weekend after was good. sat was sn fiesta! in case you didnt know yet. haha. it was good. i'd forgotten how hot st nicks could get and the severe lack of air conditioning in the school. there is really no place that you can go to cool off. the best we could do was stand at secret places where there is a fair bit of wind. otherwise you can just melt. the heat is definitely something i dont miss. how did we survive ten years of that, and in pinafores too? ohh maybe thats why we hardly put on weight when we were in sn. and with the amount of staircases! we are living like pampered brats compared to last time. haha. but ive decided to go back more often, especially seeing as now i have all the time in the world to go back and eat orange bowl every day :) anyone on? haha.
sunday was good too. we went to explore a new place which actually was clarke quay. and quite a bit. alot of walking once again, but we did see some pretty interesting things. and we [or rather i!] ate hargao for dinner! yumyumyum :)
on my first day of unemployment, otherwise known as monday, charm, steven and i met up to go to bukit chandu. but..after we reached the meeting place then they told me that bukit chandu doesn't open on mondays. oh well. so we went to the old ford factory only. and den we went to the park outside bukit chandu [thats still open!] and had a picnic! picnicking was fun :) we were attacked by mosquitoes and charm amputated my toe by jumping on it, but otherwise no harm done :)
on my second day of unemployment, otherwise known as tuesday, caroline and i went shopping and we watched the bucket list! we didnt buy anything tho. although we did try quite a fair bit of stuff. haha. but nothing nice enough to buy :( the bucket list is not bad though. not exactly the best movie i've ever watched but its watchable. i think there are few movies nowadays that can be classified as something better than watchable, unfortunately.
and ive decided not to look for another 9 to 5 job. i think what winston said to me on our last day really hit home. we are going to be spending our next 50 to 60 years working. why be overzealous now? haha. so ive decided that since there is no pressing need to earn money now, i shall do stuff i actually want to do, rather than work administrative jobs. things that will make my life worthwhile and help me be accountable if i die tmr. im not being sadist but im really scared of leaving before ive done stuff i should do, and spent all my lifetime doing stuff people think i should do. i cant even convince myself that it was a life well lived, how do i explain it to the One up there? its time to be brave and live! and of course i can continue volunteering even after we start school. i might not have as much time but im sure i can still find a way to be involved. now is a good time to find something worthwhile to be involved in, since i have time to look around and find something i feel for to do. so i shall have a flexi timing kinda thing. which is good because i get to fit in everything i wanna do. but on e other hand since i dont have a secretary or a PA it means im going to have to arrange everything myself. hmm. i dont know if this is how im gonna spend my next 3 or 4 months though. it depends on how everything works out, whether a combination of part time work and volunteering is gonna satisfy me. ideally though, it sounds perfect. whether it can actually be done is a whole different story. but, i shall make it work. i must!
[disclaimer: this is purely ming's personal thoughts and she is not trying to convince anyone to give up their job and join her in unemployment. but of course if you want to you are more than welcome to :)]
so much to do so much to see
so what's wrong with taking the back streets
you'll never know if you don't go
you'll never shine if you don't glow
hey now you're an all star get you game on, go play
hey now you're a rock star, get the the show on, get paid
all that glitters is gold
only shooting stars break the mould
live well, everyone! have a good week ahead :)
a star fell from the sky;
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