thebeat-goeson

2012-02-17T01:41:00.001+08:00

Real V-day went pretty well despite nearly ruining it for myself. Hahaha. I can't remember who said this, but as much as girls try to pretend that we don't have expectations on receiving gifts on the day itself, when we are bombarded with pictures on facebook of friends receiving stuff and being all lovey dovey, we start to want it too.

So yeah, the day still went alright for me. I only say alright because I spent the day at home scanning stuff at home then i had class at night and a quiz to study for afterwards, but I still got lovely macarons (not all in the picture, because i nom-ed about half before remembering to take a shot), Royce chocolate, and company while I studiedd! (The best part ahem.)

Now awaiting our make-up V-day on the 24th! Whee.

Silly

2012-02-14T13:24:00.002+08:00

Maybe the problem isn't that I am constantly worried that people will decide they don't like me and leave, but that I don't trust people to like me enough to stay.

Happy V Day everyone :(

Maybe it's time to stop

2012-02-13T02:52:00.002+08:00

"If you're good at something, never do it for free."

- Heath Ledger

I keep posting photos of food though i neither cook nor blog.

2012-02-12T03:42:00.005+08:00

I shall just list my cravings:

Violet and Fleur de sel Macarons

Middle Eastern Food

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Really good Century Egg Porridge

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Indian Food

Dim sum (HAR KAO)

FOR GOODNESS SAKE I AM DATING SOMEONE

WHO CAN COOK REALLY WELL! TRALALALA.

2012-02-08T11:40:00.001+08:00

I SUDDENLY REALLY LIKE MACARONS NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE YUMMY.

Boo for you!

2012-02-07T01:37:00.001+08:00

I believe I am a reasonable person. I may have strong opinions on certain things, but can be easily persuaded if someone were to present me with a set of well reasoned arguments. What I don't appreciate is people who are incapable of making decisions on their own and thus have to go behind my back to whine to big daddy because they can't find any compelling arguments to justify their decisions.

Tell me why I'm wrong, or tell me to shut up and listen to you, but don't talk behind my back.

2012-02-06T02:10:00.000+08:00

Downloading recent movies that never made it to the cinemas in little ol' Singapore.

On the other hand, finally collecting my new year's supply of contact lenses tomorrow. Being forced to wear specs everywhere has reduced my willingness to look pretty to ZERO. It's silly, I know.

They're not that old

2012-02-05T22:08:00.000+08:00

Evidently I can't be bothered to finish my CNY post. Do I care? NAH.

Here's a new craving of mine - like literally mouth watering, i WANT to eat this kind of cravings that sashimi often induces in me.

Century Egg Porridge!

I remember hating both Century Eggs AND porridge as a kid, i mean who wouldn't think that black coloured eggs weren't a little suspicious? So I guess it's kind of funny to me in a way #signsyouaregettingold. Need to find somewhere around school that sells good, cheap century egg porridge to get my fix...

CNY YEHH

2012-01-30T01:58:00.000+08:00

Hello again! I shall stop doing moody grouchy posts and move onto descriptive over the top perky ones.

CNY!!!! Much needed festivity and break from sad school.

Tuan Yuan!

Steamboat, of course! I would say our steamboating efficiency has improved. It seems to take a shorter time to cut and prepare the food, then wash up. NOMS AWAY!

Day 1

Pretty much the same routine every year - wake up and put on my new year clothes! Had lots of fun shopping for them this year since mum didn't have a lot of time to, so we were given a "be reasonable" budget and off to spend the next few weeks before CNY trailing through blogshops and such to find something nice!

The result!

Then of course, it's kowtowing to mummy. I sometimes feel like we're kinda overgrown for this tradition. Sure it's cute to see your 5 and 10 year olds in their teeny tiny cheong sams wishing you a happy cny but at 20?? Though it only happens once a year and we are rewarded with ang baos, so no complaining i guess!

And it makes mummy really happy. Look at the gleeful look on her face!

