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Friday, September 29, 2006

*deleted the previous entry. things are getting complicated.

::Deja Vu::

So today, i had a real bad poker day. or so to say, bad day at work. lost 5k usd in 3 hours. =(. so i was feeling upset and feel the need to chill.

went thumper to relax and get some drinks from my bad day at work. and so, u know chilling there and stuff. so i saw the shooter girl(those who sells tequila shots). and i remmeber bella telling me tht desiree is working tonight. so i decided to go over to say hi to her. and guess who i saw? jennifer. the other tequila shot girl.

Deja Vu!!


::Poker::

u know, the past week, poker hasnt been tht good. for last week, i lost a total of 3K sgd nett. its not my normal variance. cause normally, geez, i do own the game. although variance are to be expected, 1 week of non-profit is not something i can bear with. there was something wrong with my play. and it concides with the fact the another top singapore player(pokerart) has been playing at my table for the past week. and i came back from clubbing, u know, had sort of a heart to heart talk with him. telling him tht when he is at my table, i jus play differently cause i respect him alot, and try to learn his style of playing, which is BET BET BET. and thats when i realise my problem. i am not playing my style! simple as tht, its not tht his style is not a winning play. but every poker player has his own style. he told me tht there was this once time when he went to paris, he tried to play his fren's style whom is a WORLD CLASS poker player. and he lost alot of money too. cause simply said, you cant jus follow a style.

u need to play your original style.a style tht you are comfortable with. and thats something new tht i've learnt for poker! expensive lesson though.

Andry at 9:37 AM

Monday, September 25, 2006

::a little complain about life::

u know, everyone i presume from the outside, thinks my life is kinda easy. basically, wake up, sit down at the computer, own time own target, making lots of money.

but they dont know something. i'm having so many fuking decision in my life. like really so many. to name a few, my birdnest, i gotta decide the marketing strategy, the website- how its gonna be, do some reasearch on mlm.. thts one of the many problems tht i have to think thru. and then i got my 50K usd poker account to worry. the verdict is not out yet whether i am gonna get my money. its 50k fuking usd balls. gluped. and then, haha, i cant state here. its very personal. and i still have another business project going on, and people fuking up cause of incompetency and to have to think whether to carry on with the project.

its easy to jus say, u know what, fuk it. u either do it or you dont. but thts not the best move. the best move would be to wait and see how things go first and one step at a time. it goes the same for everything. but you see, thts a problem by itself. cause now i have too many wait and see things, tht would mean tht every other day, i have things to assess, make the best decision, the best move.

and why is tht so. because at the end of the day, human nature. GREED. i'm not satisfied with poker. i want more. and more means expanding. expanding means, working more. lol. tell me abt it. ironically, if you desire lesser in life, u would be a happier person. i wish i can be like tht, but its not something u tell yourself to do. its whether u are like tht or not.

ok, gonna sleep now. need to wake up at 4pm, to rush my day before office hour ends within the 1 hour that i have before all the doctors,bank, etc etc closes.



hmmm.. come to think abt it, my place, the location damn power. all within walking distance. bank, doctor, dentist, spectacles shop. and ya, have stupid KTV too.

Andry at 10:37 AM

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

::Time flies in a blink of an eye::

i was jus thinking abt my polydays. it didnt seem far. it jus seems like yesterday. i remember alot of things. my frens. my polymates. a few of my lecturer. but when i compare to real time, its been almost 3 years since i graduated. 3 yearss...........

what have i changed. hmmm....

