The house is silent and peaceful. Only Danielle and I are around. Steph has gone out for dinner and a movie with friends. Mil's away up Sunshine Coast with her parents, uncle and auntie. How fortunate to have family around! Even though the sheer number of people squeezing in the house (8 including the original housemates) makes using the amenities a little troublesome, I love the idea of coming home to a house full of people. It just seems so much more cosy and you have something to look forward to at the end of a busy day. Work has been so hectic and my PMS colleague isn't making things easy for me. At least I could come home and forget about all those problems by chatting around. I don't know if I would like having my parents here though. Somehow I feel that they might feel awkward. I cannot imagine my parents sleeping on the couch because they have never done such a thing before. My dad doesn't cook so he can't shower his love by cooking up a feast for me. My mum cooks but she wouldn't want to cook while on her holiday and sad to say, I think I prefer my cooking to hers. My dad isn't the kind who could stay home all day waiting for me to come home from work to entertain him. He would probably rent a car and be out golfing all day, leaving my mum at home by herself. Such is the case even back home in S'pore and he hates to go touring around. He would rather play golf. So if I had a choice, I would rather have just my sister to come, even though I know it would be quite impossible for her to come again at the end of the year. Chris was right. The graduation ceremony is nothing but a show for parents and relatives to bask in the glory of their beloved child being able to get a piece of paper and prove that all that money was well-spent. Given a choice, I would skip the ceremony altogether and go shopping with my friends or sister. In fact, I think, during my ceremony, I shall go up and take my piece of paper and then walk out of the hall instead of going back to my seat and listening to a couple of boring speeches and a school song which isn't even in English. I shall go out and wait for the ceremony to finish, meanwhile taking pictures and playing "Turtle Jump". Anyone wants to join me?????

P.S. Now even Danielle has gone out to get groceries. I want to go out too. But I need to save the money and also work on my report which I have been neglecting for so long. Why oh why oh why......