Up, down and around.

From Neil Gaiman's Sandman, one of my favourite passages.

"At the end of the procession, a bit behind everyone else, there were these two girls.

One of them kept hesitating. She'd walk a few steps and stop. Like she'd forgotten what she was doing, where she was.Then she'd walk a little more.

The other one...

The one at the end...

I think i fell in love with her, a little bit.

Isn't that dumb?

But it was like I knew her.

Like she was my oldest, dearest friend.

The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love you, because they know you.

I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me.

And then she stopped walking.

Under the moon, she stopped. And she looked at us.

She looked at me.

Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don't know.

She probably didn't even know I was there.

But I'll always love her. All my life."

Happy Birthday Em!

This place needs an update. And what better occasion to do it than on Emily Tan En-xian's 21st Birthday?! Thanks for having all of us over Em! Everyone had a great time, good food, good entertainment(HAHA), and most of all, good company. I'm glad you had a great time, Em. So many good friends came bearing wonderful gifts and surprises! It's truly a reflection of who and what you are. Well, you don't need me to spell the obvious. Haha. Don't forget to redeem your voucher with us in several days time! We'll let you know when it becomes valid. Good things need time for preparation. Haha.



As for what has been going on in the short hiatus in which this blog has temporarily fallen into a period of inactivity(ok, that came out pretty fast,sounds awkward.haha), I've just been..bumming...wasting my days away at home..playing with natasha when she's over..when I'm not training for ivp, which is coming in a little more than a week. Trying to study a bit, but the moods just not there yet, and well, its a never ending cycle anyway, feels pointless talking about it. It's an annoyance. And...I suppose, being a little bit of a recluse. And not really going out of my way to spend time with people. Oh well, there's a time and place for everything.

Shall stop here. And put photos up when I get them. Doubt I'd have much to say after this. Too little's been going on.

Running in the rain.

School was a bummer today. Even though it was short and even though lectures weren't too boring. Something just got to me. Brought running gear at Suriya's 6am request, I didnt think we were going to go through with it, judging from the weather the past few days. But we did. Not as long as we'd wanted to, but it was fine. We ran around the track, ignoring incredulous looks from the few people doing I-have-no-idea-what at the stands, laughing about what they must've thought of us. Still, its always good to run things off. Company helps too. We were soaked through and enjoying it. Now, I just have to make sure I don't come down with anything, not that posting this entry at 4am helps either.

Met some of the guys tonight, we don't get many opportunities these days. Not without feeling a little guilty at least. I felt completely without guilt today. Haha. Except for what we talked about at the prata shop. Shh. It's the first friday I've enjoyed in a long long time. Last friday...and the last, was spent at my desk, staring at notes, scrambling to get something into my brain. Thank God that's over, for now. Gotta thank Him for many other things too.

And oh, I realize I need to make some clarifications on a previous post. When I made mention of...CGs, in a pretty ambiguous manner. Sensitive issues, these things. Well, I'm very thankful to the two people who've agreed to form one with me. And I'm not particularly worried about specific issues/problems with any of us...Just...perhaps, wondering about the bigger picture. About the larger group, who we'll end up with, group dynamics, possible complications/ conflicts/ whatever, its all just speculation and perhaps, me being pessimistic. I'm just thinking about potential. And if our world will get any smaller than it already is. Which is possible. And terrible. Can't let med encompass, drain, twist our lives, though it does sometimes. Hope that clears things up a little. If you weren't bothered by my ambiguous statement, thats even better.

Saya penat. And my quads ache too.

Spent yesterday afternoon at Macritchie with Suriya, Baos and Kristanto...not a bad first running session of the year. My first in 2 months or more. Somehow, we all ended up running by ourselves. But it was good. Good to get the heart,lungs and legs working..enjoying each others company..at least for awhile, before we spread out...taking in the fresh air while we were in the jungle trail/reserve...and the not-so-fresh air along adam/thomson road. Did 8k, 2 rounds, the 2nd one nearly killed me mentally. But as always, thanks to endorphins and adrenaline, I felt liberated, accomplished, fulfilled, when it was over. Thanks Suriya, for asking me to run, and giving me that extra push. Hope I can keep this up.

We bowled at Stephrene's condo today, one of the two condominiums in Singapore with its own bowling alley, so she says. It was a little alleyway underground, with just 2 lanes, no overhead screens to tell u the score,but 2 screens/terminals on the ground, a small assortment of 10 balls, complete with a shoerack by the side. Poor Hon couldnt find a ball that suited her...and neither could Em, the finger hole sizes were all kinda weird. But what got to us, was the system which would intermittently, more often than not, fail to register pinfalls. So, in 2 hours, we only bowled one complete game and spent much of the rest of the time throwing practice swings, trying to curve the ball, bowling lefthanded, throwing 2 balls at once and several other stupid things...all of which were probably caught on the cctv. Haha, sorry Stephrene! Hope you'll still be allowed to bowl at home in future.

After that, Zj, Rous and I caught Pan's Labyrinth at Lido. I didnt know it was a foreign film, tho I do remember it'd won several awards, at least one from the Cannes film festival if im not wrong. Don't take my word for it. Well, we all enjoyed the show. It wasn't what I'd expected it to be, but it was an interesting story, with a different focus and twists that neither of us predicted. I won't reveal any of the plot, since we caught in on opening day, so go watch it, its good. Oh, it seemed like the world was in town today, I kept seeing familiar faces and bumping into old friends everywhere. To the extent that Zj and Rous wanted to abandon me and escape to fcuk. Haha. Pun not intended. Alright, it's late, and I'm not sticking to my sleep earlier each day plan.

Freedom! Albeit temporarily.

A very belated Happy New Year to everyone! From a very lazy blogger. Haha. Oh. And Happy belated 21st Birthday Velda Han! I don't know why,but saying your full name just feels more complete.Haha. I'd put the photos up, but google/blogger is giving me some trouble. I'll try again, at a later time.

Our Birthday Girl...

Anyway. Thank God that monday has passed. Feel so free now. Well, almost. In spite of having a 9-4 day of school the day after. And can you believe it? We only have 6 weeks of school remaining this academic year. It's..an amazingly short semester. Quite sad really. I'd like to enjoy school longer. Exam-less school, that is, which happens to come in short supply where we are. Gonna have to rev' up the drive to mug in another 2 weeks or so I think.

Velda Han. Haha

Hon!

And Em!

Somehow, time's flown by so quickly, its gonna be the start of a new academic year before we know it. I'm not really looking forward to it. Longer days. More demanding perhaps. The compelling need to be able to communicate properly with patients, especially in languages we all know I suck very badly at. The facade/front we'll have to wear in order to serve. Something we all have to learn in time perhaps. Let's hope it'll come more naturally than we'd expect. The eat-humble pie attitude. Knowing that its our privilege to learn from patients and not our right. And then...there's the CGs. Hm.

Well...thats a battle for another day. Just need some mental preparation prior to that. Time for other things now. Time to make up for the messed up holidays in fact. Wakeboarding/cable skiing. I feel like trying something new. Diving! Time to chalk another 5-6 dives up on my slate. Let's all just go do something fun please. Within the next two weeks. Before it all begins again.

I wish I didnt finish reading Fables so quickly. I practically devoured the whole series. It was awesome, wish they'd gone further with the storyline tho. I want to buy more graphic novels. Reading Sandman again. For the 3rd-4th time. I'm a sucker for stories. If only I wrote better, I'd write my own one day. Ok, I keep mentioning the things I wanna do. Let's hope I do them.