Illuminate The Lemon

I haven't blogged since..omg

2012-02-13T14:49:00.008Z

So maybe I've been a bit lazy updating this space..

Last Thursday was the most electrifying Thursday it can ever get. Thursday always meant labs for me. But that week I was counting down to Justice's concert. And dang it's freaking awesome!! Both were wearing black leather jackets, Xavier had a few puffs on stage..super badass! Loved Gaspard's hair throwing back and forth to the beat. Zs and I were wondering what do DJ's actually do on the turntables. The crowd was crazy. I was so glad I picked the spot with the best view..not to mention, the safest too! It looked like the crowd started moshing to the opening song 'Genesis' when Justice dropped the beats. They played Civilisation the longest..my faveee song!! Still can't get it outta my head. The light show was amazing. Very creative and it was different for every song. I'm so glad I took many videos!! A night I'll never forget :)

Played King's cup again last weekend..I seriously I'm getting too old for games like these..I got a hangover the next morning with just a plastic cup of alcohol (malibu and vodka ice). I can't afford to get sick again. 2 lab reports coming my way and I don't have much time left. Jan results came back very recently and I can say that I'm happy that I'm on par with some of my course mates..however I was a bit disappointed with my marks. I don't know how I can deal with 5 papers in the summer.

After exams, I'll be working for one of my lecturer's in the chem dept on soft matter. I'm really excited!! Sure some people would think why would I throw away my beautiful summer in the labs instead of lying on the beach with sand between my toes..but I think it's good for a change! Plus I think it's something I would enjoy very much :) call me a nerd if you want..

I had the time to feel bored and started on tumblr.

I have a feeling that I have more to write..but for now all I can think of is my lab report..I really need to start on it!

I thank you :)

2012-01-10T18:10:00.005Z

Modern day technology kills a lot of things. Namely the sizzling anticipation of waiting for your film to develop, the quality of photos, sentimental values over the photographs (no copy and pasting!), though digital photography is widely used for convenience's sake.

As I flipped through my elder sister's photo album (back then dad took alot of black and white film photographs), I realised how well kept they were and it hit me that these were the only physical forms of memory she and dad had of her early childhood life.

I've used film before and changed to digital. I almost forgot how it's like to feel more love towards the photos which took careful measures to snap. That is, until Zishen bought me a polaroid camera - the Shackman multishot, resurfacing those feelings I experienced too long ago.

Images from http://the-impossible-project.com/

NG inspires me

2012-01-09T17:35:00.003Z

2012-01-06T17:06:00.003Z

Dissolution leads to resolution

2011-12-31T15:03:00.003Z

Happy New Year peeps! 2011 went by in less than a blink of an eye (probably half a blink)!! It must be because it's my most adventurous, thrilling year yet! Another year gone, I also feel a little old - and a few symptoms are showing too *gasp*

1. I can't stay up as late as before

I already feel tired at 10pm and I feel very tired at the start of any parties.

2. My fave foods taste sweeter than usual and I can't really eat them anymore :(

3. I feel old when I start reminiscing alot...

4. When you realise your parents are not as young as they used to be

That's all I thought about so far. Any more than that would be daunting!

I'm really looking forward to 2012 (I don't believe the world's gonna end just because some Mayans said so). Yeah, more studying involved but I'm really enjoying the course alot this year and I suddenly have more determination to strive for distinction!

Will come up with the list of resolutions soon..I can't remember last year's list of stuff (probably gonna be the same anyway haha). My mind's quite preoccupied with my upcoming exams in 3 weeks :O so I guess this place will be on hiatus for a few weeks.

Wish me luck!

'This year, xmas will be ours!'

2011-12-25T00:27:00.002Z

Phew xmas hols is here! The last term of uni was pretty busy with deadlines. And perhaps I've been chilling too much now...so chilled that I'm gonna make this a very short post.

Went last minute christmas shopping today and it was a bit hectic with families and tourists faffing about London. Can't wait for the grand meal awaiting tomorrow: turkey, ham, mince pies, jelly triffle, ice cream...food glorious food! Feeling bloated already just at the thought of it haha.

As expected, I couldn't study during my stay at London. It's probably the festive mood here..London's prettier, the city laced with webs of lights of all colours. The sight of happy families surprisingly yet not surprisingly makes me homesick :(

If you're still not in a christmassy mood, here's my favourite song from my favourite stop-motion picture movie :) hope it helps!

A merry christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Bite-sizes

2011-11-26T16:40:00.011Z

Weekends are checkpoints. I find myself crawling towards every one of them since the start of my second year. Also, they just fwoosh by and the next thing you know, BAM it's Monday.

