Of Zoos and ice-creams, interns and imaginings

as my lift is being barricaded for works, i had to use the newly installed lift at another location of my block to get home. it was a verily different experience for me. since i've moved, i've stayed at a unit that is very near the lift and there is only 1 other unit on the path from the lift to my unit. but because this lift is being re-constructed, i had to use the new one which is further away from my unit. and by doing so, i have to walk along the common corridor...

in many ways, this is very jarring for me. as i walk pass the many grilled doors and windows... my mind began to wonder about the families staying there. oh, i know it is rude to peep into other people's houses and rooms but... it is unconscious. i try, i swear i did, to walk pass with my eyes glued to the concrete or glazing out at the view... but as the corridor turns, i will glance pass someone's bedroom or living room... and even see the kitchen for 1 or 2... and my mind works in a frenzy, thinking up roles and situations of the family inside. is this what people mean by imagination? or just simple kpo-ness. haha.

another tot that occurred to me today, (technically, i mean yesterday) is my past relationship with my boss (aka the best boss in the world).. haha... i wasnt kidding when i gave him tat title you know... i really tot he was great... he still is (great i mean). he deserve that title because of how he treated me... AND also as i realised now- The situation in which we were in then. I was the only intern in the team and he drives me around everywhere, for lunch, for fieldwork... for fun activities... yup, he included me in most of his activities... and it was.. almost... like there was only the 2 of us... so i guess.. i got attached to him... i rem the last day... i felt so sad to leave... almost shed a tear or 2 as i left the office... hm..

of cos, i dont think i am the BIITW... i just happen to be the luckiest :) THANK YOU GOD! So, the interns are here for some months.. and hope i am a good influence on them and provide them with useful skills and knowledge and of cos leave them with good memories...

feeling blessed to the brim

crazy running around spreading love

despite my failing health (read early morning dizziness and puking ) i managed to survived the day in office. i wasnt on form at all.. you can ask my boss, my mind was slow and not working right. i wasnt sure if i should play bball with my colleagues/frens... in the beginning i was a little blur.. but later into the game... i felt better... phew... so the cure is just some exercise... :)

anyways as the Type A H1N1 flu pandemic is going to blow us all the way to hell... i just want to say to all of ya out there... "treasure the people around ya man!!!!" who knows who is going to say "bye bye" to the world... BUT... do rem that if you owe me money.. PAY UP!!! hahaha.. just kidding.

Hm... can you tell, that my jokes are just me covering up the fact that i will be really upset if you guys leave me? please dont die on me... because you guys deserve your future, because you guys have so much more to accomplish... because if you guys average out the happiness lvl of your life per day... im sure i have load more than you... and that is just so unfair..

So, Dear God, please dont take my friends away before they are ready... dont let them leave this world you created without smelling the roses, without watching the clouds, without enjoying the sea, without admiring the mountains, without experiencing the wonders you have created for us. please do not take them so quickly because they have neglected the magic around them, because they have been self-sacrificial for so long.. and they deserved some more time to bring the love back into their lives.

i burnt brightly, more brightly than some others because i want to share my warm and light... but that also mean that when i crash.. i crash real bad and i prefer to crash alone or with very close frens. Sometimes, behind all my bright smiles... lies a small girl.. who nibbles at her fingers.. and awkwardly hides at corners... hoping to be noticed... yet fearing that... thats just me. i find joy in burning super brightly whenever i can... throwing caution to the wind.

But whatever it is.. For so far, i have count myself blessed to have shared my life with all of you (even a little, because you all have enriched my life)... and whatever happens in the future... just know this.. we had fun and we were great together!

i love you. and do rem to love k?

say a little prayer...

my tongue is rubbing the ulcer in my mouth with a pathetic relish... i know i shouldnt bother my ulcer but my tongue is just not listening to my brain... another thing that is not listening to my brain is my body... i seem to have trouble balancing... not just in pilates class this morning... even walking about my house just now.

anyway, after my class today, i treated mom and my brothers for lunch as a mothers' day lunch... and then i went to Jes's to check up on some the websites regarding Aussie... which made me wonder if i could even go... because of the H1N1 flu... pigs can fly man... hahah

okok... so... back to some topics on my mind... i can understand that my family couldnt tell that my hair condition is better... i can even let the fact that my hair color change pass un-observed.. but hello? my hair is SHORT now?!!! haiz... nvm... i think i am getting use to this. dinner was an unappetising instant noodle.. super no nutri-value what so ever but... it was because i was really upset at my dad. long story, not very interesting.

this H1N1 is really getting on people's nerves... today at Causeway.. it was a tues or wed crowd only... which means.. business might get into deep shit. SAD. another, less economical thought i have on H1N1 is that... hey, you know how little people care about other people around them? other people - being the not so close kind... like strangers on the streets... neighbours in the lift... the person waiting for the bus with you... the cab driver... yup.. who noes.. their impact on you may be much greater than u can imagine... death by association perhaps?

;P say your prayers yet?

skye... if you are reading this, please take good care of yourself! dont get the virus! and tell amy and ah xia also! miss you guys.

New Hair-do with Clara

Other than the little bit of the morning which i had to do work. i had lots of fun today. did a few firsts... first hair treatment in singapore (i did quite a lot of that in China) , first shopping exp. at auto. shop... haha... not what i expected at all. i tot it would be more shady, but apparently it is quite jap-like... hm...

in addition to the hair treatment, i re-dye my hair, as the hairdresser told me that they cant touch up highlights... did my hair with my gf :) haha. every time i go out with Clara, i end up spending... super haiz. BUT, it is super fun! I think she must feel the same. Hahaha

had a good time at borders… was planning to purchase an audio book but end up getting a classic… can you guess which I got? I wonder if an audio book will provide me with the same level of entertainment as a book-book. Hm… it is very different eh? I mean, what if I don’t like the way the reader reads or his/her voice… or worst… what if because of intonation or rhythm, the reader plant in my mind something that is not per the author’s intention?


anyway… need to hit my bed soon because tomorrow is pilates Sunday, but now, just simply enjoying my MLTR CD.

Labour day

i was rudely waken by my mom who pressed me for an answer to a question which i couldnt be less bothered about. i tried burrowing deeper into my already flatten pillow but did not find peace in dreamland. it seems i was too far away for Sandman to work his magic on me.

reluctantly i gave in to the call of the TV and the noisy birds outside my window. breakfast became lunch and i sub. lunch for a 45min swim. (it was 2.30pm, i was hoping there will be few as mad as me to go swim when the sun is hottest. and i was right on! however, in my hurry to leave i drop my goggles... and those were really fine goggles i tell you!) Went to my uncle's place immediately after my swim... dinner was BBQ!!! haha... we had jumbo prawns, flower crab, satay, otah, mushroom, beehoon and beef... yum!

but that isnt my fav part of the whole thing... my fav part is when i am chatting to my cousins.. looking at youtube videos with them... just sharing the sofa... entertaining the younger ones... listening to their endless questions and making sense of their baby talk.. haha. children, they warm the heart (most of the time.. haha).

will be going for press check tmr morning... oops.. i mean later at 8.30am... so i better get into my bed and under the covers!

so thankful for relatives who care.