Secretly 老人.

Unleashing my inner old soul. Looping these:






Love her version. I think I'm secretly a 老人.

I'm blogging so much cuz I'm not on fb. The account's still there but I've deleted the app. Twitter too. All in preparation for the China experience whee~

Running Man can sing!

And I thought he could only run in running man...

Men are all like that

Men are all like that, I wouldn’t be any different
I valued you at first but then I flew away
Men are all like that, I wouldn’t be any special
I had all of your heart but then I flew away
Men are all like that

It seemed like I could never catch your heart
But little by little, your heart became to come into my hands
Now I feel burdened when you say you can’t live without me

I used to stay up all night, worried that your heart would change
When I opened my eyes, I called you to make sure of your voice
I used to hope that the moment would last forever

Men are all like that, I wouldn’t be any different
I valued you at first but then I flew away
Men are all like that, I wouldn’t be any special
I had all of your heart but then I flew away
Men are all like that

I used to just look at you for minutes
I held your hand tight, afraid that I might lose you if I let go
I used to be sad when we said goodbye so I turned back multiple times

Now I walk ahead of you
When we talk, I don’t look at your eyes
But it’s not because I don’t love you

Men are all like that, I wouldn’t be any different
I valued you at first but then I flew away
Men are all like that, I wouldn’t be any special
I had all of your heart but then I flew away
Men are all like that

Women are all like that, you wouldn’t be any different
You knew my heart but you hoped that I’d return
Women are all like that, you wouldn’t be any special
You knew it wasn’t but hoped that I would be your last
Women are all like that

Emotionless.

A friend shared a report she saw on the news about how we are ranked the most emotionless country in the world. So since I am too lazy to revise for exams, I decided to read the article.

So I guess we are really cold and unfeeling. But wait a minute.

You from the US are supposed to be more emotional. But I think I am more emotional than Samson. How can you be 18% more emotional than me.

So I conclude that the results of this poll is not true.

Can't wait to open one.

Saw THIS on TV a long time ago and the idea has always been at the back of my mind.

The Museum of Broken Relationships (Croatian: Muzej prekinutih veza) is a museum dedicated to failed love relationships. Its exhibits are personal objects left over from former lovers which are accompanied by brief descriptions. At first a traveling collection of donated items, the museum has since found a permanent location in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2011, the Museum of Broken Relationships received the Kenneth Hudson Award for the most innovative museum in Europe.

It would be worth a visit I guess!

Supermemory.

THIS was an article presented on by one of my classmates that day, entitled Exceptional Memory Explained: How Some People Remember What They Had for Lunch 20 Years Ago. It talks about how some people can remember every single detail of their life, and how they memory doesn't seem to erode with time. We always wished to remember every piece of information esp nearing the exams, and I never thought that such abilities could have negative effects as well. I guess the most irritating part of this ability would be that negative memories would be remembered with the same intensity and detail, which makes it really hard to get over bad experiences/events.

I read somewhere else in my evolutionary psychology textbook about why memories are not infallible. Why we are absent-minded (cuz it helps direct attention to more important things), why we don't remember things as accurately (cuz we sometimes remember things which put us in a good light for our own self-esteem) etc. And what left an impression on me was why memories are persistent. It argues that such negative memories serve the purpose of reminding us not to make the same mistakes again. Which is true when we think of how sometimes we try so hard to not remember the bad stuff but it just comes to your mind time and again.

It's kind of saddening then, if we do have such an ability to remember every single detail. I suddenly am full of admiration for our brain. So amazing.

All the best for exams!

#likeadragqueen

Logged into the school site to do a last forum posting but was so uninspired so I shall just leave it as that. I am disgusted with myself for not putting in more effort but I'm so sick of it all already. It just drags on and on and on and on. #likeadragqueen I want to graduate.

I cannot wait for all these to be over and I'll be in wuhan/chengdu shivering in the bitter cold. \

It's raining.

Since I got my S3, I've started saving nice pictures/cartoons/comics/images in my phone so that I can look at them when I'm bored to make myself feel happy.

It's raining now and I made the mistake of switching on my com so I am writing something here. I just realised Wordpress is also banned in China so looks like I got to look for another way to communicate with you earthlings. Wanted to try to get a Weibo but I wasn't in the mood to read Chinese characters last night so too bad. But I'm still very excited about getting a Weibo HAHAHAHAHA. Say it with me, Weibo. Weibo. Weibo.

