A left his camera in a cab while on the way to Changi airport to pick up his family Tuesday morning. Please cross your fingers for him to get it back. For the religious people, please help me pray for the camera's safe return... Thanks!
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Allez les Bleus!!!
France is in! The semi!! :) La di da... I'm happy. They won Spain 3-1 and I am so proud of them! So many people said they wouldn't stand much of a chance against Spain. Ha! To those people: Here, in your face! Pppfff!!! And that one goal Spain scored was a penalty. haha.
I'll be crossing my fingers for the next match. It'll be difficult to win powerhouse Brazil. But if they do win, and England wins the Portugal game then it'll be France vs England. I'd LOVE to see that! :D
In other news, (actually not much, I basically did nothing last weekend except eat and sleep... Met up with an old friend on Sun after gym and window-shopped.) A's back in town. :) He received a tongue-lashing welcome. Hee. Who asked him to disappear for 3 days? Humph. >_<
Anyway was glad to see him again. ^_^ He got in Mon afternoon, came into work to see everyone. Then we moved his things to Christian's. And went for dinner in Chinatown. Jet-lag set in and the poor filet mignon was so tired at the table. But he soon perked up on the way home cos' we were planning to catch 'Desperate Housewives'. Back at the apartment, we realised Christian had put away his tv cos' he doesn't watch any. We hunted down the tv set, took it out, but we were missing an aerial wire which we couldn't find even though we looked it all the possible drawers. Sigh. No tv for us that night. And we were both so looking forward to it. I gave him a much needed back massage instead and we chatted until I had to go home.
Quite a good evening still lah. Only wish he didn't have to leave again. Big sigh.
I'll be crossing my fingers for the next match. It'll be difficult to win powerhouse Brazil. But if they do win, and England wins the Portugal game then it'll be France vs England. I'd LOVE to see that! :D
In other news, (actually not much, I basically did nothing last weekend except eat and sleep... Met up with an old friend on Sun after gym and window-shopped.) A's back in town. :) He received a tongue-lashing welcome. Hee. Who asked him to disappear for 3 days? Humph. >_<
Anyway was glad to see him again. ^_^ He got in Mon afternoon, came into work to see everyone. Then we moved his things to Christian's. And went for dinner in Chinatown. Jet-lag set in and the poor filet mignon was so tired at the table. But he soon perked up on the way home cos' we were planning to catch 'Desperate Housewives'. Back at the apartment, we realised Christian had put away his tv cos' he doesn't watch any. We hunted down the tv set, took it out, but we were missing an aerial wire which we couldn't find even though we looked it all the possible drawers. Sigh. No tv for us that night. And we were both so looking forward to it. I gave him a much needed back massage instead and we chatted until I had to go home.
Quite a good evening still lah. Only wish he didn't have to leave again. Big sigh.
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Friday, June 23, 2006
Technology
Her eyes peeked opened reluctantly and she pulled her still-slumbering self inch by inch out of bed. As she went about her morning routine, there was a nagging vague recollection of a text she received on her phone sometime during the night. Words along the lines of 'wedding was super, I'm so drunk, just wanted to say hi. hi! x' floating uncertainly in her mind. She opened up the inbox to check but there was nothing remotely like that in there. Either she had dreamt it all cos' she had been thinking of him too much, or, out of force of habit, she had deleted the text after reading it groggily.
Her phone vibrated in the pocket of her jeans as she was half-heartedly spooning nutty Alpen museli into her mouth. She opened the message, not expecting it to be from him. It was him. Saying good morning to his penguin. Corners of the 'pouty' lips he liked so much turned up ever so slightly. She replied and asked if he had texted her earlier. His response was quick and affirmative. To and fro, messages encoded in bits and pieces of unseen energy soared through the network, across the vast miles and timezones. At some point, he must have fallen asleep, cos' the exchange stopped. She replaced the mobile in her pocket, looking forward to talking to him later.
Her phone vibrated in the pocket of her jeans as she was half-heartedly spooning nutty Alpen museli into her mouth. She opened the message, not expecting it to be from him. It was him. Saying good morning to his penguin. Corners of the 'pouty' lips he liked so much turned up ever so slightly. She replied and asked if he had texted her earlier. His response was quick and affirmative. To and fro, messages encoded in bits and pieces of unseen energy soared through the network, across the vast miles and timezones. At some point, he must have fallen asleep, cos' the exchange stopped. She replaced the mobile in her pocket, looking forward to talking to him later.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
This is when they say, well, life's like that.
My last week (soon-to-be-2-weeks-ago) went by in a blur. Deadlines (to get presents ready for A), late nights and lack of sleep. I skipped a whole week of gym! Mon I went present-hunting with Shab, Tues I went looking for a good photo album, A missed gym on Wed (wonder of wonders!!!) to hang out with me at the Esplanande cos' I wanted to take some pictures, Thurs I went to Christian's place to paint the T-shirt we wanted to give to A.
The Friday just past was A's last day at work. Friday afternoon was my breaking point. Shab, M and I went to Holland V to try to buy a phone for A. I had narrowed our choices to 2 before we went to the handphone shop. Turned out that after we saw the phones, my preference (Nokia 6280) was opposite from the 2 of them (Nokia 7370). I was really stressed out by then cos' they were quite adamant that A would prefer their choice (I thought the phone a little too small, a little too girly, didn't like the swivel function and besides, the features of the 6280 are much better) and I was rather sure he would like 6280 better. Their reason for picking 7370 was that it was less chunky and they think A wouldn't like a big/fancy phone. (but the 6280 is not big at all!) I was ready to give in, and said so, but I was not exactly the picture of joy. We didn't get the 7370 right there cos' they didn't have the black one in the shop. When we got back to the office I decided to get an answer from A directly so I opened Nokia's website and showed him the 2 phones. His immediate reaction upon seeing the 6280 was along the lines of 'Oooh that's a nice phone!!!' I was so relieved! I tried to convince M without telling him that I had asked A but he was still quite insistent so I had to spill the beans.
