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Dear Diary,

Oh, silly me… Today is still Thursday. Oh well… If there were any new Fives tomorrow I shall post the new one as well. Otherwise, this would be this week’s entry for me.

Friday Fiver,

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Dear Diary,

Friday Fives…

1. What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
Rope-walking without safety net during CCA Leadership Camp.

2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?
Flying…

3. On a scale of 1-10, what’s your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it’s a lifestyle)
3.

4. What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
No need to attend prep time at hostel during the weeks near the major exams, except on Thursdays where we were supposed to be back for Koinonia.

5. … and what’s the worst?
Having the friendship between me and the person involved affected.

Friday Fiver,

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Dear Diary,

As some of you might have known, I embarked on a round-the-world trip in MS Flight Simulator. To let other people know where I am in this virtual trip, I’ve changed my MSN nickname to something like: Hendri Budi - Current Location: CYWG - Winnipeg International, Winnipeg, Canada. The location changes almost everyday as I proceed with my trip.

Just a while ago, a friend of mine asked me what I was doing in Canada. I thought it would be quite fun to really act as if I was in Canada. The following conversation was what ensued.

As some of you might not want to read it, I’ve put the conversation log in the extended entry. Click on “Read More” to find out.

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Dear Diary,

February 13^th Friday Fives. It was Friday the 13^th, by the way…

1. Are you superstitious?
No.

2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
Hmm… Maybe sacrificing his own life just for that superstition.

3. Believer or not, what’s your favorite superstition?
You can’t whistle or cut nails in the night because you’re going to get the spirits and ghosts very angry with you. I used to be told this a lot of times by my grandmother.
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
No.

5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
No. I used to believe in astrology—until I tried checking out other people’s readings and found most of them applied to me as well. Anyway if astrology was true, then you would be able to generalise people according to, for example, their birthday. I’ve seen cases where two people were born at the same time—or even twins—who have totally different personalities. Neither of their personalities was similar to what the astrology reading predicted. (Proof by contradiction. :P)

Friday Fiver,

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Dear Diary,

Here’s my latest submission for Spectra. Spectra, by the way, is an electronic arts magazine in Anglo-Chinese Junior College. Visit their site at http://www.acjc.edu.sg/spectra/.

A Spectra artist,

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Dear Diary,

The following is a mail sent by the person behind Friday Fives:

So from now on, whenever there are no Fives for the week, I’m going to pick up one old entry, and do it in my blog. So here’s Feb 20^nd’s Friday Fives…

When was the last time you…
1. …went to the doctor?
Tuesday, 13 April 2004

2. …went to the dentist?
February this year

3. …filled your gas tank?
N/A

4. …got enough sleep?
Last night.

5. …backed up your computer?
Wednesday, 14 April 2004

Friday Fiver,

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Dear Diary,

Today, Elmyra (my laptop) became terribly sick. She just refused to boot up into Windows XP! She always crashed whenever she was about to show the Welcome screen!

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Dear Diary,

For probably the first time ever, I was so happy when the doctor told me I ‘only’ have flu!

Happy with flu,

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Dear Diary,

Thought of updating you on my ‘Love’ Bite (if you don’t know what I’m talking about read this entry).

This morning at around 1 AM, I was playing Literati in Yahoo! Games with Zie Aun. That was when I felt something was wrong. There was some warmth within me. I realised that it couldn’t be anything good. It couldn’t be some anxiety. It couldn’t be effects of alcohol since I didn’t take any alcoholic drinks in the past few months. It couldn’t be the l feeling (heck, how can you be when you’re concentrating making words out of a set of 7 letters and a board in front of you?) So after the game had finished I decided to stop playing and went to bed.

Before I fell asleep, I checked my temperature. It was somewhere around 37.2 °C.

Sleep didn’t come to me easily. For a couple of times I was in a state of the boundary between consciousness and unconsciousness but I always in a way or the other snap back to the conscious world.

Finally, I decided I shouldn’t take any chances, and thus I shall go with Mom and Sis to Bogor, where I can go and visit a doctor there. I should be able to get a diagnosis by the end of today, before which I shall update this blog. If you don’t hear anything from me by the end of today… please pray for me.

It might not be dengue. It might be just flu. Heck, it might even be just due to irregular sleeping time. But in any case, with the numbers of people being victims of the deadly disease in Indonesia, my family and I don’t want to take any chances.

On a lighter issue, there was one weird observation I noticed on the two thermometers available in my house. Just a moment ago, I decided to check my temperature again.

According to my old thermometer (the one given by the Singaporean government during the SARS outbreak) my temperature was around 35.4 °C. I checked my temperature using a newer thermometer, and it registered 36.5 °C.

The old thermometer was running out of battery, and I just drank a cup of water. So I decided to wait for a while before taking another reading.

This time, the old thermometer read 35.2 °C, and the new one recorded 38.7 °C. I don’t know how on earth I can get that temperature when Mom told me I felt okay to her touch.

On the third try, the old thermometer told me I was 36.5 °C and the newer one said 37.2 °C.

I gave up. I shall go to the doctor today.

Could be sick,

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Dear Diary,

Friday Fives is back! Here goes this week’s… My answers don’t make much sense, but at least I’m participating.

1. What do you do for a living?
Nag parents.

2. What do you like most about your job?
I can nag my parents.

3. What do you like least about your job?
It’s my own parents that I need to nag.

4. When you have a bad day at work it’s usually because _____…
The nagging doesn’t work.

5. What other career(s) are you interested in?
Web design, engineering, something to do with electronics.

Friday Fiver,

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