moved to theonlyfault.tumblr.com

wrapped in brown towels, rolling around on comforter covered beds;

It meant to me, a place to hide away from the storm, if just for a little while so thanks for today.

photo via here.

Algorithms.

If it remained unclear
between the two of us,
which one would be the one
to break the other's heart

oh oh!

via here

Hotwheels leading the way;

On barking dogs next block:
Jonathan Kum: stop barking stupid dog.

You like this.

Charis Kum
YEAH YOU ARE KORRECT. omg almost threw daggers at the 3 dogs when the owner finally came back.
jon: look at what my hydra dropped!

Jonathan Kum
where do you get daggers? inject them with milo kosong gao.
lololol no blueprints. check out my awesome trap! :D


"Inject them with MILO KOSONG GAO."

HAHAHA WHAT.

there is no maybe.

"One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is to pretend that you care about them more than you actually do."

via here

ps: channel 5 is finally showing the mentalist, so I get to see Simon Baker's awesome smile in proper dimensions. way awesome!

in other words: think happy thoughts, holidays are coming soon.

Shades of grey.

quote via creampuff.

i've been there and back;

1. On clothes from Marks & Spencer.

Sophie:

I'm in a relationship with it.

It's made of Indian Silk, that's why it costs $50 bucks.

And it has a touch me sticker on it.

And its oh so soft.

2. On bags from online shops.
Siqi:
(leans over 2 people)
Eh what is the address of that online shop where this bag came from?
(points to bag)
Oh it's okay i remembered already.
(later on during lunch)
Eh yesterday I bought a bag! It was 50% off from the Island Shop.

3. On shoes from cheap places.
Charlene:
(ages ago)
Eh I need to buy shoes. All my shoes aren't pretty.
(today)
Eh I can't buy shoes anymore, I'm broke.

Nothing is harder than it seems.

Bonnie and Clyde.

because we are bestfriends right;

late night talks;

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here-She & Him

the hunger games;

On Facing Death

"People imagine that they are not afraid of death when they think of it while they are in good health."

- Marcel Proust.

Trust Me-The Fray

via rispillo

just like quicksand;

you don't make commitments you can't keep;

Yesterday, we were supposed to shop for a friend's birthday present before meeting friends and embarking on what proved to be my downfall for the rest of the night. Anyway the point is that, I saw this PS1 like bag from C&K and am still thinking about it! Okay, it wasn't very PS1 like but the point is that it is grey & navy blue & very pretty & very me.

And also yesterday, I stepped into MPH bookstore while waiting for 2 very late boys and realized it has been a long time since I last picked up a book for leisure and not because of a compulsion to do so. Then I realised that it's been a long time since I did anything for leisure and not because I was compelled to do it; because I had to. I couldn't sleep last night because of the sugar from the souffle, so this morning I went running with all the sugar in my system. It's time to start doing things that I want, isn't it?

&& oh Sonia, we need to work on our mutual telepathy. The only words we managed to say in sync yesterday was: ptosis and exopthalmos. Tragik.

Why-Secondhand Serenade

Georgia On My Mind-Ray Charles

Teardrops On My Guitar-Taylor Swift

The Reason Why-Rachael Yamagata

Yellow (Coldplay cover)-Petra Haden and Bill Frisell

syrinx:

Syrinx was one of those versatile virgins of Arcadia, who, on being pursued by Pan beside the river Ladon, turned herself into a reed, from which Pan made his pipes, so giving her name to various tubular structures, eg syriges, and syrinxes, which are tubular or slit-like cavities in or close to the central canal of the cervical cord. They may extend up or down.

-Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (My Best Friend)

you have an aura

"I want people to feel an immediate happiness and cheerfulness when they are around me. To make a difference in someone's life. I want to make an impression in someone's life, so that even though I may be delicate and fragile, my footprints are permanent within the hearts of the ones I've touched."

via creampuff, again.

thoughts running through my head now:

"I like the blue colour, its very... bright."
"Is it too bright?"
"Well, its hospital appropriate."
"But it has weird frills at the bottom, makes my butt look big."
"Frills = cute!"
"Frills = fat."

what does it take to find a lost love?

