simple word. Happy. to describe how I feel now. Well, firstly, wanna wish Khalis and his family, as well as my malay frens, a selamat hari raya! and yes, being frens with Khalis for years already, I feel i shld put aside any inhibitions and go visit his family during this festive period as an expression of respect! (:

well, I'm feeling happy today because I just came back from esplanade! it's been some time since i've last went there. so i went there with wan ting and lester. wore a nice dress too. glad to dress up! haha. well, yesterday, i din wanna spend my whole public holiday solely on studying. so i decided to go esplanade website to see what free performance they have. and viola! there was a strings quartet playing classic cartoon tunes. well, so decided to go and invited wan ting along. after that, we msged others but only lester can make it.

so this is the recount! apparently, i was studying in the afternoon and got held back. so i was 15 mins late. sorry guys! then we decided to have dinner after the half-hour performance. so okay lor. since we had time, i got tempted to enter the G2000 shop since there was SALE and there were shirts selling at $13! tat's cheap for G2000. so i entered that shop! looked arnd and saw this green half-sleeve shirt! firstly, i hardly have green shirts. Secondly, i dun have a half-sleeve shirt. so i thought it'll be good to wear to lectures since it's always so cold. so i did the fastest shopping ever!

i went in, looked at the shirt, choose my size, talked a bit to wan ting, tried the shirt and immediately bought the shirt. all this is done in 15 minutes! the fastest shopping i ever did! and i was surprised! cos usually i will look at the clothes, walk arnd to other shops then go back to that shop when i'm sure about it. but not this time round. ha. maybe because i knew i needed one and i din want to miss it. ha. well, but thinking back, i wonder if i'm too impulsive. haha.

well, after that, we headed down to esplanade to watch the performance. it was very entertaining. even to the youths like us. we listened to the song and start looking at each other, trying to guess the cartoon these songs were played in. it was pretty interesting and mind-intriguing. we stared at each other for some time before coming out with the answer. and i got it right on all times! haha. and i even remember what scene it was! haha. imagine that! like they were playing a medley of Cinderella cartoon and i can even say that the section is when the mouse was sewing the dress and when Cinderella was mopping the floor. lol. well, it does bring back many memories. haha. and that goes to show how often i watch these cartoons when i was younger! ha. fairy-tale childhood. but well, listening to these songs and taking some time to recall the cartoons does tell me that i'm getting old already. haha.

the performance itself was good. very good playing. harmonious. play together. right pauses. co-ordinate well. and most of all, fantastic choice of songs and style of playing. there were 2 violins (violin 1 and violin 2), viola and cello. no double bass though. but it's okay. the cello provided a good bass. and each instrument takes turn to play the melody. even the cello. i felt it was good. brings out a different perspective. and they are all locals and around my age--university students. however, i dun think they represent a uni. i think they just come together and decide to perform. kudos to the string quartet!

and i feel they chose the right genre of music to play--on 1 oct when it's children's day! then they play all the cartoon tunes. and what's more, it's a public hol so many of the parents brought their young kids to watch. and so the kids can relate to the songs well. and disney cartoons are classic! totally! so it even appeals to the older ones like us! haha.

well, i feel that the greatest satisfaction i get is in knowing that lester and wan ting enjoyed the show and performance =) i'm glad you enjoyed it guys! me too! more importantly, i enjoyed your presence and company! =)

so after that, we had dinner. and suddenly lester was so generous. he treated us xiao long bao and the pan-fried pork dumpling. initially i wanted to treat the xiao long bao since i suggested eating in that restaurant, Asian kitchen. we even pushed arnd a bit during the ordering time. haha. but in the end, he gave the treat. but thinking back, it's funny and rare. fighting to treat. haha. but yeah. thanks alot lester! it was nice of you! =)

so had a good filling dinner. went to shop arnd at city link mall and marina square. bought a farewell gift for eleena. then, lester showed us the clothes shop that he goes. and i discovered the wing of marina square i din noe! i was surprised! i can't believe i missed out that side! haha. but now i know! yay! not so noob. ha. so shop arnd, wanted to eat in an ice cream shop but it closed. so lester went to get ice cream at macs before the 3 of us headed back home. we had a good chat. over dinner and on the way back. nice. rare to meet up and really spend time tgt outside sch and not talking much abt sch work!

so reached back hall early at arnd 11pm. mm. it was nice. chatted with yu xin and khalis. okay! so tat's about all. i'm just glad that i had a good day today. oh. studied with yu xin and others at the reading room in the afternoon too. did my lab report and much was completed. only left 1 main section and conclusion. hope can finish by tml. yar. it was nice to study with yu xin. well, at least i finally can spend time with him. it's either i'm busy with activities such that our schdeule dun match or he's in sch doing projs till very late. and by tat time, i wld have slept already. ha. well, even if it's jus silent studying today, it was still nice to have him arnd. at least i know he's there when i wanna talk to someone. and he's always putting so much food on the table that i just can't resist but eat them. THANKS!

had lunch with jing yuan, zhong wei, shi yin and joyce. it's been a long time since i've seen sy and zw. it was good to catch up with them! =) cheers and take care! okay. gotta go! nitez!