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I must be the luckiest girl in the world, ever.

All through my undergraduate days, I've sometimes looked back and my life and lamented at my lack of achievement. Sometimes, I can't seem to fall asleep at night, spending hours reflecting on what I should have done, what I could have done better... 

I end up sitting through the night, trying to think of ways to "turn my life around" and configure plans to reassure myself that I'll be fine.

My lack of success, is perhaps more relative than absolute... But it has always been a concern I wanted to proactively address.

Which was why I was really honoured to be given a chance to prove myself in this young women leader's forum. An event so exclusive, only a few lucky souls like myself were given the chance to attend. So far, I've attended 2 forums, and sat through dialogues with community and business female leaders. Hearing about their success stories were deeply inspiring, exceptionally empowering to say the least. And I walk out of every session  brimming with hope that perhaps, I'll succeed one day. I really got to thank FASS for putting me through this. It's only the beginning, but it's already given me so much hope and faith in the future, a potentially life-changing experience.

Best still, after reviewing my application and after reviewing my performance at the dialogue sessions, I was accepted into the mentoring program and the Executive Committee! They just informed me yesterday!!!  And till this moment, I'm still in a state of disbelief!  Where else can you get a chance to get a CEO of a bank or a prominent community leader as mentors?

AHHHHH! Please pardon my excitement people. I really wanted to share my joy!

Finally, finally, finally, I felt I've achieved something my parents would be truly proud of.

My Valentine

Valentine's Day happens to fall on a Saturday this year.

Supposedly a good thing, because it no longer meant squeezing time for dinner at atrociously crowded places after a long day at school.

And to say the truth, I've been so overwhelmingly busy this semester, with my renewed determination to do well, that it only dawned upon me a few days before that I had absolutely zero plans lined up for the day. 

Marco's been so caught up with school work too... so we decided to deviate from our "norm" this time.

I had wanted to mug the day away really. I thought it was a perfect day to catch up with my work while others celebrate the day. (oops, I'm damn competitive!!). And I proposed that we practice "food-court-disation " this year to save money. But Marco refused and insisted we shouldn't mug despite me bringing up that suggestion more than 3 times. haha.

So, no huge surprises. No lavish plans for the day.

Just a simple dinner at Boat Quay (thank goodness our last minute reservation was accepted), and a budget karaoke session to sing our hearts out. 

And practical presents that we needed for school.

I don't really know what got into me really, but I belted out a wide range of children songs that day. 

"Three blind mice, three blind mice... See how they run, see how they run...."

" One little, two little, three little Indians...."

Silly really, but they really made my day!

And dinner was darn good! I hadn't eaten ribs that nice for a long time! And the meal was surprisingly budget for that kind of ambience. Will definitely visit the place again.

I really enjoyed the day actually. I really didn't expect how well the day turned out despite our simple plans.

So here's a huge Thank You, to you, for being such perfect company, because everything turned out perfect :)

It's Week 4...

But it feels like Week 11 or something...

I'm crushing under the workload.

Maybe Dad's right.

I shouldn't set such high expectations for myself this semester.

I met with someone recently

And that someone really made me change my whole perspective on my life path.

I could whine on and on about how life's unfair.

But life is afterall, a marathon, not a sprint. 

And our talk just made me realise, I just have to work harder to achieve what that someone was given.

I got to thank that someone really. Suddenly, my life for the few years seems to have taken on a clear direction.

Sigh. Back to my law cases. Got no time to be sick... Enough with those long nights  :(