and again

so, today is the day. stuff packed, internet fixed, goodbyes said (but not all). off to a new life, a new journey, a new beginning.

but i know my roots, and i know that i will be back. no words can describe how much i will miss you all!

:(

packing, counting down, emo-blackmailed

byebye! i'm going to basel with ee as well!

a new start

hi, i'm back.

one of my new year's resolution for 2011 is to stay in touch. what better way than to revamp an old blog and start my rantings again?

the main motivation for this re-ignition is that i'm going away, again.... this time to switzerland, basel for graduate school. another 3-4 years. addicted to life away from home? maybe.

anyhow, stay tuned! i'll be back for more.


happy birthday james! may the coming year be a fruitful one.

sticky x-ray tape

believe it or not, some scientists actually found a way to release enough energy from peeling sticky tape to take x-ray images!

see it for yourself here.

only got one

yah, this is how much i miss home.

LULU

lucas, aka hungry hippo.

the epitome of cuteness, to me at least.

golden nyc

just a quick one before i start on some reading for my upcoming modules.

i had a good day today - did some work and went to town with ash and tina in the afternoon. tina left after a little while. though the weather is not at it's best, it's nice to just walk around in town leisurely and just... talk over dinner. i guess this is one of those days i'll replay in my head when im feeling nostalgic towards student life in leeds.

and... got a poster today [they always have poster sale an the beginning of term]. it's named 'golden new york city' - a pretty apt name if you ask me.

golden nyc

i wanna see the world!

我们学会用不同的说法来掩饰不同的伤疤

be warned: this is rather random -

my first flier, ever.

hehe. hope someone (not some pervert) responses to this and buy my books! maybe i should be doing marketing design instead of what im doing now. i actually enjoy doing this.....

anyway, i'm addicted to karen mok's songs (thanks to yr and erer). too bad youtube can't allow us to share her stuff on blogger. :(

love the lyrics.

new room

pictures!












that's all.

better in time

first day back in leeds went quite smoothly. from flight to moving my stuff from sherrie's, there is almost no glitches or hiccups. think might just be the smoothest move back.

spent the next couple of days unpacking, cleaning and settling in. im not quite done yet, thanks to frequent intermission for sleep, tv, fresh air, etc. but im in no particular hurry; its as if if i finish these things, i'll have nothing left to do before school starts...

i've been craving for real, home cooked food since i got back. i know, its a tad too early for that [been back for 3/4 days only]. my good old flatmate has been back for a week and still doesn't mind having instant noodles [mh: hair loss, hair LOSS]. funny how we [yr and i] wanna have these instant stuff for a meal when there is the real deal waiting for us. oh well.. anyway, i made some japanese golden curry last night [came in cube stock form, not fancy recipe off the internet] and had it with rice. that was satisfying. though not the bestest food ever, its good enough for a good night's sleep and happy stomach. what happened to my one-kg-per-month plan.. ugh.

ok. im gonna try finish unpacking my stuff by today. hate loose ends; hard to tie up! pictures of my new room when im done.

when im down, down, down

i was packing my stuff for summer storage when i found this -

layout of my room at leodis last year

it was in between my organiser for 06/07. i like going through old stuff once in awhile. be it one year old, five or ten. it brings back memories loitering at the back of my head - some good, some not so. it struck me how transient and volatile things can be. yet, it also reminded me of the good things that stayed constant in my life. and they will continue to be there, even though it may be subjected to variations at times. i guess, at the end of the day, all these just make me wanna cherish what i have more and remember that the only constant is change.

oh if any of you are still reading this, i'll touch down on 14th july - exactly 4 more weeks to go. can't wait to be home!

i've driving for an hour

hello! it's been awhile since i've blogged.. and i'm gonna play a little game that uses my itunes to read my future? hahah.

anyhow,

The Rules:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense.
4. Comment on it.
5. Tag 5 people.

1) How are you feeling today?
just can't get enough by nouvelle vague

oh yeah, from studying... (that's what i've been doing today, sad to say)

2) Will you get far in life?
坏天气 － 孙燕姿

shiiiiitt....stormy weather ahead?

3) What's your best friend's theme song?
summer love/set the mood prelude - justin timberlake

tiff, james - i dunno how this came up! (maybe we have two secret timberlake fans here.)

4) What is the story of your life?
other side of the world - kt tunstall

hmm..coincidentally, the first verse of this song is on this page..

5) What was high school like?
ode to my family - the cranberries

not so sure about family, but i did make some very good lifelong friends from phs (:

6) How can you get ahead with life?
midnight bottle - colbie caillat

i'm not an alcoholic, yet.

7) What's the best thing about your friends?
before i fall in love - coco lee

when i'm in love and when i fall out of love - they're still in my life.

8) Describe your grandparents.
steve mcqueen - sheryl crow

hahah. movie star?!

9) How's your life going?
i love the rain the most - joe purdy

yeah. drizzles and rains here and there.

10) What will be played at my funeral?
radio - the corrs

i actually kind of like this song..

11) Will you have a happy life?
neon - john mayer

glowing. yess.

12) What do your friends really think of you?
multiply - jamie lidell

erm. multiply?

13) Do people secretly lust after you?
a bad dream - keane

hahahaha. a bad dream. i guess not then.

