16 April, 2003 - 10:40 a.m.

* I'm dating again?

his name's rob, and he's 21. he is the youngest guy I've dated in the past 2 years .. and although I may only be a youthful 20, and at times display nothing but a naive exhuberance, the difference in maturity levels between he and the others is marked. but he's one of those rare, genuinely-nice guys, and he treats me well. he doesn't make my heart go flip-flop. at least, not yet anyway. hopefully, though, I've outgrown my ghosts of relationships past, and will soon be able to open and accept his affections with the reckless abandonment of a puppy (how's that for an analogy?)

* that I passed my exam for Financial Advice Principles?

yup! that means that I can now outline financial advice and tell you who provides it. differentiate between financial advice and financial planning. describe the financial planning process. describe how liscensing works. and heaps of other, totally edge of your seat rivetting stuff :P it can only get more interesting from here ..

* despite me not updating my own diary, I still read everybody elses?

I mean, I read the entry about beautiful friends .. and then for a time, more than before, I noticed the beauty in my own friends. or empathised with the fear and sadness of the future, when one chapter of our life ends, and a new page is turned.

I started humming "nothing's gonna change my love for you" all day and night after I read about that. and now I'm cursing the fact that I never bothered to learn all the words to such a catchy tune. as to getting a credit card .. don't talk to me about credit cards. I just paid off $2,177.32 for my last credit card statement. BLEH! mind you, over a grand of that was for the stupid car accident thingy .. so I guess it wasn't too extreme.

I read the entry which entailed the collapse of another diary. I keep meaning to sit down and write an email, just to say hi. to catch up. but then I sit there, and my mind draws a blank. I think it's because their thoughts are no longer in a public forum, and they obviously removed them for a reason .. so who'm I to go poking and prying. so yeah ..

* I can't get enough of roast meat sandwiches with gravy?

seriously, I can't. they're just so yum. and fattening. but I guess I'll worry about that once winter's over :P

and on that note, this entry is over.