t'was the course registration in school on a friday morning. i had trouble sleeping and then find myself speeding the latio to school. i didn't quite get my modules on first click which led to a lot frustration. i had an exchange of emails with the school and finally got my modules finalised for the coming semester. the thing is, i find myself doing one module on my own. it could be refreshing, meeting and working with new people. or something else then again.

the kenai/casper gang swang by my place that night for a bbq. it was mini gathering of sorts. it went well. and then half of the bunch came up my place for a night of poker. my brother joined in. i bled chips. but i couldn't stop the haemorrhage. we had the left over chicken wings in the oven and it was smoking awesome. by the time the guys left i was dead beat. i slept through saturday. i dropped by shawn's place on saturday night when i exchange textbooks and got a threadless tee from him. 'birds of a feather'. it was very cool.

sunday night came along. it was the party at adam's. i managed to hitch a ride from andy. almost nine when we reached sensoria. jean and angie were waiting for us at the pool side where slipped into our uniforms for the themed party. for that night i was superman disguised as an rjcian. there were a couple of generations under that roof. generations of orientation groups. it reminded me that this phase too would fade away. we'll all move on to something else. after the gift exchanges and photo takings, we had another round of poker. i was going at some astonishing rate. i tried to get some shut eye thereafter but it didn't work out so i found myself back at the table playing daidee doing the weirdest forfeits. i toyed with the ukulele i got from jean. it was of a classy white. someday i might just get a hang of it!

it was monday afternoon, a brief four hours of sleep after party. i went down to school for the inter school games after i got wind of it during the party. the preliminaries were dead easy. with a bad nose i decided to cancel the night out with some friends, forgoing the night out at orgo, and avatar in 3d. the next day i went for my appointment at the national dental center where i had the x-ray done and figured that i needed two extractions.

i can't remember much of wednesday. i think i watched public enemies in the late night(or in the wee morning hours). i thought it was tragic that they killed off the johnny depp character. the scene where he sauntered into the police station was most awesome. i spent christmas eve at parco and then the esplanade. the ice cream flavors at tom's palette were sort of bizarre, yet enticing. christmas eve ain't like how it used to be on those rainy december nights when they used to air the 'home alone' movies on channel 5. i used to hang socks and wonder how would santa have popped by. there was no damn chimney!!! but i believe i was missing the point of this festive season. blink 182's 'i won't be home for christmas' has always been the most apt of songs.

on christmas itself, i paid my grandmother a visit. my parents and i had dinner at imm. we had some walk around the place before the dropped me off at kw's place. soon, the gess gang was at joce's place where we had the johnny walker, coke and pasta. we talked about how things have been and went back and forth about plans for the new years eve. we ended with rounds of cai quan and lots of laughter. i went to bed at 7 in the morning, after another one of those episodes of the simpsons...

the next evening that came the gess gang regrouped at the Games Haven at clark quay. we headed up to Players. joce and cz soon joined us. surprise surprise. the sirloin steak that refused to be put on the table stirred up a fuss and we left with a bad aftertaste despite the very very apologetic waitress. we found ourselves at a tcc where the candles went out and cake was served. at the end of that night, while some contemplated a night at the club, a few of us decided to make it back home...

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