for the first, and hopefully last time (barring another chance, one-off opportunity), i entered changi prison. and it's not jus the prison link centre.

but deep into its bowels. through its unforgiving jaws. walked past and into its austere, almost spartanly designed buildings. no frills. no artistry. pure simple functionality.

what for? interviewing a couple of inmates on their involvement in the yellow ribbon project.

they say there are no 2 same days in journalism. i revel in that.

accommodation. plane tickets. the next story. meeting friends and teachers. contacting friends in London. argh.

at least i'm heading somewhere on the first one. hopefully everything else will fall into place.

once again, i'm unable to do much for a friend in need. sigh.

on the internship? it's been a cool 5+ weeks. interesting stories, intriguing events, invaluable experiences. and of course, a nice portfolio is in the works. bylines...bylines...lol.

P.S.: a big thank you to Miss Pear and Miss Sew for their generous treat at Yong Chun Yuan. the cynics among us have (jokingly) described it as a clever piece of investment for the future... ·ÀÀϼƻ® (fang2 lao3 ji4 hua4)¡£ fear not. we will live up to our end of the bargain.

frontpage story. cool.

meeting friends. nostalgic.

football. energised.

karaoke. rejuvenated.

paprika. enchanting.

kinokuniya discounts. life-saver.

meeting people randomly. box of chocs.

my first one! in the Straits Times home section. a picture story on the Sony Creative Science Award 2007. hurrah.

Temasek Seminar turned out to be cool. Sitting beside Cheryl Fox as a fellow member of the media is always cool. not to mention getting to write a 35cm long story for the first time. and a split second appearance on Channelnewsasia and the mandarin news programmes.

havent seen so much brass in one place. Defence Minister, Chief of Army, 4 or 5 BGs, all the COLs you could ask for, tons of LTCs, MAJs and CPTs. poor little JC boys. today they chat freely and candidly. in a couple of years time...hehehe. you shall tremble upon any sighting of them.

being praised for the good work one has put in can be really kathartic. "he's damn good." lovely.

been to quite a few of those lately. been quite nolstagic affairs...reliving secondary school days with classmates and CCA mates alike, playing bball with army buddies like 9 months before. more of that in the 2 months ahead.

Žž‚ð‚©‚¯‚é�­�— - The girl who leapt through time. an engaging and thoroughly charming anime film. based on a 1976 novel, the anime adaptation did not disappoint, taking an interesting premise and injecting with youthful vigour with rather adorable characters, although the ending really could have been made tighter. and it did take the niece as the main protagonist rather than the aunt, which probably works for the film version. nevertheless, was really good, well worth rewatching.

things have been going well thus far on certain fronts, but not so for others. my first year efforts in london are probably vindicated with the exam results, and the SPH internship which i will be starting on tomorrow...sweet. what's been going wrong then? well, they have never gone right before anyway, so the current situation is probably normal.