first i woke up early when i didn't mean to wake up that early cos i didn't sleep that early the previous night. but i woke up at 7 plus, 8 anyway. then i had to brace myself for the arranged meeting at the place opposite my hse. awkward episode. fortunately it's over now! i think i was pretty mean during the short but seemingly eternal 45 mins or so at the place opposite my hse. my sister said so too. but..but i couldn't help it! when i'm feeling repulsed, irritated, angry, or whatever, i just show it. i mean i didn't purposely try to reduce eye contact to the minimum (okayy, maybe i did it with the hope and purpose of deterrence in mind). i feel mean and a bit guilt-ridden, but it's over now and i can't do anything, so i'll just leave it as that. 

that took away my morning. next, the Awards Presentation Ceremony occupied the rest of my day. i was whining to my sis about how i regretted agreeing to go for the ceremony, cos i suspected that it would be a time-consuming and boring affair. true enough, it was by and large the case. the only saving grace was the reception, haha. cos i was starving and i managed to meet limen again and chat with her. i met yan and wan too, and we decided that we should've a chi dance outing before everyone starts to get busy with uni! limen will be leaving for chicago. she's the only dancer going overseas, so i asked her what is the last place she would want to visit before she leaves s'pore. and u know what she told me? changi airport!? that's more like the place she has to visit before she leaves s'pore. so now she's thinking hard about where she wants to go and hopefully we can arrange our outing soon before it's too late! ok, back to the ceremony. it was boring throughout, though i must admit that i thought steph ko's speech was well-written and entertaining (so was ms grace fu's speech, which was quite interesting too), though i don't think i feel the same way as she does about hwa chong. it's wonderful that hwa chong holds a very special place in her heart, but i doubt i dare say the same thing applies for me. maybe it's the people, like she said. it's the people whom you mix with...and perhaps yourself too. well, at least there are my dance mates, cos i wouldn't say that my class is closely-knit. only 3 ppl from our class (including me) turned up for the ceremony! how pathetic is that? 

the worst thing about the ceremony is that i wouldn't have agreed to go if my parents decided not to go. well, obviously they agreed to go and that's why i turned up in school today. but they didn't turn up in the end!! they smsed me to say that they couldn't attend cos they had to prepare stuff for a function they had later on :x AND my mum didn't even sound apologetic on the phone, when i called her! hmph! at least my dad sounded a lil apologetic in his sms. but i'm not angry already now cos my mum's always like that anyway (time to get used to it - i'm still trying very hard) and they missed their function due to a horrible traffic jam. they were stuck on the road for past an hour! should pity them too, haha.