AVOCADOSHAKE

Dear Poem

2012-02-04T16:05:00.001+08:00

I haven’t written you in a long time.

A sudden window winks open.

The sky has my father’s

beaten face. I missed you. I missed how

you comforted me the way you

comfort me now with your wide-eyed

lucidity, the languor of the patient

unfurling of yourself, luxuriously

disregarding the latest betrayal

like a headline stark across the front

page of my face. But I will not

write about it here, along the margin

of your insides, although you are in love

with such unsung facts – the pearly whitehead

on my chin, that faint odour from my feet

scaling the air’s ladder into the previous line –

and why not? Who cares if someone else

would never believe that such things

may not also be poetic?

But now I want only to talk of you.

How many like you have I already

composed with such authentic chords

of truth, loud and clear within them.

My beloved one-night-stand

who never stops coming

to love me at all the right times:

after unbearable grief

or after every rare moment

of contentment, even joy.

You who never lie except when I

want you to, if only to augment a distant

but more vital truth. I love you,

dear poem. I love you

because you hold pain up upon

the quiet of your palm, raising it

so I might see it in the best possible light.

- Cyril Wong

ANGST.

2012-02-02T00:14:00.002+08:00

& I can't figure out why.

WAKE UP

2012-01-25T23:42:00.000+08:00

Dear Self,

the sun peeked out from the horizons several eons ago. Time to step up and start doing some work. The rest of the World In Your Head can function without you for extended periods of time. Reality's actually brighter than you think it is.

Sincerely,
Self

Made of Awsm

2012-01-17T01:02:00.000+08:00

Some people just seem to be made of awesomeness. It's unbelievable how they can surprise you each time with well-timed little gestures that make a world of difference (: Guess they might just be the angels in our lives.

& right now I am so very grateful to one such person who just introduced me to a vastly amusing singer, Max Raabe. Thank you for cracking that stress shell that's been subtly building up like an oyster's pearl. I swear, you're a God-send.

Speedmas

2011-12-28T00:01:00.003+08:00

Some stores have already swept their shelves clean of Christmas goods, stocked them with Chinese New Year festivities and swapped the jingle bells for firecrackers & cymbals. All these just one day after Christmas. A little too fast, don't you think? Is Christmas that commercially un-viable in Singapore? I can't help but feel a little miffed that they're decking the halls with fortune bamboos and kamquat plants so soon :(

134211

2011-12-22T23:38:00.000+08:00

Seriously, how much strength is required for that one silly barre?

Not gonna give in to fingertip numbness until my F Major sounds like F Major.

To Ten & More

2011-12-21T23:45:00.003+08:00

There's something pretty dang awesome about meeting a friend after a decade. Whether it's the decade worth of catch up to do or the easy reminiscence of back then or just marvelling at how we've changed (or remained the same), the contentment is always there I kid you not. Here, I'm referring to all those lovely meet ups with old friends who've been around since primary school days and those whom I've recently met yet are already so comfortably familiar ♥

Music Bubbling to Fuel the Denial

2011-12-20T12:00:00.001+08:00

Music & Dialogue

2011-12-19T23:06:00.002+08:00

Drifting towards older bands and genres I don't usually listen to after discovering Six Pence None the Richer and their awesome songs (particularly Kiss Me and There She Goes). Such dreamy lyrics and melodies.

Digression #1: Youtube is the modern day time vortex.

On a friend's recommendation, I watched the 1950 film, All About Eve yesterday afternoon, in between bouts of food collection for the Empress Dowager (Digression #2: There is now approximately $800 worth of Christmas food in the house for two extended families and probably enough leftover to last a couple more months.) Such pretty dialogue! Simple yet effective! Even the arguments are done in such a classy way haha. So easy to get enthralled by words... and then lament my lack of fluency afterwards.

On a more sombre note, it's about time I start taking my academics a little more seriously :(

Go East, young lady

2011-12-04T23:31:00.001+08:00

Post-exams has been a whirlwind of activity - family outings, night cycling trips, meetings, barbecues, retreats and so on (: Just 24 hours ago and with an hour odd of sleep, I was standing on the outside looking groggily into my world. Haven't felt this tired since Orientation Week haha but oh, just as well I'm running on adrenaline and snatches of shut-eye in between places. Sleep debt's still rollin' and with luck, I can start claiming some proper shut-eye from Wednesday onwards.

Tomorrow will see me making my way to the other end of Singapore for the third time in less than a week. Absolutely record breaking. At least I'm smarter now; it won't take me 2.5 hours to reach the Unknown East like the first time.

Looks like my many holiday plans/expectations will have to be re-looked/re-calibrated.

JDI

2011-11-15T23:04:00.001+08:00

Once in a while, doubts overwhelm and questions plague the mind. It's not terribly disconcerting since it tells me that I still have a lot to work on in my life, but the knowledge that you're not good enough sometimes makes wanting to be a better person a tiring task. I'm in a faulty loop where the conditions are our ever-changing expectations of self. & my headache (from all the practice papers today) really isn't making anything better. The finals are next week and my motivation to study is inversely proportional to the number of days left before exams begin. Yeaaa Christine, snap out of it.

I would like to run off for a day, roam the streets doing silly things with a five-minute friend whom I'll never meet again after that. & if by chance we meet again, we'll just smile and pretend we've never met.

Clarity

2011-11-09T01:14:00.000+08:00

I would really love to email God and have him reply. But I guess prayers are just as effective, if not better (:

Silent Walks

2011-11-07T22:49:00.000+08:00

I find it incredibly comforting to walk in silence with someone. Just strolling with our hands tucked into our pockets and our thoughts kept to ourselves; appreciating the quiet company yet knowing it's completely alright to gently pull apart the calm and step back into the world. (:

One of those Days

2011-11-05T00:01:00.003+08:00

#rant.begin()#

ARGH. Short sentences! Short! &! sweet! sentences!! Everyone should practice writing concise sentences! Stop looping all over the place. One sentence, one (or at most two) point(s)! Sentences are not mini-vans! Where are the fullstops when I need them. 0.0

#rant.end()#

Chocolate has been ruining my appetite lately. Granted, I've been eating it at the wrong time but still, isn't it wayyy too harsh to smash my appetite to smithereens?? Because of that, I realised that 2am's a really bad time to have hunger pangs.

