i enjoyed farhan's list of 100 thingsso much (also because he is very funny and he writes very well) that i decided to come up with one for myself.
so here goes.
100. i LOVE macdonald's fries.
99. i didnt know that my voice sounds so childlike until everyone started commenting on it, probably because i've reached the age where i'm not supposed to sound like that anymore.
98. i love reading morbid, complicated stories that involve murder, abuse, war, long and painful court cases and psychological issues (best if the ending is ironic too).
97. i am hopeless with hair styling, the best i can do is tying a ponytail.
96. my hair doesnt grow, so i dont have to worry about the above point (yet).
95. i get gastric pain when i take in too much secondhand cigarette smoke.
94. i used to wrap my school books with the sunday comics pages.
93. my first dog died in a car accident.
92. i secretly thought of working as a carpark attendant because all one does is sit in an air-conditioned, cosy little booth and watch the cars zoom by. 91. i could do better - i can read a book, drink starbucks or paint my nails while doing that.
90. i told gladys about the above point yesterday and turned out it was her secret dream too (HAHAHAHA!).
89. i think we've found our passion. HAHAHAHAHA!88. she smsed me this morning to suggest that working in the mrt control office is not bad too.
87. i disagree because i think it doesnt look easy enough, haha!
86. i am a crybaby. i can cry on cue.
85. my friend, benjamin and i had a cry-on-cue competition where i won hands-down, of course.
84. i dont wear jeans.
83. i always mix up words with remotely similar spellings like milan and miami, perth and paris, conversation and conservation, amicable and amiable.
82. my first ever favourite colour was purple.
81. i was the assistant head prefect when i was in primary school.
80. my first perfume was a barbie fragrance that my father bought on the plane.
79. i have at least eight different types of perfume at home.
78. when i am stressed, overwhelmed or freaked, i talk to myself, not in my head but vocally.
77. i cant stand guys who carry their girlfriends' handbags.
76. when i was younger, i thought of naming my first daughter charlotte.
75. i then changed my mind because i think it's too sweet and cute of a name. i now prefer elizabeth, which i think sounds more like a girl with character.
74. my first trip to orchard was when i was hmm...i dont know, 16? or maybe 17.
73. i mostly stayed home and played on my own or with my brother when i was small.
72. i cried every single day when i first started kindergarten.
71. i still cried in my first week when i started primary school, till i got to primary three.
70. i've never been to any overnight camps.
69. i had birthday parties almost every year till i started secondary school.
68. i hated the first boy who liked me when i was about nine, not because he was awful but because i hated boys in general.
67. i have cellulite in my thighs.
66. i loved princess diaries so much that i could watch it like twice a day, everyday.
65. it was to the point that i could memorise every single line and facial expression of the characters in the show.
64. three of my best friends and i recorded our own music album using some voice recording feature on the computer and burnt the songs into a cd.
63. we each still has that cd with us.62. we also had our own "agent" (poor kelvin) and fan club president (yes it's you, limin, hahaha!) who just needed to sit in our recording and try not to make any sound.
61. i once accompanied one of the above mentioned best friends to a singing competition and i think i forgot my lyrics after like two lines.
60. as illustrated above, i'm hopeless at remembering lyrics.
59. or numbers, or names, or anything beyond my textbooks for that matter.
58. when i was young, my dream wedding gown has a short tutu and comes with a pair of knee high boots.
57. i'm obsessed with liquid paper (or tape). every page that i write in bounds to have parts "liquid" over.
56. this odd habit was discovered by samuel, who used to sit beside me in class.
55. he liked to look at my organiser and laugh at the things that i had to remind myself about.54. i was mad blur and would note down every minute detail of tasks i had to complete.
53. including things i wanted to say or how i had to stay happy for the day.
52. i'm only at 52?! ok this is more difficult than i thought.
51. i dont like to have my hair washed when i go to the salon.
50. i find it extremely uncomfortable and awkward. just get on with the hair cut lah.
49. i eat durians with chopsticks.
48. i was an avid sailormoon fan. i liked them so much i even had a sailormoon uniform.
47. and a sailormoon bag and a whole set of sailormoon stationery.
46. sailormoon shoes and albums and albums of collectible cards.
45. and a limited edition sailormoon barbie doll. ha!
44. i loved to study so much that i made my mom hire a tuition teacher for me just so i could have more homework to do.
43. i used to have perfect eyesight but i pretended that i couldnt see very well so that i could get glasses.
