Pre Chinese New Year : Part I (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)

Went back with Raymond and co. after lessons. Followed Raymond to Tampines since I had nothing to do once I had reached home. Apparently he was supposed to meet Serene to settle his $25 debt, but failed to meet. Nevertheless, we went to Raymond's house to get a change to civilian clothes before going to Pavilion to play LAN. Played Warcraft 3 co-op, though at an expensive rate. Later I was persuaded by Raymond to go to Yeofeng's house for BBQ and a sleepover. Went reluctantly, as I was quite tired. (and miraculously wasn't sick from yesterday).

Met Julian Poh and Zhengxian along the way at Bedok interchange. Yeofeng's house is at Baywater condo, where his classmates and teacher had already gathered. Ginway was there also. We went to the small stone table to talk about anything under the stars. Sadly, none of Yeofeng's classmates spared a thought for us. We went to East Coast to have supper at 1 am, then walked to the jetty to look at the stars. The stars are so beautiful,...and it reminded me of the Desert Rose, she whom I missed a lot. Felt a pang of loneliness in my heart, but I guessed it have to be this way for the time being. Somehow lost among the stars when Yeofeng complained that he wanted to sleep, and couldn't accomodate all 5 of us. We scolded Yeofeng amongst ourselves while walking back, and we felt that at least we should leave his place in dignity, as Yeofeng seemed to be in a bad mood, and thus rejected his offer to squeeze all 5 of us in his house even though he said earlier that it can only house 3 of us.

Now the 5 of us felt like refugees (or beggars) and had nowhere to turn to for the night. We had a quick bath before planning our next moves. We were about to go to the park to sleep under the stars when Ginway suggested going to his house, which was nearby. Thus we spent the remainder of the night (or rather early morning) at Ginway's cluttered room. We passed around the class photo of 2S03I, where we had discussions about the gals in raymond's class. All agreed that 3I had a high % of chio bus in it. Time really flies past when we were talking about them.

Though I saw the Desert Rose in the photo, it was no substitute, as the photo is only a shadow of the real person. I was cherishing the time I spent with her before tiredness overcame me.