things worth mentioning.

hello there! thought of dropping a post before sleeping. mood's been real good lately! hehe.

my first self-made breakfast:

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(the reason behind the additional ribbon which seems kinda out of place is because i think such a significant milestone is worth a ribbon. and u can totally see my reflection on it.)

the reason why i pasted the tape at the side cos i bought the wrong kinda lunchbox :( this kind wont close properly cos its meant for the microwave. :( but nevermind! and china's bread is especially dry. which made me miss sg's soft fluffy bread so much :( and that five unidentified black objects are actually mini oreos leftover from yesterday's 3am food hunt. (mini oreos are so much yummier than normal ones! i'm a convert!)

soooooo i'll be waking up with good mood tmr in anticipation to taste my yummy breakfast. i hope it turns out good!!! or i'll be super sad :(

and another thing worth mentioning is i cooked my first meal here too! nothing too fanciful, just plain old maggie. BUT i added CHEESE! YUMMY! i dont know how come i've never tried this before back in sg! and i had 7 jiao zis as side dish too. heh.

and btw! this came thru mail for me last week:
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YAY! MY FIRST EVER CHEN QI ZHEN'S CONCERT!

you may ask, how is it ever my first?! hmmm. the story quite long ah. but ya! better first than never right?! quite excited! and its coming saturday! omg! cant wait!! :) :) first concert out of sg too!


the wind is bolstering out there outside my window now. its kinda scary. imma go to bed now. night all.

入乡随俗


been in china for almost 2 months. though i'm missing home very much, but theres a certain kind of charm that this very place has. that it has really charmed me, and really intrigued me.

wuhan is charming in its own way too. its like a place caught in limbo - of developing into a city, but yet still carrying the not-so-city state.

one thing that really touched me is how real the people are here. its that very subtle aura that they give out, and yet you can sense it so strongly. it is so pure, so innocent. they are so down to earth. and you cant help, but be very won over by their humbleness.

i love all my teachers here. they are all super sincere, super real. and you can really sense that they really live simple, uncomplicated lives. by the way they talk, they react. and isnt that so precious? and i think it reflects alot on how the whole culture is..

even though this place has got lots of things to improve on as well, but it really has this unique feel about it. because being so perfect isnt all that attractive after all.


but just wondering. years down the road, when things change drastically and when things get more advanced, will these things change? the people, the aura, the charm. and just be like any other carbon copy of a 'city-like' state.



its really nice to get away from a city-like place sometimes.

杨乃文


i dont know if she is still known among people nowadays. but she is someone i really admire alot alot. i love her music, i love her. i love her songs, love her lyrics. love how she conveys things. has and always will be one of my favourite artistes.

and i bet alot of people reading this have no idea who she is.




and her songs are just perfect for tonight.
when i'm feeling not that fab. and she just...brings that emotion out.

one of those days/nights...


when you just feel so alone and solo.
when nothing seem to be able to get you.
you just...dont wanna feel. but at the same time...feeling alot.
if it even make any sense.

when did humans' emotions ever make sense anyway.

hear them roar.

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completed my first exam here in china today. i bought these cute post its at a nearby stationery shop. cute lions with different expressions. cute huh! motivated me to study ytd. and such a joy to see my book earmarked by them. :) all for only 60cents SGD for a packet! such a steal!

life's like minesweeper.

i guess you must have an outlet for you to let out all the rants and i've been feeling quite 'full' nowadays. i need an outlet.

you know, life's really like minesweeper sometimes.

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one wrong move, and all the effort you've put in can go to zero in a millisecond. when you think you've gotten it, gotten the whole idea, bam! you are wrong. and how that ugly crossed eye smiley witnessed all your failure and stare at how bad at life you are. (talking about people in our lives sometimes)

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but thank God for that smiley. you can always depend on that smiley to refresh your life. and start all over again. life's all about second chances, third chances, fourth chances. though not everything's taken for granted though. cos you've still got 99 bombs awaiting you.