Revisitations

2011-10-31T00:58:00.001+08:00

Unexpectedly dropped in at my ex-physics tutor's place this afternoon just to say a "Hi, how are you! :D" But instead of me leaving in a few minutes, Ol' Chua made my day with his wonderful brand of hospitality, which included delightful coffee♥, a biscuit tin filled with chocolate and silly conversation. I missed the coffee he makes. Tutors who are coffee connoisseurs are awesome. I'm not usually so glad to meet a teacher but hey, how many teachers jump on tables, organize Foosball competitions and teach so well that you end up liking the subject? He's one of the few teachers I truly appreciate and am thankful for (:

Transience

2011-10-22T22:40:00.002+08:00

Nothing starts you thinking like the sudden death of someone you've just met a little more than a week ago. I can scarcely imagine the amount of shock and pain the family is experiencing. It's so easy to say "Cherish your loved ones", but despite those intentions, day-to-day we forget to do so and when they're gone, it's too late. Then comes the regret, the feeling bad, the unfinished memories and the words left unspoken. All those could haves and should haves that leave us half-broken, but hey all the money in the world can't buy back a life. For each loving memory, it's a constant playback to relieve. For each unresolved conflict, we grieve - so significant then, so frivolously trivial now. For each full-bodied laugh remembered, we smile a bittersweet smile with the corners turned down. For each time pride got in the way, we cry for our foolishness. But at the end of the day, after the cavalier casing around the heart breaks, the forgetfulness creeps back like ink seeping through the fibres of a page.

It's almost as if we aren't capable cherishing without hard-hitting reminders.

2011-10-15T00:28:00.000+08:00

Sometimes I find it hard to breathe. I don't mean it in the dramatic oh life, you oppressive thing way; I mean it literally. After a while, it gets rather irritating having to inhale super-deeply continuously.

The Day Coffee Failed Me

2011-10-04T00:02:00.000+08:00

I drank a cup of coffee this morning in hopes that the caffeine would sustain me through the day but alas, my head met the desk in the second lecture.

Smooth Operator

2011-09-28T21:44:00.000+08:00

Smooth operators in school, especially in my faculty, are rare. But damn, they're good.

Voltaire - Did you find what you're looking for?

2011-09-27T00:31:00.001+08:00

Famous Enlightenment writer & philosopher and, fast-forward a couple of centuries, amazingly talented musician.

The songs are tongue-in-cheek with a very catchy, folksy feel (: Always lovely to discover (or re-discover, in this case,) quirky artistes. Some of his lyrics are particularly animated, like The Beast of Pirates Bay - cute, visual and reminds me of all the silly cartoons I used to watch. Been music-bubbling to his tunes the whole day!

Woke up this morning with a familiar light-heartedness I haven't experienced in a long while (: Praise God! A series of events in the past week has made me realised my neglect for my emotional/spiritual health. Hence the inspiration to start my random art projects again. I just embarked on a 30 day drawing challenge; let's see where that takes me. Also started doing QT regularly again and spending my morning in the presence of God has brought an incredible sense of peace that's increasing day by day (:

Dear Cramps

2011-09-25T00:25:00.000+08:00

Stop being such a pain. (Ha ha)
I promise to start exercising more.

Yours sincerely
le Grouch

Fancy-pants

2011-09-24T00:17:00.002+08:00

So yesterday night was pretty much spent trying to get the photographers' attention, sampling the various courses, keeping reasonably warm and catching up with people here&there. Have to say it was a good opportunity to bask in the company of people you've worked with in the past year and get updates about their lives (:

And of course, thank you, neighbour, for the ride home. Much appreciated! (:

A friend who was absent cited lack of productive studying as an excuse, so he'd feel guilty about whiling the night away. That made me realise, with greater clarity than before, how much of a priority studies are in my life. Oops.

My mom has recently started using Facebook on her phone (after eons of denying that she ever had a Facebook account) after realising the stalker-capabilities it offers. Now she keeps tabs on our (my siblings & I) lives via FB.

Moving on to a completely different topic, I wonder how unconsciously does passive-aggression manifests itself in a person's actions, and about the level of malicious intent hidden in that passive-aggressive action. Came across a couple of things in the past few days that had 'passive-aggressive' written all over it, but y'know, I might be reading a little too much into things (that, once again, are of no concern to me. I'm just kpo.)

Well-played, Team ♥

2011-09-16T23:44:00.001+08:00

Am exceedingly proud of the how awesomely the team played today :D Great defense and wonderful blocking by the goalie. Congratulations for making it this far this year & thank ya'll for being part of the team! ♥

Spent the day all distracted by thoughts of the game. Tried & failed to calm the anticipation that built up over the afternoon, resulting in a surprising lack of appetite and loads of pent-up restless energy.

Lost by a single point in the finals, but despite the loss, we all walked away in good spirits. Rare are the times I play hard enough to say,"Good game. Well-played," and truly mean it. Today was one of those times. For such a short ride, it left one heck of an impact. Strangely, and interestingly, enough. This year's was completely different from the last.

Anyway, somewhere along the way, I started thinking about floorball and hockey, and realised that I could've loved hockey. Like live&breathe hockey. But that thought stopped there.

Juno has such cuuuute soundtracks <3

2011-09-15T23:23:00.001+08:00

Finals, babyyy (:

2011-09-10T23:52:00.001+08:00

So after a semi-final drought for a couple of years (or much more), engin made it to the IFG floorball finals. Gotta say that today's performance completely exceeded my expectations, cos last year's was kinda ... . Heh.

Anyway, within the first two minutes on court, I realised that my stamina (or lack thereof) is in dire need of some rescuing. I tried, but y'know, mind willing, ~~flesh~~ muscles weak. It's craaazzy how my new Swedish friend, Julia, managed to run around so much and look only half as exhausted as me.

Finals are next Friday evening. Really?!? Yes, such unfortunate timing.

Need to rest.

EUGHHH

2011-09-05T11:19:00.000+08:00

My back muscles are NON-EXISTENT.
I really really really need to start exercising again 0.0

C++ MAKES ME SAD.

2011-09-04T23:43:00.001+08:00

Also, the most popular question I receive now is, "So, when are you gonna get a boyfriend?" or some variation of it. While chitchatting with the ladies & gents in church today, every single one of them posted aforementioned query. That is in addition to kpo inquiries from various concerned (*coughs) individuals. What! Is! This! The whole.damn.world. is on my case and it's not.amusing.anymore.okay??? >:/ Evidently agitated because having to constantly outrightly dodge/ politely sidestep the same damn question (since it's none of your business) is annoying and repetitive. STOP ITTTTT or I'll stop being polite.

istringstream

2011-09-04T00:37:00.001+08:00

Have been plagued with the mother of all chronic headaches these couple of days. It is draining my batteries too quickly, killing my productivity and reducing my quality of life. Increasing force over a roughly constant area; gotta keep my cool. Sigh.

