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Like the roads are always bare. We can drive for hours and not see anyone. 

Anyway, because Mike Kor was there, there was actually someone to snatch the camera for me, and unlike me, he actually takes pictures of people.

Look at what I did to my hair. Even I am laughing at myself xD.

I was just too annoyed at my fringe and I didn't really care at that time since heck, no one in New Zealand knows me anyway so I just tied my fringe all up like a little kid.

And I went sightseeing with that hair... Practically the entire day.

Because really, who cares xD.

I obviously couldn't stand my hair at that time because even when I didn't tie it up,

Here it is though, without the hat, or the hairtie or the wind for the matter. It really doesn't look that disastrous, but only when the wind is down. When the wind comes, it is a total mess.

 

Like this. Buahahah!

Would you believe it though, if I said those were practically all the photos I have of myself in that trip, which has more than 1500 photos of other things? This is the folder with the most of my pictures and most doesn't even have a single shot of me. This was in the end of 2011 though. I have been taking even less and less pictures as the years go by so most of the profile pictures of my social media sites are totally outdated. 

But it should be quite obvious from my hair length.

Like these should be 2012's Chinese New Year if I'm not wrong,

And this was just slightly before the New Year (where my fringe at least looks better xD)

And this was in 2010 

 This was in 2008? Or was it 2009? When I decided to chop my hair off. The hairdresser was so shocked because my hair was to my hips at that time. I don't know what I was thinking but I doubt I'd go back to that short for a very very long time.

My entire archive since about 2010 or 2011 is in my harddisk and if it every crashes I'm so screwed because its the only place that I save them. I used to upload them to Facebook, but it isn't very suitable since they are mostly scenic shots. I thought of dumping them all in Photobucket but they have quite a low storage and same goes for DropBox. So for now they all rest in my harddisk where I am pretty much the only person seeing them.

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On a sidenote, I got my I-20! It has been confirmed that I am going to US now. I haven't filed all my visas and stuff like that but I have already booked a place to stay and I'm really excited but nervous at the same time because how can you not be excited when the place looks like this, really. 

I have to be there by 17th of August, and most likely we are planning to go about 8th of August. Mike KorKor might be joining us too, so that makes it 5 of us. Rinny will be going on the 8th as well, but she's going to Chicago, so that will be a different story. 

Anyways, it's 4.40am. It's time for me to sleep even though I'm really not sleepy. xD. Ciaoss! 

It was Hui Feng's 21st just last Friday, so we celebrated on Saturday so,
Happy birthday Hui Feng!
Not that you would read this anyway but still...
Anyway, I spent like half my time waiting for people to come. I was supposed to meet Sonia and Muzna at the mrt at 3pm. So I was there at 3.03pm and Muzna had already texted me earlier that she would go to the hotel on her own at 5pm. Sonia is pretty much always late, so I lingered around the malls for a while. I texted her when I was in the mrt, called her when I reached, called again half an hour later, all of which received no reply. I gave up on waiting after half an hour and when to the hotel directly instead. There, I waited in the lobby for another hour and a half, still calling once in a while but there was still no answer.

Angela and John came at about 5, so I went up with them instead. I didn't want to go up before because honestly I'm not what you would call the most sociable person around. I didn't want it to be absolutely awkward sitting there and stoning. Going with Angela and John, however, didn't really help much. On to that later. Anyway I went up and Hui Feng introduced us to one of her secondary school friend, I think her name was Phoebe? She was quite nice, and very very motherly LOL. It was almost like she was the host instead of Hui Feng. Hui Feng was really awkward. She's so damn cute. In a way, I'm quite similar to her in the sense that I don't like to host party because I would feel really awkward, and I would feel bad if I see a single person getting bored, or stoning in the corner or something. She was so scared that something would screw up, or that someone would be not happy or something so she was quite tense for the most part of the party.

It wasn't much longer that 1 of her french class friend came with her girlfriend. Varencia and Christa, if I'm not wrong. It was much less awkward when they were there cause they were quite funny and bubbly. We started eating stuff and watching the amazing spiderman. Angela and John... were in a world of their own so I decided to socialize on my own (I swear something about me that day just didn't want to keep silent). So I started talking to Varencia and Christa about the show and the awkward acting. I just couldn't bring myself to talk to A&J because I don't really know what they are doing on the bed behind me.

