목요일, 9월 23, 2004
yesterday was the second and last mambo experience i'll have, for the next few months at least. i can't believe that in a heartbeat, more than half the year has gone. somehow i can't seem to recall where it has gone. the days seem to blend together and my memory fails me sometimes, proving that i really am becoming old. then again, the sights, sounds and smell of mambo at zouk will stay for a long time yet. not having the guts to sneak my digicam in, the pics of us, sweaty, tired and for some of us, intoxicated, will have to suffice as testament to the unlikely beauty of the whole event.

met some old friends i haven't seen in a long time, and somehow i think that in a day's time, when i finally get through my seemingly endless packing, and leave these shores for pastures new, i'll be able to look back and smile, knowing that i didn't waste my short time here. i have learnt much these holidays, and can only hope that the subsequent times of my life, to snatch a phrase, will be similarly enlightening. still, as i look ahead to the blue skies above, a part of me longs to take a last lingering look at the faces that i will leave behind. don't mind if none of the pictures make any chronological sense, it's just me being reminiscent and going all stream-of-consciousness.


nat and nikki: supper anyone?

kz and darius: being kz and darius

kz and me: words express poorly what this guy means to me. easily one of my bestest friends in the whole world.

me and my best girls, renu and faz: i love them, suffice to say. thank goodness they're gonna be where i'm going.

the family i love

the two most important women in my life

-busy-

this can't be a champagne glass...

bluebird and yellow chikkehn

there's one more person i'd like to say hi, or rather, bye, to; my bestie jt. it's been some time since i actually got to talk to you in person, but still, you're one of the people around here who knows me inside out and it's a huge pity that our schedules clashed like anything these hols. maybe things won't be like this the next time, and i'm sure there will be a next time. we've both gone through a whole lot of melodrama in the recent past, which have made us grow up emotionally. thanks for being there for all those late night talks when you could spare the time, and even though we haven't met in about a month, it still is, like it has always been, a joy and blessing to have you as my bestie.

while i'm on the topic i might as well go on:

to kz, my 'other' bestie, you're the laughter of my life, the light that illuminates my path. nothing makes me more happy than to say that i've found a friend in you. never mind the incessant teasing and the occasional blue-black (you know what i'm talking about), the times we've spent together will stay with me for a long time yet. more photos for the metamorphosis of transition album i say. thanks for being a multilingual, witty, trustworthy, not to mention more than worthy sparring partner. once again, the english language is too frail for me to craft into fitting lines, so i'll leave it here.

to all my friends, both new and old, i thank God each and every day for you being in my life. you are beautiful, wonderful, and more importantly, everything i could ever hope for.

to my family, you stand by me no matter what choices i make, you are always there to take the good and the bad with me, you taught me everything i know, you are the people i respect and adore most on this good earth. i love you.