Keeping the dream alive.

my guy's still growing his goatee.
:(
he looks really really weird..
first the tail, now the goatee..what next? a unibrow?
gosh.

i saw this primary school kid on the train today.
i reckon he's primary 5 or 6..
judging from the blue colour english book...
the one that's supposed to help with grammer and stuff..
anyway..it was raining
and he just managed to squeeze in the train..
next, he tried stuff his piece of homework and the book into his already bursting bag.
u know..the squarish kind that is like the usual bags primary school kids carry?
yeah.
it was really cute la..
and i was on standby to catch the boy if he wobbles and falls.
ah..
apparently the uncle nearby was also fascinated by the boy's 'stuffing-paper-into-bag' actions..
cuz he managed to grab the boy when he lost his balance.
my hand just shot out to grab nothingness.
:(
ah wells..
the kid was cute.
neh.
but seriously.
i've never ever took public transport to school..until jc.
never ever.
i only started taking public transport HOME when i was in primary 6.
i've led a pretty sheltered life.
all i had to do was to go to the payphone and dial my mum/dad's number..
and wait.
then the carriage will poof! and pick me home.
amazing life i had as a kid.
i never had to think about being late for school because of malfunctioning of the piblic transport system.
and that was how..but the grand age of 15..i could still get lost in the underpasses of town.
amazing girl i am.
:))

went visiting up there this evening..
met shirlynn to get the camera.
did i ever mentioned that she's staying in the block of flats which i once stayed at?
i spent my entire primary school and half of my secondary school life there..
i could still imagine running down the slopes and stuff..
doing the insanely insane stuff that only primary kids could do.
i even saw a couple of uncles and aunties that i once said 'good morning' to, every morning in the life..
and i saw this guy...which was really weird..cuz i knew him since he was wearing his secondary school uniform..
and now...he's like dressed in working attire and stuff.
amazing trip down memory lane.

guess today's meant to be a trip back into the past crevices of my life.
:)

oh...i realised that the stuff that you might think is harmless really ain't all that harmless.
i thought that the solvent i used to clean my lab equipment and stuff couldn't hurt me shit.
it's xylene by the way..
yeah.
my fingers are fine even after coming into contact with it.
altho sometimes my gloves melt after prolonged contact with it.
ah..
u see.
i was trying to wet this piece of paper with solvent to clean some stuff.
and this bloody stray drop of solvent flew up..and it managed to dodge my googles and my specs and hit me straight in my eye.
gosh.
it was burning i tell you..
gah.
took me a while to wash the eye.
it's all fine now tho.
but i've got a fear of the oh-so-mightly-innocent-looking-container-of-xylene..

and.
of all times to remember the wise sayings of a professor..
i had to have it when i was walking through production..with all the menacing machines towering above me.
anyway..
prof kang once told us that when you see a gas cylinder which is not fastened properly,
walk as far as possible.
cuz if it topples over, it might spring a leak
and you might die if the cylinder whacks you on the head.
so..
as jamie was walking past this cylinder today,
it was making funny noises, because they were pumping stuff out of it.
and i decided to walk on the other side of the road..
but!
the worker was loading some chemical powder stuff into the machines..
and the worker was covered head to toe..and i wasn't..
so..i made a detour.
i walked thru points A->C->D->B when i could have walked the path A->B
amazing girl i am.
and that's what was running thru my head today when i enter the factory.
'prof kang says might die..'
i must have walked miles today.
heh.

and i really hope the china guy remembers to shave tomorrow.