Welcome 2008

Hello Hello!

Another year has flown past once again. OMG!! I just realised that I've neglected this blog for ages.. real terrible isn't it? Ok, I shall try to blog again although it can be quite tough... I can't exactly sit still and write.. occupational hazard!

Anyway, 2007 has been an eventful year for me... besides making some really great new friends, I have also taken up French lessons (bonjour! ca va?), bought a new phone (Sony Ericsson too), embarked on a couple of trips, grown a little wiser I hope and sprouted a bunch of grey hair. haha.... Hopefully 2008 will be more eventful and promising, especially financially.

Here's a pretty picture of my friend, Sarah's cat. I believe his name is Socrate although I can't be sure since she has so many cats! The white cat is Phoebe I think. And last but not least, the last picture is me. Figured that since I haven't posted any pictures for ages, I should at least upload one. Oh well... will try to blog a little more frequent now.

At Womad Singapore

Went to my first Womad Singapore during the weekend! It was so good that I went back on two separate occasions.. hehehe.... There was music from Israel, Africa, Japan, Sengal, Scotland. I really enjoyed the performances by Daara J and the Asian Dub Foundation. They so totally kick ass!!!! I was like, dancing non-stop for hours.. hahahaha..... maybe I should do this more often, it really helps to relive pented-up frustrations!!! =p

Neoprint time!

Wanted to take neoprint with Nina for a long time.. finally managed to do it last weekend! heheh.. these days, neoprint machines are pretty high-tech yah? Can add this and that special effects. Whoa! We had a lot of fun adding special features!

I'm XMM!!!

Took a survey.. I'm Good luck bear!!!

	Good Luck Bear Lucky you! You are one lucky person. You are not one to worry much about anything, trusting that everything will turn out great on its own. You also realize that you must risk things in life to gain happiness. However, your implusiveness gets you into trouble once in awhile. You spread your good luck to others with encouraging words that help others believe in themselves.
Take the Which Care Bear Are You? Quiz!

Still lost...

Somehow I can't feel but a little sad. I doubt my attempts to contract my penpal would yield any results. I mean, it's been so long already... maybe he doesn't wanna keep in contact with me, or has some other personal reasons. Or he's already married and it would weird for him to write to me. Or maybe he'd think that I have some ulterior motive for writing to him, I dunno....

I just have this sinking feeling in my heart. I mean, I don't know for sure but I have no confidence in this. Crap, I don't even know whether I got the right person! Maybe I should write to every person with the same name on this island. Maybe I should stop fretting over this. Maybe I shouldn't have been such an idiot in the beginning. Sigh.

I know it's quite fruitless to worry over this, but I'm a little anxious and really wanna find him. Why? To know him better. It ended abruptly before we could really get to know one another and I am just curious to know this person better.

Sorry to bother you with all this rambling and whining.... I think I'm obsessing. ARGH!
Maybe one day, he would do a google and read all I've written. Maybe.....
Maybe I'd be gone the next day and at least, I have said all that I needed to say here.

Oh well.

Blame the dumb 14 year old me.

The case of the missing penpal

I think I may have found my penpal. Not too sure yet.. but he might have relocated (and that's why my letter most probably would reach him)... Found someone by that name who lives near the previous address...

I'm dying to see whether it's the correct person. Whether I've found him or not. But then, I figured.. I've already waited more than a decade for this. What's another few days or weeks? The thought of it is unbearable.... why didn't I do it sooner? I don't know... hesitating... unsure whether I should do it or not.... it feels right this time to write back and perhaps, find some closure to this.

Is he happy now? Married? With kids?
Doing well? Healthy?
What's his job? Future aspiration?

We've got a decade worth of catching up to do. Maybe it's too late already. I hope he hasn't passed away or something.. that wld be terrible. People change all the time and he has probably changed as well... I doubt he'll be the same person but the character traits would be there.

It's a pity I didn't get to really know him at that time... that's what I want to try to do this round... IF i can find him and IF he is willing.

Lost in Singapore

How, oh! how do you find someone in Singapore?

It's driving me crazy trying to find someone here. Given Singapore's population, how hard can it be to locate someone? Apparently, it's very difficult.

I've tried the yellowpages, friendster, google... to no vain!! Sigh. Maybe we're not destined to meet. Like he said before, "So close yet so far." It's very frustrating... I do have one sure way to find him, but I would leave that as the last resort.

Maybe some people don't want to be found. That's a possibility.

Maybe he'll turn out to be someone I don't wanna know. That's possible as well.

Well, since I've already started this journey, I might as well try my best.

Will you... be my valentine?

Well, I've finally done it. I've posted a letter to my long lost penpal's old mailing address, hoping that he would somehow or rather still be residing there.

This is like a story out of a book. I don't know why.. things with me can be rather surreal sometimes. I'm searching for a person..... don't know where he is, or even whether he's still alive. I'm gonna wait for the mail anxiously for the next few days.... I mean, it's really weird for someone to reply after a decade has gone past, but I hope it's not too late. The letters are one of my most treasured items... every single one is being read and reread... I consider myself lucky to have kept these in tip-top condition over the past few years. Some of the little gifts he gave me are still there too. Things of the past... like, giving a MRT card as gift, or just a simple bookmark or sticker. Nothing fantastic in terms of monetary value, but they're all priceless to me.

Hope I'll be able to find him eventually....