The closing ceremony of STAR ’05. Which I did not plan to go but at the last minute…. I went, because of someone. : ) Don’t get too excited. There’s a story behind it all. Here it goes..

Around lunchtime yesterday. received a call from IMEC’s OR, a PR committee….asking me whether I want to go to the dinner. I said I may not be going. And there were noises at the back.. and this committee said someone (let’s just say he’s Ezn) is there and said that I must go. Well,well,well…if someone’s buying me the ticket, I’ll go. Of course I meant that as a joke.. I told them, ok I’ll go to OR and we’ll talk about it, since I was on the way to OR at that time. And then I receive a message from this Ezn asking me again…and a later message telling me to just go, he’ll pay for it. Don’t get excited yet…there’s a story behind it..we’ll go to that later. Still, I can’t help smiling. Someone is willing to pay 10 bucks for a dinner!! No one has yet done that to me!!Really I’m smiling…even now, just thinking about it. So the deal’s on. And later after my classes, went to OR again, and Ezn’s there and he passed me the tix. Another thing, he messaged me asking where I was when I had to go there later because I had an impromptu discussion. And when I was there, of course I have no business looking for him, and they had already started eating anyway, so I got myself a seat with other IRK excos, and only just realised that Ezn’s sitting at the next table with his friends. And cute thing after another, he messaged complimenting me…when he’s just at the next table!! I felt like we’re close friends, even though all this while, we’re just like colleagues working together. But at that moment, I felt like someone do care after all…..ok enough daydreaming. So let’s go behind the story why he wanted to pay for the dinner…..it’s because I had helped him once. I helped him completed this job he has, typing out transcripts of a book….that’s all I did. I told him I don’t want anything from it, but if he wanted to do something to repay me, it’s up to him. And so a chance came – the dinner – and I took it as his say of thanks…And anyway, I did even help the Programme Manager himself, translating his remarks for the souvenir book and even the President himself, correcting his remarks. So I’m taking that dinner as their thanks!!

Still, I’m happy and grateful for the dinner. I just hope the friendship doesn’t end along with IMEC ’05. I love these people. The precious moments we had, they’re just valuable. And ok, I’ll admit I guess I like Ezn. But it stops there. I can’t bring myself to do anything…maybe I’m old fashioned in that sense. Anyway, I’m too busy with stuffs I just can’t think too much.