Then it's off to visit the paternal relatives separately. This year we go to Uncle Eric's house since he recently got married to Aunty Sandy (from Beijing!). Their new house is drool worthy - not just the exterior but the interior as well! Check it out!

And of course the highlight of our visit, meeting Ge Ge (Princess, in Chinese)! The most adorable schnauzer to make you fall in love with the entire breed of schnauzers. Let the pictures talk.

She is also really smart! When you say to her 谢谢！(thank you) , she does THIS.

WHAT A QTPIE SERIOUSLY. AND HER LEGS ARE HAIRIER THAN HER BODY SO THEY LOOK LIKE SHE'S WEARING LEG WARMERS AND HER EYE BROWS ARE KINDA LONG AND SHE KEEPS STARING AT YOU WITH THOSE BIG, MELTABLE EYES THAT YOU YOURSELF MELT INTO A PUDDLE OF FATS.

Mandatory pictures with!

And at night it is to Aunty Joyce's house as usual!

Popiah buffet spread! I must say my skills must have increased because i normally don't enjoy the dish a lot, but the one i made was DELICIOUS, because i think i chose all the right things! :D Too bad i could only eat one cause it's so filling and there was tons of other yummy food too. I think curry is an excellent thing to serve at parties. Yum!

Day 2
It's time the party came to OUR house! Mum likes to go cny nuts decorating the place and laying out all the treats but i must say the house did look really good!

Guests arrive! Mummy invites all the aunties that we've known since we were young, poops invites or her teeny weeny scgs friends, and I have the bondue/friends of bondue/bondue related peeps over!

Hello!

Good day all in all. Afterwards have dinner with jommy and justin, then we go for one helluva long drive to pick Janine up from AMK then to her house at YISHUN to pick up her car, and BACK TO THOMSON, for gambering!

I win $6.50! Whee!

Day 3, 4 & 5

Apparently you aren't suppose to visit people on the third day of CNY or you will quarrel with them all year, so i go to school as per normal (not counted as "visiting" i hope), go for class, go for meeting, go back home. Yawn. The rest of the days are like normal school days. Double yawn.

- OK NEED TO SLEEP FOR CLASS TOMORROW MORNING FINISH THIS POST LATER -

I'm talking about shoes.

2012-01-22T23:56:00.000+08:00

My brand new heels got thrown away by accident today and I actually think I feel more pain from losing them than I did when I released my terrapins out into the wild because they were too fat for their bowls.

I'd like to say that everybody but nobody was at fault. I keep running through the chain of events that led to their UNTIMELY DEMISE.

If the maid hadn't put the box with the shoes to be given away.
If I just put them straight into the shoe cupboard instead of leaving them in the box.
If my mum had checked that the boxes were really empty.
If I had acted on my hunch and checked them again even though my mum said they were empty.
If I had dropped the box on the way down to the recycling bin by accident.
If my little sister, who was the last to touch them, had felt that they were a little heavier than normal.

So many "ifs", and at any one point in time had anyone in the chain had acted differently, maybe my shoes would still be with me, and I wouldn't have to feel this funny sense of loss over a pair of inanimate objects that barely belonged to me.

It's also pretty mind boggling to think about how many other losses we have averted throughout our lives because we were more conscientious, more careful or somehow by chance we decided to act differently and saved ourselves from a sudden upheaval away from what we know.

Everyone was at fault, and yet nobody can really be blamed. That's what I learnt.

Love Actually IS...

2012-01-16T23:55:00.003+08:00

Jamie: It's my favourite time of the day, driving you.

Aurelia: It's the saddest part of my day, leaving you.

2012-01-16T01:18:00.003+08:00

Why the fuck am I so lousy at communicating.

Good cop, Bad cop.