But there's always a silver lining on every cloud : ICE CREAM SALE. Who knew ice cream could turn frowns upside down so easily. Worked my way through 3 tubs (with housemates of course) and had it almost everyday for the past week! As I've read somewhere 'Money can't buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream. And that's kind of the same thing' :)

***

Watched a couple of gigs with ZS and they were my first gigs in brizzle! The Naked and Famous, Wild Beasts were of a different taste from what I usually listen to and I grew a strong liking to the NAF the most. Apparently they were quite jetlagged during the performance as they flew from New Zealand a day before (I guess that explains the very mundane-looking bassist haha)

The NAF - I had a good view :)

Wild Beasts - Bad view. Alot of tall bobbing heads D:<

On wednesday I watched Bruch's violin concerto with a group of friends. Classical concerts being what they are play some unknown pieces at the beginning, in which I turned to white noise and giving myself some self-motivation to stay awake. Unfortunately, poor ZS was nodding off to sleep in less than 5mins of the 1st movement of the dreary (and rather boring) symphony. After what seemed like forever, my fave concerto has finally begun! And it was really great although I thought the main violinist seemed nervous and stiff at the start (he went crazy and started to jump off the ground at times later on).

This picture was not of Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra but..it looked more or less the same..except that the conductor had 'climatic' white hair.

***

Got a polaroid multishot camera from ebay - was so excited! However, I kinda messed up the part where I had to load the film. And all I produced were not what I wanted. Some of them looked like modern art, very conceptual. But most of them were not even exposed to light at all :/ producing supermassive black holes.

***

2pm performed in Msia very recently and the fangirl in me (I thought she died) just wailed in agony. Here are some pictures from the concert by TM -

Nickhun and Junsu

Chansunggg

*swoons*

Oh dear when will I ever get over them??

In between my lab report

2011-11-08T17:30:00.004Z

When I paused to analyse some results, I suddenly felt a burning sensation in my stomach. And I thought : oh no - it's hungry again.

Yes I classify it as a separate entity because I think my stomach thinks for itself (not a very logical thing to say at all since I've studied bio for quite some time).

My eyes sneakily averted to the food shelf, then at my desktop clock, and my stomach nods and says 'go for it!'.

I should be worried cuz that sounded a little schizophrenic!

*nomnoms*

Bonfire Night

2011-11-06T14:40:00.006Z

To be honest I don't know much about the origin of this event..I just know it's along the lines of V for Vendetta - and that's enough for me.

Watched some amazing fireworks which made everybody ooh-ed and ahh-ed.

I'm happy that I was with good company :)

and I'm glad that my camera caught most of everything! Eyes half-watching the screen, half-watching the real thing, hearing how they whistle to the top and bloom in the night sky. I caught glimpses of the crowd, with hues of red, green or yellow on their faces (some with their mouths hanging open with awe haha).

Saw some children playing with glow sticks and sparklers and we were glowing with envy. We know what to bring next time!!

The best weekend I had in ages!! :) :) :)

Can't wait to watch The Naked and Famous this Wednesday :D

boo :)

2011-10-31T18:18:00.003Z

Picture from a friend on fb and it really makes my tummy growl! The ghost egg would be scared of me then :P

Just realised I had a lab report due in 2 weeks and I haven't started yet cuzzz I thought the chem department will brief us about it first before we start on it. Better work on that soon!

That's all the time I have now!

Rant of the past

2011-10-26T19:28:00.006+01:00

If there's anything other than school to think about right now..there is almost none.

My mind's clouded with academic stuff..and being sick is not really helping.

I've been forgetting birthdays, rejecting events, and my social butterfly-ness is slowly deteriorating.

I guess there is one thing I do think about - what am I going to eat next.

Surprisingly I have a very demanding stomach, and I often crave for certain foods.

And I think cooking is very therapeutic..it's is a type of meditation. In fact, meditation isn't that mental image of a person sitting on the ground with legs crossed with hands resting on the knees. It could be anything really..as long as you put your mind to it. Be mindful when you wash the dishes, walk to school, reading, take a shower etc.

I'm not sure whether mindful studying/working is counted as meditation though.

I used to believe that each semi-precious stone had unique healing properties (eg. wearing a stone around the neck, hands, fingers, feet, or throat heal different parts of your soul because of the placements of body chakras). I even had an amethyst under my pillow, to enhance my ability to dream. A dictionary for these stones and their properties lay close by..

But now it's all very different. I think that wearing the stones (whether it works or not in reality) only gives you certainty..or maybe hope. Like how the rose quartz will attract love, amethyst balances out your mood (and that it's good to wear it with rose quartz), lapis lazuli stimulates creativity..the list goes on.

As if that isn't enough, the shape of the stone matters, whether it be tumbled, pointed, a sphere, cubic, pyramidal..

