Hello people.. Today, it's going to be a long post, so hang tight.. The lesson today is "Sometimes you can't trust other people, especially if it's something important".. These past few weeks I've learnt this lesson time and time again..

Firstly, my group members.. You see, I have to do 3 group assignments for 3 of the units that I take, one of them being an oral presentation, in english (you'll see why this is relevant later).. So for this particular presentation, we're supposed to pick a topic and talk about it for 20 minutes.. Hence, we have to prepare. So we have meetings weeks before the presentation.

Now, I think it's time for you to meet my group members.. There are from 1) China (at least this one actually did some research). 2) Hongkong (where english is DEFINITELY not their first language. And 3) Singapore (no offence, but this guys was just a tad bit too confident..)...

Anyway, we arranged to have our first meeting.. And then what happened? The chinese girl disappeared.. I mean seriously, right after class she was gone.. Couldn't contact her and therefore we had to cancel our meeting.. A while later I went to the library and guess what, SHE WAS THERE!! Surfing the net.. I asked her why she didnt go to the meeting, and she just laughed.. LAUGHED.. Gosh..

Then, the worst was the Hongkee.. She was never at our meetings.. In fact, out of so many meetings, she only attended the last one.. Anyway, whenever we had a meeting, she would agree to the time the day before, but when we got there, she would tell us that she had another meeting going on.. The absolute worst was 2 days before the presentation..

It was a Sunday, and on the way home from church, she called me to ask if we could move the meeting up from 4pm to 3pm.. Happy that she actually wanted to come, I said yes (stupid me).. I went for lunch with the church people and  had to ask one of them to drive across town to send me back because it was getting late.. I got back and started waiting.. By 4, I was a bit pissed but ok.. At 5, I called this girl up and asked her where she was.. And her response was "Sorry, I cant come today".. I was like, 'um ok.. Why?' And then she said, and I quote, " None of your business.". By that time, if she were in front of me I would have strangled her.. hehe.. I'm kidding.. I think..

Long story short, I had to prepare the whole thing by myself, and actually teach them what to say, word for word.. Even the Singaporian guy..

And this is only one unit.. There's still 2 other group projects.. But I'll tell you guys those next time..

The actual trigger for this post was much more recent. Today, in fact.. Someone who I really trusted was supposed to do something for me.. All this person (person A) had to do was to not tell one particular person (person B).. Just one.. But guess what, yepp, A actually told B what A was not supposed to tell B.. I mean, A could have told the whole world and I wouldnt care.. But by telling B, it just wasted a lot of effort and planning on my part.. Haiz.. And the worst part is that I cant be angry at A because it was an accident...

Moral of these stories? If you want something done right, do it yourself.. Hehe.. See you guys soon, and congrats on reading this far..


PS. I love you..

I guess it was evitable that I would one day have to write this.. Ok, so here goes.. For those of you who dont already know, I have a girlfriend.. Sharon and I have been together for some time and I really love her a lot ( not trying to be all mushy)..

In the time that I have spent with her, I have really learnt a lot about myself.. I have also learnt a lot of stuff about her.. Although there were some rough patches (and i do foresee some more in the future), we have learnt to handle it and we have both learnt so much from this relationship.

The decision to tell you guys was made together as we think that this is the appropriate time.. The 20th is also incidentally our anniversary date (although in which month I will not tell)..

So, please do pray for us as we walk together and strive to be a Godly couple.. Thanks for taking time to read this blog..

God bless..

Addie



p.s. I love you (I guess now you guys know who this is for)