Saturday 26 July 2008

each one a line or two

...and I've been keeping all the letters
that I wrote to you...

To the one I desperately tried to hold on to,
Happy birthday!
It's been ages. "I'm fine... baby how are you?"

To the friend who agreed to start over,
Things have to return to normal, somehow. We'll see what happens... I hope it all works out.

To the one I've gotten to know better over the break,
Oi. "personal jukebox"?!
Thank you for making the break less boring... I'll miss you a lot too!

...I would send them but I know that its just not enough
my words were cold and flat,
and you deserve more than that...


So much more that I want to say... so much more that I don't know how to say...

Thursday 24 July 2008

I'm not ready to go back... it's not that I don't want to start school. I no longer dread the amount I have to study and the endless contact hours. And so what if I have to handle my own laundry, my own chores, my discipline? I'm almost done packing, I just need another hour or two and I'm good to go.

But I don't want to. Because its not everyday that you get to see people who just understand you. People who, even if they scrutinise your every move, do it out of concern and not boredom. People who aren't 5h away. or more. by plane.

Remember when I made the full set? I can replace this.... but I can't replace you...

Thank goodness for spontaneity... Its just unbelievable that we've not been able to meet as a full group for ages... at best, it's six minus one. I really enjoyed last night's dinner... We'll keep to that promise of another dinner date WITH some dairy products for December, yes? so... "spontaneous much?" And ESTHER WHERE ARE YOU?!
meh.
taken so long ago... the last time we were all together.

Ah well. time to finish packing! meep.

Wednesday 16 July 2008

photos!

I should be asleep... my eyes are grainy and I'm yawning so much that I can't sing properly. But my thoughts are flitting around, lighting on different people, different situations, writing the what-ifs and trying to answer the whys.

hm... guess I could put up some photos... they're long overdue anyway. And maybe sorting through them will calm me enough to catch those thoughts and stuff them back where they belong for the night.

IFD Hawaii!

all the pretty garlanded girls... and that was the first time I ever talked to Erica. she's so sweet! haha.
Benedict you sneaky photographer... but thank you!
My neighbour and I and the flower that I really didn't want to throw away. haha I did wonder what you guys were doing at that table...
haha Fabian's shirt! see. you can stick to the Hawaiian theme and still be formal...I tried to take as many photos as possible before my camera died... I think this is quite possibly the last one I managed to get that night. wannabe models.... *ahem*

I'd say it was a pretty good night... more to come next sem!

Tuesday 15 July 2008

I wish I knew the words to say to cheer you up and help you believe that everything will work out fine. But this voice that dances on a melody trips over its own words... and so, I hope my company will suffice.

Saturday 12 July 2008

Remember the PBL learning objective about the major causes/risk factors of obesity? We talked about genetics, sedentary activities, diet composition, medication use... and it occurred to me last night that we probably missed one factor: the role that food plays in our social lifestyle. Noodle parties... watching people try to cook yong tau foo... nibbling while studying... nibbling when visiting... ice cream while shopping for presents...

Why all this musing about food? Because I spent most of yesterday eating! Lunch was pretty simple, but the heat outside had a soporific effect, so I dozed off while reading on my bed. Then YJ called... and I ended up accompanying him for his lunch at West Mall while he satisfied his BK craving. I got my sundae pie~ filched some fries, a bit of burger (without the bread), and coke too. After walking around a bit, we went to get some dessert. Turns out I'm not the only one who's partial to soursop! A bit more walking around, then he went home for dinner.

And me? I went off for dinner with YY! see. more food. We probably stayed in Sakae Sushi for over an hour. Maybe two, I dunno... time just passes when you're catching up and eating and looking for more sushi. We both decided to skip dessert at Sakae and get ice cream somewhere else... she wanted Andersen's, I was thinking of hokkaido ice cream. We ended up not getting any... but we weren't too hungry by then anyway.

Truth is, I've been writing this during cooking breaks... yup, I've been cooking since just after lunch for tonight's potluck at Ray's place. Time to pack the food and be off!

Wednesday 2 July 2008

this (probably) wouldn't have happened in college

Yayyy finally home!!! Finally got to see Kai and Annie and Zhai and YY and just walk around and talk. Coming home always makes me so happy... even if I do get bullied. And made to take things from the highest shelves because stuff for YY has to be placed at her eye level and therefore too high for the rest to reach. It was especially fun yesterday cos YY had no idea what was going to happen.

And then we forgot the take the cake from my fridge after dinner. How is it possible to forget the cake on someone's birthday? dear YY's cake is still languishing in my fridge.

I say it (probably) wouldn't have happened in college simply because of the typical birthday plans we have in college, where we usually lure people to wherever the cake is. It's a different story altogether when you intend to bring the cake to someone's house. Oh well....

So now I'm free to reveal that I'm actually home. Its all because of you, ok YY? All for you. To give you a nice big (belated) birthday surprise. And since you pressed me for an answer, you left me with absolutely NO CHOICE but to blatantly lie about not coming home for the month. Just to keep up the charade, I decided not to blog after the exams, even though I was more than free to do it. I'd probably have slipped up with something about packing... and then the game would be over.

Argh. Its too hot. and sticky. Really really miss Perth weather now... something like 18ÂșC would be heavenly. Kai, pretend you didn't just read that.

Ok. enough of my disjointed thoughts and strange rambling... I'll write more later.