i'd have put one up here for show, but no because i sympathise. those things around my place are like slightly more than a palm-width across (that's including their disgustingly spindly legs la of course :P) so anyway. 3 sightings (hadn't seen one for gazillion years) in 2 days this past weekend was least t say, AWFUL.

first one was in my bathroom. i screamed blue murder (have i said this before?) and lopped gel and chemicals all over the poor thing, cos nobody was at home. shrieked a little along the way while trying to boil it in hot water from the showerhead :/ it was moving, dam**t

second one was er, well. in the washroom downstairs. after coming back from no. 27's party, tiff used it and came out going "THERE'S A SPIDER IN THE LOO!" she meant the bowl. so there was thing scrambling around inside (too slippery) and it was the SOLID black kind of spider. the kind that doesnt look like a gd hard whack w a newspaper does the trick :/ and malu and i stared at tiff a while before realizing: "tiffany, WAS IT IN THERE WHEN YOU USED THE TOILET."

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apparently it was O.O she was amazingly calm, a level i would never have reached were i in the same position. dude, i'd have screamed the sh** out of the whole neighborhood, i'm tt neurotic abt arachnids. anyway we told her mom and she said: "is the spider okay?" -.- think tiff was more worried if the spider had bitten her...

well. third one was an hour after no. 2!! it fought w a HUGE lizard (20 CM!) and lost 2 legs :/ they were on the wall so us kids and the mothers were watching wide-eyed. then i told malu to end its life, cant stand those vermin. seriously!

GAHHHH. and HAHA told malu, helper services (in a not mean way) are like some relationships? first week: they ask your every want/need/desire and do more than you'd like them to ;) six years down the road: they don't look at you when you come into the room/go "mmm okay." nonchalantly when you ask them sthg. LOL :P

and so, the week has been otherwise... brilliant :) CNY celebrations; library visits (meeting loads of IB people); last lib visit w natalie and we laid out on the floor in this open-air space near the study lounge. it was so awesome until we got chased away cos they needed to setup for a function ): ahwell! haha. and shopping w nat before tt in the morning, bought a few things... shopped for books, make-up, heels (hers), clothes, Juicy Couture (!!! :D). together, i mean. or we'd be broke :/

of course, the most "EGG-CITE" thing of this week's school-time (2 days!): class prayer meetings. we had the first one today, 8 of us in the 'stuffy room' (lovingly coined by izzy)... had worship, prayer and sharing about our busy little lives. our class has 23 people and today was our first meeting, so that was pretty brilliant, actually :) we're hoping it'll pick up eventually, and well. for God to just continue reaching out to touch us, one by one :D amazing, being in there, really.

so yup, it was beu izzy and tim seet who started the whole thing :) kudos, guys! and then bong mari brian me... paul who poked his nose in since his twin bro was there anyway, and prob will chill around for next group prayers too! and crawshaw, who prayed out loud - first time i've ever heard him and glad of it... we're really gunning for this to spread to all classes, tt each class will start their own movement of sorts. so all the way people! :D

class wrote valentine's day notes for each other today it was so fun and cute ;) we'll get to see our envelopes on the day itself... or fri the 13th, rather. LOL

i'm so glad they didn't take height and weight today! considering i'm eating some chicken in lemongrass sauce now, rice, veg and yam-cake... i don't wanna take next week either!!

i love life. very circusy... and gamey ol' fun :)