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Langkawi 2014

With A & C

Back from langkawi, the land of the red-brown eagle! it’s been an awesome 5 days and i think we filled it up really well considering we were rather worried that 5 days would be way too long. a lot of eating, sightseeing, trekking, and what not. so much to do in a 25km x 25km island!

a & c turned out to be pretty awesome buddies. well c was pretty boring (as expected) but a made everything more awesome and less awkward :D thank God for her!

don’t think i lost weight too :( but considering the amount of food i ate… i guess it’s understandable HAHAHA.

thank you langkawi for the awesome memories!

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Day 1

• cab to hotel
• checked in
• walked the vicinity
• booked tour for mangrove
• seafood dinner nearby

Day 2

• kfc breakfast
• mangrove tour
• lunch at fish farm
• massage!
• dinner – ramli burger + char kway teow special

Day 3

• kfc breakfast
• got our car!! @ 60MYR/day
• visited temburun – just a trickle
• visited oriental village, nothing too exciting. self-highed at the swing and suspension bridges
• lunch at oriental village carpark
• trekking at seven wells + waterfalling!
• cable car
• dinner at kuah, teo’s seafood - YUMMY
• car broke down! didn’t switch off the headlights… battery died

Day 4

• breakfast at the loaf
• visited mt raja, trekked a little then sat at the viewing tower
• visited durian perangin falls
• eagle square at kuah
• secret recipe at langkawi fair mall
• night market near the jetty!
• dinner at kuah, kak yah seafood!

Day 5

• breakfast at old town white coffee
• beeeeeaaaccchhh
• showered then checked out of hotel
• visited laman padi museum
• drove around cenang
• lunch + nuaing at macs
• go-kart!
• nua-ing at starbucks
• dinner at ramli + char kway teow place
• return car
• flight back to Singapore!

Total expenditure: $487 all-in :D

posted till day 17 already - which means i'm halfway through!

can't believe it's been a year since the nz trip... so much memories in that one month.

and can't believe i'm still stuck in singapore :( roars.

US during end of the year? :P

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nz posts till day 10 up!

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missing nz much :(

so jealous of huiee the nehbour who's enjoying nz now!! :O

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wooooots

just uploaded 5 out of 33 entries for my awesome nz trip :)

heehee sure brings back all the memories! :D please select side bar for entries. alternatively, scroll to the bottom of the sidebar, under archives, select June 2011 :D

oh yes, decided to edit my layout so i can display much bigger photos on my screen! i really like blogger's dynamic views though, too bad it doesn't have the sidebar option yet :( i need the side bar to put my entry links! :O

and btw, i will be uploading photos to add some meat to my vietnam entries... gotta be more disciplined in keeping my logs :)

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roars

trying to gain access to my old hdd which was taken out from my desktop (which spoilt). 

i hope i can recover all my documents!

more importantly, i hope my travel log on the awesome nz trip is inside :(

looking through the photos once again. i miss the placeeeee.

on a side note, i finished uploading my travel logs on the russia-china trip!
please see sidebar for links. not much content though :(
no photos though, i did it pretty hastily, for fear that all my backlog will hunt me next time!

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vietnam 2012: day five.

shall keep this space as my travel blog (which are unfortunately, no fun to read as they are REALLY factual), for the only reason that most of my travel posts are much longer than usual :/

shall start with today's entry, and post the ones for the past four days tmr instead :D

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woke up early in the morning after a pretty long night of insanity playing bridge and ah daidee with the girls :D had to pack all our stuff, write my postcards and check out our room. after which we headed out to tous les jours for breakfast! 

tous les jours is this awesome french-inspired vietnamese home grown bakery, which is very beautifully designed in all aspects - the environment, the bread, and the entire feel to it. not to forget we've been very tempted by the yummy looking bread since the v first day! so we headed in, grabbed almost 15 different kinds of bread shared among the 6 of us, and ordered some coffee and juices. was actually pretty cheap considered the amount we all ate! but sadly, we concluded that the bread looked better than it tasted :( and breadtalk breads are seriously yummier!

