went out to dinner with rach and esther on friday night at swiss culture at suntec. like esther said, "stuffed full of swiss sausage and chocolate fondue - cheesy, i blame thee" were her exact words. went to evita peroni after dinner. not that i am into wearing hairbands, clips and scrungies but just browsing is fun. i like to shop. they have lots of nice clips and hairbands, and for ladies who like to have their hair pinned and tied up there are many accessories too.


that's rachel on the left and esther on the right

last night i went to rachel's house for dinner. they had this really large dog who is can be described at best as silent and amorous. labrador retriever, big, huge, cute and absolutely cuddly! when i say silent and amorous i meant he doesn't bark, and the moment you pet or scratch him he just jumps on you, though when he did that when i arrived i had to drag myself and him to the door. he doesn't drool or slobber, though when i left i had to hunt for my sandal. one was at the door and another near the dog dish... *hmm* dinner was great. popiah and mee siam, but what was even better was the pre and post dinner entertainment. we had rachel and wang yun dance to david tao's music like they had smoked pot or eaten ecstasy, and all esther and i did were sitting there being highly amused and entertained. a camcorder, a camcorder, my kingdom for a camcorder. for all the humiliating moments to capture and view again 5 or even 10 years down the road. wang yun is very talented at music. plays the guitar well, and piano very well. entertaining us enthralled devotees with "wang yun unplugged" last night.

helped sachel prepare her hostel room. learned that when i finally enter university and live in the hostel i have to do a whole lot of cleaning. the floor had loads of dust, hairs, and the dust at the top of the cupboard was so thick i could write my name in it and have enough dust on my fingers to use as seasoning salt for instant noodles. i can't believe the previous occupants of the room were female. anyway we got down to cleaning the room, setting up her computer and doing a little decoration. nice looking hall on the outside hall 9 but the room is smaller than her previous one at hall 5.

now it's sunday and the weekend has come and gone. time to go back to camp tonight, burn away time and await the day i am finally able to have full control of my free time once more instead of being confined in a camp.

now listening to here without you by 3 doors down

"A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same

All the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreamin' of your face
I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind

I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, there's only you and me...."

this song just causes emotions to surface... listening to this on a rainy day looking out the window makes my heart hurt inexplicably.

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