Survivor: Borneo

Only one day left till a 4 day weekend for Chinese New Year (CNY)!!! Whooo!!

Unsurprisingly, this has kept me a bit more chirpy during the course of the past few days. Just the thought of not having to wake up at 7am and to rush around like a headless chicken as I try to get to work makes me wanna thank all the chinese for creating another new year to which we can all enjoy a holiday! Whooo!!

My chirpiness was enhanced with my new hair-cut, and as a result, I saw light in the simple things in life. Why, just today, when I was waiting for the bus, I saw this girl again. She's a little bit 'abnormal' in the sense that she has several things 'wrong' with her. I won't go into details, but the thing is, when I saw her, with her friend (who didn't seem abnormal), they were waving across the street to this other guy who seemed pretty 'unusual' as well. I don't think I can say abnormal because he was too far away to judge, but one thing's for sure, they were friends. Maybe it was because he tucked his shirt in so deep, and his pants so high, that they have this 'togetherness' which makes their relationship so much easier to empathize for one another.
What I want to highlight about this is that when I saw their 'excitement' to see each other, I couldn't help but smile and be happy for them. I smiled for two reasons, which I have just realised.

Firstly, CNY is coming, and there's no need to be so gloomy about the whole going to work thing anymore. This is the last day till my 4 day weekend comes up, and plus, this is also the last week where I will be working for a whole week. The next 3 weeks, I will be working for 2-3 days per week, because of many many delightful interruptions. Only 9.5hrs left till I finish the final day of my full working week!

Secondly, my hair cut was really cool.

And finally, they were friends. Having friends can be a really beautiful thing. I won't go into "Oh, please don't take your friends for granted" thing again. I think I've done enough of that. But just to see them getting all excited about seeing their friend(s) again, it was really nice. Even 'special' people like them have friends too. It was really lovely to see that.

hehe, and to top it all off, after they went to meet each other at the nearest traffic light, I saw another slightly 'abnormal' boy again. He was standing on the same spot the girl and her friend were initially standing on, trying to look at the 3 friends meet. He was trying to get a look at them through the crowded bus stop. I was just waiting for him to scramble across to the others and get all excited as the other 3 have done. Sadly, I don't think they were friends, so it didn't happen.
Just for the record (which I think my family will only be able to know), he looked like this boy from Primary school in Myanmar called Sebastian. Sebastian was a slightly abnormal kid as well, but I won't say too much about him. ^^


Today, my boss is on leave till who knows when. All I know (or over heard), is that she will be back next Friday. w00t! Even though she's away, I will try to get some work done, but there will be less pressure to look busy. Anyway, today will be a beautiful day. Someone also told me that a lot of people will be taking half-day leave as well. Which means the office will be very relaxing. I just hope they leave at, or after, lunch. Then I will have the freedom chat and wander around the internet world without getting too conscious of who may be wondering what I'm doing now that my boss is away. I may even leave a few minutes earlier to catch the earlier bus! ^^

Tomorrow is CNY eve, but I will not be relaxing during the first day of freedom. As a matter of fact, I will be taking the day head-on, as I try to conquer the world at the same time.
I'm gonna swim at 6am again, then after the swim, I'll have my breakie and wait till I meet my cousin and several others for street soccer. I think that will go on till lunchtime. As soon as we are done, my french cousin's husband, Florent, my cousin, Earl, and I will be going to Earl's place to play soccer on the XBox. After that, I may be meeting up with Amoz's old primary school girlfriend ( ;P ), Melissa. Not sure if it's happening or not. If it doesn't happen, more soccer! w00t!
That evening, I'll have to be back at my grandma's place for the CNY eve dinner. It's tradition that you are at your father's side of the family for CNY eve. It's ok I guess. I haven't been back for CNY in over a decade.

Oh yeah, I'll just slot this one in too. Yesterday at work, we were all given a chance to 'lucky draw' for a CNY hamper. Fortunately, even a temp like me gets a chance to draw something. I took a number, and it turned out that my number drew 2 cans of abalone. In case some of you don't know how valuable the 2 cans are, you can estimate that both cans are roughly worth $100. My grandma showed me the other week that they were selling a can of abalone for $85. That's an insane price! I wouldn't feel very happy if I was eating that can of abalone. Sure, I should be feeling bad for eating a shark's fin, but hey, it's yummy. And plus, I couldn't say that I didn't want to eat this because it's expensive. It's too delicious to resist. What's the difference with the abalone? I don't know.