I met Nabilah first thing at Woodlands MRT station before we headed off for my alma mater. I got a letter from the school telling me to go collect my School Graduation Certificate. Esther and I were slightly indignant when we found out about it. It should have been given to us a year ago. Of all things, they left out the certificate from the University of Cambridge. What a joke..

Somehow, when I entered the campus, I don't feel at home at all. So much for the place where I spent four years at, huh? When I entered the General Office and greeted the staff, I couldn't recognize any one of them. I saw the principal for a brief moment when she walked into one of the rooms. I nearly snorted. I think my impression of the upper echelons of the school was that condescending. Haha. Makes me wonder how much has changed inside the school. I heard most of the good teachers had left. I also heard the school has an indoor stadium now. Not that I bothered to go see for myself. IMHO, the golden era of my alma mater had passed ever since I entered Secondary 2. Nuff said.

The whole trip felt like some business trip instead. After I got the certificate, Nabilah and I headed off to Causeway Point where we had breakfast at Long John Silver before heading to the library. Managed to get a bit of mugging done before we slacked (again).

I reached home in time for dinner with my father. I feel guilty for not spending more time with my parents (only seeing them for meals). So I sat down to watch Armageddon (1998 disaster/science fiction-action film) on Channel 5 with him. Missed some parts of it 'cos I reached home late. My father and I kept laughing at the funny antics of the motley crew. The ending was touching. Heroism and a father's love. Scientically inaccurate as it may be, the show's so nice. Makes me feel like watching the full thing again during my holidays. (:

My father likes to play the CDs of his favourite songs at times. I grew up listening to those songs, so naturally, his favourite songs became some of my favourite songs. Like Hotel California by The Eagles and Love, Me by Collin Raye. The soundtrack for Armageddon, I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith is another of our favourites.

CHARMAINE CHEONG.

I’m a somebody and a nobody. I’m rational and emotional. I’m critical but I’m non-judgemental.

I like my things categorized by types and chronologically. I like taking photos to preserve the moments of my life. I like dystopian literature. I like reading Wikipedia articles at random. I like travelling to foreign lands and seeing the world. I like long conversations over good food. I like pop and classical music. I like guitars. I like cats. I like writing random, mushy letters and notes to the people important to me. I have a whole long list of things that I like, but you’ve got to get to know me better to know them all.