Today my friend turned 90 years old. The hospital staff sang him a birthday song when we were having tutorial. He told me he wanted to hit 100 years old, said that with a grin and hope in his voice. He is a cute old man, tells me about his education, his job, his mee goreng. He says he likes to cook his own food, that he puts 6 onions, 60 cents toufu and a little yellow mee and he cooks it by himself. That the kind they sell outside isn't nice, "they give so little towgay".

Today I said goodbye && take care to another friend who went home. He defaulted treatment for his thyroid problem for many years, because he didn't have the money to pay for medication. He said he didn't know what to do when he goes home, "Singapore is a very hard place ah. People are very unfriendly, and they are selfish." And then he told me firmly: "Don't press people down because when you go, no one will come and send you off".
Don't press people down.

Today I said a cheery good morning to this man who wanders the hallways every morning. The hallways in AH are a breezy, open place to be and today he was looking out one of the colonial style windows, gazing at the tress outside.
He has lung cancer.
I try to greet him happily every morning because sometimes that's the best we can do, to be cheerful for them.

This week has been busy but fulfilling.

Drinking chamomile tea and:

"Do you know what happens when you hurt people? When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less."
- The God Of Small Things.

via creampuff

Maybe if you didn't say those things, I'd love you a whole lot more.

appearances deceive.

2 minutes into the conversation, his eyes filled with tears.
"Wo huo zai shi jie shang hen tong ku, mei you ban fa le."

Later my friend asked, "why did you talk to him?".
"Sometimes the best thing we can do is to listen."

this is how i'm feeling right now:

like there's no way forward, and definitely none back.

fix your shattered bones.

if you only had one more day to live, what would you do?

suppose it were true.

its like having a stone in your heart, and not being able to roll it away.

cherry cherry bon bon.

#1
"So what do I do?"
"Just distance yourself."
"I've tried that already."
"Was it obvious?"
"Yes, it was."

#2
"She was just being friendly (pause) and I really didn't know what was going on."
"You have denial issues."
"But she was just being friendly!"

#3
"Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you, over again..."
"Don't make me change my mind"
"I won't waste another day, I swear its true"
"Because a girl like you is impossible to find."
"You're impossible to find."

#4
"Cherry cherry bon bon!"
"?!!"

#5
"Wait I knew that."

#6
"I'm Yours makes me squirm in my skin."
(turns up volume)

#7
"I'm alert as an alligator."

#8
"Chocolate cake vs Transformers?"
"Chocolate cake."
"?!?!?"

something so contrived.

If you talk to me to make yourself feel better, then don't bother.

i'm giving you a break from me

Posting is set to resume soon, and among other things I think I have the propensity to say the stupidest things.

/hides face.

Alexandra Hospital is where I'm at now, and they have weird card inserts on their tables; things like TLC and spoonfuls of sugar that are supposed to make you eat healthier. Watch out because by the end of this 9 weeks, I'll have no more fat. I'll be like chicken breast meat, a lean and strong machine.

Today we camped around our kind and funny tutor in Ward 2, and learnt things that we should have been taught earlier. Funny how teaching sometimes goes backwards.

Today we got advice from 2 old men, on marriage (don't marry young, enjoy life first) and taking care of kids (the wife is the good guy, the husband has to be the bad guy). I guess, it's always good to start planning (??).

I like something that's easy and comfortable, smooth and fluffy like cotton candy.

your protector's coming home.

My dire affliction, I'll attribute to you

It's clear you're nothing special, you're just a skeleton key.
Today, I have rediscovered the joys of songs that don't mean much and just sound nice. A bit like people sometimes, too.

The past week (if you must):
1. Fluffy hair.
2. Soyabean milk.
3. Waffles.
4. 18 chefs, KFC. Prospectively: laksa and sushi.
5. Feeling inadequate, incompetent and slack; basically PP (phytoplankton) like.
6. Suddenly having energy to go run today in CGH's gym.
7. Having people exclaim HUH YOU'RE GOING RUNNING to the above point.
8. Why is it that it is not possible to be a contradiction?
9. Currently playing err, Restaurant City. HAHAHA.
10. And worrying about dresscode and cui-ness to Gareth Pugh.
11. Walking out into wrong places, and encountering stunned nurses.
12. Having to research about sunbears and bile.
13. Seeing really really cute old people (:
14. Learning bits of hokkien, like some lo kun thing.
15. Being tempted to replace thing with some other word that I hear frequently from Sonia & my tutor. No, it doesn't start with F and yes it starts with S.
16. Tomorrow is the weekend, I thought we never live to see it, but I exaggerate.
17. Nail polish is destructible, even the clear ones. Yes, you can call me superficial now, go on.
18. I wish to lose weight so I can walk faster. My legs are the same length as Keith's but I can't walk as fast, it must be the weight.
19. I really like the lyrics of this song! SKELETON KEY LA, THEN.
20. My weekends are really busy.

