Seeing Friends...

At Ms Clarity Cafe - Jingyi and Christine are finally back! Holland Village (Serene matches the railing!)
With the girls @ Sushi Tei
HnF Committee @ Delifrance

I can't believe I only have a day left. Besides all the people I will dearly miss, there's only one other thought in my head right now-

Things I still need to eat from now until 23:55 tomorrow- Bread Talk's Wasabi Pork Floss Buns, earthquake cheese and garlic toast, Mee Hoon Kuay (though I already had half a bowl with Kevin 2 days ago), Sushi Tei's sashimi salad (have already been there 3 times in the past 2 weeks), Teh Bing, Teh Tarik, Fruit Juice, Tao Sar Piah, Tapoica Cake, Pandan Chiffon Cake, Hor fun Soup, yam paos, yam puff, Ya Kun French Toast, Thosai.

I'm sure there's more to add to the list, except I can't really remember right now.

Surreal

Ray was saying that travelling is very surreal... you sit in a plane for a few hours, and and step out into somewhere new. I don't know what's up with me... but I think, my entire life feels completely surreal these days. I know this doesn't make any sense, but sometimes, it feels like I'm busy doing so many things, but not really doing anything at the same time. All I do is go out, meet different people, hang about Orchard until I'm sick of all the same old shops, food, sales, pack... day in, day out, and poof, the semester break is ending once again. Except this time, it's not the dread of stepping back into the same old routine of lectures and tutorials... it's the dread of going away. I don't even know why I'm dreading it so much when everyone else tell me how excited they are for me.

Time passes too fast, too fast. I look back at some of my JC photos, and I can't believe how terrible they look now...I'd like to think I look better each year, but I'm pretty sure a few years down the road, I'm going to look back at my current photos and think, 'gosh, I can't believe I used to look like that', haha. Worst still, it depresses me to see how much younger everyone looked just 2 years ago... it's as if entering university makes us age all of a sudden. Awhile ago, I met up with a friend 2 years younger than me and I remember thinking he has really matured so much from the time I first met him. Over our annual New Year Eve's gathering at Es' places, I remember thinking that we've all changed in some way, just that I can't put my finger as to what exactly it is... it just felt very different from our gathering a year ago, when everyone got wasted way before New Year... but as always, somethings don't change. I'm always so thankful that everything seems to fall right into place when I'm with old friends from the Nanyang/Hwachong days... even though we've all moved on.

BAH. I should just stop thinking so much and enjoy my last 4 days in Singapore.

Yesterday was a day of reunions- had lunch at Holland Village with the Beijing gang, so nice that all 6 of us could be there, laughing, photo whoring, and letting dear Ditzy entertain us as usual. Dinner was with f.r.i.e.n.d.s at Ms Claritys... first time I've seen Jingyi/Christine in ages... a pity I couldn't try the food thanks to food poisoning...but as always, it's just nice sitting there with my favourite girls, listening to Jingyi talk at a speed of a bullet train (and telling her to slow down so that I can hear, haha), just catching up on each others lives etcetcetc... ah, I like familiarity.

For the first time in ages, I couldn't sleep last night...but let's not go there.

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Hanging about town with Linda...

Yesterday, Linda and I finally met up for lunch at Spageddies... I just had to eat the salmon brushetta once more before flying off! Quite a few people came to ask when I was flying off as I was leaving... which felt strangely saddening, sigh. Anyway, lunch was followed by what we do best... shopping! Or rather, I was doing most of the shopping this time... finally managed to get one more pair of long pants! (I know it's hard to believe, but it's my first pair of pants from ZARA) Guess I'm all ready for the NYC wind... not that my luggage could possibly take any more things, seriously don't know how on earth I'm going to carry it...

Hey Linda - I'm really so glad we could meet up before I leave... yesterday was really one of the most enjoyable days I've had these holidays. =) Really going to miss attending classes/chatting in between classes/shopping with you when I'm all alone over the next few months... knowing you really made business school so much more fun, and I think I'm definitely going to think of you if I see MNG in New York, haha. I guess we'll be doing different major modules by the time I'm back, but hopefully we can still find modules to take together...Just in case I don't see you on Sunday... take care...