it's offical ..

i have graduated from Ngee Ann today! =D

yays.. camwhored alot with emy today .. will be posting the pics up soon when i figure how to upload those pics into my laptop since i used 2 new cameras to take them =x .. hahaha

i'm gonna miss NP life man .. no more crossing the bridge with emy anymore .. no more drinking 40 cents soya bean (unless i study at SIM) .. BOO .. i'm gonna miss my friends; emy, eyecandy, cand, ptgf, etc etc ..

and omg. i've gotta sleep now .. tmr got to work again.
sighs ..

update more soon! ..
goodnights!

match making ..

just thinking abt the conversation i had with dinesh during lunch ..
have u ever wondered if our culture was one that have to go through matchmaking sessions/arranged marriages?

ur parents are the ones that decide that u are of marriagable age and sends ur profile to afew matchmaking agencies .. u only get to see her once before saying yes/no if u like the other party and if u say yes .. they'll arrange for your engagement .. and that's when u'll offically see her once more 1 or 2 wks before the engagement ..

quite sad ah .. that's what dinesh actually went through .. but luckily he knew his wife before that (: .. his bro-in-law just got engaged last mth and he only saw the girl 1 or 2 wks before the engagement .. and in fact they are not allowed to even talk to each other if they are not engaged .. >.< .. i really dont understand their culture ..

anyway poor aalia might have to be the only child bcuz dinesh's wife got phobia of getting pregnant alr .. ): she had such a bad bad bad experience during her pregnancy with aalia .. and now she don't dare to try for another one .. but i'm glad they're still open to adoption (: .. quite weird actually .. pple who can give birth dont want to give birth but those who can't want to give birth ..

sighs .. mummy's talking to me abt studying again .. i really have no idea what i wanna do now .. completely lost without any plans at the moment .. ): ..

i dun really know why am i on this earth for .. i dont like making decisions .. i'm fickled minded .. i wanna be a part time wedding/event planner ..

roars. it's eleven alr .. time for bed!
goodnight!

sleepy, sick, FUN!

wells .. i wanted to skip church this morning .. but i cldn't since dearest's mum was coming today .. my dad was making a BIG fuss out of it and woke us damn early so we wldnt be late .. in the end we had to RUN after the bus .. reached by 8.20 ..

my mum said dearest looks like his mum! .. haha .. oh wells .. i didnt really talk to her also .. *shy* .. =x .. my parents accompanied her to mandarin service while we went to english service ..

was having a bad bad bad stomachache after service .. ): .. and my eyes were damn tired .. kept yawning and trying hard to concentrate .. hmms .. was playing with sha-ann for quite sometime .. after church dearest walk his mum to his sis's church just nearby .. then we headed for lunch at parkway's kfc before going to buy my heels for grad! ..

dearest drove the kids + mummy to swimming .. dropped them off opposite and we swap seats .. was suppose to drive home .. but when we were almost reaching the long bridge @ upp srgn it started raining heavily .. so called mummy and she wanted us to pick them up .. u-turned and went the wrong route .. did a 3-point turn with the help of dearest and amanda and zoomed back to kallang swimming complex ..

was trying to do parking there .. omg .. i can't freaking park! ): .. anyway the rain stopped by then .. and my mum didnt want me to drive them back .. she kept insisting on dearest to drive cuz she didnt trust me .. so in the end .. she told the kids to go back to swim while i drove dearest and amanda back .. this time i did a u-turn =.=" .. was driving almost 100km/h on the bridge! .. fun fun =D got to my place safely .. but again .. PARKING SUCKED.

came home and took a nap .. but got woken up by my aunt and dad .. damn irritating cuz mum ask us to tell dad to prepare for dinner as my relatives coming over .. we thought he would as he was on the way back from dwnstairs .. but when he came back .. he told us to prepare instead .. super pissed with him .. i was damn damn damn tired ):

anyway prepared the scallops, chickenwings, stingray .. then arnd 7+ we went to return the car .. drove it all the way to yishun! =D quite fun i must say .. my cousin accompanied us there .. went by the yck rd -> lentor ave all the way down .. was quite scary at first .. but yays .. we reached safely too! and again can't park .. super sian .. ): cabbed back from yishun and by the time we got back .. not much food left .. so we re-prepare more food for ourselves! ... damn sinful .. those scallops .. =x

i'm super tired now .. it's 2 mins to 12 .. and i've got PC TRAINING tmr .. server not up also .. damn screwed .. my dearest and richard gg early to help me set up .. =x .. i'm so not prepared for tmr .. ): .. SIGHS.

