under the blanket

Managed to wake up early [erm, 10 am is waaay early by my standards, considering that I go to bed when the sun rises at 4 am] and had a brunch of healthy salad with not-so-healthy fish fingers. It sounds horrible, I know, but a huge unhealthy dollop of Japanese Kewpie mayo makes everything yummy.

Managed a solid four hours of work in college, in between spells of sunning myself all over [well, almost] because I at last got to wear a sleeveless flimsy top I'd bought during the depths of winter, in the faint hope of summer.

Managed also to run a bunch of errands around Charing Cross, Piccadilly and Oxford Circus, and after going to countless bookstores and stationery sections, finally managed to find folders with clear plastic pockets which I needed for my portfolio submission next week. There is no such thing as handy as Popular here. Took me an hour before it occured to me to go to good ol' Muji.

Managed to get to Angel -- one of my fave places in London and certain parts were looking like Siglap today with all the al fresco dining going on -- without slipping to my death on my flipflops to meet a friend who is done with his Masters and returning to Singapore soon. Miraculously, we managed to eat good British food for dinner. No, it is not an oxymoron, good British food does exist. The sausages and mash at the kinkily-named S&M Cafe are brilliant.

Managed to laugh so much during dinner and the requisite after-dinner drinks that I got a tummy ache. [Or mebbe it was the sausages? You never know what dubious meat are in those things.] I'm giggling to myself now just thinking about the story of this Brit-Chinese family who were given bak kwa as a gift from Singapore and ate it for dinner as a meat dish with rice.

Managed to see the sun go down against a clear blue sky at an hour that never fails to amaze me -- 10 pm.

Yet, as this near perfect day ended and I caught the tube home, I could feel waves of melancholia washing over me.

To my imaginary man: I miss you, even though we haven't met. And for the first time, I wish you were here to make this day perfect.