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An awesome impromptu day out :D

`` as the title epitomizes, i shouldn't have to do the hard work of explaining anything; but for the detail-hungry, here's the longer gist of it :)

moments are remembered, rather than the day itself ... it began thermometer straining hot. I planned going to Parra but the heat switched off decision-central a.k.a brain and my body, having decided on giving up trying to de-zombify itself; stayed in lala land. This would've continued past 10.30 am had my line manager not rung at that point, asking for my availability to work some casual hours later in the day.. not feeling too hot (figuratively speaking) i generously declined.

Once awokened, i springcleaned a bit (as you would) and came across the scholarship offer from UNSW. I scanned it once, admiring that piece of preciousness in my hand for a few seconds. Re-scanned it, coz it just wasn't your typical mail and by chance, one particular sentence leapt out at me: Please complete the enclosed form and return it to [name & place] within seven days. I auto looked for the date of release and my heart nearly malfunctioned: 4 January- I was 3 days -make that 5 coz Post Offices don't work weekends- late. Immediately i hopped my way to our local PO and dispatched the acceptance *praying it'd still be accepted*. I sent off an apology email by way of explanation and hoped for the best ``

Meanwhile, i received an sms from waz still up for a day out, despite the outside inferno & extreme lack of planning other than .. [me] 'u free friday?' [waz] 'yeh' [me] 'wanna go out?' [waz] 'ok why not?' .. a week ago on msn :D We watched The Polar Express in 3D @ Imax and wore those funny spock glasses that took up half ur face, or 3/4 of kiddies. We then did a huge loop around the city, passing the Quay, the Gardens, the QVB and Maccas - well we had to eat somewhere. We ate dinner @ Market City -a first for waz :O Bubble tea was also a first, but he disliked the bubbles or 'pearls' and went for a sprite instead :P I came back home at round 9.30 and checked my email in a similar frame of mind as i did to my UAI release ~ tense & thinking: oh quit being such a baby. So i got on with it and discovered i was given the a ok :D *so relieved* It really makes you think twice about the forces at work doesn't it? Had i gone to Parra, i wouldn't have springcleaned .. and probably forgotten all about mailing that acceptance letter meaning my scholarship would've gone down the drain.. and upon accepting those hours? - well, my day wouldn't have been as rich :)

So right now, i'm basking in joy; rearing to have a shower; and doing a very human thing- mentally planning for a tomorow. But now that i've noted it, i think i'll stay in the present in its last 28 minutes, quietly appreciating the gift God has given me: a thankful spirit.

posted by "/umin @ 6:02 AM