First day of post-As :))) Stayed up late reading a mystery novel (Ruth Rendel's To Goon with Death) and slept till a very embarassing time hahaha. Then had to force myself to leave my bed because I had a dental appointment...

I rmb I used to have a horrible fear of dentists in primary school, and whenever students appeared at the classroom with a list of people who are supposed to go see the school dentist, I'd get a terrible dreadful feeling in my tummy. Good thing that fear kinda dissipated when I grew up, and somehow now I can't rmb why I was so afraid of them in the past.

My teeth is healthy heh heh. Hope they last me a good few decades cos I don't relish the thought of fake teeth too early on in my life. :P But it's a bit annoying sometimes when people assume that just cos you look Chinese means you can't really speak english. Even the Malay dentist was trying to communicate with me by explaining that he is going to xiya for me, requested that I kai my mouth, and asked me if I keyi. Too bad that I could only answer with nods or grunts cos my mouth was wide open with a whole lot of weird apparatus stuck inside.

Yesterday was a good day hoho. Had my last A levels paper and had fun suanning everyone else who have Chem today. xD Then I displayed commendable resourcefulness by securing pipa strings from RICO and hopefully not scaring any little RI boys in the process. :X Special thanks to Mr Simon Tang for his immense helpfulness, though I was amused by his hairstyle involving a fringe gel-ed at interesting angles (which reminded me of AstroBoy). :P

While waiting for my mum at Orchard I spent a good hour or so at the Prologue bookstore reading. :) At first I went to Wheelock then when I reached I remembered that Borders is gone, and was extremely devastated. D: Oh how I miss those times back in RG when we used to chill there so often!

Then I spent quite a while trying to find a bookstore in Ion cos it was kinda big haha. I really think every shopping centre needs to have a bookstore, and not the kind like Popular at Lot One either (which stocks mostly assessment books and cookery stuff -.-). When you step into a sophisticated bookshop, the entire atmosphere is different. Bookstores and libraries each have their respective kind of smell that amazingly gives you an adrenaline rush. :P They are like quiet sanctuaries amidst the rush of day; I could spend hours and hours just sitting there taking books from the shelf and reading. :) Maybe that's why they are always located near the top floors of shopping centres. People who want to visit bookstores will look for them, and not the other way round. Plus in Singapore good bookstores are spaced out so sparsely that there's pathetically little competition. :(

I realised when I'm alone I like to hang out at bookstores/libraries. Although I love shopping with other people (even just window shopping), I absolutely hate doing it on my own. Somehow I feel super self-conscious when I walk into clothing/shoe/assessories stores on my own. It's different when I'm amongst books. No one rushes up to ask you whether or not you need assistance. No one stands around spying on you as you browse through their goods. You are really not pressured to buy anything, at all. You are free to peruse their collections freely. You can venture in to take a break from life, then leave when you're ready to face the world again.

I'm beginning to take up reading again. (Just like how I began to take up cross-stitch again too.) That's one of the things that I've sorely missed overly the past few years when life has been chock full of school stuff. I've missed the feeling of being transported to another world. I've missed being able to look through someone else's eyes. And I've missed laughing and crying together with the book as the plot flows. (Yes, I do laugh and cry when I read.)

And I realise I love books with historical context. The dazzling portrayal of amazing cultures that I've never experienced is addicting in itself. Plus other than enjoying the plot you always manage to learn stuff. I love mystery novels too. Because of the intrigue and logical deduction that keeps me on my toes and makes me think. One of my favourites of all time - Agatha Christie. :) Which reminds me, I borrowed a couple of her books from snao quite a while ago, I should really get down to reading them and return him ASAP.

Oh what a good life have we!

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