yesterday was great cos my parents FINALLY came back from UK after one long week and i am finally relieved of some of these irritating household chores and duties. the only chore i actually enjoy doing is being a chauffeur for my younger siblings cos its nice and relaxing zipping around town in the new car.

it was fun test driving jiawei's camry 2.4 last night. don't underestimate that toyota! it pushes past 120 kph pretty effortlessly! we headed to east coast park lagoon food centre for some supper. jiawei drove too in her camry and we had a kind of mini guy versus girl road rage! boy! she drives fast! weiyong came down from bukit timah to join us too, apparently he was doing 120 kph on the highway and went over a hump at 80 kph! talk about road safety!

had dinner last night with my family and the french girl at this place in keong saik street in china town. it was really authentic cantonese cooking...with dishes such as sweet and sour pork, fish head, crispy fried honey chicken, prawn noodles, and lots more....its hard to name the dishes in english!

my sis is pretty lucky to get this french girl as an exchange student. apparently some of the other exchange students are not as friendly or receptive to the culture here. this girl, Melanie, from Bordeaux, France, is actually quite humble and helpful. She offered to help me with some of the chores in the house several times but i politely declined. i took her for walks in botanic gardens and macritchie reservoir on some of the mornings when we had time to kill after dropping my siblings at school. brought her round raffles city and the esplanade yesterday too.
i got lots of stares from onlookers and passer-bys. i wonder why's that? is it cos people in singapore are not used to seeing an asian guy walking around with a caucasian girl???

today, i just kind of relaxed and went out with my dad and sis for lunch. as usual, played chauffeur again and fetched my sis down to her evening reception with the french ambassador to singapore. my bro went for his prefect's dinner at conrad hotel, a 6 star hotel in singapore. it really puzzles me as to why secondary school kids are exposed to such lavish indulgences at such a young age!

i'm gonna be heading back to melbourne this friday night if the travel agent can't get me a seat on the saturday or sunday flight! so soon! good and bad i guess. i'll definitely miss my family but will like to get back some semblance of a life of routine and discipline instead of slacking around everyday and spending money. i wonder what surprises the next semester will bring! i haven't even laid down some personal goals for myself yet!