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Thursday, September 27, 2007

i totally forgot about mooncake festival..but gloria's sister was so nice to bring over mooncakes and lanterns from home:) hah i think the neighbourhood must have thought we were very weird..traipsing around the streets with our lanterns..people gave us funny looks as they drove past..haha but it was fun:)

back home, my mom tells me her friend dragged her to a midautumn ktv festival , where there were about 1000 old folks singing tunes from the 70s-80s in front of 2 very large karaoke screens..haha poor thing.
~me~ at 2:31 AM

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

ratatouille is so cute! (minor spoilers in this paragraph!) heh my favourite moment was when the food critic took a bite of the ratatouille and he was transported back to his childhood:) haha that was hilarious..and it made me wish i had some childhood comfort food that i could eat right now. my granddad was an amazing cook..heh he would scold my male cousins all the time, and doted on me and my sisters. sadly, he's not been around for awhile now. there's just something about old people and cooking:) probably because they had to cook everything from scratch..heh nowadays there's instant everything.

haha the other day was quite funny..my sister's friend from hongkong had joined us for church and we went to strait's kitchen (this singaporean restaurant) afterward for lunch..my sister had been craving carrot cake. so it was her friend's first time eating chicken rice and carrot cake and he was all "oh man this is fantastic..the best chicken rice ever!" and my sister was all (rather loudly) "its so-so!you can find much better in singapore." and I (noticing the boss and waiter just behind my sister giving us dirty looks) was all "err the food's not that bad here!"

and since we're on the topic of food..haha we started off the school term with a couple of lectures on diet and exercise and health..some key messages..
1. eat more avocado, olive oil and fish fish fish:)
2. don't store your vegetable oils in the cupboard for too long :p
3. juice is no good. eat your fruits!!
4. butter vs margarine? - the lecturer said to go with butter.but i'm still doubtful.
~me~ at 10:41 PM

Monday, September 24, 2007

~me~ at 8:38 PM

Sunday, September 23, 2007

hehe i just watched stardust (please skip this if you haven't yet and you don't want to ruin it for yourself!)..its a very 'feel happy' kind of movie..although cliched and the plot was a little silly, but i personally don't mind perfect endings..not every good story has to end in tragedy..give me a fairytale ending any day:)

hmm. we met this strange fellow at coles..but i shan't go into details..just be careful of people you meet at the checkout counter at midnight!anyway, i should go to bed soon..church tmr morning:)
~me~ at 2:25 AM

Saturday, September 22, 2007

hehe we had to cancel the original beach outing to cronulla cos of the rainy weather..but in the end we had fun:) there were so many tiny little kids who were spinning and jumping and whizzing about the skating rink..haha and we were just circling the sides..met this really nice young guy who gave me a few helpful tips about some neat tricks:) i can skate backwards now! heh i shall work on them.

some of the young kids there were really talented..i think its nice how they're allowed to pursue an interest so intensely at such a young age. the impression i get from singapore, is that its always studies first, and anything else is secondary. which is good in a way i guess, but then it robs many of their interests and goals and dreams. like the nice young guy who was giving us pointers..he's 17 and working and iceskates 5 days a week..and nobody thinks thats weird. oh haha and he unicycles pretty often too (i thought that was cool - never actually knew anyone who had a unicycle). but anyway, he was happy with his iceskating and unicycling:) and i bet its the same for most of the kids we saw that day at the rink..if they had been brought up in singapore, i doubt that many of them would have been given the opportunity to pursue their interest in iceskating. its not just cos singapore's small; its not like there are iceskating rinks everywhere in australia..its the perception that its not ok to do anything else other than to do well in school, move on to university and get a well-paid job.

