Bridging Fantasy & Reality

I am uploading this upon request of a certain someone who thinks he looks like Collin Farrel (I almost typed in Firth) from the movie 'In Bruges' here. LOL. What a crack up, seriously! And in hopes of chasing away a stranger who keeps leaving odd comments in my chatbox. I wish I had that much time to go around leaving odd comments in other peoples chatboxes and then not even owning up to them.

It's been one month. Too short really. I feel like I've been with him forever now. I didn't want him to take me anywhere, especially since he had to pay NZD 1700 for his car repairs and take the bus here and also coz we were all still stuck in a study daze. But we still did something. Thoughtful enough to make it perfect. I always thought it was weird when couples sat on the same side of the table. Until I did it yesterday. Didn't feel odd at all. Felt right.

And then we went back to the viaduct. And walked around. That place drips with droplets of memories. It's where he revealed. Where we watched fireworks. Where I met the majority of his friends. Where those lavish appartments with yatch parking lodges lie. Has to be my favorite place....

 Ah well. The comfort of the warm duvet calls. Here I go running....

The final week before exams is officially upon me. And to say I am prepared would be such an exaggerated lie that I'd prefer to just not go there. Akash is driving us to Tamaki today where a deserted campus lies in the middle of foliage so we can get some quiet study done. Which also means I have to get ready in one hour!

Finished my last assignment of the semester during the weekend and I can't believe how freaking long it took! I was supposed to finish it LAST weekend. But me being the perfectionist (which I hate!) went and read this entire mountain of journals to fully understand the concept of psychoanalytic desire and capitalism from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's points' of view. There is sadly, no space for perfectionism in uni. It's all about the science of balance. Spend too long on one assignment, and you lose out somewhere else, whether it's study or lecture or fun, the decision is ultimately yours. What I have come to realize is uni is almost too savage when it comes to time. It's nowhere close to a conducive place for people like me who are meticulous about detail. I'm still learning how to substitute detail and precision with speed. But I have never been good at that. To produce quality, I have always been someone to take time. It's challenging that way. And a challenge, despite my constant complains, is something that I have always loved. So bring it on finals. Time to rip you apart!

Friday night was our UMSA old/new committee appreciation dinner at Turkish Cafe in Newmarket. Pretty much a success. It marked the ultimate final event for the old committee which time and time again, I have said, that I will miss to death. KS made good souvenir booklets and everyone wrote nice stuff about each other in them. I still can't help glimpsing through mine. I love such things! SO simple yet so meaningful. And the food. OMYLORD. best food I have had in WEEKS! Jie Huei, Allan, Ati and I shared three dishes and I just couldn't help stuffing me face. Turkish food is the bombinos!

Saturday night was Vim's surprise 21st birthday party that Allan planned and executed with the assistance of myself and the rest. Got him a cake and then we waited in the apartment while they got back from grocery shopping and yelled "SURPRISE!!!!". Can die laughing! coz Vim was so shocked that the first thing he did was run out of the apartment. Good times! Been having more of my fair share. We played mafia, a game that I am pretty good at as I have come to realize. hehe. And then there was talking and laughing til the break of dawn. If it weren't for these people, my life would be lacklustre.

Weather was super nice the whole of yesterday. It's just too bad that had to be stuck in my room completing my 201 report. Glad to say I have that off my list for now. But I had to skip the BFM OhanaMii gathering at the domain just to complete the entire thing. Bummed out coz I couldn't go but I suppose at times like these priorities have to be set apart from leisure.... Whatever the case, I forced Melitta and Jess to go for a walk with me at the domain later that evening coz too much cooping up was just plain unhealthy. Especially in such nice weather. There was this group of people playing some awesome drum beats in the middle of nowhere. Honestly, we all wanted to break out into a bongo dance. But common decency stopped us from doing so.

The museum at the domain. I jog this path whenever it's not getting cold. Jogging in the domain is more therapeutic than treadmills. But in the winter, the pressure builds up in my ears and it hurts. Which offsets the therapy.

getting off the canon after the picture below was taken.

She's seemingly looking far and wide into my arse.

Front of the museum.I wonder why we never posed here before.

Later at night, Kailas, Mel and I went to the Divali Mela celebration at the viaduct. There were SO many stalls selling food and clothes and bangles and bindi and henna and MORE foood. And you didn't even have to walk, it was so crowded that the crowd pushed you into motion. Never have I been surrounded by so many Indians in my life! Even more than dodgy places in Malaysia. Except, these people weren't that much dodgy. Everyone just minding their own business which is exaclty how I liked it. Met up with cute stuff and his friends there. O man. I adore his friends. They actually make an effort to try and get me to feel comfortable around them. Always asking if I'm alright or hungry and trying to make conversation. Honestly, the best ever! Thank you Shanika, Bharat, Dhara, Sukhy, Purdy, Priya, and everyone else who was there and don't read my blog.... And I'm glad my friends adore cute stuff just as well.

He's good with them. Having coffee after the three of us split samosas and chappatis at the stalls.

And then there were the fireworks. So niiiice! they illuminated the sky and cute stuff and I got back to the viaduct just in time to see them!