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Part 1

Eadeline’s Journal

Part of her life.

12^th June

Today’s my first day of transfer to TEMASEK ACADEMY.

I followed dad here to Singapore, since mom’s death, everything had changed,

Dad and I were always moving.

I hate making new friends then loose them.

But I had no choice; dad is the only one I have now.

I hope there will be a change this time.

I was not nervous this morning, since I had already transferred 8 times.

A friendly girl name Gerine came and spoke to me in class.

She’s my first friend in Singapore.

I started to change thoughts towards Singaporeans.

We didn’t chat today.

It’s weird for him not calling me.

16^th June

Gerine asked me into Sport Excel.

Sport Excel is a Sports Scholarship Programme in Temasek Junior College that provides a platform for students to be groomed into leaders and it is intended to equip them with relevant skills to put them in good stead for scholarships applications.

As a part of scholarship, students will also receive $ 250 - $800 and will have their school fees reimbursed.

Joining Sport Excel can be a great help to dad.

I can lighten his burden then.

So I asked for dad’s permission and he agreed.

I’m in.

We chatted on MSN.

He acted real cold, I felt his temper.

18^th June

First day training

The programmes are normal, not too hard as in Penang, my hometown.

Gerine introduced some other team mates to me.

They don’t look at the same age as me. To me they look younger than their real age, even the captain too.

I get to know this guy, Royce, as his Chinese’s name is the same sound of ‘ji xiong’ which means chicken’s breast in Chinese.

I had a great laughed at his name.

The captain’s Chinese name’s ‘zhong4 yao 4’ which mean important in Chinese.

Kakaka* laughed.

A HAPPY DAY, but not with him.

We can’t call each other often, coz of the bill it’ll cause for both of us.

However, I called him today trough I-talk.

He told me something, real strange.

He said people I his school teased him to have a long- distance girl friend.

Well, this never happened.

We had been together for 2 years by now.

We met in Penang when we were small.

Been best friends and now couple.

Nobody ever said anything about our relationship, including his and my friends.

This relationship is tough for us, because I can never be at somewhere long.

My friends always admired how we handled our relationship so well.

He sound depressed on the phone, we haven’t seen each other for months now,

He said he missed me, me too.

I told him about Royce and captain, he forced a laugh.

I told him not to worry; I’ll visit him in Penang after his SPM.

As for me, in Singapore, the Biggest exam’s next year, when I am 18.

I asked him to concentrate on his studies now, and not to be influenced by others.

He listened quietly.

We ended our talk when his mom asked him to help her on the TV.

30^TH June

I had been studying and rushing my assignments like hell last week.

I met a guy while I was doing research with Gerine’s help at the school’s library.

He’s quite a charm.

I accidentally knocked him over with a pile of books.

He helped me picked up those books and asked if I ‘m new here.

We introduced ourselves and shook hands.

I felt embarrassed when a loud “THUMP” cracked in the library floor, and everyone in the library’s looking at me with a curious face.

His name’s Frederick.

He said I could either all him Fred or Derrick.

I prefer Derrick; I told him that calling him Fred is like calling him a frog.

We had a great laugh on this.

Gerine told me more about Frederick.

She seems to know much about him.

I had a feeling, that Gerine adores Derrick.

I’m a sensitive girl.

I can feel this when she’s talking about him.

1^st July

I asked Gerine about her feelings towards Fredrick.

At first, she wouldn’t tell me, but after telling her my lips are sealed,

She told me.

I asked why she adored him so much.

She said when she first saw him holding his guitar singing in the music room, her heart fell on this guy on the first sight.

Wow! I thought, Derrick’s a guitarist, I adore guitarist too.

But Gerine’s type of adore is much closer to the word LIKE.

I began to think of how to help Gerine out.

I now had a PERFECT PLAN on my mind.

18^th July

I met Derrick at the library again, this time’s more embarrassing.

I stepped on his foot & he cried out loud.

There comes another curios looks on us.

We finally settled down out of the library.

He led me to the nearest bench.

His eyes were full of pain.

But I can’t stop giggling his expressions on his face.

Suddenly, his books dropped from the bench and they dropped on my feet.

Poor me, even the books are seeking for revenge.

I suddenly felt that we could only meet in such painful and embarrassed way.

We exchanged phone numbers then went for our own business.

I called Gerine when I first got home.

She yelped at me.

