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I haven't blogged in what - two months?! Didn't really have the time nor mood. So what did/do I have up my sleeves?

Firstly, exams ended last week and here's goodbye to semester two. Good riddance. My stress level was really at its peak towards the final week of my exams and I can't be happier that it's finally overrr!

So the day after exams ended the gang trooped down to Adeline's house to pay her a visit (actually I think we created havoc at her home instead) 'cause that poor girl injured herself (at a pretty sensitive area) on the second day of exams and couldn't sit for the rest of the papers.

Here's Bernice and me cam-whoring at 8.30 in the MORNING while waiting for the others. Yes we met that early.

Hi, I have crazy friends, tyvm.

Awesome Ganny-made cookies

And then we feasted on oily, sinful (but yummy nonetheless) KFC

And this Adeline got each of us gifts! Here's what I got. Awww. So sweet can. I felt so guilty that we didn't get her anything :p Except create a lot of noise pollution in her otherwise peaceful home.

Am already missing them. It's seriously like a wet market when we get together. And hope Gan is well in the faraway land called US.

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So the past few days have been spent with the bf. Didn't see him much during the past month or so it was catch-up time.


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Don't know what the rest of this vacation will entail. I'll probably be starting work soon but I haven't confirmed where and when. And I'm getting bored. I really really want to get out of Singapore for a bit but I don't have the finances to. :(

Ah well. All I know is that I need a good break to recharge.

And I'm probably going for paintball with some uni mates soon. Kinda looking forward to that. I hope it's worth the money.

Till the next post, bye, whoever is reading this.

“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."

- Theodore Rubin

Haven't blogged for a month. Many things have happened but if I really think about it, I can't seem to remember much. Everything appears to happen so quickly, leaving us with little time to ponder about life.

Lately, I've been having a barrage of thoughts but I feel I've been putting them aside, refusing to properly acknowledge them.

But there are still many things I am very very thankful for. Further details will be shared along the way. One thing I'm sure of: 2010 will be an awesome year. A year of breakthrough and of new things. :)

Happy Lunar New Year! This has always been one of my favourite festivities. This year's CNY isn't much different from the past years'. Same old people, same old places. Routine, but perhaps comfort can be found in this routine too - knowing that nothing much has changed since a year ago. Although there are people I'd rather not waste time to visit, I will still do it. Personal reasons.

Somehow, amidst all the festive joy, I am looking forward to school resuming on Thursday. Am I mad?! School resuming = looming onset of FOUR tests = less time to study = ... you get the idea. I must be mad. :\ Maybe it's because I feel cooped up, having to go according to the schedule of others (i.e., parents) during this CNY that's making me wanna break free. It's been nothing but a rush to point A, B, C (etc) these two days. But it's still been a good CNY. :)

Earlier tonight, we had dinner at my grandmother's place and she asked me if I had music classes in university! Hahahah. I told her, we only had that in primary and secondary school but she didn't seem to understand what I said and proceeded to ask me if I had sports lessons (P.E. class) in uni. :D

Oh and tonight, I made many interesting discoveries. Singapore is really really really small. That's all I have to say. :D

It all started when I went to google about this BS that I really like which has been missing in action lately. I wanted to know what happened to it and I found the BS' owner's personal blog and read a few entries that caught me by surprise. Yes, Singapore is really small. Here, six degrees of separation doesn't exist. It's more like two. Sometimes, one. ;)

Tuesday might see R and I visiting the SPCA!

So school has officially started. It did a week ago actually. And my friends and I had a nice break from lecture today! There was a bazaar at school and look at some of the stuff I got:

Strawberry ring

Remember this snack from primary school! Old school, but good as ever.

My friends and I got this honey 'cause it tasted pretty good. 3 different flavours.

On 13th Jan, we celebrated Bernice's 21st birthday in school. :)

"Cheat" present.

The real deal. Heh.

Wow,

It's been more than a week since my 21st birthday and I've yet to post an entry about it. Anyway, my birthday celebration was, in my opinion, a blast. It was a very happy night spent with the most wonderful people.

On 8 January, I woke up thinking, okay! I'm 21 now. Doesn't feel any different. In the afternoon, I met Reid and we went to Woodlands to collect my birthday (cup)cake. The house was a long walk from the MRT and it was a scorching hot afternoon. Nevertheless, we collected the cupcakes and took a cab back to my house, where we packed all the equipment and decorations and got ready to leave. My brother came with us to help us set up the place.

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To cut the long story short, the party was a success. Let the pictures do the talking!

Secondary school buds.

Crazy poly mates (missing a few)! They gave me a Topshop "credit card". :D

Dear girls from Uni! Thanks for the dresses and OPI colours!


Performance by talented singer/songwriter Jon Chong

Pretty cupcakes

Cellgroup. Look at the awesome birthday card that Ruixiang made! Amazing.

Only game I got to play that night!

Okay, there are many many more photos but blogger is taking forever to load them. So check out my FB profile for the other photos!

I had a really awesome night and when I got home and opened my presents I felt so loved. Very sincere gifts I received. :)

Thank you everyone, for making my 21st birthday a memorable one. Thank you for the time, effort and money you put into it. Thank you, for helping me during the party in every way (decorations, food, shifting, etc). Couldn't have done it without all of you! I appreciate it. ;)

I'm 21!

Feeling excited for my 21st. That kind of heart fluttering excitement. Now looking back, the past two decades seem to have flown by. Was I just a short (ok i admit I'm still pretty short now), bespectacled and geeky 13 year old eight years ago?!?! I can still remember my days in school when I was 13, the strong bonds I had with my friends, the stupid arguments we'd get into, thinking how we were so mature when actually we were just beginning to grow up... These memories make me laugh. If I ever have a chance to sit with my secondary school friends and reminisce with them, it would be a bittersweet one.

Now, I'm really really growing up. If you ask me whether I miss my teenage years, the answer would be "no". Don't get me wrong, I do love those years. I miss how friendships could be so pure and easily maintained. Even though we were young, we understood the meaning of trust and honesty among friends. I miss how the world seemed simpler and kinder. Things aren't the same now though. As we begin to mature and learn, the world just inevitably gets a little deeper and darker.

But no, I don't miss those "innocent" days. 'Cause I much prefer to be growing and gaining knowledge, even if it means that some of the knowledge I gain negatively changes my perspective towards life. But I believe good things can come out of bad stuff and that the world is still ultimately a beautiful place. :)

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's party. I hope everything will run smoothly, that it won't rain, that my guests will not be ridiculously late, that all my friends will have fun, that no one will inform me last minute that they cannot make it (!!!) and that I will be very happy and have many good memories.