It was the last day of work and a half day, so the day zoomed past pretty fast. When I left, everybody gave me farewell gifts, though I had only worked for 3 weeks, so sweet of them, I was so sad to be leaving, and my office god-mother who always gave me things hugged me. I was pretty close to tears. I assured them that I would be back the next holiday as.

Orchard was sooo crowded and even though there were many things on sale, I wasnt quite in the mood to squeeze with the crowd and dig through stashes of clothes only to find that they don't have my size. I looked longingly at Zara and Mango, both of which was packed with people. Never mind, I shall wait for tmr when I go SHOPPING..hooray..

I went to watch the Phantom of the Opera with yumin,jul, shiang and brennan. Weird combination as not everyone knew each other. But the movie was superb. Yes, the voice may not be as good as the original cast( like duhhh, esp the phantom), but it was great. I liked Christine's crystal clear voice and Raoul's dashing looks. The movie was soo sad and touching, about love, betrayal, sacrifice...The part where Christine was willing to stay with the phantom to save Raoul's life was especialy touching. Jul and shiang had to rush off immediately after the movie, so yumin and brennan and I went to Mos for dinner. It was quite an enjoyable affair with lots of crapping and laughter.. there can be lots of lameness even though the King and queen of lameness ,Derek and Julia are not around( hehe,derek dun kill me).

We decided to go to Esplanade for the countdown, joining my JC classmates there. But we only stayed for a while because it was so crowded everywhere and all the eateries were so crowded, with nary a seat in sight with long queues forming outside. The scenery was breathtaking as always, but I wasnt really in the mood for celebration, what with the tragedy occuring in South-asia, with Singapore so fortunately kept out of harm's way. It didnt feel right somehow to celebrate and enjoy ourselves while our neighbouring countries are shrouded in darkness, mourning for the death of their loved ones, some fighting to stay alive and so filled with bleakness.

I reached home before 12, after being stuck around the clark quay and MS area for quite a while. Mom was already in bed, probably being pissed off at me for not spending New year'e eve with her, having just scolded me for always being out with friends. I was like??? I had only stopped working and apart from Zouk on wed and watching movie and going to Esplanade today, I didnt go anywhere else. I can sense it coming, the start of another quarrel. Its always about the same old issues, me going out too often, enjoying myself too much, wearing too revealing clothers(as if)..She told me off for being so self-centred, that my life revolved around myself, with enjoyment as the key word, treating the house as a hotel..lalala...Its really dampening to my spirits to hear all these, when I am determined to be happy, how can I be, when a girl on the threshold of adulthood still cannot get the freedom she wants.

On a happier not, it is now the start of a new year, with new hopes, new resolutions. Hopefully it'd be a fresh start for me and I will not muck it up again.