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In the spirit of xmas

How can a person like me receive such a gd present! Becos.. I got what I wanted..
A pair of slippers! Rip Curl! from hope. thanks a lot.. i really appreciate it.

Other than that, I got one jar of cookies that my malaysian cousins hai bee and siew lee made, "chewy" chocolate cookies sijin made and a t-shirt from keith from vietnam. Freak. I thought whoever who said he went to vietnam for holiday was joking. It was real. Of all places..I thought he went there to war. Ok its the thought that counts.. really, especially since my cousins are only 15 and 16. very thoughtful of them.

Cards - I got quite a few. I tried to write to as many people as possible to make up for last year.

EH... choosing presents is TOUGH, and I wouldn't want to rush through the process and buy anything that comes to my mind. so the gd part is when you give your present to the person and you know you have chosen the correct one.

Yesterday, had gathering at qich's place. Her sis is so spontaneous man.. "Tatoo tatoo" "Wear your hats" "Take picture" "HUG HIM" Sorry, as a rule, I dun hug guys. thanx qichang n huichang for hosting!

Went to matthew's place juz now for bbq. Isabel is back but she'll be leaving soon. I dunno how we became so crazy after we heard that it's possible to choke on your shit in the womb. It's not the vodka. I wasn't drunk! I've never been drunk before. And it wasn't only me. The rest of the table were red from overlaughing. Then played table tennis for a while.

Do you know that there's sales everywhere? Is there even time to shop? The shops will be perpetually crowded at this time. I bought too many polo tees and t-shirts from hk dat I'm tired of wearing the same all the time. I don't have a decent pair of casual shoes, only sports shoes. My wallet is from the teenager era and I know I ought to change it, but it's a gift from a fren. Time to do a major overhaul.

posted by Alvin @ 1:48 AM |

Merry Xmas!

Bad news. I didn't study much this week again. Except for mon and tues, I went out everyday. I will definitely see the consequences of this in january. I've been spending a lot also.. and it's not on myself. One day, after exams, I'm gonna SPLURGE on myself!

Yesterday was yiqian's bday. Happy bday! Yeah after we talked, I sensed that he's very much the same, and so am I. We have changed slightly, but not completely out of our character. It's not difficult to talk even though we hardly meet. Not a perfect scenario, but it's better than other superficial friendships, where you need to hang out with each other every day to be close, aNd a short period of absence would cause you to behave as though you were strangers meeting. aNd those who know me will know that I dunno how to cope with awkwardness. Wad I do is to try to avoid it. I believe that only if there is a deeper understanding between two pple can a friendship go a long way. Haha.. but reality bites.

Apart from my bro, my tuition kid joel is the only other person I've seen thru to o levels. Since he's smart to begin with, teaching him was such an easy job, only needed to guide him along. I know he will do well! Waiting to hear good news from him next year. If only my other 2 students are juz as easy to teach, especially my jc student. EH.. if she's chio and hard to teach, nvm, but.. no incentive LEH.

This year I find myself becoming a fan of s'pore idol even though I didn't follow american idol. Local appeal? Probably. I still remember how bad jerry ong was. Boooo. Btw I support sly.

This year I went hk! nice place, good food, fantastic buys. I won't be going to taiwan this year.

This year in march I mugged very very hard for first pros, and it paid off. This sem I slacked a lot and it's showing. So, I muz mug very hard again. Juz a resolution.

We had class chalet in october this year. Even so-and-so went.

This year I've been going ktv a lot. Haha yb and the rest are at crown prince NOW! But I decided to give it a miss otherwise tmr I will look like a walking corpse.

This year I learnt a lot of things, more intangibles than tangibles. I shall be myself and not let pple affect me.

posted by Alvin @ 11:46 PM |

Comme une image. That's the title of the movie I watched with terence yesterday. Surprisingly boring for a picture that has won awards. But I suppose the meaning was clear. There will be certain aspects of ourselves that we can't come to terms with and cope with. WHich explains our behaviour. Anyway, don't watch it. Ha

Sang too. As a make up for shiqian's bday. happy belated bday shiqian! DO take care when you go to cali! I need my regular dose of daniel chan. WHen is he going to release another album? No news, nothing from him after qian nu you hun. And lan again after that with the usual pple.

posted by Alvin @ 10:33 PM |

Finally hols.. but only 3 weeks. I'm not particularly looking forward to it though. Would rather have a proper timetable to keep myself from waking up late and lazing around. Discipline is something that I'm gradually losing. Argh. But still it's gd to have some rest. If there's even time.. cos ca beckon. Same story. Mundane existence.. hehe apart from some lan lately. A bit too much lan mebbe? hah. I wonder how many movies I could have watched using the money spent on lan so far.

Amazingly, I got to know Jianming better. He's such a friendly guy. On a scale of 1 to 10 he should get 100. Seemed like ages ago though it was only at ahm that I first knew him.

Finished 2 of dan brown's books. Waiting for his third Robert Langdon book to be out. Worthy of bestseller status!

Something's been bothering me for a long time. Sometimes, when I keep quiet or not say anything, it juz means that I'm not trying to raise an issue, not becos I think it's ok. But I think it's not worth creating any unhappiness becos of that. Still, it's not once or twice. More than that.

Hey are we still going taiwan? Haha..think it's a tad late to do any booking now.. think it's also partly my fault.. was quite indecisive. meanwhile I can save up enough from my tuition bleah. ANd hopefully by then those stupid politicians will stop their skirmish. piang eh.

posted by Alvin @ 10:21 PM |