In the end I just thought it was all a mind game. If you strongly believe that a stone will guard you against psychic attacks, then it will!

Even when I don't believe in the powers of semi-precious stones anymore, I miss my rocks very much :(

you trip, you fall, you get back up again

2011-10-18T23:23:00.002+01:00

It's only week 2 and the I can see the magnitude of 2nd year compared to the first. Sure my timetable is much better this time..now I understand why.

Alot more readings to do and this is encouraged by my lecturers. I enjoy reading because I enjoy understanding what's going on behind all the reactions.

I must say that I'm falling behind this week due to last week's mishap on labs..which meansss double the work next week.

Goodbye for now, social life.

when things start to kick in

2011-10-12T21:20:00.004+01:00

It isn't the best time to blog but I just had to.

Did some catching up with some friends at Starbucks today and I wanted to try something new from the menu so I tried the caramel macchiato. It's something to really wake you up - instant sugar rush..then I got a slight headache after that. Later on I read it had a FEW shots of espresso in it omg. But it's not really working..I had a nap at 7pm..and feeling as sluggish as the day before.

I was already looking forward to the weekend on Tuesday. I should really learn how to love my timetable.

There's this blackberry blackout going on and I'm already suffering from withdrawal symptoms eventhough I've only been using my first ever smart phone for a month. I am frustrated. I am outraged. And I'm sure I am not alone. I wonder if there's any sabotaging involved..

Okay I really need to get my curly arrows going..night!

Preface

2011-10-05T22:07:00.008+01:00

It's fresher's week and I'm just trying to avoid fresher traffic in town. You can tell who's new here haha. I hope I don't look too godamned serious/grave when I walk in the midst of the eager and bright-eyed 1st years.

Internet finally got sorted out. It was easy enough to set it up. Quite happy with the connection speed for Virgin so that's one thing sorted. Don't have to go to the library to leech off free internet (not to mention a bit of electricity to charge my phone hehe) any longer.

I need to get my academic diary. I just can't wait to schedule everything so I know I won't miss out on anything important. I'm not sure if I'm worrying too much or it's the amount of worry I should be having this year.

I feel really tensed already. I hope that in all the work I would be burying myself in starting next week would keep me distracted from stress. Oh god it's a sick cycle of stress :O

In the mean time, I'm building my wall of confidence, motivation and perseverance.

A circus from Netherlands :)

Life goes on

2011-09-20T12:28:00.003+01:00

The start of 2nd year is closing in and I'm really excited. *warning nerd-self ahead* I miss jotting down notes from lectures, listen to how my lecturers lay out what we have to learn in such a simplistic manner, and of course the learning process. Also, turning lecturers into white noise when it's just too early in the morning and if the content is dry. I dislike labs the most but to my surprise I've scored it highest amongst everything else - in my oversized lab coat and my apparent large green lab gloves, I feel like a little girl trying on mummy's high heels and jewelry again.

No optional units this year and I'm quite happy with that..I've signed up for pure chemistry after all.

Time to get serious.

mmm on M&M's :D

2011-09-17T10:36:00.003+01:00

Had dinner at China Town last night with my sister then decided to go into the new M&M's store right around the corner at Leicester Square.

The store was pretty impressive! 4 floors of merchandise - chocolate of course, clothes, mugs, chess pieces, key rings, soft toys, frisbees, accessories e.g earrings, magnets, x-mas deco, and so many more..you name it they got it.

Bottoms up!

Interesting Periodic table...

Bumped into 2 friends that I haven't seen for years in the store :)

We didn't buy anything in the end. Maybe next time!

Like the good times

2011-09-15T21:57:00.006+01:00

Just running around London like I did a a few years back.

It's good to have some 'me time' trod-ing around the city. I might just hop in the National British Museum..I've been to the Natural History Museum far too many times (though I can't recite every single detail on every artifact but good enough to know where dead fish and dead dinosaurs are).

The weather forecast doesn't look good from tomorrow onwards but I'm glad I've done some walking around at the high streets :) I must say London treated me quite well since I came back - with the sun shining with fluffy white clouds against the silver-grey sky, and an optimum temperature of 15-20 degrees :)

I missed this bit of London (and not the doom and gloom one..nobody misses that)

All in one breath

2011-09-12T22:23:00.004+01:00

There are some people that you meet in your lifetime who you can't spend a lot of time with because they are just too far away in another country but you think they're wonderful as you click so well with them and you wish life could be more fair to you instead of making you wonder how life would be like if you did have the chance to invest more on the friendship face to face and not just typing the occasional personal inbox messages to seek solace in using pixelised smiles and laughs which is definitely no where near the real thing and I gave up being frustrated about this a long time ago, I think.

