Little moments.

Today was filled with such nice little moments and since it's actually quite a terrible week for me in terms of the amount of assignments due, these moments felt like a rare gift which I had to put it all down in the blog.

Wasn't in the best of moods this morning. Went to sleep thinking of Melou and was also upset with V.. Well to clarify things, I saw on FB that she had booked her tickets to Nepal. It isn't one of the places that feature high on my "Place To Visit" list but when a friend asked her where she was going, she said something like "To watch the sun rise over the Himalayas". Somehow, I felt upset seeing that message, I can't tell if I'm upset with her or just upset with myself but it felt like one of those things that we should be experiencing together as a couple and not having her travel there by herself to experience on her own.

I know, I know, it sounds terribly childish and immature of me but I'm upset nonetheless and if that speaks volumes about my maturity then so be it.

So in any case, I made my way down to Black which of course never fails to cheer me up a little, sipping on that nice latte (opted for an iced one since it was searingly hot today) and in that 3 hours I was there, I actually managed to get quite a bit of work done. I took a solo lunch at Earshot Cafe to do a bit of carbo-loading for the evening run and then proceeded to lecture. After the lecture, C and well, C, wanted to discuss one of the assignments. It took me completely by surprise and I was not prepared at all, but being the nice friends they were, they were happy for me to leach off them though I did manage a couple of contributions here and there. I felt more at ease after the discussion, the assignment now definitely looking a lot easier.

Went for a run with ZY after tutorial. Excellent run. We did 9.2km in 55 minutes and it was not only till we were warming down later did I realise that if I could do 9.2 km in 55 minutes, then my long targetted 10km under an hour was definitely possible with just a little more training. Was truly happy about it though I must have looked a little silly grinning at that prospect in front of ZY who does 10 km in 40 minutes. ("45 minutes now" she corrected me, as if that makes a big deal of a difference)

We ran past a number of tourists today and I can't help but think of the times when I was in Vancouver or San Fran and I saw these joggers and thought to myself "I move here just to get this weather and this view to do my runs in". I wonder if the tourists thought the same today. It's not quite Vancouver or San Fran but some of the places we ran by today was just absolutely beautiful and as nationalistic as this sounds, I have to say we're doing a real fine job in beautifying the city.

Along the run, I also bumped into J whom I just had the pleasure of catching up with at AF's wedding last saturday. Yelled out to him but he had his earphones on. I texted him later and he said that was his regular route too and will look out for me the next time. I really enjoyed catching up with everyone at AF's wedding and that just needs another separate blog entry on its own. More on that another time.

Also got a msg from GH. I only saw it after my run but it read "So your ankle okay already ah?" "Idiot!" I exclaimed out loud, shocking ZY a little. I had taken a cursory look at Overeasy as I ran by to see if I could spot GH but a lack of effort plus an immense amount of concentration on keeping up with ZY must have made me miss her. Funny message to come back too though!

On MRT home, I got a message from S who just got back from Hawaii with her boyfriend and proclaimed to us all that the boyfriend proposed and she said yes. Happy for her. Long distances are never easy but it's always wonderful when one works out. I texted back saying "Happy for you but starting to think C and I hang out with the wrong bunch of girls. In the past year, all of you either got engaged or pregnant!" Haha..

I feel compelled to find the moral of the story after that telling these series of moments so here goes..  (1) Life can still be beautiful no matter how stressed out we are and (2) I am surrounded by wonderful friends and with that, adieu.