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i sometimes play this game when i’m bored. try it the next time you’re on a bus, train or just bumming around sipping your latte.

what you need for this game is a good people-watching place and your God-given pair of eyes. pick someone out in a crowd and stare and the person intently. focus and try your best to get the person to look in your general direction or look at you, silently. no gesturing and no talking. pretend you’ve got Jedi powers.

if the person does not turn to your general direction, single out another subject, then wash, rinse and repeat the above paragraph. the best part is when the person actually catches you staring at them. disclaimer: please don’t look too creepy or come on as a mass murderer, when you do this. don’t say i didn’t warn you.

when they catch you staring at them, a couple of things can happen.

a) basically they get uncomfortable and quickly avert their eyes and pretend they didn’t see you.

b) they may stare back until, either one gives up or till someone initiates the next level of ‘contact’

c) smile and wave AND/OR approach you - this is the next level of contact

d) walkover and give you a slap - usually if the ’starer’ is a guy and the ’staree’ is a lady. especially, if you were drolling while sizing up her cup size and what-not. please don’t do this blatantly, guys. discrete is good.

there are of course, grey areas in between like the boyfriend/husband or girlfriend/wife walking over and giving you a piece of their mind, for messing with their significant other. so try not to let it escalate this far. if you are unsure, then refer to the ‘don’t be creepy advice’.

it’s not exactly a fun game, but it keeps my occupied post your experience here.

don’t you just love receiving gifts? well, this weekend has turned out to be an early christmas for my newly formed team and I. at first, i was skeptical of the new team’s performance. we have 2 members aged 15 and ranging to 25. a bunch of mismatched rag-tag individuals, if i may say so. the team captain, thiru, was down with the flu and so i took over the reigns as vice captain.

wonders of wonders, we played three friendly’s against more experienced teams and we won. how’s that for a surprise? we saw a few jaws drop that day. i casually told my team manager, that we now officially are, a ‘team’. we then took the Millennium Series 2005 version 5.1 test for all marshalls. this bit was a little disappointing though and i would find out the results on Sunday.

moving on to Sunday (yesterday), we gathered again at Bukit Jalil for a photoshoot-session for some articles. we had a huge surprise coming. the team manager called us all around for some pow-wow. not unusual actually, but then he told us to meet him by his Toyota Unser. cut to the chase, we are now proudly sponsored from top-to-toe by System X (http://www.systemx.com/). they are also the main sponsors for Team Avalanche, currently ranking third in the world behind Dynasty and XSV. we each received merchandize valued at over RM1,000. talk about an early christmas eh so we had an excellent photoshoot session in full gear after that. the bad bit of news came in later. out of the seven, who took the test, only 3 members passed and they were all backs. our mid and front players failed. so, round 2 grilling for those, who failed while thiru and i consulted on how to go about improving the team.

i wonder, if i will get a shot at paintball stardom in the near future. wish me luck. my jersey, pants, t-shirt, gloves, harness and cap, courtesy of System X are now proudly hanging in my room. go me..yeah