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last weekend was fulfilling. i was on my own and i finished almost everything i had set out to do.

1. did some baking yesterday - durian cake, will do more when i get home tonight - brownies
2. did ironing for my work week
3. did my laundry and changed my bedsheets
4. learnt how to sing 'Shan Hu Hai'
5. blew-dry my pup after his bath, and combed his hair.

i thank God my pup is feeling better already, at least he's eating again. he wasn't himself the last couple of days and we were all so worried for him.

and i realised something over the weekends: how much i used to bake and cook before i had my dear. even the initial years when we were together, i always baked and cooked him stuff to eat, and he'll always be so happy and contented. his very first birthday with me, i baked him a strawberry cake and he was extremely happy.
my dear is a very simple man, because his happiness and sadness can be seen in a glance. all i had to do was make something for him and he'll be very delighted.

as we both grew up in this fast-paced city, i think sometimes we tend to forget the simplest pleasures in life:
a stroll by the beach,
a simple dinner at the foodcourt,
snacking on indian rojak at the old kopitiam,
watching the 7pm or 9pm show together,
cheng teng usually for supper at kopitiam,
a morning swim @ downtown east,
making fried wantan together,
and the list goes on.
we tend to neglect and take the things around us for granted, forgetting the simplest pleasures we both shared 5 years ago when we were so young, were free. we almost did last weekend and as a result, almost lost the most precious in our lives.

always remember,

"The Best Things In Life Are Free"

i loved you 5 years ago, and i'll still keep loving you for the next 5 years, 10 years, 50 years to come.