london to see the Queen! :) the changing of guards is totally a non-serious event. the military band plays diamonds are forever. well. okay so bond is an English spy. haha. :) it's been mad weather. i left home with a spag top, pullover, socks, pants and half coat and by afternoon it became just the spag top, rolled up pants and everything else on my arm or in the bag. :) i love the afternoons. it's so hot it's painful to be out but absolutely lovely to be sprawled on the grass- anywhere there's a patch of grass. it's terribly irresponsible for me to just pack up and leave. but i realize that i really need it. as much as i didn't want to leave for that whole 4 hours i was having tuition, by the time i got to the departure gate, the tears were just too hard to hold back. it's amazing how things just fell into place like that. being able to find a place to stay, seats on the flights... it can't just be coincidence. was just doing my overdue QT on the flight. and i'm thankful for the reminders. not to judge, to remember that pain is His way of branding the image of Jesus in my life and to remember to hide the Word in my heart so that i am able to have that treasure trove when i face trials. i've been too laid back with memory verses every week. at least one of us is accountable. :/ well you anyway. it's my break. away from you. away from church. a time of refreshing. :) that's my prayer. that i get home a happy girl. and like kaige says, safely. it's so strange to be saying a happy girl. it's as if i'm not happy now. but i am. just happiness plagued with everything else. i just want to be alone. i asked for it. and i got it. :) it's so different tokyo and now. that's thinking about you and forgetting you. i'm never gonna forget but i gotta pack up the memories and move on. wish me luck!

walking into mustafa and being greeted with a good morning was like. yeah. darn right it's morning. hahaha. late night dim sum at swee choon at midnight and random mustafa shopping till 2ish. you asked me about what i'd do after getting married. that was met with an adamant i dont think i'm gonna get married. i wonder if that's my true sentiments. or that it was the direct opposite. i tread on thin ice coming to terms with emotions. a childhood friend's brother proposed to his girlfriend in church. 100 roses, a hundred balloons. it was so lovely. but he's also a lovely romantic guy :) the tears have to stop someday. a fairytale wedding. a princess dream. a girl can wish can't she?

ikea. :) but lemon butter fish was not nice. sigh. or maybe they just gave me a bad piece and i always get very lil chips. hai. meatballs were not very exciting either. chicken wings were normal. and i thought the mushroom soup was probably the best. and ikea's not supposed to be like that. so what could the problem be? me. as it seems. i'm so tired. invigilating this morning for 2h and 15 mins almost took the life out of me. breakfast is pretty darn important. hello everyone please eat breakfast :) teaching tuition for the past two nights at tampines. thank goodness for friends who drive and cabs. getting there by public transport is definitely no-go. just 5 more sessions to go including missing church next three sundays. :/ swimming tmrw with en and jia and making exciting stuffs. and thurs dinner with the girls. then saturday is young adults tea meeting. oh my. things are not slowing down even as practicum draws to a close. but who's complaining? i'm tired. but i'm happy :)

hip diner serves decent food. i'm pretty impressed. it's like billy bombers. made affordable. :) fish and chips were lovely. n because we shared, we tried the mary springs chicken too. the citibank set came with soup and milkshakes! mm. i like the vanilla one. :) strawberry's a lil too sweet. the girls had tong shui for dessert. i gave it a pass. which worked out since i went to chatterbox at mandarin for drinks after that.

a cool and easy. peppermint apple? i can't remember. but it was nice. :) and we had bites.
probably because they were hot and fried but they were good :) 38th floor really makes you want to go again. i still dont have my watch. no watch is plenty of time. time passes fast. but there's just that je ne sais quoi that's missing. i guess it's just not the same. i thought about walking down lonely lane today. and it was scary. i admitted it aloud. it's nice to hear your thoughts and dreams. i learnt to listen. and be slow to action. it's not in my part to do anything. but ganbatte. 'm always gonna be around. :)

sharing with you what's in the hotpot :) golden mushrooms, salmon, mushroom hotdogs, chicken, minced pork, veggies, wolfberries. there's more. somewhere in there :) labour day was fun. just time spent home with family. mummy wants hotpot, she gets hotpot. josh had 4 bowls of rice. thats just disturbing. but he liked dinner. yays. i think cooking is tiring. but therapeutic. i can't describe it. my back aches and my wrists are sore after all the prep but it's worth it. and while i'm doing the prep, it feels nice. if you like something you wouldnt mind doing it? :) today was the last day doing lesson plans! yays. done done done! it feels so surreal. even tummy cramps couldnt stop me from skipping. girlfriend time out, billy bombers milkshakes and cool and easy drinks at mandarin hotel. ahh. this is the life :) it gets a little awkward spending too much time out. but not thinking about it makes things easier. i had a strange dream last night. about someone named daniel and him offering me a cafe latte while he took a coke. which i think is a big deal since i dont like coke. hahaha. very strange. in any case. i'm off to bed. kairos whole day tmrw! :)

:) mad chocolate. well, the original stash looked mad. till there was the office people, the family to give away to. i can't wait to share them with jia and en. i hope we have a committee mtg soon enough before the chocolate umm. haha. i love this shot with mum. she can't do candid shots. which i thought was really cute. this was one of the very few she tried. i wish i went to frankfurt with daddy. i hope i will get to sometime :) finally cleared the last of my observations ytd. it went good. i loved my kids for trying so hard. it was so cute. to see them really just trying their best to keep quiet and pay full attention. it's the first day i've only had to call wx's name once. haha. the cutest. we had caricuture drawing class in sch ytd. ooh he drew me a picture.

aww. :) peter draw. i like the guy. he's funny. genuine. :) and the picture looks like you. staying in school till 5pm on a mad hot day was no joke. but i had my girls. jo and angel and karen. it was nice. very nice. i could stay on in this school. if i had them with me. i'm thankful that angel's my neighbour. i love my aisle. it always gets hard to leave. a 10 week relationship thats ending soon. it's the first labour day that i'm having as a working individual. heh. :) en and i signed up for the 10k yesterday. haha. it sounds suicidal currently. but then when we were deliberating over it. it sounded like good training for nepal and lots of girlfriend time. i can't wait to make those pretty hairbands together. my anklet's become quite a part of me. i think it's grace. a naked wrist and an adorned ankle. everything works out for the good of you and me. :) teaching tuition next week. i hope it works out okay. 'll be missing church for abt a month. :/ i hope it's gonna be okay.