It’s been almost forever since I rode pillion on a sports bike, speeding in the cooling winds. Still as thankful to the 2 person who taught me to ride - *w, pang. And as I was riding just now, I suddenly recalled that *b rode too, and I sat on his bike multiple times too, but I seemed to have forgotten about it. 

After a hectic month with almost no time to breathe, I can finally breathe this afternoon, and started on a new drama, just coz 黄景瑜 is in it! 🤭 

Another 3 packed days with a sake session and 2 networking sessions to go while trying to settle some legal stuff at work before I fly out to meet the guys. 

Am so looking forward to no drama sort of trip, especially since I know I’m still recovering from burnt out. It’s the longest I’m feeling the burnt out, it usually comes and goes within a few days. This was serious enough for me to not want to meet anyone except for networking purposes, and also serious enough that I went through a 15-min text-chat with a psychologist. 🧘🏻 

I just needed the space, and still need the space.

Hopefully these all passes before my flight out.

And interesting enough, I saw that you followed me on LinkedIn since 2021, wow!

Interesting how I’m not one for ‘wasting’ my only off day since I came back from Tokyo. 

Gonna roam the streets today then. Thought of asking some for dinner/catch ups, but.. … yeah. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s been a hell of a week, and another hell of a week coming. And then another 2 packed weeks. Before I head for sake tasting for a break and then the flight out to Vietnam. 

Need 🥃 to tide me over the 3 weeks! 

Caught this somewhere in April? Before Gus passed on. 

Now onto the next one. 🤭

Many thoughts, let’s just leave it as it is. ❤️‍🩹

More work travels to come in the following months till the year end, with a couple of leisure trips. 

 

Didn’t feel so good on Fri, so cleared my 1/2 day leave then. Took meds and rolled in bed watching 沉香如屑. Nua on Sat (till dinner with birdies), Sun was nua whole day. I can count the number of steps I took out of the room 🤭 Cleared all 38 episodes of part 1, caught 1 episode of part 2. A little draggy, but I do enjoy the show. Sighz. ❤️ 

Today was 3 calls, and then slacked. 🤣 Went for a swim, came back, did laundry,

 and cooked my only meal of the day. Now nuaing again on the sofa enjoying my playlist from the Beam, shaking legs and blogging (coz I’m lazy to journal) 😂 Working tmr at JE and then meeting 小乔 for dinner. Then Wed I’m on leave again. Where shall I go? 😏

Hui Lin jio-ed for badminton on Thu at TPY, so yeah, found my racket and looking forward! Just need to plan how to get home after without grabbing. 🤣

Exercising makes me happy and clears thy mind. And makes me sleepy too. Gonna head off to bed then before an early start tmr!   

 

First time MJ-ing with this group. Not too bad la.. But I do miss the usual gang of MJ kakis. 😂

8 hours of MJ, from 8ish to 5ish in the morning.. After a booster shot. Hahaha. No joke, but we survived (and won money la! 🤣) 

Looking forward to playing over the CNY with the usual kakis (but then again, not having a MJ table at my place coz of the space and noise level). But I may change my mind again, maybe! 🤣

 First 2 months of hell and getting used to the role.. Which isn’t too bad, given that I took 2 months just to get things into routine. Or rather 1 month for things to get into routine, 1 month to adjust.. 3rd month was back to back of classes, whether I’m a facilitator, a participant, or coordinating it with external partners. 1 more to go for the coming week before I officially close the classes for 2021. 😂 

Papers for the house signed end of October, reno started after Deepavali. Both toilets hack + tiling all completed. Hacking of a room’s wall done. Kitchen hacking done. All electric works + air con trunking done. Blinds measurements all completed. Met the carpenter last week to discuss the details of how wide the doors, how many drawers, etc. So once carpentery completes, it just left with the cleaning up and varnishing of floors, and I should be able to move in before CNY. 🤞🏻 

Hahaha.. And I’ve friends who 不请自来 already. 🤣 I told *o.. These friends who auto come are those that I’ll have invited anyway. 🤣 

So they are the ‘family’ including of the drinking kakis, random friend, birdies, Mr Wong and Ah Bee, sotong, and my immediate family la. The rest sorry (not)! 😂

Anyways, at work since most are back to routines (and trying to manage underperforming, underachieving people), I told myself to take a break by catching dramas again. 😂

And this was a 40 episodes C-drama I completed over 4 days of weekends (or so). And it struck me that again, I can never stray too far from guys in green. Sighz. ❤️‍🩹

Been my soft spot for years, and it just doesn’t change. 