A Fish That Has A Secret Wish

2011-08-30T23:06:00.000+08:00

9-odd pm. We're settled comfortably in front of the TV, armed with cocktails, snacks and plenty of cushions.

Then it's ten, eleven, midnight, one in the morning. A supper-run to the coffeeshop ended in us returning to the kitchen to brew some goodness. They were out of hot drinks. Two becomes three, three turns to four and in between each movie we take youtube-breathers and change lazing positions. Elimination round started at Movie Number Three.

Outside the house, the air was a very comfortable kind of cool, everything had a blue-ish tint, and everything was so. unnaturally. s t i l l. At that moment, I could completely understand why some people take solitary middle-of-the-night strolls.

It was around half past five when we finished our fourth movie (& final movie of the day). That ONE cup of coffee kept me up all night. Level-ed uppp! (I usually die by 2am.)

6am, bedtime. Amazingly enough, I woke up two & a half hours later, before the alarm rang. Then we watched another movie.

Will be feeling the effects of this movie marathon tomorrow, but I guess it was worth it (:

2011-08-27T00:06:00.004+08:00

It's a long day tomorrow. & I didn't get any work done today.
OHNOES. Hello discipline, where art thou? :(

In other news, Nina Simone ftw!

The Unfortunate Reality

2011-08-18T23:42:00.001+08:00

"My vocabulary is shrinking."
"You're in engin, you don't need that much vocabulary."

Words don't flow as smoothly as they used to and I find myself speaking more in point form than in prose. Along with that is also the increased likelihood of jumbling up my words or saying things that are rather out-of-context. Evidently, there has been a distinct lack of prose in my recent-life.

The pace of school is picking up, what with the start of lectures, tutorials and graded labs. While it has been absolutely lovely meeting my coursemates and friends, this semester will see more of me studying and less of me partaking in one-too-many CCAs or social gatherings. I hope.

2011-08-09T01:17:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, the notion of how human I am gets to me and I am made aware of my limits. Yet again.

Let The Good Times Roll

2011-08-07T22:56:00.003+08:00

Thursday marked the end of being a honeymoon-ing freshman, my summer hols and the start of a more serious, preferably more meaningful , semester as a...sophomore. Five camps & plenty of dry runs later, this summer break's been filled with new people, meetups, random events and an abundance of memories. Along with it also comes relief after the biggest camp I've been involved in ended with a fantastic finale night flourish (that kinda made me wonder why it had never been done in the other years, but I digress). Would I do it again? Perhaps, but maybe for a different camp this time. On a side note, sleeping on tutorial room tables kill my back. The school needs more sofas!

Anyway, summing up freshmen year in a friend's quote (translated from Mandarin): Grew up a fair bit, realised many things and learnt alot. How we've changed.

Right now, need to make up for all the sleep-loss during the camps.

Latest Earworm

2011-07-30T00:28:00.002+08:00

THIS BOY has an unbelievable voice. Am awed. He beats Bieber-boy by so much.

& THIS BOY is just too damn cute.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18

2011-07-27T17:06:00.001+08:00

Today ain't a good day at all :( One of those days where things don't seem to go right & I don't feel right. Am retreating to my music-bubble.

My cousin's on a durian-delivery spree. She arrived on her cool blue scooter and left in less than two minutes. Didn't even bother staying to chat with my mom cos she was afraid her durians might go bad in this terrible weather. Also found out today that my uncle bought 50kg of durian yesterday. "Too little," he complained in Mandarin, "I initially wanted to buy 100kg, but the plantation didn't have enough." He goes to the frigging plantation to buy durians. Gotta love my durian-loving relatives. Am going to own a massive durian plantation next time.

Say Hi There

2011-07-27T00:06:00.001+08:00

Sometimes, situations occur in such a way that all you can do is laugh, shrug and go with the flow. This week is (was supposed to be) Post-Camp Detox week. Yesterday, a family friend who just returned from the US gifted us with an Awesome Bag of Snack-able Items. In the afternoon, I discovered the awesomeness that is chapati & cheese. This evening, my utterly w.o.n.d.e.r.f.u.l. uncle arrived with durians & rambutans. You see where this is going, don't you? Hahaha.

Moving backwards on the timeline, Oweek'11 Dry Run ended yesterday. Pranking the PD, suppers, late-night showers, jumping down flights of stairs, meeting new people, understanding some a little better, Bridge, sleeping on narrow tables, Twiggies. Good times. Twiggies are soooo addictive. I can't believe I spent my childhood without Twiggies. It's a pity strawberry-flavoured Twiggies don't exist. Was dead to the world once I hit the bed. Woke up to a lazy morning all ache-y & creaky.

One week to Oweek. Two to the end. Vamoooss! Once done, Imma spend a week with myself to recuperate and find some Zen. Continuous exposure to too many people wears me out so bad. I sound like a sap.

Camp Madness

2011-07-22T23:53:00.000+08:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Okay. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13).
& I will not let fatigue-induced grumpiness get to me.

2011-07-13T23:50:00.000+08:00

You know it's time to step back from it all (& get more sleep) when you start feeling overwhelmed.

Berry Pancakes Bleed Purple & Pink

2011-07-13T17:39:00.000+08:00

Vroom vrooommm!

2011-07-12T23:06:00.000+08:00

"You need to drive. More. Gently."

Improvement despite my lack of sleep!!! (Although he still reached for the emergency brake a couple of times.) This is so amusingggg :)

Camp Rushmore(&more)

2011-07-07T23:38:00.003+08:00

Oookay, a last-minute-enough bomb just exploded. The remnants of my camp-free period just became extinct. (What's left of) my July is now, very reluctantly, declared pre-camp season. Looks like Me-time might have to take a backseat for a while. SIGHHH.

Went to IKEA with my mom today, only cos she said that there'll be coffee & pancakes for breakfast. The coffee made me as loopy as a five year old on a sugar high just beginning to wear off. Imagine me suddenly staring into my mom's face then going "heheeheeee ^^ heyyy muuumm!!" Naturally, that didn't bode well for my driving instructor's blood pressure since I nearly hit a couple of kerbs/vehicles today. NEARLY. Calm yourselves.