I stayed back at work trying to edit the videos I made for A but it didn't work. A few colleagues were really sweet to me, they kept asking if I was ok (maybe I simply looked terrible) and offered to help with anything they could do. Shab was really upset. Just before A left his office, she cried. And that made A cry too. Then A came over to my side of the office, rang me from outside and said dejectedly, 'Could you let me in? I don't have my access card anymore.' :( I managed to persuade him not to go to the gym that evening and we packed up and arranged to meet Shab, Lingling and Bernard at Holland V to have dinner together. A decided to have a look in the Cold Storage to see if they carry the sponge fingers he needed to make tiramisu so we went in. It was good that they had the exact ones he wanted. We bought all the things he needed to make his favourite dessert for the party on Sat.
Shab and I went back to the shop to buy the phone for A. Then we all went for curry. M came to join us after his gym session. Dinner was really good. A little on the high side (30 each) but that was cos' we ordered lots of little side dishes.
Sat was the big day. I went to Zee's place (where A and M were staying) in the afternoon so A could teach me how to make tiramisu. I also needed to try to put the videos together so it could be shown later that night. I shuffled between the kitchen and M's room where I was using his com to (try to) edit the videos. The stupid program kept hanging on me... Sigh. I so very nearly gave up. And at some point, exhausted, I sat on the floor of A's room, with my head in my hands and mumbled, 'It's not working...' Which made A seriously question my sanity. (This he told me after, cos' he had no idea what I was doing then. Though I think he still wonders about the health of my mind.) haha.
When the party began, he received a lot of presents from various people. It was like Christmas morning for him, which only goes to show how well-liked he is.
The catered food was quite good and we all took turns to play twister. Very funny. Asses in faces and tricky limb manuveurs.
Finally, when I thought I had finished it, (all the clips I wanted were arranged with titles in between, music put in, credits, all the works) I tried to play it before I showed it to everyone, there was no audio output from the clips. There was music alright, but couldn't hear what anyone was saying in the clips. I adjusted all the volume controls, even tried taking out the music but to no avail. I was so disappointed. My whole afternoon's (and evening's cos' for a big part of the party, I was still working through it) effort down the drain. My sis was telling me that A kept looking for me at the party and asking where I had gone. Well, that was a teeny bit of consolation. So anyway I ended up having to show the raw clips in Media Player. A lot of it made people laugh. After the video ended, I found A trying very hard not to sniffle. 'The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me!' A and his superlatives... hahaha... Everything to him is the best and the nicest... But that's cos' he's a really appreciative person. I gave him a hug and showed him my failed 'project'. His eyes turned really red and when I returned M's laptop into his room, A went with me so people won't see that he was crying. Awww... that boy... He kept saying he was so gay cos' he cried. haha...
We rejoined the party after he composed himself.
A little after 1am, we headed out to MOS and danced till the club closed before heading to MacDonald's for breakfast. A danced with me quite a bit that night, so that I finally sorta got the hang of which direction to spin when spun. :D I was so terribly embarrassing in the beginning, turning the wrong way and all. There was a cheesy ang mo guy (dunno where he's from. I can't tell accents very well.) who tried to chat me up. Eww.
I stayed over at the boys' place and spent Sunday afternoon with A browsing around in Chinatown to see if he could find a birthday present for his mum. Then we met Christian for lunch at Maxwell. Yums. :)
Back to their place after where we played with Zain (Shab's son) and chatted. Then he packed and I cooked him a bit of dinner before M and I accompanied him to the airport. :(
The Friday just past was A's last day at work. Friday afternoon was my breaking point. Shab, M and I went to Holland V to try to buy a phone for A. I had narrowed our choices to 2 before we went to the handphone shop. Turned out that after we saw the phones, my preference (Nokia 6280) was opposite from the 2 of them (Nokia 7370). I was really stressed out by then cos' they were quite adamant that A would prefer their choice (I thought the phone a little too small, a little too girly, didn't like the swivel function and besides, the features of the 6280 are much better) and I was rather sure he would like 6280 better. Their reason for picking 7370 was that it was less chunky and they think A wouldn't like a big/fancy phone. (but the 6280 is not big at all!) I was ready to give in, and said so, but I was not exactly the picture of joy. We didn't get the 7370 right there cos' they didn't have the black one in the shop. When we got back to the office I decided to get an answer from A directly so I opened Nokia's website and showed him the 2 phones. His immediate reaction upon seeing the 6280 was along the lines of 'Oooh that's a nice phone!!!' I was so relieved! I tried to convince M without telling him that I had asked A but he was still quite insistent so I had to spill the beans.
I stayed back at work trying to edit the videos I made for A but it didn't work. A few colleagues were really sweet to me, they kept asking if I was ok (maybe I simply looked terrible) and offered to help with anything they could do. Shab was really upset. Just before A left his office, she cried. And that made A cry too. Then A came over to my side of the office, rang me from outside and said dejectedly, 'Could you let me in? I don't have my access card anymore.' :( I managed to persuade him not to go to the gym that evening and we packed up and arranged to meet Shab, Lingling and Bernard at Holland V to have dinner together. A decided to have a look in the Cold Storage to see if they carry the sponge fingers he needed to make tiramisu so we went in. It was good that they had the exact ones he wanted. We bought all the things he needed to make his favourite dessert for the party on Sat.
