' laura twenty-one on 140608 Having found the elements of joy, she is contented and blessed for all that she has in her life. (:
Unconditional love, let me tell you something; I love you just the same if not a little more.
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About Me
If, I ever found
A wishing carpet lying around,
I'd stand upon it and I'd say:
"Take me to his side, right away!"
And then we'd travel very far
To where the magic countries are
That you and I will never see
And choose the loveliest gifts for you, from me.
Throwing all previous vows and swears aside, I have thus bought a webcam. In the past, I vowed not to ever buy a webcam because I figured it was a sheer waste of money. But Ombala has been pestering me for the past few days, telling me "Webcam! Webcam!" & for him, anything goes. So I've successfully ended up with a webcam in my possession.
I stayed in Challenger for the longest time ever and I was tempted to buy so many things, not that I needed them but because the guy was uber cute! He is just about the cutest and most angmoh-pai Malay guy I've ever seen! And he's been named "Mouse-Man" by yours truly because he works at the mouse section. But every section I went, he was trailing behind and I was hence tempted to bombard him with lots of questions just so I could talk to him (yes, I know I sound like a friggin' bimbo tonight). Jasmine & I were giggling like some school girl (not that we aren't schooling, but you get the drift) and she thinks that he is cute too! :D :D But when I was choosing the webcam, Mouse-Man was busy with another customer (@#$%^&* stupid ahpek stole him away from me) and I had to settle for a nerd. And the saddest thing of all was that I didn't notice Mouse-Man's name but only Nerd's name. ): And if I may say so, I was kinda thrilled that Mouse-Man kept following us. :D
So anyways, we then made our way down to Mos Burger at Raffles The Market Place to meet the rest of the gang. We basically just slacked and chilled around before heading down to TCC at Boat Quay. I have nothing much to say about the gathering except that just before I went home, most of 'em hugged me and that made me a happy girl because frankly, I absolutely adore hugs. ;)
Prior to the YEP gathering (where we talked about our March plans to go back to Vietnam and the likes), Jasmine and I were in town at Kino browsing through anime books and art books. I can't wait for Jasmine's special shipment to come in because the book is totally dope! Just the first page was enough to make me fall in love with it but because I have no use for art books except as decoration, I had to stifle my urge to just grab the book and go.
And we went to take neoprints at Cine! It was totally gay and I love love LOVE! the machine that we used (if you like to know, the one we used was called Hime Gumi). I is loving the photos. :D Love you, babe!
And today, I finally got my letter which Ombala wrote to me. I was sitting in TCC when I got it. My first reaction was to tear it open but on the other hand, another part of me wanted to savour every single moment opening and reading it and sitting in a crowded cafe isn't the best place, is it? But my itchy fingers couldn't take it and I opened the letter. Out dropped 2 photos and a letter. Both photos were of him and they made my heart skipped a beat. They were both solitary photos and were only of him and he looked so happy that my heart was singing in joy albeit it hurting too because I realised how much I actually miss him. I tucked the letter carefully back into the envelope without reading it because I thought I would rather read it in the comfort of my room. And then Jasmine opened her letter and that did it. I couldn't resist it and I opened mine too. Talk about determination and self-resistance. The letter touched me where I was hurting the most and just as I was reading it the second time, Ah Du suddenly said, "Lala, don't cry ah!" (since I was well-known for crying practically every night prior to leaving the kids last year. I cried every night because I couldn't bear leaving the kids, especially my Ombala) I actually had zilch intentions to cry though part of me was threatening to do so. But somehow, whenever someone tells me, "Laura, don't cry!" I will want to cry even more. And so, that was what triggered me off. I could feel the tears at the corner of my eyes but it felt so paiseh to be crying when everyone was having fun and laughing. So I swallowed my longing down and laughed along with the rest, all the while with my mind (and heart) on the letter, photos and most importantly, Ombala. I wish I could do more for him and I hate myself for not being able to.
Moving on, the bus ride home was crap, if I may say so. I was feeling all moody and down and not at all pleased with the tentative arrangements that the group had came up with. But who was I to voice it out and say nay when everyone (or nearly) was saying yea to said arrangements? But that is beside the point. I was feeling all tired and feverish and the only thing I wanted to do was to get down the bus and hop onto a cab and zoom my way home in the night instead of crawling at a stately pace. This is the one time I hate bus rides.
Even now as I am typing this, at an unearthly 1:26am, my eyes are constantly flickering to Ombala's photo.
On a much happier note, I am finally starting school on Tuesday! :D And I have lots of programs lined up for me next week. Wednesday's night out with the girls to celebrate 2 birthdays, Thursday's sun-tanning with my lovelies and Friday night's dinnering with LEE JUN WEI when he books out! (I didn't even know there was a military camp in CCK. HAHAHA.)
And so with that, I shall leave all of you, hit the sacks and wake up to a much happier day. :)
