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Another buddy at work leaves the company today, to return to his home country possibly for good. Just over a year ago I was having a hard time understanding his heavily accented English, but after sharing a cramped cubicle for months, we became fast friends, sharing many a good laugh. I remember introducing mee bakso to him at the foodcourt we frequented for lunch, and he liked it so much he ate it for two days in a row. Even after I moved back to the company office, we still had to work with each other closely. Come to think of it, he’s the co-worker I’ve spent the most time speaking to on the phone – ever! Haha. And still we would chatter away whenever we met up at the occassional company function or at team get-togethers.

So many memories.

You will be missed, buddy.

• Just splurged close to US$90 on a couple of DVDs I’ve wanted for months: 즐거운 인생 First Press Limited Edition DVD and 한성별곡 Director’s Cut DVD. Shucks. Where the hell is my self-restraint?! Jannah, you still want that iPhone / iPod Touch, do you?
• Speaking of which, iPhone 3G is landing in exactly 8 days! Oh gosh, if I end up getting one, please let there not be long queues.
• I really need to book a hotel room for the HK trip, soon.
• Why are IM clients on Windows so damn ugly???
• Going Turkish for team dinner tonight & Italian tomorrow with TKGians, woot!
• I swear, replying emails take up more energy than coding. X_x
• StreetDirectory.com has their maps back, yay!

Took half-day leave on Friday & spent a good part of the day engaging in retail therapy with EB as company. I ended up with a relatively small loot consisting of 2 pairs of jeans, a pair of pants & a pair of shoes. The shoes weren’t even the type I planned to get in the first place. I wanted flat dress shoes in black or white, but they were all either too shiny or too common-looking or too uncomfortable or had bows / ribbons on them. (What IS with all the bows & ribbons on ladies shoes?!)
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Congratulations again to my dearest friend on her graduation! With first class honours, two gold medals & a book prize, no less. And I’m not saying this just because I love her & I’m biased, but she is brilliant. ^_^

More photos on my Flickr.

The IT Project Management course I’m taking up next semester is actually conducted by International Institute for Learning, in partnership with the university. What’s interesting is, I can opt to be in virtual tutorial group where the training is in the form of live, interactive online sessions. Which means I’d have one less commute to campus every week, saving me some time & energy.

I found out I could reserve an iPhone 3G through SingTel, so I went ahead & did it. Most likely, I will forgo the iPod Touch & opt for the all-in-one iPhone instead. But SingTel will give me a week to decide if I still want the iPhone once it reaches our shores, so we’ll see then. No more shopping for me in the next few months. No more IKEA especially. Everytime I step into that store, there’s always something I want to buy.

Last bit of randomness: YB’s convocation ceremony is in a week, and I’m already excited to attend it.

I was practically dancing in front of my computer when her exam results showed up on the website. Like they were MY results, haha! But really, this news totally made my week.

Congratulations, my dear, a hundred times over. I never once thought you couldn’t do it. You deserve it!

Because I had shut off the heart for too long, it’s become incredibly, exceedingly difficult to listen to what it’s saying now. I’m getting tired of arguing with myself, of ignoring myself, of putting up walls around me. The heart is heavy, but to protect myself, I have disregarded it for way too long. Yes, I am selfish that way; I avoid getting hurt at all costs, but unwittingly hurt someone else in the process.

Tonight, I will meet my conscience. She will knock some sense into me, I’m quite sure of that.