(Drenched...) Treetop trail...

It was a cloudy and humid saturday morning...

*Rrriiiiiiii~~~~ng*

Ah.. my dear's voice over the telephone.. :) a Delightful start to the day!
However, my eyes refused to obey the brains, and i fell back into a short slumber soon after, only to shock myself up at 8am.. oh great.. I'm gonna be late!

Met up with my JC mates, Eugene and Hanqiang, at BK in Thomson plaza...found out that the treetop-walking party was left with the 3 of us..Oh well..What the heck, we juz continue with our plan and set off towards the treetop trail...

Entering Venus drive, the only things worth mentioning would have to be the monkeys we saw, swinging around on the trees beside the walkway and the occasional cars driving past the three of us, into Island country club..

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Ah! The trail..looks kinda scary..it shakes! Reminds me of the bridge across the shallow waters in Sentosa, the one that goes over to the southernmost tip of the continent? *Ring a bell?*
Looking to the left, trees...to the right, more trees! Eugene took some pics of the place.. hope it came up well.. the only nice view i kept with me has to be the sight of MacRitchie Reservoir to the far right of the treetop walkway...

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Sky darkened...The 3 of us rushed on..into the jungle trails.. reminds me of the time i had this topo exercise in the same area..juz before going for an overseas jungle survival training. Before long, rain fell. Was worried for my handphone and wallet.. plus.. i didn't carry an umbrella like my friends..had to put my valuables under their care.. Went on in the rain.. Eugene tried to shield me from the rain with his umbrella, but my sharing of his umbrella really slowed our pace down.. With no significant shelter in sight, (unless u're looking at spots covered by any form of thick canopy), we had to hasten our pace.. decided to walk in the rain, with my newpaper! ;)

Love walking in the rain.. When was the last time u walked in the rain, with nothing significant to worry about, juz strolling and skipping ard, happy to get yourself drenched?

Eugene: I stopped walking in the rain after the chapter on Acid rain in Secondary School...
HQ & SL: haha...

Practical chaps.. very reliable and great frens to have.. :)

Saw some couples, walking hand in hand in the rain.. how i wish my dear was with me.. we'd walk in the rain, stroll and be happy in each other's company.. Getting home afterwards, dry ourselves up before tucking in for a nice hot bowl of soup, doing all these while watching the falling rain through the window.. one way of spending a nice, quiet weekend together :)

Finally.. the days that's past surpassed the number of days left.. 190 days.. seems like a long long time though.. however, it's heartening to see the number of days passed greater than that of what's left.. Really miss hugging my dear, holding her close to me.. her warm embrace and her comforting hands...

Wish these 190 days will pass by soon...

Engagement Vs Marriage

Had been asking a few of my friends on what they perceive these two terms. Gotten a mix of different responses from different friends. The following's a rough summary of what my friend's perceptions:

1: Engagement is a verbal acknowledgement for the bringing together of the couple's families. Usually a talk between both parties' parents. No written agreement or signing is made. After signing at the ROM does a couple be considered Married.

2: Engagement is the signing of consensus at the ROM, to see if anyone objects to the marriage. After a certain period of time, if there's no objections, the couple can then sign at the ROM to be considered a Married Couple.

3: Engagement is an event whereby you throw a party for ur friends and relatives and announces the get together of two individuals. An acknowledgement of couple-hood. However, it'll only be considered marriage only after the traditional Chinese Wedding Dinner.

Hmmm.. Not really a consensus, but I guess generally, a couple's considered married after the signing at ROM.. so, what does a couple do for engagement then? Really throw an engagement party? Exchange of rings and promise?

I'm still buffled...shall try to ask some adults (a.k.a parents) on what engagement really means...

退一步海阔天空。。。

I realised the beauty of the phrase today...

Mum was really agitated when she forgot about me having an early dinner at home today. She sounded really furious and tired, saying I didn't remind her about it today and that she's finally had a free day without work, only to be rushed to cook dinner again...felt very guilty...

On other days, I'd have rebutted back and say something hurting. Guess I was kinda tired today. Did something I dun usually do. I juz reassured mum it's alright and told her that I can postpone my meeting and that she need not have to rush out dinner. Pushed back the meeting with my GLs for 30min coz I was running late. This reassurance really cooled my mum down. And seeing how I enjoyed dinner, her anger and agitation went away :)

The food mum cooks really nice! :) Pity i had to rush thru dinner, else I would have stayed on the dining table for another 15min, licking my fingers clean from the sauce in the chicken dish...hee...

