apparently there's only 1 post for the whole of march. so i'm just gonna sum up the month's highs and lows somewhat chronogically..

the highs

co parade was finally over. surprisingly not as exhausting or stressful as the rehearsals. but can no longer use parade rehearsals as an excuse for slow work progress.

going to mox. should've smelt a rat when there were more guys than girls, when 2 guys gamely locked lips for a standup comedy segment, when i saw an old ang moh almost draping his hand over a chinese guy's shoulder on my way to the toilet, when it was alvin c who led the way. come to think of it even the comedian was in drag. not sure if this can be considered a high point.

finally getting a guitar capo. even though i haven't gotten past playing the first 2 lines to damien rice's cannonball, my cousin who came over yesterday was so good with the guitar, it really makes me wanna learn for real.

lion dance competition at ntu. turned up to watch the great grand-juniors perform. according to the ntu emcee, hwa chong institution is hua qiao zhong xue in chinese. yeah, i felt oh-so-much pride having come from that school. but this is supposed to be a 'high' so yes, i did have fun watching.

the hacken lee/joey yung 903 live vcd that wm burnt. was obsessed with it for at least 2 weeks. can't stop humming hacken lee songs in the morning on my way to work. what's with the obsession about cantopop anyway. i ask myself too, i do.

resuming driving lessons. after a very long hiatus after cny, i finally got back to my lessons. of course i was damn rusty. but last lesson i couldn't believe it when my instructor said my driving was not bad. okay, i think i drive better without stress. but then again it could be because i was driving the newer honda civic model. or maybe he was sleeping. i think the other instructors think i suck. but i'm inspired anyway haha.

the workshop bbq. quite a success i reckon. pity nobody took pics. got to see poon, who's been forced to clear leave ahead of his bmt recourse. thank goodness he got thrown into the pool while no one really paid attention to my impending birthday.

celebrating my 21st. includes the birthday dinner at the fish&co glass house with tam (even though it wasn't meant to be for me), the dinner at thai xpress with wl, the day out with the jc people, the dinner at cafe cartel with morris and zf, the lunch treat from my family, the jap dinner with yk and wk, and all the gifts and greetings from everyone. and thanks to ed who bothered to send a card all the way from the uk.

the cheapo videocam that dad bought from the safe warehouse sale. since it takes pics as well and there's no digicam in the house, it's just as well.

the lows

food poisoning the day after i turned 21. turning 21 became a more memorable affair than i thought. vomitting, diarrhoea, body aches, high fever, running nose (in that order).

work. work. and more work. it sucks to have an appointment in the workshop. i think i'm gonna be screwed on a daily basis from now for everything under my charge that goes wrong. i think i'm finally understanding how my upper study felt when he first got me as an understudy. doesn't help when everyone is ord-ing around me. help me i wanna get out of ns. i even burnt a day off out of my own will cuz of the workload. and this month's workload is even more unimaginable.

it's too depressing.

anyway i'm currently listening to onitsuka chihiro's best-of album. getting to really like it. even though i know nobody who reads this who might be interested in jap music, she pens her own music and introspective lyrics and she actually has a voice. apparently she likes jewel kilcher too. nice.