30 Mar 06 9.35 a.m.

It’s Thursday and it’s Japanese Day for my class. I was very stern when I stepped into class because they couldn’t stop talking on the way back from the hall. Dead, fatally so, silence fell into class when I stepped in as 38 pairs of eyes focused intently on my (non)expression. I could turn a man into ice at that point. I greeted them in English and sombrely they returned the greetings, dragging out every word with their seemingly last breath. They knew the verdict that was befalling them. That is until Wan Ting asked, with her ever innocent smiley cheeky face, "But Miss Ho today is Jair-pair-neese Day lei!" I broke out into laughter and greeted them once again and this time in Japanese. The class came alive after that! My 38 darlings! *contented sigh*

Had breakfast with Jo at the lounge to the view of our garden. Ivan made us Mushroom Quiche!! Yummy! I gave him 7.5-8/ 10! It was yummy! The filling was!! Had great conversation with Jo of course! Deep conversation, as always.

Godma popped by and she loved my black cheong sam. She started picking out the lint and fur on my dress. I told her, it’s all over my dress, don’t bother! hahaha! Jo thinks I’ve lost a bit more weight cos the dress looks loose. Or maybe it got stretched! hahaha! Nora, Angie and Mrs Lee loved it too. Told me I should wear it more often. Ladies, it’s $170! And I intend to wear it for all formal functions this year! hahaha! A silk one will set me back $300. My next costume will be a silk sari. An off-white sari will be fabs!