today has got to be the best day i had since holidays started. and to think i'm already into my 4th week of holiday. time really flies and my holidays thus far have been boring or rather solitary? the past few weeks were mostly spent cooped up at home with books and more books. what a luxury indeed. but still, time spent with friends is much much better!

headed to max's house for bbq. the best part is being able to meet people i haven't seen for a long long time and people i love. it was like a mini gathering with 16 of us. been a long time since i last seen some and i really do miss them especially angeline, tsu hui, esther ng, zhuang wei, zirui and even tecky whom i've not seen in weeks. great food. great company. and great game i guess though we all got wet but still it was fun :D woohoo. laughed so much. three cheers to max for hosting this at his house and to the organisers guolian, max, angeline, zirui and zhiwei. :D:D:D and thanks guolian and mel for your concern over me being sick! lovess! <33
mel, me and zhuang wei! [thanks guolian for the pic!]

anyway another highlight was that suki came and accompany me during work today. the last time i really talked to her was before exams so it was great meeting her! :D lovess. cycling soon alrights? (: and do accompany me somemore cause those rascals will drive me to madness soon.

suki and me :D

"Life was beautiful then. I remember the time. I knew what happiness was. Let the memory live again."

found this on one of those gift boxes at daiso. it captured my heart and i found it really apt to what i was feeling. life was really beautiful when i was in cambodia. not that it is bad in singapore. life is beautiful in singapore too, with wonderful family, friends and lecturers. but i really remember those days in cambodia so clearly and i felt i finally knew what happiness was. in singapore, everything is so much more complex, so many problems. yet i seemed to have left all of them behind when i was in cambodia. maybe it has nothing to do with the country but the fact that i'm visiting a country for only a short trip and not a permanent stay.

but apart from this, i start to appreciate the simplicity of happiness in cambodia or rather UNACAS. a simple sentence like "i'll remember you in my heart" could mean so much. a smile could bring a smile onto my face. a hug expresses the heartfelt affection. even a sweet could bring much joy to children there. things were so much simpler there.

mr glen asked "the more developed a country, the more complex happiness becomes?" and to that i answered "the more developed a country, the more materialistic people become, things such as a sunny day could not bring about the happiness that it should." true? probably, but at least thats what i believe.

maybe it's time everybody take a step back from the fast pace of our daily lives. take some time off, maybe take a walk in the park and appreciate the things that we have around us. appreciate the people around us, appreciate the things around us. the clouds in the sky, the vast ocean.

"the complexities in achieving the simplicity of happiness" quoted from mr glen. it is weird how life seems.

but let the memory live again. channa, sara, narong, bell, srey pea, coca, till the day we meet again. i'm waiting.