i have spent three nights at my new place. and i'm loving it! i eat what i want when i want and i'm concentrating on my work more than i have at home! bearing in mind that i have one housemate around and she's pretty passive and doesn't walk around the house a lot and the other housemate who's up in queensland, being treated to the nice warm sun by her boyfriend (i still don't know much about her). oh, plus my room is at the end of the flat so not much happens at my end anyway...well, except when someone goes to the toilet. i can hear that.

more later. i don't have internet at home.

i got my keys today! excited and apprehensive. wondering how i'm going to deal with the yet unknown housemate.

can you prescribe a way to die alone? -zao

"i want to encourage and give hope whether it's to people who were born Christian or people who never considered God. i'm not trying to convert anyone, but i want to tell people how great i feel. that's why my songs aren't just, 'oh, my girlfriend broke up with me and i'm jealous of her new boyfriend.' i want to tell people God is love. That's my eternal, unchanging reality."

[aaron weiss of mewithoutYou]

today...

they were laughing as the train pulled to a stop.

the doors beep open.

leisurely, he stood up and slung his bag over his shoulder. she was still spooning icecream into her mouth. he faced her, as if to pose, then bent down to pick her school bag up and slung it over the same shoulder.

they made their way off the train just before the doors closed. she danced around him on the red tiles as they made their way to the creaky escalators.

i wonder if she had to ask him or did he do that out of love?

photos for the cross & beyond are up! thanks to all participants in making it a great night especially those who built the different stages, the cooks and teck who did a superb job being beaten in almost 10 scenes over two nights. well done!

click on the picture to get the rest of it.

she remembers.

she remembers sitting next to him. her adoring eyes were almost always looking at what he was doing. he asked to borrow a colour pencil. happily, she placed her box between them.

she remembers one day after recess he wasn't sitting in his seat anymore. she kicked up a fuss and wanted to sit next to him. she was told she had to sit in this new place. she looked next to her and saw no one she knew.

she remembers looking over to where he was sitting. he was getting comfortable with another.

thus was her first disappointment.

FINE, she silently screamed. you don't get to share my colour pencils with me.

she remembers getting on with her life.