Season of Gatherings!

erm... i'm really so sorry 4 being such a lazy bum... tt's y now i'm trying to make up 4 it by updating u wat haf i been bzing w/. yupz, lyk u've seen fr my title, i've been bz attending gatherings, meeting up w/ frenz, esp those coming fr U.S!

sat, may 19
i finally gotta c miriam another time! she's been taking great care of me when i went to boston alone, so to me, she's lyk a caring mother. we had dinner @ an indonesion restaurant @ int'l pl, n she brought her mum n brother along. to my surprise, we saw 3 tables full of pple who were oso invited 4 dinner! then they oso know of icf in san diego! some went there 10 yrs ago, there's even 1 who's 1 of de founders! my goodness! it's really lyk an icf alumni dinner! haha, we apparently we'r de youngest "members". we din get to tok much w/ miriam, as she's bz attending to as many frenz as possible, but i'm really glad to be able to c her again when i din expect it to be so soon! she told me tt she happened to meet someone who knew my mum, n she was asking if my mum is a psychiatrist! haha, tink tt fren of hers muz haf mistaken de wrong person.

tue, may 22
i arranged to meet up w/ joseph, my jc fren, 4 lunch in shenton way. he's supposed to be in U.S. doing his degree, n now de reason y he's back is bcoz he happened to be able to get an internship in s'pore. he's now working @ std chartered, n apparently he's been kinda indept over there. he's been handling many projects, n somehow his supervisors gave him much empowerment. it's raining tt day, n shenton way is, as usual, full of pple having lunch during lunchtime. so we ended up gg to food junction @ raffles city having our lunch. we could oni barely meet 4 2 hrs, n his supervisor called to remind him tt he had a meeting to attend soon aft lunch. i'm really glad to be able to catch up w/ him, n oso glad tt he's been doing well in U.S. as well as 4 his internship.

thurs, may 24
haha, another U.S. fren came over to visit us! tis time it's andi. now it's his summer break, n he's here w/ his parent. they're staying @ his aunt's pl, which is juz rite across de redhill mrt stn! wow, tt's really so near my pl! we met him @ a food court in wisma atria 4 dinner. then all others left except me, andi n weiliang. so we decided to take a stroll fr orchard to dolby gaud. we wanna stop by @ tcc @ ps to rest, but it happened tt de shop was closing soon. then weiliang suggested bringing us to try a famous dao huay, but he 4got where was it aft having brought us to walk some dist! so ended up we took a train to return home.

fri, may 25
we met up w/ andi again, n tis time yonglim was able to meet us! but as usual, he alwaz lyk to suan me! sob sob... we brought him to c our famous esplanade! n oso de merlion, then we went to holland v. tis's my 1st time gg to holland v! n it's really lyk those on tv, w/ many eateries, cafes n bars. i'm really as new as a tourist! we sat down @ coffee club to try its mudpie. it's really very tasty w/ mouth full of ice-cream! but i lyk de banana cheesecake more!

sat, may 26
i got pat to get me a part-time job, n we met @ clark quay. she even brought her daughter, phiona, along. thou oni 2 yrs old, she's looks lyk a 4-yr old kid! pat got me a waitress job @ a dessert shop. tt shop is very sweet looking, n i oni haf to work 3 to 4 days a wk! quite a gd lobang...

phiona was very shy @ 1st, but dunno y somehow she's willing to listen to wat i say. mebbe i'm suitable to be a childcare teacher in de future?

sun, may 27
we met up w/ andi again, n tis time we brought him to bugis! over there, andi managed to get a pair of shorts as s'pore's really considered hot to him.

next, actly it's those guys brought me n him to try de steamboat there. ya, my 1st time again... i din noe it's really lyk whole stretch of st full of steamboat shops! we went to 1 of de cheapest shops, n i came to realised de guys really dun lyk vege. but when i got vege, they were de 1s finishing it! wat exactly is wrong w/ them? n somemore, i oso realised they're really inexperienced @ eating crabs. they used a metal thingy to crack de shells, when it could haf been easier to juz crack it using ur teeth. well, mebbe i'm de chor-lor type who can't eat gently, but it's definitely much more enjoyable to be eating it tis way.

then we went to suntec city 4 a stroll b4 gg back home. we went to skyview garden. i totally haf no idea wat's so gd over there except full of smoking couples!

mon, may 28
in de aft, i met up w/ my senior huifang 4 lunch. she has been asking me out quite a no. of times, n i tot i shld really meet up w/ her to return her her bk. she's quite a nice person, but wat makes me reluctant to meet up w/ her is coz she's now running a biz w/ her frenz n she keeps persuading me to go 4 de sessions tt train u to tink lyk rich pple n be more biz-minded. somehow seems lyk she has nthng else to tok to me except 4 tis topic. thou i noe she meant gd, i dun quite agree w/ de way she did it coz it's lyk a salesperson trying to promote stuff to u, or even worse, it's lyk de christians here who try to persuade u to be part of them.

next, i met up w/ de gals to go kbox @ amk! it's newly opened, n de lounge was really big n posh! we juz happily k fr 2pm all de way till 8.30pm. jianyi n kailing haf been singing jap songs, n lihui started to miss home when it reached 7pm. actly it happened to be her mum n sis's b'dae! n she's been feeling quite back not able to celebrate w/ them. aft k-ing, we went to de newly opened hub, n there's really many shops n snacks inside! next time shall go there n shop!