Sunday, July 31
went to take a look at the new national library this afternoon...i was quite impressed by the structure of the building...really lked the fact that they made used of the advantage of the city location and have full-length glass panels to allow us to have a breath-taking view of the city....but too bad the pod isn't opened for public during normal times, if not i'm sure the 360-degree full view of the city wld be magnificant...didn't really get to explore more of the library or stay there for long cause of the choice companion....hiyah..was scolded for being a mugger but hey, there's nothing wrong with lking to read books rite?...anyway, i frequent bookstores more often than libraries but with the current library library opened at such a convenient location, i guess i may visit it more often...btw, i've yet to finish viewing the exhibition there....maybe i'll have to find the correct companion?...haha...went to funan too...just looking at all the laptops on sale there gives me an impulse to just get one too...the one that caught my attention first was the iBook...the sleek cool design really attracted my attention...but i've yet to explore its feasibility...ever since i've gotten my ipod mini, i'm beginning to feel that i'm becoming an apple fan...but nvm, it'll be some time before i get my laptop...just being at funan wld make u feel lk updatting yourself with the latest trends and getting the coolest gadgets...it's just a fantasy of mine that wun be realised at least for this moment...looking forward to the stuff that'll be happening next week....
jel; 6:08 pm
Saturday, July 30
past by the site of the celebrations@heartlands at yishun this morning...nothing much ready yet...just the tentages and the stage area...but in a few days time, there wld be much more...will be helping out at the celebrations on the week leading up to national day....recent newspapaer articles on ndp had references to my unit esp since it is heavily involved in the various aspects of ndp..the mobile column and the celebrations @heartlands....didn't really do much in the afternoon...for the first time, i can have sat afternoon all for myself...but its only possible once in a while...i'll get too bored if it happens too frequently...but the day ended off well with a great night...wonder why such stuff always make me so high after that...die liao...must control myself...
jel; 11:53 pm
Saturday, July 23
met them for lunch today...first time in weeks that all 5 of us are present...rare...have to treasure times lk this now esp since uni is starting soon for the gals and such opportunities will became more rare...after going through the events of the past week, i really do treasure more of the close friends that i have ard me...i need to constantly remind myself to keep in contact with those i care abt...and strange though, just when i was thinking of contacting tim this wkend, i received a call from him at noon...a pleasant surprise..and the call did perk my mood for rest of the day...went to queensway to get a pair of asics shoes...was a tad too exp but i thought it was a gd investment...went to ikea again this week...need to get the stuff we saw last night...with the sale on, ikea was even more crowded then before...visited shears hall at nus...it is one of newer halls ard and i thought the surroundings and environment are are conducive...looked pretty much lk a condo...had a great night today...haha...i do enjoy the moments spent...i wldn't have actually imagined it could really occur but it was a pleasant surprise for the both of us....
jel; 11:49 pm
Friday, July 22
super tired now...had a 8 km run at pasir ris earlier in the evening...soles feeling sore now...having a headache too..maybe its because i came back home and rushed out soon after bathing...just didn't want to change my plan for tonight...went to get a watch from fossil...liked how it looked on my wrist...basically, its design is quite different from the usual watches that i've owned so far...pretty much reflected the change in my taste in stuff...wkend is here....time to recharge once again....
jel; 10:39 pm
Sunday, July 17
went marina square yest for lunch with three of them (alwyn need to rest)...tried carl's jr for the first time...quite lked the food there although its a tad too exp...haha...but the concept of the fast-food rest is not too bad..quite a refreshing change from the usu ones...shld go try it again...seriously, its only suitable for grown-ups as what they had advertised cause the portion of the food is super large...for the first time, i was satisfied and full without upsizing....haha..and we actually assumed that the drinks are free-flow cause the drinks are self-service...met jason at marina square with his gf...both of us were super-shocked to see each other...cause we were saying the other day that we'll bound to meet each other someday...he's always ard that area...sure can find him at marina square over the wkends....went to collect harry potter bk at borders...picked up a book while i;m there too....and sl was actually surprised when i told him i'm doing a free delivery service...haha..saw a few more nice books at mph today...damn...so many books and yet so little time...and the worst thing is i've only read fragments of many of the books at home...bought durian strudel at pp too...super exp but its worth it lah...haha
jel; 4:07 pm
Saturday, July 16
was supposed to run at east coast park yest for ahm training...but it started to rain heavily after we had run for abt 5 min...and it wasw cancelled...wasted trip trip but at least we got to fall out early...wonder if anyone got attempt to try the straits times riddle competition, but we finally solved it today and the mystery location turned out to be the area ard mac and 7-11 at east coast park...heard that there are a lot of pple there right now..all hoping to win the car...went to queensway yest...went to ikea to look for some ideas...always enjoy looking at the showrooms on display...i'm always on the lookout for ideas for my future home...hoping that one day it'll be what i've always wanted it to be...went to queensway s.c. to look for running shoes...the thought of spending money again..sigh..but at least u helped me sort out my thoughts...today is the release of harry potter and the half-blood prince...wonder how many of u are fanatic over it..i'll be helping her collect the book today and when i drop-by, i might as well pick up a book too since there's a 30% discount for papaerbacks when u book that book...and drop-by her hs later to deliver the book to her overly-excited sis..haha
jel; 10:06 am
Sunday, July 10
I leave behind with you- peace;I give you My own peace and My gift is nothing like the peace of this world.You must not be distressed and you must not be dauntedWe can't work for peace And we can't earn itWe can't psych ourselves up for itWe can't try really hard to get itPeace is a gift we simply accept
jel; 3:19 pm
When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you;your troubles will not overwhelm you.When you pass through fire, you will not be burnedNothing can overwhelm you.No matter what you go through in life, you will never go through it alone.Now that is the reason to rejoice!