42. i thought glasses make you look clever.
41. i love happy colours. red, yellow, green, bright. sunshine, outdoor colours.
40. i used to do all sorts of funny faces on camera until jason, my ex-colleague at today told me that confident, beautiful girls dont have to hide behind those ugly expressions.
39. he taught me how to smile for the camera.38. i still dont smile very well, but i stopped doing funny faces (most of the time).
37. i dont watch tv. yes i major in mass comm, so?
36. i adore kingsley.
35. i intentionally put that point at 36 because he likes even numbers.
34. my favourite number is 5.
33. my ideal sunday morning = snuggling in bed, with bossa nova music in the background and being served breakfast in bed.
32. instead of being a vegetarian, i once told myself i wouldnt eat anything with a face.
31. i dont know how i came up with that.
30. the resolution lasted for maybe a week.29. i secretly think my four years at ntu have been a great waste of money and time.
28. my first photo shoot was for today - a christmas special feature.
27. people i dislike at first always turn out to be my best friends. see gladys and may. 26. so if you think i dislike you, it may turn out great in the end, let's see.
25. my dream destination is africa.
24. i stopped learning piano at grade six. i hated the exams.
23. ooh yay, i'm finally at 23!
22. i recorded all my reasons for my love posts so that there wont be any repeats.
21. to date, i already posted 70 reasons for loving kingsley. the list is, however, going to be endless.
20. i hate people who dont stand to the left on the escalator.
19. if i allow you to see me without make up, you are probably someone very dear to me, hahaha!
18. not counting LBDs, i only have one black top, given to me by kingsley.
17. i dont read fashion magazines, unless i'm waiting for the dentist or something.
16. i love attending weddings but i dont have any close relatives in singapore so i dont get to do that often.
15. i used to love drinking and could drink a lot. kingsley hates it. 14. i dont think i can drink more than two glasses now. ok maybe three.13. my most outrageous hair colour was done for a hair show two years back - blond highlights against brown. lian max.
12. i dyed it jet black at the very first opportunity that i had.11. i used to have six ear piercings, three on each side.
10. they have all closed up because i have allergy reactions.
9. a friend told me once that people with a dark blue rim circling their pupils can see ghosts.8. i have that and it totally freaked me out. 7. in the end, i realised everyone has it.
6. when i first met kingsley, i thought he was rather vain for he kept complaining about how his teacher wanted him to cut his hair.
5. we were sp ambassadors then so i secretly thought that his teacher was right.4. i've always been a teacher's pet.
3. he thought my name was pecky (or something equally incredulous).
2. kingsley and i got together when he was in australia and i was in taiwan.
1. my name is becky and it's not short for rebecca.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 |
10:08 PM
where ah lians hang out
i dont like bugis.
but since my first timeat around de worldcafe, i've always been craving for their prawn pasta with white wine.
so i asked bff out and we had dinner there.
what a disappointment, sigh...
opted for the caesar salad instead of the mushroom soup this time and this is what i got.
?!?!
i can do better, like really.
and then the pasta came, with shriveled, swarmy green chinese vegetables that looked like they came all the way to singapore from mainland china, three months ago.
yikes.
fortunately, the banana bar was still passably satisfying, though still not as good as the first time.
it might be because 1) my expectations were too high, 2) i was too hungry the other time or 3) i just have a bad memory and remember the whole thing wrongly. maybe it's not even this cafe.
ah well.
meeting up with gladys was fun though. wish the rest of the crew didnt have to mug so badly and could come out and play too.
damn you, ntu.
p.s. i just realised that firefox users cannot see the colours of my font. everything appears to be pink here, no? poor you, i would have you know that i DONT use bimbotic pink for all my text, i actually bother to alternate my colours. hyperlinks will also appear in different colours.so conclusion? please switch to google chrome.
p.s.s. i'm contemplating a move over to tumblr, but that will depend on how much time i can spare on learning about and adapting to a new interface, heh.
Monday, December 6, 2010 |
8:05 PM
long, long time ago...
i turned 21.
and i invited some of the most special friends from different phases of my life thus far.see any familiar faces?
hahahaha.
i was doing some research for my interview next week when i saw an old email that i sent to kingsley two years ago, containing some photos that we took together at my 21st macdonald birthday party.