Though it would be freaking cold, I really wanna iceskate over an actual frozen lake:)
~me~ at 2:49 AM

Thursday, September 20, 2007

the bible study group started a study on the book of Exodus last night..i've never actually had any studies on the old Testament before. i tend to think of the old Testament as consisting of more stories (i remember when i was younger i had this big picture book with lots of colourful illustrations telling of stories from the old Testament), and a lot of it is just hard to get through by yourself. but the talk by Father John last night was good..he gave a really interesting insight and introduction to the old Testament and to the book of Exodus; heh Exodus actually means "going out"..as in reference to the Egyptians, led by Moses, leaving their city. Father John explained everything in such a descriptive and passionate manner, i could just see the parting of the Red sea in my mind:) quite excited to see how this study goes:) heh i have a sudden urge to watch Prince of Egypt again..it's not one of my favourite cartoons, but i think it paints a really nice picture of the first third of Exodus:) and i like the music from the cartoon:)

haha i was talking to this nice old man for a full couple of minutes before i realised that he was one of the Fathers leading the study; and the thing is, i've sat in on so many of his masses before, i can't believe i didn't recognise him sooner..but then i guess those colourful long capes and head pieces the Fathers wear during mass make a difference (my sister begs to defer; she says i'm just blur)..hehe he saw me running across the road from my car to the church when he stopped me and said, "that's it! stop those cars in traffic and ask them to come for bible study! good for you!"

i got to satisfy my ice cream craving yesterday:) and tonight we're having steamboat! yummy yummy:) i should be feeling tired now, considering i haven't been sleeping all that much lately. but strangely enough, i'm sort of hyper..i like these quiet mornings to myself:) maybe its God's way of giving me the time to start the day with a refreshed mind and the clarity of day:)

xinli: heh ok!:) lucas isn't scary! he's adorable:) haha he just has bad influences under the guise of his daddy..
chee: i'm doing ok!:) how are you? heh i've been paying visits to your blog too:)
ruth: i miss you too :( hehe but we'll see each other soon! and don't get too stressed with the planning k:) tell me if i can help with anything else:)
nadine: he is!:)
~me~ at 9:53 AM

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

the past 2 days have been fun:) had a few good meals, played mahjong, pitt street mall today:)

i was just browsing random folders on my computer..and i chanced upon finding neverland:) heh i think i got it from a friend and watched it awhile ago..but watching snippets of it again today reminded me how much i had liked it the first time around..johnny depp is a major draw factor:) one line that stood out to me came from mrs snow; she'd just lost her husband and it was the opening night of 'peter pan' in the theatre: "The ticking of the crocodile, like time coming after all of us eh?" so true. i'd never thought of the crocodile in that way before. its literally time chasing after us:)

so little time, so many things to do...

oh oh and adding to lucas's latest vocabulary - "Oh MAN!" hehe:) not a very baby thing to say i guess. but he sounds exactly like chris.
~me~ at 1:02 PM

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

hurrah. holidays are here!:) today was really nice. really:) after handing in our assignment, we went to newtown..i feel so deprived sometimes..haha when i think of how nerdy i am during the school term..and how i haven't been shopping since my last holidays! heh we were planning for the rest of our very short holidays..and we realise there are just not enough days to do everything we want to do..but oh well. we will make the most out of it:)

i spoke to my parents yesterday..not exactly sure why, but talking to my dad leaves me with a strange feeling. my mum's life is so happening..her next big event involves her modeling for a cheongsam fashion show, in celebration of the mooncake festival:) she got the job through a friend:) so she's attending catwalk classes and picking out her cheongsam as of this week. heh she says she probably won't ever get the chance to do this ever again, so why not? i hope i will be as adventurous as my mum when i'm her age..only i really don't think fashion shows and modeling are my thing. haha this is a promise to myself: i'll try to be adventurous in my own way:) an adventure can be anything we make out to be right? To each her own:)

i guess i knew this already, but i've only just started to understand..that my parents had this whole different life from before they had me & my sisters. i mean..i know my mum as my mum, but its hard to imagine her in her younger years, studying just as i am now. i bet if i ask my sister, she'll be able to describe her life as Before Lucas & After Lucas. i wonder..will my own children see me as someone other than their mother? that i had a whole separate life from them before?