Loop

Here we go all over again.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Just in case you wanna know...

1. I'm going to China in Dec. Technically I can still back out since I haven't paid/confirmed my application but of course I'm going. I think. It's a winter school but as a year 4 who doesn't need to map the module, I'm definitely going to work very hard to ace it.

2. I don't think you care that I'm leaving. Haha.

Oppa Gangnam Style

http://lizclimo.tumblr.com/

Now I have a new tumblr to follow! By follow I mean check regularly, since I don't have a tumblr account. I secretly envy people who can draw + inject humour in their drawings. I think it's kind of cool.

LIKE LIKE LIKE

Click HERE and like our photograph!

In case you haven't liked it yet. I can't believe I'm actually taking part in such a competition hahahaha. This is crazy.

Pray inspiration comes soon.

What the pancakes!

Pancakes at Humble Origins near LT11! They served it with butter and maple syrup. I wanted a root beer float but I don't drink floats so I asked them to put the ice-cream separately. So they gave me ice-cream in a cup and we decided to add it to the pancakes. The pancakes were fluffy, I like! And not that expensive too (I haven't eaten lots of pancakes though). 2 for $3.50, 3 for $4.50 and 4 for $5.00.

My friend tried their toast with banana and bacon. I wasn't adventurous enough to try it cuz WHO EATS BANANAS WITH BACONS?! But according to her it was nice, sweet and salty. But still WHO EATS BANANAS WITH BACONS?!

Happy Teachers' Day

In case you teach.

A card my student made. Inside the card were lots and lots of  cupcakes. Makes one feel so happy to see many cup cakes.

Recess week in 3 more weeks! Can't wait!

End of Week 2 Post.

It's the end of Week 2, but I've only attended one class for each of the module I've taken. Reason being 2 of my classes fell on Monday which was a public holiday, and I fell sick the day before my class on Thursday so I had to miss it. Had something like food poisoning, whereby I felt so bloated the whole night and eventually vomited twice before I went to see the doctor. Doctor said, "A year ago you came to see me for the exact same problem." HAHA. Can't stand myself. I haven't gotten flu/fever/sore throat for some time already, but I can't help it if it's vomit leh. Then again I've recovered already. Plus point is I got to sleep a lot and slack legitimately.

Sick of the status quo. Needs to look forward to something, preferably in Dec. But when I look at my bank account and think of my great plans to visit Taiwan for my grad trip, I dare not make plans. That day I started calculating the amount of money I got to pay NUS and it was OMG much. Scary. :/ Man has unlimited wants but limited money.

My phone is smart

No school today. Woke up at 9am and it was raining but I couldn't get to sleep. So I've been awake for the past 3 hours and did nothing constructive. Watched 2 episodes of kangxi, cooked my own lunch (cuz it was raining heavily) and then played some games on my phone (woohoo! love having a smart phone!). Perhaps I should study a little. Then again, my readings have not been assigned yet so there's nothing much I can do.

I watched an episode of kangxi a few days ago whereby they made the guests showcase their notebooks. Some of them can doodle very nicely and I was inspired to write something that myself. Like doodle a little and reflect on my day. We'll see if it works and if it helps improve my drawing haha. I've always admired people who could draw cute things. It's one of the gender stereotypes that people have of females, like they must be able to draw super cute things. This makes females like me in an awkward position. I'm glad at least I have reasonably nice handwriting.

It gets awkward when some people don't know about it yet and they talk about it. Yesterday I was at the know-the-angmohs programme and I wanted to leave. I bade farewell to one of my male friends and he told the exchange students that I 'jia ren you yue'. It wasn't an appropriate time/place/situation to tell him, and he continued teasing me for a while. Ahhh, if you know it please spread it like wildfire. I feel bad when people feel awkward.

On brighter news, downloading lots of apps on my phone makes me super happy! :D May things just keep getting better.

HAPPY START OF SEM!

Happy shirt to start a happy sem!

HELLO! A new semester has started, and I never thought I would feel this happy and this ready for it. I'm in year 4, doing seemingly more difficult modules but I feel so powerful now I can kill monsters. It happened to be my free day today (I hope no more if I can get this other module I want) so I went to buy stationery to for the new sem. I know it's a bit late haha but better late than never! Then I realised I don't actually need stationery but I got a yellow marker and a ruler anyway.

