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the earth hour tealight thingy along orchard road left me feeling annoyed. annoyed enough to continue thinking about it the next day and eventually, to blog about it. yes yes i wholly support the notion of conserving energy resources and think that earth hour is a good start to grow people's eco-friendly consciousness, though i have my doubts about how much electricity can be saved in these annual events. but ah hem, don't you know that lighting those bloody tealights was a major waste of precious fuels as well? so contradictory and dumb, frankly. might as well start a bonfire.

meant to write this last weekend but being incapacitated with a queasy stomach and nausea after a bad laksa dinner left little time for moaning and griping about life and an absent boyfriend happily traipsing across the states.

goof was on a work trip last week while i was left to battle with an irrational fear of planes exploding in mid-air. the 22-hr flight felt like it took eternity to land. needless to say, his messages, video calls and eventual return were met with my immense relief.

though it was just a brief 10-day trip and we kept up with daily smses and video calls as much as possible, it was the longest he had been away from me and truth be told, it was much harder than i expected.

i've always found this phrase stupid but yeah, absence does make the heart grow fonder.

i was all set and ready to go. borrowed tons of travel guides on weekends and diligently took down all the common phrases, places to eat and visit. monitored the exchange rate, weather and cherry blossom forecast like a maniac every single day. the trip, the planning, the anticipation... was like a drug that kept me going at work.

then the quake had to happen. 6 days before. yes, i'm very much thankful i wasn't caught in it. still, the letdown was massive. for once, i wasn't too worried about the refunds and cancellations. dealing with SQ was a dream compared to tiger. was still holding out hope that perhaps it wasn't so bad, given the japanese penchant for efficiency. the subway came right back on the next day, didn't it? the tsunamis, angry reactors and frequent tremors proved too much. a lot of rebuilding and rescue work to do. i highly doubt the presence of tourists will please anyone much.

all my thoughts and prayers to the people of japan.