Wednesday, July 05, 2006 // 9:43 PM

i want to go to the national library again, actually. i'm missing the south east asian reference section, the cavernous hall and the carpet, the gorgeous view, the quietness. i told charles about my happy relationship with the elevator, and just thinking about it makes me very happy.

there was an adorable toddler sitting next to me on the bus, with this happy grandaddy who talked to me about my studying arts instead of science, in chinese, and in this happy grandaddy kind of way.

talked to lizzie for five minutes in the canteen today. it's been a long long long time and i wonder how everyone is doing. there are quite a lot of people i want to talk to again, lucidly, find out How You Are Doing, what kind of person you've become. people can be so different, really, in those conversations, and it really does intrigue me: so which is the more real, the person you are on the streets, or this talking, talking, give space and time and the attention of another human being, to think about things.

i should be studying.