And it's August! We're halfway passed 2012! I don't even know if I've made any resolutions haha. Thinking back, the only things I remember doing is learning Bahasa Indo. And that's about it. I shall aim to do something out of my comfort zone again, possibly in December? I don't want life to slip back into monotony again (not saying it's extremely exciting now). And Samson update more more more, I wanna know all about Taiwan.

Either way, have a good sem! Or a good next half of the year! There are still 4.5 months before the year ends, make the most out of it! :D

AUGUSTUS.

Graduation card.

I think all my cards look the same HAHA. But I recently became interested in buying stickers and I think I've spent $10 on them already. Not a lot compared to other people but I think it's a lot for me. I could eat so much more things with $10. Like a naan buffet. Or a porridge buffet (Which costs $9.30 after + +). But school's starting soon and I won't be able to spend time doing such things (i.e. making cards) so while I'm free and in the mood, might as well do it. Why such a long paragraph to explain a card, you may ask. Wanna know the secret? Well, I'm not telling you!

Life has been great. Happy things happen and makes me feel happy though I don't really have 8 hours of sleep everyday. Like Phelps winning Gold. Or US team winning gymnastics. Or Singapore winning a bronze. Or maybe more important things than that. HAHAHAHA. Such as Samson coming to Singapore. Or maybe Samson leaving Singapore finally. Kidding, Samson, you know we miss youuuuuu. And please keep updating about Taiwan, with pictures preferably.

Modules wise, I am doing crap next sem but I'm not feeling too angry/annoyed/sick/sad/frustrated yet. Because think happy and positive things will happen. Think happy thoughts! *v (^_^) v* OMG I HAVE RESORTED TO USING MANY SYMBOLS TO MAKE AN EMOTICON. LIKE AN ACT CUTE. Can't stand it.

Jiayou, to the world. To you. To me. :))

An Inspiring Post.

It's mid-July! School is starting in less than a month's time, and the jobless have given up all hope of getting a job while the jobful are coming to the end of their money-making experience.

I had a 12 hour sleep last night cuz I was feeling super tired (despite not having done anything) and a little sick. It feels great. Plus I probably slept my illness away so it's great too. 

Okay that's all. Hope my post inspires Samson to update. HAHA. Quick updateeeeee.

Pris Jobless.

Lighting up your dark world. So beautiful omg.

Okay so I am jobless. Means no money. Means don't feel like going out. Means mum will nag. Means cannot go out too often.

But, it happens to be birthday month whahahaha. So for the time being, before my money for the last temp job comes in, I can still survive. (Cues 'I will survive, I will survive oh oohhhh~)

Looking at the modules for next sem makes me feel slightly depressed. Because it feels like I cannot cope with all that. AHHHHHH I need to feel like a student. Please let me wear a uniform. Please make me wear white shoes to school. Please make me bring a backpack. And my modules are all going to be at U-Town so that I can enjoy the "state-of-the-art facilities". How cool. This means I won't get to eat Yong Tau Foo at Arts or drink fruit juice or eat Indian food or bump into people OMG this is depressing! AHHHH. Please come U-Town to bump into me pleasepleaseplease.

Sunflower

Just to show off some happy things. 

My youngest sis told me sunflowers will face the sun. So I said, "Really? Imma turn it away from the sun and see if it turns towards the sun." But I didn't turn it, and I left my room. Minutes later, my sis came to me and whispered, "Jiejie, did you turn the sunflower away from the sun?" I asked why. She said, "Omg it's so scary. I think the sunflower just turned by itself."

Book Recommendation.

My sudden interest in North Korean defectors. Strongly recommend this book! Easy to read, no difficult words, one of those books which I will remember. Took me only a day to finish it. But the book's not mine, so I can't lend it to you. Haha.

One of my favourite lines from the book: 'I escaped physically,' he said. 'I haven't escaped psychologically.'


Reminds us once again how psychology is so important yet not given the attention it deserves.

Life is great.

