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I love you, holidays.

Not a day has gone by since the end of my exams when I’ve thought ‘Omg I’m bored’. Not once.

It’s been friends and books and baking and shopping and good conversations and wonderful food for the past weeks, and for that I am so grateful. Also it makes me dread Year 2 although we still have a 2 months before we’re anywhere near there so, phew.

One of the few things I itched to do during the torture that was pre-finals was to club. Probably from being cooped up for days on end in campus surrounded by stressed, somber students – and from being too pooped to have proper fun on the weekends. Within a week of my last paper I badgered enough people to Zouk with me (obvs didn’t waste time hur).

Initially a rather last minute trio of just Beni and Christine, but we were happily adopted (yay!) by Suren, Beni’s classmate Steph, and their Eusoff mates. Was a pretty brilliant night and I’ve  fulfilled my need to squeeze with sweaty youths gyrating to heavy beats for at least until Arts Camp.

Also highhhh on my priority list was to visit SN, and we did!!!

Had the loveliest, loveliest time with this bunch, curious-ing around the new compound and baking a fruit tart we were all retardedly proud of.

Since then it’s been meet up-s with all the people I’ve not spent time decently with for awhile: the OG, Cleo and Nat, Amanda with her Kenya stories (!!) and tribal songs, Debbie (and FINALLY seeing her interact with JY since they became an item *****3***** FANGURL!! because we crashed Justin’s flat-viewing).

There are still lots and lots of people I’m dying to meet up with, old SN friends and A16 girls and all the overseas kids (SOOON!!!) and I’m so ridiculously excited I can burst right now.

Between meet up-s I spend time at home with my grandmother and sister, and these days I treasure so much. I practically wake up thinking: Ooh I’m not going out today!! So much I can do! 

A typical day at home would have me wake up to a book and finish it by noon (not that i’ve read a whole lot yet) (i plan to). Currently just started on Paulo Coelho’s Veronika decides to die (not bad so far). Just finished Agatha Christie’s Crooked House which was surprisingly unpredictable (i loved that i was wrong. loved it.) which goes to show how much better novels are at narrative manipulation because I can almost always guess crime TV plots. (probably also because you get to read gestural language on TV).

Also I’ve been baking, started out because I crave certain pastries and decided to create than buy to tailor it to my sometimes rather fussy taste. It’s now fueled by my dad, though, my most enthusiastic fan who asks me every day i happen to be home “are you baking?” and was thoroughly disappointed when i did one day but refused to give him any because it was for friends. have had enough of cakes and brownies and now thinking of maybe cream puffs which my dad kinda ordered…. maybe.

when i’m not feeling like a total bum i sometimes travel out alone in search of new books or clothes and have so far been pretty successful! trying not to spend too much though so i’ve diverted my attention to cheap leisure like lounging by the pool. YES i’ve been rather indulgent with sunbathing. Every time the weather is remotely promising i shuffle down and take afternoon naps by the pool. This is one of the less rewarding enterprises though cause Singapore’s capricious weather sucks and starts to cloud up every time i’m ready to be a bronzed goddess.

wow this is one rambly and boring post but ok wtv soon i’ll find something more specific to post about probably on a novel or on how INCREDIBLY PAINFUL DR JIAJIA VIDEOS MAKE ME OK BYE.

Current top to-read:

Pee on Water
The Deptford Trilogy
Pastoralia
It’s kind of a funny story
The Secret History
I Love Dick
Player Ready One