so i am now one fifth of a century old. and the day passed without much fanfare, with some incidents here and there no doubt - some happy, some irritating, but yea it's the time of the year again to remind you that you're older, supposedly more mature and hopefully wiser. of course there's also the receiving of well-wishes and presents and the random counting of people who wished you happy birthday (and didnt) and hoping that you would remember theirs. haha. of course it is the time of your life when you ponder your very existence as well.

i however shall stop short of doing that. and am just pretty glad with all the well-wishes. from the army coy, from jc, from sec school, on facebook whichever. it does feel remotely good to be remembered. and to be reminded of what others remember you as. haha. and today i found out that i aint very well-liked. haha. my platoon in their gift to me, called me a control freak. and the present from 'the others' (so named cos those who got the prezzie was predominantly from other platoons) had notes like "i dont like you", "you're mean", "you're irritating some times". haha. APPARENTLY it's in jest. BUT HRM maybe i should take it seriously and do some self-reflections. haha.

BUT anyway to those who got me gifts - jonk, suhas, chang, platoon 5, kengfoo, calvin, zhenghan, berwin, ernest, jordan, andrew, weili, james, marcus, chinhan. thanks a lot. really appreciate them (: and to those who sent messages. thanks too (:

i wanted to write something about the govt's response to the escape of msk. but it's late. and the aggressiveness i possessed yesterday in discussing with friends about it is no longer there. so another time perhaps. or perhaps not at all. haha.

watched street kings. which had average performances from keanu reaves and chris evans, and a rather outstanding one from forest whitaker - though i felt it was a tad similar to his role in the last king of scotland. i thought it had a message simple enough - that what you see may not be what you get, and everything perhaps happens for a reason and what's important is that you uphold yourself with integrity. liked the twists in the story and though some said it was a lil cliched, i kind of like it, thought it was pretty good.

it's now 12.33 and that means, i suppose, that my birthday has ended. i'm officially more than 20 years of age! i am ready for the world. haha. for more brickbats that come my way.

junyi! posted at 11:55 pm.