a good monday

today i discovered that the accountant at kinderart, a mum of 4, goes clubbing together with her husband pretty frequently. not that i'm a supporter of clubbing, but i've to admit that that's a pretty happening couple! it came as such a surprise cos she's quite the typical kanchiong aunty type. haha.

n ranae told me ms sit appeared in sunday times in the investment section. i've a very zai boss who's a feminist who enjoys situations in which the female triumphs over the male.

today in the train i saw someone reading u zhou kan, and gu jun pyo and ji hoo from bof were on the cover. i excitedly smsed my sis in law to ask if she bought the mag (she buys both i and u zhou kan every week). then, i began thinking abt what it was abt the show that attracted me so much. i mean, the show is nice, yes, the guys are handsome, yes, but the show has stayed with me long after i finished watching it. n that's unusual for me.

n so, in the train on the way to drums lesson, i sortta figured out why i liked the show that much.

gu jun pyo 对jan di 的执著。i've no idea how to say it in english. in other words, his reluctance to give up on the relationship no matter what the cost touched me. his dedication to jan di, even when a rich+beautiful+stylish+smart+kind+interesting girl throws herself at him is moving.

in the show, both gu jun pyo and ji hoo protected jan di. either one or both of them were always there to hold her when she cried, to wipe off her tears. in fact some of my favourite scenes from the show were that of ji hoo wiping her tears and holding her. but yet, she was not all the damsel in distress. her presence in their lives helped them grow in many ways. n though she was protected by them, she was never reliant nor weak. instead, she, in her own way, was a source of strength to them too.

but i think what really makes the show stick in my mind is the realistic-ity of it. unlike other shows with clear protangonists/antagonists that are clearly good/bad, the characters in the show are more real (i'm talking abt the character, not the wealth). gu jun pyo, ji hoo and jan di each have their flaws. flaws that are very real, and very close to heart. and in this way, the characters seem more wholesome, more complete, more real.

n i'll always rem the scene in which jan di describes gu jun pyo to the 'monkey' that came to love gu jun pyo. even when she was talking about his flaws, she had a smile on her face. n i think that's what it shld be like, isn't it. to talk about a person's flaws fondly, just cos it is part of what makes up the person. it's endearing.

its weird that i get all these afterthoughts. the show wasn't all that deep, but somehow it just sticks with me.

but anyway, enough about that.

drums today was majorly happy. i don't know why but joshua was especially high today. making all sorts of funny comments/accents/actions. i nv fail to laugh during drums lessons, but i don't think i've ever laughed this hard. he's more than a drums teacher to me; he's more like a worship ministry mentor as well, and a very funny one at that. he's been v patient w me, especially since i'm not practising and am improving at snail's speed. even though he nags at me to go par tor very often (he says it almost every other week! grr), i still really really enjoy the 45mins' lesson, and i always leave his place smiling. often, i leave with a burden in my heart to do more for worship ministry too. thank God for such a funny 'mentor' in my life. i think his wife is a very blessed lady :)

the day ended well with dinner with waraku w one of the project groups. it was free dinner by the one and only person who got A+ for the mod in all 3 classes. the food was gd. but i shan't dwell on that.

i think i'm becoming more and more longwinded. how come i can type so much after writing so much just yesterday?! but anyway, there's mission trip meeting tmr night, and i don't qt know what to make of it. preparing for this trip reminds me of gen12 last year, and i really hope that the experience this time round will be as powerful than gen12 pattaya. a year's flew by so quickly. thinking abt all the things that I've learnt, i feel that i've been a letdown to God. i've learnt so much, yet there's still so much to be improved upon. or rather, my life, as a testimony, does not do justice to the one I call my Lord.

oh well, enough of words. time to slp so that i'll be awake at work tmr. i miss dabestclique.....