poor ying and her dad are in hospital because of dengue fever but they're better now. sammie, sharon and i went to the hospital yesterday and we sat around ying eating meiji white chocolate macademia chocolates and lemon candy. we got her a cute card and a magazine to read when she got bored. the hospital's really cool, they have restaurant-type menus with dishes like grilled salmon and japanese bento sets but i suppose when you're really ill you won't really want all that tasty food, so poor ying just had porridge.

mingyao made a surprise call and picked me up from the library (you can do a lot with photocopying machines, and i like that!) before we headed to the hospital. ah the joys of suddenly knowing you're going to see him when it was unplanned, and the joys of travelling in the car with you, and alas the longing when you had to leave for home early.

oooh on tuesday we had lunch at my lovely homely sembawang hills food centre (because i get to wave at my old house at greenmeadows, it feels sweet) and we met skippy trippy yvette at wheelock place for catch-up tea. awesome craving for the idea of cake (i think, more than having the cake itself) so i had a tiramisu. i really like the coffee bean outlet behind borders. there's airconditioner but you get to feel the weather change, mentally i suppose, and the idea-at-the-back-of-my head that there's a big cool store with millions of music and billions of books just next to me is a very good feeling. like, turn around and ooh books!

gotta memorise my lines for saturday and work on my schoolwork, behind is no good. aim for in front.

moosik for this noon_soundtracks galore so that reading can be more atmospheric: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind/love me if you dare/ gattaca/ the virgin suicides and, faye wong.