..and London says welcome back

2011-09-08T10:47:00.003+01:00

It was too warm in the airport.

I was hungry, tired, and so very lethargic.

The way to the underground station seemed to go on and on..it was a long tunnel.

I was exasperated. Finally got there and was rewarded with the familiar sounds of the tube 'Please mind the gap between the train and the platform'

I got off my stop and a nice chap about my age offered to carry my luggage up the stairs. I liked his shoes.

I was still in my T-shirt..it wasn't too cold. As I turned the corner, a gentle breeze greeted me, as expected. There was a bit of rain..small drops..typical.

I fell into a deep sleep..dreamt that I was good friends with Jun Ho (a korean singer in 2pm) and some fantasy tale about a missing triplet.

My adventure ended at the climax of the story when I woke at half past seven in the morning. Took a nap at 9. And now I'm awake again feeling that a whole day has gone to past but it's only 11am.

Jetlag, y u no faster go away??

:)

2011-09-03T04:55:00.000+01:00

Just thought it might brighten up your day :)

The little things that I would miss

2011-09-03T04:41:00.006+01:00

3 more days.

Impressions?

2011-08-31T04:34:00.004+01:00

I'm such a slob here at home. Not to mention very messy. Papers on the floor, clothes everywhere, bed left unmade, cables strewn over the table..people who knows me from uni wouldn't recognise this side of me. However at uni, my room would be much neater..and somehow I developed mild OCD (as my friends would say) where everything must be in place. If not, I would be agitated.

So why is this?

The only reason I can think of is that nobody else sees my room here at home. So it would be fine to let loose..unleash a hurricane in this room. In uni, my room would have constant visitors and I wouldn't want to scare them with the messy monster in me. But somehow I enjoy being neat, it didn't feel like as if I was forcing myself to be neat for the sake of impression. I like to fluff my pillow, place my textbook back on the shelf aligning with all the other books, putting back my shampoo on the top shelf, filing my worksheets, folding clean laundry and doing my same ol' routine....I miss doing all that but somehow it doesn't feel right to do it all here at home.

This shall remain a mystery until I invest more thoughts over it. 'Til then!

pop up

2011-08-30T14:51:00.001+01:00

I can't stop thinking about them.

whyyyyyy :( :(

Hello again Singapore :D

2011-08-29T16:37:00.052+01:00

Ahh Singapore. Every trip down just makes me gawk in awe. I look out of the window of the coach and in my eyes I saw a beautiful, shiny city which captivates me in every possible way. Trash-free, those trees with golden moss covering its bark and twining branches..I brushed away the sparkles in my eyes, in search of any flaw of the city but saw almost none. I suppose flaws can only be seen when you've been there for a longer time (and 4 days isn't really a long time).

Coach arrived at 4+. Zs and I were exhausted from the long journey we just collapsed in the hotel lobby. We stayed at Hotel Value Balestier which was the most decent and cheapest one Zs found and it was not bad. Only minus point there was that the room had no windows. Never knew it could make us so disorientated!

After refreshing ourselves we hopped onto bus 124 literally right outside the hotel which led to Novena Square MRT station in 5 mins. And from there, to Orchard!

Ate at Cedele in Takashimaya

Mouth-watering soft shell crab mmmmmm

Curry Aglio e Olio with chicken

Pesto linguine with some fish

Massive moon cake sale at Takashimaya

Every morning Zs would get his Curry O' and I would munch on squid heads before heading down to Novena station

Biggest fountain in the world! :O

Had a walk at Orchard Road before meeting my friends Darrel and Zern at Ion.

At night, we met up with Shen Kiat and Yiwen and we had Vietnamese food at Bugis. I had pho for the first time and I like its texture. We had bubble tea at this place called Koi (or is it 豆?? PS if you turn the chinese word clockwise you'll see it hehe) Longest queue I've seen for a bubble tea store. After that we went to Iluma and had a look around. Took the elevator to 'Sky' level but couldn't see much from up there. Had some fun at the arcade together throwing balls at ghosts on a screen which made my arm ache (until this very moment). Hardcore stuff.

The next day Zs and I went to Bishan to visit his old JC but to our dismay it was closed to visitors because it was voting day :( we should have lied and said we were voting. Oh well. We had nasi lemak for lunch at a nearby hawker stall and it was scrumptious.

We then made our way to the UoB Singapore pre-departure social (which was the whole point of the trip). Got a little lost but thankfully there was a group of youths doing some charity work for the disabled who helped us with directions and we made it in time, hot and sweaty.

