christmas that doesn't come early, again

due to mT's very /generous/ intervention i can be assured of a wider viewership on this blog, after the spectacular (please let me humour myself) disappearance of thesapphirefactor, speaking of which, has mysteriously reappeared under the guise of the original url, complete with a few posts from the forgotten ages (not the more recent ones though), and with the original template gone.

anyway if you've found your way here congrats, this is the real deal, and i'm very glad to to have your company

a few of the guys are leaving for ns on the 15th of december, and the schedule ahead looks strangely congested, with an attachment probably coming up, and a couple of things to settle before the inevitable jan 16, so here comes the annual december entry:

2007 has been so demanding academically, emotionally, and mentally. i won't say i've changed, or even matured a lot, but i've surely been exposed to the harsher realities of life. not that i thought that life is a bed of roses to begin with, but actuality has its own way of slapping you in the face; for example when you think you've got a situation all worked out, like a perfect solution to a maths problem (i'm not very good at math, HA); but life's not math, and you've probably got it wrong one way or another. seems that what they say about murphy's law is really true


and those tête-à-têtes, even more so those silly squirmishes, really make you rethink your perspectives. and i guess in a couple of years i'll regret the way i reacted, but i'm sorry i couldn't have done any better (who am i saying sorry to really); i tried, really


alright anyway all the negatives are done and dusted, here's to the people who've been so important to me throughout;


- joga lads! good people like yak, crouch, bernard, yh, didier and even the not-so-good people like mou, who can't seem to plan proper, and owenhonigo, who has an atrociously warped... perception, for want of a better word. adidas wasn't the best but we'll conquer the world one day RIGHT

- those whom i've known since 7 years back, fantastic bro mT, the sulky princess and jy, for just lending the listening ear, giving out those pearls of wisdom even when we're so busy with our own lives. we're kind of missing tennis dates huh

- sec4 guys eug, kjj, time, blue-mountain-rabbit, and chinaman. 8 years to the saga tree gentlemen! and chinaman it's just about time to come back to singapore

- jc class guys, pip, nic-k and -olson, hon and the soccer gang. i really don't ever mean to ps all of you any time REALLY


- and to those other special people who've changed my life in very different ways, in ways which you probably will never know, those who've helped me so much even though i used to brashly, maybe even arrogantly deem myself independent such that i did not need the world, thank you