of lace and poplin.
there are times such as these when i really feel domesticated. like when i stroll the streets of town and i see finger nibbles, sweet dessert treats or teck kee baos.. i always feel an incomparable urge to buy something back for the family.
today my aunt generously brought over some cookies for chinese new year (the highlight of my life!) and i began to unpack them and display them in an orderly fashion- almost worthy of martha stewart.. i even thought of giving her a call before stopping to remind myself that she's probably still driving.
such days really makes me wonder what my american counterparts in the 1950s' fought for...
Sunday, January 30
nothing beats a good ol' delectable bowl of bak chor mee to make your dreary afternoons just a little more bearable.
2-0th lunch.
speaking of which, i have found my birthday lunch outlet.. yar, i know my birthday falls on like six-months-later-july but as the almighty saying goes if you fail to plan, you plan to fail
p.s subtly disguised as nothing more than a innocent bribe, charl and khoo... if you guys come backkkk.. in time for ah-hem yours truly's birthday.. lunch will be served at the Mandarin Hotel's Chatterbox.
thank you.
Thursday, January 27
lithe bytes.
i feel a lot better today. the sooner i get out of school, the lighter my heart feels. of course, it goes without saying that two hours spent in town also does wonders for the troubled.
you guys are right- i cannot live without my friends. during the holidays, it was probably a breather to be alone after circulating around people for a good 15 weeks.. yet that was a novelty which wore off as soon as i tasted the sweetness of cammeraderie.
such as today, although the subject biz law is more or less drier than dry, the first fifteen minutes upon arrving in class.. greetings in jubilation and the small jokes cracked throughout class always seem to make the three-hour-plus-long lesson a little more livable.
perhaps it is because i have so down lately, i start to appreciate the smaller things in life. i have a dinner appointment with a friend this sunday and i must say i am absolutely looking forward to it! afterall, we are having italian and soon join the throngs of people who have finally caught the aviator... cheerios.
i feel a lot better today. the sooner i get out of school, the lighter my heart feels. of course, it goes without saying that two hours spent in town also does wonders for the troubled.
you guys are right- i cannot live without my friends. during the holidays, it was probably a breather to be alone after circulating around people for a good 15 weeks.. yet that was a novelty which wore off as soon as i tasted the sweetness of cammeraderie.
such as today, although the subject biz law is more or less drier than dry, the first fifteen minutes upon arrving in class.. greetings in jubilation and the small jokes cracked throughout class always seem to make the three-hour-plus-long lesson a little more livable.
perhaps it is because i have so down lately, i start to appreciate the smaller things in life. i have a dinner appointment with a friend this sunday and i must say i am absolutely looking forward to it! afterall, we are having italian and soon join the throngs of people who have finally caught the aviator... cheerios.
Wednesday, January 26
donkey years.
you realise, on account of the years, i have decided to hold my tongue.
though i feel that it is a pity that we have grown apart, i do not suppose you will feel much. you have too many things to occupy yourself with anyway.
i guess i will miss you-
anyway, all the best!
***
stoptwitching -yixiaooo says:
hmmm u wanna watch any oth movie?
22 {In A Class} says:
hmm anything BUT Alfie
stoptwitching -yixiaooo says:
haahah but its DROOL law!! haha
you realise, on account of the years, i have decided to hold my tongue.
though i feel that it is a pity that we have grown apart, i do not suppose you will feel much. you have too many things to occupy yourself with anyway.
i guess i will miss you-
anyway, all the best!
***
stoptwitching -yixiaooo says:
hmmm u wanna watch any oth movie?
22 {In A Class} says:
hmm anything BUT Alfie
stoptwitching -yixiaooo says:
haahah but its DROOL law!! haha
Tuesday, January 25
melanchony january.
after blog-surfing, i realised that there was this unanimous sense of desolution, regardless of whether you are at upper thomson, on the carribean or in toronto.
if you constantly get angry with someone, is it your fault? or the latter's?
everyone takes a bite out of the apple
and proclaims its doubtless sweetness
but when it comes to your turn
you bite into the gallish worm
and drops the apple in horror
yet someone esle catches the apple
and asks how you can treat such a sweet fruit this horridly
with the worm mixed with your bile
you have nothing left to prove
after blog-surfing, i realised that there was this unanimous sense of desolution, regardless of whether you are at upper thomson, on the carribean or in toronto.