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however, once you got hold of that chance and really got wiser, your moves become more accurate and specific. you'll manage to spot potential bombs easily and are able to diffuse them before any life-harming damage can be done. and voila! you succeed in life.

and it is also about being better than your previous record. always striving to go forwards and upwards.




well, we had some lame photoshopping class, and i was bored cos all the teacher was teaching were quite...funny. so i was playing minesweeper and all these just occurred to me. trust me, i played LOTS of times to finally win it. thats why i had this idea. lol. (and thats why the text is in chinese cos well, i'm in china. even the photoshop is in chinese. gross i know.)

NP rocks.

haha. rare to see me being so rara about NP but yeah. it rocks! it was only today that i found out i actually have this free VPN thing from their overseas students online thingy. and i can finally access twitter/facebook/blogger/youtube! awesome much. FOR FREE.

currently im highly hungry. you have absolutely no idea how much i miss singapore food. thanks to valerie, my whole mind is full of images of carrot cake now. sigh. :( actually china's food sama sama one lor. though cheap. haha. i really miss my mum's soups :(

yay so i can blog more regularly now! but i need to clear assignments first! soooo yeah. i'll blog about my extreme mountain climbing experience!

Pride and Prejudice.

i just finished watching Keira Knightly's version of Pride and Prejudice. spent my sunday afternoon finishing it and i fell in love! so many times i was twisted and torn and really hoping it was a good ending. i HATE stories with cruel and unhappy endings! didnt read the book before, thus i was intrigued to watch this show.

i totally fell in love with Mr Darcy's character. how can you not?! you will just be so twisted on the inside by both of their love stories. that kinda 'stupid! why didnt you go for it?!' kinda emotion. and you just feel so immensely happy for them when he finally proposed again and she accepted it.

how different the concept of 'love' changed over the centuries and decades and years. love now is so much different than before. perhaps more accepting, more universal, more opportunities, more equal. but isnt it nice to sometimes be reminded of that kinda pureness and intense feelings hidden in a girl's heart for a guy, but not always showing it outrightly like how things will be now. though they didnt have the chance to take hold of their destinies, but its a completely different feel when destinies got hold of them. it is all the more sweeter, surer, and definitely more secure.

and sometimes, that is that kinda element that is lacking in love relationships these days. we get what we want too easily. what we really really want, become something that is easily attainable. and thus, it loses its flavour and the real essence of having such a want.

well, dare i say that after Darcy and Elizabeth got together, separating isnt even an option for them. because how they got together, is so much more precious than anything. and isnt that what love is all about? hmmmm. something to ponder on.

The Fall

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remember i shared before how i was completely and utterly consumed by a book a read this year? "The Strain". the second of the trilogy is out! OMG! I CANT WAIT TO READ IT!!!

The Strain was one of the scariest book i've ever read. and it played with my mind so much that i found it hard to read on my own at home! and its SO GOOD! it has been long since Harry Potter that i found a book i couldnt put down. and this was it! it was so gruesomely awesome. if you have the time, and into this kinda thing (it is too obvious abt the storyline if i revealed what is it about!) YOU SHOULD GET HOLD OF IT AND READ IT! promise you you wont regret it ever!

SO the second book is out! i'm dyinggggg to read it! BUT CHINA GOT NO BOOKSTORES IN LIKE 2342KM FROM ME THAT SELLS ENGLISH BOOKS. :( how i wish i'm in sg now. :(

calculated risks.

was talking to lam, and she went to do this DISC test online and sent me her results. just as i predicted, she is a C as well.

that website described C as "Cautious, calculating, contemplative, and careful. This person likes for things to make sense and to understand the reasons behind things. They tend to focus on making things "right" and following a consistent process over immediate action."

after i read that, i was like WOW that described me so well in a para! haha. i think its cool that all these personality tests know you better than yourself.

now i know why i like to ask so many 'whys' and try to take steps rather than leaps.

calculated risks.