Happily Ever After

Some days you forget to take your basic human decency out of the house with you. Lol. But that's what friends are for eh. Hanging at Ambrosia was far more enjoyable than I'd expected. The setting was nice but I can't help but think that sheesha is overrated. I'd rather buy more Turkish delight than smoke that stuff.

Post-Christmas shopping went swimmingly well; I ate the last of the sumptuous, delectable Christmas biscuits while I walked around Vivo. When I got back, I was pleasantly surprised to find the hongbao I thought I lost, as well as 3 whole chapters of Liar Game. And I think I've come to the conclusion that I'll stop worrying because I'm trying hard enough already. This is the closest I'll ever get to invincibility. The new year is coming, new modules, new results, lindy hopping, and if all goes well, the provision of fresh slave labor for the Americans.

After many sorties into zombie infested territory, I realize the beauty of Left4Dead is the way it really forces each player to take their ego out of the equation. Failure to do so results in reckless behavior, unnecessarily lost health, and a back angle left uncovered.

Heroes is such a lousy show, and yet I cannot bring myself to look away. Two hours wasted.

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But the day did not end there. I went for my first ever late night chilling session with none other than my own family. We drank Spinelli shakes and went to shops after dinner, from 9pm all the way till 11.50pm, which was when we went to watch Yes Man in the theater. Yes Man was not so fabulous. There was only one awesome punchline worth remembering (We had a friend called Carl once...). I did get to see my Mom's $40 blanket/towel from Muji though... Ugh...

This next statement might damage my presentation of self, but... miraculously the sweater I wanted from Zara was on sale ($60 down from $100), and just the right size too. My mom bought it for my bro and I to share. There is no emoticon to aptly represent the wideness of my grin.

Fabulous/Awesome.

Good ol' days

Exactly one year ago, I was easing back in a chair inside the FDS lounge, writing some journal entries. I was alone but somehow it was a very warm and fuzzy night. Then people started streaming in and we played pool. Haha. I remember the breakfast and the lunch on christmas day was awesome. Turkey with cranberry sauce, or was it fish and chips? Haha. Yum.

Hope springs eternal. I'll keep being springy for the new year.

Gotta sleep now, first christmas out of camp in two years haha. Merry day to you all.

Pop goes my tart

I ate 2 whole pop tarts after dinner, but I know that it won't go anywhere I want it to. Where does all this food go to, really?

When the time is right, I shall enroll in a lindy hop class next year. Haha. I've been watching Youtube videos of it and it looks awesome and loads of fun. As min pointed out, it's also rather dangerous at the higher levels. Haha. But one step at a time =/

Ok nobody stole my little plastic bag of post-cards and random things, it just fell in between some stuff and I don't know how I managed to overlook it so many times. But for the life of me, I can't remember where that C.S. Lewis book has gone. I have this very vague impression that I lent it to somebody, or that I left it with a particular pile of things. To this day, my songbook is still missing too. And I don't know where my brother's badminton rackets disappeared to two years ago. I also lost a small card which my CJC homeroom teacher gave to each person in the caticism class. On mine, he wrote, "Sometimes it's better to love than to be right." At the time, I thought he was being a little (tongue-in-cheek?) (what does tongue-in-cheek mean exactly)/sarcastic/ cheeky because I always liked to talk cock so much in class, or because I was from debate club. Now, it seems a little prophetic. I'll never fully know.

Losing things severely ticks me off.

Crystal Jade is more appealing to me now. The La mian there tastes good enough to make me lose my inhibitions. Hmmm. Yep.

30Rock is awesome. Tina Fey is hot. But I can't believe Weili tried to sell it to me as chock full of dry wit and intelligent humor, at the same time slapping down according to jim and HIMYM, because 30Rock is really a very mixed bag. Certainly it's inanity can rival that of According to Jim, and that is saying a lot.


I want more time to close all these gaps...

Notice!!

Hey any of you reading this (esp. Jevon, Wanyi, or Brendan), please think back and remember if I've ever lent you a book by C.S.Lewis titled 'The Four Loves'. Because if not, I've either left it on the bus or someone in my house is stealing my stuff...

Proud and Lazy

Something clicked in my head last night while I was asleep. I did not know how much I really needed you to break this silence-even if it was just by a little- till today. ...

I re-read some of my Dragonlance books today. It still gets me in a way I don't quite fully comprehend. Maybe I've just gotten too attached to the characters.

Last Tuesday, I went to watch Cape No.7 with Wan Ling at Shaw Plaza. The place has remained largely the same as when I went with the JC gang 3 years ago. Ugh. 3 years ago. Haha. Looking at it all made me feel ill somehow, either because it was a little creepy the way it seemed untouched by time, or because it reminded me of all the time I wasted while I was there. (Sorry guys, but you've gotta admit that we generally did not have great experiences at Shaw e.g. The Devil's Rejects/Cinderella Man).

It seems I always need costly mistakes to get me back on track in life. Bah. $66 dollars spilled into the drain...

The store attendants/gatekeepers at Massimo Dutti look extremely dapper in their Massimo Dutti suits and checkered shirts. Makes me want to work there just to wear the clothes. Haha. I bet they receive strict training. All of them seem so serious all the time.