if you constantly get angry with someone, is it your fault? or the latter's?
everyone takes a bite out of the apple
and proclaims its doubtless sweetness
but when it comes to your turn
you bite into the gallish worm
and drops the apple in horror
yet someone esle catches the apple
and asks how you can treat such a sweet fruit this horridly
with the worm mixed with your bile
you have nothing left to prove
Monday, January 24
on a whim.
the apple's advocate
an apple so red and juicy
an apple this inviting by the eye
but be careful of this fruit
for it became the downfall of eve.
do not fear this apple for it cannot bite you
but fear the worm within which tastes just like gall.
you may enjoy the apple
and do so while it lasts
for tomorrow when you cannot find it,
you only have yourself to blame.
do not chastisize me for not being upfront
but you were the apple of my night.
adieu.
the apple's advocate
an apple so red and juicy
an apple this inviting by the eye
but be careful of this fruit
for it became the downfall of eve.
do not fear this apple for it cannot bite you
but fear the worm within which tastes just like gall.
you may enjoy the apple
and do so while it lasts
for tomorrow when you cannot find it,
you only have yourself to blame.
do not chastisize me for not being upfront
but you were the apple of my night.
adieu.
Sunday, January 23
glum in the slums.
today marks the inexplicable end to my days in a relaxed and sanitized home- with the return of three members whom behave as if 'tidiness' is a taboo, if found in their dictionaries at all.
i am really not pleased. %^*&*.. tis such a odd factor since i have a home that i am adament to keep out of due to the mess created by others. i really do dislike feeling this way but i really cannot help but feel this particuar about cleanliness.
i can not wait to live alone. or maybe with just one other person.
two separate bathrooms please. =)
___________
salsa spirit.
suddenly i feel like miss school spirit -you know like melissa joan hart in drive me crazy (that was like my favourtie movie back in erm sec2???) i am practically throwing myself into all sorts of activities such as the organising committe for the tsunami trip, dinner and dance committee for bondue and even for the irreplicably-insanely-boring investment club.
oh i even joined salsa intermediate and i must admit it is quite a challenge! but it is without a doubt great fun.. now if only my male partners looked like diego luna. sigh* ok -smacks back to reality.. but guys, if you have no cow-clue on how to pick up girls, start with dance lessons and just go with the flowww . well, just don't forget to keep gays off your backs first. haha.
today marks the inexplicable end to my days in a relaxed and sanitized home- with the return of three members whom behave as if 'tidiness' is a taboo, if found in their dictionaries at all.
i am really not pleased. %^*&*.. tis such a odd factor since i have a home that i am adament to keep out of due to the mess created by others. i really do dislike feeling this way but i really cannot help but feel this particuar about cleanliness.
i can not wait to live alone. or maybe with just one other person.
two separate bathrooms please. =)
___________
salsa spirit.
suddenly i feel like miss school spirit -you know like melissa joan hart in drive me crazy (that was like my favourtie movie back in erm sec2???) i am practically throwing myself into all sorts of activities such as the organising committe for the tsunami trip, dinner and dance committee for bondue and even for the irreplicably-insanely-boring investment club.
oh i even joined salsa intermediate and i must admit it is quite a challenge! but it is without a doubt great fun.. now if only my male partners looked like diego luna. sigh* ok -smacks back to reality.. but guys, if you have no cow-clue on how to pick up girls, start with dance lessons and just go with the flowww . well, just don't forget to keep gays off your backs first. haha.
Saturday, January 22
Thursday, January 20
bummerific.
right now, i literally have raw lady's fingers due to a minor accident. like my past entries, i have not had the fortune of experiencing just about anything to blog about so readers do make do with the mediocore pesudo excitments in my life.
a moment ago, while waiting for my mum to pick me up from school, i noticed a young man, clad in officewear - hey even i got to admit he was not-bad compared to the dinglehoppers i'm getting in school.
when he got out of car, he gave me a glance. well, he did catch me looking at him, i guess. i turned anyway naturally however, my bionic super-360degrees-turn-socket eyes enabled him to watch him from the corner of my eye as he changed out of his shoes into slippers from his car. another glance. later, he pulled out a large bag and began to chat and walk off with a friend, very possible to the swimming complex, but not ebofre giving me another glance.