it definitely looks better than it tastes.

but breakfast was still pretty awesome heehee. it's the company that matters, right? (:

headed to ben thanh market after and walked inside there for almost 3 hours, covering slightly less than half the entire area :/ bought many many many souvenirs there for our colleagues and friends, and some random things for ourselves. headed back to pham ngu lao after to collect our suits while yangying went to change more currency and look for a post office and zyang went to fill his stomach. within an hour, we all headed back to highlands and online checked-in before heading back to our hotel to drop our barang barang.

went to saigon square after to grab some of the things we spotted yesterday, and walked a little bit more before going to the adidas and puma factory outlet store, which lonely planet claimed to be one-fifth of the original prices. turned out to be really disappointing cos there were so little things there, plus many of the designs were terribly outdated! roars. and it wasn't even close to the one-fifth, if we could get the things at half the original price it would be considered a huge bargain already. lonely planet fail -___-

went back to the hotel again and packed our stuff, before crossing the road to get our nails trimmed and painted! i went to change the screen protector of my ipod as well cos i decided a matt protector would be much better for me to play games with haha. (previously the screen could get pretty oily. eew.)

so we spent another 2 hours in the salon, getting our well-deserved rest and treatment before getting back to our hotel to grab stuff, and cabbing to the airport.

after checking in our baggages (thankfully we did the online check-in, the priority queue was so much quicker!) ying and i went on a mission to look for a post office. after asking many many people, we found ourselves at this roadside stall selling sim cards, and decided to ask the lady at the counter for help. she didn't seem to understand what we were saying though, but when we asked for stamps she managed to sell us some! so ying2 and i decided to just get the stamps first before looking for the postbox.  meanwhile we continued to ask the lady questions regarding the post office.

and while we were sticking our stamps to the postcards, i turned my head and saw this sign - right at the table we were at, less than 20 cm away - a signboard that wrote POST OFFICE. ying2 and i looked at each other in disbelief and felt so stupid asking the lady all those funny questions. she must be thinking that we're such weirdos -___-

went back to the airport to meet the rest and we tried finding some pho for our very last meal in hcmc. turned out that the only thing available that was cheap enough was bk... SIGH. so in the end, all i had was three meals of pho ): sadded.

three hours later we found ourselves back on singapore land, on chieh's family car talking to his younger bro, after distributing our barang barang among ourselves. (to my horror i had an entire backpack full of things!! and most of it were like presents to others. EEKS)

so now i'm back at home, and its 3.30am. but i'm glad i unpacked most of my things and am more or less ready to watch some drama before sleeping in tomorrow. am intending to grab some chicken rice as well - definitely miss my favourite ga! (chicken in vietnamese heehee!) 

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vietnam 2012: day four.

Such a tiring day! Woke up early in the morning to catch the bus to cuchi tunnels, and grab breakfast along the way. Then we set off for a two hour ride to the tunnels, with a toilet stop at some handicraft shop. 

At the tunnels, we were briefed on the Vietnam war and watched this super propaganda video on the war created in the 1960s! Basically it was just talking about the "evil" things the "americans" did, and the content was basically pretty questionable haha. But then again, its a communist country after all. Haha.

After the video, we went around looking at some of the viet congs created, like secret entrances, air vents, booby traps etc. which I have to admit was pretty impressive! V simple solutions to the American's very complex weaponry and warfare. Hmmm.

Had a short walk in the tunnels which was pretty claustrophobic, but nothing too scary. Of cos its definitely made much nicer for tourists like us, but I guess I was expecting worse haha.

Had a few more stops here and there andden went back to the bus after buying some pins. The bus dropped us off at the war remnants museum in saigon two hours later. 

Decided to have our lunch at the Korean restaurant opposite, and omg the customer service was a little too impressive haha. We had a waiter serving every two people, but prob because there wasn't anyone else except two other tourists o.O haha. They even helped bbq our meat! OMG. 

But the meal was really good and cheap! Less than 7 bucks for the set. Really can live like a king LOL. Plus there was awesome WiFi in the restaurant too heehee. 