Shab and I went back to the shop to buy the phone for A. Then we all went for curry. M came to join us after his gym session. Dinner was really good. A little on the high side (30 each) but that was cos' we ordered lots of little side dishes.
Sat was the big day. I went to Zee's place (where A and M were staying) in the afternoon so A could teach me how to make tiramisu. I also needed to try to put the videos together so it could be shown later that night. I shuffled between the kitchen and M's room where I was using his com to (try to) edit the videos. The stupid program kept hanging on me... Sigh. I so very nearly gave up. And at some point, exhausted, I sat on the floor of A's room, with my head in my hands and mumbled, 'It's not working...' Which made A seriously question my sanity. (This he told me after, cos' he had no idea what I was doing then. Though I think he still wonders about the health of my mind.) haha.
When the party began, he received a lot of presents from various people. It was like Christmas morning for him, which only goes to show how well-liked he is.
The catered food was quite good and we all took turns to play twister. Very funny. Asses in faces and tricky limb manuveurs.
Finally, when I thought I had finished it, (all the clips I wanted were arranged with titles in between, music put in, credits, all the works) I tried to play it before I showed it to everyone, there was no audio output from the clips. There was music alright, but couldn't hear what anyone was saying in the clips. I adjusted all the volume controls, even tried taking out the music but to no avail. I was so disappointed. My whole afternoon's (and evening's cos' for a big part of the party, I was still working through it) effort down the drain. My sis was telling me that A kept looking for me at the party and asking where I had gone. Well, that was a teeny bit of consolation. So anyway I ended up having to show the raw clips in Media Player. A lot of it made people laugh. After the video ended, I found A trying very hard not to sniffle. 'The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me!' A and his superlatives... hahaha... Everything to him is the best and the nicest... But that's cos' he's a really appreciative person. I gave him a hug and showed him my failed 'project'. His eyes turned really red and when I returned M's laptop into his room, A went with me so people won't see that he was crying. Awww... that boy... He kept saying he was so gay cos' he cried. haha...
We rejoined the party after he composed himself.
A little after 1am, we headed out to MOS and danced till the club closed before heading to MacDonald's for breakfast. A danced with me quite a bit that night, so that I finally sorta got the hang of which direction to spin when spun. :D I was so terribly embarrassing in the beginning, turning the wrong way and all. There was a cheesy ang mo guy (dunno where he's from. I can't tell accents very well.) who tried to chat me up. Eww.
I stayed over at the boys' place and spent Sunday afternoon with A browsing around in Chinatown to see if he could find a birthday present for his mum. Then we met Christian for lunch at Maxwell. Yums. :)
Back to their place after where we played with Zain (Shab's son) and chatted. Then he packed and I cooked him a bit of dinner before M and I accompanied him to the airport. :(
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Monday, June 19, 2006
Au revoir
It didn't quite sink in till I stepped into the airport and you stood at the check-in counter.
My eyes brimmed over of their own accord. Just a minute ago, we were talking and laughing.
'Are you ok?' you asked and hugged me tight.
'I'll be back next week,' you tried to comfort me. 'Get a webcam and we could talk and see each other.'
I nodded wordlessly, not trusting myself to speak. Tears that stung my eyes slid down my cheeks. I miss you already and secretly fear you'd forget me in no time.
We sat down and even though I made a conscious effort not to be upset and join in the conversation, for most part of it, the best I could do was stare into space.
You stood up to go in. Wrapped me in your arms for long moments. As we waved goodbye to you from outside the enormous glass panels, the pressure that has been building up behind my eyes broke control and I sobbed.
My eyes brimmed over of their own accord. Just a minute ago, we were talking and laughing.
'Are you ok?' you asked and hugged me tight.
'I'll be back next week,' you tried to comfort me. 'Get a webcam and we could talk and see each other.'
I nodded wordlessly, not trusting myself to speak. Tears that stung my eyes slid down my cheeks. I miss you already and secretly fear you'd forget me in no time.
We sat down and even though I made a conscious effort not to be upset and join in the conversation, for most part of it, the best I could do was stare into space.
You stood up to go in. Wrapped me in your arms for long moments. As we waved goodbye to you from outside the enormous glass panels, the pressure that has been building up behind my eyes broke control and I sobbed.
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No more
I wouldn't be able to walk over to the other side when I need to talk to you.
No more hugs on demand.
I would turn the corner in the gym, expect to find you working out intently in the free weights section and be really disappointed.
No more fun abdominal workouts together in the gym.
The walk to Holland drive would not be the same without you.
No more trio at lunch.
Laughter would become rare.
No more silly jokes, attempts to outdo each other, dares and teasing.
You are here no more,
and it feels devoid.
No more hugs on demand.
I would turn the corner in the gym, expect to find you working out intently in the free weights section and be really disappointed.
No more fun abdominal workouts together in the gym.
The walk to Holland drive would not be the same without you.
No more trio at lunch.
Laughter would become rare.
No more silly jokes, attempts to outdo each other, dares and teasing.
You are here no more,
and it feels devoid.
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
Here fishy fishy...
Last weekend had been quite a crazily, dizzily fun one.
Last Friday after gym the trio (A, M and I) went for dinner in PS's foodcourt and then to Carrefour to pick up some food for fishing the next day. M took a basket and single-mindedly went to get what he wanted while A walked around with me, listened to me exclaim about how horrifyingly expensive European food (yogurt, cheeses, fromage frais etc) are here and basically fooling around. He put the things I wanted in his basket, helped me decide on a cereal, the type of ham and ordered it from the deli for me. So tweeet. So unusual. ha.
