Bryna invited me to church on Good Friday, the Hebron Bible-Presbyterian Church. It's rather far away, near Yew Tee MRT station, but it's just a surprising 30min away from my place. This was my first time to church, and surprisingly, it felt..strangely good. I don't know how to say it, we just sing hymns and listen to the pastors read some of the bible verses. But at the end of the day, the noble act of Jesus' sacrifice did really touch my heart. In the end, it was as if a weight was lifted off my heart, like I didn't feel so alone in the world anymore. I guess Christianity isn't all what I thought after all. It's more of like spread the love kinda thing. As a result of Friday, I went for Easter Sunday's service as well. This was basically almost the same, but just more lively since it was the celebration of Jesus' resurrection.
Friday was a really good day. I went shopping with Bryna after that. The chemistry between us seems almost right. It could be just that she's good with all people. I think I may really be falling for her. She's like I don't know, confident, caring, spontaneous, and much much more. It can't be just summarised in a few words, you've got to know her, to really know that she's that great. The thing now is that, I don't know if I'm going to church to spend time with her, or it's because I really do enjoy going to church. Probably it's both. Hmm..sometimes, I'm really rather foolish. And the worst thing, I know I'm foolish, and yet I continue being foolish.
Okay, second part of Friday was spent with my ex-classmates from Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School - Phuay Eng, Garvin and Tammy. And I met up with some others later on - Kenji and Serene. I think all these years, I've been thinking that neighbourhood school students grow up to be
Ah Bengs, but after Friday, I just felt enlightened and I felt that I shouldn't have gone to Ai Tong at all. Garvin was sophisticated, he had that aura of calmness about him, he was speaking confidently and had the air of a real man. Kenji was speaking even more confidently, and he had a remarkable wit, able to turn any conversation into something ridiculously funny but sensible at the same time. The best thing about all of them, their mastery of English was better than their Chinese. This completely destroyed the stereotype that only the best students speak English. I think the fundamental difference between the Ai Tong people and the Kuo Chuan people was that the Kuo Chuan people really treated you as a true friend, and not harbouring any hidden intentions. Okay, some of the Ai Tong guys were great too, like Joel who helped me a great deal in Primary 3. But the level of friendship was markedly less deep. People were more concerned about studying, rather than building bonds and making friends. Even though Kenji hadn't met Garvin in ages, they still looked like they were the best of friends. It was the same in RI as well. There were lots of people who were the cool crowd and only mixed among themselves. But hey, that's all in the past, now I know better than to try to fit in into something that I'm not, I just create a new kind of cool.
Elitism is a creeping problem, amongst our elite. You don't want to know that the people who would be the future leaders of Singapore are people who were part of the exclusive crowd when they were young.
On to Saturday, I had a great shopping trip with Yahui in the evening. First, we went to cut my hair, which turned out pretty alright. We looked through the magazines and found 3 nice hairstyles. One, an ultra short one, low maintenance but a little too short. The next, a short length type, that was relatively quite easy to style and rather common as well. The last, a really suave haircut, in the David Beckham mould. And I really like the David Beckham haircut, I think a few months back. Alas, it was the kind that could only last about 2 to 3 weeks before you had to cut it or it would look horrible. Oh I chose option 2 in the end.
We had dinner at Thai Express and shopped at night. We went to tons of places, and Yahui rejected most of what she saw. And in the end, she didn't get anything. I got a really nice white long sleeved shirt from Topman. It cost $79 (!!!!!!) but I guess it's worth it, because the design's really good. And it's my FIRST long sleeved white shirt. I so needed one.
Went home after that, and stepped into the house with my Dad announcing that Chelsea had beaten Bolton comprehensively. Chelsea, on the brink huh. What a disappointment. And I was really hoping for a romantic finish.