2012-01-16T01:07:00.000+08:00

I often imagine that people wish to start their own families because they have some desire to prove that they can do a better job at parenting than their parents ever did. I used to take for a matter of fact that in general most people want to start a family at some point in their life, and for a little while, I honestly didn't. It was pretty aligned to my general sentiment which I have been feeling that I don't plan to grow very old, neither do I have much reason to. But recently I have started wondering what it would be like to be a parent, and if i'd be any good at it at all. I know I definitely want to be someone my kid can talk to openly if they ever have a problem, that I will actually be part of their lives and kind of cool and chill, always supportive, always loving. I know there's a lot of things about parenting besides being a friend, like being a disciplinarian and being responsible, taking care of them when they fall sick etc. That, I probably have to think about more in depth. But that is a given i suppose. In all honesty, I think i'll be a pretty lousy parent. So i guess it's better not to be one at all.

By the way, if you're my kid and you're reading this in some distant future, hello! Guess i changed my mind. Haha.

2012-01-16T00:47:00.000+08:00

Some things I learnt today:

To have the courage to ask for what I want even if the answer may not be favorable to me.

That people love me.

That most of the time, everything is probably my fault.

That there is a grain of truth in every lie or word of defiance that comes out of me.

That I largely, and generally suck and fucked my whole life and relationships up singlehandedly.

2012-01-15T17:34:00.000+08:00

"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they find the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be."

- Marcel Pagnol

2012-01-13T01:52:00.003+08:00

2012-01-10T01:30:00.001+08:00

2012-01-10T01:28:00.001+08:00

I think loving people should be easy. When you meet the right kind of people, it makes you realize how all the pain and heartaches from previous relationships shouldn't have been there at all. All the does he, does he nots are irrelevant, because if he does - you'll know it.

Everyone come back!!

2012-01-10T01:20:00.000+08:00

Hi! First day of school went alright. Actually made it for morning class on time! After that sold my textbooks, fixed all the booking and internet problems, met J for lunch and went for dental appointment.

Just another day in my life that i'll probably forget.

I miss the holidays.

2012-01-09T01:50:00.000+08:00

"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they could fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question."

- Harun Yahya

2012-01-04T03:33:00.003+08:00

Interesting article to continue my month of discovery of

depressing facts and documentaries about earth.

Top 10 Places You Won't Want To Visit

2012-01-03T23:59:00.000+08:00

Hello!! Hope everyone had a great long new year weekend! Mine was pretty awesomee starting with a funny sashimi picnic outside shaw with Justin, aka the friend i hang out too much with!

Hehe. So much sashimi our eyes crossed!

Spend most of New Year's Eve nuah-ing and sleeping! Countdown with the family and head out afterwards for Wii and Poker at Glennie's! I have horreeble hand eye coordination and lose money at Poker :'(

New year's day: Steamboat at home! Ate so many oysters cause nobody wanted to eat them!

Spend more time nuahing afterwards. I know. Love it. I suppose i should do a reflection on 2011 soonish. Hmm.

2011-12-30T01:52:00.000+08:00

Just watched Crazy Stupid Love. Despite the light romcom

kind of feel the poster gives, it's actually a pretty cool show.

The soundtracks pretty good too! I'd definitely say give it a watch :D

I think i'm getting repetitive.

2011-12-27T02:22:00.002+08:00

Sometimes although it's nice (great) to have friends who are loyal to you and forever on your side no matter how silly and obviously wrong you are. It's also good to have someone you trust tell you truthfully that you were wrong, but there's no need to keep kicking yourself over it because it's in the past and that there's nothing you can do about it but to carry on and they'll still accept you for who you are.

I like to think that i am relatively happy despite all the things in life that I feel should be better if i had acted differently or treated more carefully. I think about relationships, not just between lovers but between friends and family as well, and how much fuller my life would be if I wasn't so petty or unforgiving as I was. I would think of all the people who would still be in my life from many cycles ago, but I try to remind myself it is who is left standing that is the most important and to work on those relationships instead of harping on the could-have-beens.

I'm stuck wanting to get out of the position that i signed myself up for. If only i thought about it more clearly and seen where my friends really are would i have made a right choice. The thought of the following year leaves me feeling cold and empty despite many things to be grateful for. I like being in a bubble. My december holiday bubble.

