finally shifted out of hall 10! now at a lovely hall with an attached washroom, where school is not a million light years away and the food is gourmet-class compared to what i used to have.. roomie's nice too. hi lori! hehe.

as we all know too well, for better or worse, vday's around the corner yet again. congrats to those who are happily attached, to those for which 14 feb is valentine's day, not something that rhymes with "d-day". as you may infer, i'm not too optimistic. how does one stay optimistic, when visions of staying happily together with one person seem awfully impossible? it's not that the present seems transient; it's more like an inexorable feeling that it's gonna be near to impossible to stay content and happy with any one person for v long. how would one know when he/she's the one? does a 5-storey neon billboard start flashing "THERE HE IS!!" when it happens? i guess that would be a very useful tool, judging by the number of people whining "but i don't know...". we'd never know, would we? the greatest joke life plays on us. the trick is to take all this jesting in your stride, not let the prancing fool make you one too.

i don't mean to be a wet blanket, so for all ye who ARE attached, cherish your partners. it may not seem much to you, but it took effort to be where you are now.

alrighty off to sleep now. cny's popping by any moment now, still dreaming of the butt-skimming cheongsam i didn't buy =P happy holidays! =D