en route; 
"Via Reddit, a BBC News report regarding Mitchell Marcus, a developmentally disabled high school basketball team manager at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas, who was given a chance to suit up and play against Franklin High School. Mitchell repeatedly missed shots when passed the ball, and it looked like he wasn’t going to be able to score.
With the game almost over, Jonathon Montanez — a player on the opposing team — called out to Mitchell and inbounded the ball to him right by the basket. Finally, Mitchell made a basket, and the Coronado crowd poured out onto the court to celebrate. It wasn’t the winning shot, Coronado was already up by 15 points, but because of Montanez’s sportsmanship, Marcus was able to have a moment he’ll likely never forget.
Montanez told CBS News, “I was raised to treat others how you want to be treated. I just though Mitchell deserved his chance, deserved his opportunity.” Mitchell’s mother, in attendance, said, “I think I’ll cry about it for the rest of my life.” "
- Charlie Morrigan, Developmentally Disabled High Schooler’s Basketball Moment Of Glory Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
happy lunar new year! (:
CNY day -1: woke up at 4.30am &left the house at 5.30am for an epic, long journey into Malaysia, Ipoh. thankfully, we skipped the jam &made to Ipoh at 11.30am! whoohoo! dad's driving skills are awesome. we then spent the day visiting dad's friends &doing a bit of shopping (3 PAIRS OF SHOES BWAHAHA) before heading back to have dinner with my grandma (:
CNY day zero: reunion dinner day!
you CANNOT go into Ipoh without going for DIM SUM at least once in the morning BWAHAHA. except we ate too much :/ i bought another 2 pairs of shoes, followed by our second food fest after dimsum. 20 pieces of kaya balls, cranberry waffles (WHICH I NEVER GOT TO EAT. those greedy people devoured the waffles before i could even get a nibble out of it), unagi takoyaki (how can you resist these delights which you cannot find in sg?!), sotong goreng, wedges, samosas &curry puffs :9
AND ALL THESE WERE EATEN BEFORE REUNION DINNER. reunion dinner was at 8.15pm. we ate these at about 6pm. HAHA. this is what happens when you enter the land of food :P
CNY day one:
we couldnt celebrate chinese new year this year, although it didnt stop some of us from gathering anyway. dad brought us on our regular 'sightseeing' tour around the little town area to find his old school &the old house, then headed up to the cemetery to spend time with my grandpa, before trooping back into the city to find some relatives over mushroom soup, pepsi floats, chocolate cereal cookies &stolen bites from their bowls of tom yum soup & chicken dishes, before heading home to have beef rendang with sticky rice.
this is why my relatives said i've gotten fatter :( THERE'S TOO MUCH FOOD AROUND.
CNY day two: back to sg! we left after a nice brunch, only to snack more in the car with raisin breads, an enormous bag of twisties, a can of pringles (during the jam at the m'sia immigration) and orange juice, before having ENAQ prata &ikan bilis mee goreng for dinner.
THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH FOOD. hahahaha.
more updates soon!
i need sleep.
(omggggg why are the pictures suddenly so enormous) i've said this once, &i'd say it again.
keep yourself in check.
i'm reaching my patience limit, so you better not push it.
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on a much more memorable note; thank God for amazing friends who make weekends even more enjoyable.
hansel &gretel for a friday night,
symmetry for a saturday late brunch,
bugis+ for a short saturday birthday pickup,
followed by alvin's for a saturday night.
happy belated birthday (again), michlim! (: we celebrated her birthday with pizza, sushi, cupcakes and (apparently) pork, together with our very own live commentary during random taiwanese dramas on channel u :P it's always awesome to meet with these amazing friends (:
and with all that said, the weekend is OVERRRR :(
chinese new year's coming! happy shopping, eating, gambling &angpow collecting, everyone! <3 