"Stop driving so aggressively!!!"
"Slow down here."
"SLOW DOWNNN!!"
"Don't turn so fast!"
-jams emergency brakes-

Yea, that about summarises today's driving lesson.

2011-07-06T20:42:00.004+08:00

Fridays, why must you be so happening??

Two thirds of my camp-free period has disappeared. SHUCKS. My vacation is ending. Still very occupied even while camp-less but definitely better than having nothing to do!

In more interesting news, a guitar-strumming busker at the train station totally made my yester-day. Really, it's hard not to when he sang Besame Mucho and Streets of London with tremendous gusto while cheekily mixing in his own lyrics about the upcoming presidential elections. People actually stopped to listen and there was a bunch of them just chilling on the steps nearby to watch him perform.

One Step Ahead

2011-07-01T22:22:00.000+08:00

Spoke too soon about the tanlines. A miserable drizzle spread itself out across the entire day, ruining wonderful Sentosa plans. On the bright side, all the photos are up!

Filming is an exercise in patience and endurance. As much as I love hanging out with The OG, I'm rather exhausted after nine hours of lazing around in the clubroom with bouts of traipsing about in heels. With luck and some srsss focus, next week's filming process will be more efficient. It MUST. & I cannot forget about my hat again.

Seven Days of Sunny June

2011-06-30T00:11:00.000+08:00

Very sunny June.

I have a faint imprint of the word "HOT" on my left arm due to a mixture of body paint, lack of UV protection and gallivanting under the sun. Accompanying that are tan-lines from my shorts. Tomorrow, I will be inevitably - and most unwillingly - adding a couple more to my tan-line collection (how sexy) for the sake of fun, photos & amazing people. Nay & yay, respectively.

In other news, had an awesome, awesome unexpected meetup today in the form of two lovely friends whom I haven't seen in ages. AGESSS. About the most unexpected encounter thus far, which made it all the sweeter ♥

Dream Boy

2011-06-26T23:24:00.001+08:00

Met the most adorable boy who loves honeycomb cereal, raisins, pretend-cooking and paper aeroplanes. One who smiles with such cheekiness & innocence and goes on devastatingly cute honeycomb cereal dates with his classmate at the playground after class ♥ ♥ ♥

Too bad he's only four.

AM GOING TO SLEEP EARLIER

2011-06-25T00:30:00.000+08:00

because late-night reading isn't worth the eyebags, loss of half a day, general grumpiness & intolerance of the already intolerable weather.

In other news, this week has sprinted by all too quickly. Some books have yet to be read and I've more on the waiting list! Can't help it, really. The thought of having books to read make me grin like an idiot. Also, it's time to start thinking about the upcoming semester; my coursemates are scaring me. Bought three lovely tops today, two of which are striped. For once, my mom didn't roll her eyes at my obsession with striped clothing. (That was how lovely they were.) Camp next week! (:

2011-06-20T23:35:00.002+08:00

Walking out of a bookstore empty-handed is a challenge. Need to constantly chant "Too many books at home" and resist the urge to run my fingers along the shelves & see which book catches my attention.

Bought two books the other day and just downloaded two more. This week's all mine, I think. & it shall be spent filling up that literature-void.

2011-06-16T12:49:00.000+08:00

Unjustified anger feels like energy absorbed into the body from a hard kick to the gut. & it makes me irrational enough to want to unleash that fury of a thousand queens at the slightest annoyance from the next somebody who passes my way.

To My Campers

2011-06-06T20:53:00.001+08:00

"But kid you've got your own shit to do. And I can't continue to let you be doing all right, to be doing just fine when there's a world full of people tired of resting in shadows just waiting for you to shine " - Shane Koyczan, Visiting Hours.

SIGHHH. GOTTA START GROWING UP :/

2011-05-27T00:15:00.002+08:00

David Foster Wallace

2011-05-25T22:09:00.000+08:00

“Can you‘choose’ something, when you are forcefully and enthusiastically immersed in it at an age when the resources and information necessary for choosing are not yet yours?”

Four on Six - Wes Montgomery

2011-05-18T23:15:00.001+08:00

Nothing beats the feel of a lovely book in your hands - that paper weight you carry everywhere with you because it draws you out of reality and captures you attention page after page. A trip to the library is overdue. Monday it is.

Joy is discovering how ginormous the world of jazz is(:

In other news, I found the quote "veni, vidi, bitchy" very, very amusing yesterday. Awesome conversations with an awesome friend (:

HA HA HA

2011-05-15T22:56:00.000+08:00

"Boys have no brains, even though both start with 'b'.

Anew

2011-05-08T18:32:00.000+08:00

Politics aside, what impressed me most this GE was the graciousness shown by some of the candidates. No mudslinging, no personal attacks, just playing the game like a good sport and taking it like a gentleman. Some of the veteran candidates on the other hand... shrugs. Then again politics is a messy game. Also, I have to add that this round was much cleaner than the last. Yay for progress.

It could've been a historic moment (yes yes, would've should've could've) but baby steps, aye?
It's only just the start (:

Many a half-formed thought, but some things shouldn't be said, or be left floating around in cyber space at least.

2011-05-06T12:46:00.003+08:00

I have evil freckles, apparently.

Always Worth It (:

2011-05-05T00:29:00.002+08:00

Curiouser & Curiouser

2011-05-04T01:22:00.001+08:00

So the worst is over yet I'm not feeling as ecstatic as I expected.
The house is mine for all of three hours tomorrow. Let's hope the time will be well-spent.
Acting up. Acting out. Perhaps, a lack of sleep.

The Source of My Eccentricity ♥

2011-04-29T01:43:00.006+08:00

"That's me. That's your dad, cos he's the tallest, followed by you and Ade.& the last one's your idiosyncratic sister."

"Thanks mom. Nice to know you named your toes after us."

"What? NO! You were all named after my toes!"

Best News I've Heard All Day

2011-04-21T21:37:00.003+08:00

"Tomorrow's a public holiday. No one's gonna be cutting any trees."

2011-04-20T17:11:00.000+08:00

KIND OF A BAD TIME TO HAVE A MASS TREE PRUNING SESSION RIGHT OUTSIDE MY HOUSE DON'T YOU THINK?!?

THE NOISE IS DRIVING ME BEYOND BATSHIT CRAZY.

Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet

2011-04-19T23:47:00.000+08:00

Been feeling like there's barely enough time, & am randomly seized with the terrifying thought that I'm wasting my life. It scares me more than I'd care to admit.

