Notable Events
1) Installation and playing of CM 03/04
2) Singing with mom
3) Allan and Gretchen going home

(1) Installation and playing of CM 03/04
Tough, really tough game. I took charge of Everton and I lost 8-1 after going ahead. Then I praised my 'keeper (Wright) post-match. The fans gave me loads of stick about that.

I decided I was disgracing my team like our dear monkey Mr P. Reid disgraced Leeds. So I then started a new game at Forest Green to start from the very bottom. I can't get the training and match tactics right.

But the promise of the game is there. Very good.

(2) Singing with mom
I introduced mom to the idea of the prayer plane. I write my prayer out ike a psalm on paper then i fold it into a paper glider and keep it in my little black box to be sent to God. Mom thinks it is a good idea.

She then introduced me to a hymn -

An Evening Prayer

If I have wonded any soul today,
If I have caused one foot to go astray,
If I have walked in my own wilful way,
Dear Lord, forgive!

If I have uttered idle words or vain,
If I have turned aside from want or pain,
Lest I myself shall suffer thru the strain,
Dear Lord, forgive!

Forgive the sins I have confessed to Thee:
Forgive the secret sins I do not see;
O guide me, love me, and my Keeper be,
In Jesus' name.

(3) Allan and Gretchen going home
It's been a month since they reached our sunny shores. Maybe they miss Manchester too. I know I do, both Trafford Square and Old Trafford. Trafford Square is like Takashimaya in terms of size but there are push carts there too and the footie stuff is less ex. Old Trafford is home to Man Yoo and it's where I first got footballer's autograph's I got Ruud's, Veron's, Becks', Silvestre's, Fortune's and van der Gouw. I even got Fergie to autograph a Beckham postcard. How ironic given recent events.

Well, it's been a pleasure having the Ashurst's over here. I'll miss them. But hopefully when my next major exams are over in two years I can go visit again. I'll remember Allan's lessons on the man who has watched every Man Yoo match in 76 years and the lesson with the 10 dollar bill.

God Bless them in their work and God be wth Steven Masood too.

Other Stuff
It's Lingling's birthday tomorrow. Her site says she wants a Raul or a Becks jersey. Can I give her Becks' autograph? Becks' is tiny while Veron's is huge. I dunno if she likes "the little witch". Lingling has been really nice to me this hols. She's like totally different when we are online.

What can I get her, which is reasonably priced and which she will like? A Marc Jacobs wallet? An England Becks jersey? Or somehing from Harrods? What about Godiva Chocolates? Sheer Opulence in those Gold ballotines. Or something from FCUK or Miss Selfridge? Maybe MNG since they are having big discounts? I'll just get her a Beckham book or sweets, since she always likes sweets.