(i am intentionally ignoring your question of why i had my 21st birthday party at macdonald.)
wah lao, i didnt know i was already so impossibly nice to him back then lor, inviting him to my party and sending him a very friendly and personal thank-you email (as opposed to a mass sent one) after.i think i wasted a very cute macdonald invitation card on him too (and i coloured it myself some more).
hahahaha.
come to think of it, we've known each other for like...i dont know, five years? and it never fails to amaze me how we have progressed from being just acquaintances to friends to now, a couple.
i guess this is what you call affinity.
haha.
two more weeks to your return.
cant wait.
:D :D :D :D :D
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1:40 PM
a sign of maturity...
...is when you no longer spend every other weekend at downtown east and actually enjoy it.
since our cycling tripthe other day, daddy had been very intrigued by the idea of camping in the outdoors (while waiting for us, he saw many people doing that at ECP) and tried proposing it to my mom.
no go, much to my relief, ha!
and so he settled for a 2D1N stay at a chalet, thinking that it would be a good middle point between camping and just a bbq.
the thing is, my parents had never been to a chalet in singapore before and always thought it's similar to those in hong kong.
it's not.
and we would have our extended family there in hong kong to share the experience with, which will of course make a lot of difference.
zzz.
i was very reluctant to be part of this whole chalet thing but i finally gave in for i ultimately want to spend more time with my family.
still, it doesnt change my dislike for downtown east.
this coming from a person who used to go there for at least three to four times a year, thanks to class gatherings, birthday parties bla bla bla.
my familiarity of that place was to the point that i could remember where everything was in that self-contained little "resort", from the individual chalet clusters, to the theme parks to even the fast food restaurants and entertainment facilities.
though much upgrading has been done, the bulk of the place remains the same.
and it is as crowded as EVER.
with kids, big families, teenagers, kids, big families and teenagers.
yikes.
for vincent's sake (his first time staying in a chalet), i volunteered to bring him around the place. for my own sake, i thought of starting off the tour with some sweet, soothing ice-cream.
and these eye-catching wordings on the wall in an ice-cream shop beckoned at me, as if answering my silent prayer.
looks promising.
but looks only.
it tasted kannasai.
soft serve, my foot. it's just any ordinary ice-cream and i could have easily spent half the money to get a much better tasting sundae at macdonald.
yikes.
saw popeyes, where i bought my favourite fries and biscuits.
took FOREVER (though they market themselves as FAST food) to get my order, by which time i was already breaking down at the seams from being surrounded by all the screaming children and wannabe teenagers sulking and talking loudly and rudely in big groups in the restaurant.
fortunately, something FINALLY worked out right.
moist, warm and savory, popeyes' biscuits are simply HEAVENLY, i tell you.
when we got back into our room, it was only about three in the afternoon and the novelty was starting to wear off for my parents, such that they no longer exclaimed at everything they saw (i bet i inherited my optimism from them).
so everyone was feeling rather lost, for we didnt really know what we could do for the rest of the day.
what did my friends and i actually manage to spend 3D2N at these chalets in our younger days, i have no idea.
so anyway, i then whipped out my laptop and worked on my law exams preparation while the rest watched some old hong kong movie (but it was stephen chow, so not THAT bad) on tv to while the time away.
pathetic or what?
hahahaha.
after an hour or so, we all decided to go for a swim at the pool, somewhere even i hadnt ventured into.
my father and i just did our usual laps but i could see vincent was getting bored after like two laps, so we started making up games to keep ourselves entertained.
hmm...we managed to waste about another hour plus at the pool before we returned to our room, with a whole stretch of nothingness looming before us again.
hahahaha.
out of desperation, i actually spent the next hour watching local tv - a rerun of some channel 8 drama with fiona xie, jeanette aw and all that, some swimming show or something.
then lawrance arrived with his friends and we could finally start up the fire for our bbq.
at first, the boys marked the bbq pit as their territory while i was assigned sai gang jobs like cutting cucumbers.
it was only when they got bored with the job did vincent and i have a chance to display our talent.
you'll be surprised by how good i am at it lor. i only discovered it myself earlier this year,
haha.
so anyway, we were sitting around torturing our bodies with these cancer-causing (but yummy, thanks to me) trash when we started talking about nemo and how sad he looked when we left the house.
the silly dog isnt silly at all when it comes to food and play.
he knew we were going out to play and sat at the door like a petulant child, refusing to be left alone at home.
he even ran out of the house (which he never did, unless we were gone for a long time and he got too excited seeing us again) and parked himself at the lift.
pooooooor old thing.
so my father, who wasnt at the scene because he was getting the car ready, felt increasingly uneasy about it. and by the end of the night, we decided to go home to keep nemo company.
