The Nice and the Neglected

We always take for granted the people who have always been there for us all the while.
Instead we go chasing after the 'impossible' and seeking out for greener pastures when we have what we want, right in front of us.

Human minds. I guess that's how it works at times.

I'm horribly guilty of doing the above. Bad bad.. This is bad.
Realising things rather late. Why lose what you have over things you're never gonna have?
True isnt it.

Let's make mistakes and learn from them. God, i'm making many.
And learn from many.

Shan, i'm sorry i haven't been around all these while. I know we can all blame it on busy schedules and lack of time. But we can always "make" time, can't we?
You've always been arranging for us too meet up, for each birthdays, to catch up over meals and stuff. And it sure felt as empty as hell (why is hell empty?!!!) when i didnt see you guys before or after my birthday. It has become a norm to meet up with you guys. And suddenly this year, we cldnt meet. It really felt as though something was missing.

We'll be seeing each other and the rest tmr. Great. More tmr yeah?
and congrats in getting into ntu's business! :)

Writing on borrowed time

what a drama-mama title.

anyway in another half an hour, i'll be outta here. sigh. can't believe 11 weeks whizzed past just like that. initially i was just counting down the days to the end of ipp. now, i've reached the end of it all. its kinda saddening to leave. knowing that i wun be coming back on monday.

well, as the phrase goes "all good things must come to an end". how clich'ed is that? (where am i supposed to add that ' ?!)
does that mean that all bad things must also come to an end? i guess so. i believe so.

anyway, i'm gonna miss this wonderful place and the wonderful people here. i'm off tmr, but i gotta come back for a while, which i will gladly do so. and i should get everyone here a 'lil something, but i dunno what that "lil something" is! haha..

everything comes to an end, eventually. prolly even the best of things?
but for certain things, its never the end. go figure..

why does it always rain on me?

monsoon season? the gods are angry? ice caps melting due to global warming?
then why the terrible weather these few weeks?! pouring rain, small floods here and there and alot of unhappiness.
as much as i would really really love to run in the rain, i can't do that while i'm going back to the office, can i?

and can somebody please tell me the purpose of carrying an umbrella when its raining? cause i was carrying one earlier. but i think i might as well as left it in my office. my jeans is soaked man. so are my shoes and socks. i feel like i'm stepping on puddles of water. Haha. So now i'm back to the office, literally freezing my ass off.
Hallehlujah, i need new and warm pants, clean socks, and dry shoes! i'm prolly gonna turn into an ice block at the end of da day here.

on a better note, its wednesday. great. i had lunch with peck wai, who has been asking me for lunch since i-forgot-when! so well we had lunch at macdonalds and topped it off with good, intellectual, interesting conversations! peck wai is a great person to talk to and to get your questions answered. haha. can't believe its my last week already. after weeks of counting down, the day is finally gonna be here.

well well well..

vespa, gilera, lambretta and aprilia

last week of ipp. i'm gonna miss everyone over here. but well, there's school to look forward to. and of course, seeing Mr Damien Lee! muahaha.. be jealous, vanisha! :)

was down at PA HQ this morning with Fid, Im, Desa and Kai. got our testimonial and it was a feedback session for us interns. got a pretty good testimonial. i'm glad for that. grateful. eternally grateful! haha.. i really dont mind helping out during future events. i mean it.

it was good seeing everyone. especially kai! i miss his lame jokes. so he sat next to me, cracking the lamest jokes ever. but well, he's great company, so no complaints.

as i told gaya, i've been outta touch with soccer. i didnt even know man utd didnt have a match last weekend. well next saturday they're facing chelsea, now dats a match to catch. and i only knew last night that liverpool won chelsea 2-1. wow wee. so i had to sms shalu and irritate her lah. haha.. yes shalu, u will get ur prata treat soon. maybe in 2 weeks time yeah. some place nice. i'll bring u guys. ranjan can come if he wants to. he can pay for himself! haha.. been long time since i saw him too. a month to be exact. saw him last on 24th march. haha.. at lau pa sat! :)

after the end of ipp, i shd really go pay my cousins and aunts a visit. i miss raquel :) and anthony. and the lakeside siztas! muahaha.. shalu, gaya and i will come over and scare u in school! if we come over, lunch is on ya k!

prata-ed on friday, with eileen and criz. annie ditched us. god knows why. still, the company was good lah. esp with eileen's expressions on her experiences at you-know-where. laughed like nuts man. oh ya, thanks for the chocolate. it was damn good. hope criz liked it too. haha.. next time we shall go to casuarina to prata k? deal.

i wanna go check up on vespas. will prolly take prac next year? car pracs will come first. haha.. and hopefully i can change dad's mind abt me getting motorbike license. i'm madly in love with vespas. i saw this cream coloured vespa in pasir ris, with a basket at da back. damn old skool man. terry got a basket too i heard. waiting to fix it. haha.. we shall modify ur vespa yeah terry? and lets head to ubi soon, to check out vespas!

The Best Colleagues, really!