then i realised that while i tried to romanticize the moment, he probably thought of me as a university kid stoned out under the influence of too much caffeine and deadlines.
bum. bum.
right now, i literally have raw lady's fingers due to a minor accident. like my past entries, i have not had the fortune of experiencing just about anything to blog about so readers do make do with the mediocore pesudo excitments in my life.
a moment ago, while waiting for my mum to pick me up from school, i noticed a young man, clad in officewear - hey even i got to admit he was not-bad compared to the dinglehoppers i'm getting in school.
when he got out of car, he gave me a glance. well, he did catch me looking at him, i guess. i turned anyway naturally however, my bionic super-360degrees-turn-socket eyes enabled him to watch him from the corner of my eye as he changed out of his shoes into slippers from his car. another glance. later, he pulled out a large bag and began to chat and walk off with a friend, very possible to the swimming complex, but not ebofre giving me another glance.
then i realised that while i tried to romanticize the moment, he probably thought of me as a university kid stoned out under the influence of too much caffeine and deadlines.
bum. bum.
Monday, January 17
how is it that upon nearing the age of twenty, i am still as disorganised and unprepared for consequences? i have just spent two hours resting on the couch in full fledge cleopatra style (though without the half-nude tanned bodyguards) getting my daily hollywood fix by watching the golden globes, when suddenly at the stroke of 11pm, i suddenly realised how much work i had lying in front of me begging to be looked at.
oh f-. to think that i should have known better.
oh f-. to think that i should have known better.
Saturday, January 15
all in a nutshell.
today i realised how pale and uneventful my life was compared to my dad's. i do not just mean his decades of wordly experince, but rather what he experieced in his youth.
for example, i have a gelato-scooping part-time job and worked as a bag lady in a rather chi-chi boutique. well, what he did in his days were pretty much out of this world. apart from doing odd-jobs for his taxi driver father (my grandfather), my dad actually sold chinese new year cards in a makeshift hawker store, earning twenty cents for every card sold. he even went to my uncle's factory and did manual labour such as hammering and wleding raw materials. and though he did give tuition to australian kids, as an undergraduate, he eventually gave up his job for a friend who had (back then) lost his father in a shipping accident as the friend's father had been the sole breadwinner.
even his family life was much more radical then mine. his family wad immersed in poverty for a good part of his youth. when my grandfather had a sort-of affair and squandered his meagre salary on a cabarat girl, my granmother had to literally beg for the simplest of necessities. my dad basically had to save to study abroad as my grandparents simply had limited means of providing for such luxury. my dad left singapapore for uk with ten thousand dollars worth of sheer savings and eventually studied his way out of desolation. he and my mum lived on a budget of 7pounds per person weekly and items such as macdonalds and kfc was literally un-sniff off.
i almost feel bland for leading such a priviledged life.
today i realised how pale and uneventful my life was compared to my dad's. i do not just mean his decades of wordly experince, but rather what he experieced in his youth.
for example, i have a gelato-scooping part-time job and worked as a bag lady in a rather chi-chi boutique. well, what he did in his days were pretty much out of this world. apart from doing odd-jobs for his taxi driver father (my grandfather), my dad actually sold chinese new year cards in a makeshift hawker store, earning twenty cents for every card sold. he even went to my uncle's factory and did manual labour such as hammering and wleding raw materials. and though he did give tuition to australian kids, as an undergraduate, he eventually gave up his job for a friend who had (back then) lost his father in a shipping accident as the friend's father had been the sole breadwinner.
even his family life was much more radical then mine. his family wad immersed in poverty for a good part of his youth. when my grandfather had a sort-of affair and squandered his meagre salary on a cabarat girl, my granmother had to literally beg for the simplest of necessities. my dad basically had to save to study abroad as my grandparents simply had limited means of providing for such luxury. my dad left singapapore for uk with ten thousand dollars worth of sheer savings and eventually studied his way out of desolation. he and my mum lived on a budget of 7pounds per person weekly and items such as macdonalds and kfc was literally un-sniff off.
i almost feel bland for leading such a priviledged life.
