Dear Dreams – Page 105

Valentine’s Day 2009

My mum went on cruise last Friday and thus, my meals were affected badly. Saturday afternoon saw me fill my stomach with cornflake and milk.

I was a lazy bum as usual.

I pinned high hope for Irwin to get back to Singapore early and he returned in the evening as planned, however, he did not want to risk queuing up with the crowd outside any restaurant since it was Valentine’s Day.

We went for golfing instead and I bought some finger food at the cafe. The crispy lemon chicken pieces were disastrous. It was not very safe to get such food from small cafe because the food may not be fresh enough. Whatever the case, some parts were not well cooked enough.

I strike many air balls before beginning to do the swinging in more an appropriate way than ever – that was to use the left hand’s strength instead of both. I could not get the ball far until I got bored and started to use my waist when I decided I had enough of practice with the “P” instead of “7 Iron”.

We went to Bugis to meet up with Eugene before proceeding to TCC. I was right that the waitress, Charlene, was not around. Anyway, the inside seats were all taken and thus we sat at the non air-conditioned place. We asked for ice water while we were looking through the menu but the waiter claimed that it would be served only when we placed our order. It took them some time to attend to us to take our order later and even longer to bring the water over to drench our thirst. We did not like the attitude of the waiter at all. We were interrupted twice in the midst of enjoying our chat for they brought drinks over like as if we would order new ones before finishing ours.

We went over to a pub at Suntec City where we were questioned of our ages. I was not fan of alcohol. Since there was no backrest and the recent relapse of my worsening back problem put me in sweat. I knew I probably looked pale if it was in the daylight.

Eugene took a cab home. Irwin and I walked towards my place but stopped at a prata shop near Clarke Quay to have our dinner. Irwin’s briyani rice turned out to be just plain white rice, whereas my two plain roti pratas were hard. We were served can drinks without ice and cup.

After we reached my place, Irwin took a cab home. It was around four AM when I reached home.

I had never been through a Valentine’s Day with a girl before but it did not affect my mood.

First Presentation and Assignment

The presentation crushed with the first assignment; both modules collaborated well to tease me and jeer at my mess.

It had been too long since I last studied and things could not go into my head. It had something to do with my ridiculous sleeping habit definitely and I longed to visit the doctor.

The topic was given but it was quite broad and I could never figure out the intention, thus, could never focus. I made days of wasteful researches and finally, spent too much time in touching up. I was too sleepy to think but I proceeded on to kill more precious time. In the end, I could not finish the assignment.

The terrible lack of sleep massacred my brain cells and on the actual presentation day, I did far worse than I had expected, and to think that I was so used to standing in front of so many people put me in shame.

Alas, I got to know who the true friends were as they stayed behind to help me when they were already exhausted.

There are definitely many things I should improve on.

Viewing in Different Angles

A blood donation ambassador walked in; she was not attractive in her physical and the worst thing was that she sounded too inexperience and definitely not good in expressing herself.

As she tried to explain that anyone might probably be involved in accident any time, situation heated up for not everyone appreciated her effort.

The focus was on how she had cursed everyone, which was not the actually meaning, and definitely not on the intention.

If someone has an evil heart to curse others, why would she be involved in the blood donation and why would she even bother to make the extra miles to persuade more people to donate?

It is shameful enough that we have not done anything to assist in the event and that we are probably too afraid of needles.

Some people see things in negative angles.

Some people think too highly of themselves and disregard others.

Some people follow the crowd.

Nevertheless, Confucius’ teaching simply mentions that if anyone refuses to listen, do not force it on him because it would probably bring shame on ourselves.

Tell Me

Will you cry to my shoulder and tell me you have been longing for me since the day you met me?

I will be there for you, holding you in my arms, telling you, “Baby, it’s not too late to start feeling my love now.”

I will be standing here for you, until you are tired, and slowly put you down to sleep.

Unforeseen Circumstances

Every time I try to allocate time for work, more things pop up. These unforeseen circumstances could really wreck my staggering brain harder.

Volleyball and Assignments Weekend

I took a break on Saturday down to Clementi Town Secondary School for volleyball. The reasons for going down were to look at the new campus, Mingfa’s new Honda City and that they might be short of players since Weitat was not free.

The flooring was made of rubber-like material, but it seemed to be hard underneath. I was not used to the ground and thus, movement was difficult. Nevertheless, I felt weak throughout and it was quite a lousy day.

Since my mum was having dinner, I decided to join my gang for dinner. I took Mingfa’s new car and it was indeed quite comfortable. It was a pity that we only had Mingli and Wilson together, which I thought could have been more fun with more people around.

We had dinner at PastaMania at Funan Centre before meeting up Weiguan at Suntec and then we proceeded to IKEA. Mingli got her stuffs and then we headed to Queensway Shopping Centre.

Sunday was spent entirely on assignments and presentation. I even stayed at home in the evening when my family was going to Chinatown for dinner.

The Week of Research

I managed to survive the week, which was more hectic than usual. Struggling almost totally alone at Bukit Batok for two out of the three days were extremely exhausting. Undeniable, my confidence had increased ever since but the hatred had amplified as well due to the poor discipline level.

Night classes were great because of the enthusiasm of the lecturers; it certainly proved me I was right about how to go about dealing with education in these days.

The worst thing was when I realised my days of research had gone into waste; it was not the end but the beginning of new work.

Switched House Phone Provider from SingTel to Starhub

Last Friday, the Starhub person had come over to my house to fix up the new telephone line. We switched over from SingTel since we had the cable modem and there was no more subscription fee every month except for the $2 caller id service.

In order to cut cost, we did not apply for calling waiting or private number.

However, since the phone line is tagged from the modem inside my elder brother’s room and he only manages to split the line over to the other room, the living room does not have any phone now, such that, when nobody is around, I have to dig for the phones where my two brothers are keeping inside the messy house.

The stupidest thing is that nobody calls me at my house number and I merely have to act as the telephone operator each time to tell the caller nobody else is at home; the greatest problem is that some of my mum’s friends are old and retarded.

I always make a point to cancel the call from any friend when I am at home and use my house phone to call him or her back. Since the house phone can never be located easily now, I may have to change the trend.

Cryptography and Social Aspects

The presentation research had wrecked my life since last week, leaving me clueless.

Sunday Lunch at Hong Xin

Sunday afternoon was quite different from usual. My younger brother went for tutoring and the rest of us had lunch at the restaurant “Hong Xin” near People’s Park. It was almost three PM when they were taking the last order and thus we did not order excess food. The dim sum was better than Dragon Gate. There were actually quite a number of sweet girls around and the conclusion was that pretty babes loved having dim sum.

I was having some hesitation at first since Irwin was flying off in the afternoon and I actually wanted to send him off since it would take some time for him to return; moreover, I did not join him in the golf and dinner outing the day before due to my family dinner with relatives. My mind was also occupied with assignments.

It was quite a boring afternoon for me.