Eight years since we first sat in that classroom donning that smurf-ish attire. Thinking back, it probably was that single 'ghostly' encounter during our sec2 chalet which set off a chain reaction that has gotten us to where we are today. Ironically, it was probably just a trick of the light and wei lun's verbal exclamation that spurred our wild imaginations on.

Anniversary celebration was graced by everyone but me, shan hong and clement. I apologise for my last minute absence. Believe me, i had half my thoughts on strangling my commander when i got the news. There was a 27.3% chance of me being last-minute scheduled for duty the next day and i had to have the luck for it. Unfortunately, the probability of switching 'next day' duties which lapses into the next month comes pretty close to a zero. There was hardly a chance i could have switched and thus, regretfully, i had to be absented.

Now, so much has been said about us that perhaps there is no need for repetitions. Another year we spend together, another flaw we find in each other. May the imperfections be accepted into our circle because no one's perfect. Perhaps i say this because i find in myself that i'm FAR from being perfect. In the end, its not about tolerance but acceptence. There is, afterall, a limit to the amount that which a person can tolerate.

I may have made our future sound bleak but a certain bird told me that faith is a miraculous work. With a job, marriage and babies to think about as we abandon our teenage years, things are going to be hectic and stressful to say the least. But i have faith in us. Trust when i say its not just sweet-nothings. Happy Anniversary! Long-live the thirTEENS.