Went to the museum after, and the whole place screamed of anti American sentiments haha. Really had to take everything with a pinch of sodium chloride. Grace even pointed out that for the same photo, she saw a totally different caption in some other museum. hahaha. OMG totally.

But it was quite a sight and quite interesting to understand their perspectives on the Vietnam war. I think Pam brought up a great point - while everyone agrees on the atrocities that had been committed by the Americans then, by emphasizing too much on it really just makes people less sympathetic. When its so overdone we end up not being convinced ourselves. Cos we all know that there's the flip side of the same coin. 

But I would definitely want to find out the American version of the war :) 

We got chased out of the place eventually so we headed to pham ngu lao again to exchange more money andden went straight to saigon sq to check out the cheap stuff haha. walked for an hour or so and found a couple of things I wanted to get! But decided to save it for tmr instead once I have more insights to what is available in the nearby ben thanh market HEEHEE. 

Headed to ben thanh after and found a place for some Vietnamese cuisine. I ate my pho again, this time with fresh coconut juice! Literally mission accomplished! Haha wanted to drink it ever since I saw people drinking it the first day haha.

After the meal we walked over to Ben thanh, only to realise that it has been closed since 7! So decided to head to pham ngu lao to get our tailored stuff, and turned out that my pants were pretty badly done so I'd have to come back tmr noon roars. the dresses were much better alr, though could have been better but I can't be bothered alr. So tiring!!

So we visited the bag shops andden went back to the hotel to rest. 

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vietnam 2012: day three.

Didn't go for our tour in the end cos it was raining the entire night :( was looking forward to the sunrise, the fishing village, the sand dunes and the sand sledding. Ultimate disappointment :( the winds were super strong and the rain super heavy. Sadddd.

Went back to slp after and woke up at 10. After slacking in our rm quite a bit we checked out then went for lunch at this pretty awesome place called lam tong! Had to brave through the storms to get there though. But cos it was recommended by lonely planet so we decided to go ahead :D 

After lunch we went back and took the bus back to hcmc, and it was still raining super heavily!! Had to get ponchos... Went to try our tailored clothes too but mine turned out pretty disappointing :( super sad. Oh well. It took us a good two hours before we were all done cos there was these two nus exchange students from Sweden making a big fuss out of their tailored suits :/ and worst thing was that guy wore the nus jersey!!! Ultimate throw face roars.

Went for a super late dinner at a hostel nearby andden cabbed back to our hotel. Resting now! Somehow I'm v tired even though we didn't do much today. Oh well.

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vietnam 2012: day two.

Quite an amazing day. Woke up at 930 this morning andden went for an awesome brunch at a restaurant near our hostel. Ordered Vietnamese fried rice! And chicken kebabs haha. Super greedy but i just wanted to eat like a king. Super shiok! When we were done I realised that this was one of the featured restaurants in lonely planet! Super happy haha. No wonder the food was so good :D

Booked our tour to the sand dunes after and rented some bikes. Cycled ard the area, visited a few shops, attempted to head all the way to the town area, but got too tired and gave up. Oh yes we spent some time at the pretty pretty beach too!! Too bad it was raining. 

Came back after to clean up before heading to the spa next door for some massage :D so awkward cos it was my first time doing a back massage! HAHA. But it was pretty shiok and we came out happy :D 

Went to the seafood restaurant opp our hostel for dinner and had the bbq seafood set. SO WORTH IT. can really eat like a king here!! Haha. Had banana fritters w choc ice cream for dessert HEEHEE. 

Returned our bikes after and bought some food for our tour tmr morning. By the time we were back in our rooms its alr 8+! 

And so that was wad we did today. Need to wake up at 430 tmr so better go slp now!

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vietnam 2012: day one.

Left grace's home at 5 and headed for the airport! Once we got our boarding pass we headed in for breakfast andden went over to the gate. Boarded the a320 and less than two hours later we're here in hcmc!!! HEEHEE.

