- もし・・・ -

もしあいつは聞いたら、あたしぜひ待ってます。

- 靴 -

あぁ・・・やばいい。

どうしょうかな・・・

１２月だけは、靴を４足買った。

o(>.<)o

やばいわね。

- 夜空 -

今夜の夜空超きれしですよ。

見ましたか。

キラキラ星が多いですね。

すっごいですよね。あたしたちはそばにいなくてけど、いつも同じの空の下います。

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Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard
and answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it.
Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
and what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.

Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors.
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

- 病気なんだ -

Today is the second day of Grace's 3-day MC.

She has been down with fever since last week. Because of this bout of illness, it caused her to miss out on many activities. She will be skipping tomorrow's pre-CNY dinner with the usual peeps as well -.-

Despite being ill, she went to work last Friday because if she didn't attend that course, she would be made to pay >SGD500 which she obviously was not willing to. One whole day in the conference room obviously did not do her any good. Her nose was leaking non-stop and that was no way an exaggeration. She brought 4 packets of tissue and she used up 3 packets in the first 2 hours of the day. Well done. In the end, her group mates had to give her all their tissue packets and help her nick serviettes from the caterer to stem the broken facet. The serviettes gave her a free exfoliation which left her nose feeling raw and red.

The course would have otherwise been pretty enjoyable and the learning curve would definitely be much higher if she was in the pink of health rather than her nose.

To make matters worse, she had to attend a musical that same night, which tickets she bought last year. As the ticket cost more than a hundred dollars, her conscience would weigh on her if she wasted a good hundred dollars just like that. Hence, she dragged herself and silently willed herself to last though the night in the freezing theatre. Instead of fully enjoying the expensive show, she was pretty dazed and wondered how long she had to sit through this discomfort.

Relief rushed through her when the curtains fell for the final time as she staggered out of the theatre and bade her mates farewell. She was close to collapsing by then as her legs were weak and she felt faint. She felt so helpless that she wanted to sit in the toilet and cry. A call of help to her parents to rescue her from the rising seas of people was answered. Thank God she didn't have to join the snaking queue for cabs. There was no way she could sit through the hour long bus ride. She wanted to snuggle in her bed and sleep without a care in the world. As she sat there waiting for the car to arrive, she started texting the people she planned to meet over the weekend apologising that she was in no state to meet them.

At the sight of the familiar number plate, relief surged through her. She sunk in to the cushy car-seats and closed her eyes as tears of fatigue, relief and a tinge of sadness rolled down her cheeks.

----

The next day, the thermometer and doctor verified that she was running a fever. The pills put her to sleep over the weekend. What was supposed to be a purposeful and event-packed weekend turned out to be a sedentary one where moments of consciousness were clouded with the inability to operate at a normal speed.

Despite advice to stay home and rest, her sense of responsibility dragged her to work on the day that has the amazing effect of turning all salaried workers' moods blue. It proved to be a wrong decision as she felt worse when she went home than when she left the house in the morning.

The next visit to the clinic had the doctor declare her home-bound for the next 3 days to get ample rest. Even the normally stoic nurse could not help but remark at how sick she was.

----

Second day of her Medical Leave and she was trying to work from home when she suddenly realised from the thread of emails that people do not recognise her efforts. Her Medical Certificate was seen as a ticket to escape from work. A chance to shirk responsibility.

Heck it, she thought. So she switched the computer off and really rested, as what her doctor advised. She decided that she will not turn on her laptop on her last day of Medical Leave.

It does not pay to work so hard. People do not appreciate it.

- ちゃんと聞いてください -

私と話す時、ちゃんと聞きましたか。

もし聞かなければ、どうしてあたしいつも君と話しましたか。

だから、最近あたしはあまり君と話したくない。

あたしはね、久方ぶりな日君の日常性活動のことを聞く、好きましたよ。でも、あたしの言葉をちゃんと聞きましたか。わかんない。

みんな、あたし最近静か見たいかもけど、話たくないわけはないけど、本当に聞くのほうが好きよ。疲れたから。

ちゃんと聞いてください。

- 手伝ういいかな-

２０１１の初週、何をしましたか。

暇だったら、あたしのうち掃除くれるかな？

It's the time of the year that I'll love the person who is willing to come by and help me do the necessary clean-up for the Lunar New Year.

Having said this, I recall a conversation that I once had.

Argh. Work tommorow.

- キッティちゃん -

昨日はキッティちゃんのことを話した。今日は、キッティの物をもらった！！

すげ～大好き～～～～＾＾

ありがとうなぁ～！

- 眠い -

ねえ、覚えてる? 君がくれた言葉胸の中で光ってる。

もしあの時 君がいなかったら、今の私はいないかも。

どうしたの?　らしくないね、暗い顔して・・・

一人じゃどうしようもないことも、二人なら怖くないって言ったでしょ？！

でもね、君はもうそばにいなかった。

たとえ何があっても、つまづいても、 迷っても、どんな暗闇でも ちゃんと隣にいるから・・・

私が隣にいるから。

- 2011 -

My first dream of 2011 was a terribly good one.

I totally didn't want to wake up from it and tried to force myself to sleep to continue the dream. HAHA.

Did you have a similar one?

Let's hope 2011 will be as great ^^