:: the sounds of journey (i think) coming from either the block opposite or from my block and bouncing off the oppsite block.


tt's the thing bout living in hdb- my living room window faces tt other block but i can still hear the music when i'm in the kitchen. in fact, i had actually thought the music was coming frmm ze parents' room. not tt i'm complaining. i love it, in fact.

i've just come back from a mini excursion:
went to the clinic nearby at 1230 and the unfriendly staff registered me and then told me i had to come back after 2. so i took the bus out to the 24-hr clinic to see if i had better luck there. i had never stopped at tt bus stop before so it was quite an adventure, strolling past the heartland shops. so many sights and sounds to take in. so anyway, i was third in line and my consultation took less than 5 mins. ventured to the nearby coffeeshop which i had never eaten from even though i've stayed in the area for the past 10 years. i'm always nervous when it comes to eating at an unfamiliar coffeeshop because i know i have a low threshold for lousy local food. lousy angmoh food, maybe i can tahan. but low standard char kway teow or nasi goreng? intolerable. anyway, i decided to try the "famous pontian wanton mee" and thank goodness it was quite yum. the sauce tasted like 1part black sauce, 1 part melted lard, and the wanton had a kiam he taste. the tastiness totally made up for the lean charsiew. i'm going back there again one day.
then past some pet shops, bought some very heartland looking cakes from one of the dozen bakeries.. (i'm thinking it must be really competitive here). was looking for my bus stop when i spotted YES!supermarket so i went in to see wat rubbish i could buy. i was quite amused by the haphazardness of this mega mini-mart. in the chilled section, there were 500ml bottled drinks (coke, Htwo0, green tea etc). right below tt, cans of beer and more soft drinks. and right below tt, bags of chestnuts, onions and bunches of garlic flower stems. tried to look for anti-perspirant spray but couldn't find tt. but what i did find were big bottles of johnson&johnson's nomoretears shampoo. wah used to use tt when i was young. so i stood there opening every bottle to have a whiff of my childhood. as i lined up to pay for my pear and mixed berry juice, i spotted the anti-perspirant section- right under the checkout counter. haha. i love my heartlands. on the way to the big bus stop, i made two more stops - at sundry shop to buy myself a 6$ auntyaunty batik nightgown and at the CC to check out wat courses they had.

i can't begin to explain how excited i get just walking round heartland areas. makes me so happy. haha. i love the diversity and how things are tacky but unpretentious. i looked at the posters on the cc bulletin boards and felt the overwhelming urge to be part of everything. i wish there was more time in the world.

i'm gonna be late for 420 mass if i dont leave now. think i'll just go for 530 one and meet daddy later. dont think i'll hang out with hot date cos he has an aversion to sick pple. guess it's all for the better. i have to learn not to invest all my emotions in one person.