, the cramps last every single day of the girl's period for that month. Let's say three days per month, so in a year, you'd be on the verge of collapsing for 36 days. Now, say you got your period when you're thirteen? And maybe you're pregnant during thirty. So that means from 13 to 30, you'd have to put up with 17x36= 612 days of pain. Now, when you're pregnant, you have to go through more pain for an additional 9 months. And after you recover from your childbirth, you'll get menses again. On top of that, you have to deal with postnatal blues where you may possibly kill yourself or your child, and that would be the most tragic thing on earth, a sagging body... So whoever says that girls have it easier because we don't need to go for NS... Think again. Menses will kill a guy if he ever got it.

I must mention this. It was amusing yet highly annoying for me. I got on the bus today to go home from school. There was this big-sized guy (I'm trying to be a bit more polite) standing right smack in the middle of the aisle, and he stood facing the driver, so that when you get on the bus and walk down towards the aisle, it'll seem as if he was staring directly at you, which he was. Anyway, I didn't really bother about him as I walked towards the aisle, because I thought he just preferred standing that way. I assumed he'd move aside for me to get past because I wanted to sit down. Instead, when I walked so near till I nearly bumped into his massive chest, he still refused to budge. Note that I was not on my most alert, so when I saw his chest (he's tall), I looked up at him, and he gave me this cocky stare. His hair was a bit like what Torres' hair used to be; there was a tail at the back, and he had multiple piercings in his ears. Okay, anyway I was wondering if he was an idiot or something, so I just looked at him as if he was a complete tool, which he is, and said "Excuse me" in the snottiest tone I could manage. He continued to stare at me with this smirk on his face and very slowly moved aside to let me pass. Bonehead. I can't stand such people. Stupid punks who try and make trouble.

You're still an awesome player in my eyes, even if everyone else doesn't think so. My sister was mocking Ronaldo during thir morning's match, Brazil against Australia. She was saying stuff like, "It's amazing he can still run." "He's actually running!" "He's not doing anything lah." I've been feeling rather disgruntled at her remarks about him. I'm not a huge fan of his or anything, but I don't think you should just discredit a player like that. Especially not one who had been one of the best the world has ever known. I don't think she ever saw him play or knew much about him before this World Cup, so her jibes are quite baseless, to me. Even if he's overweight now, even if he doesn't run much, even if he is no longer the same Ronaldo as before, I don't think it gives anyone any right to jeer him. A person who is so dedicated and passionate about the sport he plays, who was once nearly the acme of perfection during his best years, does not just deteriorate because he can't be bothered to train or whatsoever. Don't despise him because he looks fat, because he doesn't run as much or doesn't seem to do anything, because you don't know the game as well as he does. I don't really know what I'm saying so far, but what I mean is that, he does have his own problems to cope with, and in no way should you wave him off as a lazy player, because someone who has been in a sport for years, who loves it passionately, doesn't just suddenly give up on it.

Okay. I need to continue with Oligopoly.