Bernice made a good presentation and tried to encourage them to ask questions but haha they all seemed so shy. However when the time came to socialise they felt more relaxed and started asking away. There were 10 or so seniors there and it was good seeing everybody else again, but sadly couldn't catch up with them. Stayed there for the entire afternoon until everyone was gone. Zs and me made our way to Esplanade to grab some light dinner (we had lots of spring rolls at the event).

We had a mind-blasting dessert. Mango sorbet with chocolate custard.

The smooth chocolate and the light whipped cream balanced the zing of the mango sorbet. Gooood times.

It was a Saturday night and they had live music playing. There was also a light show going on at the Marina Sands Hotel that we could see from this side of the river.

View from the flyer. Playing around with slow shutter speed.

Went on the Singapore Flyer. Technically the first time sitting on something this big (first ferris wheel was at a funfair so that doesn't really count). It was a shame that it just rained so the glass were dotted with rain drops..not very good for shots!

Then went to see the REAL Merlion. Why do I call it real is because Zs said there were 5 on the island. Five??? I thought the only one was at Sentosa island (as I recalled going up to the mouth when I was 12)

The following day we head out to Sentosa Island. We used the Sentosa Express which only cost us $3. Found a nice shade and Zs spread his towel over it and we just laxed. It was extremely hot and the sea was beckoning to us. The water was cool and clean (ahhhh). Kinda forgot about suntan lotion so we got burnt pretty badly. Both of us look like a pair of lobsters (which reminds me of Phoebe from Friends talking about two lobsters in love holding each other by the claw at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU39sqEQOms )

We bought ice cream which cost freaking $5 but we were desperate :/

A white hibiscus

Sentosa's Merlion.

Chingto took us out to food stalls at Newton. Chilled for quite some time there then picked up Bernice for their 'date' later that night. We were dropped off at Novena where our coach was.

That was the end of our Singapore trip. In summary :

Clean clean clean.

Friendly, selfless, helpful people.

Breathtaking night scenes

Efficient public transport

A lively city

Lovely modern architecture

Felt really safe

Honest taxi drivers

Best things I've eaten in Singapore so far :

1. Wanton noodles at Ion foodcourt. Top notch! As good as Hong Kong

2. Soft shell crab at Cedele. Every time I think about it, I salivate. No joke.

3. Chai tao kway at Newton food court

Altogether I've spent ~$200 just on food, transport and entertainment in 4 days (no shopping sighh)

Finally, here's a panorama pic :) pretty satisfied with it. I love stitching photos.

The Esplanade Theatre, Singapore Flyer, Helix Bridge, ArtScience Museum, and Marina Bay Sands Casino and Resort

I had such a great time..thanks Zs :) :)

Will definitely go back for another visit :)

KLCC

2011-08-22T07:14:00.010+01:00

The LRT is the most convenient way to travel to KLCC. I can't complain much about it..but there's the same problem faced by all trains..that it's always packed.

View of the KLCC park from the Suria KLCC

Aquaria :) probably my 4th visit..bur it was Zishen's first visit..and I was surprised cuz he's always done more Malaysian things than I have. The score now is probably ZS 14 - YS 1 :D

However it was my first time watching the feeding session.

There was a turtle who just pooped like nobody's business and there was this little girl asking her parent in chinese (quite distinctively from the crowd)

'Why are all the fish eating the turtle's poo?'

That just made my day hahaha.

A stoning fish

Bernice and Crystal came down (or up) from Singapore and Zishen and I brought them to eat at Madam Kwan's and then took a walk around the fountains. There was this guard disturbing the peace by blowing his whistle unnecessarily and constantly at God knows what.

Going to Singapore in the coming weekend and I can't wait! My camera's hungry for Singapore.

new love ♥

2011-08-15T04:19:00.005+01:00

Bought a Canon S95 which is basically a compact camera with manual functions and so far so good..big plus point that it has an f-number of 2.0! (it just means that it can take good pictures in the dark without the flash on) I quite like it that I can control the lighting myself using ISO, shutter speed and aperture, instead of an automatic compact camera which doesn't give what you actually want - the picture is not how you want it to be and it really annoys me!

Here I was using the f-2.0 with low shutter speed on my fishies at home :)

The small population of guppies in the big green urn.

Some koi and and kaloi fish

Shall scout around and shoot more interesting subjects! *scurries into the darkness*

That's all it takes

2011-08-09T09:53:00.004+01:00

'Work It Harder Make It Better

Do It Faster, Makes Us Stronger

More Than Ever Hour After

Our Work Is Never Over'

-Daft Punk

what to do what to do

2011-08-08T13:28:00.007+01:00

So I've finished Friends. My friends told me that I would cry at the last episode. And me, being a real softy had no doubt about that. But when it came to the last 15 minutes of the show, I still haven't felt anything..and I was hoping that the last 5 minutes oughta do it. However when the whole show was over, nothing. I couldn't believe that was the end of Friends. I started watching a few months back and now whenever I'm free I wouldn't have Friends to turn to. Guess it's time to start on Lost (haha.)

