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The year started out well, as it always is when friends are featured.

Tail end of 2014 spent having a simple Ya Kun breakfast with Ben, Cat and Cleo. Missed Gee a lot, because YK is her thing. Being emotionally dysfunctional we expressed this by cruelly sending her photos of YK. Poor girl. Lazy morning meet-ups are my favorite, before anything begins, when we have nowhere to rush too.

Spent the stretch of Christmas and New Year with the extended family (including J’s), which i haven’t done for awhile. It has been friends or J for the past several years. Made a conscious choice to stay home this year.

Also managed to catch up with Ben with Daf before Ben leaves. She’s always been the one constant always popping up whenever the Mugs meet, without her around i’m not sure if we’ll even get the chance to… :-(

On the other hand: i have a class with Shereen Keng, AGAIN, after 6 years! So at least ONE mug would have her face around mine. SMU days are nice, because TWO! DAY! WORK! WEEK! And having to see all my pretty A16 boys and girls – the familiarity is so comforting. Envy them for having this throughout uni.

Yesterday, met up with LPS and Debs. Spent 4 hours chatting, with these 2 there’s really no end to conversations. LPS will be away this semester, but already i’ve seen her face more than i did since Uni.

Discovered new places with J. One day we decided to go somewhere we haven’t been to, and found an open place with good food and kitschy trinkets to browse – pretty much our only two criteria for a good place.

Cutesy old school things. I love just walking around being amused with J. It’s a very grassroots activity, admittedly, but the trite proverb of simplicity as best proves itself rather true.

Went to Trick Eye with my family. Tbh it was pretty underwhelming. We agreed that if my dad hadn’t gotten complimentary tickets, it wouldn’t have been worth paying for. Most of the exhibits were under construction; the lighting was bad for photo taking, and the exhibits just… weren’t very well thought out.

Still, time with family.