Saturday, January 8
reflecto.
ever since school started, the bubble of cynism has gradually deflated and i have been in a flighty mood of sorts nowadays. like when you see me, i am ever more likely to greet call out your name in a tone two octaves higher. i have a higher tendency of waving HI to people and more obliged to entertain their takes of woe.
well, i am alot happier and this could be why my blog entries do not seem to make much sense as i find it easier to write when melanchony strikes. hmm.
ever since school started, the bubble of cynism has gradually deflated and i have been in a flighty mood of sorts nowadays. like when you see me, i am ever more likely to greet call out your name in a tone two octaves higher. i have a higher tendency of waving HI to people and more obliged to entertain their takes of woe.
well, i am alot happier and this could be why my blog entries do not seem to make much sense as i find it easier to write when melanchony strikes. hmm.
Friday, January 7
Thursday, January 6
latecometh.
i was late for school today.
you got that right.
after more than a decade of my academic career, i was finally late for once and for a good 20mins too.
luckily, my professor was quite a sweetie, he actually gave his seat to me when i could not find one. haha.
what the hell was i thinking.
oh god, i such a dumba**. i must have been under alcoholic influences of a similar sort (must have been the rum and raisin gelato) when i bidded for MAND211 - Communication in China: Competencies and Strategies. well, seems like a mighty intelligent choice for the future right?
WRONG! as i have just checked the handouts and they are in M-A-N-D-A-RI-N. hua wen. gettit?
i.e i'm screwed this summer. thank you very much.
i was late for school today.
you got that right.
after more than a decade of my academic career, i was finally late for once and for a good 20mins too.
luckily, my professor was quite a sweetie, he actually gave his seat to me when i could not find one. haha.
what the hell was i thinking.
oh god, i such a dumba**. i must have been under alcoholic influences of a similar sort (must have been the rum and raisin gelato) when i bidded for MAND211 - Communication in China: Competencies and Strategies. well, seems like a mighty intelligent choice for the future right?
WRONG! as i have just checked the handouts and they are in M-A-N-D-A-RI-N. hua wen. gettit?
i.e i'm screwed this summer. thank you very much.
Monday, January 3
i'm pooped from the first day of school.
6.45 hours worth of non-stop insomnia-curbing seminars, not to mention the generous load of project work that we are to anticipate and prepare for within the next few months.. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SCHOOL?
on a more optimistic tone, i have a feeling this term can only get better. my current two project work teams (they actually consist of the same people haha) looks promising enough. i somehow have a better idea of what to expect or rather, achieve and well, ignorance cannot be used as a defense mechanism. well, like i have mentioned before- things can only get better.
i have also shed my hermit shell. well, that literally means i am actually smiling at most humans and not snarling down someone's neck. having said that, it is ONLY the first day of school so if you think i am about to win 'Miss Pearlies Shine' award, you better hold ya' horses
charl's crashing on friday! not before fetching ade and 1 to holland village for lunch of course. *beams in exhilaration. i sound soo smuggg and it's about time~!
6.45 hours worth of non-stop insomnia-curbing seminars, not to mention the generous load of project work that we are to anticipate and prepare for within the next few months.. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SCHOOL?
on a more optimistic tone, i have a feeling this term can only get better. my current two project work teams (they actually consist of the same people haha) looks promising enough. i somehow have a better idea of what to expect or rather, achieve and well, ignorance cannot be used as a defense mechanism. well, like i have mentioned before- things can only get better.
i have also shed my hermit shell. well, that literally means i am actually smiling at most humans and not snarling down someone's neck. having said that, it is ONLY the first day of school so if you think i am about to win 'Miss Pearlies Shine' award, you better hold ya' horses
charl's crashing on friday! not before fetching ade and 1 to holland village for lunch of course. *beams in exhilaration. i sound soo smuggg and it's about time~!
Sunday, January 2
2004: uk, france, shanghai, switzerland, uk again, hongkong, helping out with the jewellery business, che che new york, smu, wai and khoo: who left singapore, boom boom room, four seasons duck rice, lobster noodle, cheese fondue, peanut butter waffle, little mermaid bakery, starbucks caramel frappucino, ebay, my tutor friend, burton fest, wala wala, new room
a bevy of wonderful things that crossed my path in 2004
except that bit about wai and khoo).
but in my opinion, 2005 will be just as, or even more exciting!
a bevy of wonderful things that crossed my path in 2004
except that bit about wai and khoo).
but in my opinion, 2005 will be just as, or even more exciting!
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