Random kitten sitting #likeaboss

Life has been pretty tiring for me this week cuz I've been waking up at 730 everyday for work. Except today, whereby I woke up at 9 and felt that it's beautiful to be able to sleep till 9am. Oh and except for that one day when I could report to work later at 10am instead of 9am and I found the world more beautiful cuz I get seats on the Circle Line and I can breathe on the red line.

But the nice thing about this job is I end work at 4pm latest (usually). The earliest I left work was at 3pm. So I get to make full use of my concession and go walk walk around at other places. In the past week I went to J8, City Hall area (to run some errand), IMM, JCube, AMK Hub. Haha, love it when I tap tap tap away #likeaboss!

Today I bumped into a friend and she showed me this book she was reading. It was about North Korea. I managed to read the first few pages. The book contained interviews done with a few people who were defected from North Korea. I came across this story told by a woman about life there. She says it's very dark at night, so dark that you couldn't see the buildings on either side of the road. She was seeing this man at that time, but cuz the man was of a higher social status they couldn't be seen together in the day. So they could only meet at night when no one could see them. And the author wrote something along the lines of when we think of North Korea we think of poverty, suffering, hardship, how can they live in such conditions, what are the leaders doing, omg they are so poor thing etc, we forget that they are actually humans like us, and that love still exists. It sounds hopeful for a moment.

And we started talking about North Korea for some time. About how the people try and try to escape from there. READ if interested. Makes me so sad!

When we think our problems are great, and we look at people with greater problems and how they are so determined, our problems become so much smaller in comparison. Life is great!

Because I blog more conscientiously than you all.

Here's a new post!

Can't stand it. Keep refreshing but no one else updates these days. I don't know if everyone else is busy or if I am the only loser who has nothing to do or if both statements are true. But I'll be working in June (FINALLY!) for 3 weeks (only, sigh) but at least there's some moneyyyy. As my sayings go, some money is better than no money, or money in is better than money out.

Andddddd I'm falling sick grrrrrr. Throat itchy, nose blocked just before I'm about to start work sighhhh! This sucks! :/ Not that my work requires talking but stilllllll...

Uh that's all. Have been meeting up and getting souvenirs whee~! I love pwezents!

Samson update quick! And come quick!

Wedding Proposal II

Another cute wedding proposal! :D Makes me so happy to see happy things happening in the world.

Pretentious soft toys.

You, pretentious hello kitty wearing a big bird/elmo/cookie monster hoodie. Y U NO LET US KIAP U?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

Okay, not like I love soft toys a lot. For me they either 1. Collect dust or 2. Stay in their plastic packaging until I take them out to collect dust or 3. Hidden somewhere in my cupboard and stay in their plastic packaging until I take them out to collect dust. It's the collecting dust part which makes me dislike them, cuz once it gets dusty my mum will ask me to throw it away (not like I have many soft toys). And I really cannot bear to spend money on a stupid care bear (Cues: Who needs a Care Bear hug?) or stitch, like my sisters. 

Therefore, I conclude all soft toys are pretentious and serves no purpose and I'd rather spend the money on a good meal instead.

But still...Y U NO LET US KIAP U?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Updates on this holiday.

It didn't seem that long from the last time I posted, but it has been 12 days and people like Ah Sin are dying for a post. Can't stand my fans sometimes, really. HAHAHAHA.

I really love to imagine that 20,000 people are following and reading my blog religiously, because I'm secretly attention seeking. Woohoo!

KL trip was walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk rest walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk. Spot the 'rest'. But I kind of enjoyed it actually. It's nice to go on a holiday with friends sometimes, instead of family (which I have been doing for the past 21 years) (okay, not like we go on holidays very often) (I mean unless you count my trips to JB. Think that's the furthest I went with family besides the Bangkok trip with mum in Sec 3 and the HK trip with grandma and uncle 2 years ago) (don't you love it when there are more words in brackets than in my actual post itself) (cuz brackets makes me feel like I'm whispering and telling you some big secret which makes things a little mysterious ooooohhhh~). Cuz you don't get people fussing over you, asking you to make sure this, make sure that, bring this, bring that. It also forces you to be more alert, which I think is good training for someone like me who is bad at remembering roads/being vigilant in general.