Sonia finally texted me that her grandpa was in hospital so she is not coming. A whole bunch of people came after that and surprisingly, I managed to get talking with quite a few of them. Muzna came, then Andrew and Anna came. Funnily, Andrew who is supposed to be the extrovert did not really interact with others while I'm the one talking to others instead. It was... a weird day hahaha.

Because of the party, I realize, there are like 4 types of couples.
The first extreme are couples like Angela and John. It is almost like they do everything in front of everyone. When we were looking for them for phototaking, they were hiding in the cabinet together (and none of us even had a sip of alcohol). They are like shouting out to the world that they are together, and they are touchy with each other even in front of everyone. Like there was only one king sized bed in the room, and they were getting all snuggly when all the rest of us were also sitting on the bed. Because it is only one bed, when anyone moves, everyone else can feel it so it gets a little awkward. This is the extreme that I really can't stand. Some things, I feel, should be kept for when the couple is alone.

The second type of couples are like my brother and his girlfriend. They are basically having a world of their own. When they are together, there is no one else that exists in the world. They don't interact with other people, and just play with each other. They practice more discretion around others but makes it known that they are together. I don't really like these type of couples as well, cause it completely makes people feel like a lightbulb (idk why but I always get called to hang out with such couples and it gets really awkward as well).

The third type are people who are together and makes it known but does not go to extreme measures to show it, like Varencia and Christa. I mean, they came in, introduced each other as girlfriends but they do not get all touchy or go into their own world. When I talked to them, they did not shun me away or ignore me. When they played games and Christa did not want to play, it doesn't stop Varencia from playing. They each have their own freedom and their own independence. I actually find these type of couples the best type because it doesn't feel awkward around them and if I were in a relationship, I wouldn't want to be stifled because of my partner. Everyone needs a bit of space and freedom to do what they like. It is impossible to find someone with a 100% fit. Some people likes certain genres of movies, others like certain types of games, etc. I wouldn't want to be forced to do things I don't like to do all the time just because a partner likes it.

The last type of couples are like Adelia and Andy (even though I don't know if they are still together). Very little people know of the relationship, and they keep the whole relationship a secret from others. I can't really comment on this since I don't really know how it goes. Some people prefer to keep it under covers so it is fine, but some people may feel like the other isn't proud to be in a relationship with them, and it may create some problems as well. I wouldn't mind a relationship kept under covers to be honest. The relationship is between the two, there isn't really the need for other people's approval. As long as they like each other, who is to say anything really? (even though the hypocrite in me is commenting on all of them, hahaha. But I'm not really talking about the approval, more on the appearance and thoughts towards the different types of couples)

Being constantly around people who are older than I am, I seldom feel the age difference between my elder friends and I. But it is recently that I realized that my friends likes to treat me to things because they have some source of income. I just went out with Joe, and he got enlisted into National Service just this March. We went out today because he said he got his pay check and wanted to treat me to dinner even though the pay in the army isn't really that much. Just last weekend, Sonia also treated me to dinner and bubbletea after our projectwork. At the end of last year, Andrew also treated me to dinner and movie for a birthday kinda celebration but when during his birthday earlier in the year, I bought the movie tickets and he had insisted on paying on the meal (and thus I got another free meal instead). Even earlier in the year, Nic also treated me to a macs supper in the middle of the night and Hui Feng would give me sandwiches.

Sometimes I think about it, and I feel really blessed with all these people around me. Even though I might not express it so explicitly, but I really do feel very touched when people do things like this. I never feel that I have ever given back enough to friends like these. Life is never perfect, I lose some friends and sometimes I get betrayed and sometimes I am forgotten, but there will always still be some people that I know will be there for me. When times are bad, sometimes I just have to let go for better things to come. Friends go, and better friends come along. Even though I do keep alot of secrets from my friends, I still know that if I do need an outlet, there will still always be someone that would listen.

So I went around the whole day wearing it. Hahaha.