Have a beautiful day!

Just saw Qiuting online, and realised how long it's been since we've last heard from each other. Somehow, just before she logged off, I suddenly remembered the phrase I used to use to end off my angel-mortal letters to her, and at the spur of the moment, I ended the conversation with "Have a beautiful day tomorrow!"

It's been about 9 years. Yet, everything just felt like yesterday. The M&Ms on Chinese New Year eve, the continuous stream of letters thereafter. More importantly, I still remember how my angel used to notice whether I was smiling and as a result, I made an even greater effort to keep the smile on my face.

Perhaps, like what I said to LiJia on Friday, certain friendships are not as easily erased. Koon was absolutely spot-on when he was so certain that I would turn up for JianPing's wedding, even though I wasn't even sure myself then. Perhaps it was cause Mr Tay knew my character better than I knew myself. Whatever the case, after the 7th phone call and a sprained ankle, I decided to go online just to tell Mr Chai that I would turn up for his wedding.

To a certain extent, I was glad I did. Or perhaps I am just easily 哄. For the sake of a particular sentence, I became definitive that even if I had anything on on that day itself, I would still cancel out on whoever/whatever it is, just so that I could turn up. So much for my resolution.

Perhaps it's apt that one ex CCA mate actually described me as 怪怪的. Certain things may seem so tiny and insignificant to others, yet they mean the whole world to me. Take for example my answer to LiJia's question on my favourite(?) birthday present. The first thing that came to my mind was just one particular sms. Or how I wouldn't mind having the opportunity to buy a particular senior lunch/dinner as my birthday present this year, just so that I can thank him personally after all these years.

Dinner with a close friend is always a relaxing affair. We may have lost quite a bit of our girl-ish gushing, but a lot of the contents of our chats remain timeless. In fact, I can so picture us chatting about the same topics ten years down the road, albeit with an even more matured slant (I hope?). Perhaps it's just me, but I noticed that no matter how much one has supposedly grown up, one still more or less behaves the way one behaves when you've just became friends. Good or bad? I don't know. But the sense of familarity is always welcome in a society of ever changes.

Desserts at 2am:Dessertbar
Totally forgot that Ryan actually paid for the desserts. Next time it'll be on me, k Lijia?

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Finally, a picture from the exhibition at Suntec:

Despite my non-presentable ankle and a potentially boring afternoon, the exhibition was interesting only because I had Shuyun around. Too bad it'll be our first and last time working on something together huh?