Then it's slack slack slack and spend money everyday. Like eat awesome naan, eat Saizeriya (they should totally pay me for being their spokesperson. I hope they come up with some membership card soon or something), random buffets (as you can see this paragraph is all about food). Managed to catch up with some friends a bit, am grateful for 1307's chalet + steamboat, finally seeing MOF1, meeting teman baik (yes you tzy I think that's quite a cute code name for you) and last but the most meeting OFF like 10 times a week. I even played badminton with my little sis and HTHT-ed with her. It was nice. :)

Okay, whole point is, life rocks. I wished I never had to work. Which is ironic because people think I'm an ant. And ants work a lot. Or maybe I'm the queen ant. Just sit and do nothing but lay eggs. Except I don't lay eggs because I'm a mammal. Okay this is getting a little weird. The end!

Cat with 2 faces.

Cat with 2 faces, how intriguing!

That's all before I leave for KL! :D Buhbye!

Gross.

Random scarecrow I saw near some HDB flats at AMK.

Kind of cute, I've never really seen people attempt to make a scarecrow before.

Since I don't have much to do at home except catch up on the shows I missed during the exam period, I shall reward you faithful 20,000 readers with another blog post!

I just wanna say I think the underage prostitution case (although it maybe some time back already) is really gross. Esp when men who get caught are from certain professions. It's always easier to forgive when they are maybe businessmen (Stereotype: Devious, cunning) than if they are lawyers (Stereotype: Supposed to uphold justice but may be under a lot of stress) or doctors (Stereotype: Save lives but may be under a lot of stress too). But it's hardest to forgive if they are teachers and principals. I mean, you're supposed to be educating my children about morals. Imagine 10 years later my teacher appears on the news for such things and I recall how he used to inculcate values in us. GROSSSSSSSSSS.

And and I can't believe their wives and children actually went with them to court. If it were my husband I don't think I would be so noble, really. One even renewed marriage vows I heard. Which makes me think, how far can a woman push her own limits. How can they be so forgiving. How can they not give up on their marriage even when the husband did something so so shameful. And who can we believe? Then I start being paranoid for about 2 mins, like suspect that the men around me are like that, maybe just haven't kenna caught only.

Okay random sharing to show that I've been thinking critically even though exams have ended. My butt might just fuse with my chair soon. Ewww, gross. Okay erase that image. Do not think of a white bear.

Post-Exam-Post

For those who are flying off to somewhere!

Ah, exams are finally over. Okay maybe not finally, look who's done with exams last Fri. And look at who's not studying for his last 40% and went out for celebratory meal nevertheless.

I made the cards for my two friends from HK whom I got to know this year. I picked them up at the airport when they first arrived, and throughout the sem we met up a few times for meals. They are really nice and sincere people. Being with them reminds me of the summer in HK and the fun we had. Esp listening to them blabber away in fluent Cantonese and trying to catch some words in their convo.

I'll be going to KL from 7-9 May! Just FYI if you care. And FYI even if you don't care. It's going to be my first time to KL and I'm pretty excited! I've been to Genting but not KL. Must draw up list of things to do before the trip!

Hope you're enjoying your holidays! Can't wait for money to fall from the sky! I already feel bored and want to start working.

Happy Exams!

Kind of cute, made me laugh. What an apt exam meme!

Inspired by Samson's new blogpost, I decided it is time to update again. I have so many post exam plans but as a year 3, I know half of them won't take place.

On a sidenote: Me wants job. Job. Job. Job.

Today when I was studying at Macs this woman clipped her fingernails behind me. I was so afraid that the nails would hit me/my clothes/my hair. Grossssss! Just when she finally stopped and I heaved a sigh of relief for having dodged it all...

... she clipped her daughters nails.

What's next? Shaving at Macs? Putting a facial mask?

Okay that's all! Good bye and good luck!

Updates for you who can't stop refreshing my page.

Exams are nearing again! All the best to you who cannot live without extra luck. I can't believe Samson has been updating his blog more conscientiously then I do. On happy news, Samson's coming to SG. Can't wait! Ah Sin you better come back to SG too! The whole world's coming to SG! Woohoo! :D

It's Week 13 and soon we'll be sitting for our exams again. I have a Bahasa Indo paper to do next week as well as an oral to clear. :/ It has been a long time since I last had to feel that anxiety when waiting for my turn for an oral examination. But as a Year 3 with plenty of S/Us, you can always use that to comfort yourself if you do badly.

