tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166442012-02-16T21:02:55.852+08:00before we turn to stonejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.comBlogger8261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-71395908056835491752012-02-11T15:23:00.003+08:002012-02-11T15:23:29.590+08:00Pretty in pink Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-77660696086330048102012-02-11T15:23:00.001+08:002012-02-11T15:23:23.951+08:00Pretty in pink Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-1888349813706634462012-02-11T15:21:00.001+08:002012-02-11T15:21:20.608+08:00Indoors vs outdoors Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-9197379771677046272012-01-26T14:35:00.001+08:002012-01-26T14:35:11.788+08:00Cant get enoughjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-7308068583194331552012-01-26T12:09:00.001+08:002012-01-26T12:09:26.449+08:00Sigh.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-29188699879222392482012-01-26T12:06:00.001+08:002012-01-26T12:06:53.259+08:00Hello, jacuzzijiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-25922693314585549082012-01-24T23:36:00.000+08:002012-01-24T23:36:23.191+08:00Happy new year (dragon roar)Happy New Year!
I always seem to come back from Malaysia with a itchy throat or a leaky nose - think its the stuffingduriansdownmythroat that do me in, but in any case I wish it would go away; I want to eat more CNY goodies!
Of what is so far a bakkwaless new year, its been pretty good. I seem to enjoy going back to Malaysia more these days, even though I don't seem to be any closer to my jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-49472488800565285632012-01-24T12:10:00.001+08:002012-01-24T12:10:30.336+08:00langsaijiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-62034142033204504652012-01-24T10:05:00.001+08:002012-01-24T10:05:27.713+08:00Love this house.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-26847864821403379892012-01-23T10:39:00.001+08:002012-01-23T10:39:21.886+08:00Adibah would be proudjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-39775583490595624982012-01-22T23:44:00.001+08:002012-01-22T23:44:24.871+08:00My only pediicure clientjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-83208726344587677042012-01-22T21:11:00.001+08:002012-01-22T21:11:18.452+08:00Fireworks raining down on usjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-62477840420937726602012-01-22T18:47:00.001+08:002012-01-22T18:47:38.396+08:00And we made the ice cream man drive injiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-44510236427079909032012-01-20T19:38:00.001+08:002012-01-20T19:38:02.526+08:00Huat ah! Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-50975539533252863382012-01-20T19:37:00.001+08:002012-01-20T19:37:57.933+08:00Huat ah! Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-56587675115320453482012-01-16T13:39:00.001+08:002012-01-16T13:39:34.716+08:00Less work, more money!jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-71951958810699631642012-01-16T09:00:00.001+08:002012-01-16T09:00:24.848+08:00Seats on the morning trainjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-16621978686987540002012-01-11T22:13:00.001+08:002012-01-11T22:13:54.086+08:00The Outside Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-23137729300578810702012-01-11T12:06:00.001+08:002012-01-11T12:06:51.080+08:00I'd say. Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-52050863495740063802012-01-03T15:44:00.001+08:002012-01-03T15:44:13.273+08:00Oh, joy Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-26617888936936586042011-12-31T07:57:00.001+08:002011-12-31T07:57:55.367+08:00Oh, indulge me a little.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-84480938347546346092011-12-27T20:04:00.001+08:002011-12-27T20:04:14.851+08:00Happy birthday!jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-29413446378911930752011-12-25T12:56:00.001+08:002011-12-25T12:56:29.283+08:00Boys.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-82000920464767033472011-12-25T12:40:00.001+08:002011-12-25T12:40:53.385+08:00Merry Christmaa yojiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-27915571912805501822011-12-15T00:27:00.001+08:002011-12-15T00:27:07.443+08:00Light me upjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-8707621381541497132011-12-02T18:35:00.001+08:002011-12-02T18:47:10.405+08:00"Discuss the role of key financial statements..."I guess being ambitious is one reason why I'm doing the exam (working and studying do not go together, fyi); but I think I've figured out the real reason why I wanted to take the exam:
It's because I want to feel inspired.
