5 Things to be Happy About -- 19 Sept 2006

A few weeks ago, I typed half an entry on the things I'm grateful for. In a way, listing them out one by one would remind me that no matter how bad things are, there's always something to look forward to. The entry was never completed basically because I was sleepy and too brain dead to type a coherent entry. This time round though, I shall quit being so ambitious, and stick to listing things that make me happy for the day. Well, at least, reminding myself of what makes me happy does prolong the happy effect too...

(1) Gek Koon's package! It's been so many days, and although the thrilled effect has more or less worn off, there's still glimpses of cheeriness at the thought of the package. It's not the thing that counts, but rather, the thought, and the friendship. In a way, I'm still very much of an attention seeker, I guess. I like the feeling of being showered concern, and so every little bit of unexpected concern that I get is sufficient to last me a long long time!

(2) Page 40 of yesterday's TODAY papers!! If you can't figure out what it is, then too bad! =p When I first saw that page, I was so excited I was basically exclaiming to Irene. I guess she was rather amuse, but hey, he's part of one huge part of my childhood memory. I guess I was a bit crazy to flip to that page, and then look at it whilst working, when I was feeling really drowsy in the afternoon. Then again, who cares, cause it worked for me, and that's what matters. Too bad Geylang United didn't win last night though. Nevermind, I'll still be supporting Geylang United for the rest of this season! =) And in case you are wondering, yes, THAT article is still on my table, at a place where I can see it when I look up.

(3) As I was helping these 2 blind men out of our building and into the cab this afternoon, a thought flashed acrossed my mind. Would I be a very different person today if I had followed Mrs Khoo's suggestion that I take up Social Work in university? Frankly, now that I look at it, I actually shudder at the thought. Still, I was happy to get the break to go down to servicing when Carina called me up to ask about something, relating to these blind men. And the tinge of happiness when helping the men out of the building, down the stairs, opening the taxi door and helping them in. It's been such a long while since I could feel, and it so reminded of the first time I realised how true the Chinese proverb "zhu ren wei kuai le zi ben" was. Perhaps there's still a tiny tinge of niceness hidden within me? I don't know.

(4) Again related to point 3, I guess I'm quite a creature for familiarity. When I went downstairs, past the door at the reception and into the servicing staff area, the safeness and familiarity made me suddenly feel at home. I was even happy to speak a bit to the customer. I'm not sure whether it has something to do with my 'buddies' at the reception, but in any case, I really do enjoy my stint as a receptionist. Well, minus the interacting with a large number of stupid bums there, of course. I don't know if it was just out of professionalism, but I could generate the bright smile and chirpiness for a full 9 hours at reception. I wonder where all that energy went.

(5) Dinner. Was supposed to have tuition today, but in the end, I forced myself to stay behind to start on something. Not that I want to, of course. And actually, I was supposed to have dinner with Sihao, but somehow I didn't have his home number, and I presumed his handphone number should have been cancelled by now, so I couldn't confirm with him. (Sihao, if you are reading this, I'm so sorry!) In the end, dinner was with Mr Chan, and unsurprisingly, of course, we had Japanese food. Too bad Mr Tan couldn't join us.. (Ehz.. who did you call 'the not-adorable one' in Mr Chan's sms? And I STILL remember that you didn't save my office number.. Haha) The apple dessert was nice, though it wasn't as nice as the one I had with Adrian at Waraku (hear that, Mr Tan? hee..) But Mr Gary Chan, you could have made dinner a lot nicer if you had made the effort to be more polite and more "politically correct" whenever you were referring to me, right?

That's basically the 5 things for today. Somehow even though I was supposed to list only, the elaboration just made this entry look so awfully long again today. Meisi's birthday is coming in another 4 days time. I'm still thinking of getting her the Jay Chou's cd. Should I? It'll be even better if Jay Chou were in Singapore, because, I would gladly get him to autograph the CD for her. Meisi, get well soon, k? I miss you!

And before I end off and crash into bed.. Somehow the people around me aren't very happy lately.. Just in case any of you need, here's something for all of you who need this:-

HUGZ!!!!!! =)

PS: This is just a reminder that a certain Mr LwW~ has promised to film himself drinking water using a 葱 and send this footage to me in December during the school holidays. --> I'm sure my sis would love to watch this too, right sis? =)