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I think. But don't expect daily updates!

Why do I say August is a pain? Because everything that was supposed to happen in august didn't happen and plans were postponed, people changed, things changed, and the days of august are just trickling by like drops of blood that you might see if u attempt to cut your own wrist. I wouldn't know, I never cut my own wrist. :p But I meant to say, it's painful to see the days bleed by.

Hail september! The ninth month of the calendar! Which sadly isn't coming until thirteen days later! -.- But I'm just waiting for this week to pass. Surely, surely this week will pass soon?

I am wondering if anybody is interested in a weekend kukup trip? I have one day of holiday-in-lieu and I don't want to waste it. I was mildly contemplating a weekend trip to kaohsiung (with my sis and bring her to that big shopping place!) because china airline's having 280 dollars tickets sale but turns out there are no seats back on sunday or monday and I don't want to waste my annual leave. Planning, planning. If by mid september there are still no plans then I will just take one friday off and go sleep!

Meanwhile, move along. Shove people a little. Nudge them more, share ginger cookies.

Without my specs, I am blind as a bat.  Without my specs, I can't even see the words I am typing.  Without my specs, maybe the things I blog about will come out more naturally and less processed.

Taiwan trip will remain as a fond memory to look back on... Guess I am really thankful to have friends who can be who they are exactly and show all their weaknesses and strengths and still accept one another for who they are... It's a good refresher for not meeting up after so long - 4 years? The parting at the airport was quite cool also, as friends recognised one another's family and friends... I should make it a point to go visiting during chinese new year... :)

Then there are friends who just started work, and already scheduled for business trip! ;) Friends who are still bunking in hall as they look for a place to stay... Hall feels like such a distant memory suddenly. We all have to move on to a new phase of life right? Hopefully the gatherings will continue...

Looking forward to the 23rd, kind of at least. There'll be a lot to watch out for, and a lot to catch up on!

It's not the first time I've had internet access for the past 2 weeks, but everything that has transcended in the past days would probably take me forever to write down... It has been a tiring trip, as all trips get once they past the 10 day mark. And living out of a backpack/luggage is really tiring if you're not used to it. But a 14 day trip is just nice to get you tired of travelling but stretching it a bit more! :) Now that I'm nearing the end of the trip, I start thinking about life after I get back and it's a bit crazy how time after the exams flew by. It's time to start planning and then pack up for work life...

One more day to Taiwan! And today will whizz by equally fast, and then before I know it I'll be off on a Jet-plane to 3 Megameters away flicking cards of bridges everyday and blasting away the last 2 weeks of my freedom. My room is starting to get messier, and it's high time i cleaned up before work starts... I'll leave that to the 20th. hehe. XD

meanwhile I should be rushing out to meet Claudia at kallang soon... Just a few quick messages: To oomps, jiayou for your exams! We're waiting for you to come back and start cabal-ing! :D To jingles, welcome home!!!!! must remember all ur stories from europe and share them soon! To dee if you're reading from japan, hope you're having a good time there!

To the formosa!~

I need to catch up with lifang on her marathon, need to catch up with jingles on her exciting europe trip, and with dee when she comes back...

I also need to pack, because when claudia comes on wed there'll be no time to pack.

It's 1st of June and the calendar has arrived just in time :)

Time is passing by quickly...

I havn't been this tired in a long time! Woke up early at 7 this morning... And spent the morning doing some light cabaling, then set off for IKEA with my mum to buy my table and furnishings! Finally got the stuff and tomorrow is the day to fix it all up...I owe lifang one for ubin tmr.. >.< Then went to catch jones with lifang! Tis not bad, the show, but the theatre experience wasn't the best yet... I guess next up is Narnia, then kungfu panda! whoohoo~ kungfu panda looks like a funny brainless show to laugh to :)

Dinner with the year 4s! We went to a mediterranean restaurant at Baghdad street, cannot remember the name now. It's 19 Baghdad street anyway... The food was interesting! And the seats upstairs were quite cosy... I'll probably add the photos another time. I'm really very sleepy today! >.<

Bedtime!

Must be a little crazy.

Must be.

*nods*

quite sleepy, quite puzzled. a little frazzled...

i shall read.

Edit:
This is something that I have come to realize far too late.  That we allow ambition, the hunger for recognition, to blind us to wider consequences.  We are encouraged to pursue goals, to make the best of ourselves, to search for meaning.  But what does a person do when those dreams come true? What is the next step?
-Charles Cumming, A Spy By Nature

since that first day where the leaning tower of tanjong rhu was built and shattered, I've threw out nearly 10 bags of "rubbish". I guess it's not really rubbish, but it's just that I cannot afford to stock up so many things, and lug around bags of emotional baggage from secondary school days. In the end, I threw away so many things that used to matter so much but no longer tug at me anymore. Part of growing up I guess?

After I took this photo I found another box of test tubes. Even until now i dunno what to do with them. I could make presents, but you know after I threw away so many of those presents I don't see how other people would be keeping the ones I make so painfully. =X It's not that I'm not appreciative lar...  But those people who gave the presents are no longer in touch anymore. Even if we see each other again, the feelings now and then are so different that it wouldn't mean the same thing anymore anyway.