Food!!! Lots and lots of it... that's my first thought when I arrived at Saisaki Restaurant at UOA II yesterday... for around 43++, there's quite a platter at this place, there's my favourite salmon (loads of it, even though I didn't take too much), the shobu-shobu (I think that's how its called), a bit of korean food here and there, many, many varieties of drinks, tempura, teppanyaki... everything Japanese lah... I had a really filling time, and I mean to go there again, maybe bring ma there cos she's so fond of sashimi and all that.
Yesterday was actually a reunion of sorts for 8 of us who went to school together back in 1997... everybody's working now, except me and Pek Yong lah... Aih, everyone's a professional!!! Out of the 8, excluding Pek Yong and myself, I think 5 are working engineers ( what a classy and prestigious moniker eh? ) and the other is a hotshot computer programmer... Aih... sorta makes me feel a little belittled by my pending degree. Who cares if I'm going to get a first class honours in my degree? I'm still not a bloody professional. And if I were to marry Pek Yong, he'd only be a doctor in another 4 years!!!
Gosh... I'm beginning to sound as if I care a lot about material possessions!! Hey, the world is a materialistic one. Read
Seize The Day? Human beings can't help it. We're married to suffering, whether or not we choose to love it is another matter. Of course I don't love suffering, but I keep getting dragged into it, mostly due to my horrible, horrible penchant to envying other people's luck and fortune. I suppose they have their own problems also, but mine's different. Mine's suffering from a lack of money-related prestiges... aih... OKAY, money isn't everything!!! YES I KNOW I KNOW ... just, when you see this people with their freedom in the workplace and their financial stability, it makes you envious.
Anyway there's good coming out of all this. Just makes me want to work harder to succeed. I do hope I'm able to grad with a first class in another 6 months. I'll be sooooo happy ....