Just proves tt it really can be this easy to get out of sgp LOL. Took some time finding for a reliable cab to get to town, esp with so many ppl trying to overcharge us!! Thankfully we headed to the domestic terminal and it was so much better after. Met Pam at the hotel and left our stuff there before heading out again!

Walked all the way to pham ngu lao, supposedly the strip with the most hostels :) found a nice cafe selling pho so we headed in for lunch! Haha it was funny how well the owner kept treating zhiy! HAHA super awkward. Anw the pho was really yummy! True authentic Vietnamese food heehee. Not too ex too. Was especially thankful for the aircon esp with the 35deg forecasted weather. Haha.

After lunch we visited some travel agencies to find a bus that could get us to mui ne. Also to exchange our sing to dong. After some hard work we settled everything :D haha just happens that it was festival period (king's birthday) so the buses were all packed :/ 

Grace and I decided to go tailor our suits so we went to the pretty famous dung tailor (though the famous one had a diff address and i suspect it may be a fake haha) and i tailored a full suit plus a pair of pants! So happy! Less than 130 bucks HEEHEE. I hope it turns out well :) may want to tailor some shirts too. 

Ying grace and i were on our way back to the hotel to meet w the rest who went back earlier to check out, and along the way we found them in the cab along the roadside!! Omg so heng! So they got off and we went to a nearby cafe to rest and wait for our bus to muine. THE VIETNAMESE COFFEE WAS THE AWESOMEST! :D omg. 

After drinking the v delicious coffee ying Pam and i decided to head to another tailor to tailor some dresses which we printed out in sgp haha. Found one nearby the suit place and she was a v friendly lady who knows how to speak Cantonese!! Haha so awesome. Esp since Pam knew the dialect haha. 

So we ended up tailoring a total of 7 dresses HEEHEE. About 30 usd each! If it turns out well its gg to be so worth it :D looking forward to receiving it alr!

Went back to the travel agency and waited patiently for the bus to mui ne. Apparently the bus broke down so we had to wait another hour for another bus to come -__- after 6 long hours with two stops in between, we finally reached our hostel in mui ne!

And OMG. It was freaking awesome. Just at the beach, and you could hear the sound of the waves perpetually!! Super nice and loud! And definitely v peaceful :) super happy haha. 

After unpacking our stuff in the room we decided to grab some food. But turned out that all the restaurants in the area were closed so we settled for sandwiches from the 24h mart nearby. So sad. But it was 12 plus alr so I guess its inevitable. Not all places are like sgp haha. 

Went back to our room, showered, andden talked to Pam and ying until we started to fall asleep. Such a happy escapade :D

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moving.

ok, i'm shifting!

http://maydayed.tumblr.com/

will still use this place once in a while. but tumblr really makes sense now especially since i have no more bandwidth to type long posts like i used to. plus its extremely easy to post an entry on the moveeee. (:

thanks blogger for the past 9 years.

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2012.

finally decided to write something to mark the start of 2012, aka the supposed year that the world is going to end. (which to be frank, i don't really mind if it happens!)

to be frank, i can't remember what i resolved to do last new year's eve. come to think of it - maybe i didn't resolve to do anything, and it appears that even my blog has no trace of whatsoever sort of resolution. maybe i've grown out of it, or maybe i can no longer be bothered.

anyway, let's summarise all the key things that happened in 2011. in a nutshell, 2011 was a year of changes, a year of growing up, a year of experiences, and a year of unforeseen circumstances. i marked the end of 2011 being a very different person as compared to the year before, and probably the most different i could ever be within a span of a year. i can almost imagine how my next few new years would be like, probably a bunch of work-related accomplishments and resolutions.

but now that i've been through the year of transitions, time to jot them down before i ever forget them.