She said if she had ever met someone she has an eye on; she’ll never go near him again.

As for me, it depends.

I gave her his phone number, she sounded a little jealous through the phone, so I told her not to worry about me snatching Derrick from her.

I told her Derrick’s not my type.

I talked to him about Gerine after that, but I didn’t mention about Derrick.

31^st July

Today, I began working on my plans.

I invited Gerine and Derrick to celebrate my birthday with me on the 8^th of August.

We decided to skip school on that day, and then fly to Penang the night before the day.

I‘ll be their tour guide in Penang for our 3 days 2 night’s trip.

I told him that my friend and I’ll go to Penang and will reach the airport around noon.

He said he had classes that afternoon, so he’s not able to pick me up.

Never mind to me.

We can meet later.

I’m so excited meeting him.

7^th August

I was very nervous when I got on the plane this morning.

I can’t stop thinking about him.

I’m on the plane now, typing on my laptop.

I hope that I could see him soon.

8^th August.

We departed at the airport then we took a bus to G hotel.

As Gerine’s father had a close relationship with the hotel’s owner, they gave us a room with 2 king sized bed and nice lavatory with discount.

For this kind of luxury, I don’t even have to pay, Gerine’s father, a successful business man decided to pay for us.

This weekend will sure be great.

When he, came and pick us up, I mean Eugene. He sulks when he saw Derrick.

Of course I knew why.

I sat in front with him, while Gerine and Derrick sat behind.

Gerine whispered and asked me who that is.

I whispered back “someone.”

Not satisfy, she leaned over and asked Eugene.

Eugene who’s on his temper replied” Just ask her.”

We went Tambun for dinner, in addition to celebrate my birthday.

We ordered crabs, lobsters and a dish of vegetable.

Derrick accidentally squeezed the sauce of the crab and it spread on my face.

I thought this is the best moment t get away and leave Gerine and Derrick alone, so, I pulled Eugene out and made an excuse of getting wet tissues from his car.

Derrick said thousands of sorry to me which had made me easier to get away, then I reminded him, it’s a tie.

After cleaning my face, I asked Eugene why was he so quiet just now, coz he usually get along with my friends well.

He answered” Nothing”

I of course do not believe it, so I asked whether he is unhappy with Derrick’s appearance.

He said nothing.

I took his hands and link my arms to his. Maybe he felt better then, he asked” Why didn’t you tell me about him?”

“Course not. You’re a jealous pot, anything could happen through the phone if I told you. You need my comfort when you get to know about him.” I said. As I always knew he’ll not be happy if I get to know a guy.

“Yeah. Problems solve.” He leaned over and kissed on my lips. We kissed, twice.

“We smell like sea foods!” I joked.

I then told him my plans. Then we headed back to the restaurant.

I cannot believe my eyes.

Derrick’s opening a crab for Gerine.

I felt sparks between them.

They glanced on each other, then look at the crabs and lobsters on their plates shyly, and then they continued eating.

I walked in with Eugene as if we haven’t seen anything.

I winked at Gerine; she received it and then blushed.

That’s the feeling when someone’s in love.

When we went back to the hotel, I made a quick exit out the room and asked her what I had missed.

She said Derrick had offered to open the crab for her after Eugene and I went outside.

She of course did not refuse coz she’s to shy to refuse.

That was their first time face to face talking, coz Derrick and Gerine had only chat through SMS or MSN.

She said “Thanks” after recovering from her shyness. And what happened after that was I had just seen.

Eugene promised to pick us for some shopping tomorrow.

9^th August

I sneaked away with Derrick when Eugene’s buying tickets without Gerine’s noticing.

I asked how Derrick feels towards Gerine, he answered shyly with his head down the floor “Erm…She’s always there when I practiced. We chat, I fell in love when she sneaked in the music room one day, she thought I was concentrating on my music, but I was not, I was thinking about a girl Clarence (DERRICK’S SENIOR) told me about a girl who will always peeped trough the key hole when I was practicing, and there she was.”

I told him to take the move first. He don’t have to tell Gerine that he love her straight to be with her, but he can choose to do something which can make Gerine felt that he is in love with her. Even Gerine’ll be too shy if Derrick tells her straightly, it’ll happen to be the same to Derrick too.

I gave Derrick a hint before meeting up with Gerine and Eugene.

