Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Valentine's Day 2012!

I think this is officially the best Valentine's Day I've ever had. (((((: We enjoyed our day together and some time apart as well (for last minute assembly of gifts), had a fun time at Nate's first salsa class and had a great dinner of crepes, both savoury and sweet. A special day doesn't have to have fireworks, singing telegrams or the whole kit and caboodle to be one of the greatest days of your life. Perhaps it's because when you find that special someone, every day's amazing.

Today I went to school with dad to turn in my MS homework, ended up reading stuff online until 9 then realised I left my original homework at home so I had to redo the thing all over again. -.- Went up to submit it in the dropbox and got back down to fellowship shortly after. Good to see Dawn again after so long! We've established our positions as two of the few slackers in the smu community who don't really care if we're not doing fabulously. We read in Ecclesiates today that toiling and slaving away for something you can't take with you when you die is totally futile, a pursuit of the wind, and thankfully we're not that kinda people. The fact that we're actually secretly lazy really doesn't matter, of course. :DDDDD

After that, I hurried to Raffles City mall to get Royce chocolates for Nate. I got the original chips cause I was always under the impression people bought white more. Small sample? Maybe. I care? Not really. HAHA. So after that, I went to draw money and passed by Jco. AND SUCCUMBED TO TEMPTATION GRRR. Bought a glazed doughnut and two more for Nate and Colin. SIIIIIIGH I see my father in me. :/ At least they were happy. (:

Went up to finance and managed to pay attention for the first half of the lesson (typical), and we ended early! But I had to wait for Nate in the end. :/ After he finally came, he presented me with a GORGEOUS rose. It was dusty baby purple/pink and SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL. Later on he explained that was why he was late - he went to collect it. We swapped gifts and that darling got me VENCHI CHOCOLATES which I was eying when we went to Taka and a WOODSTOCK TEE. This boy, this boy right here, knows my inner heart's desire. With me in a happy happy mood, we went for a shared late lunch cause we didn't wna spoil our dinner, and ate at the basement of pomo at a shop that's not bad in the spaghetti department, though the ngoh hiang-tasting meatballs were disturbing for me. Nate ate my share. :D

Recrea class next! Nate was so cute doing the basic step; it's like two things I love coming together. (: And I can't wait to dance with him again! We wandered aimlessly off to Orchard Road after, and found ourselves at Centerpoint's TCC, where we spent a good hour there. I read his V Day card and it made me cry. (': After laughing, crying, goofy phototaking, we went to take the bus back to where we came from(!) to Seah Street where we had dinner at this French crepe place. I forgot the name, but pics will prolly come up somewhere on fb if I remember.

What I really liked was that when we got seated at the table which had CUTECUTECUTE heart stickers on it to mark the occasion, systematically, staff approached us bearing special surprises. A lit tealight candle, swapped out salt and pepper shakers for ones with a heart stuck on it, THE MOOD WAS SERIOUSLY SWEET. Really, kudos to the staff for their innovative, cute and romantic creativity. The creamed spinach in the crepe with smoked salman was so different and tasty, but it has the propensity to become cloying and overwhelming. I also got smoked salmon with chives, lemon and sour(?) cream. It was gooood. BUT NOTHING CAN BEAT THE DESSERT CREPE. Not that I have anything against savouries, but I always felt crepe were for sweets. And the savoury crepes were buckwheat, which, whilst healthier, didn't quite satisfy. We had the caramel sauce-covered apple crepe with vanilla ice cream. The ice cream was so cute - you could see the vanilla bean flecks in it. Satisfied, we left and went home after a short walk around Raffles City mall.

All in all, I had a super time, and this is a day I'd most likely never forget - the first Valentine's Day ever to be memorable. I love you, Nate, if you're reading this. (: That's all I need to say.

On a related but different note,

I asked to see my sister's gifts, and they were multitudinous!!! They were all so personalised with letters and special gifts referring to habits and quirks of my sister's life, and I felt a twinge of sadness and nostalgia as I remembered my secondary and JC days. Now in uni, hardly anyone does that already. Mainly because for one person who belongs to a group of friends, there's another who doesn't. University is like that, because it's so modular, people hardly get the chance to bond. Except in CCAs or camp-forged friendships before school starts, we rarely make new and close friendships once in uni. It was a very hard period of transition for me when I moved to uni. I struggled to cope with the sudden loneliness of not having familiar faces I could feel close to and love as well as loved by everyday. I need people, terribly, and I felt so alone in the earlier part of uni. But I got used to it, and have a few close friends who I see occasionally, and I have Nate. We just have to get used to our situation, because things are different now, and they will be in the future. I'm just grateful for the friendships from the past that have survived until now, as well as the new ones I've made in uni that are going strong until now. And I'm also grateful for someone who loves me and I, him. I'm glad I can see him almost everyday; he's practically my world. I rely a lot on him, and I can see how it might be dangerous to put all your trust and love in one person, but I'm beyond that now. I trust Nate with all my heart, and I love him unconditionally. I don't have to worry about spreading my heart out amongst many people in case a big investment in one person fails - Nate is worth investing my whole heart in, and I know that will hold forever.

xoxo
Bex

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Blogging in corp comm class! Am now listening to a very entertaining story about how an air steward quit his job. Apparently he cursed over the intercom, grabbed a bottle of bubble, opened the emergency exit (the plane had landed, fyi) and slid down the inflatable slide! HAHAHAHAHA. It's pretttttttyyyy cool cause he went out in style.

TOMORROW'S VALENTINES DAY. And I haven't prepared the present! :O

It's a mad period now. Managing internship applications (and a dilemma, too), having mid-terms this week and homework! GRRRRR.

ANd one more thing: I HATE MS. RAWRRRRRR AOINSDOIGNA;SLDKNSRNOUIV. Headache!

Hopefully I'll have something nice to blog about tomorrow. :DDDDDD

xoxo
Bex

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