Back to S'pore..

Batam (Indo) has been pretty fun on this trip back, mainly because I'vebeen hanging out with my cousin, bro, & uncles a lot, doin' a mix of differentstuff w/ different people. It's really great to see them again, eventhough this time I've had to spend the whole daytime just loitering ard the hotel. Not that I minded in the 1st 2 days; Spent the morningreading Angels & Demons in the elegant lobby, afternoon having lunch@ various places w/ my bro & cousin, & night time is normally reserved for sports, badminton or swimming. Haven't managed to check out the hotel gym as yet --> Mental note: have to do it on my next trip back.

Beside doing the routines (as above), also managed to squeeze in a fewvisit to meet my youngest cousin. She's still really shy and cries whentoo many peeps crowd ard her. Went there w/ my fam on the 1st nite &amazingly she wasn't intimidated by us! So I pushed a little further &sat at her side. At this point, she started getting a bit edgy and I couldsee the change in her mood already. I only managed to carry her on my 2ndvisit there!

(Totally unrelated just-suddenly-sprang-out-of-my-mind-thought) --> I believe places are memorable only because there are special peoplethat you shared it with. I liked SG because I once spent 5 tough but beautiful years with my loved friends & families here. Now that almost everyonehas gone their own way, SG has sort of lost its lustre to me. No one likescoming back to an empty home, & that's what I feel about it now.

PS: In case anyone wonders how come some words are stuck2gether, it's because I'm using my cousin's PC & hedoesn't have Word in it, so I'm forced to use WordPad (& it comes out like this --> Can'tbe bothered to change it :)