Will be going to KL after the exams! And a chalet to look forward to. :D And of course job-seeking has to start. #lifeofayear3 It's the last 3 month holiday for me to earn some money. Must earn many many.

Till another time!

Mastermind.

Sometimes, I miss the days when people don't drawsomething on their iPhones, listen to their MP3s/iPods, cut fruits on their tablets or update fb status/twitter/tumblr/whatever once every 0.0021314 seconds. Can we play some Mastermind anot?

Updates on pretty boring life

Which explains why I don't have a boyfriend. Not my fault that I'm not a bitch leh.

Nah, just feel like sharing photos I took using my phone randomly over the months/years but never uploaded anywhere.

Updates on my pretty boring life:

1. The world is playing Draw Something. Imma kill the next person who asks me if I have Draw Something. M got a shock when he asked me and I shoved my phone into his face and agitatedly went "DRAW WHAT?! DRAW WHAT YOU TELL ME?!"

2. I finally got a pay rise from tuition. WHEEEEEEEEE!

3. I survived 3 mid-terms a week. Technically maybe survive is too strong a word cuz I don't know my results yet but before results come out, I'm a survivor.

4. Speaking of Survivor, I like every player Yixuan hates.

5. OFF and I decided that there's nothing to look forward to this sem. Except maybe potential JB one-day trips. Which I go on with my family every now and then anyway. Like today they went JB too, to celebrate my grandpa's birthday. Plus, we are not getting internships (Please hire us!!), maybe because we haven't been conscientious enough in our applications. :/

6. Imma become the best Saman dancer in the world. @TZY

Abrupt ending.

I. Need. Job.

Ah, I planned to make it in time for a leap year post but things never go according to plan.

It's March! Or Maret. It was Rossini's birthday yesterday, 29 Feb. He was the one who wrote the only opera piece I can hum to cuz I watched it in Tom and Jerry.

I can't believe it has been 2 weeks since I last blogged. I have neglected you who refresh this page once every 0.21314 seconds. Sorry Samson. Anyway, I really liked the sparrow you folded. But I love love loved the dragons! Please bring some to SG if you happen to come for summer. Please come for summer. I mean it's sounds mildly ridiculous cuz it's always summer in SG. But please come.

Today my friends and I were talking about internships. Then I realised that at this rate, I'm never going to get any internship because I am not passionately, actively applying for them. But it doesn't help that 90% of the internships don't ask for arts students and the remaining 10% ask specifically for certain majors which, you guessed it, doesn't include my major. Then again someone once said that if you're applying for internships for the sake of beautifying your resumes then you might as well not do it. Which is why I am not too worried because I know those are things I'm not interested in. But without a sky-high cap, I think...beggars can't be choosers HAHAHAHAHA. So I guess, I'll start looking for a holiday temp job instead. :/

Happy 1 March!

❤ ❤

For the lonely, alone, attached, broken up, going to be attached, almost breaking up, married, divorced, 曖昧-ing, #foreveralone or #VdayisjustanotherTuesday.

It has been a long time since I last updated. Or at least 12 days is long for people who keep refreshing the page only to see their name on the latest blog post. The know-the-angmohs event is finally over, which makes me extremely happy. Bahasa Indo is fun, with my teman baik. But I haven't been studying or reading readings. And it doesn't help that I don't really have assignments due soon. HAHA. So I don't really know why I've been doing to school. Maybe because I bought concession. Then again, if I don't go I don't even have to buy concession.

Maybe as we grow older, we hear more familiar names dying.

In case the mood gets weird, it's Valentine's Day!

Hope you had a great day!

Kind of cool

Marry me.

Logged into fb and found out that one of my friends is getting married.

Yes, married.

And she's my age. She's my freaking age. I don't even have a boyfriend, and she's freaking getting married. I am happy for her. I'm not a jealous old bitch yet. Okay maybe old but not jealous. She's a nice girl and her boyfriend, I mean husband-to-be looks like a good person. I'm happy for her, really. It's just shocking that people of my age are ready to move into this next stage of life now. Maybe not shocking, just a bit overwhelming for me.

As such, I have decided that I cannot be passive.

This is the dinner I cooked for myself that day. Please marry me, I can fry egg, cook maggi mee with vegetables and heat up smiley face potatoes in the toaster oven.

Quotes.

