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Shopping is a girl's best friend, I promise you. Retail therapy has worked wonders for the millions of women in the world. Come on, admit it. Even the not-so-girliest of girls love that spot of shopping too...almost like a spot of vodka. Thanks to the shopping I did today, it almost feels as if nothing bad happened in the past few weeks or months even.

I don't like getting too personal on the blog because this blog was created to house all my frustrations and abstract thoughts(ever had that feeling where you were too upset to think straight and everything didn't come out right? yeap, this bloggie here is for all those moments of instability and topsy-turvy hoohas) However, due to unforseen circumstances, I'm going to have to breach my code of blogging...just this once.

PRE-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR
It's funny how looking at the name, it seems all high class and upper posh nosh. True, it's supposed to be prestigious but being part of it, you realise that hey, it was more than the activities they planned, more than the ministers and dialogue sessions you had, whether you enjoyed yourself and really got something out of this learning experience, really pretty much depended on the friends that you made and had, and the attitude you had towards this whole amazing journey. Putting a bunch of teenagers together, a bunch of tenagers where some of the country's future leaders would come from rather, you would expect noise and the minimum standard of fun. Only what I experienced wasn't plain old rowdy fun. I loved the chit-chat and comments made by each and everyone after each panel discussion or how we would think about "what if this change was implemented?" the whole questioning process, the whole thinking ahead mentality: I loved every bit of it. Not that I'm being a snob or anything but very seldom, do I find people who are willing to go through this kind of tedious thinking processes or to even think just a while about current affairs. Even when we were relaxing, I made friends, so many friends who share the same loves and passion as me! Before this, I was kind of kicking myself for throwing one whole week of the holidays away but now, no regrets! I absolutely love the people in my group who made this all possible and my friends too, whom I could turn to when I felt a little unsure of myself. Thank you one and all who made life o wonderful during those 5 days..I'll remember you, always.

THAT TIME OF THE DAY/MONTH/YEAR
It's funny how people refer to bad periods of time as "that time of___(fill in the blank)". Why doesn't anyone ever say "oh, she's upset because they broke up" instead of saying "oh, they both...you know, you know". I hate it when people don't spit it straight out and swallow the meanings of their words. It's so annoying! Anyhow, I have been having those "that time of___" things...moody, crabby, upset...you name it. I know, my "pretty" moods are kinda unnerving so a big sorry to all those out there who suffered(poor babies). Truth is, I am fine now. Really. I've moped about for a bit but hey, I saw the light and hey presto, I solved the whole hullaballoo and now I'm really more or less back to normal. In fact, I feel happier and more relieved, like that whole burden thing is off my shoulders! Yipee! So to all those out there who helped, thank you very very much once again. Your words of comfort and advice really helped :) and seriously, I'm ok now so...yeah. Don't act as if I'm gonna die or something haha but i really appretiate all that you've done! In case you're really not convinced, the 2 parties involved have settled it amicably and are good friends and yes, I am single. No need to go asking around behind my back haha....

TILL WE MEET AGAIN
Alright then, that's about all for tonight. Don't expect these heart-to-heart sessions again until...a real crisis pops up again! I've said my piece and that's about time I have for so...Au Revoir.

*Just thought I'd leave you with something from the wonderful Wislawa Szymorska:

THREE ODDEST WORDS
When I pronounce the word Future,the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,I destroy it.
When I pronounce the word Nothing,I make something no non-being can hold.