YSunday, 10 February 2008
This week has been not bad. The sun has been out a lot and it already feels like spring!
cny was rather subdued for me this year but it was all right in the end thanks to good friendship and company and yummy food.
Weekend started on friday for me. Met su for dinner and another long therapeutic chat. Added a dose of positivity and more common sense into my head!
It was kenji's bday yesterday so we whipped up a feast and cooked loads of yummy jap food like tonkatsu, jap curry, a huge chicken dish and kimbap. It turned out to be a mad jap party coz so many of his other jap friends turned up and joined in at odd hours of the night. It felt like a cross of 3 different cultures which was pretty amazing. Esp when kuma, who has lived in shanghai for 6 yrs, started to speak to me in mandarin. It felt so strange and everyone was just silent, watching a conversation they couldn't understand until it was translated. haha. I hadn't drank that much in ages but the occasion called for it. Cooking for so many people is also very therapeutic even though i didn't know how to cook most of the dishes and just helped out. It really relaxed my mind. Cheers to good company and cheers to happy people who make the best out of their lives!
Today after church, ping invited us over for lunch so we went! together with sooyeon's family. Her house reminds me of a little cottage in the woods although it felt a bit big coz she's now living alone. It is amazingly neat and well-kept and cozy and sitting in the kitchen breathing in the aroma of delicious food made us feel so at home. I think, if i live alone in a house like that, i wouldn't be bothered to keep it so clean and tidy. Her garden is one of the most well-maintained gardens i've seen in london. Most british people can't be bothered to tend to their garden and just leave all the plants to take over completely and turn the yard into a mini jungle. But ping's garden is immaculate. The flowers at the sides have even started to bloom since its been a bit warmer this week. Yellow and pink and red and white. It felt like a fairytale garden amidst the cold wind, bright sunshine and clear blue sky.
Next week's gonna be pretty much the same as all other weeks. Nothing special. I'm gonna be good and study damn hard. This week, someone reminded me about something that i've seemed to have lost. I didn't even realise it but subconciously, it was gone. And now, it has come back. Life isn't so bad huh.