Anyway, the plot was decent, and the Chinese dramas are catching up times, faster than anyone could have guessed. Ok.. On to the next one that catches my eye before sleeping till tmr!

 Another super random post. 

But yes, I signed on the line. Gonna be a proud homeowner in 6 months’ time or so! And that’s including renovation and all done! Can’t do Christmas in time, maybe CNY then! 

Next target, clear the payment for the house within 15 years! 💪🏻 Then debt free from then! 😁

 Super randomly, made friends over sake last year. And then spent more time attending sake masterclasses. 😂 And one of these friends, happened to be staying in my same block, for the past 6 years. And we only got to know this month, just as he is moving out tmr. 😂

And he dabao-ed supper over, coz he said ‘last time staying in Fajar liao 😂😂’. And we caught up over a good chat of 11/2 hours. No drinks this time, coz his 2nd dose is tmr, but just chats and Ayataka. 😂

And was telling *o after who was there with us chatting, that I see a similarity in my friends. They’re drinkers and they’re guys. And they are less drama. 🤣 

Then he tells me, that’s why they’re your friends ma. 🤣🤣🤣 

But it’s true.. Besides the birdies who are all girls. And mum and the kids. The rest are all guys, and who drinks. 🤣 From 夜宵kaki, Ah Pang, Gus, Ah Wei, and now Jack. Maybe coz like what my sub-conscious tell me, guys are less drama. More straight forward. And drinking shows one’s true self. 酒品 is important to me. If you can carry yourself still when you are high and drunk, then yeah, definitely a friend to keep. 😊

Cheers to more drinks and friendships ahead! 😄

 Chanced upon the show 海上繁花, and then got addicted to watching 窦骁. Like omg la. And that led me to another variety show called 追星星的人. And in this particular episode, 4 of the guys went to a local pub in Shangri-La and were drinking, chatting, singing. 

It just made me think of us, the times we hung out and drink and sang and ate. The singing got lesser as the years went by, and of course with the restrictions. But the drinking, eating, chatting continues over the years. Looking back, you 2 were the constant in this part of my life even with all the changes in the group, for at least a good 9 years at least. ❤️ Hence the term of drinking kaki and 夜宵 kaki. 🤣

It made me recall those crazy Malacca and JB trips we had, the singing in the car, in the backyard, along the river, and all the drinking and craziness. The singing, dancing and drinking at multiple Beer Fests on an annual basis, pre-covid. ❤️🍻

I guess in this life, the lesser the dramas the better, and super grateful to have you both around. And I guess the older we get, the more frequent we meet up, or at least we make the effort to. And for once I don’t find it a chore organising for the group, coz everyone in this group is worth the effort. 🤷🏻‍♀️

And I also realized, the 酒品 of everyone is decent. Hahaha.. Nothing too overbearing. 🤣

And! I realized I don’t have much close friends my age. Hahaha. Besides the 2 of you and random friend. Everyone else I am close are much older than me, the next closest being 4 years my senior.. And then everyone else is above 40. 🤣 But I do enjoy though.. Meaning I’m less bothered by people of different frequencies or dramas or what’s-nots. 😂

So when I do get my own place, definitely planning a space for k-ing, drinking, chilling and chatting in comfort. Unless someone else beats me to it, since all 3 of us are looking at getting our own place for whatever reason. 🤣 

So thank you for being here, not there. And for sticking through! (I hope I’m not the overbearing one though!) 😅

因为你们能放纵我。

因为你们能接受我的一切。

所以我敢。

To the ‘brother’hood we have. 🤣

All the drinking and catching up sessions over the years. 

