What a way to start this month, with a bang, or rather a fizzle.

If things went as planned, today I’d be starting my first day in the New York office. It seems a little surreal that only a little less than 5 months ago I was offered a role in the main office of my firm, where all the exciting bits take place.

Just watched Liverpool beat Chelsea again in a Champion’s League semifinal and they do it via their signature method, which is to go down and level the score (as they did against AC Milan in the final of 2005 and Westham in the FA Cup final of 2006) then wait it out to take penalties. The keeper then goes on to do stupendous saves against the opposition players. So history repeats itself, with Chelsea going down 4-1 on penalties.

I just realised that this is the month that soccer fans relish. There is the FA Cup final, the UEFA Champion’s League final. All the major leagues around the world are coming to an end and the title race for each respective league is either truly and well decided, or there’s still plenty of drama and surprise going on. Only on the weekend, where Manchester United were 2 down to Everton and Chelsea was leading Bolton (Chelsea were the only contenders left for the Premiership) it seemed like Chelsea would play catch up. It was not to be as I watched one of the more exhilarating matches where Manchester United rallied after a mistake by the Everton goalkeeper gifted them a goal. United went on to romp Everton 4-2.

Heh, my only gripe is that during the time that matches play, I’d still be at work due to the time difference. Friends say that you can follow the livescore on the internet, but what’s the fun of that when you should be soaking in the full atmosphere (I’d attend at the stadiums if I could).

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Soccer aside, the days have sort of been in limbo. My passport is still floating around somewhere (although I suspect it will resurface today) and I’m no closer to packing my stuff than when I was supposed to leave last week.

Sort of still going on about things as per normal, but somehow the anxiety has left me a little rundown, and feeling less energetic than I should be. There’s little enthusiasm for work these days as I missed my window for a holiday, albeit a short one. Having no certainty in anything at the moment, its hard to commit plans to do things as you need to be physically in one spot to be able to do anything, hence the reason why everyday is taken as a day gone by. Heh, these are issues of a different kind, and don’t seem quite pressing, but then again I can’t quite put my finger on what I’m feeling and why I’m feeling strange. Just want to take a holiday from myself now.