"Ah. A battle of wits. A pity you come unarmed."-Some movie showing on Channel 5

It sounds like a cliche but it's the first time I've heard it. Haha.

Pie for a Guy

I get really happy when I hear that someone I know dislikes the same book as me. I liked it when Kader told me how he disliked Paulo Coelho. I liked hearing that Weili thought that the Kite Runner was overrated. I read Sihong's blog to find that she has a great distaste for the Twilight series. Hmmm I'll admit I've only read 3 pages of the Twilight series. Nonetheless I dislike it and I'm glad someone else hates it too.

30 rock is cute.

I also have my 90 chps FMA manga completion award now. Heh.

Deathscab for Scooter

This scab has opened up three times now. Haha. But at least its healed already...

I'm in hall now trying to work on some long overdue things. I realize that by the end of the second semester, I'm going to have to try to create another space where I can concentrate and work, in place of my hall room. All the desperate studying that has gone on in this room has made it into a place where I automatically start to work better. It's also a place where I can eat simple and tasty food everyday and take walks and do pull-ups in the evenings.

I never would have said this of myself before, but I realized today that now I need to meet new people once in awhile. In the past, I thought all I would ever need was to hang with my close friends, and while it's no less fun than it was then, I find myself stimulated by discovering new things, new ways of crapping, and different ways of thinking through talking with others.

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I've taken a little bit of time to wonder why this might be... And learning psychology has caused me to think of some answers I don't feel too good about. Haha. A certain black jester would also tell me that there's only one reason why we ever want to meet new people. Lol.

I met a new driving instructor on Thursday. He talks a lot, and it felt like there was barely a moment of silence in the car. Haha. But he did teach me a lot of things that I did not know before that made a lot of sense. Two points made as strong impression on me. The first was making sure not to take another car's directional signals for granted (a car signalling left will not necessarily turn left).

The second point was his general emphasis on knowing the roads and the layout of the circuit. He basically told me that it would leave a bad impression on the tester if I was ignorant about certain tricky roads and circuit numbers.... I think that DOTA is the same way. Knowing the terrain intimately and being able to plan out efficient and economical item builds are two things that distinguish a good player from an average one. It doesn't really translate well into my life though. I like ideas, principles, and generalities, and I guess that I've never really had a keen eye for details. It's something to work on. Haha.

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My friend's msn nick says something about tonight's moon being the biggest one in 15 years... I'm not quite sure what he means, but I did notice earlier that it is awfully round and large tonight. Kirei.

On the last night of his semester in England, Tim will get to view a meteor shower. Awesomeness.

One face.

Just one face now.

She'd already had all those thoughts harbored inside of her. I just gave her a little push so that she could put them into practice.

Practice is what makes it all happen. Every little thing you do and say shapes you into the person you will eventually be.

A company of dutch ecological inventors called The Sustainable Dance Club is researching ways to make clubs run on human energy by installing special-energy generating cells below the dance floor that get activated by movement energy. Brilliant.

I gave up a life of trembling and holding on to nothing. Now I jump off cliffs and pull triggers without blinking. I've gone from wondering about what might have been to worrying about what I've done. Sometimes it's turned out well and sometimes... Sometimes hope seems like an excuse for reckless behavior.

Some awe

Toradora is an awesome slice of life.

Satay at Lau Par Sat is awesome.

Jevon was pretty awesome today.

Ga-Rei Zero's opening theme song is awesome.

Bakuman is awesome.

Apple pie ice cream is awesome.

Haha. I realize that I don't quite know what I shall do with this black vest... I realized this as I saw the brown checkered vest Brendan described to me being worn by this t-shirt wearing guy on the street. Ah well.

Reading list:
Pride and Prejudice
Sword of Shannara
1 C.S. Lewis book
Driving practical handbook. ugh.

Buying List:
1-2 Timothy Keller books

Malcolm Gladwell (The guy who wrote 'Blink') is writing another positive psychology book called 'Outliers'. Basically it uses a sociological perspective to understand the lives of successful people. Maybe I'll write my own positive psychology book when I graduate. Hahahaha.

Shirley

I met Shirley online about 3 months ago. We had a common interest in anagrams and that helped us hit it off pretty quickly. I asked her out a week later and we chatted all night long, anagram-ming each others' words in a playful battle of wits. Three weeks after that, we became an item.




She was the sweetest girl. She always encouraged me, believing that I could be anything I put my mind to being, be it a librarian or an anagram cyborg.



She always told me how much better I was than other guys. I was no.1 in her life.




But two months into our relationship, she starts blabbering on about this guy Tim and his "great" 200,000 score... As if 60,000 wasn't good enough for her... She kept rattling on and soon enough I lost my temper at her. Then she started crying and eating, and eating, and eating...



We argued and fought... It would go on for hours. She wouldn't stop crying no matter what I did. After a long time, we both agreed that it wasn't working... We broke up three weeks ago, but we still smile at each other when we pass in the halls. I hope she'll find someone who'll make her really happy someday soon...

I didn't know putting pictures up was so easy... Lol