jel; 3:12 pm
Saturday, July 9
felt rather stressed up sometimes...although there's no more schoolwork to worry abt, i guess there'll always be sources of stress ard in our lives...the prob is i want to accomplish a lot with little time...i'm not trying to say i'm an over-achiever, but i just lk the feeling of having done certain stuff which wld put me at peace at least...i know i shldn't be feeling this way, but looking at some of my fellow camp mates, i can't help but feel that i shld be spending my time wisely and not be wasting my time lk them...i just dun feel at peace with myself...every wkend, i wld be trying to plan my time to maximise it and to squeeze in as much stuff as possible...the pace can be too fast, with many things running through my mind all the time..it makes me too preoccupied with thoughts so much that at times, i can't carry on with the things that i am doing...things that i want to do include certain fixed routines every wkend, stuff which i do to satisfy myself and others and aims which i hope to achieve in the short and long term...and i hate to push back stuff which i had planned to do...it didn't really occur to me that i was trying to do too much till last night...i'm not worried abt it...cause i believe all these are achievable....
jel; 10:53 pm
Tuesday, July 5
yest was a superb day off...really enjoyed the entire day...every single moment of it...thought through it even after i went back camp...the cinema part was great...as in before the movie started...just felt very close and warm...but of course the movie was equally gd...exciting moments although i dun understand why movies always have such unrealistic plots and ever-happy endings...of course, it was nice to share what happened with jason and mf last night...haha and i got teased by reo and co today....had off in the afternoon....was supposed to enjoy myself with the rest of the pple...but it turned out that most of them are going home...disappointing although i already knew the fact that i can't find pals in camp whom i can hang out with even outside of camp...its lk our friendships usu are confined within the compounds of the camp...its hard to have a big grp of us going tog...so far, its being only jason and mf whom i can still get along well with but they are usu busy or uninterested in going out....but i had a gd rest at home today and i had a gd time over the extended wkend which wld have made up for today....
jel; 7:12 pm
Monday, July 4
haha...i enjoyed my brunch a lot...haha...thought it was rather nice although it could have turned out worse....long time since i had eaten such a meal but i really enjoyed it...watched some stupid lame videos clips...but they were funny at least....going to watch war of the worlds later...dun know whether need to go back for water parade later..if need to, have to go back earlier...sian..anyway, i have off tmr afternoon...prob going out with them somewhere...a lot of tags recently....haha...wonder why....
jel; 1:26 pm
Sunday, July 3
met mr bek just now at junction eight...didn't say hi to him cause he was on the opp direction on the escalator...got a new non-camera phone cause the old one spoilt...the other party can hear me but i can't hear them....anyway, its just a cheap nokia 3120, so no big deal....have off tmr...think i'm going to enjoy breakfast...or shld i say brunch?...haha....
jel; 11:20 pm
Saturday, July 2
sometimes i just can't help but feel that strange things do happen...and its too much of a coincidence...and it just confirm that my feelings are accurate...met an exceptionally high number of pple in town today...met zy and david on the train while on the way to town...met 2 diff pple at ps...met another 2 pple on 2 occasions at taka and another of my branch mate while boarding the train to go out of town...can't rmb whether i've met more pple...and while i'm out of town, i received a call from my friend who told me he saw me in town...to meet so many pple within a mere 2 hours spent in town was simply too shocking for me to accept...esp when i kept having such a strong feeling while in town that i'll meet someone....and of all days that i'm in town, i just have to meet all of them today...hiyah, nvm...dun know what to expect from my branch mates when i return office on tue...oh, i'm quite surprised to know that there are other pple whom i'm not close to or whom i dun even know reading my blog...just want to say hi to them...haha...just leave me a tag if u dun mind....
jel; 10:58 pm
today there is the family cum home-coming day for cat high...went back there with wb and yk....first time back there ever since the school has fully completed its renovation...really miss the sch a lot and now that the new compound is so nice, it really makes us feel lk going back there to study...on a more sensible thought, we may even want to go back there to teach after ns...spent most of the time trying to compare the differences bet the old and new features of the building....recapped old memories at various parts of the sch building...the long dark alley, the basement level which is officially acknowledged...went to visit our old classrooms and the new classrooms where our junior classes are at now...saw new features which really awe us...art works by students displayed everywhere, a new professional recording studio for aspiring students....read that in the news few months back but saw it for myself today...really enjoyed this trip back there, esp since i still feel very attached to the sch....
jel; 3:44 pm
Friday, July 1
wkend is here....recently there's some hype over my previous entries but yah, i dun want to explain further...just ask me personally if u wan to know anything...heheh....
today is saf day...took part in the saf day parade...not as an audience, but part of the marching contingent....finally, after more than a month of rehearsals, we finally arrived at the big day...it was really awesome to see how prestige the event was and i was really proud to be part of the parade...really didn't regret participating although it was very straining on your muscles and having to suffer distinct tan lines on your arms and neck....tired night....should look forward to tmr...
jel; 10:31 pm