wish me luck!
nights.

sun-kissed.

just finish washing up ..
i'm partially burnt now .. have a broken toe nail on my right foot and a bleeding toe nail on my left foot ):

finally .. the Abacus Family Day is OVER! .. rest rest rest before DnD comes ..
i'll blog more abt it more soon ..

anyway i manage to drive from 1 destination to another today =D yays!!
from bedok ave 2 to ECP with my dearest and 2 lil sis! .. but i can't park for nuts .. no poles ):

and sadly .. i got rejected from NUS too .. so yea .. i have absolutely NO PLANS at the moment after june ends .. SIGHS.
shall find another better job with better pay and yadayadayada .. i can't think anymore ..
my brain is so tired .. slept at 1+ the night before .. then got up at 7.30++ this morning until now .. zzzzz.

it's 12.45 now and i'm going to sleep!
goodnight!

my first ride. p-plate!

a big THANK YOU to my first 2 passengers in the car .. dearest farah and filza! =D
although it was just a short ride .. but still they are ALIVE =D

anyway it's gonna be a LONG weekend .. sighs
shall go sleep now .. nights!

vroomies (:

dearest got the car today! =D
he drove dwn after collecting it .. and after abit of shopping he drove us home (:
funnn but scary!

anyway .. i'm looking for the canon camera .. ixus 80 IS in camel colour .. decided to get that i guess .. hopefully can find it SOON.

mum got tickets to indiana jones tmr .. going to go st8 there after buying groceries with my darlings and leaving the stuff at my hse and picking my sis and dad to great world city .. it's gonna be a long day tmr .. =x

got my SAT reasoning test results.. it kinda sucked
Critical Reading 510 (52%)
Math 610 (78%)
Writing 470 (41%)
- Multiple Choice 48 (score range: 20-80)
- Essay 7 (score range: 2-12)

oh wells .. no surprise la .. my writing always sucked .. my english quite bad cuz my compo always write out of point .. but this time not that bad alr .. at least i passed =x .. i was bullshitting though ..

sighs .. i'm still looking for 1 more grad invite cuz dearest took leave alr .. and cand can't find her invite ): .. i pray somehow a miracle would happen and i can get an extra invite ..
*p.s yays! jingyi helping me ask her friend (: *prays hard*

that's all for now .. it's 12.14 alr .. shit man .. afew hrs of sleep.
nights!

hello mr sun!

i survived my "first" day at work this week!
such a boringgg day .. my head and eyelids were so heavy ..

yesterday was fun! .. my family was up at 7.30 and we made our way to jalan kayu by 9+ .. met up with my uncle, cousin & dearest at sk lrt platform .. took ltr dwn and walked alittle .. ordered 10 egg pratas, 8 plain pratas, 1 tissue prata, 3 chicken curry, 1 mutton curry .. then headed to selegie soya bean and had dessert .. we were sooo full!

took ltr back to sk and bus to punggol beach .. it was so fun! .. the sun, sand, clear sea, big stones, family, etc etc .. we walked from the jetty till one end and back to the other ..



anyway i am really sorry for ps-ing my jiemeis cuz suddenly my aunts and other relatives came over to my place for dinner .. dearest cooked up a feast =D .. BOO. i just realised i forgot to take pics of the delicious food! ): .. we open 1 bottle of sparkling wine! .. my cousins were crazy abt it .. drinking "jiao bei jiu" (interlocking their hands like married couples do during chinese weddings) but the funny thing was that the guy interlock with the guy and the girl interlock with the girl. =.=" such a homo act ..

was talking to dearest abt some stuff which really made me quite upset .. anyway it's over .. but i guess we have to face it again soon .. it's inevitable ): .. whatever it is .. i'm not gonna think so much now..

30 mins past bedtime and i'm still talking to dearest, ms tan, esther, ian and mayo online! ... i dun wanna work tmrr ... *whinesss* ): ..

sighs. goodnight!

a quiet day ..

