Little Pockets Of Life

I’ve recently had a rash of anonymous geniuses all deciding to try and have a go at me. Read the bold print, pple. HYPOTHETICAL!!!! And yes, to the 2 annonymous-es that I know, thanks a lot ah…

But I’ve certainly been having my share of ‘exciting’ stuff going on lately, and I guess such tabloid trash keeps my utterly mundane and monotonous study life somewhat livable. It seems that after going through a season of seeing a lotta my friends break up, its nice to see some of them slowly finding for themselves new… options. And given how in quite a few cases, I know both of them, its twice as exciting to see the budding of these relationships. Its also good in the sense that such are the times that I get to talk more with them, since the onset of falling in love always involves the impetus to talk abt it with someone. Grins. And its been pretty fun, sharing with each other abt the “I’ll tell you when mine begun if you’ll tell me when yours begun” thing.

Ah well. Hopefully, its not just more of my vicarious existence.

Tee hee.

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I’ve been a good boy the past 2 days, staying home and studying. Its been a little bit more bearable (heat-wise) lately, and I also didn’t really feel like going out. Its also something that turns out to be really good for my wallet. Hahahaha…

I discovered that my sis has finally emptied out her table and it is now pretty clear. So if I turn on the aircon in her room, I can alternate between studying on her desk and napping on my bed. All in all, it’s a pretty good arrangement, and I’m pretty pleased with it.

Unfortunately, my family’s usually out nowadays for the day… so it means I’ve been having instant noodles for lunch. It’s a fully-carbo diet, which totally explains why I’ve put on abt 3kg since my sister’s wedding. (Yes, I’ve checked that the scales were accurate. I couldn’t believe it myself!!!!!)

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With Julia having just left on Sunday, and Xiying coming back this fri, I’m also suddenly left wondering where in the world is my dear Eric Ng. The last time I heard from him was almost 2 months ago, when he said “I’ll reply your email next week.” There’s only so many times I can pull that “I’m thinking of getting back with Grace” thing before that wears really thin.

Grins.

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2 wedding dinners this weekend, so the whole weekend is officially burnt. Its quite a bummer, actually, esp my sat nights. I’ve come to really look forward to it as either time I get to spend with pple in the worship ministry, or else just the evening that I take off to do what I wanted to do all week. Shop. Be alone. Catch up with friends I don’t do as often with. It was my time, my space. I wouldn’t mind it so much if it’s a wedding dinner for someone I know. But when its for a girl that I haven’t spoken 2 sentences with, but obligatory to go since my parents are terribly close to hers, then I really don’t have too much choice in the matter. I just hope that they don’t start later than 9, and they don’t end later than 11. I’m tempted to bring a book, but I think my parents would rather I sit at the table and look interested in all the meaningless conversations that go around.

Sunday night is Huiting’s wedding. I’m wondering who else will be at my table. At least I can be pretty confident that I’ll be sitting with friends.

Some of the most mortifying experiences I’ve ever had with wedding dinners include those where I ended up sitting at a table whose average age (including me) works out be abt 60, or being sat at the single’s table… worse off is the table where my friend obviously is trying to pair everyone off. Then there’ve been the religiously silent tables I’ve been at, and those where the whole table only speaks to their partners and totally ignores everyone else. The better ones would include this time round where everyone was trying too hard to be polite, and none of the dishes were finished off, because everyone was trying to leave some of everyone else.

I think wedding dinners can be a most interesting study of different behavioural patterns. Sit the people in different groups, and see how they interact and behave differently in each setting.

Ah well. With so many couples getting married this year, and the promise of many many more to come over the next few years, I’ll have chances enough to observe and explore.

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Was gonna say that I was told to sleep at 2am via sms, and I was about to do that. Then my phone rang, and I’ve been talking till now. So its time to finally post this entry, hit the showers, then sleep. I told someone else at 0030 that I’d be hitting the showers, so I guess I’ve been a little slow to be true to my word tonight.

Hehz…

Ah well.