Sat's fishing was great, great, great fun! I caught 5. I win in numbers, which was very satisfying, considering the fact that I was the only female on the boat. :D But I didn't catch the biggest fish of the day. Ian, a friend of my boss who also works in Biopolis, had the biggest catch. I was second place on this one. The whole day, there was a challenge between me and A about who would catch the most and he was highly confident that fishing is a guy-dominant thing and he'd beat me. I had so much fun gloating!!! hahaha. He only caught a tiny little guy. I've got pictures of the baby. (I meant the fish, not the boy, though that too is one, a big, cute, spoilt one.)
M didn't catch anything. A was still in good spirits at the end of it but M didn't seem too happy. (M can be quite competitive.) Christian caught a few and a squid. The uncle who drove the boat (very nice man, gave me his personal bait, worms. The usual bait was prawns.) caught some fish and a couple of small stingrays which he put back into the sea. We usually put the small ones back. My boss caught a pufferfish. :)
I also got myself a massive tan, which I'm not quite sure if it's a good thing.
I went home to shower then went out to meet them in Chijmes for England's first match. It was sooo crowded!!! England didn't play very well.
After the match some of us went to a bar (Louvre) for a few drinks. A bought a bottle of champagne even though I've tried to dissuade him. It's too extravagant! Later we split up to various places, some went home, some headed off for a more adventurous night. And that's a story for another day...
Sunday afternoon was dim sum lunch for A. It was quite good. I ate a LOT... Then went home to sleep after. hmm... sounds like an animal I know... haha... The rest of my Sunday spent lounging around at home. Bliss.
Last Friday after gym the trio (A, M and I) went for dinner in PS's foodcourt and then to Carrefour to pick up some food for fishing the next day. M took a basket and single-mindedly went to get what he wanted while A walked around with me, listened to me exclaim about how horrifyingly expensive European food (yogurt, cheeses, fromage frais etc) are here and basically fooling around. He put the things I wanted in his basket, helped me decide on a cereal, the type of ham and ordered it from the deli for me. So tweeet. So unusual. ha.
Sat's fishing was great, great, great fun! I caught 5. I win in numbers, which was very satisfying, considering the fact that I was the only female on the boat. :D But I didn't catch the biggest fish of the day. Ian, a friend of my boss who also works in Biopolis, had the biggest catch. I was second place on this one. The whole day, there was a challenge between me and A about who would catch the most and he was highly confident that fishing is a guy-dominant thing and he'd beat me. I had so much fun gloating!!! hahaha. He only caught a tiny little guy. I've got pictures of the baby. (I meant the fish, not the boy, though that too is one, a big, cute, spoilt one.)
M didn't catch anything. A was still in good spirits at the end of it but M didn't seem too happy. (M can be quite competitive.) Christian caught a few and a squid. The uncle who drove the boat (very nice man, gave me his personal bait, worms. The usual bait was prawns.) caught some fish and a couple of small stingrays which he put back into the sea. We usually put the small ones back. My boss caught a pufferfish. :)
I also got myself a massive tan, which I'm not quite sure if it's a good thing.
I went home to shower then went out to meet them in Chijmes for England's first match. It was sooo crowded!!! England didn't play very well.
After the match some of us went to a bar (Louvre) for a few drinks. A bought a bottle of champagne even though I've tried to dissuade him. It's too extravagant! Later we split up to various places, some went home, some headed off for a more adventurous night. And that's a story for another day...
Sunday afternoon was dim sum lunch for A. It was quite good. I ate a LOT... Then went home to sleep after. hmm... sounds like an animal I know... haha... The rest of my Sunday spent lounging around at home. Bliss.
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Un jour.
One of my rats fell sick yesterday. He was mucus-y, coughing and very lethargic. I had the vet look at him. And am giving him antibiotics twice a day. I hope it's just the flu and that he'll get well soon.
A was funny, boisterous (as usual), with an added touch of sweetness (lately). He waited for me to finish my work to go for lunch together (even though he was already starving before 12) and said he mentioned me to his mum when he was on the phone with her the night before.
M seemed his usual self, silent, doing his own thing. We're not speaking very much. I don't know what to say to him anymore. He's probably very occupied with his stuff.
Went shopping for A's presents with Shab yesterday after work. We bought him season 3 of Spongebob, and a Singapore edition Monopoly. Need to think about what else we wanna get him.
I can't believe there'd be no more A at work, lunch, gym or hanging out in less than a week. >_<
A was funny, boisterous (as usual), with an added touch of sweetness (lately). He waited for me to finish my work to go for lunch together (even though he was already starving before 12) and said he mentioned me to his mum when he was on the phone with her the night before.
M seemed his usual self, silent, doing his own thing. We're not speaking very much. I don't know what to say to him anymore. He's probably very occupied with his stuff.
Went shopping for A's presents with Shab yesterday after work. We bought him season 3 of Spongebob, and a Singapore edition Monopoly. Need to think about what else we wanna get him.
I can't believe there'd be no more A at work, lunch, gym or hanging out in less than a week. >_<
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Tu es mon ami?
M forgot about me, again.
Last Friday, I called him in the office to ask him to let me know when he was leaving for the gym.