That rush of adrenaline, sense of passion, wide-eyed wonderness and overflowing feelings of euphorium - oh how I've missed you, old friends. It's been a long time since my jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-21634178191730099972011-11-25T19:32:00.001+08:002011-11-25T19:32:58.194+08:00Hmm (twirls moustache)jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-7869623084873743482011-11-18T13:58:00.001+08:002011-11-18T14:00:09.923+08:00marble nail artI blame Adibah (and how my iPhone has her name on auto spelling).jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-60476202983804249732011-11-11T22:15:00.001+08:002011-11-11T22:15:30.991+08:00Waiting for the tenors. Taken at Bishanjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-78145702751357177942011-10-26T19:22:00.001+08:002011-10-26T19:22:06.096+08:00Duck in my Tea Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-70304434217577431212011-10-23T22:50:00.000+08:002011-10-23T22:53:13.621+08:00baubles on my rain pumpsSo I'm supposed to be studying but am (i) waiting for my nails to dry, cos I re-did them (am a little compulsive when it comes to them), and (ii) am thinking of this pair of rain pumps that I saw the other day, absolutely gorgeous but since I'm on my obligatory-shopping-purge I did not ask to try them on and walked away instead. Also am thinking of what to draw on my tee.
So life feels pretty jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-42617533893429911132011-10-20T09:06:00.001+08:002011-10-20T09:06:18.899+08:00Empty carriage (score!) Taken at MRTjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-31182873954521914472011-10-18T17:37:00.001+08:002011-10-18T17:37:32.979+08:00Everyday should be like this. Taken at Da Paolo Gastronomia @ 6 Battery Roadjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-25214882954092831312011-10-11T18:26:00.001+08:002011-10-11T18:26:44.245+08:00Takeout (pen and paper included) Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-24372894533909972892011-10-09T11:16:00.001+08:002011-10-09T11:16:37.626+08:00Why, you awesome lychees Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-9027786346624947982011-10-03T17:26:00.001+08:002011-10-03T17:26:09.012+08:00no, you just have to waitWas pleasantly surprised at how lunch turned out today. I had a good time just talking sharing and listening; so it seems, stories of (seemingly, self imagined or otherwise) star-crossed lovers have been played out the same way (and with the same characters) since time immemorial (immortalised by Korean dramas). I have no wise words or useful insights. Only feelings. Many many of them. Some good,jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-16520721053472474702011-10-03T12:48:00.001+08:002011-10-03T12:48:49.441+08:00Waitingforlunch Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-38678042371552905952011-09-29T18:43:00.003+08:002011-09-29T18:43:42.120+08:00Hello girls you are being ditched (for this) Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-13192916403430825572011-09-26T16:37:00.001+08:002011-09-26T16:37:32.521+08:00还是 Hup Seng 的好吃 Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-38642378601606034212011-09-25T17:35:00.001+08:002011-09-25T17:35:55.392+08:00Popiah!jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-83924948052795070102011-09-21T12:01:00.001+08:002011-09-21T12:01:06.706+08:00Alternatively massage into the affected area Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-1561135296472398832011-09-20T11:14:00.001+08:002011-09-20T11:14:03.808+08:00Hello, 律师 Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-62509112012219798572011-09-17T20:45:00.001+08:002011-09-17T20:45:34.743+08:00Angry birds Taken at Erika's Housejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-30937681485092604102011-09-17T20:40:00.001+08:002011-09-17T20:40:00.114+08:00My nice handjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-17388697489850850322011-09-17T07:03:00.001+08:002011-09-17T07:03:24.874+08:00Morning!jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-43805436122872475922011-09-16T14:51:00.001+08:002011-09-16T14:51:07.762+08:00Because my office still has blackouts Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-54930041235223192542011-09-14T12:00:00.001+08:002011-09-14T12:00:47.823+08:00And I'm back Taken at Dark pits of RPjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-40414830813256626482011-09-08T01:29:00.002+08:002011-09-08T01:47:32.825+08:00"isn't that what time is for?"It's strange how now that I am older (and seemingly supposed to translate into a IcandoanythingandeverythingIwanttojustbecauseIcan) - I actually stop myself. Not that I agree, cos I still think the way I do, just, breathe and say 'Let's just