Morning was spent on doing grocery. But before that, I went to the shopping mall and bought 2 postcards of Rennes. I have been here for nearly 5 months and have not own a single postcard of this town. I have about 30 postcards now, collected from all the places that I have been to. There will be more to collect of course. Then I went to Leader Price and very calculatively bought the stocks for the remaining 2 weeks. Actually I need only to cook 5 or 6 times more as I wouldn’t be staying in Rennes for half the remaining time. After my grocery, I went back and plan the itinerary for London. I have re-study the schedule so that now the trip will be more relaxing and less packed. As for Paris, I gave up planning because there will be more than enough time.
After lunch, I went to the multimedia centre. However, I couldn’t log in using my friend’s password. Either I have forgotten the login name and password because I have not use it for a very long time or he has changed it. After trying and failing, I gave up and went back. The entire afternoon was spent on watching LOTR II, The Two Towers and towards the end, I almost fell asleep not because it wasn’t exciting, but I was just feeling sleepy. After the show, I took a short nap and then went to prepare dinner.
After dinner, I spent 1.5 hrs packing up whatever I can pack up for now. Quite surprisingly, I found that I have not much to pack. I brought 27kg of stuffs and can only return with 20kg. After consuming the food, finishing the toiletries, throwing away some papers, and stuffing the remaining into my backpack, I hope I can keep the weight to less than 20kg. This is because I still need to buy some souvenirs back. After that, I started to pack for my trip to Normandy tomorrow but there wasn’t much to pack since I am staying there for a night only.
Since today’s blog is rather short, I shall share with you this dream of mine which I wrote quite some time ago. I started writing my dreams, reflections, thoughts and feelings since last year. Well, most of those were feelings which of course cannot be disclosed. But this dream is quite funny and so I don’t mind sharing.
I was walking with a friend of mine in a garden. The garden could only be described as beautiful and serene. Weather was cooling and clear, the grass was well trimmed and so were the bushes. While we were walking, Li Nanxing joined us and I was not taken aback at all by the sudden entrance of a celebrity. It seemed as if I had known him as long as I had known my friend. His appearance made me realized that the garden we were strolling in belonged to MediaCorp. We were at its front porch.
The 3 of us followed a path and chatted on the way. Whatever we had talked among ourselves, I could not remember. The path led us to a flight of stairs and following that, we were at a lower level of the garden. The scenery was still very beautiful and we were almost in the state of tranquillity. Suddenly the path came to an abrupt end; a small cliff appeared in front of us. We found steps nearby but this time they weren’t as easy to climb down as those previously. These steps were embedded into the vertical face of the cliff, one directly below the other.
Slowly we began to descend and fortunately, the cliff was rather short and we soon reached the ground. We proceeded on towards the main gate and I started to feel that nobody would notice me because I was walking with 2 handsome guys. All eyes would be on them and not on me. Well, that’s nothing new for me as even in my normal days, I tend to catch little attention from other people. Not far in my northeast direction were 2 sheep grazing near some bushes. I was a bit shocked to find animals in a garden but I did not sound myself out aloud. My astonishment was subtle because in a dream, emotions were normally played down.
However, I was drawn forward by the 2 sheep and left my friends. Walking towards the animals, I realized that I do not know the way home by myself. But I remembered that Li Nanxing drove a BMW and he would send me home later and being sure of that, I continued on. When I turned to see where my friends were, I saw Li Nanxing sitting at a bus stop outside the main gate and my other friend jumped into an olive drab BMW. Despite my shouting, my friend left me in that BMW.
I ran after him, abandoning the sheep but he was way gone and so I sat beside Li Nanxing at the bus stop. I asked him where my friend had gone to and he replied that he had left. This of course I knew! I saw him left me with my own eyes! But what I wanted to know was whether he would return to fetch me home. Li Nanxing just said that my friend had left. We waited for our bus to come and as I did not know what bus number to take, I was totally dependent on Li Nanxing to bring me home. 2 buses past by and yet he did not board and so we waited.
As I turned around to check out the 2 sheep, I saw them still grazing casually but this time there were more animals around and in the bushes. A lion was behind the sheep standing and another lion, with a head much bigger was behind the first one. Its head was really gigantic, perhaps 5 times its body size. Disgusted by the deformed lion, I turned back and looked across the street. I saw primary school children, a class perhaps standing there taking down notes. They were wearing my former primary school uniform! I recognized the uniform by the checked collar and dark brown shorts. A female Malay teacher with a green scarf around her head, was also there taking down notes. Probably the form teacher I guessed. I realized all the students were Malays too! Pandan Primary School had finally transformed into a Malay school. Their purpose standing there was to observe the animals in the garden, but because of the lions, they could only do so across the street. I remembered that I used to go on such excursion also when I was a kid.
At last our bus came and following Li Nanxing, we boarded it. While travelling halfway, I suddenly realized that I had not bothered to find out where the bus was taking me. I looked around and found a sign indicating that the bus would pass by Norlan MRT Station. I had not heard of such a station but never mind; as long as I reached a MRT station, I would be able to find my way home.
Sitting on my right was a beautiful woman who looked very much like Pan Lingling. She had a disgusted look on her when she saw the scars I had on my right arm. I had recently returned from Pulau Ubin and these were the scars caused by insect bites. I was quite angry (just a bit more than unhappy actually) that she minded my ugly arm. I told her that her behaviour was wrong. What if I am a boy suffering from long term skin disease and her expression would definitely hurt my feeling. I told her that a child’s pride is extremely fragile especially when he is suffering from illnesses. My eyes were wet as I was touched by my own compassion for others. I knew that I was dreaming and could have cried in my sleep. Pan Lingling, equally touched and felt ashamed, cried and hugged me. And slowly I fell into a sleep…
12 July 2004
PS: Just watched part of LOTR III Return of the King. The White City Minas Something looks a lot like Le Mont St Michel!
