ah samjo, arent you glad that your feedback created an improvement in this blog. haha. since i always complain that a certain organisation takes eons to act on feedback, i think i ought to walk the talk and not be like the things we complain about. haha.

i love long weekends. i think that's really what keeps us sane when you are very much restrained in your actions, when you are stuck in a place with a spoilt antenna and when what you do is mostly at the whims and fancies of other weird individuals. generally it's only when they have no whims or fancies that you can do what you want. even then you arent exactly spoilt for choice. in essence, we all treasure our freedom. but when you're in a place for too long, perhaps you learn to deal with it.

so i went to rj/ri on thursday. it was very random really. we chose to met up at this place opposite rj, and since i lived at the other opposite side of rj, i had to cut through rj to reach the eatery. so rather then just cut through rj, nav & i decided to explore the place. it has changed, and it hasnt changed. everything was still there, but there were additions to the compound - additions which make the place more, homely and pretty i suppose. it's like the things we fought for when we were around - a student lounge, more sheltered walkways, more decorations to inject more life in the school. you wonder if you helped make the difference, or it was always supposed to be, just that they never had the funds. ri has become more classy too, moving away from the grand, homely and somewhat vintage feel it always used to give me, it has become very much more modern-looking. how come the senior block is housing sec 2 kids though? haha. and it's sad, cos the debaters didnt win the nationals last year, and hence they dont have a large picture honouring them at the cca block. ah come to think of it, not a single batch won after us.

it's always good to be back. i havent been back for a year actually. and it's always nice to return to see how things around you have changed, perhaps a reminder to us all that even as we hold on to the many memories and lessons we take away, we have to move on.

what's good about this long break is that i get to meet up with my old friends so hurray. and chang & suhas are both coming back so double hurray. although they are coming back at a horrid month, with all the duties and things going on in april and what not. so bleargh.

the most recent movie i caught was step up 2 the streets. which we saw on the opening day and really liked. i dont get why people were dissing it because while the plot is predictable, and acting not all that fantastic, it's a dance movie for goodness sake. and if you want a great script and great acting, go watch juno or something. so we liked the fast pace of the movie and the many dance sequences that they lined up. yes the rain, stereo in car, sudden appearance of torches and sudden vast improvement in dance skills is a little hard to believe and not enough for us to think that we too can be excellent dancers in a couple of months, but the dance sequences were enough to make us go wow.

ah i am credited in a book that is going to be published, and although i dont have the best of army life as we all established yesterday, all is well.

it's zul's birthday today, so happy birthday to him. though i suspect he doesnt come here anymore.

junyi! posted at 2:44 pm.