Man, i have the best colleagues here! Hahaha.. anyway we are preparing for a meeting soon. Waiting for the other VIP to arrive. So well, i'm at my desk tapping away on da keyboard. Anyway, i've received my payslip.. Erm something like that.. Haha.. Shalu!! You can finally get your prata treat!! :)
Gaya pandi is supposed to call me last last night but she didnt. Donkey!

gotta go.. its thursday already!
Muahahha...

Ladies night out yesterday. Ladies? Okay, 6 ladies and 1 girl lah, which is Divya.. Haha..
See, we went to the indian exhibition thingy at singapore expo last evening. Met up with K aunt, Kavitha, Nava aunt, Hemma and Divya and of course mum. wasnt really what we expected lah. Pretty much nothing extravagant. I think i'll have more fun shopping at little india arcade. so well we didnt want to make it a wasted trip, so we saw a book fair there. Its Time Book warehouse sale. Man, 3 for $10 books! Not any books, they included best sellers and stuff. I would love to spend da whole evening there but mum and aunt was waiting for us outside and i was seeking Divya's help in choosing books. Bad choice! Haha! books and she are magnets, they repel each other. so nvm, i sought out 3 books and wenta buy. no time no time! haha..

and there was john little sale going on too at some other hall. my god almighty. F-ING crowded. we went around and chose our stuff and all and when we went to the queue, it was loooooooooooong man. i mean long. i dont even think singaporeans queued that drastically for hello kitty. well we were really shocked, yes shocked is the word, that with heavy hearts, i told kavi to dump our stuff at some random basket cause we didnt wanna queue. and then mum and nava aunt came along and we told mum we dun wanna buy those stuff and she was going on abt how wasted it is and sucha pity and nvm abt the queue. so ya, the ladies wenta queue while kavi, hemma, divya n i wenta look around some more. haha.. it was fun.. and crazy. i would love to tell parents to leave their toddlers and babies at home or with someone else. it was so packed and you know, with kids, its worse. and ya, as usual kids getting lost and all. do we need all these?! so yeap. oh ya! i bought a box full of nougats!!!!! i'm a sucker for nougats!!!! it cost 11 dollars. well, thanks for buying it for me aunt and mum!! hahaha... so here i am now, i eaten god-knows-how-many nougats already! :)

after paying for all our stuff, we wenta pasir ris for dinner. it was so fun without the guys! we should really do it more often, and call S aunt, K aunt and Koms. hahaha.. leave da men at home! mum and i reached home at 11:20pm.. muahahaha.. wadda great day.. and i was yawning in da train but i came home, watched tamil movie till 1am.. and then wasnt feelin sleepy so channel surfed and watched another movie till 2:30 and read a book till 3:30.. no wonder i cldnt wake up this morning. but still mum woke me up after countless tries, at 10:30 or 11.. can't rmbr.

oh, friday was tamil new year by da way. premma came over.. slacked lah. i was being mean to her. i made her listen to tamil songs da whole time. muahaha.. and i even made her watch kanda naal mudhal.. but i got bored of it.. haha.. well, it was tamil new year anyway, we shd be tamil-fied for one day at least?! anyway, if u're reading this premma, thanks for coming over. i guess u can learn lots abt tamil culture and tamil cuisine from me?! come back another day.. we'll catch another tamil movie, how bout that. haha..

waiting for K aunt, so i can go to the books warehouse sale again!!!

2 more weeks!!!!!!!

God Sent Gayathri

Hi Gayathri Nair! Nah, i'm sure you have received this SMALL collage already. Its small k, small! No need to say BIG and make me feel better! Haha.. I'm just crapping lah!
Anyway, did this specially for you, cause all these long years, you've always been there for me and i mean ALWAYS! You have been nothing but wonderful and at times i wonder what i did to deserve a friend like you. Don't say i 'ice' vekkiraan u lah. Its the truth! Haha..

Like the photo caption, you're truly "God-Sent". Thanks for Everything.
Sorry if i have taken you for granted. I didnt mean to. Just that i've grown used to having you around always. Thats why. I appreciate you and your presence and my life wouldnt be as great if you weren't in it!

I LOVE YOU LIKE TONS AND TONS!!
You're da best pandi i can ever have! :)

 

Took for granted

In our lives, there'll be someone who has always been standing there silently, being the strong pillar of support and comfort, being the listening ear and the lending hand and even the shoulder to lean on.

The person has always been there. And we know it too. But we simply get so used to their presence that we assumed they'll always be there. It has become a norm for them to reach out to the other person and find them there, just so conveniently placed. They're always been there to listen to the silliest stuff you have to say, to complain, to joke, to laugh with, to be angry with, to gossip with, basically for everything.

What happens if one day you lose that person? Because you have gotten so used to them being there, and one day you reach out, and find emptiness? what happens? You simply took that person for granted. That you never realise how your life is gonna change if that person goes outta it. So what happens? What happens to your life? And what happens to you?

Feeling pretty lousy today. Too many things swinging around at the same time. God i hate that feeling. In da midst of making some calls to schools. Now i know how you feel Jinghui, when you hadta call all those schools. I hate calling. But i gotta do what i've been entrusted with. Besides, poor Ms Y seems stressed as it is, so i don't mind helping her out.

Apparently Suthev is angry with me. Its a silly matter actually. But you know, at his age, he wldnt think its silly. And much as i find it kinda amusing, its rather upsetting to see that he can be angry with me over this. Well thats all right i guess, he'll get over it. Oh, i didnt even mention what the whole issue is abt. Basically he thinks i complained to his mum abt him, which wasnt the entire truth. Now aunty must have scolded him, dats why he's so worked up. Children nowadays... tsk tsk.. But i love them all da same!

I can't wait for the day to end.
Hallehlujah its Good Friday tmr and
Tamil New Year! Great.

I'd like to blog more but i'm running outta time. Had lunch with Vanisha yesterday and Gaya called me at night. And now Priya chechi sounds like Shalu! Goodness..

i want more colours in my life.
Currently blogger isnt providing me any. Nonsense.

Anyway, there are some issues i can't make up my mind on. I'm one of the most indecisive person i have ever known. Even setting up my mind at times, i can go against what i should have done. This isnt good. As usual, i like to cross the bridge when i come to it.

Was chatting with Dawn last afternoon. Dawn is not a great comforter, that i know. Well at least she gives tissue! But what she told me yesterday really made sense. And for once, i hope to listen to what she had said. Afterall, she is my 'jie'!

Brother has been sms-ing me from camp pretty often. Its good to see that we are becoming better siblings, and better friends. After wishing for an older sister all my life, i'm pretty contented with my brother. Well, i don't mind having a sister like Sajeetha anytime! Muahaha.. speaking of Sajeetha, she was supposed to feed me at Deepa's bday party. But i ran off with Kavitha, Subash and my brother to eat! Haha!! But its okay, i'll pester u to feed me another day sizta! And i will really come over and stay! And swim and hit da gym and swing at your garden and sit outside till late at night and gossip with you and Deeps and eat junk food and watch nice movies and finally have a pillow fight and sleep! haha.. how nice.
i want holidays NOW! but i'll hafta wait till August for that.

For now, i await for the start of school. My timetable's FANTASTIC. -grin

i wanna talk about jasmine.

jasmine's my colleague. she's in her 40s lah. when i was new to my attachment place, it was her, Mardhiah and alester who helped me get used to it and kept teaching me how to deal with customers and the gan cheong system and also everything else. like i've said somewhere earlier in my blog posts, i am blessed with nicest colleagues!

now the wonderful thing abt jasmine is that, she never has been harsh to me or any other person who makes a mistake. now, when i am dealing with the system at work, man i make alot of mistakes such as keyin this and that wrongly lah. so poor jasmine has to contra this and refund that. but everytime i tell her i made a mistake, she will just patiently set it right and tell me how to do it the next time. till today she has never made me feel bad abt myself just because i made mistakes. so today i sorta screwed something up lah. and then jasmine had to do a contra. and then she told me "nvm. who doesnt make mistakes? we are not perfect."
yeap its true isnt it.

i'm thankful that she has the patience to go through the basics with me. i mean its not even her job. but she does it anyway. and we talk abt lotsa stuff, we joke abt stuff. we have our fun and we have our serious moments. jasmine has become a good friend/mentor. she is just a simple person, taking life in a simple manner, unlike grumbling abt this and that. she told mardhiah and me "when you are at work, you must completely leave home stuff behind. and when you are at home, you must leave your work." haha. words of wisdom.

i wld love to go on and on. but my wrists hurt like hell.

caught up with gaya, cynthia and adawiyah earlier. too bad shalu had to leave early and maryann too. Pandi, thanks for getting the gift yeah. ur a great friend, BOTH of u.

chatting with dawn too. suddenly i dun feel good.
i wld say IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

Music Therapy

a proper post after telling myself not to blog. well there wasnt anything to blog abt anyway.

im sitting in the office, with alester as my company. muahaha.. he's being so lame and crackin da lamest jokes. someone please get him a pair of crutches.
but he's good company lah. so shdnt complain.

anyway, last evening was music therapy with hemma and sivan. divya had gone for tuition and aunt went to fetch her. so hemma and i were at home. as usual i was listening to my current favourite song at da moment: Pani Thuli from the movie Kanda Naal Mudhal! I swear this song is damn damn nice! :)
So hemma comes and sit beside me and i told her to sing along with me. i didnt have anything better to do. so ya, we happily sang, or howled, or whatever u wanna call that. but it was damn fun! we sang a few songs that hemma showed me this hindi song clip. apparently she's in love with abishek bachan and shahrukh khan is old news lah! but well, that song is damn catchy and all. its from da movie "Dus". we were figuring what "dus" meant. So it was hemma's friend Nithika to da rescue.

so we sang til we heard divya coming back. muahaha.. i figured the next part perfectly. divya wld join us and sing. no, she wld scream! dat was what happened!! we wanted to sing a song from kal ho na ho, and before the song even started, divya was screaming along. i didnt even stay till da end of da song cause i was laughing so hard. i practically RAN out of the room and joined aunty who was watching the news! omg.. talk abt laughing.. its insane man!

so you see, music therapy blows monday blues away, for yet another day! muahaha..

i want to blog in TAMIL !!!!!








BUT HOW????!!!! -scratches head