Sunshine Butterfly

Saturday, July 02, 2005 @ 12:25 AM

if i have it all over again, I wldn't change a thing

tis has been a busy, busy week ... but it's a satisfying one

frenzs have asked, prof has asked ... whether I'm starting
to get bored

right now ... I'm still pretty excited n happy abt the
freedom which I have oni 2 mths again

it's like being liberated ... it has been a long time

but i shall nt remain the same old rubbish

wat i wanted to say is I have enjoyed May n June
v much ... I realised I still luv life a lot ... my
optimism hasn't quite faded away

but it's odd tt I'm still v bz

mum complained tt I spent too much time with
frenzs

even CK complained tt I tired myself too much

but there r so much things to do ... but I'm glad
tt I have fufilled a lot of promises

Swedish frenzs Karin & nini arrived on monday
... so I showed them ard ... it was pretty
last min ... but I'm glad tt they were v
happy abt all the places I brought den

surprisingly, I did not need to ask for directions
... so we ended Monday in a restaurant
in Chinatown talking abt wat we might
do for honeymoon =)

den after tt it was tuition till abt 11pm ... I
was realli realli tired

but my students were more tired den me ...
they were JET-LAGGED

I nvr suffered frm JET-LAGGED becuz
I'm a pig who slept bloody well in the
plane

I liked long distance flight ... I will usually sleep
until there r abt 6 hrs left ... juz enuff
for 2 movies

the nxt day ... Karin & her sister were off to malaysia
... they wanted to spend some times
in Tioman n den Kinabalu

spent tuesday afternoon watching
Mr & Mrs Smith with KL ... Angelina Jolie
is a gladiator-like actress who is more
alluring now den in the past

Marina Shopping mall has realli changed a lot
... the food court has a gorgeous view ... u
can even see the merlion ... overall
it muz b the food court with the best
view in Singapore

I wanted to run on Tuesday ... but can't
becuz I was trapped trying to shop ard
for some stuff

ran on Wednesday ... running actualli
brought back lotsa memories

sometimes I talked to my frenzs while
running ... sometimes I daydreamed
... on days I thot abt pretty memories

Wed nite met up with YS, SW n steven
at Marina ... it was like dine + movie ...
but I bought a cool tie tt is cheap but
w exquisite design

War of the world was oki for me ... but
it won't make my A list

as far as my memory cld serve me ...
four movies/films made my A list
(1) Talk to her
(2) Old boy
(3) Bungee Jumping of their own
(4) Ondskan

in at least three occasions ... I was so
close to missing den

funny ting life ... the ting u omost missed
might end up to be the most
valuable ting u might have

like a lot of tings ... one's opinion abt movie
is v subjective ... sometimes ambivalent ...
it realli depends on one's background, experience
n philosophy

most of the times ... reviews r craps ... I
donno y sometime we trust the reviews
so much ... hey ... it juz one person opinion

by thursday nite i was quite tired ... in fact
v tired .. but i was quite satisfied n happy

went back to NUS n collected my gown
as well as past some gifts to my lab
colleagues

realli have to send zhuzhen + KL for shopping
with me for the gift ... overall they liked
their gift

i was late when i met CH, SY, RZ, Ivy n BW
at Orchard

did a lot of talking ... so by 12am I was pretty
tired

BW suggested gg Devil's Bar but it a bit
odd for an Arsenal fan to contribute
to Man Yoo money pool ... I say NO

gown collection seemed a bit like
matriculation day ... minus the queue ...
minus the excitement from the uncertainity
... it made me tink abt the past 4 yrs

it has been great ... beta den JC days

i felt tt during my JC days ... my zest n
excitement for life wasn't quite there ...
perhaps the bz schedule juz suffocated
me

on the last day of my JC day ... I din quite
remember how I felt ... perhaps silently
glad tt it's all over

NUS offered me more freedom ... no one
tramples on my freedom ... I luv to lotsa
tings ... overall I enjoy managing my life
... I wilt when others try to manage mine

I asked myself wat were the 5 moments
tt I will always remember during my NUS
days??

they have to b 1) nite cycling during my
orientation in which I met pals like
Dick

2) doing my first NUS projects
with gp of unknowns ... we became quite
great frenzs ... having steamboat n
eating mooncake while working on the
project

3) watching the northern light,
experiencing spring, the seas of butterflies
flowers n the many parties
in Sweden

4) spending the last 3 mths in the lab ...
12 days on thesis writing n 3 days without
sleeping juz to wrap up my project

5) No. 5 is secret but is definitely something
I cherished a lot

overall ... if I have my NUS all over again ...
I wldn't change a ting

life generates a lot of wat if ... but they r
usually nt impt ... becuz at any one time
we can oni trust ourselves to make
the rite decision ... if we make a mistake
... the bez way is to learn frm it

anyway on friday ... i was with matthew
n Patrick ... went to JB becuz matthew
wanted to get a few of the priacy mkt
in Malaysia

I haven been to Whampoa for a long while
... was with mum on Sat nite ... there
were a huge crowd

but the food were gud ... I especially
liked the oyster omelette

I luv seafood a lot ... after all eating
muz b one of the pleasure in life

I asked cheefeng how he felt to be
leaving on Sunday for Australia

we were at the airport ... we had
similar feeling but diff intensity

our situation was a bit similar
... no 2 persons can experience
the same situation

I was sad leaving for Sweden ...
it was my own choice realli ... at
the pt. there was a intense
feeling ... a deep sense of sadness
... but I can't elaborate it here

anyway ... I told CF tt he will
b happy he made the right decision
... looking at the fotos of my
exchange

I'm reminded of the sweet experiences
n the nice pple I met ... n all
the frenzs I met

I'm sure CF will enjoy himself in Australia

tis week is Commencement week ...
commencement reminds me of VitC 'Graduation'

n tis has been a wonderful week ... a cool
morning spent at the Orchid Garden ...
two evenings with pals frm my JC ...

everything has ended v beautifully ... tt is all I
cld say ... mabbe cldn't make much sense to a
stranger reading tis ... but a bit of imagination
will help

all i cld say is - if I have my NUS life all over
again, I cldn't change a thing

working life will b diff ... but the future will b
here soon enuff ... till den I enjoy the present