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.

Why Do You Let Me Stay Here-She & Him

Trust Me-The Fray

via rispillo

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

Teardrops On My Guitar-Taylor Swift

The Reason Why-Rachael Yamagata

Yellow (Coldplay cover)-Petra Haden and Bill Frisell

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."

this is how i'm feeling right now:

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I'll give you blood if that's what you need to stay alive.

sometimes I wish my adrenaline could kick in 3 weeks before the exams instead of like 3 hours before the paper.

Some nice shots from foto_decadent!
Recession chic = no money spent on clothes, all money going to eating & being prudent. (gasp, never thought the day would come where I'd use the word prudent on myself.)
I'm now thinking in food equivalent terms.

Series of events as follows:
1. See nice shorts online. (Replace shorts with shoes / bag / shirt / dress at will.)
2. Instantly think to self, what can I wear this with ?
3. In the next heartbeat, instantly think instead: xx amount of money can feed me for x week / y month !
4. Gaze longingly at said apparel in said window.
5. In the next 10 minutes, said window will be closed.
6. In the next 2 days, said apparel will be thought about, interspersed with moments of but I really shouldn't buy that... and associated rational thinking.

Will refrain from making a 'such is life' comment, because life is good even though we are in the midst of a Ca tsunami. He is Good, always.

/random: song is chanting ' Don't you worry there's still timeeeeee.' Is this a signal to draw me in front of the TV!
/beams to self.

Note To Self.

when without inspiration, please look here

Love, me.