not'. The joy/thrill seems to not outweigh everything else, not anymore. In light of bigger (and hopefully better) things, it just doesn't seem to matter. jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-73063685032714351852011-08-15T14:56:00.001+08:002011-08-15T14:56:57.009+08:00Earl grey jelly, yumm Taken at My Humble Abodejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-5928583439102535322011-07-16T01:51:00.002+08:002011-07-16T01:56:00.423+08:00the best kind of feelingDriving with the windows down, the wind running through your hair and the radio blasting;Listening to Les Miserables on the loop during work - and wishing I was back in West End;Living in my own head.But actually Singapore smells like food everywhere so driving topless is really overrated, sadly.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-80880962565331873502011-06-11T11:31:00.001+08:002011-06-11T11:31:56.145+08:00Roll of thunder, hear me cryjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-57260579815042341432011-06-05T21:17:00.002+08:002011-06-05T21:31:38.029+08:00STOP YOU TIMEIf Time is a person he would be a tiny tiny person (cos no one will notice him) who is actually a thief that steals other people's precious moments and memories. Man he is moving so fast this year, I can't catch up/him. Someone lock him up and freeze him please.How half of 2011 passed by me without me knowing, I really have no idea. The new office does excite me, although I think partly because jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-28186290776541505312011-04-19T21:48:00.001+08:002011-04-19T21:48:35.022+08:00I should take up knitting.The higher education of men is what I should like to see. Men need it so sadly. They do, dear. But I'm afraid such a scheme would be quite impractical. I don't think man has much capacity for development. He has got as far as he can, and that is not far, is it?jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-69137491322315783122011-04-12T10:07:00.001+08:002011-04-12T10:07:34.045+08:00the way you look today really makes me want to pour alcohol all over youActually anything will sound like a good idea now.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-81008540019013436932011-04-09T20:42:00.001+08:002011-04-09T20:42:21.690+08:00I've missed you, (regular) worldwideweb.So much for being a socialmediasnob.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-6513833089581479532011-04-03T18:26:00.002+08:002011-04-03T18:42:52.907+08:00someone like you"there's nothing quite like the feeling when you're listing to a song, whom you dont know, and whom you've never met, who somehow manages to describe exactly how you felt, at a particular moment in your life"Think I'm in a selfish period of my life right now - everything I do is for myself, if it's not about myself then it doesnt matter at all, 'it's over when i say it is' (existentialism, like jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-72456222359669083182011-03-26T18:54:00.001+08:002011-03-26T18:54:07.259+08:00All smiles Taken at Marina Bay Sands Resortjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-24442235935705748232011-03-16T00:54:00.001+08:002011-03-16T00:54:57.047+08:00prayforjapanThere I was, sitting at my desk, trying to finish up drafting/never-endingchecking/pondering on my circular (ha, mine) when I heard news of a second earthquake, and felt incredibly sad for the people in Japan. If you only live once, are you to live your life more or less responsibly? Because if you try to live life to the fullest (and therefore less cautiously) then it means things don't matter jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-26203048629110150662011-03-13T21:36:00.003+08:002011-03-13T21:42:07.300+08:00wholesome possumhad a very productive and wholesome weekend (friday night included) and well, i quite like it. i got to live the life of a taitai for a morning, meet all my friends in one day (haha,), play the part of a prudish worried parent, spend all the money in my wallet (true story), and then try to order china apple from an indian dude (which took quite a bit of explaining, to which my lovely friend said jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-23624708039748695992011-03-09T22:31:00.001+08:002011-03-09T22:31:28.060+08:00grumpsIt's been quite terrible recently, and friend's will call me up and ask me out for dinner, and I'd happily oblige even though I have workloads of work. I keep thinking that I need to be less grumpy about work but I'm not exactly sure how. More snacks in my secret drawer? jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-33008986764555219722011-02-23T23:13:00.001+08:002011-02-23T23:13:15.032+08:00"small eyes is actually not ugly lah!" whythankyou.At least she said my dress was nice.