I've been in Singapore for about a week and a half now and it's been going good so far. I've settled into my room and put up lots of photos on the cupboards. I have met up with a few friends although I'm taking my time to meet up with everyone. I played tennis 5 times last week and went swimming once. It was so good to finally get to go down to school and play with all my friends. I don't look forward to meeting people on the street, especially the ones whom I was not so close to. I'm just tired of answering all the same questions over and over again. People always ask the same stuff like "Oh are you back for good?" or "So have you found a job yet?" and "What are your plans for the future?"...blah blah blah... I need a tape recorder so I can just record my model answers and play them to whoever wants to know. Ugh!!

Chris organized a dinner for Friday night and the guys (nan ren) were all supposed to come to see ME! In the end, only 2 of them turned up but still this was good because we had a nice number for mahjong where I won the most. Whoopee!!! Did I mention that I now have a mahjong table and mahjong set in my house????

Saturday was tennis with the TP team and we played for almost 3 hours before going for lunch. I love spending time with the gang. Everything is so relaxed and natural. Everyone has the same passion about tennis. Although the gang has become a lot smaller than the past, we have remained close and it's wonderful to know that these are people you can meet up even when you've been out-of-touch for a while and still feel close to them. There's been talk about setting up a TP Alumni tennis team and if all goes it, this will be starting soon. That's something to look forward to. After tennis, I went for dinner with my oldest friend (no, he's the same age as I am but I've known him for so long) and we played a little mahjong with my sister. A total disaster occured after that when I was trying to close up the table with my right leg but it was too heavy. Instead, it fell flat on the floor, with my foot stuck between the metal rods. Damn that hurt like hell and I had a huge bruise popping right out! Luckily Wen got some ice and that brought the swelling down. I am still limping right now and I can't play tennis...darn it...

On the bright side, I managed to go for a late supper with my lecturer, Ju and Chris. It was so last minute because Ju and Chris couldn't or didn't want to go at first but around 10 pm, they all called and said that they wanted to meet after all. So we went down to Geylang because it was one of the places where people normally go for supper but then, we switched to East Coast since everyone was too full to eat anyway. Hence, we headed to the Mac's at East Coast and bought some drinks, walked along the beach and found a bench to sit on. Boy, it was so crowded that night, probably because it was a Saturday. We had a great and meaningful talk for a couple of hours when we decided to go down to my lecturer's place. Chris had not seen his place and I had only seen it before he moved it. We got there around 2 plus in the morning and continued the talk till almost 5 am. It's a good thing my mum and dad aren't so uptight about my going out since I went to Brisbane.

I got home and slept for 4 hours before waking up. There was going to be a meet up between us Maplers that day. First there was a mahjong session and then we went down to City Link Mall for dinner. I had tons of fun and laughed a lot. It was good considering I had not met some of these people face-to-face before. Everything went smoothly although the topics tended to veer towards the game. Still, it was a good night to remember.

Dinner at New York New York with Kit, me, Da, Cloudy and Ken Ken.

Dessert afterwards with my sister in the photo as well.

For now, I'm taking things easy and slow. I want to go out to meet friends but at the same time, I just feel like resting at home. I feel like I need some time for myself, especially after starting work immediately after finishing up my honours. Even though I love my job, even though I took 2 weeks off from work when my family came over, even though I had 1 week off for Christmas and New Year, and even though I got to go to Melbourne for 1 week to watch the Australian Open 2007, I feel like I haven't had enough time to breathe and have a proper holiday.

Let's just wait and see...