woah..finally home. so much to say...where should i start??

ok, the bursary presentation @ s'pore buddhist lodge was a pretty humbling experience. it can really make one appreciate the little things in life; as was summarised by the minister of env, lim swee say: we must never forget to "count our blessings"..yes, i was actually listening to the speeches i've heard tt phrase frm my parents thousands of times..literally..yet the true meaning of it nvr really hit me like it did todae...i dunno, maybe it was the whole religious ambience and all..the SBL is kinda like a temple, aniwae..

oh yea, must really remember to thank cheryl one of these days 4 bearing wif my incessant, bothering phonecalls ;) POP QUIZ:what do you do when u're stuck in a place u dun wanna be (e.g. in school on a saturday, and not for cca), and there's no one arnd to talk to.. CALL A FRIEND, of course! (that's the answer, not a lifeline..)yea, she's alwaes dere when i need someone to help pass the time; those dreadful hrs of waiting for a class to start, for a shop (when i was waitin' to collect quintee's cake frm swensen's) to open, or jus simply when dere seem's 2b 'nothing better to do' >:+P hope i can return the gesture someday too

yea, and it was thru her i found out abt the ylm outing @ marina (last time we hang out b4 iggy goes into the army) later tt evening...sigh, if i hadn't called 'er, i would hav had no idea abt it.. yup, tt's the result of losing 3 handphones in the last 2 yrs..

it was, well, pretty fun i suppose. i mean, how much better can it get than steamboat buffet followed by pool at a snookerium nearby (don't tell dad abt the last bit, mei meis ;> ) well, okay..i'll be honest--no point in blogging if u can't express ur true feelings, rite? ya, stomach-wise, dinner went well..stuffed myself silly wif black pepper beef, chilli chicken and prawns...but on the social front..well, let's just say i felt a little isolated at the end of the table..poon n jem telling kev abt ns at one end; vaness, angel pretty much engaged in their own conversation opposite...yea, perhaps it was a blessing in disguise when TM n herman joined our table--gave me a convenient reason to 'migrate': on the pretext of freeing up space 4 the new diners

...so i ended up joining king peter, cheryl, anthony, mabel + the relatively more sedate (but in a good way) alex n matt chan. altho this table was comparatively much quieter; more calm and organised (as opposed to the mayhem tt was beginning to ensue at the o/r table :p), i felt more at home there..hmm, kinda strange, considering i'm supposed 2 b closer 2 the o/r bunch than to these ppl..or so i thought anyway..

but how wrong i was..i mean, with the likes of mabel n cheryl, i can pretty much pour my heart out in the knowledge tt i can trust 'em not to tell others (i hope..haha ;p) ditto too for alex and chan, despite the fact tt i hardly see the latter arnd..oh yea, & how could i 4get matt ng..he's one who's always dere 4 me too..we must never forget to "count our blessings"~the words almost coming back to haunt me...

how could i have neglected my true zhi yin(literally: know sound; metaphorically: ppl who truly understand u, u can relate to; r on the same wavelength) those who have stood by me in my darkest times, yet it was those same ppl i chose to neglect..what a bag of scum i am..:(

Having finally realised the true meaning of friendship, our fellowship eventually proceeded 2 the pool salon (can't recall the name, but kev sez it's the largest one on the island wif 40+ tables..)& my bro n i teamed up in a considerably successful pairing (we thrashed iggy and spyke by 6 balls, only to be outclassed when the highly experienced pairing of chan & maria dominated the table..winning 6 successive games!! we lost to them 3 times: by 6, 2 and 1 ball respectively--at least we were getting close, b4 finally beating 'em by two balls in the last frame..yeah, woohoo!! i wouldn't hav been able to sleep if we had lost tt rack too) :gRinz c",): yea, it was great fun, but really, as kev said, "it's not so much in the winning, but in the socialising"...Amen to that!

raneth hopped off at 1:39 am