WHEEEEEEE.
best news ever because i was starting to be overcome by the siansation of having to sleep on the beds that my brother and his friend very inconsiderately lied on to play their card games after the bbq, without bathing or even washing their feet.
boys. *roll eyes*
so anyway, the plan was that the boys would stay for the night (they are still at the age of actually NOT despising downtown east, i guess) while my parents and i would head home first.
so here comes what is even better than the best news: my dad had quite a few cans of beer and couldnt drive, which means...I GOT TO DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahaha!
bestest best news ever.
i thought i would be banned from his car for ever more (though i DIDNT damage his car at all from the few times i did drive it) but apparently lady luck was on my side so yap, i got to drive home last night.
it was very uneventful when i did get down to sit at the driver's seat (as usual, the hype was more exciting than the actual event of driving) and i was drained by the end.
but everyone was very happy to see nemo, who was even happier to see us.
and so that is my family's first (and hopefully last) time at the chalet.
:) :) :)
Sunday, December 5, 2010 |
8:54 AM
shopaholic united
i know i'm supposed to be studying but to celebrate bff's birthday, i declared saturday a no-work day.
WHEEEEEE!
gave her three birthday packages to choose from and she opted for high tea at room with a view cafe/gallery.
yes that's the name - room with a view cafe/gallery.
so is it a room or a cafe or a gallery, apparently the owner cant quite decide.
hahaha.
i couldnt remember the order of the nouns and so we had a hard time googling it when it was actually just ten steps ahead of us.
the hot chocolate and carrot cake were extremely tasty, but you can give the sandwiches and honey lemon drink a miss.
the place is smaller than what i perceived from moon's photos but it was quite empty when we were there, so there wasnt any noise or people to irritate me. the service was very friendly and personal too, which made the experience much less disappointing.
went to a hidden corner of chinatown because gladys wanted to check out tracyinny, which turned out to be a erm...disappointment of sort, though i did manage to get a top.
towned next because i wanted to get a new bag and check out xiangjun and belinda's flea stall at *scape.
couldnt find the girls but spent two hours plus at the editor's market at cineleisure.
it's OMG SHOPPING MADNESS, i tell you.
been a long time i shopped for real so you can imagine how the pent up energy in me just EXPLODED.
hahahaha.
if you are not familiar with the editor's market, it's this boutique which works something like those distributors' market in thailand (according to what i heard). basically, the more you buy, the cheaper the items are.
so you grab all the clothes, shoes, bags and accessories you can, combine your loot with your friends or like-minded strangers at the counter to try hit 18 items so as to pay the lowest price possible.
to be honest, even the lowest prices arent that cheap, for merchandise of that quality but i'm extremely gullible to clever psychological pricing strategies so yes i fell for it all.
hahahahaha.
we also had a little exciting episode at the counter when we realised that we only had 17 items instead of 18.
so we started scrambling for whatever we could lay hands on, while our three newly made shopping comrades (whom we combined our bill with) stood wide-eyed at the counter and the cashiers smiled to themselves like this is something they see all the time.
again, we experienced surprisingly good service, with obligating, patient, cute cashiers and salesgirls, a rare commodity in singapore.
it must be our lucky day.
finally, we settled the bill and the whole shopaholic united stood outside the shop to check our loot, tally the bill and bask in the sense of achievement and camaraderie between us.
:) :) :)
rushed to vivo for our dinner appointment with the rest of the gang, for we wanted to celebrate qx's birthday too.
at modesto, which boasts of good pasta, old fire oven-baked pizza and good customer service.
like i say, it must be a lucky, lucky day for us, to have received great service through the day.
ha!
attendance might not be the highest but it was better than expected, given the upcoming exams.
was quite satisfied with my aglio olio.
but not as much as gladys with her spaghetti with clams, wine sauce and olive oil.
i think she spent half her time polishing off all the clams lor.
ah...all in all, it was a highly gratifying (and draining) day spent with some of my favourite girlfriends.
now i'm even MORE motivated to work for my papers.
after my family day at the chalet later, that is.
hahahaha.
Friday, December 3, 2010 |
12:56 PM
reasons for my love #64
you're original, cannot be replaced.