2011-12-27T01:12:00.001+08:00

XMAS PRESENTS FROM JOSH AND PO! They're always so nice to me but i suck and have no munnnyyy as usual even though i know what i want to get for everyone. Promise to save more!!

Photo whoring with poops during xmas day lunch. She intros me to lots of cool iphone photo taking apps which i normally refrain from because i think they're for lazy people who don't know how to post process. But maybe sometimes i AM lazy and i don't wanna post process ahahha.

Xmas eve lunch with dad's side of the family. It actually looked a lot nicer in real life and very Christmas-y and it looks like Opa cranked out the good dining set!

Also hit boxing day sales with Justin! Rocks! He hates shopping but somehow pulled the will and bought 3 SHIRTS AND 4 PAIRS OF JEANS in 2 days! Loving my job as personal shopper haha.

I'M SO POOR MY CHRISTMAS WISH (do i get one?) IS FOR CNY TO COME FASTER ETC.

From Jasmine's Tumblr

2011-12-26T02:32:00.001+08:00

BORED.

1. Who was the last person you held hands with?
SEKRET.

2. Are you loud, outgoing or shy?
Shy like a fly.

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?
See 1.

4. Are you easy to get along with?
Yes, but only if you talk to me first.

5. Have you ever given up on someone, but then gone back to him or her?
Nope. I rarely give up on people. If i did, they probably really SUCKED.

6. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?
Definitely.

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?
I hope!

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?
POO XIAN cause we are making memes on facebook chat like bosses

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?
Kinda.

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?
Alexis!

11. What does your most recent text say?
Hahaha need to see you drunk one day

12. How do you feel about abortion?
I'm alright with it.

13. Do you like big crowds of people?
Only if i'm watching them from higher ground.

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?
Luck, yes. Miracles, maybe.

15. What good thing happened this summer?
I got the holiday i wanted in BKK!

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?Yepppp!

17. Do you think there is life on other planets?
Definitely!!!

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?
No :'(

19. Do you like bubble baths?
Only until they become cold and gross.

20. Do you like your neighbors?
Hahahhaha.

21. What are you bad habits?
I KEEP SLEEPING AND STAYING UP LATE AND SMACKING PEOPLE.

22. Where would you like to travel?
Greece, Egypt, New York

23. Do you have trust issues?
Not unless broken before

24. Favourite part of your daily routine?
Jumping back into bed.

25. What body part are you most uncomfortable with?
Cellulite. Thighs.

26. What do you do when you wake up?
Check for morning texts ^^

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?
Nope. Love my skin the way it is.

28. Who are you most comfortable around?
I would say Justin. Haha sorry, grosssness.

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?
No ex's hahaha.

30. Do you ever want to get married?
Sometimes.

31. Is your hair long enough for a ponytail?
Always!

32. Which celebrities would you like having a threesome with?
I don't think of celebrities sexually :\

33. Spell your name with your chin.
My body moved sideways too while i was doing it too haha.

34. Do you play sports?
I constantly wrestle with my bed in the morning cause it won't let me leave.

35. Would you rather live without TV or music?
Music. Love teeeeveee.

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?
YES. Sadly. But i don't think things would be very different now.

37. What do you say during awkward silences?
Squish.

38. Do you think age matters in relationships?
Yep.

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?
Forever 21?

40. What do you want to do after college?
Miss college.

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
Definitely.

42. If you’re being extremely quiet, what does it mean?
I'm not feeling well.

43. Do you smile at strangers?
Depends on said stranger.

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?
OUTER SPACE.

45. Do you want a roommate?
NOPE. Need my own personal space!

46. What are you paranoid about?
That i only have until 2012 to live and i'm not doing it to the fullest.

47. What was the meanest thing someone ever said to you?
That i wasn't "fun" and "energetic" like her other friends. Oh, sorry for being me.