1. been through the last semester of school - which was nothing short of eventful. includes days and nights of doing fyp, many nightly gatherings at hall 14 making cheesecakes and eating ikea meatballs, movies, grad trip plannings etc. not to forget mugging with the same few people.
2. helped in the organising of two hall events - beach fiesta and paddles & logs! both teams were awesome - had so much fun in the preparation and was so glad that everything went well (with the exception of the heavy rain nearing the end of beach fiesta)
3. got into semis for my last bball ihg, and gold for darts
4. won the top prize of a lucky draw (hall 9 cny!)
5. danced like there's no tomorrow with all my awesome jiemeis for HOCC!
6. broke hearts and had my heart broken
7. moved out of hall for good (emo max!)
8. managed to get my basic open water cert for diving, and clocked 6 dives for 2011 in aur and nz!
9. had the most awesome grad trip ever full of many firsts in my life - too much i could say for this
10. GRADUATED. (successfully with a second upper honours!)
11. visited many many places in singapore while pretending to be a tourist
12. took many nice grad photos with the people i love!
13. made my first video
14. STARTED WORK, and accepted the life as it is
15. made new awesome friends in workplace
16. learnt to be frank to myself and others
17. changed my living space by swapping rooms with my brother
18. started singing classes just for fun
19. helped emcee my brother's wedding
20. visited nias again after 1.5 years 

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too many things happened in 2011, really. it was surprisingly good - except that part on work and ramping up stress. i would have done up a list of "firsts" if i could, but there's simply too many things on that list that it wouldn't make sense writing it all down.

i would say that i'm still pretty much the same huiwen as i was a year ago, just perhaps a little more practical, a little more down to earth, a little less happier, a little less friendly. i know all these "little" changes may sound a little negative, but i would like to think its for the better. proves that i'm really all grown up, and ready to face the world. now i'm out in the dog-eat-dog world, no longer sheltered from the world as i was back in school. but i do derive joy in knowing that despite how everything has changed since graduation, i still have that same constants in my life that wouldn't change, and there are always people who are there for me. it's just really comforting.

as for 2012, everything's pretty much uncertain. not sure whether i'll be able to find "my other half" as people say i should be doing (-___-), and not sure whether i'll end up changing my job. not sure whether i'll take that step to pursue my passions and dreams, or leave that up for another time. not sure whether i'll be good at doing what i'm supposed to do at work, not sure whether i'll become a little more intelligent. 

that element of "change" is longer as strong as it was in the beginning of 2011,  which sorta makes 2012 a little less exciting. but that's good - don't think i have the capacity to handle any more stress. 

really sound like a old hag. hahaha.

but i do have hopes for 2012. i hope for God to bring me wherever i should go, and i hope for relationships to bloom and prosper. i hope for good health for all the people i love, and i hope for joy and success in whatever i may do.

and most of all, i hope to remain that happy huiwen, and that i'll never lose that "bounce".

and yes, 2012. if it's really the end of the world, i just wanna make sure that i won't have any regrets. 

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reminder to self.

missing rilyn :(

found this on this website and i think it's a great reminder on how all of us should lead our lives.

loved it!

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As Maria Robinson once said, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”  Nothing could be closer to the truth.  But before you can begin this process of transformation you have to stop doing the things that have been holding you back.

Here are some ideas to get you started:

1. Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.  If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you.  You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot.  Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth.  And remember, it’s not the people that stand by your side when you’re at your best, but the ones who stand beside you when you’re at your worst that are your true friends.
2. Stop running from your problems. – Face them head on.  No, it won’t be easy.  There is no person in the world capable of flawlessly handling every punch thrown at them.  We aren’t supposed to be able to instantly solve problems.  That’s not how we’re made.  In fact, we’re made to get upset, sad, hurt, stumble and fall.  Because that’s the whole purpose of living – to face problems, learn, adapt, and solve them over the course of time.  This is what ultimately molds us into the person we become.
3. Stop lying to yourself. – You can lie to anyone else in the world, but you can’t lie to yourself.  Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult chance we can take is to be honest with ourselves.  Read The Road Less Traveled.
4. Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. – The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.  Yes, help others; but help yourself too.  If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now.
5. Stop trying to be someone you’re not. – One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that’s trying to make you likeeveryone else.  Someone will always be prettier, someone will always be smarter, someone will always be younger, but they will never be you.  Don’t change so people will like you.  Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
6. Stop trying to hold onto the past. – You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one.
7. Stop being scared to make a mistake. – Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing.  Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success.  You end up regretting the things you did NOT do far more than the things you did.
8. Stop berating yourself for old mistakes. – We may love the wrong person and cry about the wrong things, but no matter how things go wrong, one thing is for sure, mistakes help us find the person and things that are right for us.  We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past.  But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.  Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
9. Stop trying to buy happiness. – Many of the things we desire are expensive.  But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.
10. Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness. – If you’re not happy with who you are on the inside, you won’t be happy in a long-term relationship with anyone else either.  You have to create stability in your own life first before you can share it with someone else.  Read Stumbling on Happiness.
11. Stop being idle. – Don’t think too much or you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place.  Evaluate situations and take decisive action.  You cannot change what you refuse to confront.  Making progress involves risk.  Period!  You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first.
12. Stop thinking you’re not ready. – Nobody ever feels 100% ready when an opportunity arises.  Because most great opportunities in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones, which means we won’t feel totally comfortable at first.
13. Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons. – Relationships must be chosen wisely.  It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.  There’s no need to rush.  If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.
14. Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work. – In life you’ll realize that there is a purpose for everyone you meet.  Some will test you, some will use you and some will teach you.  But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.
15. Stop trying to compete against everyone else. – Don’t worry about what others doing better than you.  Concentrate on beating your own records every day.  Success is a battle between YOU and YOURSELF only.
16. Stop being jealous of others. – Jealousy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own.  Ask yourself this:  “What’s something I have that everyone wants?”
17. Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself. – Life’s curveballs are thrown for a reason – to shift your path in a direction that is meant for you.  You may not see or understand everything the moment it happens, and it may be tough.  But reflect back on those negative curveballs thrown at you in the past.  You’ll often see that eventually they led you to a better place, person, state of mind, or situation.  So smile!  Let everyone know that today you are a lot stronger than you were yesterday, and you will be.
18. Stop holding grudges. – Don’t live your life with hate in your heart.  You will end up hurting yourself more than the people you hate.  Forgiveness is not saying, “What you did to me is okay.”  It is saying, “I’m not going to let what you did to me ruin my happiness forever.”  Forgiveness is the answer… let go, find peace, liberate yourself!  And remember, forgiveness is not just for other people, it’s for you too.  If you must, forgive yourself, move on and try to do better next time.
19. Stop letting others bring you down to their level. – Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs.
20. Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others. – Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it anyway.  Just do what you know in your heart is right.
21. Stop doing the same things over and over without taking a break. – The time to take a deep breath is when you don’t have time for it.  If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.  Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.
22. Stop overlooking the beauty of small moments. – Enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and discover they were the big things.  The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.
23. Stop trying to make things perfect. – The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.  Read Getting Things Done.
24. Stop following the path of least resistance. – Life is not easy, especially when you plan on achieving something worthwhile.  Don’t take the easy way out.  Do something extraordinary.
25. Stop acting like everything is fine if it isn’t. – It’s okay to fall apart for a little while.  You don’t always have to pretend to be strong, and there is no need to constantly prove that everything is going well.  You shouldn’t be concerned with what other people are thinking either – cry if you need to – it’s healthy to shed your tears.  The sooner you do, the sooner you will be able to smile again.
26. Stop blaming others for your troubles. – The extent to which you can achieve your dreams depends on the extent to which you take responsibility for your life.  When you blame others for what you’re going through, you deny responsibility – you give others power over that part of your life.
27. Stop trying to be everything to everyone. – Doing so is impossible, and trying will only burn you out.  But making one person smile CAN change the world.  Maybe not the whole world, but their world.  So narrow your focus.
28. Stop worrying so much. – Worry will not strip tomorrow of its burdens, it will strip today of its joy.  One way to check if something is worth mulling over is to ask yourself this question: “Will this matter in one year’s time?  Three years?  Five years?”  If not, then it’s not worth worrying about.
29. Stop focusing on what you don’t want to happen. – Focus on what you do want to happen.  Positive thinking is at the forefront of every great success story.  If you awake every morning with the thought that something wonderful will happen in your life today, and you pay close attention, you’ll often find that you’re right.
30. Stop being ungrateful. – No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life.  Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.  Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.

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喜歡寂寞

my favourite song from the album :)

still gotta say, mayday > sodagreen >>>>> jaychou. sodagreen's newest album is really awesome i have to admit! :D just that mayday's style is so much more me. a little happier, a little more light hearted, a little less emo. but sodagreen's more like poetry. like a piece of art. mayday's more like a friend.

and sorry jaychou, your new album sucks -____-

【詞曲/吳青峰】

揚起了灰塵 回憶裡一場夢
那照片裡的人 瞳孔曾住著我
闔上了過往 夢境活成河流
已滋潤了身旁 真實中的脈搏

生命來到窗前 不吭一聲 拎走了我們
誰為情所困 誰為愛犧牲 誰比誰深刻

當時奮不顧身伸出我的手 
看見了輪廓就當作宇宙
甜美的習慣變成生活 才瞭解了什麼

如今故事發展成就一個我 
學會了生活能享受寂寞
劇烈的語言變成溫柔 又帶來了什麼
若是不曾走過 怎麼懂

翻飛了往事 有時灼傷眼眸
那傷人的台詞 現在聽來輕鬆
平息了心思 有時一笑而過
我此刻的樣子 見風仍然是風

生命吹過面前 不吭一聲 劃成了掌紋
揮霍了緣分 看透了景色 我懂得深刻

+ guaishou's! :D

post hall blues.

after nias and the xmas party in hall on monday, and all the exciting news on ihg, i've been missing my 2nd home for the past 4 years a little too much :( 

missing the days being in many different committees planning for many events, training day and night for bball and darts and winning game after game to get our desired results (semis and 1st!), keeping track of the game scores and wins and counting down to winning the rec champs, dancing day after day just for that 7 min slot during hoc, going for events after events and hanging out in the middle of the night just to chat and drink some beer.

too much memories, too awesome a life.

sigh, i really am going through a different phase of life now. need to grow up.

just wanna say, really glad i went to nias, and back to hall for the xmas party :) thankew wenxin and loi for jio-ing! and seeing kc and ziai made me feel all loved. i have to say i really enjoy talking to dearest kc much (: she's such a good listener and always so comforting! so glad that we went to nias tgt (:

oh yes, congrats to hall 9 darts and carrom teams for the DOUBLE GOLD! :D a very good start to our rec games. :) darts hat-trick and carrom's first win after 7 years! i really think the carrom team deserved the win so much! (: even though bzz and kailiang went nias with us, they managed to make it! :D heehee so glad for their consistent trgs and that extra effort made to becoming the best. the awesome hall 9 spirit! :)

once a niner, always a niner :D

+ guaishou's! :D

alas, a new album (:

finally, a new album!!!!

i'm always weirdly attracted to songs written by guaishou! definitely not an exception this time round. :D amazing how i could listen to the whole album, pick out my favourite song, peek at the lyrics, and then happily realise that once again, it's guaishou's masterpiece :) heehee! 

and of course, ashin's lyrics are awesome as always. loves the twist at the end of the song! :D

can't wait to get my hands on the new album! heard that it's out in Singapore either on the 19th or the 20th, which is tomorrow! super duper eggcited :D