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-15393782371778322512011-02-21T23:50:00.002+08:002011-02-21T23:56:47.561+08:00be be your loveI had a really good day today, plus my weekend was awesome and so I'm feeling terribly loved. I'm glad we went to sandy's house, I can't believe I was playing Battlestar Galactica boardgame with the cast's faces on the player pieces, was strangely quite fun. Hence I was an hour late for dinner. Was kinda wishing for plain old brainless Saboteur, but oh wells. (don't tell Xuhao that I was zoning jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-85205249088760180012011-02-20T15:36:00.001+08:002011-02-20T15:36:17.244+08:00The King's Speech#TheKing'sSpeech 'Bovril nourishes you to resist the flu' :)jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-64532750158211638892011-02-19T11:10:00.003+08:002011-02-19T11:17:35.001+08:00twit.I've only just realised that my timestamp for this blog was still on london time. So dearestadibah signed me up for twitter, and I figured - if I have twitter (and if i do tweet) why stop at just that? so I signed up for posterous as well, but sadly it doesn't seem to autopost if I post from Instagram. Still, the autoposting function is pretty awesome. Plus I quite like the posterous layout. I jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-60364310870803519622011-02-19T09:59:00.001+08:002011-02-19T09:59:23.173+08:00Good morninggggjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-42552710430787848732011-02-06T21:25:00.004+08:002011-02-07T16:04:30.376+08:00nomnomI don't think I've been back for such a long stay, ever. Being back never fails to make me realise that I'm part of a bigger unit, nucleus - family, and that I am not and cannot be on my own. How silly! jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-17190052059764570762011-01-29T20:27:00.001+08:002011-01-29T20:27:29.545+08:00macham mafiaWe moved around in packs. Black Mercedes Benz with tinted windows. We look rightly out of place. We never smile. Minus the drinking, and I would have liked it very much. I also realised how much I missed/was reliant on the iPhone. Will try not to lose it again. Love, from my iPhone. jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-19955897340597875982011-01-20T16:13:00.001+08:002011-01-20T16:13:18.022+08:00Such wisdom. Love, Boost.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-83356417494590169302011-01-20T15:52:00.001+08:002011-01-20T15:52:30.867+08:00Ooh, hello(testing an app, also too free)Yesterday on the mrt I stood next to a pwc intern talking to a kw intern. They were greenhorny. How different their conversations were (as opposed to those between Adibah and myself "Eh my boss was nice to me today" "I'm still in office!!" "jurong sucks"). Chey, interns. Squash you with a photocopying machine lah. jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-56260530434545438792011-01-14T22:19:00.002+08:002011-01-14T22:25:57.934+08:00what, 2011 already?as with all year-ends and year-starts, there was a quiet reflection of the year and life thus far, and what should and can be done for the year ahead. This year there was no rush to finish unfinished business; neither were there ambitious thoughts for the new year ahead. There are, however, many thoughts and ideas and feelings, and it was good that I had the time to think them through. But the jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-34424425969278309902010-10-08T08:40:00.000+08:002010-10-08T08:41:37.377+08:00if it makes you happy, it cant be that badgoodbye world,(helloooo paradise).jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-88312685265204655932010-09-25T20:27:00.002+08:002010-09-25T20:35:31.610+08:00hello, hiI used to be afraid of not being able to remember what my life was; the events that happened; all the little details that made everything special/different/horriblywrong/wonderful, and I'm pretty sure my brain has been shrinking (or succumbing to the evil that is Age/wrinkles) because I find myself not remembering things when people ask me questions like 'so what is the most evil thing you've jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-16502987273447824392010-05-28T15:18:00.002+08:002010-05-28T15:20:43.436+08:00Off we go!xoxo, Sent from my iPhonejiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-42190774026948682012010-05-28T13:16:00.002+08:002010-05-28T13:24:25.531+08:00and away we goTHELONGWEEKENDISHERE:)so I woke up too late to go buy any snacks/mags/cupnoodles (we are, afterall, poor working girls) and im just in time for eug's dad to come pick me up. I did