Initially I had wanted to hang out with a couple of female colleagues (and not go to the gym) and I told A that but at the last minute, I changed my mind. (can't believe I picked gym over pizza - that's what the girls are doing, chill out at one of their apartments and eat pizza!) So I called M at his desk and he said he'd tell me when he was ready to go. And I sat at my desk and waited. After about 45 minutes (about 7pm, I think), I thought it was really weird that he was so late so I took my bag and went over to their office. There was no one there. I called A and found they were gone about 30 minutes ago. How does one forget a person in 5, 10 or even 15 minutes??? A was still under the impression that I was going to Shab's place so it wasn't his fault. I can't believe that after all the times we've gone to the gym together, M could forget all about my existence. How self-centered can one get? All this while I've treated him as one of my closest friends and I meant nothing at all. I never expected him to be extra nice to me. Only to be treated as one would a friend. And small things as such matter to me.
My eyes started getting hot and I was terribly, extremely disappointed. Both with him and myself.
A tried to speak in his defence. He mentioned the time when he himself had forgotten about me. But that was only cos' I told him over lunch (didn't remind him over the course of the afternoon), and he forgot at the end of the day. Forgiveable. Not in 10 minutes. I shut him up by asking him if he would have forgotten about me after 10 minutes? He kept quiet. I knew the answer; no. A would never do anything like this.
I went to the gym, even less in the mood for working out then I was before. M came by to apologise. My anger dissipated faster than you can say 'floccinaucinihilipilification'. I was upset with myself that I was appeased with a mere 'I'm sorry'. Well, I suppose I forgave him but a few recent events have forced me to look at our friendship in a way I have never thought of before. A's been telling me that I'm a giver. And I reckon M's a taker in our friendship. Along the way I've gotten a little bone-weary. Time to stop for a rest. Maybe it's the end of this journey.
Last Friday, I called him in the office to ask him to let me know when he was leaving for the gym.
Initially I had wanted to hang out with a couple of female colleagues (and not go to the gym) and I told A that but at the last minute, I changed my mind. (can't believe I picked gym over pizza - that's what the girls are doing, chill out at one of their apartments and eat pizza!) So I called M at his desk and he said he'd tell me when he was ready to go. And I sat at my desk and waited. After about 45 minutes (about 7pm, I think), I thought it was really weird that he was so late so I took my bag and went over to their office. There was no one there. I called A and found they were gone about 30 minutes ago. How does one forget a person in 5, 10 or even 15 minutes??? A was still under the impression that I was going to Shab's place so it wasn't his fault. I can't believe that after all the times we've gone to the gym together, M could forget all about my existence. How self-centered can one get? All this while I've treated him as one of my closest friends and I meant nothing at all. I never expected him to be extra nice to me. Only to be treated as one would a friend. And small things as such matter to me.
My eyes started getting hot and I was terribly, extremely disappointed. Both with him and myself.
A tried to speak in his defence. He mentioned the time when he himself had forgotten about me. But that was only cos' I told him over lunch (didn't remind him over the course of the afternoon), and he forgot at the end of the day. Forgiveable. Not in 10 minutes. I shut him up by asking him if he would have forgotten about me after 10 minutes? He kept quiet. I knew the answer; no. A would never do anything like this.
I went to the gym, even less in the mood for working out then I was before. M came by to apologise. My anger dissipated faster than you can say 'floccinaucinihilipilification'. I was upset with myself that I was appeased with a mere 'I'm sorry'. Well, I suppose I forgave him but a few recent events have forced me to look at our friendship in a way I have never thought of before. A's been telling me that I'm a giver. And I reckon M's a taker in our friendship. Along the way I've gotten a little bone-weary. Time to stop for a rest. Maybe it's the end of this journey.
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Friday, June 09, 2006
Tomorrow will be a good day, methinks.
It has been raining the whole day today and yesterday had been a wet day too. Praying hard that tomorrow's weather will be good.
M thinks it'll rain or at least be grey and cloudy (pessimist?). A thinks it'll be sunny (optimist?). They never cease to amaze me with how similar and yet different they are. Recently the differences have become more stark somehow. Maybe it's only cos' I've gotten to know A much better. With A, I'm always laughing and we're always saying/doing silly stuff. I have fun with M too, but I've come to realise that I'm much more solemn and serious and worried about things when I'm around him. And I think I like the happy me better.
M just got back from his holiday back home yesterday and the 3 of us had lunch together today. Back to the good ole days... only for a week. (A leaves next week.) M was quite quiet as A and I twittered and prattled away. He told us yesterday that he's got the job he wanted, and a good package. So I thought he would be more carefree now, since before his biggest worry was not being able to find a job when he goes back. Turns out he's found some other things to worry about. I have no idea what. He didn't tell me exactly what (merely mentioned there are other concerns) and I won't probe. From time to time, there'd an urge to tell him to lighten up and stop worrying! When you've done your very best, then that's it. After that, no amount of worrying will help anything. But I've said it before and it doesn't help. I suppose that's him. He thinks a lot. Which can be both good and bad. It's a month before he leaves. I wonder how our friendship will be like in this last month.
In the past week or so I've grown accustomed to giggling, laughing, smiling, arguing and punching with A and I don't really wish to be all grave and sad again. Sigh. We'll see eh? Hopefully, M would show more of his less melancholic side. He does have a lighter side, it just doesn't come out very often.
I don't really feel like going to the gym today but them 2 guys are both going (no surprise there...) so I guess I'd be going too.
Passe un bon weekend!
M thinks it'll rain or at least be grey and cloudy (pessimist?). A thinks it'll be sunny (optimist?). They never cease to amaze me with how similar and yet different they are. Recently the differences have become more stark somehow. Maybe it's only cos' I've gotten to know A much better. With A, I'm always laughing and we're always saying/doing silly stuff. I have fun with M too, but I've come to realise that I'm much more solemn and serious and worried about things when I'm around him. And I think I like the happy me better.
