As one grows older/up (which ever term makes you feel better about yourself getting older), things fall along the way to give space for the new things which are happening in your life.

Sometimes, we completely forget how much we loved doing a particular thing, and other times, after a long while something stirs inside and you suddenly remember that you haven’t thought of it in a while.

I recently gotten back to enjoying one of my first loves - Reading! For a long while, I’ve been too busy to read. My books, and boy do I have a lot of books, have been relegated to a box/corner/side to collect dust for quite sometime. With the recent move and the find of Bookcrossing I’m really starting to look at all my books again. I’ve yet to release a book yet, but hopefully soon. I’m re-reading a lot of my old books and now, one entire shelf of my spanking new bookcase is lined with my books already. I foresee the bookcase being very used and I like my bookcase, it makes me feel immensely comforted that its there.

…For me at least!

I’ve finally bought my first piece of furniture and I even put it together by myself.

I’m just so pleased with myself and I really love how my nice new book shelf looks.

Yes, that is the yellow curtain I put up a while back as well. Don’t you think the curtain looks cheery?

But - if anyone is handy with a hammer, please let me know coz there were some stuff to be hammered in, but I didn’t want to try. Me being such a clutz, might just mess it up or whack my finger with the hammer. Now, we don’t want my darling little finger(s) in a bandage do we? I’ll won’t be able to type… Then you will miss me desperately.

I’ve had a pretty “haunting” week… Let me explain before everyone starts to freak out and no one wants to be around me.

When I took my baby cousin out on Tuesday (last week), I got this surprising SMS from someone I haven’t heard from in a long time (didn’t really except to ever hear from again either). We exchanged niceties and said we should meet up soon to catch up. But last night he said something really weird - which surprised me and started to make me think about all the stuff that happened before. We’ve known each other for so long, so it is kind of weird that he only mentions it now, or rather a subtle suggestion/nuance?

On Sunday, was bored (or maybe lonely) so I messaged a few people some stuff. I didn’t expect him(one of them) to reply so I was shocked. When he asked to meet me, I agreed. But the minute I saw him, I regretted my decision instantly.

Who ever said revisiting your past was a good thing? See what I have to do deal with now? Sheesh like I don’t have enough problems.

I was in Orchard on Saturday night and I got treated with some aural pleasure. At Hyatt, the one next to Scotts whatever it is called. There was a Lambogini parked outside. And as I was walking towards it, someone was getting into that car.

Of coz, me being me, slowed down. I managed to hear the darling start up and oh boy. Does she purr!! It was just such an amazingly gorgeous sound. Then he slowly drove out from the sheltered walkway - the car’s engine is just beautiful. She is just gorgeous in all sense of the word. People where staring and all at the car. Noticed this few boys practically drooling over it. All the green-eyed monsters popped up everywhere.

Why can’t they enjoy the beauty of the engine, the way she purrs and the power, that lies beneath that hood… The sound of a Lambo engine, there might not be a more beautiful sound

On my way back after work today, it seem that everyone was staring at me like a bloody piece of meat! At the bus stop, on the bus,walking from one bus stop to another, on the bus again! Even walking back to the block. *sigh* Yah, I know I should have learnt to handle this by now. But I guess sometimes it still just gets to me - to the core of my being… I shouldn’t even need to get used to be stared at, its just not right.

In a way, I’m a magnet for the most ridculous things - like the recent one that I had a conversation with on the train or the crazy taxi incident. I just attract the weirdest of people sometimes.

I’m still quite pleased with myself no matter what! I’ve just put up the curtains in my room and yes they are a cheery yellow colour.

My shoulders ache a little but nothing can take away the warm feeling I have right now. It just feels like the room is finally coming together - albeit a bit slowly.

I took my little baby cousin out today to watch the movie Robots today. While waiting for the MRT to take us to town, there was this old man that suddenly turned around (We were sitting on those benches in the middle of the two platforms) and said to me “You have a gift - of being able to connect with people”. I think it was something like that… Hahaha my memory is seriously failing me.

We got to talking about being different, that his students were not like me. Said something about teaching for a number of years, but very few students could look at life like I do. It was a noisy train, so it was a bit hard to hear. And I was trying to make sure my little cousin didn’t fall or get dragged away from me in the crowded train. We talked about all sorts of things, like when he came to Singapore ages ago, he was a confirmed bachelor. But he met his wife on the plane here.

Said that I should get married - find a man who was “stupid” enough to handle over all his money and dedicated his life to me. Hahaha yes, that man was kidding. He also referred to his wife sometimes as horrid - but he means it as a joke kind of thing. Which was quite sweet. He has been telling his daughter that she should get married too. Smart man tho, knows how to weed out his daughter’s suitors.

Also mentioned that he wasn’t surprised over the field I was in. He says its a suitable field… I told him I never thought I’ll be so passionate over my job - and I’ve been doing it for 2 years in this company, yet its still a challenge.

He even recommended a book for me to read - Tuesdays with Morrie. Anyone read that before?

An interesting take on my life, from an older man. I have to say, he was right about a lot of things about me. Maybe I’ll meet him again some day… Maybe I won’t. But I’ll remember the conversation, for a long time to come.

I believe this might be the first time the Singapore Children’s Society has done something like this. In a bid to raise funds, those cellphone straps will be sold on the street on the 18 March 2005 at a min of $4.00.

It’s definitely worth the monetary amount and the colours aren’t bad. I know I’m getting the black and the blue ones!

If you don’t want to be going to look for the people selling them, you can order them as a set of 4 from them directly and it will be posted to you.

Anyone wants to go with me to search for them in Orchard? I really do want to buy them. We can even catch up while looking for them.

The stupidity of some people, and then the wonder why we don’t listen to them. I got this phone call this morning, and I nearly just burst out laughing in the girl’s ear. I bet she is some PR girl. I’ve tried my best to keep to the actual words said as possible..

Me: Hello
Girl - in cheery voice: Hi, is this {male colleague’s name}?
*stifles laughter*
Me

I stare at my computer screen for a few secs and then I just start laughing a little uncontrollably.

Relationship are such fragile objects. Some small event/thing/word/etc could change it forever. I just watched Closer today - quite an unusual look at relationships. It was interesting, although the timeline was a bit confusing.

It also got me thinking about my life and relationships - not that there is anyone special, there hasn’t been for a really long time. But more on the friendships I’ve made and those I’ve lost. We’re all skating on a pond where the ice is really thin. Any cracks shows easily, and too much weight will send anyone on it into the freezing waters beneath. Yet to build upon the ice, takes a lot of hard work and endurance. Imagine, the hours taken for the ice to freeze over, but seconds, mere seconds when its all gone.

Right now, I’m reeling from the cold. Will the ice ever freeze over again?