Oh yes, studying for exams tend to do weird thing to my head.

On a brighter note, I received an email regarding the camp dates today (: Excites! Can't wait to see my previous campers, familiar faces & more lovely people.

Also, I should really write down how I wanna spend summer break, especially since I won't be travelling/working. If my distracted thoughts are anything to go by, there are p-l-e-n-t-y of things I wanna do, 'cept that judging from experience, more than half of them won't actually happen. Ahh.

Right now, it's no fun :(

2011-04-16T00:17:00.002+08:00

Bliss Is

2011-04-12T18:35:00.002+08:00

Embracing a torrential downpour in slippers, shorts & a tee-shirt, with embarrassingly childish glee, after more than seven hours of stifling heat and Engineering Economy (half of which I do not get).

The weather has been all fickle lover-ish; hot & cold & hot & cold. MAKE UP YOUR MIND, MAN.

I hope it rains all night loonnggg! :D

What Is

2011-04-11T23:06:00.000+08:00

Moments from Everynone on Vimeo.

2011-04-11T20:27:00.000+08:00

Dear Headache

Yes, OKAY, you win the award for holding the longest drum concert in my head. Whoopeedoo.
Now go away dammit.

Sincerely
My Finals Are In Two Weeks & I Need To Start Studying.

Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

2011-04-06T00:05:00.000+08:00

Question & Answer session with the PM tonight was unexpectedly entertaining.

Meeting people I haven't seen in a while (:

Bus rides & awsm conversations.

Hello you, I like how there's always plenty to talk about (:

Random note: I shall consciously cut down my use of abbreviations, unless I wish to intentionally annoy & perplex others ;)

Early day at school tomorrow, but I've got a good feeling about it! (:

Note To Self

2011-04-04T12:22:00.000+08:00

Summer break experimentation:
Find ideal dosage of coffee.

Evidently, one packet is WAY TOO MUCH for me (& I just don't learn). Let's hope I can sleep tonight.

Alternatively, sticking to tea might be better.

happiness is a warm gun

2011-04-01T00:35:00.001+08:00

♥ empty tutorial rooms in the early morning ♥ distractions during lecture ♥ epic conversations (courtesy of our favourite Coke Addict) & random discoveries over late-breakfast (Rishabh, you should've been there!) ♥ laughter ♥ lots & lots of laughter ♥ milk tea ♥ unexpected meetings with friends x4! ♥ MILO VAN!! ♥ Laplace lectures over & done with ♥ non-dinner dinners ♥ lovely conversations with friends ♥ cracking up at Freudian slips ♥ crowd-free IBM lab ♥ Googling random people/characters ♥ apple pie! ♥ ginger snaps! ♥ ride to school tomorrow!

♥ Days like that make life so AWSM. :D

Spreadsheets. Suck.

2011-03-31T01:19:00.004+08:00

Remind me again, which fleeting, idealistic thought was it that possessed me to agree to take on this role?? For someone who usually shies away from admin-heavy ordered stuff, babe, you just stepped into one massive administrative nightmare from hell. (Okay, I exaggerate. It could've been worse, but it's bad enough.) It is annoying me in ways I never thought possible (like wth! Uncapitalised names?!? & that's just the start).

(This could very well be the tiredness talking.)

Should endeavour to tone down the OCD perfectionist streak.
STOP CAPITALISING ALL THE DAMNED NAMES YOU SEE, CHRISTINE.

Egads.

Grouchy.

2011-03-25T22:39:00.001+08:00

Word of the day:

MORONS.

Also,

the one-sided headache is back.

Cos I distract myself to avoid work.

2011-03-24T11:32:00.003+08:00

Diga Diga Doo ftw! :D
Some of their songs make you wanna jump around like a bunny high on skittles.

Diga Diga Doo - Baby Soda

2011-03-24T00:11:00.000+08:00

Recently, I've been going out of my way to allocate copious amount of Me-Time for myself. & I'm loving it like that (:

Am wrapped up & floating in a bandoneon-induced state of contentment. Wonderful influx of songs & styles coming my way, which will probably occupy the silences that shouldn't be (: Aye, they're the moments stolen from the everyday mayhem and my chicken soup to prepare for the (in the words of a friend) brewing war that is about to breakout in the faculty very, very soon.

In other news, I figured that the midpoint between being necessarily angsty and healthily happy would be a very ideal place to be in. Also, I will be one step closer to self-sufficiency tomorrow (technically, though, it'll be more like in four more weeks). Baby steps, baby steps. The thought of it is rather exciting, but let's not speak too soon lest I jeopardise it by unintentionally traumatising the child tomorrow ha ha ;)

2011-03-18T10:14:00.000+08:00

"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. -Dalai Lama"

Stumbleupon is an unexpected source of wisdom x)

Or At Least Until School Ended

2011-03-17T22:31:00.003+08:00

(Forgive the grammatically awkward expression)

I should spend more time hitting the books instead of being such an angsty loafer ha ha.
Am tired. Expended too much energy being uh...energetic & reasonably chatty just now. Heh.

Breaking the Momentum

2011-03-11T01:30:00.001+08:00

Sometimes all we need is to take a break from everything else, leave your reality & enter someone else's. & that's how today's pensiveness went away.

Extended dinner conversations, food-gazing, supermarket-aisle-strolling, POV-exchanging, aimless walking, major updating & laughing at stupid things. I have the most awesome GBFF in the world. Thank you (:

JTLYK #24: Story of my life

2011-03-08T13:28:00.001+08:00

I oversleep. We need alarm clocks that ring & bounce & roll around so that when you'll be wide awake when you finally catch the blasted annoyance.

Anyhoo, while the mid-sized academic agony has just ended, I am now faced with a deluge of things to confront: From (immensely sigh-worthy) school work to the various 'why' questions being posed (& everything else in between). Making things abstract really magnifies the issues, although it doesn't make them any clearer.

My mom should be a shrink. She does a fantastic job of cutting through nonsense and putting thought-worthy questions in my head.

Stir-fried One Liners

2011-03-04T00:58:00.000+08:00

"[...] and eat all your vegetables, including the eggplant."

Completely unexpected endings crack me up xD

♥ ♥

2011-02-26T10:55:00.000+08:00

Video: Dobrodošla nazaj / T-Mobile / nenavadno presenečenje na letališču na GenSpot.com

(I know, I know, hiatus & all but this is amazinggg!! & it makes me so happy!) :D

ON HIATUS

2011-02-23T11:24:00.001+08:00

Generally. Indefinitely.
I'll try.