48. The nicest thing?
That they missed me.

49. Have you don something recently you hope no one finds out about?
Hehe can't say!

50. What language do you want to learn?
French!

SANTA BABY

2011-12-26T02:05:00.000+08:00

Christmas doesn't really feel much like Christmas these days. They can hang all the lights and sing all the carols but the truth is there isn't much meaning behind it for me.

I really wanted to give everyone presents but no munny :'(

Hate being broke and having to choose who I like most on xmas.

I hope everyone else found more meaning than I did.

I should probably have written cards, but i stopped writing for a while.

I need to start a diary.

Suddenly it doesn't feel so bad having to live a life second guessing whether people like you or not.

2011-12-21T00:58:00.003+08:00

It's so cold these days. I wake up and i'm shivering. I go to bed and I'm freezing.

People should tell each other more that they are happy to see each other.

The image of jasmine streaking along the road at Thomson is actually kind of funny when i think about it again.

What does the holiday season mean to you?

2011-12-15T01:41:00.000+08:00

Watched 50/50 on Monday with Jas, Siang and Justin!

Bryce Dallas Howard too pretty alreadyyy even though she was a bitch in the movie :(

2011-12-13T16:02:00.001+08:00

Because no one is a good friend enough to say, "yes, you've made mistakes, but we still love and cherish you for who you are, so please come back."

2011-12-08T15:37:00.000+08:00

I wouldn't say life is uninteresting. Finding stuff to fill up my days by meeting up with friends and working for mummmy.

Things to look forward to:

Baking a rainbow cake!
Picnic at the Botanical Gardens!
NOM NOM NOM @ Justin's!

I'm sorry i'm such a lazy blogger.

2011-11-26T13:01:00.001+08:00

"You have to stop going, doing, chasing and start spending more time being yourself."

- Dr. Robert Holden

Eggs.

2011-11-25T04:11:00.001+08:00

Love it!

2011-11-19T22:12:00.002+08:00

Yay newest food love - eggette!

Crispy outside but squishy and floury on the inside :)

It's a hong kong snack but you can get it at Raffles

city basement at this shop called "Bo Ji"! Try it!!

Sudden motivation for december holidays!

2011-11-19T03:00:00.001+08:00

Salad, wine, avocados, awesome bread and spread.

Squish

2011-11-18T22:25:00.002+08:00

Study Week. Tetris Battle.

I sleep too much.

Salmon, carbonara pasta, long beans and popcorn chicken for lunch.

We're funny that way (:

2011-11-12T15:16:00.000+08:00

2011-11-10T09:07:00.001+08:00

Can't remember if i changed my contacts this month already. Bah.

Even if it does, you just do it all again.

2011-11-06T23:04:00.001+08:00

So! Happy stuff this week.

Had an impromptu Raffles City basement food feast with Jasmine whereby we proceeded to buy our way down almost every finger food shop in the basement. I'm talking Best Fries Forever, Gong Cha, Mr Bean, Eggette, Chippys, etc. What piggies.

Satisfied Katong Laksa craving on Saturday with the boyz just that i was the only one eating the laksa -.- Hum galore lalalala.

Why does everything happy revolve around food.

2011-11-05T16:53:00.002+08:00

The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-between
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

2011-11-05T01:16:00.002+08:00

I suppose I should blog happier stuff more often.

No comments.

2011-11-04T21:16:00.002+08:00

So, when someone helps you because they're nice, I don't think that puts you in any sort of position to comment on what they should or shouldn't have done for you because they didn't have to, yet they did.

"Housework is something you do that no one notices unless you don't do it."

The perils of switching from Creative Director to HGS: No one congratulates you when you send an email out well, but everyone gives you hell if you make any kind of mistake.

"Do come home more so I can speak to you sarcastically."

Pillow Fight!

2011-11-03T09:04:00.001+08:00

Nah.