After lunch, I went to the multimedia centre. However, I couldn’t log in using my friend’s password. Either I have forgotten the login name and password because I have not use it for a very long time or he has changed it. After trying and failing, I gave up and went back. The entire afternoon was spent on watching LOTR II, The Two Towers and towards the end, I almost fell asleep not because it wasn’t exciting, but I was just feeling sleepy. After the show, I took a short nap and then went to prepare dinner.
After dinner, I spent 1.5 hrs packing up whatever I can pack up for now. Quite surprisingly, I found that I have not much to pack. I brought 27kg of stuffs and can only return with 20kg. After consuming the food, finishing the toiletries, throwing away some papers, and stuffing the remaining into my backpack, I hope I can keep the weight to less than 20kg. This is because I still need to buy some souvenirs back. After that, I started to pack for my trip to Normandy tomorrow but there wasn’t much to pack since I am staying there for a night only.
Since today’s blog is rather short, I shall share with you this dream of mine which I wrote quite some time ago. I started writing my dreams, reflections, thoughts and feelings since last year. Well, most of those were feelings which of course cannot be disclosed. But this dream is quite funny and so I don’t mind sharing.
I was walking with a friend of mine in a garden. The garden could only be described as beautiful and serene. Weather was cooling and clear, the grass was well trimmed and so were the bushes. While we were walking, Li Nanxing joined us and I was not taken aback at all by the sudden entrance of a celebrity. It seemed as if I had known him as long as I had known my friend. His appearance made me realized that the garden we were strolling in belonged to MediaCorp. We were at its front porch.
The 3 of us followed a path and chatted on the way. Whatever we had talked among ourselves, I could not remember. The path led us to a flight of stairs and following that, we were at a lower level of the garden. The scenery was still very beautiful and we were almost in the state of tranquillity. Suddenly the path came to an abrupt end; a small cliff appeared in front of us. We found steps nearby but this time they weren’t as easy to climb down as those previously. These steps were embedded into the vertical face of the cliff, one directly below the other.
Slowly we began to descend and fortunately, the cliff was rather short and we soon reached the ground. We proceeded on towards the main gate and I started to feel that nobody would notice me because I was walking with 2 handsome guys. All eyes would be on them and not on me. Well, that’s nothing new for me as even in my normal days, I tend to catch little attention from other people. Not far in my northeast direction were 2 sheep grazing near some bushes. I was a bit shocked to find animals in a garden but I did not sound myself out aloud. My astonishment was subtle because in a dream, emotions were normally played down.
However, I was drawn forward by the 2 sheep and left my friends. Walking towards the animals, I realized that I do not know the way home by myself. But I remembered that Li Nanxing drove a BMW and he would send me home later and being sure of that, I continued on. When I turned to see where my friends were, I saw Li Nanxing sitting at a bus stop outside the main gate and my other friend jumped into an olive drab BMW. Despite my shouting, my friend left me in that BMW.
I ran after him, abandoning the sheep but he was way gone and so I sat beside Li Nanxing at the bus stop. I asked him where my friend had gone to and he replied that he had left. This of course I knew! I saw him left me with my own eyes! But what I wanted to know was whether he would return to fetch me home. Li Nanxing just said that my friend had left. We waited for our bus to come and as I did not know what bus number to take, I was totally dependent on Li Nanxing to bring me home. 2 buses past by and yet he did not board and so we waited.
As I turned around to check out the 2 sheep, I saw them still grazing casually but this time there were more animals around and in the bushes. A lion was behind the sheep standing and another lion, with a head much bigger was behind the first one. Its head was really gigantic, perhaps 5 times its body size. Disgusted by the deformed lion, I turned back and looked across the street. I saw primary school children, a class perhaps standing there taking down notes. They were wearing my former primary school uniform! I recognized the uniform by the checked collar and dark brown shorts. A female Malay teacher with a green scarf around her head, was also there taking down notes. Probably the form teacher I guessed. I realized all the students were Malays too! Pandan Primary School had finally transformed into a Malay school. Their purpose standing there was to observe the animals in the garden, but because of the lions, they could only do so across the street. I remembered that I used to go on such excursion also when I was a kid.
At last our bus came and following Li Nanxing, we boarded it. While travelling halfway, I suddenly realized that I had not bothered to find out where the bus was taking me. I looked around and found a sign indicating that the bus would pass by Norlan MRT Station. I had not heard of such a station but never mind; as long as I reached a MRT station, I would be able to find my way home.
Sitting on my right was a beautiful woman who looked very much like Pan Lingling. She had a disgusted look on her when she saw the scars I had on my right arm. I had recently returned from Pulau Ubin and these were the scars caused by insect bites. I was quite angry (just a bit more than unhappy actually) that she minded my ugly arm. I told her that her behaviour was wrong. What if I am a boy suffering from long term skin disease and her expression would definitely hurt my feeling. I told her that a child’s pride is extremely fragile especially when he is suffering from illnesses. My eyes were wet as I was touched by my own compassion for others. I knew that I was dreaming and could have cried in my sleep. Pan Lingling, equally touched and felt ashamed, cried and hugged me. And slowly I fell into a sleep…
12 July 2004
PS: Just watched part of LOTR III Return of the King. The White City Minas Something looks a lot like Le Mont St Michel!
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