Wakeboard day!

Oanh's 1 month stint in Singapore is finally over again, so I offered to give her a lift to the airport yesterday. I crawled out of bed groggily at the break of dawn, despite having stayed out with Jasmine till 5am in the morning. For me I just felt that it was the least I could do for her. Oanh had apparently come down with a high fever and bad cough, but looked really cheerful nevertheless. I know she always looks forward to going home to her family, there is nothing much in this country that she has fond memories of anyways. She held my hand as we drove along, it's particularly awkward in a manual car, but I still like it anyways. It was something me and Jasmine did last time too. So anyways, I dropped her at the airport, she gave me a really long hug, and we bade our farewells. I didn't ask if she would still be coming back, but I am guessing not in a long time to come. She told me to find a girlfriend fast and show her the next time she comes to Singapore. We shall see, hehe. So with that, I went back home to get my much needed sleep, because its wakeboard day!

This time, Papa and Mama (namely Sam and Linda, that's what I call them now), came along for the ride. Glen and Mel were supposed to come, but they were apparently busy. Sam wants to try his hand at wakeboard, while Linda is just coming along for the ride, and also to catch up with Clare, who, I just realised, is a long-time friend of hers. I was quite determined to learn to do a proper, high, pro-looking wakejump by today, but, many spectacular crashes later, I still couldn't. It was disappointing, yes, but that is not gonna stop me! I will be back on Wednesday, and you shall feel my wrath, Water. Sam gave it a go, but his shoulder injury got really bad, and he had to stop. He *almost* made it out of the water though. Hopefully his shoulder will recover soon, and I will have another wakeboard kaki! Sam's injury and Glen and Mel's absence meant that I was basically the only rider, since Clare refused to let us drive the boat haha. So I thought, what the hell. I'm gonna try and push myself to see how long I could ride. In the end, I think I rode for a good one and a half hours, but still felt pretty fine after that. So, yes, I am proud to announce I am actually getting fitter hahaha.

We ended off with a nice dinner and beer (courtesy of the awesome Clare) by the pier, just outside the Wake Pirate's lair. It was a very nice place to hang out really, and we spent most of our evening there just drinking beer and chatting. We talked about anything and everything, and the topic once again came to me. Gosh, I have no idea why people seem to like to talk about my love life so much. Clare seemed to find it very amusing, and just kept poking fun at me. So that's one more added to the list. GAWD. Clare is one hell of a character though. Physically very fit, pretty tomboyish at times, noisy, full of energy, full of spunk and full of character. She's someone I probably would have tried going for if she wasn't already attached. We talked somemore, mostly about the times that Linda and Clare had while they were working together 3 years ago, and then headed home. And one more thing that just made the day even better was that we were planning to search for Linda's lost cat since he hasn't shown up in days. But when we got home, there he was just taking a dump downstairs. Talk about luck!

Back home, I was lazing on the sofa, and Clare dropped me a text, and basically, she told me to "love myself more". It's strange, she kind of hit the nail on the head I guess. I had always been giving and making people happy, especially Jasmine, I guess I really didn't love myself enough. But that's what I had been doing the past few months, and that's what I plan on continuing to do. Still, I am grateful for her concern. All in all, yesterday was a good day.

Anyways, the wakeboard itch is hitting me again. I seem to be getting more and more addicted to the sport, but I guess it's good for me anyways. Mama will just have to bear with my constant and incessant whining about wanting to go wakeboarding muahaha. Wednesday, Y U SO FAR AWAY.