2011-11-02T16:17:00.000+08:00

Modern Family Season 3, How I Met Your Mother Season 7, Gossip Girl Season 5, 90210 Season 4, ~~Project Runway Season 8~~, ~~Project Runway Season 9~~, Vampire Diaries Season 3, ~~Doctor Who Season 5~~, ~~Doctor Who Season 6~~, Doctor Who Confidential S05, Doctor Who Confidential S06, Glee S03

Om nom nom

2011-11-01T10:33:00.001+08:00

a) Japanese Food (sashimiiiiiiiiiiiii)
b) Middle Eastern Food (hummus, herby stuff)
c) Indian Food (curryyy)
e) Singaporean Food (bak chor mee, prawn mee, OO, CC)
d) Chinese Food (xlbs, sooup)
e) Italian Food (pasta)
d) Western Food (fish and chips)

2011-11-01T10:15:00.001+08:00

Try googling "Fish and chips"

BORED. BORED BORED.

2011-10-31T01:48:00.001+08:00

Wouldn't it be cool if we could go to an amusement park in Singapore.

I have a lot of fight in me today. Don't piss me off.

2011-10-31T00:11:00.002+08:00

I want to start on a diary again, but it's been almost two years since i've written in one proper, and the thought of all the lost memories that i never wrote down seems such a shame that i don't know where to start.

It's interesting how we can be asleep and sometimes reality seeps into our dreams so much that they become part of them. I feel like that half the time in the real world, like I can be walking and suddenly reality just seeps into me and I feel heavy, heavy, heavy.

When it comes to bidding, i decided against begging people to let me into groups. There are far more people who i know less who have been more than happy to let me join theirs and I ask myself, why not be with people who want to be with you?

I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool

2011-10-29T05:19:00.003+08:00

My favourite doctor who episodes EVER:

1) S06E01 & E02 (The Silence eee)
2) S05E04 & E05 (Weeping Angels!!)

2) S05E11 & E12 (EPIC SEASON FINALE)

3) S06E05 & E06 (Flesh!! Creepers.)

2011-10-26T02:48:00.001+08:00

When people talk about burning bridges, what kind of bridge do you imagine?

Mine is the rickety wooden one across a grand canyon.

2011-10-25T01:04:00.001+08:00

"I just asked my 11 year old autistic brother what he would do if he saw 2 boys holding hands. He said, 'people would think it is weird, but I don't. I like holding hands with cats, i think if you love something you can hold its hand.'"

- Christopher Robert Baxtor

2011-10-25T00:54:00.002+08:00

I've never said this before but

DAMN YOU SPAMMERS!!!!

Thanks to you I have to clear my cbox posts as often as I clear my email. Rawrrrrrrrr.

Need Friends!

2011-10-24T03:58:00.002+08:00

Go to the beach

Have a hipster photo day out

Dress up for high tea

Laksa at Holland V

Shisha at arab street + eat middle eastern food yum

Dim sum

XLB Buffet

Breakfast

Bake a rainbow cake

Karaoke

Facial

Cook

Christmas Party

New Year Party

2011-10-23T01:56:00.002+08:00

These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD

as part of a test conducted by the US government in the late 1950’s.

The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity

box full of crayons and pencils. His subject was the medic.

(VIA JOSHUACHAN)

Hello.

2011-10-23T01:54:00.000+08:00

I've been so free these days, just settling project work. But I don't really feel like studying. Midterms have left me with a lack of motivation and second thoughts to whattheheckamidoinginbusinessschool.

Halloween's coming. I remember largely disliking halloween last year.

Need to start planning for what to do in during the December holidays. Everyone seems to be leading or going for ocsps, but I know i've never had good experiences with ocsps, ever.

The internet is boring today. I shall read.

After everything that's happened

2011-10-22T01:40:00.004+08:00

Slowly reading...

2011-10-22T01:33:00.003+08:00

"Oh well! So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds and thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go."

- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

2011-10-16T23:34:00.001+08:00

"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time."

- Paolo Coelho

2011-10-16T23:00:00.000+08:00

I got this

100s & 1000s

2011-10-16T22:57:00.003+08:00

Joan's 21st yesterday, hope she had a happy one. My favourite part was the ice cream bar where i spammed all the hundreds and thousands i wanted into my ice cream and watch the colouring run out of them till they turned brown and the ice cream was soaked in a million colours.

