Are you lonesome tonight?

Being alone STINKS. Being alone at home STINKS. Being alone at home on a Saturday night STINKS. Being alone at home alone on a Saturday night since you've sent your boyfriend back to his home far far away STINKS. Being alone at home on a Saturday night since you've sent your boyfriend back to his home far far away and all your housemates are out partying STINKS. Being alone at home on a Saturday night since you've sent your boyfriend back to his home far far away and all your housemates are out partying and therefore, you're left with only the tv set as a companion STINKS.

Gosh.. how I wish I had Elvis with me right now. I mean, it was him after all who crooned "Are you lonesome tonight?", promising his company to whoever who answered 'yes'.. Thank God I have cable!!!

Yes, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that I'm home alone on a Saturday night with naught but the autumn wind to accompany me. Ok, so it's a good time for me to catch up on some 'ME' time or even to do some schoolwork, but seriously, is anyone actually naive enough to believe that a normal person is able to be productive on a Saturday night? I don't know about u, but I sure as hell am not!

Sighh... sometimes I find that I don't even have the time to catch my breath, let alone organize my life or do some work. And other times, like now, I find myself staring into space puzzling over exactly how did I turn into this big, boring bum.. I used to be so much more fun and interesting, u know!!!

I blame it on my surroundings. (hehe, as always.. can't possibly blame myself now, can I?) Back home, in the land of no-worries-about-money, every single day, it was always a case of "Places to go, people to see". I used to thoroughly enjoy going out to "hang" with my friends and my family always always complained that they never got to see me much! These days, I should be happy enough if I get out once a week!!! I guess it's different when you've got a set of friends who don't really fancy going out too much and prefer a quiet night in, I guess.. Don't get me wrong, I love a quiet night in alright, but sometimes, I just wanna go out, let my hair down and have some fun! Sighh.. Guess in some ways, that's why I enjoy visiting my dear WS in his town. His housemates are friends of mine from back home, who are always up for a fun night and basically have similar values (and spending power) as me.. ah well..

So I guess that still leaves me exactly where I am right now - Alone. At home. On a Saturday night. With the tv.

This STINKS...

So long, farewell.. Part 2

It's only 2pm on a Monday afternoon, and I've already suffered potentially life-threatening emotional damage.. (yes, having a drama queen moment again!)

I woke up at 8 this morning to the annoying buzz of WS's alarm clock and between then and now, have already travelled some 60 miles across the country. Talk about major achievements in a day, huh?

Unfortunately, all major accomplishments are not without a price. And in this case, I have to pay an obscenely ridiculous amount of heartbreak for this great success. So even though I'm back in my comfortable room, I can't help but miss WS terribly... Sighh... when will all this end??

The other unfavourable thing for me is, this isn't the only goodbye that I had to bid this weekend.. My parents have been travelling around UK and Ireland for the last 2 weeks. (Daddy's got big hospital visits/conference thingies and mum's accompanying him) The first thing they did when they got to the UK was visit my house and stayed for a few days, but afterwards, had to go gallavanting around since my dad was working. The trip culminated in ___, where WS lives, so the whole weekend was filled with fun and much laughter. My dear friend NT, also made a special trip to come see my parents so all in all, it was a truly enjoyable weekend. (I'll put up the photos once I get them from their camera... it's gonna take awhile, I assure you!)

Sad to say, all good things must come to an end.. and my parents left for home on Sunday night. I was meant to hop on the train and come home myself after they had left, but that also meant saying goodbye to WS and I felt that I couldn't deal with 2 major adieus in a row. (Call me a coward, but I am just a girl!)

Anyway, so here I am.. once again, sad and lonely.. having to face the world alone once more.. as always..

And it's only 2 o'clock on a Monday afternoon...

No news is good news

Well, at least that's what my mom used to say.. "no news is good news!" Don't know precisely how far that's true, but in my case, it certainly is.

I've been meaning to write.. but really got put off after my Brussels trip at the end of August. No, no, my Brussels trip was fantabulastic but when I got back, I enthusiastically spent an hour or so compiling a lovely entry of my trip (full of super-photogenic pictures of me, of course!) for all you guys to read. Unfortunately, as the famous saying 'shit happens' goes, when I clicked 'submit', the whole entry was lost in translation, so to speak. Sighh.. by then, I was utterly disappointed and too tired to work on it and have been stalling ever since. At this point, I promise you I'll get that entry done at some point. Can't possibly pass off the opportunity to let everyone see how good I look in those pictures now, can I??

Anyway, apart from that, loads have been happening in my life. Not thoroughly significant, unfortunately.. but don't worry, I won't bore you by detailing it right here. The only exciting thing as of yet is that my parents came to visit me last weekend, are now in Ireland (Dad's got a meeting/conference something) and will be going to Manchester this weekend where of course, I'll be joining them. It was certainly great seeing my parents and hanging out with them and all, but after 4 days of living in the confined space of my little room, I was all ready to boot them out!!! :) Hehe.. Oh well, you can't really blame me now, can you? It's been some 5 years now since I left home... and will be at least 5 more before I ultimately go home.

On the domestic front, my new housemates? They're ok.. good company.. but too bad not as clean as my old ones. So for the past couple of months, I've pretty much been the one in charge of keeping the house clean. Phew! No easy feat when you have to single-handedly clean the bathroom, kitchen and living room! Hopefully, things will get better, since we've just drawn up a new duty roster! (Yes, I told you my life wasn't too dramatic!)

Ok, I'm off. Might be going for the all-famous Nottingham Goose Fair tonight. so hopefully, will have lots of fun! :)

PS: Hope I haven't lost any of you since I haven't written for so long... do come back!!! ;)