pedals up! gobble down!

put it simply - today's a rewarding day, both physically and emotionally.

i went dragonboating with the reach mentors and mentees today. it was whoppee great fun dragonboating and i think i prefer dragonboating to kayakking because the former really brings out the competitive streak in us. i must say i do have an innate fear i.e - public speaking. it doesnt happen when it's like for a small group of people but when everytime i'm made to say something to a large crowd, my face will get flushed and butterflies start popping out of the cocoons in my stomach. it ends up with me giving an abrupt and disorganised delivery of what i've to say. in fact, i've read a book by adam khoo recently. it's the kind of motivational books and gives you advice and tips on how to maximise your potential blah blah blah. as a matter of fact, many people are skeptical of such theories in the first place and i happen to be one of them too. however, i'll learn to overcome this fear through the old and tested formula - practice!

putting that small worry of mine aside, i'm uber glad i've got a new mentee under my care. well fortunately, i think we hit if off quite well lah. he's a nt student still in secondary school taking n levels. after chatting with him, i'm glad (yes again, sorry for my lack of vocabulary) that he's kinda driven and motivated lah. he told me that he aims to get into infocomm tech in ite then to temasek poly after getting an average of 70 in year one of ite. i had him to promise me that he'll call me whenever he needs help in his academics and i'll be tutoring him every weekend as much as possible. suddenly, i realised it's comforting to know that your little actions can touch the lives of others but in a positive way of course.

after that, i met up with the my old gang mates again. nominal roll: bunny, chris, boss, victor and hongzhou. gy's stucked in ndp with saikang and we did expressed that we missed his crap nowadays lol. ironic huh. i guess the best part of our get together was during our way to and during our steamboat dinner. i think marina bay really holds some special meaning to this group of us. our post prelims class outing, numerous gang outings and not forgetting the dare which i made to the gang to go to marina bay for steamboat after our GP BRIDGE session. and yes, everytime on the way there we'll meet the 'zhenfa huo hai xian' aunty who tries to promote her free transport cum free drink deal. and today, i acted as a sichuan tourist from china lol and hop on the van anyway. end up we didnt patronise zhenfa coz i think it's too crowded and the food so so only.

it's times like this where we get to blabber about anything and everything in our lives - past, present and future. the topics never run dry and in fact, fond memories just gushes out as if from a floodgate. laughing at the silly things we did in the past and bitching about our lives.

it's times like this when i realised im in bliss.

it's a real small world.

has anyone mention that this world is real small? so much so that it sometimes leave me wondering whether there really exist something as fate or even if that life is but a play orchestrated by i-dont-know-who. who knows one of these days, i might meet my long lost neighbour and fall head over heels for her. hahaha.

anyway, remember i had previously mentioned two of my primary schoolmates are now my bunkmates. just a few nights ago, we chatted late into night about our old primary school days. from recollecting the days when our stern yet fatherly form teacher holded us in class during recess time to updating each other on the lives of our other classmates. catching up on old times brings back fond memories especially when it's a dig at you. for e.g. something my friend, darren said. "ben loh you arh, last time always walk around like a fat boss because you were so very happy that your exam results won ben sim" however, anyway, that is really so untrue of me. then came a barrage of digs and sarcasm at each other.

but all in the name of friendship :)