I also finished Sandman (except the last 2 specials) and I enjoyed Brief Lives, World's End and The Kindly Ones very much. It's the first comic I have ever completed. The content was unexpected and the ideas were so different. I felt that I've learnt alot from Sandman :)

Currently there's this riot going on around London and now it has spread to beloved Bristol! Check out the news here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/09/london-riots-violence-looting-live

I just hope that everything would be back to normal when I return to the UK..wouldn't want to be shrouded in fear..especially that I would be alone when I get there. It's pretty crazy. People burning shops, looting, and mugging. Neil Gaiman is in the UK at the moment and here's a tweet from him on the issue :

'Too much madness & evil & stupidity out there tonight. Too many people without hope. Too many copycat idiots & thugs. May tomorrow be better'

This reminded me of the Bersih rally we had not too long ago and I was just looking at how big the contrast is compared to this. No surprise there really.

Been back home for slightly more than a month now and I'm already missing my room with the shimmering lights :(

Bursts.

2011-07-30T08:13:00.005+01:00

It's almost been a month now since I came back home.

I haven't met as many friends as I had expected, and some of them have already left for uni. Not alot of get-togethers to start with. And I haven't been taking photos with the friends I have met so far (here AND singapore) as I've lost my camera so I have no pictures to reminisce on and that makes me really sad :( trying to suppress my urges to take any photos but every time I see something photogenic, something in me dies.

Right now I'm using a this chunky Olympus cam called Olympus Pen that my bro lent to me so I could teach him its functions. Something to soothe my heart. Not fully understood yet, alot of alien DLSR terms. Time to study the manual!

SHOCK

2011-07-28T10:54:00.009+01:00

woah where should I start.

Went down for a < 24h trip to Singapore with Zishen last week and I must say Singapore never failed to impress me with it's spotless streets and shiny vehicles. This was only my 2nd time there and the Lion City already stole a bit of my heart. Went to Zouk and it was crazy on that Friday night. Overall it was a fun night..very sober but still managed to trip down 2 flights of stairs. Met Darrel there too and he said it's this crowded like all the time (I guess zouk was his home). Stayed at Alyssa's for the night and left the next day.

Ahh missing my Singaporean friends already :/

The following night we went to MTV World Stage. Totally last minute. Sister's friend's friend got extra tix and gave it to us for free (lots of politics here but who cares this is my FIRST ever concert!) Pop Shuvit played first, finishing with 30 seconds to mars. Beast and Neon Trees played somewhere in the middle. I just had to blend with the rest of the girls so I just switched into ULTIMATE FANGIRL mode, jumped onto Zishen's shoulders and just screamed my lungs out and sang along.

Everyday I shock *SHOCK*

30 seconds to marsss (and somebody's black nail polish??)

Jared Leto

The next morning my family and I made our way to Pangkor Island and we spent 4 days there. Wanted to use the catamaran this time but we missed our chance..again. Felt like a very short trip :( but it was a good trip overall.

Most productive week ever.

credits to sis who took the pics :)

That warm place

2011-07-18T08:03:00.006+01:00

Home is where

you hear the same song the house sings -

the windchime produces its vibrato

the gushing waters into the pond

that creak of the second last step of the stairs

the low rumble of the water pump above

the very old windup clock with the Westminster chime

Home is where

each family member would blast the music of their taste at different regions of the house

the TV watches my dad

the DSL light blinks like mad

warm water runs in the cold tap

Home is where

both sides of the highway are jammed eventhough the accident only occured on one side

motorcycles appear out of no where when you're on the road

the roads are either too bright or too dark

you can recognise the sound of the postman's bike

Home is where

the toads will sing at night

the crickets rattling in the early mornings

the neighbouring dogs just bark at anything and everything

the sound of rain makes you feel somewhat very content and serene

we feed that gecko which lives under the microwave

ants are everywhere

say hi to my cat coco :3

入睡

2011-07-14T04:50:00.006+01:00

Flip

Is it because it's too hot? The fan seems to be working fine..
and it's quiet tonight, no barking dogs, singing toads, fighting cats..

Flip

Maybe I should try reflecting on what I did today.
Diablo 2 - finished first act of Nightmare..not that scary after all
Catch 22 - the funny hospital scene where a random family was crying for Yossarian
Friends - The One with Rachel's Other Sister
Piano - practiced a little Mozart
A telephone call <3

Flip

A pair of orange eyes were piercing through the darkness at the corner of my room beneath my desk. It's okay - I reassured myself. One eye powers the fan and the other, my table lamp. Lately it's easy to have a nightmare, waking up in a frenzy, feeling utterly vulnerable only to realise a good few seconds later that it isn't real. This is where reasoning comes in and saves me.