M just got back from his holiday back home yesterday and the 3 of us had lunch together today. Back to the good ole days... only for a week. (A leaves next week.) M was quite quiet as A and I twittered and prattled away. He told us yesterday that he's got the job he wanted, and a good package. So I thought he would be more carefree now, since before his biggest worry was not being able to find a job when he goes back. Turns out he's found some other things to worry about. I have no idea what. He didn't tell me exactly what (merely mentioned there are other concerns) and I won't probe. From time to time, there'd an urge to tell him to lighten up and stop worrying! When you've done your very best, then that's it. After that, no amount of worrying will help anything. But I've said it before and it doesn't help. I suppose that's him. He thinks a lot. Which can be both good and bad. It's a month before he leaves. I wonder how our friendship will be like in this last month.
In the past week or so I've grown accustomed to giggling, laughing, smiling, arguing and punching with A and I don't really wish to be all grave and sad again. Sigh. We'll see eh? Hopefully, M would show more of his less melancholic side. He does have a lighter side, it just doesn't come out very often.
I don't really feel like going to the gym today but them 2 guys are both going (no surprise there...) so I guess I'd be going too.
Passe un bon weekend!
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Thursday, June 08, 2006
To mind-read
'You look nice today', you whispered as we sat at your desk.
I was puzzled. I was dressed as I usually did for work. Nothing special at all.
'Thank you', I mouthed.
From the corner of my eye, I thought I saw you glancing at me (Was I mistaken? Did I imagine that?) as I sat next to you, writing down the dates you would be passing through Singapore. I wish I could know what you were thinking of then.
You looked at me the same way for a moment when I was staring into space over lunch at the foodcourt. Tell me, what was that for?
If I could pick one super power to possess, it'd have to be mind-reading.
I was puzzled. I was dressed as I usually did for work. Nothing special at all.
'Thank you', I mouthed.
From the corner of my eye, I thought I saw you glancing at me (Was I mistaken? Did I imagine that?) as I sat next to you, writing down the dates you would be passing through Singapore. I wish I could know what you were thinking of then.
You looked at me the same way for a moment when I was staring into space over lunch at the foodcourt. Tell me, what was that for?
If I could pick one super power to possess, it'd have to be mind-reading.
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
A's for apple
Brought A to do his hair at my hairstylist's yesterday. So now A's sporting a good haircut (finally!!! Before, everytime he gets a haircut it's just awfully short, nothing else.) and blond highlights. Very cool! I think the new colour adds an edge to him. And with his unshaven visage, he's got the bad boy look down to a T. haha...
Recently, A and I have been hanging out quite a bit together. I've got to know him much better personally. Before, when I see A, it's always in big groups or with M, we've never gone out alone and bantering was possibly our only form of communication.
It's rather weird to see the difference between the 2 guys as their time here is drawing to a close. A's making visible efforts to spend time with me while M is quite obviously distancing himself from me. A says M's not doing that on purpose but only that he has a lot on his mind and been busy. Maybe... I can't tell anymore. Oh well.
I wish I had known A better, earlier. Better late than never, I suppose. I can see A keeping in touch with me but I think M would be too busy with his life after he leaves to be in much contact.
Am planning to visit A in London in October and I can't wait. Think it'll be loads of fun! He has promised to spoil me when I'm there. Hee. :D Then I'd cross the channel to Paris to see my ex-colleagues and he'd be going over with me for a short visit. :D Hopefully after that I could squeeze in a trip to the Netherlands to see a couple of friends too. Ahhh!!! I miss Europe!!!
Recently, A and I have been hanging out quite a bit together. I've got to know him much better personally. Before, when I see A, it's always in big groups or with M, we've never gone out alone and bantering was possibly our only form of communication.
It's rather weird to see the difference between the 2 guys as their time here is drawing to a close. A's making visible efforts to spend time with me while M is quite obviously distancing himself from me. A says M's not doing that on purpose but only that he has a lot on his mind and been busy. Maybe... I can't tell anymore. Oh well.
I wish I had known A better, earlier. Better late than never, I suppose. I can see A keeping in touch with me but I think M would be too busy with his life after he leaves to be in much contact.
Am planning to visit A in London in October and I can't wait. Think it'll be loads of fun! He has promised to spoil me when I'm there. Hee. :D Then I'd cross the channel to Paris to see my ex-colleagues and he'd be going over with me for a short visit. :D Hopefully after that I could squeeze in a trip to the Netherlands to see a couple of friends too. Ahhh!!! I miss Europe!!!
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Monday, June 05, 2006
Le champignon, le filet mignon.
Weekend just past had been a good one. Relaxing, different and too short.
Friday's blading was rather more eventful than the last time cos' both A and I fell and got scraped, on separate occasions. I was trying to to get to the practice area from the shop and that entails going down a not very steep slope, but to a novice like me, that was still too much for me and I lost control of my wheels. (though I must say I did keep my feet parallel like the girl at the shop told me to. She was busy helping someone else go down and no one else was around. A and the rest had gone off first.)
A's really good at rollerblading considering it's only his second time. But when he tried to execute a turning when he was going too fast, he was in over his head and skidded. He didn't wear the elbow pads that he was supposed to and suffered bad grazes on his left elbow. He also managed to land on the pocket where his phone was, crushed it and thus scored a big bruise on his left thigh. He was rather nonchalant about it all while I winced at his wounds.
We stopped soon after and decided to go eat instead. There was a 'Hawaiian BBQ buffet' near MacDonald's and they decided to go there. Food was quite ok.
