Sunday, November 28, 2010
21:21:00
It's been an interesting week.
Although it was the last week of school, it totally didn't even feel like a school week. For one, I had a three-day week instead of the usual four days because there was no PM lecture and no NVP lesson on Monday. So with just three days of school things seemed to zip by pretty quick.
Secondly, coming off the happiness of last Saturday, of which the 'residue' was still very much surrounding me, and because there was an outing planned with the same people (Qing, Tommy and Eugene) on Friday, this last week felt more like a getaway than what it was, still another school week.
So, since I'm sure no one wants to hear about the drudgery that is my school life and I myself have no intention to re-live any of it, let's cut straight to Friday. First though, some notes:
From Wednesday evening through to Friday morning I had been feeling rather vexed. Coincidentally, so was Qing, over similar problems. So on Friday I was just wanting to meet friends and forget about troubles for awhile (which is what I recommended to Qing too). I coincidentally met her on the bus, and we just talked out our respective troubles a bit on the way to Serangoon MRT.
Met the dudes and from there proceeded to Sentosa. As Eugene later opined, the four of us seemed a rather odd group to be heading to Sentosa, but once again I think the feeling of old friendship and camaraderie made its presence felt and all felt right.
I don't quite know what it is about this particular foursome that seems so 'correct'. The way we just play off each other is so well-balanced and perfect. All of us have something to say to any one other person in the group, as well as to the group in general. No matter what kind of relationship pairing you try to draw (whether me-Qing, Tommy-Qing, Tommy-Eugene-me, me-Qing-Eugene, etc etc.), we all have stuff to talk about. Not just superficial stuff either. Well okay, some of it was superficial, but the vibe is really just... special.
Anyway, we headed to the beach first. We didn't really do much there, just kinda waded around the water a teeny bit before just sitting at the water's edge and gossiping and joking around. It's the kind of stuff that, when one looks back on it(like I'm doing now), sounds so -nothing- but at the time just felt so nice.
From there we decided to go check out Universal Studios. Not the inside of course, just the area in front of it, the shops surrounding the signature globe. Tommy's wonderland, in other words, because of all the candy shops :D We didn't get anything, but the selection and all the colours and the packaging of most of the stuff just felt so cute/cool/enticing/alive/happy (pick your adjective). It was fun to simply browse.
Tried Reese's Pieces for the first time (though I've always been aware of it) and it really is good. Neither the chocolate nor peanut butter is too overpowering, they play off each other really well.
From there we headed to the Hard Rock Hotel. Initially we had intended to dine at a restaurant located in the hotel as Tommy had a voucher/coupon for the place, but after lounging around in the hotel lobby (which looks really cool, black all over the place and strategic lighting to make it look real cosy yet exclusive at the same time) and thinking of other options, we decided to head to The Heeren to have a Japanese buffet at a place called Kiseki.
We passed by my future place of work while on the bus to Orchard. Valley Point looks like such a quiet and out-of-the-way shopping mall. It almost looks sad, hahaha. Still got to figure out how I'm gonna haul my butt there every morning for three months starting 6 Dec.
We also discussed the possibility of having an overseas trip sometime next May. I'm not gonna put too much hope into it just yet, not after the way the last trip we were planning came to nothing in the end. Of course I'd be delighted to go overseas with these pals, but I think I'd better not think about it too much and build it up too much lest something crops up and blows it all up.
Anyway, we got to The Heeren about 15 minutes before dinner was to start. Made some small talk until it opened up. One of the staff really looked like the old band teacher Ms Seah. Even her mannerisms were similar hahah.
The first 10-15 minutes of dinner was really rather quiet. Why? We were all too damn hungry to talk HAHA. The spread isn't half-bad, and given the chance I'd definitely go back there again. We just enthused about the food for the early part of dinner, before switching topics to the likelihood and possible make up of the next alumni band. Made some jokes and enjoyed the food, just more good vibes all round :)
Late and post-dinner conversation revolved around whether we were gonna head to Yu Qing's/Eugene's/my place for Monopoly Deal and chilling or not. It all hinged on Eugene, cos he also had another group of pals to meet for mahjong. We took the MRT all the way to Braddell before he made his decision, which was to abandon us =( hahaha. Oh well, we went our seperate ways at Bishan MRT, save for Qing and I since we live on the same street.
Walked back with her discussing our problems again, before separating after she got to her block. Went back feeling somewhat unfulfilled... cos I had been hoping for another late night session of Monopoly Deal and chit chat, but oh well. It's the last we're seeing of Tommy for another month-plus too, he just flew off to the UK today with his family for a holiday, so it kinda felt like a shame. Eugene ditching us turned into a blessing for me in the end though!
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Walked back home feeling slightly dissatisfied but still telling myself to be grateful that I had had the opportunity to have a nice day out with good pals. 'Better than rotting at home,' I told myself. 'Stop taking things for granted Winston; you've been through real bad times, you know this is already a very happy day.' With that I entered my home and set about dealing with the dirty laundry and so on.
Headed up to my room and just did my usual Facebook stuff, checking on my games and then just 'wasting' time, though in reality it really was more of a 'debriefing' kind of thing for me. I do things like that. Basically just getting acclimatised and relaxed with being home and on my own again.
It had been a fun day, though of course tiring. I was ready for a nice warm shower and turning in early, buoyed by the good vibes I'd been enjoying all day long... Then you talked to me on MSN :D
I'm not exaggerating when I say that I haven't felt so happy for the longest time. I can't remember the last time I was as happy.
Funny how the simplest of things can affect one so much, huh. At any rate I'm gonna take things slow... As things stand I'm already taking risks I normally would never take. I'm a seriously risk-averse guy, but... I think for you, I'm willing to put my heart out on the line :)
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Well, tough week ahead. I hope I'm prepared well enough for tomorrow's FT paper. Don't really know what to study for this subject, it being taught the way it is. I just concentrated on all the calculations and some stuff I marked with ticks and stars. Hopefully, really hopefully, that's enough. Heading to school early to do more revision.
What a crazy week it's gonna be. Hopefully things all work out well; for both papers as well as for my NAPFA and my FYP presentation. I really want/need to finish off poly strongly.
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And hopefully you'll keep making my life special... :)