Marooned.

Yesterday, I practically didn’t have lunch. So all through Japanese class, I was watching the time tick by, dreaming of supper at Chomp-chomp later that night with the gang. I was so hungry, that I think I almost had the urge to kill Jeremy & Jeremy’s brother when they were going to be late picking me up – I sat at Macs waiting, and pretending I couldn’t smell fries. I was dreaming of hokkien mee, sting ray, pasta, carrot cake. We had the first two items, plus a wonton mee. I was so gluttony! But it was so good.

So there was Mich, Vick, Jeremy, Brynner, Keiren and me, and we were just talking about all sorts of things, focusing on Brynner and his scandalousness, amongst other things. We already had about a third of our conversation on MSN that afternoon, but it was so much funnier in real life.

And then, Mich, Vick & I took our first baby steps into business. I AM SO EXCITED.

Today, Mich & I have taken our second step. And the next step is for me to book my plane ticket.

A plane ticket that will mean so much, in so many ways.

I was semi-tricked into going to a media launch for a bar by Nartz, and ended up drinking way too much alcohol. Prime Society Bar. It was good infusions and cocktails though. I highly recommend you try those exotic flavours. They had a whiskey cocktail – made from the 6th best whiskey in the world, 1st outside Scotland – and it was amazing. You taste the whiskey, but you don’t get the evil aftereffects that resemble a kick to the head after downing it, and it was yummy to boot. It was so smooth, it was evil.

I had those drinks on an empty stomach, had to sip the shots and cocktails in fear of getting tipsy. There were awesome hors d’oeuvres to try and mitigate the effects of the alcohol. It was very interesting an event, met interesting people, chatted a bit. And then, guilt from not studying for my test tomorrow morning hit, and I decided it was time to head home.

The past week or so was spent going to talks, mainly regarding entrepreneurship. And they were very enlightening. Its really making me want to be a dreamer that does. I always felt that there are 2 types of dreamers: the dreamer that does, and the dreamer that just is. I think for now, I’m a dreamer that just is, not doing anything about the ideas I have. I voice them out, pooh-pooh them, and decide that its not worth the effort or the risk to take it all the way. But after all the talks, and talking about it to friends, I really start to see a different picture. One thing that is most important is commitment and passion, which probably is overused, but so true. At the same time, I definitely can’t forget that practicality and applicability of the idea too. I could have an amazing idea, be passionate about it, but be impractical for this climate, this country or whatever – and it will fail. On the other hand, not too practical to think that nothing will work out unless its a proven formula, because there’s nothing innovative about that!

So you see, that’s what I want to be – a dreamer that does.