Nobody wanted to go home immediately after dinner as the evening weather had been nice so we went to an Irish bar nearby for a drink. There was good live music. (A guy singing and the other playing an acoustic guitar.) Some people made requests for songs and I suddenly decided I wanted to make a dedication. To A. I wrote on a napkin and passed it to the singer. A was quite touched, I think. :) I didn't request a song with the dedication. I merely wrote, could the next song go to... The guys played 'With or without you' by U2. One of my favourites from U2. :D
After we went to sit on one of the big breakwaters to watch planes go by and gaze at stars. ^_^
Didn't manage to fit in shopping with A on Sat. There wasn't time as he wanted to get a tan at the pool then go to the gym. I opted not to join him at the gym cos' my butt was hurting bad from the roller blading fall. A, however, being insane as he is, can't miss a day of gym, even with his injuries... So Christian, A, my sis and I met at the Esplanade for the concert in the evening.
The orchestra was good. The only drawback of the evening being the gross absence of manners of the teenagers in the circle seats we were sitting in. They talked loudly and continuously, made rude noises etc. Argh!!!
I had gotten the tickets from Benny, the volunteer coordinator I used to work with in Salvation army, and now has his own organisation. All the tickets in the 3rd circle seats were apparently given to various charities, cos' there were all these problem youths and old old people.
It was off for food at the Makansultra foodplace for dinner after the concert. We were all famished, so ordered a whole table-ful of food. :D It's always an enjoyable affair to eat with Christian and A cos' they both really LOVE to eat.
It's great that my 'lil sis gets along with them well and that they readily treated her as one of our own when she goes out with us. ^_^
We sat by the river and had a drink. A big part of the conversation consisted of my sis, A and Christian telling silly, silly jokes. Like (from my sis) 'What do you call a blind deer?' 'No idea' 'What do you call a stationary blind deer?' 'Still no idea' Hahahaha... It was hilarious! Then of cos' there were the Englishmen, Irishmen jokes. (A's English and Christian's Irish.)
Managed to go shopping on Sunday after a short session at the gym with A. He bought some really nice clothes. I had fun picking out things for him to try on. :) And made him quite surprised that the things I picked looked really good on him (better than the ones he chose himself! :p) Needless to say, he was quite impressed with my taste. :D
It was mainly a day of shopping for him but I did get to try on a couple of dresses that looked quite good but I didn't get them cos' they were quite expensive. Moreover I hardly have occasions to wear dresses.
Then we went for dinner at Marche. A got a crepe with vanilla ice-cream and strawberries for dessert, it was sooo good! (Though not as good as the Nutella ones in France. Hee. A had wanted a Nutella one but Marche didn't have Nutella.)
Our last stop before going home was to Ritz Carlton cos' he has never seen the inside of it and he pointed out this 'hideous-looking building' to me a couple of times before which I was quite sure was the Ritz and he wouldn't believe me. He was quite impressed with the interior. Said it's interesting that something so ugly on the outside could be so beautiful on the inside. (And he put on an expression that was really really funny. haha)
I showed him the expensive, really good sushi bar (boss-cum-executive chef is Japanese) where I used to work part-time in and met my ex-manager, Lisa. I was surprised she still remembered me. She was nice, asked me to come back to eat there. Not for free of cos'! But she said if I do come, she'd give me the best. :) I might bring A there for a meal before he leaves. Though I'd have to save up for a bit before cos' it's really expensive!!! At least 120 for ala carte dinner!!! Set lunches are a bit more affordable; in the range of 30 - 50. Maybe... we'll see...
After we sat down at one of the comfy sofas to rest for a bit and I gave him part I of my series of leaving presents for him. It was a Tigerbeer (Tiger FC) jersey that I asked my dad to get for me. M had mentioned recently that A had wanted one. It wasn't a very nice jersey but A was really happy and touched. An appreciative guy, this one.
Can't wait for this weekend to arrive! Going fishing on Sat and having a dimsum lunch with colleagues on Sun. Both events organised for A. Not difficult to see that he's a popular one. His presence will definitely be missed...
Friday's blading was rather more eventful than the last time cos' both A and I fell and got scraped, on separate occasions. I was trying to to get to the practice area from the shop and that entails going down a not very steep slope, but to a novice like me, that was still too much for me and I lost control of my wheels. (though I must say I did keep my feet parallel like the girl at the shop told me to. She was busy helping someone else go down and no one else was around. A and the rest had gone off first.)
A's really good at rollerblading considering it's only his second time. But when he tried to execute a turning when he was going too fast, he was in over his head and skidded. He didn't wear the elbow pads that he was supposed to and suffered bad grazes on his left elbow. He also managed to land on the pocket where his phone was, crushed it and thus scored a big bruise on his left thigh. He was rather nonchalant about it all while I winced at his wounds.
We stopped soon after and decided to go eat instead. There was a 'Hawaiian BBQ buffet' near MacDonald's and they decided to go there. Food was quite ok.
Nobody wanted to go home immediately after dinner as the evening weather had been nice so we went to an Irish bar nearby for a drink. There was good live music. (A guy singing and the other playing an acoustic guitar.) Some people made requests for songs and I suddenly decided I wanted to make a dedication. To A. I wrote on a napkin and passed it to the singer. A was quite touched, I think. :) I didn't request a song with the dedication. I merely wrote, could the next song go to... The guys played 'With or without you' by U2. One of my favourites from U2. :D
After we went to sit on one of the big breakwaters to watch planes go by and gaze at stars. ^_^
Didn't manage to fit in shopping with A on Sat. There wasn't time as he wanted to get a tan at the pool then go to the gym. I opted not to join him at the gym cos' my butt was hurting bad from the roller blading fall. A, however, being insane as he is, can't miss a day of gym, even with his injuries... So Christian, A, my sis and I met at the Esplanade for the concert in the evening.
