It’s just me.

Went to Toa Payoh Central for dinner cuz sis gotta buy some things there. I wonder what’s so special that mom would only want to get it there.. like from Pasir Ris(?) to Toa Payoh? In any case, dad and I went on our ways to see see around this bustling foreign-looking neighbourhood. There happened to have a Cash Converter, and given my life-long interest in people’s ‘rare treasures’ I thought we should have a peek. (Btw it’s the first time I’m going in.) Naturally I’d be in the CD section. And with lots of luck, amid the hundreds of shelves and thousands of albums, I quickly chanced upon my 57th album-to-be: Studio Ghibli Songs (featuring 16 tracks from all 1984-1997 Ghibli’s anime films) and it’s in excellent condition! Ouh how I adore miyazaki’s works! The title flashed big in my eyes from a distant and it turned out later to be the only album I thought that’s cash-worthy after like 1/2 hr’s camp in there. I can’t be wrong, some magic must be working here! Oh by the way it costs only 5 bucks. *gleams*

Strange things happen after that; A chinese-owned provision shop started playing indian songs..! Amazed? I’m not done. On the way home, this particular bus cruising along the high way was lit with red lighting at the front seats so that the passengers were cramping themselves in two-thrids of the space. As this seemingly normal but uncanny scenario was playing before my very eyes, I couldn’t help but fantasize, no, realise that studio ghibli’s magic is working on me! My god! Oh.. please let me see my A levels results fly in colours too..!

(ubin cycling trip photos here)

I went cycling at ubin on sunday, which is not quite the norm cuz I don’t usually allow myself to be so active every start of the week. Pre-Monday Blues. But since it’s a democratic decision……. well it was with SuiSen, not without missing four though namely the 3 HC ‘flowers’, and Qi who had tuition..=X Anyhow it was still an enjoyable trip! We climb the Puaka(..?), soaked our feet in the forbidden fresh water quarry, revisited some memorable landmarks, and we cycled, of course. YAY the slopes wereout of the world! Haha I almost flew off a bump at one of the downslopes that’s how fast the biky went. Had 2 coconuts in all. Lunch was done with an energy bar. And I finally got my OBS shirt, thanks Kim! =D Fortunately I could wake up in time for school the next morning… *peace* Hmm perhaps we’ll ask Dean along the next time yeah?.. for his favourite skinny dipping.. HAHA XD

Oh oh! And we seem to love throwing stones, be it off the cliff or skipping them across the quarry waters. Hence the Stone Throwing Club =D *with pride*

At HC’s scholarship fair,
Mark: Hey Freda! How’s life without me?
Freda: Peaceful?

Had YEC meeting on thursday. Wasn’t as interesting this time round, partly because those few newcomers were little rowdy-like rascals whom I predict won’t be staying for long, hopefully. But it’s more that I can hardly involve myself in the upcoming events at all… sad. Guess I had lost my sanity from a super long hardy day; I could actually board the wrong train. More hilarious still, I only came to my senses when this mad old man went barging his way through to the entrance, how rude! Everyone had thought he was going to leave but he was only trying to get to the entrance, literally. So yeah, I was at Buona Vista before I could U-turn back to Pasir Ris.

So our college decided to give us our polling day holiday only on racial harmony day. Went for a swim with Bin in the morning. Then we made a really regretful trip to THAT eating place because it was so hot and dirty and stuff and stuff. And then we dropped ourselevs at national library. Attempted to complete the math tutorial but failed.

~I MUST BUCK UP~

Went bowling last saturday with some YEC peeps a.k.a. bowling pros. And there’s something very interesting that everyone observed, that’s one of the lanes is jinxed.. haha for me la. I mean, how can I strike in one lane, then xi long gou (wash drain) in the other, and then strike again in the first on my next attempt..? Like.. so wierd..!

KKx. Had three games in all. The relieving thing is I kept improving, and my ball did curl.. =D
Lunched with Tong Seng after that. So he’s actually thinking of quitting his profession for the arts. Hmmm……

Okies.. enough blabberings.

That’s melo in action.

An abandoned pair of (stinking) bowling shoes..

Tong Seng here.. sneakering away at..

.. Jia Jia? Hor Hor.

Arrival of the G.O.H.. that’s like after half an hour into the game. Sorry but Joe isn’t supposed to look spastic.

Shawn the pro.

That Vanilla Tea.

(HAP photo album here)

Wah, last entry was a month old. Haha kewl. More amusing feats to come for sure.. lol. Anyway now that the mid yr’s over.. that my mid yr crisis is in transition to something more terrible, I get to catch a little break in between, great! But it won’t be for long.. like, 2 days? Haha, seriously I couldn’t have been more diligent in my academics mannz. Just a brief over view of the battle I had: I didn’t prepare, so I got killed, simple. No that should not happen in the future. IT SHALL NOT!

Stumped across one of my earliest ‘favourites’. This web thingy about numerology. So I tried this sample of a personalised all-about-me report (that’s effectively 3 pages long) and here’s something which I thought would be a good resolution to some misunderstandings, though the contents could only be true to a certain extent. Anyhow:

“Others may perceive you as very cold and even socially dysfunctional but actually your detachment from others is very spiritually sophisticated. You don’t like expressing your emotions and like Dorothy Parker said you believe that “spilling one’s guts is as ugly as it sounds.”" But that’s not to say I like acting Kewl. Even if I do I also AKBK, right?.. haha.

Getting back on track, I went swimming with bin right after the last paper (that’s today). Then Pillai told me he’s sorry to cancel our appointment. Nevermind, so I shopped at bugis then orchard.. all alone =X!.. if it wasn’t for a sweater I’ve been longing for. Yet in the end I decided to exchange that for Breathless (kenny G) and Jazz Meets Cuba from HMV. It’s all worth it..! Hmm, at long last my stock is updated, now 56 albums strong. Hope it’s a greater than average stat so that I can be proud of my achievement^_^.. Yah, and Pillai’s such a joker. He appeared like from nowhere only when I was returning to somerset station. Haha, it’s a funny moment, definitely. Met up with Jon later to have dinner @ Cafe Cartel. And vanilla tea is by far the most expensive tea I’ve ever drank. Yay. Held the cam all day long like an idiot but not a single shot taken……….

A week ago, Cuzzie Mei Qiang celebrated her 21st birthday. It must have been a big bang for her cuz her guy did it all..=D Quite amazing, the extent he went to decorate the rented mansion.

Some time around that time too, I was helping out with several long lost (touch) pals at ET’s place. He’s moving away from the horror scene at long last for goodness sake! Haha.. well that little crampy stuffy dirty nest of his didn’t actually seem that bad after a while of getting used to. But still I’m really glad for him.

Yes! And how I’ll never forget what CMPB did to me *angry face* I had to retake the urine test because I didn’t pass it the first time because I failed because the test strip says “inside got blood, leh”. So that’s after the whole health check procedure, and I had to retake the urine test again because I didn’t pass it the second time either because I failed again because the test strip says “inside got blood, leh” again. And because of that hopes of being the first of my batch to leave were dashed, and I even had to revisit those medics two weeks after. And you probably have guessed it right. I failed the test yet again. But this time I didn’t have to retake, cos they decided that my very special urine will make a trip to the lab.. together with a seperate dose of blood which makes it my third blood-draw in a month. Daddy and mommy couldn’t wait for the report to come so we went to the doctor’s instead to take my forth urine test in a month. Doctor’s report was ready in a few days.. and I’m perfectly fine! Thanks mann CMPB, that little prank of yours.