boorathon

Thought I saw someone I knew on the way to work today. Only saw the back but was rather sure it was that person. Memories started trickling. Came into the office. Read a couple of email threads between said person and myself. Then the floodgates of emotions gushed open. Wow. Just like that. This funny little thing called nostalgia.

Sometimes, or should I say most of the times...it's better not to know it exists, for when that happens, it breeds yearning. It's even worse when you get to see it. Problem is, you don't get to see everything. You're offered some kind of sneak preview. A little peek, a quick glimpse. And you want more. Always happens, doesn't it? Out of sight, out of mind. Get a little, want some more. Human nature. Sigh...

By the way, in case you are wondering......i DO have something in mind when I typed all these.
My abs.

I luuuuuuuuuuv playing (soccer) with girls. No, not the kind that scream when the ball goes near them,but the kind that wouldn't hold back from a tackle :)

I luuuuv jogging past crowds who are gorging themselves silly with food. The look of guilt on their faces is priceless :p

I luuuuv Body Combat, coz I can beat the crap out of someone, yet nobody gets hurt at the end.

I luuuuuuuuv Body Pump, coz there' just something about guys and dumbells.

My back is killing me, so they put cups on it and suck all the blood into big round spots. Scary shit. Worked for a while, but now the pain is back.

My knee joints start to hurt, so I buy some glucocamine (did I spell that non-word correctly?). Pills are as big as ostrich eggs and I need to push them down each time. Still hurting.

My feet are adorned with three blisters. Because I managed to forget to being my socks for yesterday's jog.

With all of this happening to me, there's no better time than today at noon....to go for Body Combat class!!! There is that bit of sadomasochism in all of us, no? :)

It's weird that I was missing my tuition student for 4 years, coz she took her O levels last year, and then she tells me that she did really badly and may have to repeat her Os :(

It's weird that I dreamt of you last night. And you were so real. And you behaved exactly as I knew you would :(

What a Christmas morning. Usually Christmas mornings are about unwrapping presents, loving what you're giving and receiving. Getting countless pass-it-on sms-es. But the 1st sms I got this Christmas morning, was to inform me that my cousin, all of 34 years only, had finally succumbed to cancer and passed away. I was so taken aback that I needed to hold on to the shoe cabinet. Gather my thoughts, emotions, and figure how what was happening. To my now-clouded memory, this is the first time I'm witnessing the death of someone younger than myself. Weird. Really weird. This is the cousin who would line up right behind me, everytime we arranged ourselves according to our age. This is the cousin who was quiet, like me. This is the cousin who was lying in the coffin and sent into cremation fires this morning. I'm still in my mourning clothes and my heart is still cringing. But I know she has passed on. For good. Good bye, my dear cousin, goodbye. Till we meet again, someday, in heaven. Then maybe you could tell me why, you had chosen to leave, on Christmas morning.

I am becoming increasingly convinced that shopping for and giving a gift to someone special (maybe not super special or exclusively special but special enough to stand out in a crowd), then seeing the happiness in that person, is way more precious than receiving gifts, even from that same person.

Self-centred as I may be, I think I'm still a giving person, more than a receiving person. It truly gives me great joy to know that I've given somebody some joy. It's my pleasure to give you pleasure :D

A nice holiday on a cruise; the sight of my two sons seated at the porthole looking out to sea was really, really sweet. And how the older one is like me in being addicted to arcade games (we played till the very, very last minute before they shut off for disembarkation!!)

Nice prezzies....especially the Liverpool jersey with my name and age emblazoned on the back. Sweet!!! The many new shirts as well! Whee....I have a new wardrobe already!!

A trip to JB where I saw my friend's clinic and can share in his joy of finally being the boss. It was special and poignant for me to spend the part of the special day with him.

A nice movie with the wifey, and it's particularly precious these days, given our busy schedules. Was a great Japanese movie as well!

My all-time favourite dish (Pig trotters in vinegar!!) prepared by my mum. Really heartwarming to know she still dotes on me. I'll never outgrow the 'spoilt youngest child' tag, I guess :p

My elder son giving a full rendition of the birthday song alone! I thought he would stop after a line or two, realizing that he was the ONLY one singing. But he went all the way!! :)

A bithday cake from my colleagues that's called 'Boo Boo cake'!! No kidding!! It's from NYDC! Hahahaa...A gigantic birthday card with some really sweet words.

An entertaining and fun karaoke party. Amazing how the different personalities all came across somehow in the way the songs were chosen annd sung, with the pool table and massage chair helping to show up a few personalities as well! We had those sizzling sparklers too! So nostalgic.

My ex-colleagues coming down to my present office for a birthday lunch. Really nice of them to remember and make it a point to 'deliver themselves' for a birthday lunch treat! And it was a great lunch as well!!

This has really been a great birthday for me. I really cannot ask for more. Fantastic!!

For a country which doesn't agree with me in terms of food and sports....there was just one place to hit....the BEACH!!! And hence I got burned....even when I had applied suntan lotion!! Oh well....there were interesting sights though:

i) The indian couple making out with everyone staring at them
ii) The asian girl who suntanned in her bra instead of a bikini
iii) The south american boy who played beach football with an injured ankle
iv) The silly Singaporean who was the ONLY sunbather without a beach towel and had to suntan in a seated position, causing his tan to look really blotched and uneven. Sigh...

Sometimes events occur at uncanny timing. Out of the blue, someone asks me if I can recommend grapes to her. I don't particularly care for grapes and it isn't grape season so I tell her I'll keep a lookout for her, but not to set her hopes high as grape season won't happen for the next 2 months.

And voila!! The very next day, I get a call from another party asking if I want to buy grapes!! Wow. Seriously. Wow. I cannot run away from the fact that this seems like a totally cool set-up. At unbelievable timing. Cunning conspiracy?? Or Crazy Coincidence?? In any case, I'll be bringing someone grape shopping soon :)