Tuesday.

Clearly I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Mum woke me up at half past nine, half an hour earlier than I asked her to, and I was extremely angsty because I slept at 4am and woke up once at 7.10am because of her. She was mad because she thought I didn't appreciate her act of waking me up and so she slammed the door behind her as she left the room and then the house. I spent the next couple of hours worrying about what to say later in the evening if she was still angry. The scorching weather didn't help. Before I left home, I took a glance at my watch. It was 11.11 am. I haven't really stopped believing in it since a classmate told me about it in J2. I usually ask for people I love to be healthy and happy when such 'timely' coincidences emerge. Today I decided to make a wish for myself. I figured I was too angsty. I wished the rest of the day would be good. I took a bus down to Utown for brunch. The foodcourt was so crowded it was almost bursting at its seams. I got myself a breakfast set, much as I ought to be having lunch at that hour, because I absolutely had no appetite. As I ate, I watched the people enter and leave the foodcourt. They seemed happy. Happy students of NUS. Then good old memories of my university days flowed, again. I paid SzeSze a visit at her hall. She's always that happy-go-lucky lady who likes to share the hysterical incidents in her daily life. It's always a blessing to bump into her on campus. I haven't taken the campus shuttle bus on my own in a long time. It's... still as bad as ever. I saw linli laoshi opposite the bus stop I alighted at and pondered for thirty seconds before I walked over to do a short catchup with him. And his daughter. I knew the day was becoming better. Prof Xu's lecture was mind-blowing. She finally added a local film to the syllabus and it was 881. I don't LOVE that movie but I liked how she likes that film and interpretes AhWU's role as an interesting character. Ok I am biased. Cannot ah? And then I took a bus down to my student's place for lesson. My brain was half dead. I felt sorry my student has a tutor like me. I rushed home for a quick shower. Mum was fine. She offered to send me to the next student's house, seemingly having forgotten what had happened in the morning. Phew. Tuesdays are supposed to be exhausting for me because I have 3 classes. But the big brother got into trouble today so I only had to deal with the young one. He was a great student to teach today, except for the occasional licking of fingers after finishing his love letters from CNY. The mother gave me an angbao. It made me very happy. It wasn't about the money. It was what she said. "Ths is my blessing for you." I was even happier when I saw that the newspaper vendor at Clementi station was still around when I got there. I got myself the magazine with both AhWU and myself in one of the lovely pages. Then I smiled to myself. The staff at the Japanese restaurant I walked past probably thought I was a nutcase. Supper with Yongee wasn't filling but the fun part was fulfilling our Tuesday supper routine. Then I took a bus home with my all-time favourite bus buddy (which we abbreviated to BB).

I actually thought for a while if it was necessary to post this because these are all just details of an ordinary day. But I figured narrating them all over again makes me happy and so I did.

My conclusion is simple.
The day ended on a good note.

Ok goodnight.