*yawns* .. i'm getting sleepy ..

neighbour's on urgent leave .. jermaine's on mc .. pp's out for lunch ..
only dearest behind me dictating his email to the hods .. *yadayadayada* ..


hmms .. nothing happen lately .. just that i went on my 2nd demo on tues to HT .. and yays they signed for PC! =D .. the TCs there are mostly korean.. heehee i think if the mkting mgr goes on tv to act i'll watch his shows!! .. haha .. okok abit exaggerating .. but ok la .. he looks like the blur but decent type of guy .. ahhaha =x


recently also keep sending emails out to alot of pple .. like having some email "spams" .. but all very work-related.. and my supervisor just came back frm meeting .. gonna head back to work!

catching up ..

oh no .. 1101.
1 min late again >.< ..

hmms got demo tmr @ HT .. 10am .. =x
wish me luck!

anyway i have 2 oh-so-wei-da darlings who accompany me when ever my dearest isn't arnd .. haha .. they are super cute and funny la .. =x can't stand them man ..
one day i'm gonna SIT on them! .. muahahaha

okies shan't update much now ..
goooodnight!

food galore!

to my dearest mummy ...

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!

although u are not the "normal" mummy that holds the any ministerial position(s) in the house .. but still .. u're the BEST!
thank you for being such a great mummy =D

heehee .. celebrated mothers' day today with my aunt's family and huan kai .. had steamboat for dinner .. avocado milkshake with icecream + honey .. jelly cake (huan kai bought it specially for my mum and he got his mum $2 worth of flowers) .. durians for dessert! .. woah super full =x

gave the sparkling wine a skip cuz we were all bloated .. maybe shld save it for fathers' day which is 1 mth away .. =x

oh wells at least we had fun today ..

i'm not looking forward to work tmr.. got a demo on tues .. hope time flies from weds-fri .. then i'll be meeting my darlings on saturday!! .. lalalala ..

goodnight for now!

straight but short ..

before i start off anything .. i'm gonna do a shout out ..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONKEY a.k.a BUSTLESS WONG MEI NU =D

anyway .. today had been a rather "fruitful" day ..
i spent almost half the day at the saloon .. from 12+ to almost 5 ..
sat there and rebonded my hair ...

usually after rebond .. ur hair suppose to be long .. but for my case .. after i came out from the saloon .. my hair was SHORTER than i rebonded ): ... super uncomfortable cuz i intended to keep it longer before i go do soft perm again .. and even if i didnt perm i could style it too ..

i really dont like short hair .. reminds me of those days from pr 3 - sec 2 .. where i had the hedious haircut that made me look like a boy (no thanks to my grandma's cutting skills cuz she has 4 sons and she cut their hair .. so one fine day i decided to ask her to cut for me cuz my hair was touching my coller and during that time my pr sch principal was damn strict she'll scold and smack u on ur leg if she catches u .. so it was a moment of folly and i had to suffer with it till sec 2) and pple always mistake me and call me "xiao di" - lil boy in chinese ): .. that's why i really hate it .. plus it doesnt help when u get genes from china pple .. those thick thick hair with natural curls like wire .. my hair was like "exploded" .. >.< ..

ah whatever .. thank God for the technology of rebonding! .. no more hassle abt frizzy hair .. just that must keep going back every 6 mths to sit in the saloon for like half a day to get rid of it .. and thank God for mummy =D .. she accompanys me everytime!! .. hehee .. today dearest accompanied me for awhile too before going for dinner with his family ..

came home after saloon then rested for awhile .. i knocked out for like few mins and my whole family came to katchao me and ask me to go vivo .. so off we went to vivo .. spent 1 full hr at gap .. bought 2 pairs of shorts each + 2 tops & 2 berms for alethea .. wanted to go check out the canon camera but the pple at best denki too busy to entertain us .. and it was much better checking out at the canon shop since they specialise in that brand .. so can recommend better .. but we were 10 mins late .. the shop closed at 9 .. >.< ..

went up to daiso to get stuff for tmr's mothers' day art and craft for the kids .. ideas ideas .. bought 24 items and headed to superdog for late dinner .. yummy!! .. reached home almost 11 .. damn tired .. washed up, change the printer cartridge and i'm on my bed with my laptop!

last night didnt' sleep well sia .. cuz of the storm .. the lightning was damn BRIGHT and the thunder BOOMED .. woke my whole family up la .. luckily dad came in to off the aircon cuz he scared power trip .. at the same time i ask him help us draw curtain cuz we are facing the window and the lightning too scary .. amanda ask my dad to take his time cuz she was taking her earpiece to listen to her songs so that can distract the surrounding .. after that i ended up hiding under my blanket and eventually fell asleep =x

alrights i'm starting to yawn again and it's 1230 .. going to bed alr .. got church tmr and will be cooking dinner for mummy!! .. whooooos .. a family of cooks.

