The boy made me clean my room this afternoon, after a tie that he'd borrowed from a friend disappeared without a trace in my room. The slavedriver even made me fetch him a marker and a piece of paper and then made me stick it somewhere prominent after he'd scribbled on it.

I almost fell off my chair when he handed it back to me and I saw what he'd written:


That man treats me like a total child sometimes... but I love him to bits. The sweetie won a box fan as a lucky draw prize in an army function yesterday, and he gave it to me because my room is too damn hot. It doesn't look like much but it's pretty effective:


Anyway, I didn't find the tie, but at least the corner of my table looks a little neater now.



1: An anniversary gift from the boy many months back. The photo frame contains a flower that I'd actually given him the month before; he dried it and pressed it and gave it right back to me. Tsk.

2. A present from Rachel - a mirror that she'd decorated with tons of sequins in sparkly swirls. Pretty!

3. A souvenir from EHOC, this tag says "Gambling Den" and was a Game of Life prop. Very apt descriptor, since my room has on occasion been used to host mahjong sessions.

4. Something that the boy gave me for Christmas, together with a silver anklet. I've been using it as a piggy bank of sorts, to hold my coins.

5. More souvenirs from EHOC - bags of "currency" that were used for the Game of Life. Gold and silver shells, in lovely green gauze ribbon pouches.

6. A present from Fengyi. Yet another addition to my pig collection.

7. My mask from Rag dance. It brings back the loveliest memories.

8. Another gift from Rachel, this one holds a photo of the EHOC programme team, and is decorated with magenta and silver sequins, plus my name in gold glitter. Gorgeous!

9. My latest purchase to arrive in the mail - a lovely mosaic mirror notebook!

10. Something from June, for absolutely no rhyme or reason. What a total sweetie. :)

ying @ 8:58 PM

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