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Thursday, June 03, 2004 Frequent entries come when one is lonely. When lonely and sad, I splurge. Spending to pamper myself makes me feel marginally better, tempered by the realisation that I've 'wasted' money. Withdrew $100 just now, and already I'm left with less than $30. Bought a cap for $25 and the Corrs' latest album for $18, apart for groceries and essentials for staying-in. Those things have been on my want list for ages, but I consider it as splurging nevertheless. It is the act of forking out large amounts of money that irks me, rather than the objects being bought, I suppose. Shopping for food brings back fond memories of BMT days. Every Sunday we booked in with bulging bags of goodies. My bunk appointed food ICs -- I was the potato chip IC, and kept my bunk well-supplied with Pringles and Lays. Other sections would raid us once in a while: people would saunter in, bantering with us while happily pinching a share of the food. Initially they got away with it, later on they'd leave with their ears ringing from the abuses we rained. Every night was makan night and we always slept with full stomachs. Our favourite food -- a can of Ayam Brand tune, chilli or curry flavoured, with Jacobs crackers for dipping. Everyone attacks that with gusto, and took special care to keep poachers away from that delicacy. It's little things like these which remain in the memory for a long time. Now staying-in is a lonely affair, everybody still going his own way after work, each trying to adapt to staying-in on his own. I'm the only person in the bunk now, writing before I sleep. A hard day today, another hard day promised tomorrow. Yet time flows as slowly as ever. 3rd of June. 351 long days to ORD. 351 days of staying-in. How many days before I settle in, before I regain my equilibrium?
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