It's snowing!

Sunday, July 29; 7/29/2012 05:13:00 PM

growing old(er)

"omg! i still think of us as the girls in uniform! this is too scary!" - quote from sheena to crapz at yifen's wedding

i agree!
i still remember all those night study sessions in school while preparing for o levels, where some sessions became crapping sessions...
i still have the vivid image of us girls in a pinafore sitting at the concourse eating our hotdog popiah in my mind...
how can it be that 10 years have passed since we last wore our pinafore?
In the blink of an eye, some are married, some are getting married, some are pregnant, some have already given birth...
meanwhile, some are still waiting for the One, some are not looking...
whoah....
the transformation is scary...
we are no longer the dreamy young girls we once were, bright eyed, thinking the world is a wonderful place filled with motherly/sisterly figures like our teachers, thinking that our prince charming will find us in their shining armour (courtesy of julie garwood, judith macnaughts, sandra brown books), thinking that we can conquer the world!

somewhere along the way, we learnt to accept the practicalities of the world and moved on...

Saturday, July 21; 7/21/2012 12:52:00 AM

pursue your dreams?

last year, i went around telling everyone...

"don't jio me on any trips this year...i need to save money!"

barely half the year passed...nearly dying from burnout...feeling my productivity fall to the pits...

i decided that i needed a trip..and thanks to the executor, hz, the trip to indonesia...

and barely one month after i returned, i received a call from my auntie

"shan, i'm looking at the jetstar site now..the prices are quite reasonable for a long weekend you know? you want to go?"

"ok lor"

and yays! i'm going for a short getaway over the national day weekend!

so the plan is to go to the library to borrow a lonely planet for vietnam tmr...

been looking at the fb status updates..

see some old friends/schoolmates pursuing what they like to do which may not be mainstream

i admire them from the depths of my heart...

i admit that i'm very unwilling to take a big step into an unknown area..

financial security is my foremost consideration before i take any steps...

i heard their interview on 933...
it was only when i saw the fb updates that i realise my PW mate was the lead singer in this band!
go nicole!
and i really think that it's quite cool to have a violinist in a rock band
and what was most amazing was that they had full time jobs when they published the first album and went on publicity rounds...

i don't have big dreams
no dreams of unlimited riches, climbing the corporate ladder, the perfect bf/husband, etc
i only dare to take small steps in life hoping to reach somewhere eventually
or maybe i'm just waiting for them to come and find me..haha
all i can do now is to prepare myself for any opportunities that may come my way...
opportunities are for those who are prepared right?