Bedtime Entry

Dear Diary,

Okay, here’s a quick one… Just caught “The Island” on television and I thought it had a pretty nail-biting plot. The long weekend that started on 3 October (Friday) is ending. It is yet another week at work, haha… Heard my boss won’t be around for the entire week, so I am pretty much on my own. Haven’t exactly thought about what I should plan for myself to do. I could be creative and plan something, haha… Anyway, meeting up with a friend for a movie tomorrow evening… so life shouldn’t be too monotonous just yet. There is also a birthday party dinner to attend this coming Friday and a 4-hour seminar on Saturday to clock in my first Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) points. =) Maybe I should go revise my psychiatric medicine knowledge for this seminar. Kinda looking forward to it because of the foreign HMDP expert who will be delivering the workshop.

I am 28+ years old now… haha… On Friday evening, I picked up a friend and drove him to the East Coast Park (ECP). We ate at “The Vista Bistro” restaurant (at the former Big Splash) along ECP. The al fresco dining was good and I loved the sea breeze. The diners were an interesting lot and there was even a “live” jazz band. My friend was kinda complaining that the bass was too loud and it upset the entire music… I guess I am simpler, haha… the music and food was great! I am easily satisfied. ;-) I bought him some coffee and cakes at the nearby Starbucks for chill-out supper since dinner was on him. We had a pretty long chat and it was embarrassing that my automatic-mechanism watch was not adjusted correctly. I had an impression throughout that time flew when in reality, my time was one-hour ahead of the correct time, haha… It was a great night out. Lots of congratulatory SMS too but I wasn’t sure who the sender was for a particular SMS. I just thanked that fellow for that well-wish and didn’t want to embarrass myself and him / her by asking for the identity.

Attended my church’s young adult (YA) ministry on Saturday. Was shocked as I approached the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry at 3pm on a weekend afternoon, to see that the ERP was activated and it cost me $2 just to travel that road en route to church! That is madness! Trust me, driving is good for the soul, haha… Teach you to handle surprises, shocks and blatant flouts against you with love, compassion and forgiveness. Many a time, I wanted to just honked the reckless drivers around me but I did not… At times, I couldn’t exactly find my horn button, haha… So the record of not honking remains, a history spanning almost 7 years since I got my driving licence.

Earlier in that same Saturday afternoon, prominent opposition leader JB Jeyeratnam’s funeral was held at my church. I did not know that beforehand or else I would have attended it. Mr JB Jeyeratnam was someone I admired. As a university student, I used to see him peddling his books just outside Raffles City. Sadly, I never bought a book from him but I admire his perseverance. With so many passers-by ignoring him, he stood there smiling. Looking so much at ease, so forgiving and yet so imposing… It was an incredible presence and I really think he left that indelible impression in the minds of many. I really should have picked a copy then.

It’s getting late now… Will wrap up this bedtime story now, haha… I have this rebellious thought. Do Christians really need to marry just fellow Christians? The bible never said that it is a sin or explicitly discourage that. Anyway… good night! ;-)

God Bless,

Andrew