in life, we can never do without friends

but we can always do with more friends (:

yours truly is in a good mood today, because she feels loved! thanks to all the concerned who had been asking about how i've been. well in truth i hadn't been that sad, really. just a little jaded, sianed, urghed, coupled with the post-ex depression syndrome we're all suffering from.. and not wanting to miss out on all the fun, a bit of everything added up resulted in this (fill-in-the-blank) i guess. sorry to have made you all worried (if i had).

thanks gavan for your sms and mel for the call yesterday. and mel! haha woman i haven't been really able to catch up with you much, until yesterday.. we're such nosey bitches, the things we talk about. heh (: but you really made me feel a whole lot better, especially since your call came as much of a surprise. and you'd better keep me constantly updated about your exciting life :D

thanks gerald; your endless suaning never fails to anger and amuse me simultaneously, which is good i hope. haha but really really thanks for your attempts, albeit very tough ones i think, to cheer me up and for letting/listening to me rant and whine and complain and sigh. although i'm not fat nor do i have puffy cheeks by the way.

thanks james for bearing with my disgusting schedule and perpetually telling me "don't stress!" and having to postpone storecheck (which i know you had wanted to get over and done with since forever). it's always because of me. i'm really really sorry. but still thanks for everything! QM uncle is the best (:

something interesting happened today too. for the first time i decided to put away my notes on the mrt and attempted, instead to make a list of "what i wanna do after the commons". and first up was, 'island creamery with wen and hui!'
then this came via sms,
Kelly! I suddenly miss you a lot hehe, rmbr to tell me when you're (finally) free then we'll go for ice cream okay :) see you when school starts <3 -Wenxin

wow are we telepathic or what. and therefore kelly is a happy girl today (:
think this must be the longest post by far.

the blues

reading those thankyou messages
i just can't help these tears
missing paddles and tentages
depression overwhelms, coupled with fear

JEX 2006

it's too surreal to actually feel home after many days under the sun. and so just a few hours ago, the group of us-hungry, exhausted (in both physical and mental terms) but nonetheless spirited and hyped up odac22-ians ushered in the conclusion of this year's june expedition.
the entire experience was fun-filled, eventful, memorable, happening.. well, worth so much more to be summed up by just these mere adjectives.

the never-ending bus rides to and fro

fighting the waves, bobbing up-down at sea

perpetual song-singing highs that knitted us close

underwater beauty so tranquil, so serene

tenggol island; pretty midnight stars in the moonlight

the magnificent waterfall and our descent in the storm

sandflies, leeches and other bugs alike

the screwedup guys and their jokes so wrong

tight time schedules, a few pep talks

funny moments that induce roaring laughter

stressful times accounting group log

heart-to-heart chats with a few others

lousy gadgets that broke down throughout

burst hydropack, sunblock and lamps

out-of-the-blue moments we never do without

e.g. naming ourselves kiampas for random's sake

forgetting all these i never would

cos there's so much i have learnt from one and from all

overcoming what we never knew we could

and in fact achieving more than ever before

there's so much more i want to say about so many things, to so many people... and i could just go on and on forever more, but whatever the need, when everything is written in our hearts? afterall,

you say it best, when you say nothing at all

and as i look to a fortnight of labwork and mugging otherwise, the post-jex blues seem here to stay. missing everybody right here right now-i wish we could do this all over again.