Mandy: ok! thanks for telling me:)
Deb: haha ok maybe "noisy" isn't the word..hmm you've just got a loud voice for your size?:) eer but its not a bad thing! really! haha i miss you debs!:)
Nadine: its so bad right! can never get any work done. heh:)
Xinli: hah yay:) i've got all the seasons to date if you want to pillage them off me:)
~me~ at 12:04 AM

Saturday, September 15, 2007

so sleepy now..hah i woke up at 5am today to send gloria to the airport..i was so blur on the way home..nearly fell asleep at the wheel :p but i must say, there is something therapeutic about driving. especially when the roads are quiet and the sun's rising in the far distance:) then i got home and tried to take a short nap before the start of day, but i think i was already in a "woken-up" state so i finally gave up and just got to work..

the dryer guy came to fix our dryer which had been making weird scary noises since the beginning of the week..haha and he extracted the culprits responsible for the scary sounds - a couple of hair pins and a bobby pin from the machinery at the back. sigh. something so small can make so much noise. heheh somehow that reminds me of debra :)

so since the dryer got fixed, i took that as an excuse to get my laundry done. haha somehow, everytime i sit down to try to get my work done, my sheets need washing, my wastepaper basket needs clearing, the kitchen needs to be cleaned, my files need to be rearranged, my phone will ring, my stomach will start grumbling, i'll feel the sudden urge to listen to a particular song, or i'll feel like i just MUST check my email at that moment. like that how...
~me~ at 8:49 PM

Friday, September 14, 2007

heh its mid-sem break next week:) but i've just got to get my assignment out of the way first before i can enjoy my break..

had an interesting lecture this morning..the tutor was going on and on about how we shouldn't take everything at face value, and he was teaching us his "unorthodox" methods of physical examination..and he told us that whatever he was teaching us today should not leave the room..cos if we did these things during our exams we would be failed immediately. but what he was teaching us somehow seemed so right at the time. i was wondering if it was perhaps just me..i do tend to be easily swayed. haha but i was talking to louisa afterwards and we came to the conclusion that some of his beliefs, though contrary to the popular medical thinkings, really do make much more sense. oh well. we will see in the next few years:)

its not the first i've heard of this happening, so i don't know why i felt surprised when i knew about it. but then it somehow feels closer to home this time around. maybe cos i always had this perfect picture painted in my head, but then i guess i should have known how different reality is..the thing about being unhappy..i think its ironic, but the easiest thing to do when you're unhappy is to pretend that everything is fine. its so easy to just put a smile on your face and tell people that you're alright. its hardest when you're by yourself and you're forced to think about everything.

but then, even the most wonderful of things need change right? its like music. maybe you can hold on to a musical note forever, but then it wouldn't sound like much by itself. its the change in musical notes and dynamics that bring about that incredible thing we call music:)
~me~ at 8:53 PM

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

as i was drifting off to sleep the other night, i suddenly thought it sounded like it was pouring outside..and for a nice little moment, i felt like i was back in singapore, when i would be lying in bed during a heavy rain. (i really like those night showers in singapore) heh then i realised that it couldn't be..and it turned out to be LM in the shower..haha:)

read this on a friend's blog:
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.
- CS Lewis

it got through to me..cos i've always held back from certain things..with the idea that to love means to subject yourself to more hurt. but CS Lewis makes sense doesn't he.
~me~ at 8:30 PM

Saturday, September 08, 2007

some stories from home which cracked me up:)

my mom had woken up from a nap, just had a bath, walked out toward the kitchen then WHAM! - she walked right into the closed, transparent kitchen glass door, going "huh? what's that hah?" while groggily rubbing her forehead which had suffered the brunt of the impact. hah ok i know this had the potential to be a much more dangerous accident but all's ok. and my mum is just so blur!

next story. my sister was driving while my mom was amusing lucas in the backseat of the car:) haha my mom was practicing for her next choir concert so she was singing, of all tunes, the "kiss the girl" tune that sebastian the crab (haha or the lobster...i never could tell) sung in the little mermaid..she kept on going "shalalalalala my oh my..kiss the girl!" like many many MANY times...haha when suddenly lucas said "Enuf." haha! my poor mum! and lucas is so smart:)

so now when my sister asks him "so what was that song that popo was singing?" he goes "shalalalalala...shalalalalala..."

i miss my sister! and my mum. and lucas too:) shalalalalala my oh my...

yahui: yes it got stolen in singapore! from my sister's hdb parking lot :p the guy probably broke the window and hotwired it...
cindy: haha you never look unglam to me! heh funny ma. yep wish i could have been there with you guys that day! i had such apt timing right:)
~me~ at 2:07 PM

Friday, September 07, 2007

i had a terrible terrible dream last night, and i woke up frantic :( it was awful. but then reality calmed me down.