Thursday, December 2, 2010 |
8:19 PM
of bits and pieces
oh simple thing, where have you gone?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 |
9:15 PM
camera for bimbos
it suddenly occurred to me that nobody really knows how to use my camera, which explains why we always end up with photos like this:
and this.
by the time we manage to get a remotely decent shot (with the flash on), i would have looked damn cui anyway because it's just so tiring to keep posing.
if i just post this last photo, you might think that forensics science is a mad tough module, judging from my siao char bo hair. but honestly the module is one of the easiest (or so everyone says) electives offered.
in any case, we've come to the end of it and like keryeong, i'm glad that we took at least ONE class together in university, having gone apart for hmm...seven years?
ah how time flies, gross.
felt unusually ravenous throughout the day today, probably because my energy loss from yesterday's cycling trip had not been replenished yet.
thank god for junk food.
to my delight, may and angel agreed to have dinner with me outside, for i was suddenly craving for...
MY FREE RAMEN!!!
though the branch at jurong point doesnt serve my favourite pork curry ramen, i made do with the spicy cha shu one and more importantly, i was appeased by the surprisingly yummy dishes that i dont usually order, thanks to the girls' recommendations.
so all ended well and i was a happy, happy girl by the time we went home.
:)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
8:00 PM
you with the power
would you please blow away the dark clouds over my head?
and make me smileeeeee again.
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7:20 PM
at the heart of this long summer feeling
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5:40 PM
turn wheels, turn
it was a spontaneous thing, us going to east coast park to cycle right in the middle of the day.
vincent is having his holiday and my dad is on leave. i jumped onto the bandwagon because i thought cycling would be a lovely change to my daily run.
and so off we went.
nemo came along but he could only wait for us by the beach with daddy because he couldnt run as fast or far as we would go.
:(
the pretty sights were therapeutic.
and a dose of sunshine and flowers can cheer me up anytime.
after two hours of cycling all the way to changi airport and back, my butt hurt like no tomorrow.
still...
haha.
and here is nemo's autographed photo for you, since it's been a while since he last cameoed on my blog.
haha.
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11:09 AM
heartache
perfect love is like a blossom that fades so quick when it's blowing up a storm in may
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10:05 AM
when you become old and grey
you lose count of the number of candles to put on your cake.
le chasseur may not be the most glamorous place to have dinner at but i guess derek had a good night anyway, thanks to us of course.
haha.
yes i was kinda overdressed for the evening, but i just couldnt resist donning on my cute LBD.
haha.
Sunday, November 28, 2010 |
5:55 PM
ouch
when every second that ticks by is torturous.
sigh.
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5:44 PM
so this is the secret
spend seven minutes each day imagining and feeling having what you want . do it until you know your desire belongs to you, as you know your name belongs to you. -rhonda byrne
Saturday, November 27, 2010 |
4:55 PM
sop for gatherings
step 1: remember correct timing for meeting, and not come one hour too early or too late like what i always do.
step 2: arrive at restaurant and catch up with one another while perusing the menu.
step 3: order food.
step 4: take photo with food in following format.
step 5: table topics are inclusive of but are not limited to global issues, marriage, work, sex and new gossips of old friends.
step 6: go on to dessert and continue eating.
step 7: take photo at door of restaurant (may not always include signage).
step 8: take a 15-minute stroll in the nearby shopping centre.
step 9: find a place for drink or dessert round two.
step 10: sit down and repeat steps 2 to 7.
unfortunately, we couldnt find a place that wasnt full at bugis.
yikes.
so we came home.
hahahaha.
on a more cheerful note, guess what i got from the post office today.
yayness.
Friday, November 26, 2010 |
11:35 PM
reasons for my love #60
the thought of hurting you hurts me even more.
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9:41 PM
right here, right now
today as i sat in the lecture theatre listening to dr d give his annual school report, it suddenly dawned on me that i'm now in my final year.
like really.
in the blinking of an eye, here i am with about half a year to go before i step into that big, big world.
i never thought i would feel sentimental about it but for that moment, i really couldnt help it.
oh well.
i guess i've never quite felt a strong sense of belonging to the university, or even my school. after all, i only had an average of three modules per semester and spent about two days per week in school in my year one. and then it was six months in taiwan in year two and another six at internship in year three, with only an average of three to four modules in the remaining semesters.
one moment i was a freshman and the very next, without even realising it, i was already a senior.
now, i'm one of those mysterious, elusive final year students who are more like shadows floating around in school.
all in all, i feel like i'm in a state of limbo. i'm just here, bidding my time.
ah...
now now, the end is just beginning.
and for the first time, i'm truly standing at a crossroad with the world before me.
woot.at the back of my mind, i've always known what i want to do after everything but for once, i'm on my own, with no guarantee if this is the right path, or whether i can even make it.