Flip

Maybe I really shouldn't move anymore and think of nothing.
-but I couldn't help but to have a stream of thought, which eventually lead me to my vast shimmering ocean of dreams :)

It's raining food!

2011-07-08T18:15:00.006+01:00

Back at home with no jetlag (BIG plus point on that!) and I've been going out everyday since I came back. First was an outing with 2 very good friends and sent one off to the airport (so I was at the airport again in less than 24 hours).
The very first thing I ate when I stepped into the house was a custard apple in the fridge. Right after that, I helped myself with muruku at the living room, then scrambled back to the kitchen to spread some peanut butter on crackers. I was hungry cuz Emirates didn't feed me like they used to :( I had a proper meal and some icky green wrap thingy. Uearghhh

The next day I went to the mall and had nasi lemak and cold soya bean *ahhhh* then had steamboat for dinner at a friend's place with sago (with santan and gula melaka of course!) for dessert.

Today had my mum's cooking - some instant noodles with fishballs and taufu. A nice simple dish.
Picked up a friend and went to the mall and did some shopping. The sale is on but things are still SO expensive, seriously cheaper to shop back in UK. Dinner was good. Had my favourite dish - sweet and sour pork (though without the sweet and sour sauce - don't you judge meeee) and some honey-coated charsiew with the noodles. Had some toufu as well..then tangyuan for dessert yummm. Moon Cake Festival is coming up so we bought a box of 4 moon cakes. After all, they DO make the best ones!! *eyes sparkle and starts drooling*

That's all the food I had so far..waiting for dimsum and jap food and many many more...eeeeeeee

Fusion of thoughts

2011-06-27T19:33:00.014+01:00

This entry was written in the span of 3 days..just feeling pretty slow to write anything. Here it is!

So 1st year of uni has come and gone.

I wish I could go back being a fresher again, where I see people with that sparkle of keennest in their eyes, I did try to contain my excitement..didn't wanna scare people off you know :/

I was totally fired up for this, with a little bit of fear tagging not very far behind. The seed of fear in which my elder sister planted in me the moment she said 'Sometimes, you will feel lonely at uni'. And I was afraid because there IS a possibility of that happening, and that was the last thing I wanted to feel. Fortunately I was nothing near isolation :)

I remember the first couple of months I was trying to remember people's names more than remembering what I've learnt in lectures (okay so slighttt exaggeration there) Which reminds me of what Delirium said in Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic:

'Is there a word for forgetting the name of someone when you want to introduce them to someone else at the same time you realize you've forgotten the name of the person you're introducing them to as well?''

Thankfully that didn't happen to me haha. I would just find the situation strangely amusing if it were to happen to me.

There seemed to be a gazillion things happening all the time in uni - gigs, talks, concerts, bar crawls etc etc I must say I was in a feeding frenzy, joined some clubs and societies to encourage myself to get involved with the pool of people. However in the end out of 3 societies I've joined, I was only active in one, sadly.

I've been flipping through some photographs on the National Geographic website to be more inspired and hoping to learn some new techniques and some ideas on how to convey your message through a photograph. I've just cycled to Bath today which took me an hour and a half and man it was tiring (I have not exercised for an entire year since I started uni!). And I was focusing on taking pictures of people today. Here's one of my fave shot that I took of today.

Taken from my handphone since I lost my camera last week :( but that didn't stop me from taking pictures!! This picture shows tourists listening to an audio guide on the Roman Baths.

and here' s a pigeon who just 'attacked' one of the tourists..it kinda looked like as if it's saying : You're NEXT!

I'm moving out at the end of the week. I hardly packed anything. I just wish my bags had whirlpools in them so it would fill itself with whatever junk I have.

Hmm Delirium might have taken a toll on me.

nomnomnom

2011-06-20T00:24:00.003+01:00

Had thai food 2 nights in a row. Here's what we had today at Thai Edge :)

I had chicken satay and peanut sauce for starters

chicken tom kha soup

poh pia

prawn pad thai

Mixed seafood kow pad

Have been eating out lately and that makes my tummy happy hehe.

Hooters up next! :P

Exactly 2 weeks to my flight home. Seems very far away though..I miss home cooked food alot..I'm already fantasising on opening the fridge in the kitchen browsing for stuff for my itchy teeth to munch on.

I especially miss Skippy chunky peanut butter.