go get macs breakfast though. Its still on my table, hm dont really feel like macs these days.I realised I didnt have enough money for the trip, and so I started looking into my ang baos. I found a stack (I think, from jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-57609916903018664912010-05-25T21:34:00.004+08:002010-05-25T22:23:24.751+08:00hello, back!havent been online much at home, and Ive obviously lost interest in touching anything remotely resembling a screen when I'm at home. It's dinner, and then the bed. So I thought I'd try to make an effort to keep this up, after hearing Liyann say 'I've always pictured you doing something more creative', I realised I havent been thinking very much. I mean, other than that brief discussion with jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-24658197666424806242010-03-28T22:32:00.005+08:002010-03-28T22:56:25.019+08:00quarterly reviewit has been about three months since i started work. the cold feet from the 'ohnoidbedoingthisfortherestofmylife' started in week two when i saw an old man with a whole head of silver hair shuffling along to the mrt crowd, trying to get on the escalator. i got over that, and then my life's been, well, still manageable so far. ive always been a very practical person, but lately ive been finding jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-88651949267205080982010-01-26T21:41:00.003+08:002010-01-26T21:54:58.314+08:00before we turn to stonesometimes I'm really in awe of the way this universe works. Just when I needed to talk to someone, my best friend from halfway across the world could do with a talk as well. And so a few lines over gchat actually made my previous weeks of heavy heartness (all those frustrations!) seem light, lighter, and the part where I was caught grinning like an idiot and texting into my phone when my boss jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-19989161410688896602010-01-02T00:19:00.004+08:002010-01-02T00:44:45.108+08:00what, its 2010 already!So my cat says its january already, but my brain doesnt seem to agree. (that is the closest id ever get to having a cat, btw.) and just as I was just getting used to having my Sister around the house, she leaves for South Africa for a month. Family time is so hard to come by:(I'm not quite sure what to expect for 2010, so I'm just going to go with an open mind. It is, afterall, the start of the jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-51097901059721297082009-12-10T00:32:00.002+08:002009-12-10T01:06:18.776+08:00do-mee-noEverytime we had to marcato the Cantate I felt like I was going to say a very bad word.People have been asking me what Im busy with, and I feel almost ashamed to say that im bumming around, and have been for the past month. Im not so sure what im busy with, but Amore definitely tops the list for the highest activity recorded in a week. my bed comes a close second. -And today I think I spotted a jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-66630089075901536292009-10-29T10:12:00.003+08:002009-10-29T10:15:59.220+08:00in the wee small hours of the morningi woke up today, and the air was cold. there was a nice cool breeze blowing through my living room. the sun looked strong, and i made iced milo for breakfast. all morning i felt a sense of nostalgia- as if it was the december holidays and my mum was going to bring me to some cool place today, probably tangs to see the christmas decorations or the science centre.i let that feeling of nostalgia jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-21246054351619212592009-10-26T11:03:00.003+08:002009-10-26T11:10:54.978+08:00bert and ernieduring my euphoria at showing everybody my disney crocs i tried to tell janice about the wonders of seasame street (and the lack thereof - they arent showing on okto anymore!!), and then i tried to sing her this song but she wouldnt stop staring at me (those cursed big eyes) and she made me feel funny so i stopped short of finishing the song.besides now that theres a new baby in the family im jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-79489063629414042282009-10-17T15:46:00.004+08:002009-10-17T15:50:28.407+08:00i succumbed to crocs.so the metro sale did me in. but i had finally succumbed to The Crocs, previously known as ThoseAwfullyLargeAndUglyPlasticSandalsThatEveryoneHas. i still remember when Quan Yifeng first wore it on TV and i couldnt believe that Mediacorp actually let her. needless to say i never understood my sister's fascination with them either. she must have, like, five pairs. But hey, at least this one is jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-49108830160404820162009-10-12T21:59:00.004+08:002009-10-12T22:24:45.980+08:00lets