14) How can you make yourself happy?
honestly OK - dido

tell myself that i'm honestly okay? sheesh...

15) Will you ever have children?
sailor song - regina spektor

maybe when i sail far far away.

16) What song would you strip to?
a moment like this - kelly clarkson

....

17) What does your mom think of you?
my boo - usher and alicia keys

we're tight but...not that way.

18) What is your deep, dark secret?
what can i do - the corrs

ha. thats for me to know, for u to guess.

19) What is your enemy's theme song?
the sun doesn't like you - norah jones

so do i, but i'm not sure who you are..

20) What's your personality like?
unforgettable - nat king cole

is it? hahha.

21) What will be played at your wedding?
stoned - dido

my oh my..

Tags:

anyone who has the time for this...and actually made it to this sentence.

you should not believe in me

i hate it when my com is all laggy, especially when i'm trying very hard to do my lab report. and that ain't so bad because one can deal with lagginess with more patience. but now, to make matters worse, Word keeps dying on me whenever i try to save my work. brillant! congrats yy!

$*#&#)$@(*#@""?!>

i'm damn pissed! ARGHH! the only way to get work done is to go to the computer cluster. =/

office 2008?

hope is something unfounded

i've been too lazy and busy to blog properly. guess it's about time for some updates before anyone thinks that i fell from the face of earth or something.

my lessons this year are a lot more hectic these days and way more interesting than superficial things that we did last year. but with that, it means that the content that we cover are more difficult and comprehensive. it's good when it comes to satisfying curiosity but its bad news when i have to mug for exams. very bad, in fact. but i'm not gonna go into that now. it's not time, yet.

i finally joined the leeds' volleyball team this year. we had our first match with leeds metropolitan university this wednesday. it was a good game, considering we only had 3 formal trainings before the competition. besides, we totally kicked their asses; 3-0, the first set was under 10. :D it's been awhile since i had my shot of adrenaline on court so it really feels quite good. there's a lot more motivation to go for training this year..

although i still miss home, being back in leeds is like going back into part of my life that i left behind last summer. basically, i'm picking up what i left off and continuing with what i have here. and that's a lot more enjoyable and less scary than starting from scratch (like last year).

time really tells, so just sit back, relax and let it unfold before your eyes.

where you end

Where You End - Moby

Some things fall apart
Some things make you whole
Some things that you find
Are beyond your control

I love you and you're beautiful
You write your own songs
What if the right part of leaving
Turned out to be wrong

If I could kiss you now
Oh I'd kiss you now again and again
'Til I don't know where I begin
And where you end

Thought I fell in love the other day
With an old friend of mine
I was running kisses
Down every inch of her spine

We had the roof down
The sun came shining in
The black fact is
That I was thinking of you

If I could kiss you now
Oh I'd kiss you now again and again
'Til I don't know where I begin
And where you end

I slept in the sun the other day
I thought I was fine
Everything seemed perfect
'Til I had you on my mind

I tried to love you
I did all that I could
I wish that the bad now
Had finally turned into good

If I could kiss you now
Oh I'd kiss you now again and again
'Til I don't know where I begin
And where you end

If I could kiss you now
If I could kiss you now
If I could kiss you now

Oh where you end
Is where I begin

Oh where you end
Oh where you end
Oh where you end

lost in coffee rings and fingerprints

i have this deep sense of foreboding that time is running out.

indeed, it's already august. this means that i'll be heading back to leeds in about a month's time (i'm flying back on the 20th of september). well, going back to leeds has it's perks - the freedom, pursuit of my degree, travelling etc. yet, i know that i'll definitely miss home and be missing out on the lives of my friends and family. sigh. oh well, i made that choice. i'll have to do what i have to do..


on a lighter note, HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY ZEEWAI!! ((:
i'm really glad to have a friend like you.

i hear in my mind, all these voices

i like endorphin, the tiny little molecules that work wonders on my brain. they make me happy, feel good about myself and make me go an extra mile, literally, on the treadmill. sadly, i don't get endorphin charged too often. but just as well, lest i get tolerant to its effects.

so, when will my i get my next shot?

regina spektor - Fidelity

And suppose I never met you
Suppose we never fell in love
Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft
Suppose I never ever saw you
Suppose we never ever called
Suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall
Just to break my fall
Just to break my fall
Break my fall
Break my fall..

i'm gonna find other you

i like coffee, and i think i'm kind of addicted to it.

i've been having withdrawal symptom, a slight headache, all afternoon because i didn't have my usual dose this morning. its bad, i know. i suspect know it'll get worse if i were to continue to indulge. but i can't imagine my mornings without coffee. not only that it smells good, it perks me up too.

nonetheless, i know that i can do without coffee. just i little more effort and i can do without it. then again, there is just this part of me that's telling me that i might just want this slight addiction, to indulge in something that i shouldn't.

oh well, maybe i should just let it go....

lets waste time

i love talking to ying rong. our conversations just flow as naturally as it can be, without any awkward slience or inhibitions. our ideas may be conflicting at times, but we can always communicate with ease. there's no one in the world who can replace her in my heart. although she, like anyone else, has a lot of flaws, i'll always love her.

with all my heart. ((: