i'll be away at obs, 20th to 24th june.
i'm so worn, tired. i can't talk about it, and no one to talk to.
don't say anything.
"learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!" - robert burns.
"Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity, and consume your own smoke with an extra draft of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints." - William Osler.
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seabiscuit's pretty good so far. i seem to itch to own books that have a sufficient number of phrases/expressions that are worthy of ... immortality.
last weekend (11 & 12th), went to endau rompin with shifeng and her mom and her mom's colleagues. it was really nice (uh oh sounds exactly like desaru entry). i enjoyed the hiking, although i figured out towards the end that it would've been more enjoyable had i kept my mind occupied on sth. say an imaginary conversation or figuring out some problem or memorising something. we hiked forever to get to a waterfall and danach, a blue lagoon (photo on right). i enjoyed the boat ride the most. we saw elephant poo, plenty of it, along the trek. =S.
although it was a one-night stay, i got pretty used to the little 'merbau' hut by the next morning. and the insects crawling all over the floor. a great variety too. (i thought of serene. she would've screamed. no, she wouldn't have been there in the first place). surprisingly sweet sleep.
the next day we floated down the river in a canoe-raft.
the stars at night were good, but very limited field of view in the forest. oh yeah, i had to take a shower from a bucket. horrific, but what an experience. think i wasted alot of water. and the weather was bad. the weather was normal actually, it's so humid and hot, and so very conducive for sitting at the doorway and rotting your life away.
before long we were on our rickety way out of the nature reserve. i felt a little sad looking back at the neatly cropped border of the nature reserve as we left. a slight reluctance to return to reality.
so monday (13-170605, that's today!) on we had a whole week of predeparture courses. they're pretty nice, i enjoyed the mbti alot (ESTJ. outspoken And ruthless. but i'm only "slight" for ES and moderate for TJ, so no fear.), the activities and the speaker (was good). serenity in times of turmoil, she was like.
highlights were in the evenings.
tues, sagar arrived! met up with xiz first. good to see her. and sagar, a little taller, a little darker (or is it my poor memory), still an extremely indian accent harhar (or is it my poor hearing). i'm pretty surprised at how...normal i was. ah well, people grow up. hopefully.
wed, so in the evening went out with sagar, and his 'cousin' (his bro-in-law's cousin). we had ice kachang at cine, while waiting for xiz. we did manage to meet her in the end, before the sagar and his cousin went off for dinner with their family at serangoon. i sent xiz off, and hung around kino.
thurs. after predepart, went out with 11 others, impromptu, to lido to watch sth. in the end 9 of them watched batman and tianyi shifeng and i watched mr n mrs smith. was good i must say. so, glad i listened to xiz and went for it even though we were the minority. they're a pretty fine bunch of pple.
fri (170605), i finished slightly earlier, but still kept sagar his cousin and xiz waiting for a while. this was supposed to be real hang out day. we went ice skating. i enjoyed it, for the first time possibly. but still very unseasoned. then we went to suntec, sagar got his coloured contacts. then we went to the esplanade, merlion park..and home. sagar and his cousin going to KL (on saturday) for a while and cambodia after that. tempted to be envious.
so tired out today.
so yes, next mon to fri i'll be away. hope to take the chance to relax. go with the flow man.
happy 20th birthday, in advance.
posted by sunny @ 13:01
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