After a relatively long hiatus (it is, at least to me) from blogging, there're so many things to say... I don't know where to begin. Since returning from Japan I have been attacked by an onslaught of invisible biting creatures that roam about in the night. Every morning I wake up, I'd find a few bites, blisters and swollen areas on my arms, shoulders and face. It's nasty, and I don't know what they are. Bed bugs? Not mozzies... I'd recognise mozzie bites. Vacuumed my entire bed and bedsheets and pillow and surrounding areas, the curtains... the mat... everywhere... and looked for signs of bed bugs. Nada. Might be mites, then. Or fleas. Or... bah, I dunno. The bites are quite bad. Red and warm. When I went for the SingSoc freshers' pre-departure talk a few nights ago (sigh... I feel so old... I'm a final-year student now... offering words of advice -lol- to wide-eyed freshers) some friends asked if I've been out sleeping in the jungle. Sad to say, nope, this is an entirely domestic affair. Too lazy to visit the doc's. Just applied some dermatological cream and it seems to be working.
That aside, I must once again profess my obsession with swords. Today saw a bit of wushu training (yep, I know it's National Day, but the masters work and train hard :P)... and had my first session with the long sword. I loved it. The feeling of swooshing it around... haha... I must be mad. Right arm's aching a bit... no surprise... considering how my fencing weapons are now rusting away in some forgotten corner in London.
Watched the Nat'l Day Parade on TV for the first time in many years. Heard the Pledge and the Anthem for the first time, again in many years (not counting random anthems being played during Flat 2 Emperor's Gate's sudden fascination with national anthems a while back). My family's never had any luck in balloting for parade tickets; my sis has never attended a parade before. The fireworks lasted all but a little over five minutes, a far cry from the continuous 30-minute fireworks showdown we witnessed while in Tokyo. But... these were kinda cute... what with a few with a star inside a ring... and a few others, circles within circles.
The weather's been lovely, and when I'm not learning to drive, or training, or lazing, I shall try to make it to the outdoors.
3 Comments:
poor girl
domestic dramas of jac....speaking of which reminded me of the cosmetic joke :p
hope you get rid of the problem soon
haha ali-san, that was classic... that and the lee kum kee and lee kuan yew. lucky you ain't singaporean :P
that would have been a disaster...
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