Chronicles of the Neurotic Worrywart: Hello February (Warning: Long Post Ahead)

It seems awfully fast. I wasn't expecting January to end so soon and now it's February.

Things happening this month:

14: Valentine's Day
18-20: Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year
17-25: Mid-Semester Break
21-2 March: My sweetie goes back for his In Camp Training =(
27: My Philosophy Paper is due
27: Biodiversity CA
28: Economics CA

I'm feeling lost on how to approach my Philosophy paper. I need help. Anyone here an expert on Socratic Dialogues?

I'm going to be without my Sweetie for 2 weeks this month =(

Anyway, I've been doing considerably less work the last 2 weeks. Mainly because I've lost a good portion of my earlier momentum and I think I ought to find it again so I can get cracking on work. I've also just concluded today that my biodiversity lecture notes are actually quite useless.

I've been going out a fair bit lately, once last week to meet up with some friends, again on Wednesday night to meet up with a couple of junior college classmates and then to send a friend whom I've known since I was 13 (19-13+1 = 7 years of friendship) who has since gone to Adelaide to study medicine. A couple of weeks from now will see an additional 3 friends leaving (2 for Melbourne, 1 for Sydney) to do Horticulture, E-Commerce and Medicine.

I'm envious.. but somehow I think I'd cry if I were them, especially at the airport, at the thought of leaving my sweetie behind. But the prospect of a new life, a new experience in a new culture, that's something worth anticipating for and I hope the 4 of them enjoy their new experiences.

Every time I send someone off at the airport for 3-4 years of life overseas, it reminds me of the time I applied for UK universities (and all 4 unconditional offers and 2 conditional offers , if I recall correctly). Only to not go because the scholarship board decided to be anal and demand for SAT scores when they clearly said that students w/o the SAT were welcomed to apply. It's no secret that I don't like life in a Singaporean university but I'll make the best of what I can in this situation. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise, 'cause I got to stay behind and be with my Sweetie (in case you can't tell, I'm pretty reliant on his encouragement) and that I'll be around when my dogs pass on (I reckon they've got 4 years left if they're lucky). They've been part of my life for 10 years now and it'd be tragic if I weren't around when they leave this world.

Oh and yes, I've gotten Krispy Kreme, something we don't have here in Singapore, something Americans and the likes probably take for granted. Jia Xin, who's back from Melbourne for 3 weeks very kindly got my a box of Krispy Kreme. Now I can say that I've tried Krispy Kreme.

It's nice, very sweet but I think the sweetness gets to you after a while and makes you sick. I adored the blueberry doughnut. I think it is absolutely fantabulous. Very nice, subtle blueberry flavour.

Now for some photos: