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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

back from PENANG!!

This entry has been delayed for quite a while. Back on late Saturday night and down with gastric flu since monday. Never felt so terribly sick before. Feeling lethargic even though I have been sleeping the days away. Loss of appetite, ha maybe it is the bland food. Still recovering..

Anyway, I'm here to give thanks for the trip!! Never felt so blessed and protected before for a holiday. This is especially comforting for me because I was on my first solo trip (without my family that is)..

with Carolyn and Sarah.

As everyone knows, December is a wet weather month. Our first day in Penang was bright and sunny!! Though it did rain (lightly) the next 2 days, we were in the shelter (eg. shopping) when it did.. & it was still largely bright and sunny most of the time for us to do our walking and sightseeing :D

God did not promise that there will be no rain. But when it does, His shelter is guaranteed.

Also, what we thought was a simple dinner with Sarah's friends turned out to be so much more. They were very hospitable and took us around for the good food (eg. a very yummy but isolated seafood place across the bridge from Penang), and even helped us with the buying of

Penang's famous tau sar pia (special request by my mum)

yawn.. wanting to sleep again. I'm improving haha getting tired only after 4 hours now, better than yesterday when I head back to bed after 2 hours of being awake. More penang updates soon when I get the pics from the other cameras and when I recovered.

Shall leave you all with a scenic view from Penang Hill

& a song which we sang on the coach back

with Christ in the vessel

we can smile at the storm

smile at the storm

with Christ in the vessel

we can smile at the storm

as we go sailing home

Back safely we are!! Looking forward to a free and easy trip again.. & they are going to be my schoolmates soon (for further studying) whee :) so exciting

growing up @t
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Was chatting with a friend about our final year playing competitive sports for the school, how horrible it felt because more than the results, we just couldn't play our game, 就是没有感覺.. I lost the plot.

In the previous years, I was able to play my stuffs and did all I could.. I didn't lose, my opponents won.

This time, I did all I could, bear more than enough and waited very eagerly yet patiently but I concede: you win

haha and now for my random moments again:

1) haha I translated the theme song of 天堂鸟, thought the lyrics was meaningful and some parts of the song were sang by children, so it was quite touching and the ad pic for the show was something like this (due to copyright issues, I can't get the original one):

strong and simple love

If there is a kind of strength
Which overcomes anguish
I think it is love
letting us live our dreams

If there is a kind of answer
Which empowers life
I think it is love
Blossoming our happiness

The waves may be torrent
They can’t break the firm grip of your palm
Always looking towards the source of love
& never give up

I am past caring about being hurt
Willing to fight for my love
Like the moth which is attracted to fire
Even if it does become extinguished
In ashes
Yet the hope of love is planted

lol does not do justice to the original lyrics but still a decent translation

2) I love the nikon ad:
sentimental song (in this ad, it's Through The Years by Kenny Rogers) + beautiful scenery/adorable children/sweetness = hit

3) I'm going to penang tonight

growing up @t
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

gaga the first cycle of uni exams ended early for me :) but at least another 5 more cycles to go through bleah bleah..

Since then, my eating and sleeping clock has been on a horrible manic mode. It's so tiring. Finally, a respite today. A rest from people and the streets. Just me and my space. Relaxing and comfy. Not that I am anti-social, but it can be trying at times to be constantly interacting with people and not being able to drift away into my dream land.. lalala sounding kooky? Of course, for those who are comfortable/allow me to drift in and out as I like, I'm perfectly fine in their presence all the time. A quiet rest on the shoulder beats all words of concern.

Watched death note 1&2 (with jappy girl resources) at one go. Wittily written though towards the end of Part II, it felt like an endless cat-and-mouse chase. L is so kookily adorable. Anyway, are weird people defined as those who does not adhere to society protocol?

Watched this too:

The Bothersome Man (The Norweigan Film Festival) with ahpo, my art film kaki :) The city Andreas arrive in seems to be ideal and.. perfectly devoid of emotions. No children, no tasty food (aww that would be absolutely terrible for me) and no genuine love.. hmm actually all 3 would be terrible. It is rather sad yet provoking. What kind of world are we chasing after?

Beginning to like this genre of films than the mainstream ones. One play on the afterthoughts while the other capture your attention on the technicalities.

Holidays = freedom
University = be on standby 24/7

Psychology has really been interesting and lovable for me (except the biological parts). I know what I want to go into - developmental psy. Perhaps childhood experiences have been a really HUGE impact on me..

But it's really irritating everytime I say I'm studying psy and people start to arch their eyebrow and comment, "So you can read my mind ar?" The question smacks ignorance. It's like asking an engineering student whether he likes cars. Besides, you don't need to be a psy student to be able to predict behavior. Logical reasoning and sound interferences will do. And rational thinking may not always be correct.. If you are having a heart attack, you will have a greater probability of getting help if there's only one person around rather than a group of people (bystander effect)

What makes me happy??

.. of course yummy food!!

choc eclair

Jack's Place - Lobster Bisque
(but ever since mav remarked that it smelt like prawn noodle, it doesn't seem that heavenly)

current fav - unagi

aunty, this is for u :)

Bakerzin cakes - wonderful for birthdays heh *hint*

Some people seem to think that nice food = expensive. But I would be just as content with a bowl of simple, tasty homecooked macoroni. Homecooked food rules any time, anywhere. It's more than the taste but the effort and love that goes into the food. ah-huh, me sounding sentimental? Nowadays, there's so many types of instant food that cooking is made much easier and faster. But for those who still take the whole day or at least a good several hours, what else can be the motivation when the end product is perhaps only 30 mins of having dinner together? Another factor that transcends the taste is definitely the company.

All-time favourite: authentic Peranankan food!!

(craving for that popiah for the past 9 months and still waiting..)

Perhaps you say why don't settle for the other popiahs oustide. But there can be no second-best, only second-rate. Second-choice is only a substitution for the first choice. Best means only one right? Ssecond-best is at best a cognitive dissonance..

Oh and I am going to Penang for a short getaway FINALLY!! Guess what's on the top of the list?? Haha penang laksa lol

My entries or rather my thoughts have never been coherent. Thoughts seem to be poppin' and jumpin' about. I like the fact that thoughts are not language; if that's the case, then it would have been easy to put your thoughts into words (which would have done me very well indeed or perhaps not).. The stanford prison experiment shows that the thin line which behavior thread upon is not based on nature but on the context. You could say one's internal focus of control tend to be overpowered by an external focus. Then all or nothing, does it matter anymore? If I die.. I die

can u see the light at the end of the tunnel??

growing up @t
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