take a better look, beyond our story bookyesterday my mum dragged me to go watch 'City of Life and Death', the film on the Nanjing Massacre. i tried to pull her to 'Julie and Julia'; i didnt want to watch something so depressing on a sunday morning. but as always, my mum's puppy eyes won.i loved history back in TKGS because we got to study world wars and ive always thought them fascinating. not the torture techniques, i understand jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-44839214467961586442009-10-05T22:41:00.002+08:002009-10-05T22:51:55.324+08:00flashdance..what a feelingtoday marks the end of my no-scratches-or-nearaccidents streak. i lightly bumped (lightly) a lorry in its rear, and some of its silver paint came off on my spoiler thing. the lorry uncle was nice enough to say 'my lorry nevermind its your car thats got abit' and i was only too anxious to say its alright. and today janice and i detoured to jurong before finding the pie exit to get home. from jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-58417236980399351842009-09-13T21:41:00.000+08:002009-09-13T21:51:39.385+08:00"even if it means id have to face the queen"winning tickets to Zee Avi must be the best thing that has happened to me since a long time, and i was absolutely thrilled to hear her sing, and as usual, they all sound better live than their cds. she kept making us do sing-alongs, something i must say singaopreans are rather good at. sadly i only know the lyrics to kantoi, ha. somehow i didnt have to queue with other minions on the long queue jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-83820445736718183242009-09-11T00:37:00.003+08:002009-09-11T01:08:51.078+08:00a beautiful mess(it was on my itunes shuffle)The Night of the Rebellion, we girls met at Royals Cafe and pondered (among many other things like if singapore is a one party state or one party dominant state) upon a perplexing question: we are all so hot and desirable(statement), so why is it that no guys are chasing us/chased us(question)?we carefully reviewed each of the boys from our class and affirmed that jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-48286477958159129822009-08-31T11:26:00.003+08:002009-08-31T11:28:21.003+08:00in nus com lab,its my first time doing soemething schooly in nus so i thought i should commemorate it.its nothing great, im still terribly bored in lecture, and we didnt even know how to get into the lab. we had to look really lost, so this girl would come and open the door for us. and then they made alot of noise so i felt slightly annoyed, oh monday blues. now i have to go back to lecture.jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-90738463133229868802009-08-30T22:36:00.001+08:002009-08-30T22:44:19.711+08:00semalam i call you, you tak answer.so ive been driving (!) my new ride around singapore, but none by myself and without any banter between the three of us- me, the directionless driver; my dad, the director; and my mum, the backseat driver. and occasionally we argue with the gps, too. but its been fun, and ive had 'bitter heart' stuck in my head for the past two days, so ive been humming that while driving, until i discovered thisjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-30082476580022850802009-08-26T23:38:00.000+08:002009-08-26T23:46:22.722+08:00i dont want to fall apart today or ever,today i realised how i love my friends very much and that im very lucky to have such good friends to hang out with and talk about everything under the sun with. school's a bore and my grouses about it never ceases; but my tiredness dies with good company, even if its over kfc and toomuchcream strawberry shortcake. i cant wait for the rest of my life to start ;)jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-17405094588766353842009-08-20T22:34:00.001+08:002009-08-20T22:57:05.853+08:00a triangle trying to squeeze through a circleto be honest i was quite happy to go to school; home was boring me and i wasnt doing anything productive. now that im back in the system i find that i just go back to my old ways. today we were learning about Singapore's Criminal Justice System and a Senior DPP even dropped by. but further into his lecture I realised- the 97% conviction rate is and will be so because of the system. the jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-66040503727688771892009-08-17T20:51:00.000+08:002009-08-17T20:52:11.814+08:00all done!OKAY its all pretty much done. ive updated the links (some,) and added some stuff. too bad the bookshelf thing doesnt change by itself, but oh wells. i couldnt find another one.;) im actually quite proud of