In the end, we didn't celebrate my mum's b-day at all, as she, my dad and brother were down with cough. Nothing much happened this few weeks, rather uneventful really.

Got my craving for brownie satisfied yesterday, when she bought one home from Megabytes. The quality is better than the one at school, more nuts on top and drizzles of chocolate sauce; but for $2.20 for a triangular slice .. as compared to the one at school, with lesser toppings, but with ice cream and its a nice square size .. I'll leave you to it.

Have been very, and I mean extremely out of sync lately. For no reason I'd take out old photo albums and flip through them with no aim in mind. X Japan soothes my mind now more than those pop/r&b tracks ever could. Not even Josh Groban songs, which I love, help much. If I were to utter out loud the thoughts that go through my head, most probably I'd be admitted to TTSH asap.

Mooncakes festival went by, did any of you celebrate it? My mum bought the annual snow skin mooncakes, with lotus seed filing. Next year maybe we'll go for green tea instead.

Bored outta my mind now, gonna say ciao.

They say a picture says a thousand words, there you go, my results for the current semester:


Woke up this morning and was told by Celeste results were out. I passed. omg. I actually passed. Crying a bit now haha, thought I would fail mgmt .. Absolute relief. I can't say how much better I feel, knowing that I can graduate together with the lot of them and not be retained for a year .. Whoever's watching over me from above, thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!

Now I can sleep better. Looking forward to celebrating Mum's b-day on Sat (actual was on Mon). We're planning to take the whole family out to Seoul Garden, need to check the price later
, but for now, I'm going to give her a call.

Ending off with this song, Someone's Watching Over Me by Hillary Duff

Found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
Something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it's written in the sky tonight

So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me

It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes
Believe in yourself and you'll fly high
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself and follow your heart

I feel like a slave. No doubt I'm at home, being unemployed, but my mum is about making me hit my limit.

Endless grousing from her as we do Excel charts and word reports, for her work. I'm about going bonkers from staring at the screen. Swearing off Excel for good today.

I HATE EXCEL @%!#@$(*OMFGBBQ@$(^TU^

On GE, I'm going to dino land Ustiur soon~ Can't wait to hit lvl75. Meanwhile grinding with my Faction DefendeRz mates in Rion Hollow and Prison. We did a couple of Highway/Interchange/Trinity 3 yesterday, they were soo fun! Not to mention I got lucky and got Chain Lightning Ring lala~

And Plait, for female scout. Been taking my dear Cath out to train, can't wait for her to go solo, but then I'll have to pot like mad.

Back to Excel, ta!

Went with my mum to her office today to help finish her report, left the house about 11am. Alighted at Bonavista MRT station, and took bus 95 to Science canteen at NUS, but Mega bytes, the new cafe there wasn't open =(

Hopes for a nice lunch (and brownie) dashed, we walked all the way up to YIH, but the canteen there was closed; only Subway and Cheers was open. Braved the long queue, and ordered a-foot-long honey oats subs with bacon, turkey and ham, and 2 double chocolate chip cookies as compensation for the brownie :D

Was literally starving by the time I reached my mum's office .. Mowed my way through my half of the subs, simply closed my eyes and ate the tomato, olive and cucumber ><, then started on the report at 1pm.

Ended about 6 plus pm, after several times of editing/saving .. my mum's Excel files couldn't open on my laptop (some data was so damaged the file was auto-repaired), and my desktop computer is chucking fits again, so we had back-ups on her email and desktop.

God, I swear I do NOT, ever, want to see Excel again. Uggh.

Rushed home to catch the Chinese Emperor show on Channel U, only missed 5 mins~

Off to play GE now, ta!

lil' misadventure

Had a tiff of sorts with my mum on Sunday morning. Usual jazz about finding gainful employment and such. So, wasn't very happy at all.

Decided to head down to Parklane to play GE, hopefully to get it off my mind. Simply told her I was going out to a friend's place and wouldn't be back til morning. Reached there about 4 plus, and played til about 12.30pm. By that time I was starting to get tired, but I didn't want to go home. Anything to just not have to face her.

Then I left the place wondering where I would go, since I didn't have enough cash on hand to get a cab home, and no trains to be had for love or money. Contemplated just walking the streets til morning, and get a train home .. while at Parklane the idea of going home had been repulsive to me. Since I was already outside there wasn't any point in going home. Yet, walking the streets wasn't very appealing to me. By then all I wanted was to go home. I was cold, hungry, and tired. I forgot how many street lamps I must have passed yesterday.

Walked past cabs at the kerb, past bus stops .. with nowhere to go I ended up walking, (yes, I walked) after asking directions from my GE mates all the way to Cineleisure near The Hereen, where I found a 24/7 lan shop emax. Rather uneventful on the way there, except 2 Indian guys followed me from Hereen up to emax, whereupon they whistled at me, then went down the lift. 1.20am found me seated at a computer, had to pay $3.50 for an hour, since they were closing at 2.

From 2-6am .. maybe I'd just mil around downstairs or something. Anyway, some guardian angel must have been watching over me. Logging onto GE, I told the guys I was at emax, then asked if anyone could spare a place for me to sleep. Heck, I figured I'd just be thick skinned and ask since I really was falling asleep at that point. Titan offered to come over and pick me up, I said ok since I knew him, not that well, but enough to know he's a decent sorta guy.

By that time it was 2 plus in the morning, he paid for the cab to his place, handed me a towel and clothes to "bath so I could have a good rest". Had a bit of a talk, he asked me to tell him if anything was wrong, I briefly told him stuff, and he gave me advice like "Home is still the best place" since he was a guo lai ren. Crashed after that .. 3.30am I think, was afraid of falling asleep coz I might wake late, and since he had work I didn't want to inconvenient him further, but in the end I did sleep, woke at 7.30am thanks to my hp alarm, and left his place at 8 plus after he'd woken and let me out of the house.

Asked directions to the nearest mrt station, one very kind old lady told me in Hokkien which way it was. Reached home at 9.30am, then played GE for a while and slept again, woke at night =x

Anyways, thinking back, I was very lucky yesterday. I could have really been walking the streets til morning, robbed, or worse, raped ><

For a time I thought my faith it must be hiding
Searching through the sky
Hoping to find a way, a way
To get me through the day
Wonder where I belong
Is this where I should stay

Chorus:
You lift me up when I am falling
You're my friend when I was calling
Now I'm on top of the world, top of the whole wide world
Yeah your eyes' been believing
In my life for a whole new meaning
Now I'm on top of the world, top of the whole wide world

It's just strange to me
It seems I've forgotten
Now I realize today I'm starting to dream again, again
Was the matter on the wane
I guess we all lose our way now and then