Jun's birthday
Oh look at the fun we had on the 23rd!
Well we were still one day early anyway.
Happy big 2!
Jun turned 20 on 240706
and who's the interloper in the background anyway?
suckers
We've lost the war even before its been fought. first
they gave us a little and it was good, things seemed to
become so much better. we thought 'it' was the
cure-all, and we took more and more. bit by bit 'it'
became the drug, we couldnt see life without 'it'.
blinded by logic that 'it' is so good it cannot be bad,
we justify our dependence. that it is technology, and
it has us by the balls and when it screws up like what
blogger did to my painstakingly typed entry all we can
do is throw our hands in frustration and complain.
but anyway i'll see what i can remember and fill you
guys in. so ade, its true i dont really like my mom.
but she still is my mom and i try to at least show her
i care once in a while (a women doesnt really preach
when shes busy doing something like shopping you know)
besides my grandma and dad were around too and
after spending so much time in army i owe them that
little bit i guess. anyway it felt as if the whole world
was there at marina which is now so happening.
people, go there and check it out, cos it is worth it!
dating the oldies
well i had an interesting day today. seems that my
fears of not being employed upon ord are largely
unfounded. tell you why.
i went to barker at 0730 today and swam till about
0800 then i proceeded to dry of and change into my
badminton gear. then since i was early i helped to
set up the courts and suddenly this uncle (hell i didnt
even know he was the head coach) offered to pay me
to just coach for a few hours!!! man i would have a job
after i ord!! yeah! so thats the first good thing.
then i brought out my parents today to marina
shopping center and thats where i met so many people!
i bumped into ade and chris again(not shy anymore
this time ;p) quanda(metro) with another slim and
pretty girl by his side. leslie, duane and ronald. small
world huh? so anyway ade i tot i'd explain the parents
part here since we were pulled away so fast. yeah i dont
like many things about my parents, i fight, bitch, throw
tantrums and argue with them and their thinking but
somehow i try to make it up silently by doing nice things
for them instead. yeah their still my parents so i guess
the old school gentleman in me still wants 2 treat them
well but maintain his machismo oh well. so that figures
why i still spend the most time with them. afterall they
know its a sacrifice to date your parents. but today is
a nice day, and next saturdays gonna be better because
we will arrange an event to gather all the leavers who
came back yah? so ricky, cheryl and whoever else from
sc10 is reading this come!!! get yourselves together with
us and eat!!!!
before closing the chapter at 20
the first dance
me, jun and vino
the freaky dance
4 days in a weekend, 4 months to ord. time's supposed to fly
but instead it slows to a crawl. i'm having army withdrawl
already and i felt really lost today not knowing how to
occupy myself without spending a cent. i decided to head to
town to answer those questions. i also figured that i would
scout for the ideal place for my future job. i aspire to be a
teacher after ord for those who dont know and i want to find
a school which is willing to invest in badminton, track and
a non-conformist teacher. but it all went to waste since the
only places i looked were my alma maters. found out that
my p6 teacher in js, mdm tan is pregnant again (wow).
i really remembered how she used to walk into class and
everyone would fall silent, she was strict yet caring on
hindsight. man i wonder if she'll be proud of my now
remembering all the trouble i caused. also i went to visit
ricky at her office in sheraton towers today. haha. i think i
caught her at a busy time but she was nice enough to spare
me a few minutes of her valuable time. man she really looks
stunning in the executive outfit. hope we can meet up again
before u leave for the other side of the planet. i'll try to get
the video of jun's attractively choreographed number up
soon so keep watching!!!
she's left
sometimes and especially in my family, the needs of
displaced, disparate and hardly at home members
need a common rally point, and in this place the other
woman fits in. but before all goes up in an uproar about
promiscuous unfaithful spouses let me just say that no
'other' woman would be welcomed by a couple's children
if they were marriage breakers. especially when this position
at one time at home was filled by my grandma. yes,
i'm refering to people who are our alternate points of focus.
and so i present to you aunt leni. she's just left a few hours
ago and her absence eats into us all already. a missionary
by occupation ( not that its a job but it keeps her occupied,
the word is volunatary) shes someone who restores order
to this contentious place by distracting us from firing our
arrows at each other. she's whom i'd try to speak spanish
with. she'd be able to placate grandma since she speaks
indonesian. she dotes on both my brothers and she'll regale
my parents with stories of the mission field. so as a neutral,
she's easier to listen to and having her diverse background
she provides a refreshing point of view. hence conversations
and not shouting matches do occur when she's around and
the former more frequently than the latter instead of
vice-versa. she will be missed...
Jun turned 20 on 240706