As per usual, the 'hols' hasn't been much of a break.
Yet I'm still behind. Sheesh.
Can't wait for summer break. & planning what to do then.

Never again.

2011-02-18T19:12:00.002+08:00

Never, ever, ever again.
No way in hell.
Over my dead body.

Mmm watcha say

2011-02-17T23:52:00.002+08:00

When expectations are not met, who's to blame?

Sometimes life brings moment so tranquil and beautiful that capturing it with a camera breaks the spell.

Loving the sandwich love ♥ The onions make ALL the difference.

Can't resist book sales. Am now the proud second-hand owner of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels. No more book-buying, babe.

Light-headed.

Tomorrow promises to be an awesome day. A long, late but awesome one ;)

(:

2011-02-15T00:17:00.005+08:00

It's even in alphabetical order.

Such sweet friends who spring such pleasant surprises (: Thank you ISE guys, Goodbye & wonderful individuals who gifted chocolates & roses.

Happy Valentine's (but actually taken as Friendship) Day.
I quite like it as Happy Singles' Awareness Day x)

Interrogative dinners are so much fun.

JTLYK#23: Gardot

2011-02-14T00:53:00.001+08:00

Generally still can't stand noisy songs for prolonged periods [read: more than a couple of minutes].

Need to find new songs - not that I'm tired of the current ones, just need more ASWMNSS to listen to ;)

Grooveshark is pretty darn cool.

We need thought-rationing.

"Nothing happened doesn't mean Nothing Happened"

2011-02-12T00:54:00.001+08:00

Quote of the day, as stated above. Interesting thought & interesting parties involved.

In other news, this evening beautifully wrapped up what was an otherwise awful day. The computer corrupted the document I had painstakingly worked on. Might have killed a computer in a fit of anger. Dropped my phone. Lugged a deadweight textbook around the whole day. Barely understood the stats lecture (omg, the backlog piling up). Spent the day impatiently waiting for 6 O'clock to arrive. It rained at 5 freakin' O'clock.

"OMG It's gonna rain! D:"
"I heard (literally) )):"

BUT

The rain stopped at 6. (THANK YOU GOD!!) The rain stopped at 6 (I've never been this happy to see rain stopppp). The rain stopped at 6 (I cannot even describe the GLEE I felt. I could've whoohoo-ed in the middle of the road). I got to play tennis (Never mind that I got totally ass-whooped). I got to play tennis (for a good 2odd hours!). I got to play tennis :D (& it totally made up for the terrible start of the day!).

Tennis + friends + cool evening weather + chatting + other random things== AWSMNSS. Looks like College Fridays will be making a return :D (except that strictly speaking, it's no longer college.)

Sleep well (:

Fingers + Toes

2011-02-08T00:01:00.001+08:00

& I ♥ my lispy Grupfruht (:
Come on, it IS cute!

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

2011-02-03T00:58:00.004+08:00

I think the reason why street lamps + rain + night == emo (usually. Although it was more of a quality Me-Time moment in this case) is due to the juxtaposition between movement & immobility, between light & darkness and the added dramatic effect of the wind swirling cold air around you & water droplets landing on your face. Could have also been the rather profound sense of solitude (depending on the streetlight-staring location) that emo-fied the moment. Thought this thought while savouring a few well-spent minutes standing in the moderate drizzle wondering why I like to stare at the rain under streetlights. It was fun (:

In other news, I enjoyed the zither duet in Red Cliff. Plus I really should overcome my inertia and start jogging again, preferably not in the rain, but ohh it's such a pain. Heh.

1am aaaand I should sleep. Yea.

2AM Surreality

2011-01-28T23:02:00.003+08:00

Not the dessert bar at Holland V, nor is it the random Korean boyband but the average time I've been sleeping for the past week

2am; the day starts early although I'm generally late. The booming music pounds a tune into our heads; it remains for the rest of the day. First time I'm meeting previously-conceptual people, their larger than life personalities, amazing smiles and awesome hugs. Takes a little bit of getting used to but hell, ya'll make it hard not to love you. (:

2am and it's just about 7pm. Dinner arrives, & we chit-chat; smoothest talker I've ever met. Scattered conversations while we mosey towards our destination and I learn to sing the first line of Happy Birthday - in Spanish (: The rest was too hard. That two hours of lessons, away from ya'll, was the worst I had to bear. Don't think I've missed anyone this bad this fast before.

2am; it's past dinner & I'm awed. Absolutely awed at the spontaneity, talent and evident enjoyment of music. Times like these should last forever. But nay, we went squeezing through crowds in that nearly unbearable heat, taking photos to make the memories last. 2am and it's nearly 11pm. Drinks, music and great company - perfect moment that made the day ♥

2am and it's 10am. We're late. Again. No worries though, the rest were later. 10am and it's breakfast. Morning chess games were never this fun, with everyone commenting and trying to confuse :D So you tapped a shoulder and we all froze. For those five minutes the world in that bubble stood still. 2am and it's 4.30pm. We're furiously paddling, counting, splashing water at one another with every chance we get and rowing back&forth, back&forth just to feel the spray of the fountain upon our faces.

2am and it's 1.30am. Many firsts along that Singapore River. & it's in the comfort of friends that I revelled in while I wandered through the smoky club, ~~spasming~~ dancing, laughing, drinking, hugging, and wondering the entire time. 2am; and it's lovely (some heartbreaking) here&there moments with newfound five-minute friends. 2am and it's 4am; time to let the moonlight settle. Then the realisation sinks in hard: it's all coming to an end... :'(

2am; it's Sunday, it's Monday and before we know it, it's Tuesday. From breakfast to barbecues to the closing dinner, with all the laughing, singing, bonding and camwhoring in between, we're all finding excuses to stay a little later, hang out a while longer, hold on a few seconds more (time dilation, where art thou?). & the inevitable departure weighs at the back of my mind. The best damn week in a lifetime shouldn't have ended all that soon.

*****
One week, in a whirlwind of activities & unforgettable moments, I experienced the overwhelming warmth & friendship of people I never thought I'd meet and people I'll always hold close to my heart. Absolutely mind-boggling how quickly & furiously I got so emotionally attached to this crazy, amazing bunch of Chilean friends - friends I'll remember, miss and meet again in time to come ♥ Looking at the barrage of photos being uploaded makes me feel all nostalgic, weepy and sappy.

