Went to Aaron’s house for Japanese mahjong today with Aaron, Woonie and Shuyi. Played French Bridge, normal floating bridge, Dai-Di as well. Of which I forgot the rules to for everything >.< Haven’t played card games for so long…Took the chance to revise Japanese mahjong while Aaron taught Shuyi the rules, so I didn’t do too badly. Got second place, partially cause of luck (woonie’s lack of performance) as well as the presence of a newbie at the table. So won’t say I’m extremely proud of it haha. 32k was my score…
NDP parade (on the TV) looks splendid. Can understand why Ning claims that it really makes a difference to be at the venue this year. Kudos to the creative director for NDP this year. Though I still think NDP songs could be better. But at least they used a fair number of the older songs so it’s not too bad. Missing the sing-along session at the end of NDP though.
Met Ning and Sammie at Freshness afterwards, though I ended up being the only one eating since the two of them had late dinner. Caught up with each others’ lives…I realise the importance to keep in touch with the important people around me really. I just need to master the technique of doing so. How to actively keep in touch, and how to actively maintain the relationships. Been passive all my life. Without my current problems with darling, probably I wouldn’t have realise this so strongly. I need to learn, and I need to learn fast.
So many things to learn too. Like keeping a cool head, and not screwing things up. Keep myself detached somewhat and not getting carried away by emotions. Treasure things and people around me, and simply having the intention and desire to treasure, no matter how strong the emotions, is not enough. There’s technique, and there’s effort to it, and in the end it’s the results that matters. Whether you’re successful in retaining what’s precious in your life or not. Otherwise, your emotional desires and intentions, no matter how blazingly strong, counts for crap. I wish I’ve learnt this earlier.