GOODNIGHT!

casual labour

this morning is a quiet day .. no calls except at 12.01 .. OMG SK from stwot called ): .. wahh i wanna die sia .. was struggling to talk to her for like almost 40 mins .. finally hung up cuz she had to go for lunch and i'm handing back the case to it's original owner who's back today!

anyway left office with the girls (farah, filza & jo yeo) after that .. headed to ps for lunch at the food court .. then went to collect farah's gv card since we still got some time while jo went to get drinks at carrefour .. and off we went to fort canning lodge @ ywca ..

asked for directions at parkmall from the reception .. and was told to take lift to lvl 4 .. turn left at the carpark and cut thru till we see the exit .. and turn right again .. TADA we reached ywca just like that! ..

we were waiting at reception but a guy came to serve us instead .. he went to get the guy we were suppose to meet .. and i went to mount hebron to look arnd at the books .. yays i found one more book to my colour series by melody carlson =D ..

the guy came and he brought us up to the pool terrace where we will be holding our dnd .. and wow .. it's BIG .. rather nice place .. farah took pics there .. will upload them after i get it from her and if i have the time ..

hmms .. discussed for quite awhile and looked arnd the surroundings .. quite a nice place after all .. thanked the guy and told him we'll get back to him asap .. took bus down to conrad .. almost go lost cutting thru pan pacific .. jo suggested we take the lift up to the highest storey for the fun of it .. and we really took it! .. WOW .. cheap trial but fun la .. better than the flyer .. haha .. that one not really suitable for pple with fear of heights though .. cuz the lift is like a glass bullet till the 37th storey .. =x

found our way to conrad from there and we went to reception to ask for directions to the location which we were suppose to view thinking that the person i/c was gonna be there .. up we went to the 4th floor and walked afew steps to view the place .. BUT along came this security officer who questioned us what we were doing .. we tried to explain to her that we were looking for the lady who we had an appt with alr .. but she refuse to listen and assumed that we're just visitors so she made us take the staff lift down to the security post to change CASUAL LABOUR passes ..

on the way she tried to abandon us by asking a chef in the same lift to bring us to the security post but he was busy .. anyway in her walkie talkie she described our encounter with her as "i have 4 girls with me .. i followed them up to 4th floor and CATCH them .. bringing them down to change passes now" she kept emphasizing that it's a 5 star hotel blah blah blah .. like wth .. we were super fed up la ..

used our i/c to change for our passes and the other security guard ask if we knw where to find the lady .. in the end he called her and passed the phone to jo .. apparently the lady was shocked to find her guests (which is us) at the security post .. she came down and clarify matters for us .. so we returned our passes on the spot and took the proper lift up to the 2nd floor - the grand salon ..

the place is so crammed and stuffy .. i feel like i'm cooped up in some jail/cage man .. didn't really like the place at all .. clarified the date with her and found that we had some miscommunications .. so she manage to find another 2 more venues for us .. salon by the pool and the pool pavillion .. both were much better than the grand salon .. but overall we preferred the pool pavillion although it was outdoors .. because it had a bigger area BUT again .. there are some limitations .. the salon by the pool was just too narrow so if we really use it .. then we will have to split the people into 2 different areas which was not feasible for games ..

we thanked her for showing us arnd and left after that .. headed to suntec macs to sit and discuss .. dearest came by to join us .. discussed till 6+ then supposedly wanted to watch what happened in vegas with dearest, 715 at marina .. but long queue and the tix were selling fast ..

decided to go back instead but mum was at bkt timah seeing doc alone .. thought that we cld go down to accompany her so took bus opp funan and was waiting for 961 .. but in the end mum said that not necessary .. just go home straight .. so we walked to clarke quay and took train back .. had dinner with dearest and alethea at 8 .. watched over my dead body with dearest till 11+ then he went back ..

now it's 1155 .. i'm gonna to play my sudoku for awhile before going to bed .. and tmr i'll be going to the saloon =D .. rebond my hair again! yays say byebye to my frizzy hair!!!

goodnight!

