flowers in the attic

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

so i finally got around to doing something that i have been putting off for the longest time, and it feels good to have finally have that load off my back. now the ball's not in my court, i can only trust in Him...

in other news these two days have been a peculiar emotional ride for me, largely due, i should suppose, to the book i am reading now. granted, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink was originally not written in English but i think the translator did a brillant job all the same. the torrid love affair between an older woman and a teenage boy is too strange for my comprehension, and it's gotten me intrigued and mystified. now i can't wait to watch it translated into film starring kate winslet and ralph fiennes.

speaking of books and love affairs.... i can't explain enough my love affair with books. make that good books. the thrill upon finding a promising one in the library, scanning it and bringing it home... and poring over it the next few days as if my life depended on it. i want to read it as quickly as i can but at the same time i don't want to reach the end. ah, the irony.

just last saturday i borrowed four books from the library, The Reader included, and after that i met the guys at starbucks. i had javachip frap, F and dan shared a caramel frap (yes they are gay that way) and we whiled our time away - dan reading his lecture notes, F reading dan's bible (the irony of it; he uttered several profanities while doing so) and me flipping through the pages of Recruit and an hour later E reached and played some game on his laptop. in between we talked, of rising HDB prices, of jobs, of marriage, of food. and then E left as he had work again the next day, and after awhile i left too.

but i look back and i am thankful for these friendships that have lasted for more than ten years, and that i can call them out almost any time and any day, and i pray and i know that it will last somemore :)

❤ enhui, 2:53 AM 2 comments