rey's ramblings

We construct pretense on impulse

Plug-in: Talk - Coldplay

haven't been able to update during the past week because i've been really busy
with school and even cca at times. one thing about using your laptop so often
is that you don't really feel like staring at a screen again once you come home.
hence, the lack of posts but anyway its better to blog only when you feel like doing
so.

there was a humongous three hour break somewhere in the middle of tuesday
because a teacher fell ill in the middle of class (can you believe that?!) and decided
to call the day off 1 hour early. adding on to the 2 hour break afterwards, (almost)
the whole of the class hence decided to have lunch outside. we train-ed down to
jurong entertainment centre for lunch at long john's before some random fun at
the arcade and inevitably, the neoprint booth! hahaha x) okay the experience there
was super hilarious because 10 of us went into this huge booth and everything on
the touch screen was in japanese so carmen just hit in some random buttons and
then what followed was mass hysteria! the girls all started screaming when the
lights started blinking and we were all laughing and shifting around in random poses
over the length of TEN shots! wahahaha but sadly we only managed to get one of
the shots in digital, all the others were on print :(
the whole thing was super fun!

met cherie after school at raffles place for dinner because i had to run some errands
there.. upgrading my sim card at starhub to a 3G sim card and settling the booking
for the bioskin appointment, the 98.7fm offer, which is going to be at wheelock instead
this thursday.

anyway, school ended early at 11 on wednesday and by right we were supposed to
have a wonderful break for the rest of the day. instead, someone decided to plonk
a portfolio briefing right smack at 430pm. since everyone went back home to get
their notebooks and mine hadn't been delivered yet, i had nothing to do. talked to
alita for a while before she had to leave as well. it was starting to get boring because
i didn't want to go all the way back home either. but luckily celeste came to the
rescue, haha! we had lunch at the ever super-crowded koufu and talked for a while
before we walked out to the bus-stop.

i took a 74 down to ngee ann to meet mingli at the business canteen and met some
of her classmates in the process as well! we went to the main library and hung out
for a while. yew jia and i got ming li to finally start using msn! hahaha yea thats how
ancient ming li is =X

wanted to crash their maths lecture at the convention centre but i wouldn't have
been able to make it back for the portfolio briefing which turned out to be a complete
waste of time actually. met the rest of the class at dover mrt before heading in and
throughout the whole thing everyone was chatting on msn or playing games on their
notebook because everything that was explained was already ONLINE! so the whole
thing was really quite pointless. left afterwards with ruicheng and jonathan to pool
before going back.

had to follow up on a group project after school on friday but it ended quite fast. hung
around with alita for a while at the bizIT library, using our laptops [and at the same
time draining away the library's electrical power x)] before i left to meet joel at city
hall and we went around funan mall searching for a suitable laptop cushion case but
to no avail. the ones that were all my size were either sold out or the extremely
expensive high-end brands. had dinner at long john silvers before going home.

yesterday i went for the sp cyclists orientation which was a whole day event. i wouldn't
say whether the route was short or long but it was pretty manageable. we cycled from
sp all the way down clementi road, through the west coast area and then turning into
the highway, finally ending up at telok blangah where we cycled to the other end which
was labrador park. had some orientation games before they cycled to the jurong end of
west coast park where we had a barbeque. but of course some of us (namely aileen, stella,
yogathi, wee hao..) snuck out to the nearby macs when we realised the food was limited in
quantity haha! afterwards we cycled back to sp and by the time i got home it was almost
midnight already. but the day was really fun and i got to make new friends and know more
people from around sp! (:

highway cycling...________________which way to go?

this was my trusty, cool-looking bike for the journey(:

entrance to a hilarious obstacle course
(notice chankra grinning as he tells a funny story)

FINALLY BACK (:

anyway, i finally got my laptop cushion case today because after church, janice and i met
up with joel again to scout sim lim after church and lunch at tekka mall. and i finally found
a reasonably priced cushion case that met my laptop dimensions! haha i'm really relieved
that i have don't to carry it on hand or put it in my bag because it's always at a risk of
getting damaged! anyway, dropped by ttsh on the way home with jessie to visit mom.
the good news is that she's going to get well soon but she won't be discharged until a few
days later. had a light dinner at square2 before going back home.

i don't shine if you don't shine,
~reyz

I crossed the bridge at 11:02 PM

Monday, April 23, 2007

Maybe some things aren't meant to be

Plug-in: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson

sometimes i think its a lot easier to believe that no matter what you
do, everything is predestined. it makes life a lot easier because you know
that despite whatever decision you make, you will always end up with
the same result, so why rack your brains and worry about what choices
to make?

then again, there is beauty in choice. because getting to decide and control
what lies ahead feels more satisfying and rewarding. the thing about choice
though, is that it creates a lot more room for regret. for every decision you
make, some part of you always wonders whether it's the best one and its
really easy to get carried away by just thinking about the possibilites and
what would have been different in your life if you had chosen another path.

anyway, i finally ordered my acer laptop on saturday. the registration and
everything took quite long so i met up with janice for lunch at jurong point
fish&co. talked for a while, before i returned to acer inc. near imm to finish
the registering and they told me that the notebook would only be delivered
earliest by tuesday. so today (and most probably tomorrow as well), i have
nothing to do during the online tutorial sessions and i'll have to catch up once
i get my lappy! :\

rushed down all the way to hougang, because i was already late for youth church.
after the service, kevin, rastus, rasmus, darryl and i got a lift from kevin's uncle to
tiong bahru plaza where we had dinner at this cafe which had a really crappy manager
and lousy customer service where the restaurant staff was divided over pricing. hilarious!

we then went to bugis street but we didn't buy anything in the end except for kevin.
took a bus back to kevin's place at queenstown for a stayover because the next morning
we had to help out at henderson cc for the mount faber run. woke up at the unearthly
hour of 5am and we took a taxi down to the place. took away some breakfast from the
nearby food centre because we were slightly late already. however, when we reached
the site, we realised breakfast was provided. -.-

but anyway, we were assigned to help out at the bag deposit section and it was really
hectic dealing with large crowds at 7am in the morning, but it was also fun! we talked
with our section leader during the break, a long-serving volunteer worker, and he's
a really funny guy!

had lunch before we took a lift from aunt patsy back to church for the sunday service.
it was quite similar to ga's adult service as well because both are charismatic but lsbc's
one has its differences as well. after it ended, i left with grace, stefanie, celeste, delia and
jia wei to the macs at kovan. but i didn't eat anything because earlier in the day i lost
almost all my money! =( but i wasn't really hungry because i was quite full from the lunch
earlier. j.d. and jonothan came by after a while and they started studying. so, not wanting
to disturb, i left and took a train to sengkang, dropping by darryl's place. the twins and
their parents came by after a while to fetch us to melvin's place at pasir ris for a combined
cell bonding bbq.

pictures:

stefanie sneaking a shot at us from balcony.

celeste!

russell!______________________________stefanie with gerald

jia wei, ryan and randy

jonothan to the left____________________celeste, amanda, stefanie

nicholas, our masterchef!_________________group discussion with melvin

8 to 1_______________________________flying!

a collage of stefanie's feet and mine! :D

above______________________________under

rising..!

hahahaha! super lameness and super fun!

anyway, i really can't tolerate mondays.. its the first day of the week and it has the most
periods all the way from 9 to 5 with only one hour break! actually tuesday is also quite
bad because its 8 to 4 but at least there are multiple breaks! (not that we would need them)

mega tired.

and I wonder if truly you are,
nearly as beautiful as I believe
~reyz

I crossed the bridge at 10:26 PM

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