I saw a woman dancing at the MRT station today. The first thing I looked out for once I spotted her grooving, was whether she was listening to any music. She wasn't. This woman was probably middle-aged, rather large, and wearing sunglasses. She danced her way to the control station, presumably to purchase an ezLink card. I caught her swinging her hands as she made her way to the turnstiles. Such an interesting, and yet beautiful sight, in such a strange way, don't you think?
One thought that flashed across my mind: if I started dancing with her, she'd probably think I was mad.
Wednesday, August 3
Tuesday, August 2
I'm eating Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk ice-cream right now. They tricked me into blowing out a candle that relights... Heh.
Surprised again.
After lunch yesterday, my warrant officer called all the guys into the office, even the civilian contractors. I thought it was going to be some meeting to settle some working procedures, but when I went in (I was last to go in), the warrant officer said, 'How, come and cut the cake!' I was really taken by surprise, and felt kind of abashed and embarrassed as they sang me the birthday song, both in English and Mandarin. Honestly, I hadn't expected this, and am quite thankful for it.
Today, I received a call from Reva, and found out that she was headed for Bugis to get her copy of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'. I decided to meet her there. It was great fun catching up, and she got me 'Ursula, Under' by Ingrid Hill! She even paid for some of my lunch. Thanks, Reva! We headed to the National Library Branch building, where we basically got lost for a while. I borrowed 4 books on writing; hope I can finish them all by the deadline. Reva and I planned to meet again for badminton with Howe Yuan, but later on she had to cancel. Either way, thanks again Reva! It was great hanging out.
Met Howe Yuan in the evening for a jog; I reckon we did pretty well. He got me KT Tunstall's 'Eye To The Telescope'! I love the two singles from the album; thanks man! We then headed for dinner at Junction 8, and got a half-off discount from Mrs. Fields, thanks to Howe Yuan. Haha.
My birthday has been pretty different this year from the previous years. For one, I've never exercised on my birthday, heh. Also, I don't believe I've had so many separate celebrations before this year. Once again, thanks for all this love that I'm feeling from y'all, really appreciate it, and I'm feeling really blessed.
Now, I'm looking forward to this weekend, when I'm going to be celebrating my birthday with Cindy's, with all my beloved urbanites! Nothing beats bitching over a cosy, comfortable meal with the ones you love the most.
After lunch yesterday, my warrant officer called all the guys into the office, even the civilian contractors. I thought it was going to be some meeting to settle some working procedures, but when I went in (I was last to go in), the warrant officer said, 'How, come and cut the cake!' I was really taken by surprise, and felt kind of abashed and embarrassed as they sang me the birthday song, both in English and Mandarin. Honestly, I hadn't expected this, and am quite thankful for it.
Today, I received a call from Reva, and found out that she was headed for Bugis to get her copy of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'. I decided to meet her there. It was great fun catching up, and she got me 'Ursula, Under' by Ingrid Hill! She even paid for some of my lunch. Thanks, Reva! We headed to the National Library Branch building, where we basically got lost for a while. I borrowed 4 books on writing; hope I can finish them all by the deadline. Reva and I planned to meet again for badminton with Howe Yuan, but later on she had to cancel. Either way, thanks again Reva! It was great hanging out.
Met Howe Yuan in the evening for a jog; I reckon we did pretty well. He got me KT Tunstall's 'Eye To The Telescope'! I love the two singles from the album; thanks man! We then headed for dinner at Junction 8, and got a half-off discount from Mrs. Fields, thanks to Howe Yuan. Haha.
My birthday has been pretty different this year from the previous years. For one, I've never exercised on my birthday, heh. Also, I don't believe I've had so many separate celebrations before this year. Once again, thanks for all this love that I'm feeling from y'all, really appreciate it, and I'm feeling really blessed.
Now, I'm looking forward to this weekend, when I'm going to be celebrating my birthday with Cindy's, with all my beloved urbanites! Nothing beats bitching over a cosy, comfortable meal with the ones you love the most.
Sunday, July 31
I met some of my BMT (second time) platoon mates yesterday. What a surprise it was. Boon had me thinking for a while that it was just going to be the two of us. He said he wanted to go to HMV to get a Pet Shop Boys CD, which seemed weird to me, but I shrugged it off. When we were at HMV, he headed us to the VCD section, where he picked up Madonna's 'Swept Away'. That was even weirder, and then I saw the rest of them. I thought we'd just met them coincidentally, but it seemed too weird to be true.
We ended up at Killiney Road, having dinner at a sort of coffee shop place. This, I suppose, was my doing; I thought the Italian restaurant was too pricey. Norman and I picked Wei Jie and Renji up at Somerset, catching up along the way. Things are sort of the same, and yet different. Oh well. It was real nice though.
Halfway through dinner, Boon, Kelvin and Xuan Kai disappeared. I did get kind of suspicious, but I didn't realise that they'd been to get a cake for me. And there it was, a lovely chocolatey cake with 2 candles, burning. I made the mistake of saying, 'Don't sing'. They did, of course. Then, Boon handed me a card, made from something like a brochure. It was wonderful. The card is wonderfully crafted, and even has that chip that plays the birthday song! Everyone from my section wrote something for me. I was speechless. The guys who were there paid for dinner too!
Really, I am so thankful that these guys've done so much for me, and I'd never expect such a treatment. Thanks all of you. You've made this weekend a wonderful surprise.
We ended up at Killiney Road, having dinner at a sort of coffee shop place. This, I suppose, was my doing; I thought the Italian restaurant was too pricey. Norman and I picked Wei Jie and Renji up at Somerset, catching up along the way. Things are sort of the same, and yet different. Oh well. It was real nice though.
Halfway through dinner, Boon, Kelvin and Xuan Kai disappeared. I did get kind of suspicious, but I didn't realise that they'd been to get a cake for me. And there it was, a lovely chocolatey cake with 2 candles, burning. I made the mistake of saying, 'Don't sing'. They did, of course. Then, Boon handed me a card, made from something like a brochure. It was wonderful. The card is wonderfully crafted, and even has that chip that plays the birthday song! Everyone from my section wrote something for me. I was speechless. The guys who were there paid for dinner too!
Really, I am so thankful that these guys've done so much for me, and I'd never expect such a treatment. Thanks all of you. You've made this weekend a wonderful surprise.
