Reasons to be Happy

Roughly an hour to go before math lecture. I've finished my tutorial already (well, HALF of it at least) AND I don't have physics lab anymore! I never have to take a physics module or have a lab session EVER AGAIN and that, my friends, is reason enough to celebrate. Lab in high school was tolerable merely because of my favorite lab mates and all the gossip-kiss-and-tell sessions we'd have. Oh, the carefree days of high school. The Xygenz batch just had their graduation and grad ball recently and looking at pictures and blog entries on Multiply made me all nostalgic that I couldn't help but dig up my own grad and ball pictures.



ICA Graduation 2006



ICA Grad Ball 2006: With my best friends, the Breakfast Club :)

I feel so bloated and fat this week that I've increased my exercise load given that my work load is relatively free (no more debate training on Tuesdays and Thursdays, no more lab!) I did the usual run/swim routine with Hian Yi on Monday and swam with new swimming buddies last night and this morning. Went with Kai Juan to the pool last night cause the heat was just killing us and went with Esther this morning so she and I could finally go swimming together. I did 12 laps each on both sessions because I'm lazy like that. Sigh. My stroke is all wrong and I'm hoping Saturday morning's swim session with Neil and Chaya will help improve it. Tomorrow till Sunday will be swim/run or plain swim sessions. I'm beginning to get addicted to exercise. Endorphins really really help. Plus I get to sleep better which is always ALWAYS a good thing.

Speaking of sleep, I had the WEIRDEST dream (nightmare?) yesterday while I was napping after my Econometrics lecture. I dreamt that I was in Zouk with my friends from hall and get this: my mom and dad went clubbing with us. *shudder* Imagining my parents drinking, dancing and *horror* grinding is just plain disturbing. The weirdest part of the dream was that my gums were bleeding to the point that my whole mouth was full of blood and my teeth were blood-stained.

March is quickly coming to an end and it'll be April in a few days. I just realized that I've always spent a part of my summer (well, summer by Philippine definition is March/April/May) in Singapore for the past two years. Two years ago, it was to visit my sister who, at that time, was still working here. That was a horrible vacation as I was entering my teenage my-family-is-controlling-me-too-much rebellious phase. Last year, I came for a scholarship interview at SMU and also to visit my sister. A lot of things happened in those two summers that contributed significantly to who I am now. They weren't happy experiences -- in fact, I remember breaking down and crying incidents both times I was here. (And if you know me, you'd know that I rarely RARELY cry so if I do cry, then it must be something big.) One thing I've learned from those experiences is that you make mistakes, and life DOES move on, and you do get over those things. At that time, the world might have seemed to come to an end, but guess what -- the Earth goes on turning and turning, and you'll see that things usually turn out okay in the end. Things may not go as planned, but it's fine - it gives you an opportunity to think on your feet and figure out where to go from there.



Singapore: May 2006 - With Jayme, one of my fave SMU friends :)



Singapore: May 2005 - At Bugis with my mom, dad, and then still single sister

And one last reason to be happy -- my sister is coming to visit her boyfriend for a week so I get to see her on Tuesday! Can't wait to catch up with her :)



With Achie on Christmas Eve Mass