with space to swing my arms around.

another great weekend is almost over, and as I'm sitting here at home typing away, my parents and sister are out having breakfast. I had to turn down the offer of another meal within the last 9 hours, because if I can recall correctly, yesterday I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, two full lunches (one at home and one with Rizan), Banana Chocolate thing and raspberry cheesecake from Coffee Bean, dinner at Makmur Cafe (cordon bleu, which was pretty dry), 3 bags of nuts, one bag of 'Very Pari Pari' potato chips, and free flows of Coke and Iced Lemon Tea.

let's just say somewhere in some parts of the world during the times I've eaten yesterday, some people were having a party and I just felt like joining in.

as usual last night after dinner, the kids and I went back to my place and played Risk and Monopoly, while the parents went over to Cik Syed's to karaoke. I love walking around 7-11 with the Brady Bunch, grabbing anything I possibly could while holding a boardgame skillfully (because no one else offered to help. hrmph). the cashiers at 7-11 always give the 6 of us this amused look, probably wondering where the hell we came from. whether we're friends, siblings, or just a bunch of mats and minahs who have nothing better to do at 11pm on a Saturday night, hehe.

I hope Saturdays will remain this way; time set aside for family and my boyfriend. Rizan and I were just lazing around at Boat Quay, glad for the brief respite we could afford, after a really hectic week. I like the quiet time we have together, because lately I've been stressed from my schoolwork that I see myself taking it out on him. or anyone else I realised. I need to constantly set aside a few hours each day to just close my eyes and only hear myself breathing, be with friends, have a nice long run with a new route each time, eat good food and not worry about the number of calories, whether it's 100 or 1000.

I need to L-I-V-E.

oh but sigh, I have tutorials to prepare by tonight, readings to be well, read, and project meetings to plan. I suppose living will have to wait. because whenever I have to do schoolwork all I feel is dead.