Thank you for being there and being silent about stuff that were still sensitive and treating me no less than a brother. 😆

Very very thankful, and very very blessed. ❤️

Merry Christmas to this group I have, 有你们，值了。❤️

 

I just couldn’t help it! 🤣

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And over Sunday dinner it was 3 of them telling me to buy those few months left bike to practice! Since one of them rides when she’s back home! 🤣

 What’s on my mind recently? 

Planning to pick up riding. 🤣

Just so when I can go back home, I can rent a bike and ride at my own time. And that I can be sure I won’t be falling like how I did the last time round! 🤣

But I’m not planning on getting the license, just wanna do the theory and practical and know how to ride can le. 

Let me continue to think about it for a bit! 😂

不值得等。

更不值得伤心。

I know in real life, we will never be a couple, much less behave this way. And I guess this dream is just an indication of my feelings for you. It’s scary, but it’s amazing too. I’m thankful I even get to dream of you like this, and it was a beautiful dream that evoked such strong emotions in me. ❤️

To whoever you may be with, I hope our friendship stays, and that you’ll always be this happy and carefree. And in a silly way, I do love you. ❤️

Yes. I took this stolen shot! 夜宵 kaki don’t stare and laugh la! 😆

Thank you for the awesome catch up yest evening till early this morning! 

And I’m the first driver in Ah Pang’s new car! 🤣

It’s happiness (in a different way.. But good happiness. ❤️). 

My 2 favouritest guys in the world. 😆

Kept seeing snippets of this show on fb. So decided to spend 10 hours (or thereabouts) to catch this show. 😂

First Jap drama series.. Love Lasts Forever. 

(And 佐藤健 as Tendo Khairi is like.......... 😍)

The storyline’s quite crap though. But brainless enough to make me want to follow. As compared to the other Taiwanese drama that made me stop at the first 3 mins. 😂 And only 10.5 episodes for this.. So I thought it’s decent to catch. 

Just want document this down - it being the first Jap drama I caught (and likely the last of it). 🙈

Definitely interesting. 

The day I dreamt of you. You texted in the morning. Yes. I receive the texts. But I choose not to reply. Coz I don’t see a need to. 

Then for 3 times in the week.. I’ve dreamt of *x. And the second night I dreamt of him. The very next evening he texted and jio-ed. Hahaha. 

I miss my 夜宵 kaki and drinking kakis. Can’t wait for after NDP! Best is if it’s a place that serves drinks as well! And for once.. I think we can celebrate Oktoberfest together - in Singapore, no less! 🤣 夜宵 kaki... With or without Ah Pang.. We are gonna go Oktoberfesting hor! 😄🍻 

Now waiting for servicing to be done.. So chilling here after breakfast with my teh-o! 😂 

Hey hey! Thanks again 夜宵 kaki for the ‘sweet morning’! 😂 

Can’t wait for our next catch up session! 😄

I’m definitely not the best judge of him - being not from the country, not part of his people. 

His measures and actions may be harsh, but look at how far the country has come, how much it has improved. 

Yes, it may not be the best solution and many will not agree with him. 

But just stop. Stop and look. 

Somehow, reading articles and posts about the situation in Philippines and him evoke more emotions than that of my own country. 

Emotions that leave me wordless. 

Philippines is a part of me. And always will be. 

To all my Filipino friends out there, no matter which part of the world you may be in, I wish you all safe, healthy, and may all the troublemakers follow instructions.

If you can weather the hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, volcano eruptions, droughts and all the natural disasters, you can come out of this stronger. I have faith in what President Duterte and the people of Philippines can do. 🙏🏻❤️

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Still wordless. And I saw another friend’s post (non Filipino) about how he ‘feel sorry from all my friends living under Du30’. 

But when I read the comments left on my own post by my Filipino friends and the posts they are posting. We stand together in this. 💪🏻

If you are reading this and snorting away at how childish/kaypoh I am/may be. That’s probably the reason why we are no longer friends. Coz you don’t deserve my time. Even of someone I’ve never met but heard about, he deserves my respect more than you. 

And you know what? There’s always a limit to one’s tolerance. Just saying. 🤷🏻‍♀️