en route; 
for a westie, i spent most of my time in the east today.
simei, bedok, siglap (werner's oven @siglap is actually really nice, so do make a trip down if you enjoy german food), town (YAY out of the east), home, then jalan besar (aka northEASTern part of the central area). fine. so it was relatively east.
and besides the whole east thing being a trend, being in accidents seem to be an ongoing trend as well (not that it's a good thing). i saw at least three ambulances on scene today, and about four police cars, and was stuck in two jams caused by these accidents. to all my friends who drive regularly, please, please drive safely <3
but on a side note,
google maps is becoming my new best friend (HOHO sorry ching), and i'm actually able to effectively go anywhere with google maps. a downside is that it drains my battery like crazy, so i'd probably need both google maps &my envelop.
TGIF people!
the days are really passing by too quickly. an eye infection really isn't a serious thing (even though your eyelid swells up &so on), but good friends don't let their friends suffer from eye infection by themselves! hoho.
#1 lunch with keith at burgershack (:
met up with an old donkey-like friend, and while we caught up briefly on the old times, we also caught on the times we missed out, which showed stark similarities, especially since we both took the same course. hoho. some things never change!
#2 the beloved best friend forsook (somewhat a pun, if you know her name HAHAHA) dinner at home &came to visit me (:
#3 the ex-colleagues (aaron, jinghow &nicole) detoured after dinner (yes, i cancelled on them) &came over to find me WITH BEER!
(:
"I don’t understand the world, nor my place in it. Books hold answers. So maybe if I read a little bit more — just another book on string theory or economic development — perhaps there, on page 230, in the second paragraph, there’ll be the missing piece. This theory is admittedly crazy and hardly meant literally. But the only way to disprove it is to read everything; if after I’ve scaled and rappelled down the entire edifice of human knowledge, a unified theory of hearts and minds and the physical world remains elusive, only then will I admit defeat. But for now, I read so that I don’t die: As long as there’s a book to finish, I feel immortal."
- Lara Kattan, I Read So That I Don't Die "You may not have clarity about temporal circumstances, but you can have clarity about the only thing that matters: God gave Himself for us, and is more committed to our transformation and life than we are. In seeking clarity, you are really longing to know what you can’t know. But in seeking God, what you do know is knowing enough. By keeping eyes fixed on Jesus and the beauty of His grace, the rest works itself out."
- Alastair Bryan Sterne, God's Plan Isn't A Roadmap
don't get me wrong, it was never (and isn't) my intention to turn this space of mine into something like a holy grail. it just amazes me how every time i steer off track or feel like i've hit a wall, something like this pops up to reassure me that i'm never walking alone. Next time I'm at Esquire, I stop by his office with a bottle of Kendall-Jackson red wine.
"Here", I say, handing it to him over his desk.
"What's this?"
"It's because you're depressed. The Bible says to bring wine to the heavy of heart."
"The Bible says that?"
"Yes. It also says that you shouldn't sing to people with a heavy heart. That'd be like rubbing vinegar in the wound."
"So you're not going to sing to me?"
"No."
- A. J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically happy birthday RT! (:
it's been a pretty crazy weekend, and amidst everything, i've managed to reach certain conclusions.
perhaps i'm scared, perhaps i'm just procrastinating. whatever it is, i will do what i have to do. and with God as my guidance, i will survive (:
have an awesome week ahead everyone!
You hear the cry of the broken; Food Hotel Asia (FHA) '12!
introducing a new line of gourmet chocolates produced by DeZaan (aka DeZaan Gourmet), hosting a range of earl grey chocolates, green tea/mint chocolates, spice and lime chocolates, and so on &so forth. each and every piece is handcrafted by an amazing german chocolatier. (yes, as you can tell, this was the main reason why i was there. hahaha)
PLUS. free flow of beer! hoho.
wore my killer heels today &ended up dying in them as i stood in the MRT during peak hour. walking in them didn't kill me, standing in them did. PFFT. it was most torturous. on a happier note, despite the dying feet, i managed to meet my amazing girlfriends <3
friday tmr!
TGIF everyone! (: i. am. completely. lost.
Jesus take the wheel. my memory has been failing me :/
that, or some weird things have been happening to me.
event #1:
i woke up one morning, pinned up my hair (with ONE pin), washed my face &went about doing my things. awhile later, i remembered my hair was still pinned up, so i decided to remove it. the crazy part was, there were TWO pins in my hair except one, and i couldn't have put it the night before, because i washed my hair before going to sleep.
hmm.
event #2:
i tied my hair in the washroom, then went to do my own things. halfway through my stuff, i removed the hair tie &snapped it around my wrist. i even played with it by snapping it once or twice. when i went to wash my hands shortly after, the hair tie on my wrist was gone. i searched EVERYWHERE for it, but it was nowhere to be found.
and yes, i still can't find it.
event #3:
i was at the SAAC hall twice just a few days back, and during my second time there (on the same day), i spotted my friend from across the hall. i thought it'd be crazy to shout to her, so i decided to just find her later. when i met her outside the hall subsequently, this was the conversation that followed:
me: hey! i didn't see you earlier.
her: huh? we saw each other the first time. we even said hi and said we'd catch up later.
O.O
yes,
perhaps there's something wrong with me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beloved 'brother' EUGENETOH (:
cheers to the most awesome 'twin' a girl can ever have;
the one i met in junior college, who stood by me, called me to ask me to mambo because there were after earthquake tremors so "we might die, and if we do, at least we're dancing" (toh, e., 2007), always thinks of me &buys gifts when he travels, doesn't force me to gamble during chinese new years, listened to me cry like a retard on the phone, calls me when he's overly stressed, and much, much more (: despite the fact that we hardly talk (yet can still have so many things to talk about when we randomly meet), you'd always be one of the a most treasured friends i'd ever have in my life. thank you for always being so awesome <3 I ORDERED MY KINDLE (:
thanks to tianning's awesome amazon gift card present!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA.
i shall start building up a book list as i eagerly await &anticipate it's arrival. hohoho.
---------------- and everything could change like that,
and all these years go by so fast,
but nothing lasts forever.
here's to us,
here's to love,
all the times that we messed up.
here's to you,
fill the glass,
cos the last few nights have gone too fast.
if they give you hell,
tell em forget themselves.
here's to us. HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE <3
while we celebrate this day with chocolates, marshmallows &bunnies, let's not forget the amazing sacrifice that Jesus has made for us, and to commemorate the day that he rose again (: #1 happy birthday fats! (:
korean bbq = meat overdose :/ we all died &went into a food coma after that! (but not before taking a nice, long shower, of course)
#2 dinner treat from didi!
didi got his pay + bonus, so he very sweetly bought us dinner @la villa (: THANKYOUU, KIND COUSIN <3
on a side note,
6TH OF APRIL IS ACTUALLY NEW BEER'S EVE.
HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED SUCH A MOMENTOUS DAY?! 
water You turned into wine, open the eyes of the blind,
there's no one like You, none like You.
into the darkness You shine, out of the ashes we rise,
there's no one like You, none like You.
thank You for Your sacrifice on the cross (: <3
thanks to my mom for taking half-day leave for the past two days just to look after me (and cook with me for letting me help you in the kitchen)
to kenchin for messaging &checking up on me each day,
to marcus pang for calling just to ask me how i am,
and to jess, marissa, meredith &sherilyn (even though she didn't come, she was dearly missed) for the awesome dinner/movie date that helped me get out of the house after being confined for three days (:
and though i've said this a million times, i'd say it again:
thank God for amazing friends (:
p.s. i really should try &see if that shot of jager will cure me. 
