The Opera Populaire

Had met up and will be meeting up with some people I haven't seen for a long, long time. My dearest buddy, Audrey and I will be catching up over dinner tonight. This gal...it's very difficult to fit into her busy schedule and I have taken to msg her before calling her, just to make sure she is not gonna sleep or be away on some activities. Joan joked that there will usually be a lull of what seemed like eternity and she will at times give out signals like an SMS to show that she is still alive. Haha. Finally last week I received her SMS to ask me if I'm in S'pore (I'm usually in Jakarta by this time every year) and that she is sending me a X'mas card. Audrey has been my long-time (and oso long lost) best fren since Sec 1. Usually when crisis hits, I find that I can always rely on her for solid, wise advice because we share the same values and opinions on things. She told me before that we think very much alike and I find that it is still true today, even though life has taken both of us in very different paths and we dun meet up as often as we would like to.

Wee Su msged me a few days ago out of the blue and will be meeting up with him next week. We met at the Red Cross FOC which I was part of the organising committee and he decided to run for presidency at the next AGM. Although Kelvin liked to think that this FOC that he chaired somehow rejuvenated the tired membership of Red Cross, it is sad becos in the subsequent years, we never managed to hold anymore FOCs becos of the silly admin of our HQ which was aiming to centralise their control over different chapters during this time. But I still got to know a lot of good frens through that memorable FOC. Alex had a cool idea of awarding fruit awards during our FOC pageant. Wee Su won the durian award, which meant that he got a lot of 男人味 hahaha. Used to always go for 1st aid courses with Wee Su, Alex and Norman and after that we would chill out over tau hua etc. And I will always be grateful for the advice he gave me after my break-up.

Had a rather interesting night having a X'mas dinner and later ktv session with my colleagues. Haven't been to Marche for donkey years. It hasn't changed much. Had a chocolate cake with an interesting name: "Death by Chocolate" and it literally lived up to its name! Almost din wanna drag myself out of bed this morning cos we went back pretty late.

A surprising revelation: seems that a lot of people around me are pregnant! Wonder if that will aid the aging population issue that the govt is grappling with somehow haha. Pearl and I agree that we would prefer boys if we are fortunate enough to get married and have kids in the future. Not becos 重男轻女 or wat lah. But boys are cute mah and there are too many gals around haha. Ok I am being rubbishy after not having enough sleep again. Will try to hit the sack early tonight.

The things scientists haven't found out and your doctors never knew: cramps are contagious! In this working place apparently. Argh! I dun want to get it too. Dun curse me, stupid colleague! I have been problem-free in this aspect so far and I intend to keep it that way!!!

Looking forward to the party tomorrow.