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Well I’m glad I feel a little better.  I’ve been waiting for the sign and it came today.  Please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not talking about some supernatural hocus pocus that descended from the heavens above.

Things will eventually fall into place – THIS I’m praying for.  I have found myself talking to God unrestricted.  I talk to Him the first thing in the morning.  Before turning on the laptop and lifting weights, even before thinking of what to wear to the office.  I’m just happy that some things happened, even though at times I dread they did.  Things happen for a reason.  KARMA.  That’s some Asian grandma’s tale some would say.  But it does exist. 

I met an old friend today.  He was with Joshua Chee.  Josh was chatting with me on MSN and this friend of mine happened to be nearby.  It’s always nice to meet old friends.  Didn’t meet too many though at the Alumni Homecoming. 

I was going through the SASS-ians on Facebook page and saw some really old pictures.  I did find a couple of pictures of my mom and her friends in her high school days.  Man that was so long ago, more than 30 years ago.  I wonder how I’ll look like when I’m 52? – 30 years from now.  I think I look old at this age when I don’t shave for two weeks.  

Picture 375 I don’t think I look old…

This is me enjoying carrot cheese cake which Amy bought for me from Secret Recipe.  No pictures of the cake because I’ve downed it by the time this picture was taken.  FYI: I WASN’T TRYING TO LOOK CUTE BY POUTING.

I spent most of the time in the office shredding paper.  Can’t wait to get back to that tomorrow.  Sometimes I prefer doing that than staring all-day-long at the computer screen. 

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Kim said…
haha yes i saw ayahku in one of the pictures too. and then i thought hmm, are my kids going to go to sass? AAAAA BUT I DON'T WANT ANAK

shredding paper is fun! tapi after 2 hours it gets boring.
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