I rarely come across quotes which I feel is worth sharing. I've always dreamt of being one of those people who can insert random quotes by random important and/or unknown people in conversations from time to time. It makes what they say sound important instantly.

Today I heard a quote which goes something along the lines of "city of ghosts" and "people just come and go". I tried those keywords in google but nothing smart came up. So in my desire to share a quote and sound smart, I've dug up one of my favourite quotes from my book of quotes (which consists of only 2 quotes anyway) to share today. HAHA.

"We sit silently and watch the world around is. This has taken us a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox."

- Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

I don't remember the story already. I only remember the great urge to copy down these words before they get lost in my short term memory store. I was hoping to share the city of ghosts quote here, but seems like I really cannot find it. :/ Please tell me if you've heard of a similar quote before.

School has been great because tutorials haven't started and I've only been attending 6hours worth of lectures/week for the past 2 weeks. That leaves me a lot of time to waste and I've been doing quite a good job. CNY is coming soon, I can't wait to have steamboat again. :)

Eason

最近听佷多Eason.

方大同的Love Song.

还有要蓷建：

孤獨患者

作詞：小寒
作曲：方大同

小寒的词写得太好了!

突然好想买他的专辑。

Nothing.

It's one of those days I feel empty. I am tired but I don't feel like sleeping. I have things to do but I don't feel like doing them. I have work tomorrow but I don't feel like going. I just want to have some time to myself.

Seeing others know so much makes me feel tiny (not in terms of physical size please). I am enjoying my days but there's this sense of emptiness. Like there's something I haven't done/experienced. I don't like the fact that I am so normal, so average, so boring. I wanna talk but I don't know what to say.

This sounds so emo. But there's no reason behind this emo-ness. It's just a sudden realisation that the world is so big and things past so fast and at the end of the day, there is nothing. Not sadness, not anger, just nothing.

Welcome to Singapore!

Finally, the series of programs to welcome the angmoh has finally ended. The organising team and volunteers have really worked very hard, and it was really touching to see everything being put together and events running smoothly.

For me, I've learnt a lot more about my country. I've learnt to love SG a lot more. It makes me very proud when I sit near MBS and look at our skyline and in my head I go, "Did we really create that???" I'm so so proud of my country for the amazing things it can do. I've also learnt to love NUS a bit more.

I wanted to write a post in Chinese, cuz I thought it would all sound better in Chinese. But the software I'm using is so stupid they don't auto suggest phrases and they don't arrange the words in order of the most common to least common. So to type one simple character I have to scroll through a list. Which makes it irritating for me and good for you potato-eating men/chao ang mohs who can't read Chinese.

That was a random digression. I'm really happy that I put in more effort into know-the-angmohs in this semester. At the end of the day, it's still meaningful and fulfilling. :) The year seems to have started well!

Know-the-angmohs programme

I left that evil post there because:

1. I had no time to update anyway.

2. S_ms_n wants to read it.

So, thanks for updating the blog, Ananthalekshmi Vijamitsulathatimo. Really appreciated the hard work. It would help if you looked a little cuter.

I've been very busy this week with know-the-angmohs programme. I can't believe I am so dedicated to it. I've been to the airport 3 times this week to receive students. Maxi cabs are great for sharing and if you have 902381 pieces of luggage. Well maybe not 902381 (more like 7pieces) but you get the point. And I've helped out at 2 events so far (going to school for another one soon!). This kind of dedication scares me. HAHAHAHA.

But I guess, I really can't communicate with angmohs. Either they speak too fast or they are ABCs. Much as I convince myself to dislike them, there is something Asian about them which makes them easier to talk to (I think). I should seriously reconsider my future path with regards to knowing angmohs.

It tires me out a lot (went home yesterday and slept at 10pm) but it's kind of fulfilling I guess. It reminded me of the times when we went to HK and were so clueless about everything. I was lucky to have Ah Sin over there to meet up and street smart + experienced friends to bring us around. Ahhh, I miss HK!

MUAHAHAHAHA

I am ANANTHALEKSHMI VIJAMITSULATHATIMO and I am here to attack your blog and make it disappear from the face of this earth!

Actually no.

It's just Joab and you forgot to logout the last time you used my laptop when you were at my place and I decided to have some fun before I logout for good.

Really. BYE! HEHEHEHE.