Happy New Year '09

Wishing everyone a very prosperous and healthy new year ahead.

It's been a great week~~~

On the 30th, a fun-filled outing with the signallers and GAs gang for the whole day. We had a buffet lunch at Dragongate, and whiled the time chatting and teasing Chinhong. The jokes never grow stale haha. And all the familiar catchphrases, the iconic faces and behaviour came to life again, the guys i spent a year sleeping and breathing and playing and working together with :)

Apparently our appetites became finite after we left the army, and we didn't eat much. We went off to catch the movie 'Bedtime Stories', a short, sweet and funny movie that would be nice to watch on tv. Afterwards, strolling, strolling through Vivocity, and exploring the National Geographic museum, which is really worth a look!

Finally, ended off the day with hours of computer gaming at Paradiz. It's been awhile since i had so much fun haha. Sadly they went for drinks afterwards, and i had to go back hall before midnight.

Oh...chatted a long time at Meirong's room with a couple of folks, till 4 am. Ouch.

31st, having overslept awhile, i went for softball training. Pitched pretty well, finally found the feeling. Suddenly felt like going with Vijay and the rest to Renling's K Kountdown party =p. Her house at Serangoon Gardens is a nice exquisite 3-storey terrace, with a beautiful rooftop balcony. We spent the day shopping for presents, watching lil' Nonya, playing truth-or-dare and a couple of drinking games. Not that fun for me, cos... i'm not K? Ha...but everyone else seems to be having fun. Hopefully our Taza group can hold an outing sometime.

The countdown began and ended, bringing the start of the new year. Yay to yet another year of tears and joy! Ivan kindly sent me, Weiyen, Jasmine and Maxton home. And i slept till 3 pm today...ha.

Time for reflections...

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It feels like an especially long year, 2008.

The year opened with me, fresh from Exercise Wallaby in Australia, and the agonising wait till ORD at the turn of February. We packed our things and stepped out free into the vast world out there. I worked for a couple of temp jobs, all with interesting experiences, then began planning for our cross Vietnam-China-HK backpacking trip. Another long wait full of anticipation, during which i had loads of fun with Club Rainbow (a charity for chronically ill kids) and spent 3d2n looking after Yongzhuo in Camp Rainbow, end May. Everytime you offer help to others, your heart broadens.

A few days after the camp, i was off traversing the hot urban cities across Asia. Vietnam was funky and different, China was big and exciting, Hongkong was vibrant and amazing. Came home, rushed off for the NBS FOC, and right after that the Hall FOC. Grew to like hall and the people, and ran an exhilarating campaign to be block 54 manager. Met the great guys in biz and comp, and felt glad that i can really connect with them! And the weeks passed in play and studies. Before you know it, the exam season has arrived in full swing, and everyone retreated into their mugger shells.

I began asking JH out, for jogging or supper, and we grew closer and closer. Exams ended, and we started dating. And now i am attached to this cute, funny, smart and lovable little girl :)

Then the hols turned into a furnace of IH games and trainings. There's softball and cheerleading, choir and caroling, and weiqi and all. After a while i grew weary of it all. Feels like a bird cooped in a cage, forced to sing and dance. What happened to the blue skies, the grassy plains?

Now, the brief respite before the start of school. I'm looking forward to organising more fun and games for the block! Miss my blockmates, the card sessions in the evenings, the chillout sessions. Miss my coursemates, the people who taught me more than i could ask for.

Miss some close frens whom i haven't seen for what seems like eternity. I guess everytime i change, time seems different. Every chapter of my life, i take on a new timeline. God knows how much i have changed over the year.

Anyway, it's time to close everything and move on again.

Happy New Year, 2009! Just like any other year before you.