-+-

洗衣機
作曲：怪獸 作詞：阿信

洗衣機 穿著一身 褪色塑料壓克力

獨坐在陽台上 受日曬風吹雨淋

電視機 孩子們目光都以他為中心

黑色簡約外型 多適合客廳

就算是吹風機 也有流線外型

緊握在手心 像跳舞親密

光榮的電唱機 晉身為古董級

典雅的中音 比誰都更受歡迎

木訥的洗衣機 從沒有主題曲

只有風霜灰塵 讓人不想接近

從來沒有 一句的怨言 你丟多少它都洗

脫水總是 全心又全力 直到顫抖了身體

多少年了 旋轉又旋轉 時間一眨眼過去

上了年紀 卻依然盡力 孤獨勇敢洗衣機

咖啡機 歐洲進口 帶著書卷貴族氣

孩子都長大了 愛圍著它喝那堤

洗衣機 一直以來 度量很大沒心機

它的唯一關心 是何時放晴

就算是已退役 的那台光碟機

也帶我經歷 冒險和愛情

冰箱的肚子裡 啤酒和冰淇淋

撫慰了多少 失眠和失戀的心

木訥的洗衣機 從學不會討喜

洗過多少四季 然後再一世紀

所有電器 都住在屋簷下 不必風吹雨淋

卻只有它 孤獨的守在 陽台角落裡運行

多少年了 旋轉又旋轉 時間一眨眼過去

上了年紀 卻依然盡力 孤獨勇敢洗衣機

突然有天 好想要幫忙 衣服放進洗衣機

才發現了 它早就壞了 只是捨不得換新

奇怪是誰 一直清洗著 我闖的禍和污泥

好久以來 原來我衣服 全部都是媽媽洗

從來沒有 一句的怨言 你丟多少她都洗

她卻總是 全心又全力 直到顫抖了身體

多少年了 旋轉又旋轉 時間一眨眼過去

才發現了 媽媽一直是 我無聲洗衣機

才發現了 她的皺紋是 無法償還的借據

才發現了 她的背影是 無法釋懷的風景

+ guaishou's! :D

goodbye.

Resilient? No. Determined? Nah. Strong? Definitely not.

All the qualities that may be key to last long in the organisation, I don't have it. How long more? I ask myself. It's no longer a matter of whether to leave or not, its just a matter of when.

I think it's really the suicide effect. When someone close leaves, the same thoughts would naturally come. Now that one would be gone, probably meant that my workload would probably increase by a large proportion again, which would only serve the strengthen all the push factors.

Definitely not getting strength from the work I do, the sole reason I may be here is the people I'm with. I don't see anything wrong with it, just happens that its not going to bring me through all the shit once they are gone, or once the shit outweighs all the fun I'm having.

Looks like I really have to take these 5 days to properly think abt what I'm going to do for the next bits of my life. I don't want to live with regrets, and no matter how people talk about living their dream or pursuing their passions, sometimes what we really need is having that cash to do it. Where I am is definitely giving me the express route when it comes to this. (I'm being very practical here.) I just have to decide how long I'll need to sacrifice to simply have the ability to pursue my passions.

Meanwhile, bon voyage to myself. I find this incredibly apt to be typing this before I disappear from the face of the world for 5 days. That's the awesomeness of holidays. Hopefully I'll have an answer that satisfies me by the time I'm back :)

+ guaishou's! :D

3rd month.

Hello blog, its been quite some time. :) just wanna say that life's been pretty good so far, with the exception of work issues (which everyone has). :D

Having an extra reason to head to office every morning or staying late at some nights certainly helped to get me real excited about working heehee! Plus awesome friends like pam huiqing and mavis certainly made life so much more fun!!! Totally love hanging out with them! (:

Been a little too happy the past few days, starting to be a little worried that sometime those shitty feelings may be back to haunt me :\ but on a side note, at least I'm going on holiday next week, and will have much much time to catch up with sleep and do something different from the usual routine. Then again, before that happens I better clear up the loose ends...

And my next hol has been decided!!! Vietnam with 78 girls end March next year :D can't believe we cfmed it within 48 hours, and even got all the air tickets ready!! Super impromptu. Super efficient. HAHA. And super good deal too - 43.50 per person!! OMG. Now I'm officially excited for our first overseas trip together :D gonna be so awesome!! (And josephyeo is gg to be so jealous!)

Lying on my bed now and just about to fall asleep... Gotta bathe first though, or else at least remove the makeup on my face so i wouldn't get more pimples than i currently have. Eeks. And so, life's good. Thank God for awesome friends, really :)

+ guaishou's! :D