cumsa chalet =)

went for cumsa chalet on sat =) i think it's gonna be my second last chalet before i leave le! was okiez lah.. anw it's a get to know each other session/ice breaker! so gotta know alot more pple, gotta know some better and basically have fun! yay i found my mahjong kah kis le! together with our mahjong set, we will the whole of camb! ha okie am lazy to write.. photos..

the few remaining survivors who stayed awake/half awake throughout the night =)

being random..

darn.. time really moves fast! it's friday already! sianz! still feel like i got lotsa things left to be done, lotsa things to buy, lotsa things to read up and lotsa time needed for mental preparation.. am trying to recap what i did for the past few days..

Mon: run at west coast, go look see luggage, go beach road, eat lotsa local food!

Tue: open bank account, take passport size photo, meeting up

Wed: medical checkup, make new specs & contactss, meeting up

Thur: watch ratatouille! meeting up =)

Fri: run, buy winter wear, go library, cook!

ha seems like a boring entry=S yay cooked a complete meal today! edible but definitely not as nice lah..

Ratatouille!

meeting up session 3! ha i am meeting up with lotsa people these few weeks! went to watch ratatouille! it's a super nice show!! but i think it's abit too philosophical for children 2 understand.. but it's really nice anyway! i think i wanna bring this over to camb! sth that i can watch and make me smile when i am down! meeting up was fun.. gonna be one of the last few times i watch movie before i fly, or even the last! ha as usual.. had loads to talk abt!

looks like 2 boys rite.. muahhaha

in case i miss home! made it blur on purpose!

darn the pre-departure sadness has started to sink in..

steamboat!

meeting up session 2! ha steamboat at bugis followed by mango ice! nice hearty meal! good 2 meet up with ns pple! =) lazy to post.. shall just put photo!

meeting up =)

while i was waiting for my fren today, who happens to be late (as usual), a guy in his late twenties approached me. He looked like those people trying to sell "stuffs" in the name of charity while earning a huge portion of commission, which he happened to be. His breathe reeks of cigarettes and he looked beng. However, I was impressed the moment he spoke. He spoke with fluent and good english, something you will not usually expect of an ah beng (not trying to stereotype). Being curious, i listened on. turns out that he's an ex-con who's trying to get on with his new phase of life. yellow ribbon project, yes. he was frank, he told me that out of the $2 i will be paying, $1 will be his commission and i like that frankness. As we chatted on, i realised he got quite decent grades for his O's. A1 for eng, math and A2 for geog and i cant rmb the rest. HEY! that's really impressive okiez! but the sad fact is that he didnt like chinese and couldnt stand the stress of studying it. and he went bezerk, got baton-ed in the process and got sent to imh. i can still see his wounds, but rest assure he looks and is normal. in the end, i bought a pen at $2. coz i respect him, respect his courage to face the world again, respect his determination to get on with life.

on yeah.. today was session 1 of meeting up. dinner, chat, catching up. was nice =)

i want..

I want a knitted scarf.. but my mum refuse to do for me! coz she cant even sew! urgh! =(

darn i hate this empty feeling inside.. i wanna teach! now! not forever!

this feeling..

i hate what i am feeling now, but i cant find a word to describe it. this feeling, feeling of emptiness, boredom yet on the back of my head i noe i had lotsa things to be done. maybe you call it lethargy? i dunno.

think i am too used to being busy. right after my europe trip, i havent really had time on my own. everyday seems to be filled with things to do, things to look forward to. but right at this point, the only thing i can look forward to is my impending departure to cambridge. i know i should sound excited, but it aint what i feel now. maybe i am suffering from withdrawal symptoms, withdrawal symptoms from school, from my darlings. it's like every weekend, i have to bring papers home to mark, slides to do, textbooks to read. but now, i am suddenly free! and i miss seeing kids in rv uniform, hearing 起立 & 行礼, speaking at top of my voice and teaching them chemistry! boohoo =( man's never satisfied with what they have or used to have..失去了才知道它的好, grass on the opposite pasture always appears greener =(

on a side note.. this is a very pretty n sweet present from one of my kids! so nice hor.. so must show off. haha.

and today as i was walking up the chinese high slope near the swimming pool, i saw 相思豆! occurred to me that i nvr gave 相思豆 to anyone b4 nor had i picked them! coz i nvr believed in them =) anw i still picked up 2 of them =) maybe it's not the object tt lets u think about something or someone, but the meaning behind the beans =) hmm.. shall continue picking 2 相思豆 whenever i go back hc, or if i ever had a chance =) who knows i will give them 2 someone else next time! darn.. i think i am homesick even before i leave home. gonna get depression le la..

my 相思豆