No parachutes and safety nets here.

Don't expect things that I can't and won't give.
Do, however, try to grow eyes in the back of your head. The present ones aren't working, because they don't detect changes.

Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle

This is fully awesome.

I dreamed a dream lyrics:
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high,
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
When dreams were made and used,
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung,
No wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hopes apart
As they turn your dreams to shame.

And still I dream he'll come to me
And we will live our lives together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms
We cannot weather...

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seems
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

My Sister's Keeper

Can't wait for this to hit the screen in June.

The Good, The Bad and The Tasty part I

The Good:
1. H&M + Uniqlo=best haul ever. I finally got my bomber jacket + studded belt + clinical shoes + black flats. All in black, not sure why.
2. Small tucked away timsum houses with the best congee ever for breakfast. Multiply by 3 = breakfast everyday.
3. Disneyland! My brother dragged me along to Space Mountain :/ && then when it rolled me around in the rollercoaster dark thing he laughed at me! But it was still quite fun.

The Bad:
4. The walking is horrendous. I think I grew an extra set of muscles. And everyone walks very fast, and talks very loud.
5. The turnover at restaurants is fast x 100 = eat very fast without talking.
6. Ladies market. The upside of this walk into Ladies Market was the best XLB ever eaten. (:

The Tasty:
7. Lin Heung Tea House on the second day for breakfast. The whole place was packed, tea was everywhere and old people were too, sipping their tea (which was obscenely thick btw) and reading newspapers. Best fish thing and paus. /drool.
8. Milk teaaaaa at Lan Fong Yuen. /slurp.
9. Steamed carrot cake at Wai Kee Congeeeeeee. Super yum!
10. Okay so mmm on the third day when we were in Central, and hungry from post H&M shopping we ate 5 lunches. You know, the mini kind or so we like to think.
It went like this:
Zi Char @ some roadside stall / Wanton Mee / Claypot Rice (AWESOME) / Pork chop buns + milk tea / Egg tarts.

Photos when I get my hands on them!

/the title should read THE TASTY because I've never felt so pleased with the food. HOHOHO.

off to hongkong, be back on sunday.

Lay down your burden, I will carry you;
I will carry you my child, my child.

talking in code.

Take this quiz to find out if u are girly or not! :D
below 40 = Not Girly
above 40 = Girlie
above 55 = Paris Hilton

[X] My fingernails/toenails are almost always painted.
[ ] During the summer pretty much the only shoes I wear are flip flops.
[X] My favorite toy as a child were barbies. (and I loved to dress them up and down.)
[ ] My favorite color is pink or purple.
[ ] I took dance.
[X] I love skirts/shorts.
[X] Shops at the mall.
[ ] Tight jeans are the only jeans Ill wear.
[X} I love chocolate. (DARK chocolate. oozing out of marshmellows.)

TOTAL SO FAR: 5

[X] I straighten my hair.
[X] I have at least 8 facebook pictures.
[X] I usually go shopping once a week. (disclaimer: ONLINE ONLINE EVERYDAY.)
[X] I love to hang out with friends.
[X] I have a real diamond ring or diamond necklace.
[ ] I've gone to a tanning salon.
[ ] I've gone to the beach to tan - not to swim
[X ] I have at least 10 pairs of shoes. (HAHAHA. is not that much.)
[X] I watch(ed) either The OC, Laguna Beach OR Desperate Housewives.
[ ] I change my profile weekly.
[X] I have worn a shower cap.

TOTAL SO FAR: 13

[X] I would NEVER step foot into Hot Topic.
[X] My cell phone might as well become a part of me.
[ ] I wear mascara everyday.
[X] I've been or am on a diet.
[ ] Bathing suits are adorable.
[ ] I don't know the difference between a sheep and a goat.
[ ] Tattoos are Gross.
[X] I have gotten my nails done.
[X] I own over 10 purses. (at last count my cupboard is bursting.)
[ ] MuchMusic is my one of my favorite channels.

