As I'm doing more of this work, I recalled something and am starting to wonder what were behind my feelings back then. Remember the SQ plane accident at Taipei Airport which happened towards the end of October about 9-10 years back. Back then, when I saw or imagined those passengers on board being burnt, I was actually upset. Not just upset but there was some feeling of frustration behind that. It puzzled me back then... and now...

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It's kinda weird. Don't know if it's my mind or what... but certain topics seem to appear after I think of them. There are occasions within the past month when it seems like when I talk to someone about a topic, the topic will be mentioned in the next hour or so. There was also the incident when I thought of something in my mind and within the next few minutes, someone was talking about that. Yesterday, when I was watching tv, I saw a unique looking 'logo' being shown in one show and a few minutes ago, a slightly similar logo appeared when I was on a site.

Hmm....

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One of My Best Shopping Trips

20th July 2005 marks my maiden trip to a premium outlet in the US of A. Went to Aurora Outlets. A group of us hired a cabbie to drive us there and were pleasantly greeted by a white limousine.



Aurora was a great place to shop with the country side setting and even a little swan lake in the midst of the outlets. Each brand had it's own store in all shapes and sizes and it was a pleasure just along the clean paths lined with pretty plants and walking in and out of stores without the rush and bustle of the crowds. And lunching Subway! in a mini foodcourt. One of the simple pleasures of life. Alright, the shopping was therapeutic as well with all the bargains of brands.



To end it, I shopped quite a lot. Spent over a couple hundred of greenbucks. But it was great. Coz' I spent what I earned for myself. Simply put, it was
P.U.R.E. G.R.A.T.I.F.I.C.A.T.I.O.N.!!

I definitely ain't want it to be the last.

Why are we strangers when our love could be so strong
I saw the light it brought me tears
My weakness and anger caused you pain
Profound is this love I seek to understand
And in the journey obstacles I must conquer
How then can our love take flight
That day I await each awakening time

Summer 2005 in New York

Back to the time when I was travelling on my Work & Travel USA Summer Programme 2005

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After weeks of pure high in carbs western diet, we were eager to taste Asian food once again after setting foot in this metropolitan country -- our hope then for having more authentic Asian food. Not long after checking into the hotel, we found a chic Vietnamese restaurant to satisfy our craving hunger.



Once our stomachs were appeased, the next popoular move in the City of the Big Apple was naturally to catch a Broadway. After casting some votes, we settled on "Hair Spray"! (Yup! They did a movie on it and the 4 of us caught it together back in SG!). Man! There was so much of Alacrity.



When I visited the city, it was during the period of the memorial for Sep 11. Went to Ground Zero. The place felt cold and silent though there were crowds. Cannot imagine what I'll feel if I went now. Set upon the pavement was a long sheet of white cloth where people wrote words of commemoration. Some(one) from Singapore wrote :



After a week's stay, it's time to say goodbye New York and visit our next destination of our mini mini US voyage. Here we were waiting to get onto the plane at Newark Airport.



That's all for now. Till then!

I sensed the cat eyeing me. I turned my head, stared it in the eye and it immediately ran away. I got the meaning of focusing energy / intention there and then. Haha. Poor cat. Caught me in a real bad mood.

Haiz. My heart has been aching the past few days.