The trick to really embracing the "long" in long weekend is to spend the extra day really intensively and think of the remaining 2 days as the actual weekend. For example, I think of today as Saturday, so my weekend has just started. I'll wake up tomorrow with the same feelings as I do on a Sunday.
I rarely miss gatherings with friends. I really do my best to show up. Yesterday I couldn't meet Gerald and gang for lunch because I was held up in church for YAM Comm meeting in church. The Dempsey outing of the previous night meant I couldn't meet my target of waking up early to enjoy the morning before the meeting; I was in fact late. This morning was slightly better, seeing as my parents usually attend the first service time slot and I'm made to wake up early to travel with them. Lunch yesterday was instead spent leisurely with the Comm at the ubiquitous Siglap Yong Tau Fu joint. Face painting later, we joined FL for frisbee, putting our regular Sunday Opera Estate skills to work. Daphne Audrey and I drove to Cold Storage in between. Dinner was with adriel/louis/abby/colleen at Bedok Corner. I managed to book badminton courts for tomorrow.
I applaud Pet most of all for the choice of music last night. I'm dutifully listening to Jeremy Monteiro and gang's Jazz interpretation of cultural tunes usually associated with the NDP (Chan Mali Chan et. al.) Maybe I'll get to watch some of the parade from the esplanade before dinner with sean later and then spot Ron at his city march. I think I will get to watch GIJOE tomorrow. For once I'm not organizing the .11 gathering tomorrow. The turnout is good, looking forward to seeing everyone.
I realized having Sunday lunch with church friends can just be for that purpose: to have lunch. It was with Jeremy and Guo Nian today. We were at Seng Kang because the others were there to watch the Frisbee Singapore Open. That's one of 3 reasons why there isn't Frisbee today. I found out there was a Hillsong concert this year which I didn't attend. We are thinking of going for the Conference in Australia next July. The youtube/FB publicity video makes it look awesome. I think it'll be even better.
There's an ACIB Class of 2008 reunion next next week. I hope my class gets to meet up next week despite the AHM. I might actually be running another charity endurance run the following sunday. It's almost a year since the Nike Human Race.
It's been almost a year since I finished school. My friends start University this Tuesday after the long weekend. I have another appointment (with destiny?) I want to start school, or maybe teach, tutor or coach. Learning to drive has slipped down my priority list. Sometimes I find myself disliking contingencies or responding to hypothetically possible consequences or outcomes becomes it somehow means I've failed, somehow, or like I'm giving up.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think 2009 is ending. I wonder if I want to savour the rest of it. I want it to be worth savoring.
