von called up to holler goodbye this morning saying he's not going to the airport tonight becos he has to accompany his mater to some dinner. sounded like he was in a hurry and i said yeah okay i'll probably see you in may. after i hung up i started feeling sad. how come we don't say meaningful soppy things? just a yeah, whatever, bye! actually, we've probably seen a bit much of each other this summer for us not to have to hang on to the phone saying please take care and i'll miss you and all that sort of thing. and anyway, he's too much of heartless cad to miss me! (my dad just came into the room and said, how come von's not sending you off tonight? maybe he didn't eat enough popiah!)

met addy at serangoon gardens at 2pm, we had amazingly good hainanese chicken rice lunch at pow sing, with fantastic nonya fried doufu, lightly crispy on the outside and meltingly soft and creamy inside. the chicken was excellent, i think hainanese people are geniuses (with the exception of poach, who is gloating as she reads this, so there) for they gave us breadtalk, sakae, maybe crystal jade too, and hainanese chicken rice.

(i'm eating pineapple tarts as i write this. my dad said i should stop or i'll get a sorethroat and i know this is true but i'm not going to get anymore till next may so i gain nothing by leaving the jar alone.)

after that we went to cafe cartel for coffee. addy was telling me about her japan trip and how she's got addicted to starbucks' greentea frappucino there (which the whole of tokyo is drinking) and how she fears that when she goes back to new york she'll be laughed out of town. hah! she got me a muji notebook!!! it was just what i wanted. i miss muji! heh. came back to my place so i can finish cleaning my room while addy went through my ji mi books. she's gone now but i'll see her and su-lin and choonping at the airport later. growl. i miss them and i miss singapore. and my mater has issued demands for me to go down to dinner twice now so i must obey. i go.