Wed, 4th of May, 2:09am

the longest day in a long while. the 3rd of may. yes, its been a long time since i've felt like time toiled on for eternity as the clock hands labour on their slow crawl pass each other. sitting in my room now reflecting on the many things i did in the last 24 hours.

it started with the flight home from detroit. i left detroit at 3:30am, 2nd of may (singapore time), on a 12 hour flight to narita airport, tokyo. jonathan, weiyin and myself sat together. tried to watch "sin city" but my laptop battery gave out on us. watched "all because of winn-drixie" on the big screen. it wasn't that bad. the little kid's quite cute. a very weird guy sat in front of us. he sat at the window seat, but insists on climbing his way out onto the aisle instead of walking out properly. he'd stand on the arm rests and climb out. not to mention his ugly goatee. i woke up one time only to find that i drooled on the pillow and that the flight attendant was watching me, well, intently. not a very smart move, jy, not when she's so hot. hah. the personal lights on the flight were blown; i could not read a single thing on the whole damn 12 hr flight. looks like nwa just lost a customer.

narita was alright. bought a bottle of perfume for my sis. we went to the nwa lounge, was told in no certain terms that only gold members and business class flyers can use the lounge, and sat down anyway. we helped ourselves to the snacks and drinks, and left before they had a clue to what's going on. sweet.

the narita-sg flight was 7 hrs long, and i totally enjoyed myself. watched "coach carter" and half of "hotel rwanda" (half because i fell asleep halfway and woke up only because i had cramps in my legs and had to hobble to the toilets pretending to be using the loo when in fact i was doing stretching exercises in the loo...). the three of us were playing a totally ridiculous game of taking turns to ask dumb questions and giving dumb responses. totally fun.

touched down in sg only to find that my damn luggages were missing. stoopit mwa left them in detroit when the plane took off. geez. what ever happened to good service? as i speak, the luggages are on the way here. hopefully they din steal anything from my bags. well, maybe they stole all the presents i bought. (guys, if you're reading this, know that i DID buy you something, but it got stolen)

did i mention that i touched down at 2 am, and had to report to my unit at 0800hrs? yep... did jus that. the experience of wearing my no.4 army uniform at 7 am in the morning, taking the mrt to mindef is strangely liberating. i felt almost as if i haven't left the country at all. the early morning market buzz, the crowded buses and trains ( i died when i took the train... all those people going to city hall and raffles place... man do they look good in their suits! i was visibly impressed, but felt like hiding in a hole since i was in my uniform. they probably thought that i'm some stinky recruit booking into camp. gee...)

my boss took pity on me. and promptly asked me to take some leave to go rest at home. so i did. now i only have to report to work on monday. i can't wait to start though. the girls there are hot! muahaahaaa....

had lunch with my mum. visited my uncle with her after that. poor thing, my uncle. he has some sort of brain cancer and is now half the man he was. its a cruel joke to play on someone who used to be so strong. i feel as if life always seek to put these oxymorons in our lives.

had dinner with chongmeng, yok wee, zhikai and chunkiat at tiong bahru market just now. awesome. ate my fave beef kway teow, stingray, fried oysters and sugarcane drinks. yummy. it was really fun to meet up with them again. we'll be having dinner again this friday, since philandering alvin din turn up because of a hot date. damned.

and so it is. here and now. me typing away on the computer in anticipating on the champions' league game later. can't wait. in my first 24 hours here in sg i feel as if i've regained all that i lost in the 8 months that i was gone. love it. reminds me of the kit chan song. this indeed is home, truly.