been thinking about some things..if i didn't have to work on my assignment, or if the weather was warmer today, i might have gone for a walk. walking helps me to think. isn't it funny how you can effortlessly talk to some people and you just can't to others? its like some lock and key theory. both the lock and key have to be correct for both sides to work, or for the conversation to flow. sometimes i try (really i do) to think of intelligent things to say, but nothing comes. and then with other people i don't even have to stop and think:) i thank God for these people:)

today was a strange day. i pray for wisdom and strength to get through life.
~me~ at 2:36 AM

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

xinli: yes! it was both gorgeous and delicious:)
ning: heh its louisa's! not sure if you know her. but she's from rj:) the girl in red in the photo.
mandy: hello mandy! i liked them too:)
~me~ at 10:08 PM

heh it felt quite nostalgic to see everyone sitting together in the same room again..think this is the first time since we all stayed at creston that we had all met up together:) from mythili's crazy antics to krishna's comedic mannerisms..haha it was really fun:) and i was talking to fenfen..we met in college when i was in year1 and she was in year2...and next year we'll be year4 & 5! goodness.

today was good. i learnt stuff from the nice doctors at the rehab clinic, i got abit of my assignment done, i baked bread:) haha well i tried to anyway:) i couldn't quite recall exactly what my sister had taught me..but it came out ok i guess. i should have waited for the bread to rise more before popping it in the oven, haha but i was getting antsy, plus i had to leave for class. heh i should learn to be more patient.

the paediatric rehab clinic is a sad place :( there are lots of kids there in really bad shape..although of course its sad to see anyone bedridden, but i think it feels more upsetting to see kids that way, because children are supposed to be the lively ones...

xinli: heh yea its cool right. :) heh hmm this might be random. but do you remember the whole silly psychic with a watermelon/basketball issue you and cindy made fun of me back in rgs? haha. ok maybe i got that wrong. it sounds even more ridiculous now.
ruth: haha yes it was queen of the damned! silly movie. haha:) yea but he was so scared! we were both quite freaked out that day when i was talking to him too. hehe.
yahui: hello yahui!:) heh that's a nice idea...that we're all connected:)
~me~ at 12:01 AM

Sunday, September 02, 2007

I was just sitting in at my desk, listening to some recordings of songs played in RJ band..then I heard this oboe solo part, and thought of shanon, and suddenly wondered how he was doing in the US..then an msn message box pops up on my computer screen, and guess who - its shanon!:) haha and he tells me that he just woke up from a horrible nightmare, and his first thought when he woke up was a horror story i once wrote waaay back in primary school, when we were together in a creative writing class. its weird, but he & i both managed to recall the story in detail, although i wrote it what..11years ago?? haha he was quite freaked (he's always been so scared of horror movies/stories, haha probably even more so than me) but i couldn't spend too long talking to him, since he had to go off for class..

and then i got to thinking about class times in RJ with ruth, amelia, michelle, phinpeng, shanon..& i suddenly felt like asking phinpeng how his knee surgery went..heh then i check my inbox and i realise he just sent me an email:)

then i wonder if maybe thought waves can somehow reach a person if you try hard enough:) heh. its a nice idea that someone you care about is thinking about you at the same time:)
~me~ at 8:20 PM

Saturday, September 01, 2007

I missed an old friend all of a sudden the other day. once upon a time, we made each other laugh, we shared thoughts, we told each other our problems, thats what friends do right? but things are so different now..you may feel particularly close to someone at a place in time, & then it fades..but memories never really disappear, they just fade into the background and come back to you at the oddest of times.

but then its funny. how with some people you rarely see, it just feels so right everytime you do talk, as if you're just picking up from the last time you talked to one another :) its just sad sometimes to think of how close you once were to someone, and now because of time/circumstances, its not like you're no longer good friends, but things are just different now.

so i'm feeling better now after all that sleep. though my voice still sounds abit froggy. gotta get some work done now...

debs: debra! heh so sweet of you:) thanks dear!
kian: check your email!
nad: heh. i did:)
xinli: no worries girl..take your time:) hey hope you feel better soon too!
nic: thanks i'm feeling much better now! haha yes i GOT it. hehe :)
~me~ at 12:04 PM