nothing like a fantastic saturday to end the week.

germ and i were in "hair-stylist" mode yesterday, doing each other's hair while watching a korean drama. and i've officially appointed her as my hair-stylist for physio ball this year (and i am also borrowing her black tube dress...and possibly her accessories too. this ball, i am turning up "sponsored by Germaine Tan", wuahaha)

and then, it was a drive to Ivanhoe to Jacintha's (third year physio) housewarming. the traffic jams along victoria street and hoddle street nearly drove all of us in Esther's car to insanity. but, luckily, Esther has Jay's 七里香 CD, and i felt much better sitting in a non-moving traffic for 45 mins. germ, yivern and i were singing along to him...and the enclosed space in esther's car made me feel so much closer to my fellow "university place"-ers.

Finally got to Jacintha's very pretty and cosy house, and proceeded to consume large amounts of scrumptious food. and then, cos my hair was all done up nicely (thank you germaine!), took lots of pictures with the gals. (for once, i actually look quite pretty..wuahahaha). while everyone else was playing games in the living room, wing, alicia, gin and i hid in the study getting massages and listening to Jay sing to us from a very fantastic speaker system. more photo taking, with weird poses and i was all blushing from the "Gretel you look pretty today" compliments from some of the gals. (thank you thank you..) then, it was time to leave....but still high from Jay and the yummy food, esther, wing, yivern and i didn't go home. we went to Crown for coffee/chocolate and cake...

hot choc at the cafe was a disppointment...so was the lemon tart. but the 3 hours at crown was the highlight for me. cos finally, i got to see the Crown fire, gigantic balls of heat and light bursting into the chilly night sky and as waves of heat sink and warm my shivering body with yivern by my side, i felt satisfied that another thing on my "want" list has been fulfilled...not once, not twice..but 3 times.

sitting there for 3 hours, the four of us chatted and laughed. we talked about many things...mainly relationship stuff. about wing and her long-ge...esther and her confusion...me and my break-up, yivern and her concept of self-sufficiency. if not for a stupid drunk ang moh who startled us by kicking into a metal garbage can (he was drunk, i presume), i think we could have sat there and chat for hours.

cold cold walk back to esther's car. along the way, with yivern holding on to my arm and the two of us trying to warm each other against the chilly winds, i let her in on my fears of never finding someone ever again....on my craving for a guy who can protect me from the cold, and shower me with attention and love. and both of us live in fantasies...hoping for that guy in the soppy drama serials (or that guy singing in a concert punctuated with dimpled-smiles...) to come into real life and fall madly in love with us (which explains my obsession with Jay lately...hehe)

returning back to my apt later than germaine for once...i tiptoed around the house...and enjoyed a warm shower. as i finally rested my head on the pillows with my quilt over me, as i lie there in the warm cocoon, i felt myself going to sleep with a smile on my face...