Sigh, now it's a matter of adjusting myself back to the reality of school.

It's True

2011-01-18T23:46:00.000+08:00

There's someone out there just like me; someone who thinks the things I think about, obsesses over the things I obsess over, perceives things the way I see 'em, reacts to situations the way I do, muses about the random things I muse about, enjoys food as much as I do.

& it makes me very happy just thinking that (:

On a random note, I really shouldn't second guess my reflex responses/subconscious. It's bad for my mental health.

2011-01-18T00:16:00.000+08:00

As much as it makes perfect non-sense to me, you're just about my unintentionally weak link.

Am floored by how the GMs can find the best moves (based on computer analysis) almost every time.

Lovely, cool weather these few days. Perfect for hot chocolate & apple pie in the mornings ♥

Busy days lie ahead, but I think I'll fare better this semester.

Vocal inflections are very telling. Sometimes I wish I was a little more immune to it. Or at least be able to find the right words to say.

So I was wondering,

2011-01-15T23:55:00.000+08:00

stomach growling does not necessarily equate to being hungry right?
Cos I had a pretty heavy dinner four hours and it's impossible for my food to be metabolised that quickly.

2011-01-11T23:52:00.000+08:00

I think
it will
probably
do me some good
to be
a little more
ks.
But it's
so.
hard.

& I'm questioning myself more than ever. What is this?!

Irony

2011-01-08T00:03:00.002+08:00

During last year's sports camp, I faced five days of sun, sand, water, whatnot (basically, The Outdoors) and I didn't get sunburned at all. I merely, in the words of friend, acquired a healthy tan (which kind of implied I didn't look very healthy before that).

Today's weather was one of grey clouds crowding the sky, incessant rain and barely any hint of strong, direct sunlight. Yet I got sunburned, and acquired a blister along with a few scratches here&there.

Srsly, how is this possible?

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In other news, long bus-rides and interesting conversations are awesome (: The Harboufront hawker centre has nice two-dollar carrot cake. I am still in need of one more mod :/

Δ

2011-01-06T21:08:00.000+08:00

When things, in general, change - or seem to change -, is it because we got bored, we forget, we grew up, or we moved on?

I'm thinking either grew up or moved on since got bored implies some kind of flighty-wilfulness and forget suggests that it isn't as important as we want it to be so it's insignificant enough to be considered Transient. Grew up brings to mind blossoming maturity and the acceptance that things can't always be as ideal as we'd want, so we make-do; face reality, be in the real world. Moved on, on the other hand, hints at a reluctant dweller who finds it hard to overcome the emotional and/or mental inertia; one who's wary of stepping out of the house and into the forest but eventually does so after much time has passed. When somebody says ,"I've moved on", I always imagine it to be combined with a mirthless smile and eyes that are lost in the Memories Of Before I Moved On, like there'll always be a hint of regret. When someone says, "I grew up", sometimes I'll hear a regretful inflection other times, there'd be confidence and the subtle anticipation of What The Future Brings.

It pretty much grounds down to perspective, yes? This is such an inconclusive post; my thoughts haven't finish unravelling themselves. Hmm :|

This Is So Cute!

2011-01-03T00:59:00.000+08:00

Thanksgiving 2010: Sing Praise!

2011-01-02T17:25:00.005+08:00

2010: the year I truly give thanks for the people in my life - (to quote a friend) the ones who pop in & stay, the ones who pop in&out, the ones who pop in&out every once in a while and the ones who unexpectedly pop in for a visit.

I'm so thankful for the incredible people who are blunt enough to tell me off, wonderful enough to remind me of my priorities, annoying (in a good way) enough to laugh at/with me, concerned enough to ask How's everything? Are you okay?, engaing enough to thought-bounce with me, awesome enough to buy me eggtarts, loving enough to pray for me, patient enough to hear my thoughts, comfy enough for me to steal bear hugs from, brave enough to shake me out of bouts of emo-stupors, cool enough to play random mind-games with, accommodating enough to have breakfasts, lunches, teas & dinners with me, audacious enough to question me till I question myself and list goes on (:

The ones who send reassurances & encouragement, the ones I meet at least once a year simply because I have to, the ones I'll always meet during Mocha Meetups, the ones I see on Sundays, the ones who'll sit&stone with me, the ones so scarily familiar to me, the ones who crack me up endlessly, the ones I can tell-off without feeling guilty, the ones I've inane circular arguements & repeated conversations with, the ones I've spoken to but never met, the ones whom I meet at the most unexpected times & places, the ones who make my day with brilliant smiles (:

All of you made my days more than you'll ever realise. & I thank God for having placed you all in my life ♥

Due to the NYE/NYD bustling around, this post comes a little late since I hardly had time to sitthink&type. Nevertheless, here it is.

NYE was a full day out (since I woke up late and had to head out soon after) with friends in the afternoon then meeting my family in church followed by post-service supper. Exhausting, but heart-warming, yes. (: The highlight of NYD was the late night Family Scrabble ♥, complete with vodka, crackers, cheese and whatnot. Lasted till 1am so we were almost late for church today. Unsurprisingly, my alcohol intolerance still gets the better of me. Barely two cups and I hiccuped. Fun though :D

It's All About Context

2010-12-30T22:51:00.001+08:00

"I like to watch them die because I hate them."

My sister cracks me up.

Breathe.

2010-12-28T11:31:00.000+08:00

Three days to think about how to deal with my terrible escapist tendencies, realign the stars, convince myself that what I'm doing's worth it - because till now I remain unconvinced -, hope that it won't be the biggest regret in my life and face the next year head on. Sigma bonding ftw.

Shanghai

2010-12-26T16:32:00.002+08:00

D1. Breakfast on board == awful. SIA’s food quality has dropped. Arrived at Pudong Int’l Airport in the early afternoon and sped through the checks. Citadines’ service apartment’s spacious (enough), cosy, well-equipped and right smacked in the city center (yay to transport convenience!)

Dinner was lunch that stretched from 2pm to 7pm. Wandered from Citadines to The Bund while jostling with people and buying foor from the shops that popped up along the way :D

Skyline!

Nice chilly weather to eat an ice cream just to see if it makes you less cold. It works!
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D2. I feel like a dumpling after putting on four layers of clothes. The smoking/spitting annoys me They smoke/spit everywhere, even in the shopping centre. Am wary of stepping on dark spots on the ground…

Went to QiPu Lu, a seven-storey shopping colossus packed with everything from clothes to accessories to leather goods. We (with the exception of my Dad) understandably went a little crazy with the shopping and bought two additional suitcases to put all the goods.

