Joyce can't go to K.L.

This afternoon Joyce dutifully informed me that she will be unable to take leave for the K.L. trip we had been planning from the 17th til 19th of November. That is a major bummer because we had been planning it for over a month and everyone was so looking forward to it. I think the person most upset about this whole fiasco is Noel. You can safely say that he seldom gets to go anywhere without mummy dearest being not too far behind. So he saw this as an opportunity to ' relax,chill and have fun'...but alas it is not to be (at least the way we had planned).

One option now would be for the 3 of us to go without Joyce. Another would be that Paula and Noel go together and I stay back here in Singapore. It has been a while since Joyce and I had quality time together. We seem to caught up in all manner of distractions. I guess that is the price one has to pay in a progressive society like Singapore.

Speaking of a progressive society, it seems like Singaporeans have done it again! Just when you think you have it all figured out there they go again and show how so-very-resourceful they are(note the sarcasm). This time it is all about how people have figured out a way to get free rides on the MRT. With the introduction of the EZ-Link card the authorities probably they had finally driven the nail in the coffin of public transport cheats. But trust Singaporeans to 'bravely' rise to the occasion and show the world when it comes to searching out loop holes and taking full of advantage of weaknesses in any system that the Government tries to implement. I wonder what schools the rest of the populace attended because the school I went to never had classes on 'Shorcuts to Success' as part of the curriculae. The powers that be gamely try to be one step ahead but Singaporeans always find a way ...

A couple of hours away from the monumental coming of age to the place where even teens call you uncle and the ushers at RA movies do not bother to check your IC. Yes...I am gonna be 30. And I think it is timely to take stock of my life and make grand plans for the future. But coming to think of it if I had the chance to go back and change things there are not many things I would change. I really do believe that all things work together for good in the end. Although things may not always be rosy and peaches (name any other sweet thing of choice) , I know where I am gonna be at the end of this road called life, so it is only the journey to there that I have to be concerned about.

This year has been really a year when I found out more about myself than I can ever remember. I always was strong and resilient in the face of setbacks. I had an unbreakable spirit and dogged determination to be the best in whatever I did and made adversity my ally. But love changes people and changes lives... I learnt that I am a human and that humans do cry...do feel pain.....emotions do drain you...and that it is always darkest just before dawn. I learnt that I cannot be what I am not.

I am now at the crossroads of my life and every choice and decision I make from tomorrow onwards "will echo into eternity...".