WOW! so i went to The Manhattan Fish Market for lunch today! haha. at first he din wanna tell me. but on the way up to go yamaha first, i saw the restaurant. then, it struck me tat it cld be that place! viola! it was! nice! neat! my first time there. there was a set lunch. wanted to try fish n chips but decided to go for fried dory wid rice and fries and fried squids. plus drink and soup. n i asked for iced peach tea widout ice. haha. it sounded funny but i was so cold there n then tat i din want some more ice to lower my body temperature further!

so the total bill was $40.80. haha. khalis was nice. jus asked me to pay $15. come to think of it, he really paid alot of the bill. oops. i'll treat u something nxt time k? can't be u keep paying for my meals and treating me although u are earning a commando's pay! haha. well, be glad u are one of the 50 tat made it to SCDF k? hang in there!

so well. to end it off, i had a HARD time finishing off the food. i was practically stuffing myself wid wad's left on my plate. i dunno why, perhaps it was the cold tat made it so hard for me to eat the food fast and finish most of it. so i left alot of squid and some rice. i finish the fries! and the fried dory fish, well, i only left the fried batter. haha. if u know me, i wld definitely NOT touch them. they are fried! wid so much oil! eww... so i stuffed myself and i felt SO bloated! my stomach was going to burst. and jus now, towards dinner time, cld feel the food still in my stomach. boy! i guessed i eat over my limit. almost felt lyk puking too. oops. so lesson learnt: dun stuff and gorge yourself wid food!!

but on the whole, it was a gd dining experience. a good first time there. except, i must bring my jacket nxt time!!! and musn't be feeling cold when i have a meal like this! =)

khalis was bored so he sent me all the way to sch! well, at least to potong pasir stn. it was nice. haha. after he emerged frm the stn, he headed off to the mosque nearby and then went off to queensway. i wonder if he did any shopping. over at dhoby ghaut stn, i met yi chen at 130pm. boy! her paper starts at 2pm! well, she can make it at 2pm. but the fact is tat she has to get ready at 145pm. tat's the thing most of us tends to forget. well, so at least i reminded her that. n she was telling me she was struggling to finish the last chap of bio. boy...muz be hard on the bio students. bio students, jia you k? no matter how hard! okay. hope she makes it in time.

n yes. i did make it in time for my consultations after pushing back the timings several times. sorry mr tan! haha. cos i took so long to eat my lunch...1 hr...jus wanted to enjoy my meal. it's been a long time since i can enjoy a meal! everyday is rushing. every lunch in sch cos break's always half-hour n also dun wanna make yong hui wait so long n also rush up to the lib and study!!

anyway, something nice happen today during my consultations. hope. a 4-letter word: hope. it's really magical. both mr tan and ms tan gave me hope. i cld see tat they have confidence tat i will do well in maths and chem and tat gave me hope too. they din praise me. their underlying msg is well done and your progress is going good/fine. tat gave me hope tat i can do it. can score an A. not too sure if can score an A for prelims cos i'll never know how's the standard like, but i know i have the potential and confidence tat i can get an A for A levels. well, if at the end of the day, i really din score it, pls dun taunt me. but i jus wanna say tat i have the confidence! n lyk wad most ppl say: not giving up is half a battle won? well, having the right attitude too! =) well, it reminds me of my E & A maths last time when i was sec 4. had the same confidence. n i did get an A1 for both subjects. i hope i'll carry this same spirit forward too. but also knowing tat wadever happens, God's in control and i shld accept the result graciously. now, jus gotta settle my phys! n geog. not forgetting my h3 :) Lord, thank you for this hope u gave me today :)

finally, jus got a new definition for hope: hope is the confidence tat the eventual outcome will be good. but bear in mind tat good does not equals to wad u wish for. sometimes, wad we wish for isn't good although it may seems lyk so. after all, we are humans. only God has the power and the knowledge to know wad is good. so trust Him! even if circumstance doesn't seem hopeful now. i guess tat's why ppl say God is our Hope! Amen!