Lunch of XLB, paus & porridge was an incredible S$7 for a family of five! They have awesome eggtarts there :D

Dreary drizzle since noon makes moving about a little inconvenient but I quite like the bleariness.
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Sis (while watching a Chuck Norris film),”Eh, change la. It’s so boring. It’s like Dora the Explorer meets obstacles…”
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D3. Rain continued its fine, steady descent throughout the day. Becoming a little like the droll British weather except that in Britain, it smells better. Arrived at South Bund Fabric Market after dropping off at the wrong station, got misdirections and walked for ages in the wrong direction. I thought the street vendors outside were more interesting.

Cannot tahan the spit-everywhere-syndrome. According to the ‘rents, it’s already much better compared to when they visited five years ago. 0.0

Burnt the apartment carpet with the iron. Oops. Really, not my fault. Realised after two days that our apartment’s thermostat has been on the heat priority setting. No wonder it’s always so warm and mom always looks flushed. My sister is depriving me of sleep.

The random show with Angelina Jolie and the curving bullet is so stupid.
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D4. Went to SuZhou via highspeed train. People need to stop spitting around so much. It’s really gross.

Am loving the XLB and cute fried dumplings from the store near the apartment. Am loving the random street food too although Dad’s rather wary.

Visited Lion Grove Garden, one of SuZhou’s many gardens. The rock structures are beautiful – abstract & zen (: Weather was painfully cold however, with the temperature dipping to -5 degree C at some point. :/ The chill bites through the bone.

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D5. OH LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW (: The light, fluffy, feels-like-rain kind of snow.

Made a day trip to LongXi Lu to check out the pearl market. Insane place – there are pearls everywhere you turn and it’s relatively dirt cheap!

Lunch at Xiao Nan Guo was awesome. This chain of Chinese restaurants provides amazing food at very reasonable prices. Savoured drunken chicken, crab tofu, roasted goose, Jap-style eggplant and braised pork nuckle (Y) Pretty sure we’ll be going back for round two one of the days.

Scenery seems to get better the farther it gets from the city centre where we reside.Wind is freezing cold. Tried to bend my ear and I heard the cartilage crack. I think my ear’s capable of falling off.
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D6. I freeze my tips off each time I venture outside – nose, toes, eartips, fingertips. Ears are perpetually red.

Went back to QiPu to get fluffy hat before our brains freeze and ears drop off. Dad rocks, he bought more eggtarts (: Sisters and I take childish delight in huffing&puffing just to see the air condense (:

The train system so awfully convenient, especially since the station nearest to us (People’s Square Station) is about as central as it gets. We don’t even need to hire cars/perpetually hail cabs like a lot of other tourists do. Although we only cab if we’re lost (which has happened a couple of times.)
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D7. Would it kill them not to light up at the train station or upon immediately exiting it? NO. THEY WON’T. In fact, I’m pretty sure they might live longer cos the cumulative effect of the seconds acquired from NOT SMOKING will save their lives (am I making sense?)

Hangzhou has absolutely picturesque scenery. Went on a day tour where we visited XiHu, walked some of the gardens, dropped by a tea house (where the tea was rather expensive) and speculated about the questionable relationship statuses of some of the couples who were with us on the tour.

Dinner #2 at XinTianDi’s Xiao Nan Guo! My family can’t get enough of it. We even got a members card this time round. XinTianDi/French Concession’s gorgeous at night, what with all the bars, crowds and décor. Love the old architecture!

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D8. The street vendors pack up really fast. Didn’t get to buy my jianbing :(

Trooped down to Yuyuan today. It’s a rather touristy place but it’s still worth going cos the buildings are beautiful & there’s lotsa food here&there (: Yuyuan Lu has this row of amazingly talented artists who specialise in skills like miniature pearl carvings, clay figurines (insane, this one), leaf paintings, paper cut caricatures, leather silhouettes (also crazy good), copper calligraphy etc. Really, really talented people who should have more support/promotion instead of having to hawk their talents at touristy places like Yuyuan.

Yuyuan has good food although the tang bao is a joke. Love buying bits of food from here&there&everywhere and calling it my lunch (:

Yuyuan (:

The kids here are so chubbily-cute and red-cheeked. They look like little balls of clothes and babies have have holes in their pants so they’re butt-naked, literally. Don’t their butts freeze?!
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D9. Beautiful day to stick my head out of the 16^th storey window of the apartment, enjoy the fresh morning chill, greet the city, sneeze and go ohshucks.

Visited TaiKang Lu (aka Tian Zi Fang) today. It has a very quaint Coven Garden feel, what with the little alleys and quirky boutiques. Has potential to flourish as the next ‘random-hotspot-that-artsy-people-go-to’. Most of the goods/shops there are a more high-end and there’s a good number of art exhibitions being held in the compound. There was an exhibition by paper-cutting master Li Shoubai which I wanted to check out (awesome stuff) but didn’t get the chance to since the family was brisk-walking their way through everything.

Times Square/HuaiHai in the afternoon. Not very impressed – it’s like Orchard Road all over again, except with cooler weather and random park spaces. Walking around and people-watching was much more fun than browsing through their many malls. After much walking, we chanced upon a pleasant city park space where we decided to rest for a bit, stone, watch the people watching old men play Chinese chess and laugh at the kids attempting to play badminton.

Perfect place to while the afternoon away (:

Feliz Navidad

2010-12-25T00:39:00.000+08:00

Christmas Dinner #1 just over. Ah, family (: Love observing the way they interact & giving my grandma hugs. Didn't dare to eat too much considering how I fell sick & nearly puked my guts out the day before. Christmas Dinners #2 & #3 tomorrow and on Tuesday. Thank goodness it's not three days in row.

I'm burping when I press my stomach. Not those massive belches, but the kind where air pockets travel upwards and go poppop&pop. Not a very nice feeling. I can almost see the cartoon-ish trail of soapbubbles coming out of my mouth.

I daresay this is the most contemplative start of any Christmas I've had so far. Can't decide if it's a good or bad thing.

Step Up

2010-12-23T02:05:00.001+08:00

Shanghai notes should be up soon, once I get down to typing them in between the constant movements that will occur in the household once my mother wakes up. Busy busy next few days. And no, not busy eating although eating would be part of the agenda (duh).

Many things piling up in my head again. Need to re-prioritise my life and if possible, stick to the priorities this time.

Till then.