I tried not to look but what else could it be?

2011-10-15T16:25:00.009+08:00

I don't have a lot of words in my head these days. Quotes will have to speak for me.

Modern Family Season 3, How I Met Your Mother Season 7, Gossip Girl Season 5, 90210 Season 4, Project Runway Season 8, Project Runway Season 9, Vampire Diaries Season 3, Doctor Who Season 5, Doctor Who Season 6.

I have a new laptop case. Thanks Josh! :D

Love this!

2011-10-15T16:23:00.003+08:00

When seahorses find a mate, they wrap their tails around each other

so that the tide won’t drift them apart. Once a mate has been found,

they spend the rest of their lives together. When the mate dies, they do as well.

(VIA JESSICAGABRIELLE)

Halloween is coming! What to wearrr.

2011-10-14T15:56:00.001+08:00

I love the depth of focus on this

2011-10-14T15:55:00.004+08:00

2011-10-12T22:18:00.002+08:00

I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know what that was. I knew only what it wasn’t.

-THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES

Funny how often i think of having a good breakfast when i can't even bear the thought of waking up for one.

2011-10-10T23:15:00.004+08:00

I like to congratulate myself.

2011-10-10T22:52:00.007+08:00

"Good job, mon!"

2011-10-10T22:48:00.002+08:00

2011-10-10T02:46:00.001+08:00

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy or art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

- C.S. Lewis

2011-10-10T02:41:00.001+08:00

Ouch.

2011-10-10T02:32:00.000+08:00

It's so much easier to pretend that you are changing people than to change yourself.

It's worrying how little time it took for me to just get down to business, when I think back to less than half a year ago when every little thing was so laborious yet thrilling, and now, where is the magic? It makes you appreciate the people who were along with you the whole way, and it's sad that they're not around anymore.

Sorry i'm being cryptic.

Norwegian Wood

2011-10-07T01:43:00.002+08:00

Now the song is stuck in my mind.

I once had a girl,

Or should I say,

She once had me?

2011-10-07T00:00:00.002+08:00

When it rains, i pretend it's this.

2011-10-06T18:29:00.002+08:00

2011-10-05T12:45:00.002+08:00

"Sometimes we waste too

much time to think about

someone who doesn't even

think about us for a second."

-Wiz Khalifa

Why do some planets get more moons than others

2011-10-05T12:26:00.003+08:00

2011-10-05T03:25:00.003+08:00

"Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire."

- Franz Kafka

I just want to keep posting pictures of food

2011-10-05T02:00:00.008+08:00

Is it me or has everyone lost their sense of adventure? It's recess week guys. Yes, we have projects to do, but there's no class, live a little, do something FUN before we get down to school again. I need a YES friend. One day we will feel like eating the most random food, like nachos and burritos, and it'll happen. I feel like baking a rainbow cake, let's do it! Let's go eat some XXL pizza at Peperoni (god, i've been craving it so badly)! And we'll go! Sorry it's all food related. I'm hungry.

On a side note, turkish food the other day with Josh and Po was so yummy.

I have had a complete 360 degree change in my opinion of hummus.

If this is what Year 2 is going to be like then I don't want to be a part of it.

Thank goodness for xlb buffet on thursday!

I never got the hype about rainbow cakes but...

2011-10-04T03:44:00.002+08:00

This Image gave me an awesome idea for my 21st birthday party theme.

Finding time in between school to read

2011-10-04T03:37:00.003+08:00

More books to read:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (I typed this as S-y-l-i-va Plath. Haha.)
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles (also) by Haruki Murakami

Currently reading...

2011-10-04T03:16:00.008+08:00

"Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future."

- Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

I don't ever feel like sleeping except when i wake up.

2011-10-04T03:00:00.000+08:00

2011-10-03T02:36:00.000+08:00

And a little later you added:
"You know, when a person is very,
very sad, they like sunsets."
-The Little Prince

To answer your question.