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i forgot to add .. i've received my first REJECTION letter from NTU .. ):
until now no news from the other 2 too .. sighs ..
think no hope alr .. i shld start planning another alternative since i refuse to extend my contract.
hope God will guide me to do this planning ..
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lil miss B.

B is for .. Beach!

feel like going there to rest and relax .. really miss those times in sec sch when i go there with py whenever we feel bored and down .. just sit there and stare at the sea .. saving pretty lil starfish .. etc etc ..

B is for .. Blissful times

anyway .. yays it's almost the weekends again! =D

i'm thinking of going to rebond my hair again on sat .. it's getting really frizzzzy

B is for .. Bold attempt

had my first offical demo to TA on weds .. let's just call them JB .. rather small TA with 5 users + 1 acct ..

supposedly demo to 2 staffs (including the director - R and 1 counter lady - F) .. but .. 5 mins into the demo .. R disappeared .. clearly she wasn't really impressed .. anyway 2 more staffs (1 counter guy - H & the acct - S) joined the demo ..

was demo-ing to 3 staffs and they kept walking arnd cuz their phone rang and rang .. towards the end only H & S showed interest to PC .. there were times when i had to stop completely cuz none of them were arnd .. >.< .. it was like what a demo .. i couldnt help but roll my eyes ..

even my supervisor was almost on the brink of giving up demoing to them cuz he actually had alr done 2 PS demos to them but the same thing happened .. no commitment to sit and listen .. they just do their own stuff .. leaving those interested to ask qns ..

anyway i'm glad it's over! .. got another demo coming up next tues with another agt - HT that has 4 users .. my supervisor had demo PS before to them alr .. but i guess the price was too steep .. so maybe PC would be a better choice ... i'll just try my luck there ..

B is for .. Blessed

hmms .. tmr is gonna be "halfday" for me =D .. going hotel site survey with jy and farahh ..

looking forward to it ... *thinks farah looking fwd too!* .. too bad dearest got exam .. so he can't join us ..

double B is for Boring .. yet Busy

today had been quite a peaceful day .. farah was like the telephone operator! .. haha .. she kept transferring calls to me .. >.< .. luckily all can manage and most are like to follow up the previous call kinda thing .. and not much of JE problems .. if not confirm gurantee plus chop i cannot handle ..

in fact i was rather free in the day .. surfing net for flight info cuz i intend to go aussie in jul .. then playing sudoku *my new obession!* .. but in the end had to help jerms with whatever pp ask her to do before she went on leave .. manage to clear it up by the time i left office ..

B is for .. Bad response

family day is coming up! .. heard response not that fantastic .. but nvm la ..

i guess we'll just have to make do with whatever we have and enjoy ourselves ..

hopefully dnd won't be that bad .. if not there's really no point organising company events ..

B is for .. Brave act

randomly .. i think i can't keep any pets la .. although i love doggies .. but i can't even change a fish tank .. >.< .. jason had to help me .. he's damnn brave la .. actually scoop the fish in his big big palm and transfer it into the cup .. ps and farah were there helping too .. =x

B is for Babess

gotta plan a meet up soon with my sec sch darlings .. huiis ask me to plan .. then i happen to meet vy at tp .. then she also ask me to plan .. so yea .. i'll be planning and they better not ps!! ..

and .. i'll be meeting up with dear emy & eyecandy on 17th!! =D going to NP to collect our grad gowns and chill out ..

triple B is for Beri Busy Bf ..

dearest is busy with his exams at the moment .. so i shant disturb him ..
although it's weird not seeing him for 2 days .. but nvm studies more impt!
after that we'll go port dickson for abcabcabc =D

B T is for Tired ..

i'm going off alr .. goodnight!

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i forgot to add .. my daddy getting me a new cameraa =D

yays .. hehee .. now must go find which one i want ..

the canon digital ixus 80 IS still my priority at the moment ..
shall look arnd awhile more before and compare before getting it.

any recommendations??