myself!jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-78755097460948839302009-08-16T23:22:00.000+08:002009-08-16T23:29:15.360+08:00dottednessits like when girls go for haircuts, wardrobe rehauls and makeovers; my blog needed a facelift as well. hence, tadaa! i did get this off blogskins (thank you) but i twinkered around with it, although i realised that i dont have the links to the blogs anymore. that will take a while to fill in. im tired.i really love my friends, and all the girl nights we have. the junk food is getting to me jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-80994882058402344722009-08-03T11:32:00.001+08:002009-08-16T20:39:40.102+08:00muhna muhna!its bing, she did it.well i finally unpacked clothes and shoes! :) :) yes that is a huge achievement, thank you very much. now its just the small itsby bitsy stuff which ive been procrastinating.but in any case, heres a song to cheer everyone up;)jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-34053358742950359712009-07-31T17:23:00.000+08:002009-07-31T17:45:22.610+08:00finally, a time to breathe.i have to say that the last few days in london and the first few days upon touching down hasnt been easy. the knowledge of your life in limbo isnt exactly easy to handle for a girl who has always been about the black and white; the knowing and not knowing. the thought of graduating without a life plan scares me.but;) today i have two good news;) i heard from my law firm(my!) and NUS(about time jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-86042550426481252782009-07-23T15:55:00.004+08:002009-07-23T16:23:34.657+08:00she-e-ryy (sherry baby)its been quite a cold summer, or at least it hasnt been warm worthy since i got back, and now i have to leave soon so id never know if it ever gets warm in london during summer. my dad and sis have left for singapore and now its just me and my mum (and a rat, which my mum is convinced lives within my walls, sorry may) in cold summery london, packing up my room.it was fun having my family over, jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-83025373758832007372009-07-16T05:47:00.001+08:002009-07-16T05:47:53.013+08:00Truly singaporeanIm in a queue, half an hr earlier than the stated opening time, and im third in line. Strangely the two ladies before me are european; i had expected asians to be hogging the queue way ahead of everyone else. But oh wells:) this is a much better way to spend my jetlagged mornings than surfing internet randomly. Besides, then my sis wont have to complain that i 'lied to her' bout her maybe not jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-11069174426704991342009-07-14T18:04:00.002+08:002009-07-14T18:33:07.690+08:00the unbearable lightness of beingon the night my grandma was supposed to return (ie. the 7th day), a big brown butterfly flew into my second uncle's house and settled on the wall nearest to her big armchair. my cosin who was sitting on the chair freaked out and ran away, saying 'ah ma's come back!'. i marvelled slightly at the beauty of it all, and suddenly felt like i finally understood (or at least at peace with) the mysteriesjiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-64969747147618545262009-06-20T20:23:00.001+08:002009-06-20T20:23:40.363+08:00Sun and more sunwaiting to go into morocco right now; in a few minutes we'd be on our way to the tarifa port to board our ferry. Quite excited about our little adventure into morocco, and oh well rachel is done with her internet so we shd go off soon:) ah, hammams and couscous:)jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-6352554332228655252009-06-16T03:51:00.004+08:002009-06-16T05:34:30.435+08:00big city streets are calling me loud-heard a young man singing freely below my window, loud and proud, so i went to take a look:) well this world never ceases to amaze me. it was an old man, limping along with a walking stick, and then he stopped right outside my house for a while. (i think he was trying to pick up some girls/women). then he continued on, singing, in that young man's voice, and limping, in the body of an old man. a jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716644.post-67209653292581032652009-06-12T20:16:00.005+08:002009-06-12T20:29:54.948+08:00quickiebefore i head out again for more errands/hanging out/the dreadful s word (the latter which got me into trouble with my mummy) but oh wells im happy and erm, she will be. so its been coming to two weeks since ive finished my exams, and ive done absolutely nothing really productive, except cleared up my room a bit and packed stuff a bit and threw away stuff a bit. ive been thinking about which jiayunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06876199943195524889noreply@blogger.com2