TOTAL SO FAR: 18

[ ] I like to talk about boys.
[] I love to have other people do my hair.
[X] I like to give and receive hugs from all my friends.
[X] I hate bugs.
[ ] Carnivals are so fun!
[ ] Summer is THE best season.
[ ] My swimsuit has 2 pieces.
[ ] I'm waiting for my knight in shining armor.
[X] Musicians are hot.
[ ] You write me a poem and tell me I'm beautiful and I'm all yours.

TOTAL SO FAR: 21

[X] I'm self-conscious.
[] I cry often.
[ ] My room smells like vanilla.
[] My dishes get washed more then once a week.
[ ] I don't do sports
[ ] I HATE to run.
[ ] I squeal when I am surprised.
[X] I eat dried fruit as a snack.
[X] Has seen and read Twilight series.
[ ] Drew Barrymore is so cute.

TOTAL SO FAR: 23

[ ] I dance a lot.
[] I usually spend over an hour to get ready to leave my house.
[] My hair is important
[X] I love to get dressed up.
[ ] Every part of my outfit needs to match.
[] I talk on the phone at least once a day to my friends.
[ ] I'd love to have a photo shoot of myself.
[X] The price on clothes hardly matters. (depends on cost per wear, and potential mileage.)
[ ] I apply lipgloss 50 times a day.
[X] I wish I were a model. (cos of the height + you're paid to walk runways + you get to go to PARIS + MILAN + NY AMG.)

TOTAL SO FAR: 26

[ ] I wish I could meet Paris Hilton.
[ ] I wanted or have been something that was slutty on Halloween.
[ ] R&B is the best music.
[ ] I pop my collar.
[ ] Guys with Mohawks are GROSS!
[ ] Horses are beautiful.
[ ] I never pay attention in school.
[X ] Puppies are adorable.

TOTAL SO FAR: 27

[X ] I speak IM.
[ ] I would love to visit Hawaii
[ ] Valentine's day is so cute!
[ ] White is better than black.
[ ] I wouldn't be caught dead in all black.
[X] My closet is STOCK FULL of clothes. (i'm thinking of selling some away oh well.)
[] I HATE THE GRUNGE LOOK OF A BEARD.
[] I love flowers.

TOTAL SO FAR: 31

[X] I love to Doodle.
[ ] I love Celine Dion.
[ ] My baths are 2 hours long.
[ ] My wedding only needs a groom because it's already planned.
[ ] My friends and I are in a strict group. We mostly only hang out with each other.
[X] I like kids.
[] Diet drinks are the best.
[ ] I have been a vegetarian.
[ ] I refuse to eat at McDonald's.

TOTAL SO FAR: 33

[X] I check my facebook everyday.
[X] I have a lot of jewelry.
[ ] Only have gold jewelry.
[ ] My screen name[s] has x's in them.
[ ] Either one of my msn names has/had <3/♥'s in them.
[] I would never want to be the opposite sex.
[X] I have more than 3 pillows on my bed. (they are all piled up at one corner.)


TOTAL: 36

HAHAHA CLOSE ENOUGH. OKAY BYE.

/slinks back into bacteria induced revelry.

you gotta let me know.

There are some songs that you love because of the lyrics, and then there are those that you play over and over again because of the music; this is one of them.

Great discovery on a mundane friday (:

Irrational Fear 3

That this mutant mosquito making its mutant mad rounds around my thigh/body/heat emitting computer will suck all my blood out, and leave me a lifeless shell of a corpse.

The upcoming finals could do that too, huh.

In other news, I am surviving on the sheer power generated by Goldkiri Coffee (what a name!) and God.

