A Whirlwind...

A rather lengthy update guys on 2 rather hectic days - filled with fun and joy at meeting friends, some of whom I've not met for about a year plus.

On Sunday, some of my department mates coaxed me into watching Install at Cathay Cineleisure which I decided to go for, although I had just been there the day before watching Beauty Shop. Great outing... Nice to keep up to date with department mates and how they feel about NS - just like me. The hatred is something we share in common I believe. ;-) The movie left a bitter aftertaste... I'm not sure because of the weird storyline (about a 10 year old boy and a 17 year old girl who pretend to be a sex chat goddess online) or the fact that it burned $8.50 of my money and I didn't enjoy the movie at all. But I didn't really mind. It's the fact that I was with my friends out enjoying myself on a weekend that was the purpose of the day.

There's a strange feeling inside when you're with friends for a change, and not alone walking the lonely Boulevard of Broken Dreams of Singapore sometimes. I always wander around Jurong Point and sometimes Orchard alone when no one can accompany me on my purposeless walks. It feels weird. As if people are staring right through you and dissecting you there on the hard tarmac floor, seething inside with some distaste towards my unattractive dress code or the way I walk. Call me paranoid or insecure... but that's what I am. A bit too self-conscious I must admit. But the walk along Orchard Road made me realise that my life is made up of just 4 things: y family, my friends, my books and Phantom. :-) Important things I hold dear to my heart.

And on Monday yesterday, I decided to go for the annual RJ Symphonic Band concert. Very well done concert with all the pieces done superbly but the main purpose again was not the concert itself - it was meeting up with some really old school friends and supporting them for their alumni performance. People like Andrew, Lionel, Gary, Weibin, Edison, Ibnur and Ichwan - good buddies of mine during school and till now, some of whom have known me for nearly 6 years liao, since Sec 1. It was a very nice feeling to finally actually see them face to face since I had not seen many of them ever since NS began and how they have all changed! NS really does that to you - no matter how much you abhor the bloody thing, no one can admit that the experience has not changed them for the better. What NS has mostly done for me though is this - I have made so many good buddies whom I will never forget for a very long time and I would probably never have met and made friends with if not for NS.

Which reminds me that one of my best buddies brought a cake to camp yesterday morning that he and his mom made for my birthday, a very chocolatey cake which I totally loved. It was really important for me to share my birthday with all my camp mates because I felt that I owed them so much for being a great friend to me, for lending a hand or a listening ear whenever I felt depressed in camp. Thanks so much guys! And gal! :-) You guys are the best!

So here's to all my friends past and present (both from school and all I've met through NS) -THANKS for being such a great buddy! :-)

And finally - HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Can't believe I'm finally 20. No more 'teen' attached to my age. Woah. 20 years passed by just like that. And about 12 years of that was spent in school. What's another 4 years of education compared to 12 years?