:(
let's just hope that these last seven years of tertiary education will amount to something after all.
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8:42 PM
SEOUL!!!
i’m not someone to be messed with i’m a fox on a mission you know you’re challenging the best here it’s gonna be real hard but i’m gonna be okay as long as i try real hard i’m always gonna find my way i’ma find my way
three weeks. two papers. and one potentially life-changing interview. i can do this.
Thursday, November 25, 2010 |
7:38 PM
pitter patter pitter patter
raindrops cafe is especially comfortable when there is nobody else but us.
:) :) :)
worth spending my off-day with.
it's for their birthdays after all.
my first polaroid and i look like i have no nose.
boo.oh and here comes christmas!!!
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Sunday, November 21, 2010 |
9:41 AM
far, far away
where troubles melt like lemon drops high above the chimney tops
Saturday, November 20, 2010 |
8:47 PM
becky 好介绍
it just occurred to me that i havent been reading for a while, no thanks to my busy schedule and the never ending queue in the library's waiting list for good books.
to my surprise, however, i just received kazuo ishiguro's never let me go though i dont remember reserving it, and i devoured the whole book within one day and a half.
:) :) :)
because i couldnt remember anything about the book, i didnt have any expectation when i started reading it, which turned out to be a good thing.
it started off as a normal enough story where the lead character kathy, now an adult in her thirties, recalls growing up in a beautiful, idyllic, nurturing boarding school-like place and going through the usual joys and dilemmas of childhood and adolescence.
it's only after a while did i realise that kathy and her friends are not "normal" people. they are clones bred and raised in a secluded, protected environment so that normal people can harvest their vital organs when their own start breaking down.
the story reminds me of the movie the island, but way more disturbing because its tone is all gentle and bittersweet and calm, like it's not a morbid, twisted narrative but a poetic, tragical love story (though i believe the subplot is).
once i've read between the lines and grasped the real story concept, i could pretty much guess how the rest of the story goes. but still, when i reached the end, my heart ached for the characters and even for the the whole darkly skewed system and society depicted in the story.
i guess i feel like i have grown up with these kids and they are pretty much like you and i and i can identify with the ups and downs in their lives and their love, friendship, innocence, memory and very human fragility.
and above all else, i feel disturbed and erm...to be honest, quite intrigued.
so just now, i started digging around for more information about the story and OH MY GOD, there is already a movie about it coming up soon!!!!!!!
and this is the trailer:
i'm so going to watch it!!!
i highly recommend you to grab a copy of the book before the movie is out, because there will be mad rush for it by then, and it's always nicer when you know the original works when you watch its adaptation.
:) :) :)
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10:30 AM
no point
standing in the middle of the street, taking photos at places we merely pass by - only when you do this with your best friends will you NOT feel silly.
hahaha.
cant help but feel pleased with the progress of my chorp chorp card from ajisen.
for your information, this was taken before we had our meal, so after adding our bill from last night, i've already surpassed the free ramen stage and am now moving towards the final destination - $10 off my bill, though honestly i dont think it's especially attractive.
hahaha.
i'm sure when the annoying noise from the construction site nearby stops, i will be able to think of more substantial stuff to talk about.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
7:44 PM
sweet dreams
are there moments when you feel so close to your dream that it is no longer a dream but something close and tangible that you can almost touch and feel?!
the feeling hits you when you least expect it and would linger in you for a long, long time, buzzing with electrical excitement, taunting and rejuvenating you at the same time.
you have so much faith in it; you think so much about it that you even dream about it at night.
but it's not the dramatic or cryptic type in which you are always tangled in some action or busy trying to decipher its meaning, only to wake up feeling disturbed, unsatisfied and tired.
it's peaceful, almost mundane but is so vivid and realistic that it's as if you are not dreaming but looking at your future through a window.
it's almost like you've been time travelling in your sleep unknowingly.
and when you wake up, you can still clearly remember every moment of it.
it's almost like deja vu in a warped way, if you know what i mean.
if i were any younger or more naive, i would think that i have an undiscovered, secret talent of being able to look into the future.
but now, i dont really care, i'm just happy that i've experienced it at all.
it's thrilling, gratifying and somehow it gives me a sense of relief too, as it makes me feel much more confident about fulfilling the dream.
and that is the most empowering feeling ever - to know that you can overcome the problems that you foresee ahead, and get to where you want to be.
