74 days of summer

Can't believe my summer is coming to an end :'( School starts for me in a week while everyone at UCL wouldn't be going back until like end Sep or Oct ... such is life. I've spent this summer mainly working, and it still feels really short despite having worked for almost 2 months but I guess time flies when you're having fun. Also I have accumulated way too much clothes but I didn't manage to finish selling all the stuff I don't wear so hopefully they'll be sold before I come back next year. Really going to impose a NO BUY ban on myself for real. There're no shops in Strasbourg anyway. I just have to resist checking the Topshop website for stuff. There's also no Brandy stores. And I have no idea how my timetable will be like but I'm hoping for long weekends since one semester is now 15 weeks instead of 10 weeks. But I'm pretty hyped for France and I can't wait!

Work 4

Tendered my resignation on Thursday :'( I am genuinely sad this time about having to leave I think this has been my favourite job so far!! Much regret thinking back about last summer when I had so much time and I just wasted it being bored to tears when I almost could've worked at TS. The call came like 3 days later gah. But okay anyway I'm still very thankful for the opportunity this year. Sighhhh time really flies when you're having fun :'( Anyway my last day of work will be this coming Thursday. Omg I don't want to leave T_T T_T And I think I'll never look at TS Ion the same way again hahaha :'(

Anyway need to update my daily summaries!!

35 / 16 Thurs: Work day 12 / dinz and dessert with the wasabi gang / went La Salle to hang out LOL (just checked my insta that was 3 weeks ago omg??)

36 / 17 Fri: Worked half day 13 / rushed home for int and missed dinz with I Hall :(

37 / 18 Sat: Work day 14 / met up with Chan Wei after work at Star

38 / 19 Sun: Work day 15 / romper day with Cheryl haha

39 / 20 Mon: Off day / town / llaollao with Anthea

40 / 21 Tues: Work day 16 / supper with the TM guys

41 / 22 Wed: Skate sesh with the sis / lunch at 18 chefs / supposed to be my off day but ... Work day 17 

42 / 23 Thurs: Work day 18

43 / 24 Fri: Work day 19

44 / 25 Sat: Off day / lunch at the Sun's house!! / Swee Choon with Carissa and Ben

45 / 26 Sun: Stay home Sunday / crashed Sun's clique karaoke outing HAHA

46 / 27 Mon: Work day 20

47 / 28 Tues: Work day 21 / Korean food dinz again with HCSE girls + ice cream

48 / 29 Wed: HC / UBS / sprained my ankle argh

49 / 30 Thurs: Work day 22 / finally met Wanting for dinz omg

50 / 31 Fri: Polyclinic in the mornz / Work day 23

51 / 01 Sat: Stay home Saturday woohoo to rest my poor ankle

52 / 02 Sun: Collected my BM goodies with Janice / Teoheng + dinz + dessert with the wasabi gang

53 / 03 Mon: Work day 23

54 / 04 Tues: Work day 24

55 / 05 Wed: Work day 25

56 / 06 Thurs: Work day 26

57 / 07 Fri: Off day / Marina Bay with the fam at night

58 / 08 Sat: Stay home Saturday!!

This summer went by too quickly :(

Fatigue is an endless feeling

At least that's one thing I can feel. One thing.

Days are flying by and it's already August ... Later this month I'll be going back, then embarking on a new journey. I'm pretty hyped, to be honest. Booked my tickets last week and all, just have to pay my reservation deposit now which I'm still trying to figure out how to do and also I'm only getting my pay next week, which is a bother considering how much I've spent and how many people owe me money. It's strange realising that I'm now down to a negative net income, which basically means I've been running on a deficit. Doesn't really make sense considering the amount of clothes I've sold ... Which means I've definitely spent way more than that. Way more. Gosh.

3 more weeks of work to go. I really really enjoy it a lot despite it being tiring and all and having to deal with stupid people sometimes ... I figured I'll be counting down to approximately 12 more days of work. Gonna miss everyone and everything; it's strange to think how some bonds form so quickly but you never know if they'll be strong enough to last.

In other news I've also sprained my other ankle. Trying not to harp too much on the fact that somehow my legs are going to be in this state of imperfection for the rest of my life. I'm still too young for this and I want to have a perfectly functioning body. Cannot imagine hearing a pop in my ankle everytime I do an ankle rotation, or feeling the sharp pain and strain everytime I run, even if it's just to catch the bus. Fervently hoping that both ankles will recover soon.