2011-10-03T02:34:00.001+08:00

"I've noticed that the downside of Tumblr-type blogging is that it isn’t really blogging. The photos are nice, no doubt, but blogging has lost its original flavour. The Me-flavour. Reblogging whatever you find doesn’t mean it depicts how you actually feel at that point."

- MDGY

Haha i love quoting my friends, and i agree wholeheartedly with Jasmine. For a while i couldn't pinpoint exactly why it is that I refuse to leave blogger when everyone is happily tumblr-ing away. Indeed there is a little personal touch that is involved when it comes to blogging that you can't do with a tumblr. Sometimes i do reblog, sometimes i don't. I do whatever i want with it. I have a tendency to stick with things for a long time. So many memories here, why leave it?

Poached Eggs and Sauteed Mushrooms

2011-10-03T02:13:00.003+08:00

All it needs is some baby asparagus for the perfect breakfast!!

You can write but you can't edit.

2011-10-02T21:50:00.003+08:00

ed·it

tr.v. ed·it·ed, ed·it·ing, ed·its

There are some friends whom I don't have to edit myself around. There is no worry about whether they will judge me for saying what I want to say, for feeling the way I feel, or just ranting on and on without a single punctuation mark.

Today karma was in my favour. Feels good.

Haha i take photos like this too.

2011-10-02T21:37:00.000+08:00

Can you handle things too well?

2011-10-02T03:03:00.001+08:00

It's funny that it took me so long to feel this, but the other day I finally felt that I deserve so much better.

Po suddenly told me that it's a good thing that I have so many weird friends. It shows that you don't really judge. I think I myself am pretty weird too, and I can only hope my friends would do the same for me.

I haven't had a lot to say recently.

Mids are over, but recess week is hardly a recess.

Hi, please pay attention to me.

2011-09-29T01:48:00.004+08:00

"Sometimes the darkest nights give rise to the brightest mornings."

2011-09-27T15:09:00.000+08:00

One day i will visit barca.

2011-09-27T14:01:00.002+08:00

Everything worthwhile is worth the wait.

-YENTL REYNDERS

2011-09-26T01:11:00.001+08:00

I think i've run out of olive branches

2011-09-22T09:14:00.000+08:00

Trust shouldn't have to be earned, it should be given freely. If trust had to be earned, you're setting yourself out to be disappointed by many people, and perhaps even blocking people from coming into your life.

2011-09-19T17:04:00.001+08:00

It's the middle of the semester, but we somehow still find time to have a cook out. Haha.

I sometimes feel like i was born in the wrong year.

2011-09-18T23:38:00.005+08:00

I learned a lot from elections. While i'm thankful that everything went well, I remember the feeling of uncertainty and loneliness i got while trying to make everything work. That said, i knew that I had great support from my lovely 13 invisible "campaign managers" (even though they couldn't do it openly) and people like Jiahan, Justin and Chang who really went the extra mile to help me. It's such a gamble, this elections stuff. Time, effort, resources, pride are at stake, but one thing i realised which is the most important is friendship, amidst all the competition. I tried to keep that in mind and to extend a helping hand to my friends because i know how it feels to struggle to hang a huge banner of your face, and i'd never want anyone to feel the same way. To struggle. Hanging a banner. Of your face.

Waiting for the feelings to finally set in.

2011-09-17T22:14:00.001+08:00

Started a new roll of film for no reason today,
except that the light was nice and it inspired me.

I should carry my camera around more.

Perhaps typing it out here will remind me...

2011-09-17T14:38:00.001+08:00

Books to read but zero time:

Life of Pi by Yann Martell
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

2011-09-17T14:25:00.002+08:00

Whatever the results are, i can't wait till retreat! :D

2011-09-17T14:22:00.000+08:00

It isn't support if you only do it halfway.

2011-09-16T02:52:00.002+08:00

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."

- Henry David Thoreau