Eugene stern at when he saw me showing up with Derrick, I quickly linked my arms with his and headed in front of Gerine and Derrick to the cinema.

I explained to him, he then accepts it with a kiss on forehead.

We watched horror film; Eugene suddenly patted on me and pointed beside us.

Derrick’s holding hands with Gerine.

I asked him not too spy on them so obviously coz they’re both shy.

After the movie, they dare not hold hands.

We then went to Starbucks and played Truth or Dare.

I Dared Derrick to hold hands with Gerine from then on.

They blushed*

Kaka Akaka… I love watching them blush. Cute!

Then, I said that I was tired and left them shopping in the mall.

Eugene stayed with me.

As usual, just for the aroma of coffee, we left for coffee at Coffee Bean.

We ordered the coffee we can afford and shared a cup while chatting.

When we went back to the hotel I reminded Derrick about my Dare, he took it and hold hands with Gerine.

Gerine can’t help to dream about it, and now it’s become reality.

I took a shot with my camera of them holding hands.

We had fish porridge dinner. Before that, we managed to take a cable car up Penang Hill.

I snapped some pictures for us 4.

10^th August

Eugene finally came up with my birthday present.

He asked me not to open it until I got back.

We spend our morning at Kek Lok Si, Snake Temple and some hawker place.

Gerine and Derrick ate various kind of food they had never tried, such as Nasi Dalcha, nice BBQ pork satay, delicious laksa and some Chinese, Indians and Malays keropok.

They can both eat. We stopped at most hawkers which Eugene and I’d always eat.

We went to Batu Ferringhi beach in the afternoon.

It’s hot, but luckily we found a nice spot under the tree.

I asked Gerine and Derrick to try surfing with Eugene.

It’s so funny when they both fell from the boards at the same time, overlapping each other.

Derrick coughed sands out from his mouth.

Disgusting but funny.

It’s fun getting wet and together, especially with my beloved- Eugene.

Eugene’s mood’s quite alright today.

We build “Body- castle” too!

Eugene and I buried Gerine and Derrick with beach sand.

I saw them holding hands under the sand.

We played Kiss and Promise then on the beach.

We used slipper to turn, some sand flew into Gerine’s eyes, and Derrick helped her by blowing the sands out of her eyes.

It was so dramatically -stupid, I thought.

How can the sand come out from the eyes by blowing it.

Just wink la. Anyway, it’s quite a romantic move.

Derrick dared me a kiss with Eugene, so we kissed.

Eugene caught some sand between my hair; he knew I hate getting things on my hair, so he helped me out by cleaning it for me.

I love it, when he plays with my hairs.

Eugene took his turn to dare Gerine kissing Derrick for a minute.

Evil*

But we would like to see them kissing.

We timed them; however they kissed for 1 minute and 33 sec.

Gerine finished kissing, breathless.

Just like me, when I first kissed.

But both of them love it.

Evening arrives and we’ve to pack to go back.

I bear hugged with Eugene,

Another challenge between Eugene and I.

I promised to come back to Penang on December holidays.

Gerine kept asking me about Eugene and I.

Thanks a lot to Derrick to pull her over when she asked me the 100^th question.

I slept on the plane and woke up finding Gerine sleeping in Derrick’s arms.

Sweet*

11^th August

I opened Eugene’s gift immediately when I got home.

It’s a heart shaped card board paste with a picture we snapped last year by the beach in front and a picture of him at the back.

He wrote “Think of me.” Under his picture.

I phoned him quickly.

He thought I hate that gift when I laughed at him, but I told him that I‘ll think of him.

Satisfy, he said he had to go back group studying with his friends, then I heard one of his pals shouted “Is that Ead-?”

It’s Wayne, Eugene’s best buddy.

I told Eugene to pass the phone to Wayne, being forced, he passed it real slow.

He gets jealous real quick when I talk to guys.

But that’s the way he express his love.

Wayne shouted” Hey, Ead! Why didn’t you come visit me last few days?”

I joked” I was too busy with jealous pot.”

Jealous pot is the nick name we called Eugene.

I heard Eugene’s friend laughing at the nick name.

Then Wayne told me, for secure, Eugene had switched on the loudspeaker to listen to our conversation.

Kakakakaka…

Now his friends know about it and can be making fun of him for a long time.

Embarrassed, he snatched the phone away and said he did better get back to his studies and we ended our conversation.