Girls Oh Girls!

Dear Diary,

Just woke up after a 3-hour nap, haha… Went for the early church service at 8am with a friend. The preacher was actually the Bishop of Tasmania, Australia. I am actually so proud that I can still crawl out of my bed at 6.30am on Sundays to attend such an early church service at City Hall. =) After that, a breakfast with her before making my way home to catch up a little on my sleep as I had slept only at 12.30am this morning.

The week that just passed was pretty eventful. Especially so when from Monday to Wednesday, a rival pharmacy organisation had instructed their pharmacists to make price checks on their rivals which, of course, included mine. I probably “lied” very rampantly during this period as I found innovative excuses to dispel those unwelcome phone calls. Can be pretty irritating actually but I see it as a task to “weed” the goats from the sheeps, haha… Conclusion… All were goats, haha… On Thursday, my sisters were Bangkok-bound with their friends in the wee hours of the morning in a 5-day trip. I accompanied my student to eat that “Student 1-for-1 Ice-cream offer” at Swensens during lunch that day. It was worth the money to eat that cup of chocolaty ice-cream at half the price, haha… However, waiting for the ice-cream can be nerve-wrecking when we had such a limited lunch time period, haha… After chatting, we practically gobbled up the ice-cream and heading to the cashier to foot the bill! Freezing-cold stomach after that. =S

That same Thursday, a university classmate called me to meet up that evening. So I journeyed down to City Hall after my work at 9.30pm to meet up with him and two other ex-classmates. They were teasing him about being interested in a student attached to his pharmacy organisation. I playfully called my student and helped my friend to ask if that girl is already attached or not. Initially, the answer was no… and the rest were like strategising a “coincidence” to help him know this girl 6 years younger. However, my student messaged me again much later to inform that this girl was the only one in her class who is already engaged! Hmmm… then the whole topic died down, haha…

Not too long ago, I woke up from an afternoon nap and had this dream that the Holy Trinity of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) can be explained like the triple point of water. The triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure which three phases (eg. gas, liquid and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium. So, in the case of water, it is at 0.01 degree Celsius and 611.73 Pa. Then again, legend has this that when Saint Augustine was trying to understand the concept of the Holy Trinity, he saw a boy running back and forth, collecting water from the sea in his cupped palms and filling pool on the beach. Saint Augustine approached the boy and asked him what he was doing.
“Can’t you see that I am emptying the sea into this pool!” The boy replied.
“You can’t do that,” Saint Augustine countered.
“I will sooner empty the sea into this pool than you will manage to get the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity into your head!” The boy told him. Upon saying that, the boy, who was an angel according to legend, quickly disappeared, leaving Augustine alone.

Why I suddenly spoke of that story in the preceding paragraph was that… I personally also think that understanding girls can be just as difficult, hahaha… ok, maybe not as difficult but only a teeny weeny easier. Unless, they really tell you face on, it is really hard to know what a girl is thinking and whether she likes you or not and other stuff like that. Maybe the UOB Ladies’ Card advertisement is so correct about the “Men just don’t get it” slogan, haha… Then again, maybe those guys who don’t get it aren’t very sure about themselves in the first place. Sigh… Really can’t imagine that after all these years, a meet-up with my male university classmates is still about such things… we haven’t changed a bit and we gonna really do something about it!!! It is always strange that one becomes tongue-tied, boring and exhibiting negative characteristics in the presence of the girl one is interested… and the sad thing is that it is not his true self that he is projecting. Oh well… a waste, isn’t it?

Over the last few days, I have also submitted proposals to my boss to help implement some interesting initiatives which I believe will better the lives of my colleagues. One of the proposals is about some interesting working schemes and the other one about an interesting system that I named “buddy system”. I am hoping I contribute something to this company which provided me the first job in my life. Anyway, on Friday… it was a little embarrassing when a young cute girl with teeth braces came along and asked for Telfast and Atarax for her mother. I told her she needed a prescription and she shyly told me that she is a doctor! I have never seen such a doctor… so shy and sweet, haha… It was quite funny that I chatted with her and made so many amendments on her prescription… like… hmmm… I haven’t got the Atarax 10mg. Possible I give you the 25mg and you can cut them into half since the tablet is elongated? Cancellations here and there and signing my name all over her prescription, keke… Nevertheless, she is so sweet that I will remember this doctor for a good long time! She has an interesting name too but of course I am not going to put it down online, haha…

Anyway, just leave you with the lyrics of this song which kinda stuck to my brain after I was listening to some Carpenter songs last night. Still prefer the Dionne Warwick rendition though… Nevertheless, I always love the voice of Karen Carpenter. Pity that she died so young.

I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
by The Carpenters

What do you get when you fall in love?
A guy with a pin to burst your bubble
That's what you get for all your trouble.
I'll never fall in love again.
I'll never fall in love again.

What do you get when you kiss a guy?
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia.
After you do, he'll never phone you.
I'll never fall in love again.
I'll never fall in love again.

Don't tell me what is all about,
'Cause I've been there and I'm glad I'm out,
Out of those chains, those chains that bind you
That is why I'm here to remind you

What do you get when you fall in love?
You get enough tears to fill an ocean
That's what you get for your devotion.
I'll never fall in love again.
I'll never fall in love again.

What do you get when you fall in love?
You only get lies and pain and sorrow.
So, for at least until tomorrow,
I'll never fall in love again!
I'll never fall in love again!

Gotta go for an evening run soon! See ya! ;-)

God Bless,

Andrew