W/o much slp, i have to rush to meet ys, wz and kendrick in JEC Kbox. Saw Chengxi at the mrt. He's doing OCS recourse after recovering fr injury. Met w/ wz b4 we head to kbox. Long time didn't see him le. JEC was no longer its old self. It has changed drastically from a student-dominated shopping centre w/ dark theme (at least it was eerie, in my memories) to a family-oriented one w/ bright theme. We sang alot of songs, and i tried khalil's..i liked those songs by him. But somehow, besides ken, i feel that ppl lyk wz and ys (and to a certain extent, me) were somehow not our old selves. Perhaps it's wat i heard the last time at bbombers abt wz and aaron. This shall be confirmed later. Ys felt melancholic too. Cld it be coz of his signing on that changed his life? Plausible. I juz knew we sang our hearts out to 4get abt unhappy memories. I have to rush to my nxt destination after singing.

The theme is solemn, as dj's dad juz passed away in a freak accident. (i read it in the newspp later at nite, abt how his dad was trapped in b/w 2 vehicles..hai). I became the inofficial organiser, bringing 2 grps there. 1st grp includes caron, guanyi, liangteck, weiguang, jialiang, anxian. Kenneth ng and zhilong and thev join us later. 2nd grp comprises of darren, alvin ong, chris and kelvin. linus, elton and terence wanted me to pay $10 for them. It reminded me of my grandma's wake a year ago. But that was quite different. DJ looked calm, but the pain within cannot be described.

After i brought the 2nd grp there, i went to hougang plaza to eat w/ chris and darren. Along the way and in the food court, we kept bio-ing and i kept talking cock to chris. Like there was this gal in jumpers that looked quite..well u can't say cute or chio, but juz look young and innocent. Then i told chris abt how i went in front of a stall and saw that gal, then i walked away coz i decided to eat banmian, and how that gal 'tailed' me to the stall to buy noodles, and how she observed us when i was talking cock w/ chris and the noodle seller abt how he mispronounced qiulian as 'liu lian' (durian) and how the gal kept staring at my bowl of noodles when i add alot of chilli and she said 'wow' and then she stared at me taking chopsticks and spoon as if i were holding gold in my hand and how she passed by our table after she bought her noodles and how we kept lookin at other not bad zha bo and commenting that gals living in the northeast are good stuff and how i was seen trying to look 4 the jumper gal but was looked straght in the eye by her after we had our meal and how i scampered off like a scared little rat that was spotted by a hungry cat.

I oso thought of the last time i was here wif val..and i sighed. Times juz seem to have changed. What was once so common that i took for granted in the past has become a rare occasion -- going out wif her. The shoppin center definitely is part of my most wonderful memories in jc.

I took 74 home wif chris and darren. Chris alighted 1st, then me. I realized that darren has a common trait w/ me, we were both pri sch top scorers in our schs. But that was in the past.