Tennis and Italian Food

Hello world! It's Saturday again meaning that I've been out of work for a whole week! It is amazing how quickly the week goes when you're not working. Mind you, freetime, which felt like a precious commodity while I was working, is now over abundant and I'm finding it difficult to fill up my days with worthwhile activities (would anyone consider Lemmings a worthwhile activity? lol). Has anyone noticed that when you have tons to do, it is easy to get motivated to do important things like studying or cleaning your room when you find yourself with a smidgen of freetime? But when you have all the time in the world, it is so easy to procrastinate and bore yourself to tears. Anyway, that's how I feel right now....lethargic, bored and dying to escape from the mundane. :P

Luckily, I had a pretty fun-filled day yesterday. I called Trin up for a game of tennis, and the two of us along with her boyfriend Dany went to the park at the end of my street to knock the ball around for a little while. Unfortunately, Trin has been having some hand problems as of late so our game didn't last very long, but I think all of us were feeling the effects of the sun by that point anyway so we didn't mind. Afterwards, we parted ways with Dany who had to work at 5:00, and Trin and I went on to eat at Big Papa's Italian restaurant in the W----n's Plaza since she had a coupon for a free meal. Although I live quite close to that plaza, I had never heard of Big Papa's until Trin pointed it out to me. (I guess that could be due to the fact its only been around for a year?) And boy am I glad she did! The food was absolutely divine! We ordered the veggie lasagna, one of the specials of the day, and a pizza topped with roasted chicken, mushroom, red peppers, goat cheese (mm!) and mozzarela cheese. We were almost pushed to the point of ordering a puff pastry filled with goat cheese and chicken as an appitizer but pulled back because of the expense and the size of our stomachs...but next time I go, I'll definitely order it! Another nice touch was that the manager and all of the wait staff knew Trin because Dany used to work there. (Extra good service is always an added bonus!)

Also, on Sunday, we are going to go and see The Lake House - I'm always screwing up the name calling it The Light House, The Long House, and any other word you can come up with beginning with L besides 'lake' lol - starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. Now, I know that Keanu isn't exactly known for his romantic roles, but I live in hope that the concept of the story will pull the movie through to the end. And the concept seems pretty interesting, though a little bit unbelievable. It's about two people who live in the same house, except one person is living in the year 2004 and the other in 2006. Somehow, the two manage to start communicating through letters left in the house's mailbox and fall in love. The problem is: they can never meet because their respective realities belong to different points in time. Confused? Not anymore than I am, believe me. If it's any good, I'll report on it here.

Oh yeah. And Japan is out of the World Cup after giving up all dignity by losing to Brazil 1-4. That's enough of a sob story for anyone. T_T Well, there's always next year. I'm now rooting for Spain!!