Tire Swing - Kimya Dawson

Gave me a push and he started singing
I sang along while I was swinging
The sound of our voices made us forget everything
That had ever hurt our feelings

What I Am Doing:

1. Studying.
2. Running at least twice a week. Oddly enough I can run for a longer distance in the gym then in the 'real world' if you get what I mean. Sadly enough, there is no gym nearby.
3. Snacking between meals. Potato chips! Chocolate! Yoghurt! Repeat!
4. Playing FB games. HEHEHE.
5. Watching TV shows + one brokeback mountain (which is possibly the saddest romantic movie ever.)
6. Dazed Digital Playlists are very good to study to, esp. the Feb one.
7. Looking at awesome stud DIYs online, and wanting to try, and knowing that I'll probably poke holes in my fingers.
8. Tracking my items from everywhere. And tracking my brother's Rhino plush toy thingy. It's very cute.
9. Reading Huffington Post.
10. Scrambling around in distress because Paul just sent an email to say that a review of the exam questions is underway. NEUROSCIENCE HOW.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
- "Eloisa to Abelar"- Alexander Pope.

It's raining, raining. Oh baby it's raining, raining.

While reading Watchmen, I've been bloghopping/shopping and looking at Split Cameras.

AGAIN.

(: life is good & I love the rainnnnn.

ps: anyone wants to go for rachael yamagata's concert! (: /looks at sonia hopefully.

pps: It distresses me greatly when I find that I've nothing to wear for a wedding. AMG in my subconscious I've secretly been hand-wringing over what to wear on saturday.

ppps: I want my online stuff to come nowwwwww.

the curtain was drawn, left you sleeping so sound.

Watching 4 intense movies over 2 days screws with your head, and renders you incapable of studying for +/- 1 day.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons

It's not about how well you play it, it's about how you feel about playing it.

when did your heart go missing?

1. I think that Jen & John looked very naiice together at the Oscars. And that Ange looked gaunt in her all black ensemble.
2. I literally jumped for joy when Slumdog won many many.
3. And hence I conclude that the past few days have been a monumental waste of time trying to cram COFM.
4. I think when things change, you change and now I don't know you anymore.
5. I'm so sick of being stifled by the very things I chose to love and study.
6. When did your heart go missing?
7. How come slashed jeans and spikes and studs and gleaming metal things are appearing everywhere?
8. And at NYFW too. See Nathan Jensen. Amg.
9. While bloghopping I saw this super cute violinist and hyperventilated on my couch.
10. Seriously, too too cute. Way too cute.
11. Tomorrow the CAs start, and I'm way too jaded to care. Unfort, the heart thinks otherwise. It is currently thumping along happily in my thoracic cavity.
12. On a happier note, my happy piece of plastic camera should be hopping by my room to say HI. I shall welcome it with open arms (along with a paperbag skirt), seeing how it is a small piece of happiness in an increasingly dark world. Okay too melodramatic.
13. Rant over. Shall join my brother in his quest to hunt for mice, and a Rhino plush toy. How excite.

Ice-cream soda, cherry on the top please.

Lately the days have blended into nights with a huge overdose of parasites in between.
So that leaves me with finding my own cherry on the top; this editorial above.

More here
Wanted to post it in full, but blogger is not cooperating (much like my brain capacity).

Anyways, the weekend is here. The exams draw near. And all I want to do is watch Ip Man.

I promise this whining of sorts will be out of the (slightly dusty) window in no time when the CAs roll over and play dead.
And revive themselves in the form of the PROS.

Oh goody me.

Strong! Wild! Powerful! Savage! Beast!

Here we come, oh ye exams.

41571

Tonight a part of me died when I looked at the names of the fungi and mycoses.

And that same part self-revived after watching Jason Bourne
a) Walk out of 2 car crashes alive
b) Crush a guy to death in a bathroom, by the toilet
c) Wriggle in the water after 2 minutes of floating stationary, and swim to safety.
d) Jump on Moroccan roofs, which are all flat and cool btw and collect clothes along the way to avoid glass splinters in between jumps.

I hence declare that if I have the same (or 99.9%) DNA as him, I will be able to conquer Fungi, Parasites and all the nasty drugs.
/bloopbloopbloop.

a clock is ticking, but its hidden far away.

TRACkers inaug 09!
Medball 08, Flash and me!
sports day 07!
sophie's 21st @ hortparkkkkk.
at the airporttttt. i remember cool black jacket with silver zippers. lovelove.
post present triumphal return to home!
changi beach date + wedding photos spot!
watchnight watchnight!
coffee club at siglap; muddy mudpie and dubious boys talk.
in the greenlovecar, being silly. (:
Shokudo! For Jingyu + poohbear polaroids.
Clarke Quay; when we were young.
on the bus to malaysia ! (: YMLC 08.
eh, one of many occasions when the camera was out, and we went crazyclicking. lovelove.


happy friendship day beloved friends (:

Chuck Season 2

Perhaps I've overstated the nature of our relationship.