My thoughts on certain issues, particularly abt girls are different now.
i'm definetly successful in my own right now.
i realise i dont really like playing soccer anymore. it doesnt excites me tht much as it used to.
i guess i'm more responsible now.
i guess i'm smarter now to a certain extend. i tend to think what people think inside their head.
i'm quite good with calculations, as in. one might not realise, but alot of things are in calculations and in positive/negative Expected Value. at the end of the day, u must do the one with the highest EV irregardless of short term results. this sounds so poker theory, but thts how one should always do things.
Ronaldo is 30 years old. did i see it right, its 30!

well, i cant too many things. but one thing, i learnt, is how the society works, or so i assume. i guess i'll adapt to it, and i am more than willing nowadays, but its important to still retain your own values. its really easy how people gets drifted away, get big headed, jaded, and they change. for the better or worse, its important to retain your identity.

i feel very blessed and lucky to be where i am today. now. this moment, its the moment. some hiccups but nothing to worry abt in life. generally, everything is going so fantastic. i gotta attribute these to poker. Poker changed my life. But sad to say, i can thank no one for where i am today. No one encouraged me at all, infact they put me down. its not really their fault, but it would have been nice to see someone to tell me to take risk and give me confidence. all they ever say is in life take calculated risk and poker is not it. YOU will fuck up your life, etc etc etc. i guess i came out of the whole thing by myself. my stubborness and determination got me to where i am today. cause simply said," i dont give up".

i thank god, if there is any, for letting me be where i am today because he is the one who gives me the talent. and the only one who always stood by me. my brother.

Andry at 6:54 AM

Sunday, September 10, 2006

::live poker game and feeling guilty::

today, had my first live poker game since 2-3 months ago. everything went well. went there for a game after my movie "devil wears prada". played 3 hours and made 725 sgd. its was good. the best part was tht i didnt have any particular strong hand at all. and somehow i managed to make 725 in such a short space of time. it was unbelievable.

was playing against a "physical education teacher". he was up 1K sgd, but within 30 mins, he was down 1.8k. and eventually he left. i won quite abit from him. and to a certain extend, i felt so miserable. to be frank, his not such a good player, and clearing him jus like tht. i dont know what to say man. thts not the point, the point is tht, as a physical education teacher, i reckon his pay is abt 3-4k sgd. and the stakes we are playing, u gotta either be a good poker player, or u gotta be at least making 10k a month to play man. if not, the money u lose. its gonna hurt big time. i feel so sorry for him. i'm actually feeling so miserable. i can feel his pain. :(

currently feel like a world class poker player. after my live game, i came home, played at prima poker. and made 1250 usd in 1.5 hours at 10-20. whoooo. its mad, and i always thought prima is damn tough.

i kinda like the stakes tht i play for live game. cause the non-professional poker players i meet at my stakes. its good for contacts. i jus got my fren a job offer. with supposely annual income of 200K before tax and cpf. its nice to build contacts. :).

this month's income pretty slow - read my previous article. standing at 8k sgd now. lets hope i hit at least 20k! hehe


::the devil wears prada::

integrity is more important than material needs. its easy how people jus gets sucked in and go for the glamour thinking tht its all that. sometimes, people should remmeber their roots. i'm not saying tht you shouldnt strive in life. but in the process of striving in life, u must still know who you are. and never be arrogant.

so this is how the fashion industry is. lol.

Andry at 8:49 AM

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

::torrid time::

going thru a torrid time now. my 2 poker account both got blocked. cause i am accused of chip dumping, which is true. inside there is a total of 50K usd. and i still have 3 cheque of total 30K usd pending. thts hell alot of money. around 135K sgd there. and i cant get to play poker. so basically, i'm jus idling the past few days, playing w3 and dvd. its been 2 days since. i feel very lost. no poker= no income and more importantly, i might get rusty. girl department wise, not doing tht fantastic too.


::20K a month and a nice house::

the other day i went to my fren's house. trust me, its so sooo soooooo sooooooooo fuking nice. like, almost like my dream house!(its basically a semi-d, double storey) and then he said to me, "andry, u can get this house in time to come. my dad's making 20K a month and he can afford all these."

it sort of opened my eyes up. maybe afterall, 20k a month, its alot of money. but as a professional poker player, i gotta give cold hard cash. geez, no installment. its gonna take me a while to save up.

::poker::

yeah, last month's poker. world class. made 65K sgd. this month, has been very slow.up 1500 sgd due to the closure of my account.its already the 6th. didnt play any poker or anything. i still might get my money back, but its in the process. hopefully i get em back.

Andry at 3:54 PM

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