it's sad

the presidential elections were over yesterday, with Tony Tan winning the chance to be on our walls for 6 years.

the fish stall will be closed tomorrow, such a short term. it's upsetting that though it has been such a big part of my family's life all this while, i'm not there. not at the beginning, not even at the end. as my parents toiled and their health suffered from the long hours and stress, i could only give them emotional support from so many miles away.

but we gain experience and precious lessons from this, to grow & mature

quotes

张小娴：
打从某天起，好像跟你没那么好了，见面少了，电话也少了..
孤单的时候，忍住没找你..
我亲爱的朋友，并不是因为你做了什么，而是我的故事变复杂了，
有些话不知道从何说起，不如不说；有些秘密只能藏在心底，独自承担..
不想对你说谎，更害怕你痛心的责备，于是只好假装忘了你..
其实，你一直在我心里..

三毛：可进可出，若即若离，可爱可怨，可聚而不会散，才是最天长地久的一种好朋友..

random

knn 3 day headache. shall take panadol to sleep tonight.

18 days to bday! 2 months to going home!

chips, cake, brownie, icecream. u name the junk, we have it. pui, die 3 fatsos. haha

首先听到的是，你在德国凯旋的消息。为你开心，因为是你喜欢的事情。
然后看到你有女朋友的照片，第一反应是难以置信。一个星期前的事，而我浑然不知。我真的震惊，因为很突然。

坦诚第一感觉是松了一口气。忠言总算没有逆耳。她应该是你说的那另外一个。照片里的你和她看起来很快乐，感觉你们会幸福，所以我为你感到开心。恭喜你找到了属于你的爱情。由衷祝福你们。

但接着，感到的是失望(还是落寞呢？) 原来一切可以变的那么快，毫无预警。真的不会有人一直等待着，真的没什么所谓永远。

幸好我不是那种口是心非的女人。我会从你生活中退出的，因为即便只是普通朋友，但一起拥有过的回忆情感太亲密了，不想在你们之间成为问题。情侣之间是不应该有别人介入的，我明白。希望你知道，不是我要断绝来往，是我祝福你的举动。

从今以后，我将不再不再看得懂你的status, MSN personal message，也无权过问。因为我不再拥有你心里那个特别的位置。

谢谢你，爱过。

hey you

I only got to know now, kinda late. Only got to know through indirect means, but I guess it’s weird to announce too. So through this indirect mean, double congratulations for the good news =) Be happy! Cos I am happy for you..

realisation

this morning, sitting on the toilet bowl in the cold of the morning, i realised there is no need to have a guy in my life. what reasons are there for a guy? there is nothing he can offer me that I don't already have, or is incapable of providing myself.

very extreme thinking hor? LOL

the big picture

elsewhere in Somalia
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/the_horn_of_africa_dadaab_refu.html

will i ever participate in a protest somewhere, for a cause I really support and believe in, help to change the world in some small way?

sometimes i wish that i can be more updated with the lives of the people i care about, and not having to guess through facebook status and MSN nicks. boo

day 100

2 weeks ago, i missed the food > family > friends
this week, its family > friends > food

day off with brunch, icecream, grocery shopping and watching two tv movies is awesome. tomorrow-day 100, we are just going to celebrate with a brownie and baked rice =)

and i wonder if i've ever crossed your mind...

46th National Day

Happy National Day, Singapore!!! Day 10 of consecutive work as minimum wage slaves. Finally we get a day off tomorrow! yay!

Managed to Skype home today, and saw all 3 of my dear family, so I'm super happy! Bad news to hear that 2nd Uncle is in hospital due to an infection. And to see my dad's face makes me wanna cry. He really lost a lot of weight, to the point that his cheeks are sunken and his eyebags are more obvious than before. Really feel so bad that I'm not there while they go through so much.

真的想家了.

day 90

loads of things i miss. but lots of things i am enjoying now too.

we have reverted to being very simple people. happy with seeing the sunrise, the sunset, the sunshine. having warm fingers n toes, clean clothes, hot food. a piece of sweet or a hyper song during work makes us smile.

learnt to be in sync and compromise with each other's habits. its not a bad thing, but it takes tolerance and time to change.

shall continue to enjoy my short-lived days of being carefree!

do u miss me???

8 days every week....

Sun- Tues: 8am - 830pm.

Wed- Sun: 7am - 5pm


I'm whining, when my mum says she is working 17 hours, and sleeping 6 hours. I should shut up.


I really really like reading the emails that land in my inbox after a hard day's work. Makes me feel closer to home and all the people. Makes me smile, and makes me miss them. Especially when the emails are packed with more details than just MSN/ Facebook