Going out again tomorrow. It's always the same few places. There are so many places that I've not visited yet this time that I'm back, but I'm running out of time. Next time, perhaps.

Summer

I should really be sleeping now argh I have work tomorrow and it's the eve of a public holiday :( But so much have been going on LOL I feel like I need to record down everything before I forget them!!

Really unexpected good news this morning haha just as I was almost giving up hope ... Hoping for the best sigh I really want this to go well. Also went to submit my passport today for the visa so hopefully everything should be sorted soon. I had off days yesterday and today, and spent some quality time with my sis (HAHA). Went skating today and I had much better balance than Saturday omg Idk what was wrong with me that day I kept tripping over the toe picks!! But today I could (almost) do proper crossovers. Still need to improve and I cannot do them on the other side LOLLOL like I can never lift up my right foot Idk why. Am working the rest of the week (for 4 consecutive days) so I don't think I'll have time to skate anymore this week :(

Anyway I've been buying so much stuff from TS LOL it's really damn bad but I'm loving all my buys!!! Finally got a denim jacket thanks to Clare hahaha been thinking about getting one since London and now they have this new one in black washed denim so I gave in ... I haven't tried the light denim yet but I feel like that one would match better with clothes??? Idk I think I'll try tmr LOL omg my $$$. And I bought 2 pairs of black pants hahaha at first I only wanted one but then I tried on the other one by mistake and omg it was so nice. Anyway they'll be useful. And I'm still waiting for my Brandy DE orders to arrive omg sian what happened to no buy this summer .........

Okay anyway here's my daily summary:
22 / 3 Fri: Off day / Visa enquiry / Raffles City shopping bought stuff from Topshop!! / town / too tired and came home early / phone int
23 / 4 Sat: Off day again / skate sesh with sis
24 / 5 Sun: Work day 6
25 / 6 Mon: Off day again / phone int / shiok maki with Annabelle and Jiamin
26 / 7 Tues: Work day 7
27 / 8 Wed: No work / dinz with the HCSE girls
28 / 9 Thurs: Work day 8
29 / 10 Fri: Brunch + shopping with Anthea before work / work day 9
30 / 11 Sat: No work / skate sesh
31 / 12 Sun: Work day 10 / Carissa came to visit
32 / 13 Mon: Work day 11 / lunch with Gen / Clare and Esther came to visit
33 / 14 Tues: Off day / dental with sis + shopping / met Mo in town for a bit after
34 / 15 Wed: Off day / visa passport submission / skate sesh in afternoon

Okay no wonder it feels like I've worked so short it's only been 11 days LOL but I'm clocking 4 more consecutive days this week ahaha okay work is fun clothes are nice!!! But sometimes Idk if I should be doing more for my summer .........

LNT

Life is good. Life is busy. But I feel like something is incomplete, I feel like I've forgotten something.

Back on ice

Went to skate the evening sesh and a bit of disco with the sis tonight. Am so glad that my ankle is slowly recovering and I feel so much more at ease with figure skates now after not having skated at all for the past 9 months ... And I've forgotten all the stuff like cross overs and everything sigh need to relearn again I know it's technically supposed to be muscle memory but balance isn't exactly something you can get back that quickly. Also mega bad luck with stairs continue and I fell again today and injured my tailbone ugh. It was so stupid because I didn't even fall on ice but on land wtf ... It was right before disco and I had my phone so I meant to put my phone back in case I fell and landed on my butt then in the end I fell before I even got back on ice when I was descending the stairs. The back of my skates got caught on the edge of a step and so I kind of flew down again and landed on my tailbone. This is the 2nd time I've fallen on stairs while coming down in less than 2 months ugh I think I should just avoid stairs from now on -_- the only good thing was that I was wearing skates so that prevented me from spraining my ankle again but still my tailbone hurts like crazy argh.

Anyway on Friday I went to the France embassy to enquire about my visa docs and also on the same day the accoms side got back to me so most of the stuff are now sorted! Very thankful for the efficiency on their side I strongly believe it must be under the German influence or something haha. Then went to Raffles City and I bought stuff from Topshop's sale AGAIN T_T I really need to stop accumulating clothes the amount of clothes I own is absolutely disgusting. But okay. Also went to check out the sale at Knightsbridge but didn't really find anything haha so I went back home relatively early. My stamina has long disappeared lol I can no longer withstand long hours of shopping but I gues that's probably a blessing in disguise. Didn't do much today, ordered some stuff from BM Germany, fell asleep in the afternoon (what's new) then went to skate. And now I'm back and really hungry with an aching tailbone and I have work tmr. Had to reschedule my Monday shift Idk if it'll be approved but hopefully yes ... Ah shit I just realised I should've just requested to start later or something argh but I don't wanna be going back and forth from town to home. DK will sort it out tmr when I go.

