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13 January 2006

5 Weird Things (Part 5) - Allergic to Cow Grass

I love football ever since I was a kid (come visit me at http://redhalfofmanchester.blogspot.com Update 01 Sep 2010 : http://pangpuarliap.blogspot.com). I love donning on my football boots and run out to the pitch trying to emulate the pros from what I saw on the telly (Big League Soccer) the Sunday before.

I love the goal posts. I love being part of a team. I love scoring the goals. I love the sliding tackles. What I don't love is the cow grass. I have a mild allergy to these little green leafy blades. Not say that I will sneeze uncontrollably or swollen eye/lip or fever or die, my skin will itch lor. Damn gao weh one.

So here's the dilemma lor. On one hand, I love to play football. On the other hand, leg damn itchy lor (maybe that's why I run so fast! hahahah).

So how?

Well, in the end I lun. Mind over matter. Itch then let it itch lor. Bor pian. I guess if want to play football, then this minor discomfort is just a small price to pay lor.

Granted some will say why not play street football. Got lah, I also got play football in the streets (steal roadworks pylons to make goal posts), on carpark rooftops, basketball courts, just to name a few. But nothing beats going out there on the football pitch and playing the real thing.

Here's something interesting that I heard and that is allergic to grass can get you downgraded in the army one. Zhun bor? So kua zhang one har? Not say, I want to get downgraded one lah but with a fractured femur, you don't want also cannot. Fated lah.



Well, this is a short one as far as the 5 Weird Things meme is concerned. I hoped everyone enjoy reading them over the week.

Now, I shall hand this over to the 5 following people.

1) Kelawar
2) Vanna
3) Lynne
4) Sly
5) Heather

- Voxeros

1. Jaschocolate left...
Thursday, 12 January 2006 3:42 pm
I dont like to play ball games.. cos my aiming damn lousy..


2. JayWalk left...
Thursday, 12 January 2006 3:59 pm :: 
Jaschocolate: If dun like balls then what you like?


3. mht left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 3:30 pm
u no need to downgrade lah. u are already a PR of ch1na! ur ex1t perm1t will keep you out for a long long time!


4. aloe left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 5:05 pm
guys and their footballs... sigh... *shake head* My bro also like that, tore ligament still wanna go play...


5. JayWalk left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 6:09 pm ::
mht: You are right about that one. The almighty Exit-Permit. I only missed the IPPT that forces me to stay in shape. Now getting a bit pudgy already. Sigh....

Anna: Bor bian. Football is hardcoded into our Y-Chromosome one.


6. Jaschocolate left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 7:17 pm
I like.. uh.. uh.. i like.. Ah, i like chocolates loh.. see my nick.. wahaha


7. Pam left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 7:23 pm
well Jay, if you play footie in countries where they don't have cow grass, then ok liao! :) didn't quite realise till recently that the grass over here is different (of course lah, different climate..). anyways. didn't know you allergic to cow grass too. join the club. i used to have really really bad excema around my ankles.


8. JayWalk left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 10:02 pm ::
Jaschocolate: YOU'RE KIDDING!!! YOU LIKE CHOCOLATES??!!
hur hur hur.... :P
My acting good or not?

Pam: Well, well, well. Look who's BACK??!! :)
As I was saying, it's just the Singapore cow grass. Any other type of grass and I'd be fine with it. *scratch scratch*


9. Jaschocolate left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 10:09 pm
*bish.. you want some cow grass in your mouth is it? Say so mah, i courier some to u.. or better still,if you are not picky, go outside and pick it yourself... Hmphz..


10. Pam left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 10:26 pm
thank you - was that a 'welcome back'?! :) didn't even know it was called cow grass. it was my brother who pointed out that our grass here is different. he was walking in my garden and said 'wah, you have the posh grass'. i was like 'huh?'... but you do realise that the grass in say in front of raffles place MRT, is different from normal grass across the island??


11. Jaschocolate left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 10:33 pm
Pam, the grass in raffles is also posh grass?


12. Pam left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 11:16 pm
posh grass not official name, but yes, i think the grass in raffles is quite different from the grass that jay's put up on his blog! :)


13. Agent 66 left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 11:20 pm
*takes down notes again*


14. Sly left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 11:20 pm :: http://www.myveryownslyblog.blogspot.com
oi, sabo me also neber link properly..hehe


15. kIm left...
Friday, 13 January 2006 11:35 pm
I used to like to pluck those grass off while squatting in the field waiting for my sis. Too bored. *pluck pluck pluck throw* Those kelian grass. And I didnt know it's called cow grass too. Haha..
Then wad are those tiny grass that can poke through clothes called? The ones found in landed property gardens?


16. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 12:12 am ::
Jaschocolate: Wah so fierce. *bish* some more....

Pam: It is indeed a welcome back, no less. Missed you!
If you goto the old golf courses in Malaysia, they still have cow grass greens. Singapore golf course switched to the modern-day Bermuda Grass liao.

The grass lawn around HDB should still be cow grass.
I think your "Posh Grass" should be Carpet Grass. Hmm... let me go back and look see look see.

Agent-66: Ai shay!! Take notes siah! No need lah... outside syllabus one. Exam won't come out one.

Sly: Paiseh... typed too fast.... amend liao.

kIm: Acherly hor, ALL tiny grass will poke through clothes one right?
Ok ok... please dun *bish* me. I believe the tiny grass you are refering to is Carpet Grass also.


17. Agent BB210 left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 12:48 am
Sly: i notice it but too lazy to tell daddy.. wahaha
Agent 66: It is time to join forces liao.. since we cannot make him drunk, we should make him itch.. wahaha.. time to gather some grass liao?


18. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 1:09 am :: 
Agent-BB210: Wah piang! Gather grass??!! Like that also can har?
Win liao....


19. Jaschocolate left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 1:17 am
Otherwise how to get revenge... hurhurhur


20. Agent BB210 left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 6:45 am
Me think me double identity is confusing me myself... muahaha


21. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 8:54 am ::
Jaschocolate: If in the process of gathering grass and you get itchy hands, I'd be sure to nominate you for the Darwin Awards.

Agent-BB210: And a good morning to you! Man... 6:45am, you are quite the early riser, aren't you?


22. Agent-BB210 left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 10:08 am
Mui need to work one.. even though i am not really doing "real" work now.. more like daydreaming and waiting for time to punch out.. wahaha


23. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 12:33 pm :: 
Agent-BB210: Aren't we all just waiting for time to punch out everyday? sigh...


24. Agent-BB210 left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 5:10 pm
We will all do that eventually one day.. 2 legs straight straight into coffin.. Totally punched out..


25. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 6:04 pm ::
Agent-BB210: Not so morbid lah.. I was thinking more about punching out as in retirement lah....


26. Agent-BB210 left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 6:07 pm
Oh.. that too lah.. wahaha


27. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 6:43 pm ::
Agent-BB210: Your job so jialat that you think of death??!! Oh my.....


28. Agent-BB210 left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 8:31 pm
no lah.. i dont need the job to make me think of death.. just living is enough :p


29. JayWalk left...
Saturday, 14 January 2006 9:24 pm ::
Agent-BB210: Sigh... another drama queen....


30. Zhe Bin left...
Sunday, 15 January 2006 2:02 am
Aiya in the end you still play golf mah. Hahaha. More comfy. I think the nearest thing to golf I play is Gunbound, which I doubt you will know what game that is. It's just a pc game.


31. JayWalk left...
Sunday, 15 January 2006 9:42 am ::
ZheBin: Hmm... imagine sliding tackle with a golf club. Extreme Hockey liao... kekekeke
<Note to self> Go google "Gunbound".


32. Agent-BB210 left...
Sunday, 15 January 2006 7:44 pm
Drama? Where got drama? Got free show to see meh? where where? heheehee


33. Jaschocolate left...
Sunday, 15 January 2006 7:46 pm
U google also no use.. u dont play one.. u is old..


34. JayWalk left...
Sunday, 15 January 2006 9:01 pm :: 
Jaschocolate: Si gin nah..... I may not play it but at least find out more about it mah.... grrr....


35. Jaschocolate left...
Sunday, 15 January 2006 11:45 pm
wahaha.. dont be too angry, wait wrinkles all come out.. haha.. and then look older than u are


36. aloe left...
Monday, 16 January 2006 10:55 am
yah, those are called carpet grass. But even for carpet grass, there are different grades, different prices, different uses....


37. Agent-BB210 left...
Monday, 16 January 2006 1:45 pm
Anna, did you do gardening in the past.. u sounded very expert.. :p


38. aloe left...
Monday, 16 January 2006 2:28 pm
One week of horticulture in the Zoo when I was in Sec sch counted anot?? LOL!
No la. Just happened to know some trivial facts. :)


39. Agent-BB210 left...
Monday, 16 January 2006 3:45 pm
Better than me liao.. i no horticulture in sec school loh.. why ur school so good


40. JayWalk left...
Monday, 16 January 2006 8:23 pm ::
Anna: What kind of carpet grass ah?
Dunno.
Carpet carpet grass?


41. aloe left...
Tuesday, 17 January 2006 10:59 am
Agent-BB210=> free labor leh... -_-''' It was just a holiday attachment thingy in which we select which company to go to. I like animals so selected zoo loh. Then they separated and send us to the different depts. I kanna the horticulture section. They do not know what work to give us and we ended up sweeping dead leaves, repotting plants, etc.

http://www.american-lawns.com/grasses/grasses.html - the different kind of grasses.

Knew that there were different types cos of asking a contractor to re-do the co.'s garden, then the contractor asked us which type of carpet grass we want. Turns out that there are different names, different types, different prices, different uses of grass. Eg. the golfing grass is of a much higher quality than those you see outside in the gardens.


42. JayWalk left...
Tuesday, 17 January 2006 1:17 pm :: 
Anna: Ironic leh... Go zoo take care of plants?
Then I supposed those attached to Botanical Gardens will be assigned to take care of the animals?


43. Jaschocolate left...
Tuesday, 17 January 2006 1:58 pm
Daddy, u stupid.. garden only got insects, ok? it is not jungle loh..


44. aloe left...
Tuesday, 17 January 2006 2:25 pm
Zoo also got plants ma... If no one take care, then become jungle liao.


45. JayWalk left...
Tuesday, 17 January 2006 2:35 pm :: 
Jaschocolate: Er... insects are animals!!!

Anna: True lah. But I supposed you didn't expect to be taking care of plants when you signed up for the zoo initially right?


46. aloe left...
Tuesday, 17 January 2006 2:49 pm
yah loh... so I was very the sianz when I knew that... :(


47. Jaschocolate left...
Wednesday, 18 January 2006 12:20 am
no, insects not animals ah..


48. JayWalk left...
Wednesday, 18 January 2006 2:01 am :: 
Anna: I feel your pain, girl.... I feel your pain.

Jasochocolate: Insects of course animals lah... then plant meh?


49. Jaschocolate left...
Wednesday, 18 January 2006 8:41 am
ok lah... just saw that it is small arthropod animals.. heehee
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=insect


50. JayWalk left...
Wednesday, 18 January 2006 11:53 am :: 
Jaschocolate: Hah! 看来你要给我敬茶认错! Er... can change that to lunch or dinner or not har?

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