Sunday, December 24, 2006
Holy Night
Empty words flow from earnest lips
Like plastic flowers
Cascading from an illusion
And sunshine twinkles off perfection
Shrouded with broken glass
Glue!
Glue.
But the need is gone
Marred but whole in the eyes of one
From the abyss
Come whispers of
Bliss.
Yes, that indeed sums up my feelings for the day. It may sound complex, but feelings ARE indeed complex, so if you guys don't understand, just forget about it. :) It's hard enough figuring out your own feelings without having to decipher others', haha! This one's for Saturday.
Ok, the day actually started out pretty slowly, with me waking up sluggishly from bed, just to discover in my email a letter of offer from Melbourne Uni. :) So I was happy and all, and went to find out some admin stuff. After that, had to go out for lunch, and my dad brought us to Lorong 8 to eat his beloved Pinang Hokkien Mee. Yeah, it was quite good actually, so no complaints from me. Had to go NTUC shopping though, and we racked up $250 worth of groceries cuz my mum hasn't grocery-shopped for 2 weeks, lol! The counter-lady was very friendly though, just like an Aussie. The cashier table top was damn small lah, and we constantly had new stuff to pile and pile and pile. I thought it'd never end! But finally we did (I had the honour of carrying the eggs. Carrying the eggs is a symbol of trust on my mother's part, lol. so I felt grown up. XP I know lah, sounds so childish but I DON'T CARE) and upon reaching home I had to rush to go bathe cuz the TM412 x'mas party started at 3pm. I thought it started at 3.30pm lah, so I ended up being one hour late!!!
It was quite fun actually, we played lots of games, had some testimonials, and I got to reunite with many church friends. The drama team was very good as well. Bravo to all their efforts! C.O.M.P.A.R.E means Comparing Only Makes People Angry, Resentful and EE-irritated. :P Very meaningful indeed, in terms of S'porean society, where we keep competing and competing just to feel better about ourselves. What, the government never boost our morale enough meh? So what if your son did better than your friends' son? Does that really make you a better person? If you really think so, then you have a long long long way to go in terms of mature thinking. That's why I hate it when mothers compare their children or their work during parties I've attended. I can't help but EYEBALL them and their prim little stuck-up pathetic noses. Their noses look like nose jobs as well. PITY them, PITY them. But I despise even more those who compare DISCRETELY, because that's equivalent to flying under the radar and goodness knows Big Brother hates it when people do that.
After the fun and games were over, we had a Western dinner thing, with fried rice, fish, chicken, fries (yes, fellow S'poreans, it's FRIES, NOT chips. Chips are those that are crispy and thin and come in packets.), coleslaw, pasta etc. Quite good actually, but too bad Sharon had no appetite. Oh, I loved the colour of your bag that day Alethea! :) When the event ended, we were supposed to get picked up by Alethea's parents, so before I went I gave Minghui my prezzie, and Gladys gave me the truffle prezzie too! Thanks lots to the both of you, I'm sure you put your heart and soul and sweat and blood into those innocent-looking brown balls of chocolate and "other stuff". Looking forward to eating them! Sharon (poor thing) spent her remaining time at church to give out prezzies. She was like ticking people off her list like some desperate shopper! XP
Finally, our "chauffeur" arrived and we all piled into the car to get to Melissa's house. Upon our arrival, my mum proceeded to "show me off" like a trophy in front of all the senior citizens. Luckily I wasn't wearing trishaw-rider singlet and shorts. Everybody kept saying I had matured and grew fatter (ok, they didn't exactly say fatter, but used the word "plumper" instead. Oi people, just be frank with me lah). The program started and we had the proverbial carol-singing (in both English and Chinese), then we had the drama put up by the under-eighteens. LOL. Alethea! Your "smooth silky hair" arh!!! Damn funny. But it was quite meaningful though. BRAVO people!!! Great job, especially the lip-synching parts. Then we had the pass-the-parcel game, which wasn't really much fun because grown-ups can't think of outrageous forfeits to save their lives. *eye roll*
For dessert, we had the normal chocolate log cake and an ice cream one from Haagen Daaz (how do you spell it again???). Of course, after that, we just HAD to play cards. LOL. I didn't feel like playing, but played one game of Dai Di in the end, although I would have preferred to play Bridge instead, to brush up my skills. It's also fairly mindless, Bridge is, compared to Dai Di. Melissa's Vietnamese friend, Hanh, also knew how to play Dai Di, lol! So besides the universal language of Brands (like Nike and Coca Cola), I've discovered the universal language of cards!!! :)
That was my Saturday. Now I have to do my "chores":
1. Write x'mas cards
2. Wrap x'mas prezzies
3. Go book my flight ticket with SQ
4. Send my acceptance form in
5. Handwash my clothes and barang-barang
6. Buy my Jay Chou CD
HAHA. Wish me luck on my arduous and perilous journey of everyday life! Ta-ta for now!!!
...is what I said. Savvy?
6:09 pm
friends
June 2006