We sent them off last week. It feels like yesterday though, and hope they're settling in well.
It's such an exciting feel for me. Not the idea of sending my friends off to a foreign country, but just the thrill of stepping into a foreign territory... isn't it wild?
I don't know how it feels like to be away from home. The longest I ever was away from my family was ten days during the Philippines study trip and, at that time, I didn't feel homesick often. Even now I think I'll be able to manage if I ever were to be thrown out of my house. But, I've never experienced it so I might be wrong.
Then again, James never complains about being away from home although his mom is like the sweetest ever and his dad oh-so-cool.
And the air at the airport has triggered my love for travelling. I said "I want to be an air stewardess" at least 5 times there. Frankly, SIA's uniform is not the appeal factor for me; it's just the notion of travelling and gaining access to various countries that makes me want to grow taller and lose weight. I wonder whether I'm too old to try to be an air stewardess. Of course, I might also relish my dream of having a pilot boyfriend. =)
What a week it had been. I enjoyed as much as I could and now I'm feeling really fagged. First it's the change in my office seating. Suddenly, it hit me hard, that I've more responsibilities now. But, I'll take the challenge and pull through!
Then, Transformers with Sab at Vivo. Though it was super long, it didn't feel draggy at all. But, seriously, the ending is not satisfying...
Elaine-chan's birthday surprise FAILED, but thankfully she pretended to be surprised and was all smiles! =) Though we couldn't spend much time together on Wed night, we had great fun camwhoring, munching on the 'cheese burger' cake and relishing on the shaved ice at Heeren basement. I so can't wait for Eunice - Wendy farewell 'party' this week. WHEE~!
On Fri, the people in the office (plus me) had to go for some Service Talk at the Tampines clubhouse. Before that, we chilled at Minds Cafe and played a game of Dirty Minds. That is the most gross game ever. I think James will enjoy it though. LOL. We probably should play it with the gang some day. After our late lunch, we went to the theatre and did some rather funny things. The activities felt like a segment of a secondary school camp..., but since it was a Friday evening, no one seem to care how lame the whole thing was. Including me!
And Elaine, Sam and I headed to Night Fest to have some artsy fartsy entertainment later at night. All I can say is...it didn't live up to what I expected. Perhaps because the opening performance pissed me off. I find it strange that I had to appreciate art in a crowd, where I couldn't catch even a glimpse of the first 15 mins of the performance. The only thing that could have cheered me up was the firework, but that screwed up too because the fireworks ashes (or remains) was falling on the crowd. It got into my eyes okay! =( Otherwise, I felt this year's Night Fest focused more on flea market. There was one at SMU and a bigger one on the grounds of Singapore Art Museum. And I bought a new bag! YAY! And now got to wait for my pay day...
Lastly, I had so much fun at NDP (except for the ridiculous uniform...)! It was such a delight to welcome people to NDP with smiles and we even got compliments from some members of the audience! At first, it felt weird 'cos most of the time it felt like I was talking to myself. But soon, more people were reciprocating my smile and all. I really felt good.
The highlight of the parade has to be the sudden downpour while fireworks filled the ebony sky with colours... Though I didn't relish the colourful sight, strangely I felt satisfied getting drenched while saying my goodbyes and directing the audience. It was sheer pleasure directing the Pri 5 kids from the Yellow sector! If only it were just another non-rainy day, I'd probably could get some good quotes from these little people. And they were so cute not wanting to go 'cos this is one of their rare chances to get wet in the rain. When I asked a boy why he wasn't wearing a poncho, he smiled and said shyly, "I lost it." Damn cute! =)
It reminded me of the time when I first went to watch the NDP in Pri 5 (just minus the cool cameras and camera-phones kids now own).
And all this has led up to me being sick, and I slept the whole of this moorning and afternoon, that now my body aches terribly. I've got to do some stretching later to get rid of the laziness my body has been accustomed to.
Something's terribly wrong with my handphone. I seriously can't stand it anymore. I NEED A NEW HANDPHONE! Preferably a iPhone 3Gs. Please?
A BLUE CHEESE IN MY REFRIGERATOR...
&I didn't know that blue cheese is really blue in colour! Being a non-cheese fan, that truly amused me.
I shamelessly cried. What MJ's daughter said was just too sincere.
Kokology is so amusing.
http://kokologym.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20Desert%20Journey
It's intriguing that the answers are quite close to what I experienced (just the last one: I don't have any sorts of resentment towards the person. Instead, I'll give the camel to him 'cos I want him to understand what I went through and how much of a good/bad companion the camel was to me).
Coolness man. I can do this thing the whole night.
I dream. A lot.
I dream of a faraway island, where all I do is write random short stories and poems, think like a child and not feel lowly about it, smile like maniac not worrying how others might perceive me, and run wildly under the sun not caring how dirty and sweaty I'll get at the end of the day...
I dream of a city life, when the only things I am concerned about is attending the trendy parties and fashion shows, trashing them down one by one on the most-read fashion magazine, and shop and dine like a member of a royal family every night (but my credit card never max out).
I dream of being a hitchhiker - I wake up every morning at a different place, my companions are my camera and notebook, I chat and get to know random people I meet in the street, I take up amusing part-time jobs like painting fences when I run out of cash... and all this leads up to publishing a book of my journeys.
I dream a lot, forgetting that the life I am leading now was once a so-called dream.
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PICS PICS from Korean night! I realise that most of The Camwhore's photos got extremely blurred. (Is it a sign, like The Ring?)
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NDP rehearsal was almost great. Almost because the position I was given made me feel like I was just another wall and strangely I wasn't feeling very spontaneous after that. I tried to entertain myself by talking to the army boy deployed near me, but it didn't help. So, I slipped into my downcast mode, terribly.
But, 8.30pm came and the almost ebony sky brightened up with fireworks. Frankly, that's the only thing that saved me from regretting yesterday. Still, I'm looking forward to next week's and eventually National Day. =)
On the other end, NDP '09's performance theme is uber cool can! The acts intertwined the 'shock' factor making every single member of the audience sit on the edge of the seat. Just plain cool lah. If only I could snap some photos to give a sneak preview of sorts...
He said I'm kiddish. I don't know what to make out of everything that comes out of his mouth. I should STOP thinking too much about this and get on with life no?
It was Korean Dance Night at Ngee Ann this evening! It was organised by Fatin and we had to support her and her I&E group mates. Thanks to the super damn large serving of Zingdo food and Pepsi (and overdose of K-Pop music and dance routine), I can't seem to get to sleep just yet. I'm still HIGH from Super Junior's Sorry, Sorry and Big Bang's Lie. xD I outrageously camwhored while the rest were helping. I'll find time this weekend to post the photos up. =)
And though it's uber late, RIP MJ. His songs hold many meanings to my life. I was practically brought up listening to his songs 'cos of my dad's MJ CD collections. MJ's like one of the first pop singers I was exposed to (apart from The Beatles and BeeGees). My heart goes out to those who were counting down to watch his concert, like this DJ (okay, I shamelessly plugged the link in).
It's NDP rehearsal tmr! WHEEEE~! =)
So... I decided to take up the challenge. My uni placing is yet to be confirmed, but the job's already there for me. Truckload of questions awakes in my head: Will I be able to handle these damn things? What'll become of me after this? Will this really look good on my resume later on? What am I really getting myself into? &if this is the path I'm taking, when will I ever be ready to adorn the headscarf?
But, yeah, I can be a daredevil sometimes and do this something for a change - something I'm so not familiar with and suck big time in.
Oh damn, why am I so easily influenced?
