12.8.07 snooze

in response to a spate of late nights early mornings (well, relatively early, since i had to actually wake up to the sound of an alarm), my body has refused to fight off funny bugs, so i've been sneezing a lot. must be all the dust with packing all my age old books on the bookshelf. i've since taken a panadol and felt lots better, at least i've stopped blowing my nose with tons of paseo, but i feel a sneeze coming on so... i guess i'm due for an early night haha

my national day was really quite interesting this year, and like jono said, i can make an entire documentary about all the places i visited over the entire day. no, i'm not talking about sentosa or any tourist attraction. i spent my national day running all over singapore with my parents, looking at light bulbs, ceiling fans, cooker hoods, stoves, washing machines and all the other household electrical appliance friends, for the new house. from geylang in the east, to IMM in the far far west, i think i've seen every design possible. so if you're looking for lamps for your new living room, give me a tag, i'll tell you where the most competitive prices are hurhur.

now all i need is a new desk and chair that's not too big and not too small (yeah, just the size of singapore), since my big chunky one got trashed. so if you've got any good recommendations, first hand or second hand but in good condition, do let me know. or else i'll be desk-less a little longer, which is making me stoop over to get everything now, since everything's on the erm floor haha.

anyway, meeting up with small dave on friday was a good time catching up. words still fail me, which is embarassing for an ex-arts and soon-to-be social science student. i think i haven't given much thought about it, but i think appreciation and vice-versa is a nice feeling. haha i was flabbergasted when you pulled out the envelope, obvious since i started sprouting nonsense about early birthday and christmas presents haha. but thanks a lot and God bless (:

concerning carnivore (wah lau, i'm omnivore lah) yesterday, i had the time of my life being part of the kitchen crew, and my career ambitions have taken on a different light: i think i do not ever want to work in a restaurant haha, part-time or to earn some extra cash, unless i really have no other choice. and after last night, i think i'm having adverse reactions to all things round and watermelon (haha the 水瓜 gang must be laughing they're heads off, the one suggesting that we tackle an entire watermelon after cross-country last year. and no, the chinese error was deliberate haha), after converting 5 watermelons into watermelon bowls with watermelon balls in them... GAHHHS the horror of watermelons, i think i dreamt of them last night! but the food was good, so that made up for all the excess watermelon i had to eat last night, while churning out watermelon bolas...

so anyway, in response to the extreme late last night and extreme early this morning, i'm actually falling asleep in front of the computer, something i haven't done since the last time i was rushing through to finish my history term papers last year, and that was 3 am in the morning, not 6 pm in the evening, and after a morning of teh peng at that. and i'm trying everything to stay awake, because if i sleep now, i won't be able to sleep at night, and i'll end up thinking about watermelon balls again, oh the horror.

Give me strength to cross the water,
keep my heart upon Your altar.
Give me strength to cross this water,
keep my feet don't let me falter.