Just came back from watching Ice Age 3 with my sis and her husband... in 3D too!! This must be the first time in I have no idea how many years where I actually step into a cinema with my sis. Usually I choose not to join them but I decided that I needa chill for a bit... besides, they largely leave me alone anyway, which suits me fine.
The only thing of interest that has happened recently is that I went kayaking on Sunday. With the barrage up and all, the waters off the Esplanade are no longer off limits. So we paddled down to that area from Kallang... nice, too bad we didn't have a camera. Uh apparently the limit is 100 metres from the shore (Esplanade and Merlion), but we thought it was 50 opps hee.... oh well :p hey, we'll just claim that we estimated the distance to be 100... And then went roller skating with my cousins in the evening. I guess you can call it my first time... I actually do wanna learn how to skate. Unfortunately, time ain't really on my side, seeing how I'm gonna be burning Sundays in the next few weeks :(
Today, something happened that further reinforced my view of how small this country is. I finally realised today why I kept finding XY so familiar ever since the first day he reported for work. Turns out he too was from 2 SIG. He was from MC Coy though... so we spent some time today exchanging gossip and stuff heh... basically pretty much the same stuff that WH and I were talking about that night (morning?). Seriously, for such a small unit, you meet people from that unit surprisingly often...
Just wanna record this small incident that happened just before we left for the cinema. So just before we left, my sis and her husband were having this little argument (it was nth big) about smth, and each didn't look like they were about to give in. So I just sat there and waited while they ding-donged about until finally my bro-in-law turned to me and asked me for my opinion (err, well, let's just say that I had a small interest (on his side) in the matter of dispute too). And then I did what I really seldom do at home, and that is to make a decision and make it final. (For personal reasons I rarely choose to make any decisions at home). So I basically told him to give in to my sis. At the point I made the decision, I made it just because she was my sis. It was only afterward while sitting at the back of the car that I realised how logically right my decision was... I figured that well, even if I didn't give in, it wouldn't have made me any happier. Besides, it would have made her upset. On the other hand, when I gave in, she was happy and I realised that on my side, it didn't really matter to me that I didn't get what I want. It really didn't, cos even if I got it, I wouldn't have been any happier.
Oh yeah, I'm trying to find out the title of this Japanese (I think) song... I think I've got the tune, unfortunately I dunno any of the words so I can't Google it. Besides, I speak no Jap. Although if my memory didn't fail me, I think some people sang it that night during the karaoke... haha oh well...
Hmm. If you went about life without expecting anything whatsoever, so that if you actually do get anything it's a bonus, would life be much better and filled with less disappointment?

