met up with jr tonite... my 拜把兄弟 from ny. he was the reason y i continued staying in ny, and he was the reason y i gungho-ly took up triple sci. i remembered the 2 of us were perpetually poor back in those days... depleted cos we used up all our 'energy' wooing the gals. den so 可怜... we always ended up sharing a bowl of beancurd for lunch lol jr is a v loud and no govt person and tts y he always kana mark by our teachers. there was once he forgot to bring 字典for 作文... damn farnie lor... he left almost half the spaces on the 作文字blank. my lao shi was so pissed i remembered her saying this 'jr... 你是要老师选词填充吗?" hahaha...super classic! this bro of mine v clever... play n play yet managed to get v good grads for his As. but after a yr, he dropped out of nus bcos of a bitch. felt so sorry for him. den he went on to set up this outdoor co... but suddenly like vanish from earth... so many yrs nv hear from him. time flies~ i finally met up with him again tonite. he still looks the same but w/o the braces. he told me his co close down yrs back and he spent his time freelancing... and backpacking. he's backpacked ard cambodia, viet, laos, thai etc etc. wah~ super envy. suddenly made me stop n think if i have lost myself in all these paperchase and ladder climbing. the kind of life he's leading now was the kind of life i wished for when i was much younger. he told me i can do the same if i can let go... is it so easy? hmm... anywayz, am happy for him. at least he's doing something he likes in life. as for me... i can only continue searching for wat i really want in life...