:)
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7:07 PM
all the way from hong kong
my favourite masks at incredibly cheap prices.
:) :) :) :) :)
"welcome home, foreigner."
and finally, loads and loads of my favourite biscuits, fishballs, vegetables, mushrooms, meatballs, vegetables, egg tarts, vegetables fresh from dim sum land.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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1:46 PM
why i blog so much
i love my blog.
it keeps me sane.
HAHAHAHA.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
6:47 PM
are there times...
...when you feel so lousy all you want to do is to crawl into your bed and never get up?!?!
Sunday, November 14, 2010 |
9:07 PM
once in a while...
...you need moments like these.
:)
snuggled between the sheets till the whole bed was bathed in sunlight.
had quiet walks with nemo in the park showered with golden flowers.
basked in the morning noises at the coffee shop which somehow reminded me of a similar scene in our primary school pets course book.
smiled and had small talks with strangers having breakfast and/or admiring nemo.
had brunch which lasted me through the day.
filled the house with exotic french music and indie pop songs.
watched my favourite tv shows.
fell asleep to the lullaby of the rain outside.
cleaned the house not because i needed to but because i wanted to.
listened to silence.
had a loooooong hot bath which washed away all the fatigue and dirt and bad memories.
spent time with myself.
i should really do this more often.
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7:45 PM
sunday's for daydreaming
travel south until your skin turns warmer travel south until your skin turns brown put a language in your head and get on a train and then come back to the one you love
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12:24 PM
our entertainment at the picnic
is it just me, or is gladys actually more entertaining than nemo? hahahahaha!
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11:36 AM
be nice to p-plate drivers day
though it's been raining these few days, saturday turned out to be real fine.
:)
yours truly had my first drive (as weird as i look in the driver's seat).
and i went to west coast park with my bffs and NEMOOOOOOOO.
woot!!!
kelvin made sandwiches, which surprisingly, tasted really good.
gladys brought some really refreshing taiwan longan jelly dessert of which photo i forgot to take, ha!
but oh well, we finished up the whole barrel of it, that was how much we love it.
so what did i contribute, you ask.
i brought entertainment.
though he wasnt always very responsive or interactive.
with toys and treats, however, we managed to coerce nemo into staying still for some photos.
dont you just LOVE his dopey happy bunny smile?!?! hahaha!
:) :) :)
we had fun, a relaxing, peaceful kind of outdoor fun.
and we didnt resort to painting our nails.
HAHAHAHAHA.
you see, gladys actually brought nail polish to the picnic because she was worried that we might have nothing to do and would feel very bored soon.
and people think i'm bimbotic.
HAHAHAHAHA.
though the picnic was great, highlight of the day was when we decided to drive ALL the way to ang mo kio to collect from a friend a gift kingsley bought me in london.
we got lost twice and i probably broke like n number of traffic rules along the way but hey we completed the whole trip in two hours and most importantly, WE MADE IT HOME ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and the car is intact.
:) :) :) :) :)
i wouldnt have been able to do it without my darlings though!!!!!!
gladys for helping me look out for potential dangers and giving me a refresher course on the dos and donts on the road.
kelvin for looking up the map and keeping us girls calm when all we could do was scream and laugh and be hysterical (at times).
keryeong for smsing me all those encouraging words and practical advice the night before and even calling gladys up to ask her to look after me (causing her to lose sleep!!! hahahaha!!!!).
and nemo for being such a gooooooooood boy at the back of the car. i believe he looks sooooo cute that when all the other drivers saw him, they got so distracted they forgot to horn at me. HAHAHAHA.
oh and yes, thanks to all the drivers on the road too, for being so patient and always giving way to me and refraining from horning at me.
HAHAHAHAHA.
as fun as the whole trip was, we were however, just drained ttm at the end and i think my first ever on-the-road experience is good enough to last me till the end of the year at the very least.
HAHAHAHA.
by the time we reached home, we only had an hour or so before we had to go out again to meet the rest of the crew for shopping and dinner.
been ages since i last saw the dolls.
oh how i miss them.
:) :) :)
in conclusion, saturday was a BLAST and i couldnt be happier.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
_sugar, we are going down
since october 13, 2009.
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becky lo pui ki
5th july 1987
someone who sings a little summer song.