The orchestra was good. The only drawback of the evening being the gross absence of manners of the teenagers in the circle seats we were sitting in. They talked loudly and continuously, made rude noises etc. Argh!!!
I had gotten the tickets from Benny, the volunteer coordinator I used to work with in Salvation army, and now has his own organisation. All the tickets in the 3rd circle seats were apparently given to various charities, cos' there were all these problem youths and old old people.
It was off for food at the Makansultra foodplace for dinner after the concert. We were all famished, so ordered a whole table-ful of food. :D It's always an enjoyable affair to eat with Christian and A cos' they both really LOVE to eat.
It's great that my 'lil sis gets along with them well and that they readily treated her as one of our own when she goes out with us. ^_^
We sat by the river and had a drink. A big part of the conversation consisted of my sis, A and Christian telling silly, silly jokes. Like (from my sis) 'What do you call a blind deer?' 'No idea' 'What do you call a stationary blind deer?' 'Still no idea' Hahahaha... It was hilarious! Then of cos' there were the Englishmen, Irishmen jokes. (A's English and Christian's Irish.)
Managed to go shopping on Sunday after a short session at the gym with A. He bought some really nice clothes. I had fun picking out things for him to try on. :) And made him quite surprised that the things I picked looked really good on him (better than the ones he chose himself! :p) Needless to say, he was quite impressed with my taste. :D
It was mainly a day of shopping for him but I did get to try on a couple of dresses that looked quite good but I didn't get them cos' they were quite expensive. Moreover I hardly have occasions to wear dresses.
Then we went for dinner at Marche. A got a crepe with vanilla ice-cream and strawberries for dessert, it was sooo good! (Though not as good as the Nutella ones in France. Hee. A had wanted a Nutella one but Marche didn't have Nutella.)
Our last stop before going home was to Ritz Carlton cos' he has never seen the inside of it and he pointed out this 'hideous-looking building' to me a couple of times before which I was quite sure was the Ritz and he wouldn't believe me. He was quite impressed with the interior. Said it's interesting that something so ugly on the outside could be so beautiful on the inside. (And he put on an expression that was really really funny. haha)
I showed him the expensive, really good sushi bar (boss-cum-executive chef is Japanese) where I used to work part-time in and met my ex-manager, Lisa. I was surprised she still remembered me. She was nice, asked me to come back to eat there. Not for free of cos'! But she said if I do come, she'd give me the best. :) I might bring A there for a meal before he leaves. Though I'd have to save up for a bit before cos' it's really expensive!!! At least 120 for ala carte dinner!!! Set lunches are a bit more affordable; in the range of 30 - 50. Maybe... we'll see...
After we sat down at one of the comfy sofas to rest for a bit and I gave him part I of my series of leaving presents for him. It was a Tigerbeer (Tiger FC) jersey that I asked my dad to get for me. M had mentioned recently that A had wanted one. It wasn't a very nice jersey but A was really happy and touched. An appreciative guy, this one.
Can't wait for this weekend to arrive! Going fishing on Sat and having a dimsum lunch with colleagues on Sun. Both events organised for A. Not difficult to see that he's a popular one. His presence will definitely be missed...
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Friday, June 02, 2006
La la la... Le weekend's here!
Counting down to 5pm... Am going blading at east coast with A, Christian and the Claire-s!! Yeay!!! :D
Going shopping with A tomorrow afternoon! Bwahahaha... my chance to torture him!!! He's never gone shopping with a girl, other than his mum. I'll show him what a real leg workout is like. *evil laugh* :p He needs to buy birthday presents for his mum and brother. I LOVE shopping!!!! Then there's a Philharmonic Winds concert at the Esplanade tomorrow evening. Am bringing my sweet sister, A and Christian. Can hardly wait!!!! I love concerts!!!
Ooooooh... Possibly going on a 'date' with A on Sunday. haha... ^_^
La la la... Happy. :)
Going shopping with A tomorrow afternoon! Bwahahaha... my chance to torture him!!! He's never gone shopping with a girl, other than his mum. I'll show him what a real leg workout is like. *evil laugh* :p He needs to buy birthday presents for his mum and brother. I LOVE shopping!!!! Then there's a Philharmonic Winds concert at the Esplanade tomorrow evening. Am bringing my sweet sister, A and Christian. Can hardly wait!!!! I love concerts!!!
Ooooooh... Possibly going on a 'date' with A on Sunday. haha... ^_^
La la la... Happy. :)
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
T.I.R.E.D
Saw a panda in the mirror after I finished my work in the lab just now. O_o
My neighbour at work, Chiu was really sweet today, he MSN-ed me (cos' I'm always in the lab) that I don't look too happy these days and told me if I needed to talk to someone I could find him to talk over dinner (provided it's my treat). Haha... Thanks Chiu! For being a friend! :D
Gotta continue with work at home.
Now need to get to the gym. Haven't been going much this week. Feeling disgustingly fat...
My neighbour at work, Chiu was really sweet today, he MSN-ed me (cos' I'm always in the lab) that I don't look too happy these days and told me if I needed to talk to someone I could find him to talk over dinner (provided it's my treat). Haha... Thanks Chiu! For being a friend! :D
Gotta continue with work at home.
Now need to get to the gym. Haven't been going much this week. Feeling disgustingly fat...
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