I am Sof.

It’s been a few days full of interesting things to do, and thanks to my procrastination of blogging, this post is going to be long.

On Friday, Parthi, Ross and I finally had the time to carry out our plan of spending some time together, and the plan was for us to go canoeing in the afternoon and then go out for dinner. So I took the bus to Ross’s place to meet up with him and Parthi, the moment I saw them at the bus stop it just felt really comforting; I guess I got so used to seeing people everyday at Woburn that it has become a routine, seeing them again outside after graduating for a month now is just really refreshing. We went to Ross’s backyard and just sat on the trampoline for a while, relaxing and talking about everything we felt like talking about; I met Ross’s dog and finally got used to having a dog around and not being scared - I guess my main problem with dogs is that I can’t stand being sniffed or licked or feeling unsafe that there’s a possibility of being bitten. Tundra was a mild dog, I liked her. Then, we went canoeing - which was the first time for me and Parthi. It was very fun, even the scary part where Parthi can’t balance himself on the canoe when he steps in or out that the canoe starts to waggle sideways in the water. We reached the beach, boys submerged themselves up to the waist, I, having nothing to change into and didn’t want to get wet that thoroughly, just sat on the bank. Sky was cerulean, air was sweetly salted, I couldn’t help to have a reverie while embraced in the beauty of nature; listening to the waves, and feeling the caress of the breeze. Then, we went canoeing on rouge river. It was very peaceful and quiet, we could only hear our own paddling sound and our own voice talking. It had been very breathtaking.

We came home and I realized my pants, despite I didn’t even get them wet up to my knees, were very muddy. Ross’s mother helped me to cleaned them up and then we went out to Il Fornello down at Queen’s and Woodbine for dinner. Dinner was delicious although perhaps half ruined by Parthi’s involuntary incessant watch checking and worrying if he could get home on time. After we stuffed ourselves and paid about $20 each for our dishes, we went for a walk along the beach. It was just great to get together and relax with the, in Parthi’s words, “lifelong friends”.

As I was spending such a wonderful time on that day, I realized that this is perhaps my first summer/break totally free. I’ve never had that before really. Ohhh… so good. As I haven’t been practising or doing anything much, I’m hoping I could just spend this summer relaxing and just experience the life I haven’t had hitherto; and when September arrives, I’ll give my all to what I’ll be doing.

On Saturday, I came back from work and voila, there was my Harry Potter VI on my desk. I anxiously opened the package, and saw a weird looking card sticking out with the order summery. On the card it says: Let the magic continue… and it’s a “Magic Card” which can contain Chapters/Indigo gift card value of $5, $10, $15, $25, $100, or $1000. One purchases over $50 in August can activate the card to reveal the magic value. Ooo. Just in time for me to buy my university text books. As for the book itself, I haven’t even gone as far as finishing the first 1/5. Yeah, I’m just gonna savour it, slooooowwwwllly. (It’s sad though, that everybody will probably die in the end; but I suppose it’s J.K. Rowling’s only way to avoid being bugged to death to write more HP books.)

And yesterday, I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and thought… it was great! I liked the music as well; very cute. Today, I’m planning to go down to the beach again for the Beaches Jazz Festival; there’s a workshop with Joe Sealy about piano accompanying that I’d like to attend. And after that is another unplanned week… luckily I have some Harry Potter to read. ^^