The stars died so that you could be here today

Let's make love, coffee and magic. All this planning, worrying, calculating and settling administrative things is exhausting me. I shall sleep early for a change tonight. // Early by my standards. I'm feeling very inspired to start a 365 project next year and also to keep a travel journal for Korea. We'll see how that goes given my high failure rate at keeping up at such things. The list of things to remember to do is just too long.

After years and years and years of saving up, I finally decided it's time to break my piggy bank to buy a DSLR for myself :D My dad being my dad decided he'll get one for me instead. #lovemydad Meet my new best friend / toy boy / boyfriend / baby. All in one :D Nikon D3200 I settled on the Nikon D3200 because well I only really need an entry level DSLR for my usage purposes, and I have brand loyalty to Nikon. Also, the higher end DSLRs are still rather costly D:  Testing testing at Courts All my babies *lovey-eyed*   Disclaimer: Everything is post-processed.. I really need to work on not over-doing my post processing. Once I start, I can't stop. I can't wait to read The Alchemist too. It's been a book I really want to read, and it's something I need to read right now to gain some peace. The Chinese book is for me to get back in touch with my Chinese roots, and also because Chinese is really one of the most beautiful languages; More...

Finally found the heart to go through my Hong Kong photos and do some post-processing.  Mango Mochi. Omg, this was so good. Chewy soft mango mochi with grated coconut. HUI LAO SHAN. SPASMS. The only reason I want to go to JB now. For the uninitiated, it's a shop selling delicious mango desserts, and I cannot emphasize delicious enough. ALL THE MANGO IS SO SWEET AND CHEAP. Mango mochi, mango ice cream, mango slices, mango juice. The mango juice is DAYUM GOOD. It's like Hong Kong's answer to bubble tea. I drank a cup everyday no matter how full I was. It's made of real mango, and I can't get enough of it. While I really really want them to branch out to Singapore, they're probably going to be charging exorbitant prices if they do come... ): Camwhoring in Hong Kong's subway. I really enjoy being able to read Chinese when I'm overseas. Feels like I'm right at home.  Victoria's Peak  The only photo of me at Oce...

Some backdated things that've been happening in my life: 10/11/2013, Ran Great Eastern 10KM with TF ^^. Daddy woke up early to send me to The Promontory in the rain. I wonder if it takes pain for people to see the love others have, but recently I've been very very touched by his love for the family. We're always a priority. Anyhows, the rain was so heavy around the Choa Chu Kang area, I was quite upset that I may not be able to run, partly because I had given myself a two day break from running for the 10K already. Super glad that the skies cleared up by the time it was the 10KM flag off. Paced with this crazy girl who was going at 5min/KM. This is way faster than m y normal pace and I nearly died at the halfway mark. Forced myself to slow down because I know my heart would have just stopped if I continued at that pace. Chanced upon this really warm Caucasian dude who was pacing his wife. He actually stopped to give a pep talk to this woman who gave up around the 9.5K...

Life's good when you end up studying with your eyecandy HAHA. I guess I'm pretty contented with how life is right now, 无忧无虑. I get to drive to school, and skip the madness that is the rush hour. Which also means I get to wake up later and still have time for a morning jog. There's no worry how someone might be judging me, I don't have to give any fucks about anyone's life. If this is as far as what happiness is, I would run with it. You're disappearing, it's almost complete now, and it makes me a little bit sad, but that's alright, and I'm going to let it happen. There's mid terms tomorrow.. but I've given up studying. FTS.

Crossroads. You meet at crossroads. If you're the lucky ones, you go on down the same road. Mostly, people choose to walk on their own paths, a new road, or one they came down from. Never to align paths again with that momentary rendezvous at the junction. Just like the one you drew. 每顆心上某一個地方 總有個記憶揮不散.  城裡的月光把夢照亮,  請溫暖他心房.  看透了人間聚散,  能不能多點快樂片段.  城裡的月光把夢照亮,  請守護它身旁.  若有一天能重逢 讓幸福撒滿整個夜晚. 

Currently: In school blogging this and utterly bored. Planned to stay in school and finish both reports, which I thought would take me a few more hours at the very least. Well, today turned out to be firstly, more productive, and secondly, I simply do not want to look at the first report anymore. 5% lab assignment on LTSPICE which ended up being 21 pages long. It requires a little bit more editting, but my mind says no more. I can't look at figures and excel and graphs anymore. Liberation. Realized I forgot to bring notes for the other modules, hence, a break it shall be. Velvia 100 // Slide film // Loving film a little too much these days, it's sucking my finances dry. Haven't had the time to play with it much since school reopened though.  Photos from Nicole's Diana (with her instant back). The most unassuming people ever. To Sauce after! Broke my no-drink-resolution. I was so looking forward to coming. But Asahi is no longer 5/bottle and the truffl...

Everything that kills me makes me feel alive // 2 years ago at the Nike 10KM Run. Truly everything that kills me makes me feel alive. Running kills my knees but it's when I run that I feel the most alive. Lately I've been clawing at old wounds again. Have you ever tried this: You're going about your day perfectly fine. Doing your usual routine, completing your daily tasks, smiling to yourself maybe. Take an afternoon nap because time is on your side for once. Wake up feeling recharged, put on your running shoes and you leave for an evening run. A mundane day. Then, the memories and feelings start creeping in with no warning; no looming signs of its approach. It hits you silently. Just as a bus runs over you, except the engine is silent, the headlights are off, the wheels make no screech. All you want is to run harder and faster, but all that happens are the tears that won't stop, then all you are is a sobbing pile of mess amongst the people pounding the track. Y...

Second week of school down only/already. I can't decide which. It seems like it's only the start of school yet there's so much to do already. At the same time I'm so tired and I already have a huge backlog to clear. I really need to stop going out and start sitting down to focus on work. So many things I want to write about, but I'm too lazy to upload photos and edit them. Maybe one day when I'm procrastinating work. Hey, that's what I do best isn't it. I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don't matter anymore. - Kurt Vonnegut. 

We hold on to things sometimes for the comfort of memories. Work is piling up so quickly I'm getting scared. Being scared makes me tired. Feeling tired makes me lazy. Lazy mich has decided that today's homework agenda is: Install C++ reference Install compiler devcpp well at least I got that done.  Time to do some reading. Not reading of lecture notes unfortunately, my brain is not wired up to read in advance / read to consolidate knowledge yet. Reading for leisure, reading to feed my soul. The Book Thief. To escape into another world.  Bye, see you folks.  Save my lazy soul. 

First day of Year 3 in NUS. Time is flying past us. It felt like yesterday when I was a freshman, and now suddenly I'm in my second half of university life. I have to cherish this two years and finally gain some momentum in my last schooling days. Heartbreak has led me to realize that I've let myself feel bad, be distracted and bothered over undeserving things for too long. So, here's to a burden-less, hardworking, enriching semester ahead. I have to say though, that having the worst diarrhoea I've ever had wasn't a perfect start to the year. I had great apprehensions to the start of school again. Lectures and free time were always spent with Soo and Maddy. With us choosing our own electives this semester, and Maddy being the bitch still enjoying her US life, it was going to be a scarily lonely time in school, attending classes like the antisocial loner I am. Life still has to go on, and I am glad to say that the first day wasn't as bad as I thought it would b...