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Racial Harmony Day Celebrations

Today we had RH/Youth Day celebration. I wore dee's burmese skirt which was really long, and really colourful and pretty! And lots of people wore really pretty things, like xiao yu & ann wearing the pink saris (twins!) and melissa's turquoise one! Really pretty.. And almost the whole of nutella wore some ethnic costume. We rock. 310's Peruvian potato patties sold out pretty fast, cos Clara, dee, chay, eme and myself went round begging people to buy some. By the time debbie came over to get some (she promised me!) it was sold out & she got the nachos instead. I liked the bandung drink with the evaporated milk the best. (:

So anyway, after the celebration, had Speech Day rehearsals in the hall, which is really dumb cos everyone seemed to have gone out while poor ol' sec3 choristers were standing near the grand piano in the hall practising. But it was an extremely fun time singing again. Can't wait for tomorrow's choir practice!

Went to wisma with lun later on. I really wanted to get the roxy pullover (black) but my dear cousin had it already (i don't doubt her taste), and the rest were pretty boring, so we moved over to topshop, and couldn't find anything either. Pathetic shopping spree. Were waiting for my mum who was still at taka eating her ice cream so we walked round wisma about 3 times eating sushi (:

New America Singers Exchange Programme
It's a little late to blog about this, but since it is a milestone in my life (laughs), I just felt like it. Basically, they came, they sing, they won our hearts. Their disney item was superb of the superbs, & solos were American-idol material. And of course, (who will ever forget), some really fantastic people in the choir. They were super friendly and stuff, & they taught us line dancing too! (: Our performance was below standard, maybe because we were either really nervous at having to sing in front of people around age 18 and above, or that they were really intimidating cos most were really t a l l. So anyway, we made lots of new friends, & had a fantastic time with them. Their next stop is Thailand, then off to Korea. I don't suppose they'll be visiting here any time soon, but ming said "you'll never know..."(mysteriously), so...

Me, Xinzi, Sarah T & Sooneh hung around for about 45 min after the exchange to talk and gush and sigh and cry. And bang on the piano, singing some rediculous made up song about lost love. It was terribly pathetic, and ever so bitter-sweet. They rock. And we talked and talked and talked, and when we got too tired talking we would sing and sing and sing. :X And at that moment I felt like the world had collapsed, leaving me & my other croonies alone and lost forever. (to those who know what I'm talking about: here's a big sigh.)

So anyway, I was on my way home after the exchange, (7.30pm) & I was naturally thinking about a certain someone. And I was thinking when I'll ever feel like I did again, & whether I was just living in my own little dream, like castles in the air, no foundations, nothing. Then I saw a van pull by, & on the van, in really big blue letters, was "Blue Moon". I almost burst out laughing. It was as if it were talking to me, like, "once in a blue moon will you meet that someone..", and now that I have, maybe blue moons are really just once-in-a-lifetime. It's funny how little things like that can haunt and mock you.

I couldn't go with sooneh & sarah t for the sat concert, or friday night's activity with the NAS cos I went for rgs dance and guitar concert (which was really cool btw), and I really missed out big time. They both got to take photos with J.S.! And talk, and laugh, and do all the cool stuff with them! And I had to miss out on it all. So I was feeling really crapped out, & to add salt to the wound, both of them kept showing me the pictures of jeremy, like on display pictures on msn (sarah) or during RS Consultation Meetings (sooneh), or whenever they see me, they'll give this big grin, like "oh haha you couldn't come. Seen the pictures yet??" And I decided to go on the whole I hate Sarahs spree. But I still loved them of course, the spree was just something I felt, becuase I really wanted to kick myself when I saw those awesome pictures of Thomas and Self. ;)

It turned out that sarahs had this little plan thing, & when they presented their "present" to me today, I was so, so, so, shocked & awed & touched (that is an understatement) I just wanted to die on the spot. I don't want to type it here cos it was really special, and I don't want to "cheapify" the gift by blogging about it (how unromantic), so I'll just tell you guys here & now, that what you gave me means the world to me, & it's not becuase he signed it. It's cos you cared. And caring and remembering a friend even when I don't warrant rememberance is something a true friend does, & I felt that today. So I really want to thank you here and now, for what you gave me: The gift (it was beautiful), and the most fanstatic and incredible shock-of-my-life anyone could have ever given me, and letting me realise that friends are truly from God. You guys rock. (:

[IcriedtodaycosIrealisedwhatitmeanttoholdonsomethingsodear, andrealisedthatwhatreallymattersisthethoughtthatcamewithit] Thank you.

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. "
-C.S.Lewis
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