the year 2008 has to, by far, be the best year ive had.
I would not exchange a single memory that i have of this yr for anything else in this world and im ever grateful to my parents for givin me this opportunity.
the yr away from home brought me closer to the people who mean the most to me, it taught me some of the greatest life lessons and most importantly, it taught me the true meaning of living life to the fullest.
Sam, get that camera, chase tht dream.

You guys mean the world to me:






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and may- youre not forgiven for makin me read gay blogs. addictive.
niran- the first thing we do the next time we meet is to take a photo.lol.

It's Christmas Day.
Got back earlier than expected from xmas eve dinner (glad we met up, sam & rit. Love the presents) and I was planning on plopping myself infront of the laptop with ice-cream to watch chick-flicks just before the stroke of midnight, in celebration of chrismas, when i received an email from a friend in adelaide.
I got thinking of life after reading the entire email.
This particular friend was someone whom used to live in hostel with me. He was pretty well established, practicing medicine. couple of months ago he got separated from his wife, went through a pretty rough patch, got kicked out of the medical board, wasnt allowed to see his 2 boys.
Things got better and now he is trying to make something out of himself and i personally think he is getting somewhere.
I remember how i used to bump into him in the kitchen late night/early morning and end up having looong chats on life. How we once decided to f*ck the world and go trekking for 5 hours straight. I used to see him as a brotherly almost fatherly figure.
The heart aches as i think of him spending xmas alone in hostel (considerin many ppl hv flown back home). After all it is xmas, the time when u SHD be spendin it with family, friends, loved ones. Not having a single one of them with him must suck a whole damn lot.
I hope things start looking up for him.
I wonder wht i would be doing if i had to spend Christmas alone in adelaide.
would i be sitting infront my laptop blogging?
would i be contemplating life and the decisions ive made?
would i be watching a chick flick with ice cream tub in hand?
or would i just decide to have an early night?
I wonder, i wonder.

Merry Christmas one and all.

okayy, peek a boo , halle-loo.
Ive had a pretty awesome week and I'm thankful to the people who spent it with me.
The meet up with ros. How we FINALLY both found the time to meet up. My fave clown.

And then Sam came over n we finally got down to baking our fabulous white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. I have to say it was quite impressive for a first attempt. Sam we shd give each other a pat on the back when we meet up again.

Met up again the next day, Watched twilight, got high and went to play pool.
Then we had Sam's grandpa's 80th bday on saturday, which was just beautiful. Sam looked resplendent in her kebaya. I sat in awe watching all the beautiful women, young and old, carry themselves with such ease and grace in their outfits. Watching her family come together for the occassion. Just beautiful.
Thank you Sam, for everything, u're an amazing friend.

And on sunday, i had an awesome time at the Singapore Versus Vietnam match. Yes we lost but i found it absolutely amazing how u instantly get into the spirit of things when ure sitting in a sea of red, among ur fellow countrymen. I had fun with my 3 other buddies who were there, and as always pri and i were really grateful to have our guys as friends. The things they do even if it meant missing the match. thnk u guys =) and thnks to niran for the tix!
and as always, my trusty running buddy. we see each other almost every other day and im soo glad we do cos u never fail to brighten my mornings. the loooong chats, pouring heart out sessions, we never seem to run out of things to talk bout.

I've finally gotten into the swing of things.
Im thankful to all my friends whom ive met up with over the past couple of weeks for making me realise what ive come home for. I remember what i missed the most when i first arrived in Adelaide was how i couldnt pick the phone up and ring just bout anybody and say,
"free anot? lets meet up"
or receive smses from friends that read,
"thursday im meeting you for lunch, whether u like it or not"
im soo glad im able to do all that once again.
anywayyy, rare rare sneak peek into my cousin's engagement, wedding and dinner..

Sadly, my 2 brothers werent there with us to celebrate the OCCASSION.

Went kebaya hunting at Arab Street with Sam but food got the better of us. No photos 'cos sam said
"wazzup wazzup. wait until i cut my hair. wazzzzup"

I also:

drew on dinner tables




went on the Singapore Flyer. WoooHoo. thnk u doo!
played with lights. K fiiiine la, i was flipping open my phone.



and started my nonsense with skinny. LOL.



Not bad.
Next entry, we'll go back to facebook "what are you doing now". 'cos too many people have been asking for it.

The past few days have been CRAaaaZy. Soo crazy that its had me wondering "why, oh why do hindu weddings have to last THIS long?"
For those of you who dont already know, one of my cousin's just got married. The first marriage in the family from my generation, so you can imagine the amount of effort that was put into it.
I have to admit ive learnt quite a bit from the whole wedding preparation. The entire family has undoubtedly grown closer, considering the number of 'meetings' we've had and having to see each other almost every other night for the past week. ive grown much, much closer to my cousins and im thankful for that. we're only left with the wedding dinner now, which is gonna take place in 15 hrs time and im scared shit 'cos its taken me quite a bit of time to sort out the guest list and tabling, i hope i dont mess it up tmr, and i wish sam could be there =(
still have ppl to meet. Ros, Haowie, Xx (our 2 hr lunch meet up is not counted). next week when the craziness has settled down.
cousins who r still overseas, its bout time u guys started coming back.
and ritty, have a safe trip.
ok i absolutely NEED to catch up on my sleep.