About the Things You Do - July 15th, 2006

Need to get in the mood to type, so in the background plays Michelle Featherstone's Sweet Sweet Baby. I'm still in love with this song. Haha... i thought today i would reminisce and look forward.

First a peek back...
ended my school uniform days in 2001.
I loved my JC class. We had so many outings and what not.. silly things now, but really fun then.
I loved my eca in J1... we went through so much. We became so close.
I loved studying for A levels. That is clearly so wrong, but bio,chem, math, econs are oh so more pleasant than physics. Haha...
I loved my dear friends from sec school. Alarming to think we've been dear friends for 10 years.
I loved my memories from school camps - from sentosa (the unclaimed undies...the washing lady), to bahtera (high rope, anyone?), to trengganu, to nepal (juice?).
I loved my primary school friends.. our outings were always confined to JEC..haha... dismal huh. No Jurong Point back then.

Change songs... Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars. Another great song.
Post school came shit (euphemism). I dug out my old journals. I re-read them after 4 years. Memories flood back.

Left in 2002. I told myself i won't be the sort of person who comes rushing home every break. And i didn't. Spent 9 months away. I'm proud of that.
2003 summer. Vacation in Tioman. Haha.. durian lady. Failed attempt at gardening in Botanic Gardens. I should have taken the hint - nothing grows under my watch.
2004 March - field trip to Portugal with my brit classmates. 15 guys in a barn - very rustic. OK... lots of booze and fooling around with juggling and card games. And of course the fantastic portuguese coastline. OMG. Those white, sandy beaches and azure blue oceans are the most beautiful i have ever seen. Going to head back there sometime. Tourist-free!
2004 summer. Vacation in Taiwan. School attachment. Ho.. good times.
2005. Grand tours of Europe. Did so many lovely cities.
2005 summer. More attachment. Hmm...
2006. New location. Got hooked on american tv. Bad.

I think everything turned out ok. Not perfect, but ok. I'm grateful. I'm losing my accents gradually... haha.. thanks to all the wonderful aunties and uncles back here! Yes, my screwed-up pseudo british/american/singaporean accent is going away.

Just discovered park connectors. SO... my house is connected to Jurong Bird Park by a running path. That's my goal. Run to Bird Park and back. No idea what the distance is. Today, i only got to Corporation Rd. Which is probably 1/3 the way. HAHAH... I reckon there and back should be equal to a half marathon.

Looking forward...
2006-2008 more euphemisms.
2008-2009 back to classroom. Hoho... my dear friends would either be in grad school, working or in shit by now.
2009-2013 work work work. Freak. I am 30.

OK. That was alarming. My scare-mongering tactics kind of worked.

Current Location: Home
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Sweet Sweet Baby - Michelle Featherstone