...

I've been spamming Chuck S2 the whole of today, so dead.

drilling, drilling all day long.

my neighbours across the carpark have taken it upon themselves to renovate their house.

you always know the best way to get to me, I hate that this has spoilt my whole day.

bollywood dances in a train station...

have never looked so good and nifty.
slumdog millionaire, very naiice. (: (:

you can take the front seat, just need you to trust me.

HAHA i found a better distraction.
Very very good.

(: (:

Sorta the last day of school today! Huzzah!

/feels fat now due to Thaiexpress & Coffeeclub lunch.
/hopes to run later.

i just thought this was very cute.

Tavi says: mythz

Waiting for a response.

#1: I love history, weirdly enough.
Like Greek mythology or Romance of the Three Kingdoms or even Irish folklore, I'll slurp it all up like good soup.
(I just spent like 45 minutes clicking here and there on Hercules and his exploits on WIKI. Then after that it went on to Jason and the Argonauts, and err Theseus and the Minotaur. You get my drift.)
On the other end of the spectrum, I do not find history of countries/nation states to be of any interest. The French Revolution did interest me because I read this book during that period that had some swapping person exploit carried out, and I thought to my 10 year old self, so cool.

#2: I love to read, rather voraciously indeed.
My reading appetite rivals my eating appetite, which says something. By read, I must qualify and say: absolutely no biographies or autobiographies or downfall of Russia etc etc kind, i.e. no non-fiction.
I used to love going to the Tampines Library when I was in primary school to sit and read by myself. Especially about Greek Mythology, and oh, there was the occasional Chinese book.
I'll take reading over watching a bad movie. Even if its reading a bad book, because thumbing through pages is very relaxing for me. Especially so if these pages happen to be new pages.
/grins to self.

#3: I love my iTunes library.
I refuse to listen to other people's iPods/iTouches/iPhones because they don't have the playlists that I like. And playlists are very important, because I don't listen to anything else in my iPod Classic. Mostly, its either the lonely hearts beat the same or alternate/parallel playlists.

#4: I have a set order in my FireFox routine.
This is how it goes:
- LJ friends page >> LJ friends page editorials >> LJ friends page friends
- Google reader (very important)
- Facebook
- Hotmail / Entourage if Hotmail doesn't work.
I must finish all four of these things before I can start shopping online / looking at other stuff. Which explains why I have not much time left on my hands after that.

#5: I love to eat.
Or I guess you could say I'm greedy, whatever works for you.
I just, love food! I think its great (:
Unfortunately, this spells bad things for areas of the body like:
- the thighs
- the tummy
- the butt
- the arms
and everywhere else that hasn't received a workout in like, 4 months.

#6: When I shop, the music that the shop plays, the way that the shop smells influences my buying decisions.
If the shop (looks at F21 at Vivo) plays really bad techno music, I will be like 'I need to get out of this place ASAP'.
If the shop has a really bad layout / consumer traffic flow, even if I really want to get something from the shop, I'll give it a miss, because I'm not the type of girl that squeezes with others to dig through, err stacks of plaid clothes for my size. I rather err, obssess over it online and decide.

#7: However, #6 doesn't hold water when I go thrifting. Because thrifting is special, and I feel special when I've got something I can wear for like $3.

#8: I have never found anything to buy at FEP / Bugis Village & have never bought anything from these 2 places. Just. Can't. Find. Even. Though. I. Want. To.

#9: I have poor psychomotor skills. Mostly this applies itself in situations like:
- trying to catch house keys thrown by Male Members in the Household. (my mom will just hand them to me)
- kill mosquitoes by sheer force exerted by both my hands. (end up slapping thin air.)

#10: When I am really earnest about studying, my couch and sidekick brown cupboard will get cleared of things on it, wiped down with a cloth and be shiny new happy clean. Then I can study. I did this yesterday, and now it is filled with one bag, and multiple clothing items. /fail

#11: When people are buying something from the same shop, and when I too, want to get something, I am more more moar moar tempted to get the item I want, than if no one were to get anything. This has been the de facto situation now, as opposed to my impulsive buying sprees a few years back. Not seeing the good this change has done, because the Paperchase outing today resulted in a happy me, and a sad bank account.