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contradictions...

as much as you want to know .. u'll never know.
as much as i want you to know .. u'll never know.

everyone has different perspectives of things ..
when sadness engulfs .. u'll see things in a different light .. sombre and cold.
when happiness overwhelms .. u'll feel warm fuzzy bubbling excitement.


for now ..
i know i should be contented with my life since i got almost everything but honestly i'm not really happy with my life..
i just feel so empty and i've been crying for the past 2 nights before i fell asleep.
no decision power .. pple forcing u to do things u don't really like ..
it's really getting on my nerves.
the lack of support by my family and loved ones .. it really hurts.
they'll never understand how i feel ..

i'm sorry for making u worried.
but i really don't feel like talking abt it at all ..
just leave it as it is .. i'll be fine tomorrow.
don't leave me.

chubby hubby maca-maca-macarons!

our first attempt of macarons ..

whEeee~ .. no more SATS .. it's finally over .. =D
got up at 5+ this morning and reached CJC at 720 with mayo cuz reporting time was at 745 ..
there were ALOT of pple .. omggg .. to think i thought we were the only few that were taking the test .. =x ..
met shang zhao with another np guy there too .. and mayo met her pri sch crush who carries a recycled bag and she doesn't know his name =.="

anyway the ppr was supposedly 3h 45 mins .. but in the end they only let us start arnd 9 .. then after sect 1 & 2 had 5 mins break .. after sect 3 & 4 had 1 min stretch break .. after sect 5 & 6 another 5 mins break .. then from sect 7 -10 pia all the way till arnd 2+pm they dismissed us ..
the LONGEST test i've ever took man .. =x

was really drained out after the whole thing .. went to mayo's house to get my books back from her then took bus back .. i was literally swaying my way home cuz the books were damn heavy and i was feeling so tired .. didn't had breakfast or lunch + 2 heavy bags of books + brain damaged from SATS .. thought that i would faint before i reach my doorstep .. luckily i didnt ..

my dearest bf came over and bought macs for me for brunch =D while i was lazing arnd watching tv .. felt soooo tired after that and i fell asleep from 5 till 7+ .. tried to make macarons tgther with dearest and amanda .. not enough grounded almond but we make do with whatever we had .. and tadaaa .. only the first batch was screwed cuz the temperature too high .. after that batch it was all quite ok except for the cracking of the "shell" ..

oh wells .. i've better get going to sleep .. it's alr almost 2 .. =.=" ..
my body clock is damn SCREWED. sighs

before i forget ..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY aunty EVIE =D
heehee .. she called me just now while on her way back from celebration and we were talking rubbish as usual for awhile till she got home ..
poor woman got to work tmr .. but she doesn't mind and i dont really care too .. haha

alrights ..
goodnight!

sighs ...

now i realise my english is REALLY bad ):

my SATS is 2 days away ..
so far done 2 SATS pracise ppr ..
maths and writing not that bad .. excluding essay .. the worst is the critical reading part .. omgg ...

now i'm thinking what i want to do .. got alot in mind but i dont wanna do it alone .. =x
we shall see how it goes along ..

for now .. i shld not think so much and go sleep!
tmr got work again ):

goodnight!

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it's 11.36 and i just got a msg from my colleague telling me that she's on halfday and wants me to cover her 630 shift for her.
it's the THIRD time this wk she's messaging me last minute to ask me to change shift .. i had turned down the 1st 2 times alr cuz i had something on .. and tmr we're suppose to go to ecp with the girls which is also not confirmed because supervisor didnt say anything .. bf's going to clean agt's database so nt really sure what time he'll be back ..
damn. why is she trying to ruin my plans!

i am not some backup that u think u can always come to me whenever u need someone to cover ur shift .. u shld know that this week is ur shift and not plan anything to affect it ..
and you still owe me 1 day.

it's not that i'm being calculative .. but it's really not a valid excuse .. since i started having shifts .. u have always been the one that makes me swap shifts with u .. and i rmb there was this once when u msg me at FIVE in the morning asking if i could swap .. u really think that u're the only one with plans and others dont have their own plans right? .. u're just plain selfish.

i'm really getting sick of u pushing ur stuff to me and u gaining credit for it. do u think it's fair to me? ..

arghs. i really dont have any idea what's the plan tmr ..
sighs maybe i shldn't even go to work.
i'm really dreading work .. ):
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