March hols
The weekend leading up to my first day of the hols has been swell.
Saturday:
I was hit by a sudden urge to want to walk, to stroll, to keep moving. Thought I'll take a bus down to Botanical Gardens and check out the books at the Nature Society's store but then that would be such a waste of time. So I decided on a whim to walk home from school after remedial lessons with some of my girls. I was plugged in to Les Miserables, the weather was perfect, I didn't see why not.
9/10 of the way, I came across a bicycle shop and bought myself a women's bike (yes it's inefficient and very auntie but I wear skirts to work so its practical!). Rode the rest of the way home and was pretty happy with the way my new bike looked, chained to the rack at the void deck.
Later in the night, I was to join giam and a couple of friends for somebody's birthday celebrations. I don't know what got into me but I headed to Brewerkz when giam really said Brekos. So there I was, late from dance, and searching frantically amongst the Saturday night crowd. Then somehow, it struck me. Anyway, I got to Brekos in the end and had a nice time watching one of the most hilarious soccer matches ever. (Portsmouth vs ManU. Ok funny to me cause I'm not a supporter. But really. HA!) My friend drove us back in his dad's lorry and I had the best time lying at the back, plugged in (again to Les Miserables) and watching the streetlights blizz by.
Sunday:
IT fair was a nightmare. The silly Sony products are still pricey (why did so many people buy their stuff?!). I bet there were many people who were just caught in the moment and bought stuff cause the atmosphere was just so encouraging.
Giam and I trooped down to Kinokuniya and Borders and stocked up on countless books because we simply cannot resist Borders offers. The only drawback is that Borders doesn't have a good collection of local/Southeast asian publications. So all my local nature literature has to be bought from Kinokuniya. Actually, pretty much everything that I want is from Kinokuniya since Borders stocks up more on bestsellers and commercially viable books.
Monday:
Cycled to school on my brand new bike. Think most passer-bys must have thought I was some China girl going to work. The only other people on bikes were old men and aunties with marketing in their front basket. I had my trusty laptop that was bobbing around like mad.
So, the weekend has been good. A lovely start to the holidays. Can't wait to get home and start on my books. =) Oh yes. And do some reading up on plants cause I'm gonna go tree-top walking with a colleague and recce the place for some teachable moments. =)
Saturday:
I was hit by a sudden urge to want to walk, to stroll, to keep moving. Thought I'll take a bus down to Botanical Gardens and check out the books at the Nature Society's store but then that would be such a waste of time. So I decided on a whim to walk home from school after remedial lessons with some of my girls. I was plugged in to Les Miserables, the weather was perfect, I didn't see why not.
9/10 of the way, I came across a bicycle shop and bought myself a women's bike (yes it's inefficient and very auntie but I wear skirts to work so its practical!). Rode the rest of the way home and was pretty happy with the way my new bike looked, chained to the rack at the void deck.
Later in the night, I was to join giam and a couple of friends for somebody's birthday celebrations. I don't know what got into me but I headed to Brewerkz when giam really said Brekos. So there I was, late from dance, and searching frantically amongst the Saturday night crowd. Then somehow, it struck me. Anyway, I got to Brekos in the end and had a nice time watching one of the most hilarious soccer matches ever. (Portsmouth vs ManU. Ok funny to me cause I'm not a supporter. But really. HA!) My friend drove us back in his dad's lorry and I had the best time lying at the back, plugged in (again to Les Miserables) and watching the streetlights blizz by.
Sunday:
IT fair was a nightmare. The silly Sony products are still pricey (why did so many people buy their stuff?!). I bet there were many people who were just caught in the moment and bought stuff cause the atmosphere was just so encouraging.
Giam and I trooped down to Kinokuniya and Borders and stocked up on countless books because we simply cannot resist Borders offers. The only drawback is that Borders doesn't have a good collection of local/Southeast asian publications. So all my local nature literature has to be bought from Kinokuniya. Actually, pretty much everything that I want is from Kinokuniya since Borders stocks up more on bestsellers and commercially viable books.
Monday:
Cycled to school on my brand new bike. Think most passer-bys must have thought I was some China girl going to work. The only other people on bikes were old men and aunties with marketing in their front basket. I had my trusty laptop that was bobbing around like mad.
So, the weekend has been good. A lovely start to the holidays. Can't wait to get home and start on my books. =) Oh yes. And do some reading up on plants cause I'm gonna go tree-top walking with a colleague and recce the place for some teachable moments. =)