#12: I watch shows mainly for character development.
I want to follow where the character goes, and where I can too.
Explains why I watch Bones (for Booth & Brennan), Chuck (for Chuck & Sarah), Grey's (initially for Derek & Meredith, then for Izzie & Alex, which came like 3 seasons too late, now for Christina & Major Hunt. Also, Bailey!), Private Practice (for Addison, and associate cute guys).
And also why, I like SATC and not GG.

#13:Hard(er) to see under the exterior of frivolous, but yes, I'm not a girly girl. By girly girl I mean: more pragmatic than romantic... think in the same vein.

#14: I value style more than substance it seems. This only applies to: handphones and soccer teams.

#15: When something is going badly, I tend to ignore it in the hopes that it'll resuscitate itself and be better again. (Normally this does not happen), so am queen of escapism. I venture to say most of my bestfriends fall into my queendom of escapism. /eyes

#16: There are more photos related to fashion on my wall and in my phone. I like to keep nice pictures around me, they make me happy.

#17: I like to define things because it makes me feel safer. But I tend to exist in the gray areas rather than absolutes. Very contradictory, shrugs.
This applies to: compositions, literature texts, relationships etc.

#18: I need to expand space for my bags. They are crying out in oppression in my cupboard, all confined in 2 shelves. I frequently humanise my clothes / shoes / bags / food as you will realise. Sometimes, when I finally get to eat something I've craved for the longest time, I will say 'Hello! Ni Hao!' to the food. My brother frequently pokes fun at me, by saying HELLO NI HAO to his food. I fail to see how this works, but still give him a glare.

#19: (I'm reaching #25. I thought this day would never come.) I like to keep the end in sight, it makes me more focused. On the other hand, I'm learning that you don't need to know everything in the future. You can still not worry, you can still be at peace.

#20: I'm a picture person. I can remember the names of models; on GeoChallenge (FB GAME) I do better with the map parts; I visualize stuff better than say, numbers?

#21: I just put Love Remains The Same on repeat for like 20 times I think. Sometimes, its not just the lyrics of a song, its the cadence too. And the subtle riffs of the guitar and the way it peaks, just nicely.

#22: (I spy a mosquito and instantly turn on the fan.) I am adept with the scissors. You can hand me a piece of paper, and a pair of sharp scissors and I will churn out nicely strung together words with no markings beforehand. As I said, the visualizing thing really helps.

#23: I used to love to read manga! I still read occasionally, but in secondary school I used to read under my table during Higher Chinese lessons.

#24: I have a love-hate relationship with Damien Rice. I find some of his songs nice, but others too whiny.

#25: After hanging out with me for aperiod of time, the people around me, tend to use terms like HH, /beams, or come out with their own like HB (hao ba) and like, /hinthintwinkwinkblinkblinkclueclue. & they tend to abbreviate terms too. Like DGATFE (do good and turn from evil, eh sophie)

Ah this was so exhausting.

Death by white coffee.

got caffeine in system, cannot sleep.

They have a story to tell.

#1: ivee's present. very glam one sided masterpiece.
#2: Bestestfriend's present last last Christmas, I think. I remember this came in some sort of brown wrapping paper, brown hut lover !
#3: dangly phase here. very much abandoned in favour of fussfree stud earrings.
#4: Thailand exploits! The red one, was eyeballed at and bought frantically at some night bazaar. The short, purpleredblue one was swooped up in various colours by Siqi, Judy and I. Those were the days of 3+ hours of shopping, and us returning with a great haul (and one time, returning to a person missing!). But the best was not the haul, it was the company & the bargaining adrenaline rush. I could be a professional buyer, I think.
#5: Katong Shopping Centre with the mom after haircuts. Bought at our friend's shop, handmade & crafted from semi precious stones. This marked the transition to buying accessories based on quality, not its price.
#6: The beginning of a friendship marked by food & shopping: the GFF!
#7: Shopping trips with the bestfriends, spread over many many years. To Diva, FEP, Hong Kong(by extension of charlene) etc.