Too often, we understimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of care. All of which have the potential to turn a life around.

1 month has flown by SUPER fast & I'm finally nearing the finish line of my internship. Excited much?
I can barely wait. The last four days are going to be torturing, just watching the hours tick by.
Have I told you that I'm a part of this study with IMH on youths that have mental disorders? Don't worry, I'm not crazy.
I fall into the 'normal' category. I've been for 2 sessions & I find it pretty interesting.
The scary part is having my blood drawn but it wasn't so bad after all. Plus, I get compensated with $50 everytime I go for a session.
I have a brain scan coming up in december & that would mean $100 compensation for me. VERY AWESOME.
I think this study is very different & I'm lucky to be going through this. In a way, I'm helping a good cause; helping them find out what the signs of troubled youths are.
My internship has been rather fruitful. I've learnt quite a bit about the retail industry - what goes behind everything.
So, I think I'm ready! Anyone willing to spare $50,000?
I'd be eternally grateful.

On 6 november, benedict, melinda, xiao ping, yilong, R & I went for a 'night picnic' at changi. Not as awkward as I thought it would be.
Enjoyed myself quite a bit & we definitely had a few laughs. It was a nice change from the mundane work week.
Was suppose to go kayaking the next day but they couldn't wake up so R & I decided to take a trip to johor for the fun of it. Actually, the main reason was to go eat Kenny Rogers at a cheaper price!
HAHA! Did a bit of shopping; spent $50 in all.
Halfway through shopping, a fire alarm test was carried out & the shopping mall went to like FREAKING LOCK DOWN. The shutters were closing and a huge cloth covered every single escalator.
I swear I thought terrorists were coming. At least that made the trip there a little less ordinary.
Went tanning the next day & I still have leftover skin peeling. I'm never going back to downtown east to tan again.
I used to think that hougang swimming complex was dirty & algae-y. However, it turns out that the place is clean & rather empty for weekends which is awesome.
OHMYG! And I really need to STOP SHOPPING.
I've a new piece thrown into my cupboard every week. This is very very very very very bad.
When my mum does the laundry, she's going to kill me & feed me to her fish. That's why I've decided to forgo tomorrow's flea market & stay home and be a thrifty person.
Last friday, benedict, melinda, xiao ping & R came over for POOOOOOKER NIGHT! It seems that I shouldn't gamble at all; not in any form.
I've really unlucky hands. Thank god I restrained myself & didn't try to get back my loss.
In the end, I lost $10 and it was painful enough. Never ever going to gamble again..... unless it's chinese new year.
Went tanning AGAIN last saturday & headed to a flea market at upper bukit timah with benedict and melinda. It was the saddest one I've ever seen.
Really really miserable. There were barely 10 stalls, I think.
We finished the ENTIRE tiny flea market in 5 minutes! HAHA!
Went down to pasir ris park for dinner & drinks after that. I really miss pasir ris ):

I want to move back there as soon as possible, please! I miss the beach & the closeness of everyone.
I miss just throwing on a jacket & walking there whenever I was feeling down or just needed to get out of the suffocating house. That place was my confidant, a place where I could cry and the wind would listen & soothe me.
I just want to go back there. I'm pretty sure I left a huge part of my heart there.
I feel I'm not as sentimental as before; it's like as if my heart has gone cold. I seldom cry & whenever I do, it would only a few tear drops before I tell myself to stop so that my eyes won't be puffy the next day.
I could cry as much as I wanted or at least until I felt better before because I knew that when I woke up the next day, I've friends in school who will comfort me. Right now, I feel like it's me against the world sometimes.
All my friends are in the east. It really sucks to be so near yet so far away.
I miss being just a bus ride away from siti. We were there for each other whenever one was down & all it took was a phone call and I'd be on the bus there.
Saying all these makes me feel like a 'girly girl'. Guess I've been so used to putting up a strong front lately that it's so hard for me to show any emotion & it really sucks.

ANYWAY, putting all these sappy-ness aside, R & I caught paranormal activity on tuesday. The starting was really draggy & boring.
The scary-ness only picked up during the last few scenes which haunted me that night when I went to sleep. I was practically slapping and grabbing his arm because I was so frightened.
But after R told me that the whole show isn't a REAL footage, I felt much better. I say you all should catch it but be prepared to feel dizzy at one point or another because the whole movie was caught on a video camera.
I actually felt like pucking halfway through the show. I heard a couple leave & the girl was saying that she didn't want to stay and watch anymore.
Sounds like a harrison, doesn't it? Went to the flea market at home club today & walked away with good buys.
Spent $21 in total on a ring, necklace & dress. I say it's good money spent but no more money shall be spent.
Walked down orchard road to take 5 to expo for the john little sale. I was so tired by the time we reached there that I didn't feel like shopping anymore so we bought snacks & took a bus home.
Watched 'made of honour' on my laptop just now. Talked to siti over the phone for awhile just now & it felt really nice.
I AM SOOOOOO LOOKING FORWARD TO 28 NOVEMBER! WAVEHOUSE, HERE WE COME!

Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe, you'll believe them. However, if they tell you that a wall has wet paint, you'll have to touch it to be sure?

The weekend has been awesome. Correction - the whole month has been great.
My internship has been the same, getting work as & when I'm needed to complete something. There's only 1 more month until the end! Exciting much.
So, what has the month brought me ever since the last update? R & I had dinner at a new restaurant called 'fatboy's burger bar'. It's at upper thomson road & the food is great!
You get to build your own burger or choose from those they created. Not exactly cheap but it's worth a try.
Oh oh! But you HAAAAVE to try the beer battered onion rings.
It's super awesome. Head there & try it with a mug of beer; you'll enter heaven!
Had our share of movies too. Caught 500 days of summer, sorority row & my sister's keeper.
500 days of summer was a nice movie about love, sprinkles of humour in every scene keeps everyone intrigued by the witty-ness of the show. Sorority row was plain thrilling & gross; unexpected twist to the story that didn't make the movie the usual 'murderer killing everyone' plot.
My sister's keeper is simply heart-wrenching. You could hear sniffling throughout the whole movie & I was guilty as charged.
Also, R & I hit our 24 months. So on my part, I planned a picnic for the both us.


Got recepies off the internet & made potato salad, macaroni salad & cajun fried chicken. Did that get your tummy rumbling all over again?
Haha. Had nachos with salsa sauce & sparkling juice too!
The food was great, not exactly what I expected, but passable for my first try (:

It was really just a nice, relaxing day by the beach, away from all the hustle of life. Part 2 of our celebration was carried out yesterday.
R, it's okay that your initial plan didn't follow through. We'll just save the money to go to langkawi in february/ march!
So, initial plans to hit the wavehouse, tan & stay at the siloso beach resort didn't come through but the back-up plan was good enough. Got a room at copthorne king's hotel for the night, shopped around orchard & watched soccer back in the hotel room with beer & chips.


I'm super super sorry for falling asleep while waiting for 12am to come & ended up not hitting clarke quay for drinks instead. I seriously hope you're not mad but I really enjoyed myself this weekend.
Just spending it with you would have made everything great but what you did just made this day even more special. Now we're back home & back to reality.
Aaaaargh! If only I could stop the world & just stay in your arms under that comfy blanket for as long as I wanted.

If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever.

There's a little truth behind every 'just kidding', a little curiosity behind every 'just wondering', a little knowledge behind every 'I don't know' & a little emotion behind every 'I don't care'.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.