說不上為什麼
我變得很主動
若愛上一個人
什麼都會值得去做

我想大聲宣佈
對妳依依不捨
連隔壁鄰居都猜到我現在的感受

河邊 / 的風 / 在吹著頭髮/ 飄動
牽著 / 妳的/ 手一陣莫名/ 感動
我想帶妳回我的外婆家
一起 / 看著日落 / 一直到我們都睡著

我想就這樣牽著妳的手不放開
愛能不能夠永遠單純沒有悲哀
我 想帶妳騎單車
我 想和妳看棒球
想這樣沒擔憂 唱著歌 一直走
我想就這樣牽著妳的手不放開
愛可不可以簡簡單單沒有傷害
妳 靠著我的肩膀
妳 在我胸口睡著
像這樣的生活 我愛妳 妳愛我
想 簡！簡！單！單！ 愛
想 簡！簡！單！單！ 愛

Before I get along to explaining myself about why on earth I would be posting this old-school song by Jay Chou, I would first like to proudly proclaim: I MET 4 DIFFERENT SETS OF FRIENDS TODAY!!

I think it is an amazing feat because there are normally 3 parts to a day: morning, noon, and night. My day started off at noon when I met YW & Vithiya at NTU for lunch!! So, so, SO GOOD to see them again and hang out! (SIMIN, COME BACK SOON!)

After NTU, I sped off down to National Library where I bumped into Zelia at the 8th floor, and then after awhile Jun Hong came by. Steffi came after, and I was just briefly teaching them some Adobe Photoshop skills while multitasking with my essay. So much for finishing my essay today. Hahaha, but no regrets!

C called and said he'd be early. He even walked all the way to National Library to accompany me for a bit while I was looking for a book. Super sweet of him! :) We walked to Sunshine Plaza and had wanton mee (& the super nice fried youtiao) for dinner, strolled around, and ended up chatting the hours away at the Macs nearby, and then he accompanied me back to City Hall MRT.

We parted at City Hall, where I met up with Qinny and her friend, and JR to go to CHIJMES. We ended up at Bobby's, drinking margaritas, eating buffalo wings + fries, and playing rounds of pool with Mengwei snapping our "sexy" pool poses. Haha! It was fun & I really enjoyed the company of alllllllll my friends today! Friends truly make life so much more bearable, so much joy!!

Anywayyy, back to my rationale for the above-mentioned song. I really feel that me and C are at that stage at the moment, where everything feels so blissful, and you really wish love could stay like this forever: so simple, so uncomplicated. It has been a while since I felt that love could be anything less than constant sacrifice, constant giving and constant commitment. And perhaps because love is just starting, that is why I feel so refreshed by what I have with C, & why it brings me so much joy.

Best things about the start of relationships/I love:

- simple sacrifices: like you walking all the way to NLB just so you could "see me earlier".
- you suddenly holding my hand while we're walking.
- how we take turns to pay for meals, no pressure :)
- you offering to carry my laptop.
- being excited just at the thought of seeing each other.
- how we sit across each other at the table, but you always want to hold my hand.
- the many many compliments you pay me through the day; you make me feel special & one-of-a-kind.
- you never restricting my freedom, & how I should not compromise my freedom/studies for you.
- how you alternate between saying 'i like you' and 'i love you' just so you wouldn't "scare me away" for being "too invovled" at this stage.
- how you walked me all the way to City Hall though Bugis was nearer for you to get home, & how time could pass so fast just by holding your hand and talking all the way.
- your very shy peck on the cheek before leaving because my friends were coming.

"我想就這樣牽著妳的手不放開,
I want to just hold your hand like this and not let go,
能不能夠永遠單純沒有悲哀?
Can love be forever innocent without sadness?"