"...some days are diamonds
some days are rocks..."

walls by tom petty. thanks to jerel who will probably never read this but those words have gotten me on a roll. i think this is the most country song i have on my playlist now. haha.

tuesday started out as a rock but i just knew, know, that eventually, this mysterious and beautiful power transforms my rocks into diamonds (that's what i love about life!). i was holding out for that diamond. and here it is. i'm sitting back now to admire it with a contented smile on my face. aaah....

handing in my forms for work and travel was gentler than a breeze. i managed to buy my film because i needed to use the toilet and happened to walk past a film shop at novena square. i found a bus to take me to the library where i got to return my book which i never read because i had no time. i couldn't leave empty-handed, could i? so i got carried away and ended up carrying 5 books to the borrowing counters. the maximum was 4 so i thought i could make a decision there and then which to discard. lo and behold, there is a message at the counter saying we can borrow up to 8 during this holiday season! so i got to borrow them all but after that, my right shoulder got the work-out of its life haha. and what do you know? i ended up going shopping for a present for papa because i was so late for mass. after walking around for ages with my right arm about to be dislocated, i finally found one! by then, i had to take a cab cos i was running late for advent evening in church. when the cab reached my house, i literally had to dig my wallet for money cos i had so little left. thank goodness i collect old $1-notes which i never use because they're so rare. i used them this time. and...my mom let me take the car out! i was late for advent evening but it was really nice. it's been a long time since i've been for a tuesday night sharing and this came close enough. and i was pleasantly surprised to meet my aunty there. she came to say hi to me after the whole thing. and after she walked away, i suddenly had a strong urge to run after her and pour my heart and tears out to her. and she so patiently sat with me and talked with me. she's really helped us so much and i'm so thankful for her in my life. you have no idea. sam, terence, jude and celine joined us for supper and i felt really happy they did because it won't be long before it becomes a rarity. i really love them and hope the best for them when they leave. i enjoyed having supper with the rest of the usual suspects too. and some of the younger ones bumped into us and i just felt like, wow, nice cosy little neighbourhood. haha. then, melt, merrill, smelly and i stayed back for a while talking, after which i sent them home. and i loved sending them home because it made me feel so important haha. it was really such an honour. and when i got back home, i parked the car without any instructions from anyone because i was alone and... it was perfect! and my dad was waiting in the hall watching and i was so happy to see him smile and it felt like old times. i went up to see my mom and she was in a good mood too and i was happy to see her smile. and well, of course i boasted to her about my driving and parking haha.

the above paragraph must look like one big incoherent mess but what i'm really trying to say is that...i'm just happy right now. oh no, i sound so joyce-ish! haha...

without rocks, there'd be no diamonds.