Work 3

Basically my life revolves around work now LOL. Don't have much to say but I'm just really really enjoying work for once omg!! Except when there's nothing to do then I start feeling super sleepy and yawning ... I mean there's only so many times you can rearrange the hangers neatly LOL. Also am really liking the fact that I get to wear all my TS clothes to work hehehe despite them from being past seasons because I cannot afford anything at regular price ... Think the only stuff I've ever bought at full price was the MOTO Aztec shorts, the flag shorts (only because ANZ days = rich days), the lilac tartan skirt (£36!!!) and some basic Jersey tops but those had bundle discounts too. And someone asked about my Rosa shorts today and it was a good thing they still have it in store hehe. Anyway HX came to visit today and just nice my deployment was at entrance so woohoo!!

In other news I also had some pretty good news ytd which I was really pleased about! Then I spent the whole night worrying about my French visa thing because the earliest appointment they could give me ytd was like 2 weeks later. It turned out to be futile worrying in the end because this morning when I checked some appointments had freed up so I was able to change my appointment much earlier. Still v confused over the documents and stuff because I don't have some of the documents I mean UCL just doesn't issue the same docs as NUS and all so ugh ... And like address and stuff. Basically, the letters and the address. Am going to try to sort them out tomorrow and hopefully things will go smoothly.

Oh and I was supposed to do my daily summary stuff otherwise I'm going to forget what I've been doing in SG so here goes:

1 / 12 Fri: Came back to SG / dinz at home

2 / 13 Sat: Stayed at home / jet lag / unpacking + listing stuff for sale LOL

3 / 14 Sun: Sold stuff / dinz with fam at Jcube / didn't skate cause ankle cmi

4 / 15 Mon: Home again / met another buyer / slept the whole afternoon

5 / 16 Tues: Chinese embassy / lunch with dad in Orchard / walk-in interview

6 / 17 Wed: Home again

7 / 18 Thurs: Collected my stuff from XP and Merrill

8 / 19 Fri: Chinese embassy / lunch and orchard with Steph!!!

9 / 20 Sat: Home again (I think?)

10 / 21 Sun: Home again was unwell gah

11 / 22 Mon: Dental / ICA

12 / 23 Tues: Received work offer call in the morning / Jap lunch at Wisma / library

13 / 24 Wed: Signed contract / library / dinz with the Pan

14 / 25 Thurs: First day of work LOL

15 / 26 Fri: No work / dinz with Sun

16 / 27 Sat: Home / disco on ice my first skating sesh since I came back!

17 / 28 Sun: Work day 2

18 / 29 Mon: Work day 3

19 / 30 Tues: ICA + met Jieyin there coincidentally / brunch with Ayano / Work day 4

20 / 1 Wed: No work / skating sesh 2 / bought stuff from Topshop!!! / Collected half my brandy orders from Janice ^_^

21 / 2 Thurs: Work day 5

Sigh it's like 30% of my summer break has already passed and I haven't even done ANYTHING proper yet and I still have so many people to meet omg :( This summer is honestly way too short T_T There are still so many things I want to do like I want to skate more and I want to work longer and I want to spend more time reading and just about a million things I want to do but I don't have the time. Also I really need to faster sell my stuff before I go back. Sighzzz.

Oh and I finally gave in ytd and bought stuff from Topshop's sale. I kept thinking the sale was really bad but I guess it was just cause I didn't see the nice items before that!!! I went to the Topshop outlet at JEM after skating and omg they had like so much more stuff and nicer too like the patchwork crop that I'd been eyeing since months ago. Bought the crop, my burgundy Joni jeans and a black formal blazer in the end. I really like the black blazer and I do need one too the only annoying part is that it doesn't have buttons so it's like an open blazer but the cutting is super nice and slimming!! Then afterwards I rushed over to meet Janice to collect my brandy stuff omggg so super happy with all the stuff I bought!!! Will probz do a proper review once I have time which is going to be a long time later. But basically I freaking love everything like all my new eve shorts and my Belle dress and the new tie dye Jada and my baby blue Sofia tank and even the scrunchies!!!!

Okay that's about all my life isn't v interesting but things have been going well this week and I really just need everything to continue this well please. x