Found myself getting irritated at very very small things. Guess I've not been occupying my time fruitfully this holidays. Didn't find job. Didn't learn new things. Been lazing around pretty much until now. Freshmen Orientation Camps coming up, preparations well underway. However, whenever I'm not doing Orientation stuffs, I let my mind run wild and become a suspicious, paranoid, intolerable jerk..my tempers would flare ever so easily. *sigh*

After seeing how moving a step backwards in an imminent quarrel or an uncalled for situation helps to sooth tempers and restore peace, I like the results. Though I've been taught about this phrase for since-dunno-when, seems like I finally realised the true meaning and wonderful results it brings about.

This reminds me of the time when I accidentally shot my mouth and tease BC on the soccer court, resulting in myself getting such a hard knock in the knee that i had to limp for 1 whole month. Hmmm..what would happen if I had retaliated? Anyway, was in no position to retaliate...couldn't even stand straight then...did felt very sore after that though, in my heart and in my leg..but as time passed, the sore in both my heart and my leg slowly faded away...and my disgust and "hatred" for BC too disappeared. Was really mad at him still though..he could have apologised after I apologised for shooting my mouth ar...haiz...

Lesson learned: Time heals wounds. Stepping a foot back in an imminent quarrel allows space for parties involve to think and make the correct decision.

For myself, I guess I'll continue to keep to myself. Speaking less means bringing about less trouble. And of coz, less chance of making myself a fool...Understood this for a long long time already :)


Suddenly had the energy and zest to help my gf come up with an easy excel expenditure worksheet. It's to keep her spendings in tab, else she'd lose track of her spendings and use up the money she wanted to save for her end-of-year trip. Hopefully, I can do some saving up on my own and accompany her on her trip this end of year :)

Feel really lucky to have ZH with me. She's someone I can talk to, someone I can confide in, without being afriad I'd make a fool of myself. Been feeling very lonely and very lost since her departure to Shanghai. Can't find a person I can really trust to speak to. I really hope she can come back soon. I really really miss her...

Countdown clock for her return has finally broke thru the 1xx Barrier. 199 days more before she returns back to Singapore. Hopefully, my 胡思乱想 can come to an end with the start of the busy Orientation season and the start to Year 3 Sem 1 in NTU :)

Jealousy? Possessive? School Culture??

Had a marvellous workout yesterday... Played badminton with my JC classmates... hands aching from the lack of warming up and cooling down.. haha :P

Consulted Hawx on a few issues that's been bugging me for quite sometime...his replies got me thinking, thinking of how I can change the way I think and improve on my personality...

Issue 1:

What are your feelings when your significant other tells you that she's/he's going out alone with another person of the opposite gender? Regardless of work or play?

Issue 2:

If I don't feel comfortable with it, should i keep the views to myself, or voice it out and prepare for some form of unhappiness?

Issue 3:

When asking gals out, do guys, MOST OF THE TIME, keep hidden agendas inside them? Or do that have other motives....

Issue 4:

Am I the best person to tell my significant other, or will it be more believable if a third party tells him/her about Issue 3?

Issue 5:

Is it because we're from Chinese High, so much so that we became overly protective and possessive of our girlfriend? Has the school or the environment we were in affected us into such thinking?

Discussed these few issues with Hawx, got some answers from him...Interestingly enough, some of the views hawx shared with me happens to be what ZH's friend told her...and very similarly, gals share the same thoughts that going out with other guy friends is juz something normal friends would do...

Conclusion: Gals are from Venus, Guys are from Mars..

We're generally different in the ways we think and holds different perspectives over the same issue...

However, it doesn't mark the end of a relationship. Ironing out the differences and understanding each other's thinkings does help in coming up with the solution for both parties. I'm sure glad I've found the answer for some of the issues mentioned, and that both ZH and myself have managed to sort out the differences in our thinking. I can now confidently say we truly understand each other on a deeper level...

Wow.. it's been a long time...

Hmmm.. haven't typed in any entries since my exams... makes me wonder why I started blogging for?

Realised a little while later that i actually wanted an online site to keep my thoughts for my GE module.. a very interesting subject about the teachings of Sun Tzu's Art of War...

And also, to safekeep the feelings I've kept inside since my dear went overseas...

It's nearing the 200 days mark... 200 days in another 10 days' time..
Zihui's almost gone for 200 days...

Been coaxing my dear piggy to bed every nite for a few months now, though really, she dun need my help to fall asleep ;) haha.. My piggy has this ability to fall asleep within a few minutes wherever she is... something I've been hoping I can do also.. haha..

Being able to hear her voice every nite before i go to lalaland kinda soothen the 思念之情 in my heart...

How I'd wish that it's December already, and I'm counting down the last 10 days before she'd return back to my side..

How I wish I'll be able to fly over to Shanghai to meet up with her, join her in her Tour before returning home...

How I wish I can feel her tender kiss and her tight embrace right now...

But the only thing I'm able to do now, is to countdown the numbers from 206...and hope it reaches my desired 0 soon...