some worries and thanks

haven't blogged for the entire of july up till now, due to being busy with the nus summer programme 2012. it was really a 24/7 kinda' job and i was seriously restrained from all the many things that i wanted to complete. so now the pile that stands before me looks daunting, and i feel procrastination manifesting itself... slowly but surely during these past few days. guess i shall expect to be busy for the remaining half of the month as well, trying to catch up with everything, so i may just try to hit 5 posts for this month and let that be it. anyway, school is about to start soon.

in the meantime, i will really need to get rid of all these negative thoughts... the past few days have not been too bright i must say, and in any case, self-defeating self-talk does no good to any mindset at all.
but it is not easy.

"the mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive." - eckhart tolle

how true... therefore, i must aim to be positive in all matters.
but perhaps it is an innate characteristic that i'm up against?
hmm well, i suppose there is no harm in trying.

putting that aside... busy as i was during the 2 weeks of being a student facilitator, the summer programme was really quite a meaningful and fulfilling experience.

we went to many places and made many new friends, listened to inspiring speakers and learnt how some businesses and social enterprises were started. i'm really grateful to everyone i've met, for being a part of my life during the two weeks... the experiences they shared with me most certainly enriched me in intangible ways. i'll also remember all the many things they did for us, such as the dessert treat at 18 chefs on the last night... and also, i was most touched by the birthday celebration! (really wanna' thank jiajian, karan, mingchuan, yvonne, shuling, and all of them)

speaking of birthday celebrations, although she noobly revealed it the first time round, i still managed to get my surprise on saturday night (i'll pretend that i didn't notice the extra texting all night, and also the time delay tactics to the supermarket and gongcha).
still, it was a pleasant surprise and i thank egg boob plus stanley (:
the brunch at canopy was nice too, with egg boob and horizon smile (:
but most importantly, the one person who spent all 24 hrs of the day with me (o:>

my gratitude also goes out to all who wished me... i really did try to reply to each and every wish personally. especially those who made effort to sms/text me: my mom, liamzai, azie, neddely, ziqing, jon, oly's mom, daryl, krish, xianglong, my cousin cherlyn, liqing, hanzong, jon loh, peiwen, tw.

tw also got me this running man polo from korea which is awesome haha. and for all the gifts that i received, i'm really happy and thankful and i promise that they'll be put to good use.

and so, my 24th year on this planet is beginning...
it's time to look forward.