7th of July

So I've been out of action for more than 2 weeks, because my laptop died on me (it sort of had some graphics card problem, so I had to send it for servicing as the screen had some uniform lines and also having constant blue screens after switching it on). Had to carry on with life without a com for the next 13 - 14 days). So for the first few days I had to endure life without a computer and also that since I didn't have one, I requested my buddy to have a sleepover at his house. During that day I followed him to Clementi Mall as there was a Starbucks 1-for-1 offer, he wanted to order this strawberry frappe with whipped cream and got another one for his father. After that we went to the Clementi hawker center and we bought some fried kuey tiao while I got some mixed fried noodles and a burger from McDonalds :) After that we took a bus back to his house, then he had to rush off to MY to fetch his brother back from the customs. When we reached his house, I was greeted by his mother that was a little mad at him, and his mum asked him angrily where he was as he needed quite abit of time to travel to the Causeway. So after we entered the house, he had to leave in a hurry, leaving me and his mum in the house. His mum started doing some Sudoku while I was given permission by my friend to fiddle on his com for abit, so I decided to watch some music videos while enjoying the music. I talked to his mum every now and then and she actually wondered how I could actually just sit down there and just watched the music videos all day long without doing anything else, well for me if the music videos and songs are good, I would be able to just sit there and just listen to the music :D Listened to music until around 6+ while his mother kept on painting, then I went to watch some Running Man, was totlaly hilarious since there were some of my favourite idols being absolutely goofy. I rememeber I didn't watch finish the entire show as I wanted to play Sniper Elite v2, quickly downloaded the game and started playing. But I'll be honest, while playing I dare not raise the volume too loud as the game had some gore and bloody scenes, especially after you fire the bullet from a long range and the slow-mo camera action with the bullet piercing the skull and destroying it with the blood splattering out, is quite a gore-ish scene for his mum so I just did body shots the whole time when his mum was sitting near the TV screen. Later, she received some call in which she had to leave the house in a hurry, apparently my friend's younger brother had encountered some problems at the customs in MY as his passport had already expired, therefore denying him entry back into SG. Before my friend's mum left the house, my friend came back, therefore I wasn't going to be left alone to game. We played abit of sniper elite as I wanted to show him how smoothly the game runs on his computer. I roamed around his house while he was playing. Lazed around the house since I was a little sleepy.

We left the house to buy some late night snacks at Sheng Siong supermarket, I bought a chocolate bun and an 1.5 litre honey green tea bottle, and not forgetting a cup of hot milo for the late night :) My buddy bought some biscuits for himself, and after that we decided to take a walk around his neighborhood. At first we headed up to the carpark's roof garden, we found a bench and we started chatting. We chatted about the many things that were going on in our lives, and I also shared about her, like how she's carrying on with her life, and also some personal problems of my own. I felt really good being able to share with someone face to face about my problem as it removes a huge load off my chest. 

We talked through the night, and went back to the house at around 6:10 am, he used the com for awhile more to update one of the pages that he is managing. I lazed around and lied down for abit, then later he decided to sleep. So we went to sleep in his room. I lied down for about 10 - 20 minutes, but I couldn't seem to sleep. So in the end I just got up, went to his living room and started making notes for my friends. Steadily, I managed to endure the tiredness that was taking over my body bit by bit for more than an hour. I couldn't just leave without saying goodbye to his mum as it would be so rude and disrespectful, so endured till his mum woke up. Not long after I was about to fall asleep, his mum woke up and had to make breakfast. When his mum saw me making notes for my friends, she went, "你这样早起来就去读书了? 你不累吗?" (Which translates to: "You got up so early just to study? Ain't you tired?") I told her that I couldn't sleep so I just got up and did something productive for my friends. I talked to his mum for quite a while, then I had to leave for home I wanted to buy some breakfast for my mum since I thought my mum was sick. So I went to the kitchen where his mum was and I told her that I was thankful that she allowed me to stayover for one night, I gave her a hug since I was feeling thankful. After that I woke up buddy up as I had to leave for home, he wanted to send me to the bus stop but I just told him to go back to bed since he was really tired and I didn't want to disturb his sleep. Went to buy breakfast at the market near his house; some fried noodles for my mum, and mixed noodles, a fried egg and some small pieces of luncheon meat.  Boarded the bus after that and headed for home.

So for the next few days I just stayed at home and made notes, and on Saturday I went out with the 2 girls for lunch and gave them free tuition at the same time. Since they listened attentively when I was explaining, I guessed the time spent on the notes was worth it :) We walked around Star Vista and snapped a few pictures before heading back home with a cup of Honey Green Tea in my hands. Blasted some music back at home, especially to songs like CNBLUE's Can't Stop, Hyolyn's One Way Love.

Few days later, I called up to check whether my computer already repaired or still under processing. My former colleagues told me that it was under it's final testing and if everything was I could come and collect it the following day. So the following day, headed down to the service centre with my mum, and when I first tested out my computer at the counter, the casing wasn't closed properly and the fan seemed to be freaking out a little as it would work very hard when I opened simple programs like Chrome and IE. So I gave it back to the counter and told them to rectify the problems, while they rectify the problems, I went for lunch with my mum at KFC. After lunch we went to the top floor challenger and went to look for some computer mouses. After considering, I went to buy a Razer Abyssus mouse and a simple Logitech mouse for my dad, my mum did the payment instead, so I'm pretty thankful :) 

After collecting my computer, we went to buy some food and left for home. Back at home, I immediately went to test out my computer. But to my horror, the fan worked unusually hard, and my laptop even shut down when I was gaming. Disappointed, I had to go back down to the service centre to have them to re-rectify the problem. 

So it has been around 3 days since I re- sent in my computer and I just called in to check on the status, and they told me that I had to wait till around the 7th or 8th of July to check the status. So I guess it's no computer till the end of this week. So in the meantime I might continue heading down to the Cybercafe at Clementi stadium or just continue with my training for my National Service. 

So it's around 30 days left on being a normal civilian, and I won't know what's coming up for me in NS, all I can hope now is that I'm able to pull through the initial 2-week compulsory confinement. Right now, my family and her will be my greatest sources of strength, since I will be facing the battle alone when I'm in the army.

Will stop here for now, have to get some early rest for today.

Justin.