a lot has happened the past couple of weeks, with the financial crisis and the bailout plan finally being passed. then f1 came and left, and while i wont say i am a convert, i must say this f1 thing is really rather exciting, and has gotten me a little interested in f1. and i got to see a little action while they were testing the cars and tracks in the day! so yay. i do think it is quite wise of them to bring f1 to singapore and set it against a backdrop of the city skyline. it was truly beautiful and a wise way to market singapore. i had not expected for this f1 to be overwhelmingly successful, kinda underestimated the good it would do until i saw it for myself, but what can i say, it's this singaporean brand of efficiency that has blended in its kiasuism and the importance of face to them. anw this is so passe, since it last happened a week ago, so i move on.

visited ri recently, and while some things have changed, its good to see that certain members of the staff havent. its cool that we could still find so many things to talk and laugh about, and they always found something special about our batch. detractors might say they were being patronising. but i doubt. it is always good to go back and see people who have become some sort of an old friend, to remember what it was once like for us.

started on my french lessons today, which didnt go all that bad. but i do take on this new language with much apprehension, since the previous outing with a new subject was a total disaster. well i hope it goes well, and maybe it will be of some use to me in the future. meanwhile i guess i will just take one step at a time and put in some effort into mastering this language. and perhaps i will do better than when i tried to pick up jap.

lost my wallet for the first time in many years, and that really irritated me cos i discovered the loss like a minute from when i left the cubicle and when i returned it was no longer there. stupid bastard i hope he loses loads of money in the stock market for taking things that arent his. argh.

so chang, suhas and snee have all left for uk. o well i am going to miss them.

junyi! posted at 11:01 pm.