1 thing i want to accomplish this year is to learn a third language. I figured if i'm going to teach a generation of kids to learn english and love english literature, i should learn a new language as well. Having fallen in love with Italy, it was a struggle deciding whether to learn spanish or italian. I finally settled on spanish and registered for my basic spanish at Las Lilas. Had my first lesson last monday and it was fabulous! There were a total of 11 of us in the class, an irish couple claire and Micheal, Lina from switzerland and rebecca from england, Merlien from indonesia, Parta from India, Yingxiao from china. The only other singaporeans are Amanda & Ray. We made up a rather cozy class. Everyone was friendly and i felt really comfortable. Our tutor Monica is uber cute and quirky. She came in and bombarded us with a string of spanish words- her way of getting us used to listening to spanish. Though slightly intimidating at first, it was an excellent way of helping us remember the meanings and intonation of the words. After an hour and a half of learning the alphabets (alfabeto), identifying the femenino and masculino nouns... we played hangman using the spanish words we have learnt. Had my second lesson just now and we had a new tutor- Anna. She was more serious but still friendly. I still miss Monica though. Hope she'll be back soon.

Foodie update:

12/01 at a sweet little cafe "Food for Thought" situated opposite National library along Purvis street. Evan, Jenn and Shin frequents this cafe, given that their offices are near. The cakes are their specialties. The red velvet cake is out of this world. A set lunch (sandwich with salad/soup) costs 7 plus. extremely reasonable. made me really full so that's good. Cakes and girlfriends. Perfect for a saturday afternoon. It's been a long time since i caught up with all of them and it was truly a joy to finally hear about their work experiences. Anecdotes coming out from the various law firms. It's really a wonder that i ended up in a dg with law girls and it has been a fruitful journey for all of us to be discipled by Evan. Evan as usual looks fresh and so 'together.' None of us changed. and i'm super thankful for that. Missing them already. (:

21/01- Beef Burgundy pie at Piper's Pies along 6th avenue. I couldn't resist playing with the pies.... extricated the flowers from it :)