Me, Patches, Big Bro

A morning walk to the marina

Patches has just joined us for about a week and it seems that... It actually helps to strengthen our siblings bond with each other. Sometimes, it just feels good to be able to engage in a conversation with no sarcasm involved, where every each of the sentence has double meanings. As siblings, we are not exactly close with each other, not because of the age difference but we don't share similar hobbies and thoughts, to make things... even more foreign, there was a period of time, three of us didn't live under the same roof together... For years.

There's probably no interesting or funny stories to tell about my siblings & I but as day goes, I hope Patches will be source of strengthening the bond between us.

Moving on.

As I returned from my New Zealand trip after two weeks, I've learnt that I am really blessed to have people who are genuinely nice to me. I might not be the one who should deserve all these good intentions from the peeps around me (sometimes, I am really mean with my words but LOL it's hilarious at the same time), I hope when I return my gratitude, you guys can feel it too. I am particularly suck at showing care & concern, saying thanks, showering people with compliments so I apologize if (sigh), my actions of gratitude are oblivious.

Then again, thanks Mom, for always being so supportive of me. There was never once, or rarely that she would forbid me from adventuring, even if there's no guys in the group to help us along the way during the trip. She used to even sponsor me for any course for outdoor sports (when I was still a student) if I were to sign up for and the trust she has in me is way high up in another galaxy.

My brothers, although we rarely share our stuffs together but you know, sometimes their simple choice of words used in asking you to take care and telling you that there's actually Aloe Vera in the fridge to ease the sunburns (I get those pretty often), those words are like music to my ears. It's really nice to read/hear those things (simple but heartfelt) from them & those words might not even have any huge impact on some other people.

Not that I am gonna miss out my Dad but he's a super chillax father who is 24/7 worrying about his business which he built it up from scratch but he's a little too traditional in the way he sees or handles things. He being as a workaholic, I am really appreciative for what he has done for the family - to give us a better life and making sure we have sufficient to eat and wear, and a little more to spend (when we were kids). If weren't for my Dad, we would not be able to relocate our house just a year ago, having able to be living in a safe estate with nice view (subjective: it's only gonna happen if they filter the damn river hahaha). Thank you, Dad, for your time and effort in building such a good life for each and everyone of us in the Lim's Family.

Bro, Big Bro, Me

Mom & Dad

Chinese New Year 2014

Moving on, again.

No idea how should I put it in words, besides my BFF who is annoyingly lovable but TOTALLY deserves to be whacked at times (MOST OF THE TIME), it feels really awesome to know someone who is equally as punny as me. Not that being punny is a relatively a good thing but you know, it's pretty good to be in tune with one another - same frequency of the craps we have.

Thank you for giving me a chance to actually know you and filling me up with what's going on with your life whenever we meet. Getting onto the trails at Bukit Timah Hill before it was closed for restoration, sharing me with all kind of stuffs - motivational, humourous, awesome clips on YouTube and Facebook, making effort to take a long trip down to the airport when I got back from NZ even though you still had some assignments on hand to be completed.

Then, the run around your place yesterday which had successfully given me my middlename of "BB " (FML, it's not a good BB HAHA freaking burden) - I'm actually always a burden, huge burden whenever I have to run with guys but it keeps me going somehow...

Alright, apart from these, thanking you is never gonna be enough & that's partly 'cos I have to extend my thanks to your parents for the dinners as well. Sometimes, it's just heart-warming to be able to witness how close-knitted a family can be. That being said, thanks for showing me the family bonding one should have.

Life's been really kind & awesome for me... How about yours? :)

Till then.

Xx