Last night, I had a dream about you ♪

2011-06-18T09:44:00.006+01:00

I thought I would get sick of Daft Punk's 'Discovery' album, the one with Interstella 5555. It was on my playlist for exams and I play it at least 3 or 4 times a day. But I found myself going back to that same link on youtube, watching the Interstella 5555 movie One More Time! (btw 5555 stands for the 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem :O !)

One time my desk number for exams was 555 and the whole playlist just started playing while I was happily doing my exams :)

That aside, last night I watched Kungfu Panda 2 and the Green Lantern back to back. Well, almost. We had a dinner break in between.

My friend had pork ribs and it was pretty damn good! D:

I had oven baked cod. Surprisingly they didn't debone it! Kinda rare in this country to have a fish with bones on your plate?

My other 2 friends had burgers. But since I have something against burgers I'm not putting any pictures up :P

The day for me to return home is drawing near. I still haven't packed yet, I don't know where to start! The weather now is pretty PMS-ey. It was pouring heavily just now..almost a cats-and-dogs type of rain..and now i see blue sky, the sun, and shadows! It will most prolly disappear as fast as it appeared.

2 more lab sessions and I'm free! Results for biochem were released yesterday and I PASSED. Phew. Now I have to wait for chem results next Friday..shall keep myself distracted so I wouldn't worry so much about it.

It's still morning, I better do something productive.

Waffling about

2011-06-15T01:24:00.004+01:00

Look! He's swishing his tail! That makes a happy Waffles :D

Just can't get enough of him. I decided to catnap him to my room! Using my cat calling skills, I managed to persuade him to come up to my room..so technicallyyyy he wasn't catnapped!

Other than that I have been extremely lazy ever since exams ended 2 weeks ago. I have been ticking off the stuff in my to-do list but I somehow feel that I can do much more, yet I don't feel like doing anything but to decay in my room. But life isn't that cruel I'm glad that I have company :)

Oh and I've started on my skills labs for chemists. I've got labs everyday but wednesday this week and labs on monday and tuesday next week.

Each session lasts from 11-5pm.

'nuf said.

I've been thinking alot on food lately - food at home that is. I just want to gobble everything which is within my sight once I get back.

And the weather these past 2 days have been quite nice - warm and sunny! But the weather forecast shows shitty weather for the next few days so..I really am looking forward to the warm and humid weather back at home.

That's it for now.

photo week 21 - La mer

2011-05-27T14:33:00.010+01:00

I thought I've seen all the different shades of blue in this world, but the world holds many surprises!

The sky can be so similar to the sea.

I closed my eyes, I started to dream.

I was lying on the shallow seabed, with elbows digging on the sand, watching the beautiful display of oddly-angled shimmers on the perfectly patterned sand. Strangely I could breathe under water, an extremely pleasant feeling it is.

I hear nothing but the sound of the low content rumble of the sea itself.

I turn to face the surface. With hands at the back at my head, I start to blow rings of bubbles. They were initially hollow circular tubes..then they turned into a circlet of dancing spheres, excited to reach the top.

There were no fish, no coral - absolutely nothing. I was alone, but I was happy.

I woke up. And - oh the sun was already setting. There were shimmering lights on my wall, caused by the swaying tree outside.

I remembered my dream, and smiled to myself :)

bungee jumping

2011-05-23T23:02:00.004+01:00

There's a little spider with a big butt on the pillar in my room and it seems to be mocking me.

Yes, I feel somewhat intimidated by a spider.

How so?

It was dangling off my post-it note on my wall, spinning its web down going 'wheeeee' (I imagine so...) then climbing back up its spindle and does the same thing over and over again.

Here we go...

wheeeee

How does this intimidate me again?

It had too much free time. A very 无聊 spider indeed.

I might be crazy from doing 13 hours of math today.

It's now curled up into a ball sleeping soundly. I think I should too.

photo week 20 - reminisce

2011-05-21T17:24:00.005+01:00

Maybe I'm just feeling hungry/greedy right now..but I miss eating this pastry from Czech!! How is it made? A twirl of dough around a metal cylinder which rotates above the source of heat. It's crunchy, sugar coated. Starting from one end working my way to the other - the perfect snack to have while walking across Charles Bridge :) man I miss Praha....

Geography

2011-05-17T09:21:00.008+01:00

I was sooo excited when I found out that The Music Hall will be celebrating Neil Gaiman's 10th anniversary of American Gods on June 22nd at Portsmouth! I was happily searching for train tickets already on nationalexpress untilllllll

I Google-mapped the exact location of the event.

They did mention it was in New Hampshire...but doesn't that sound very much like an english county to you?? Who knew there was another Portsmouth in the US. sighhhhh :( :(

Funnily there were a few other places around it which has the same names as the cities here such as Manchester, Exeter, Durham, Bristol, Plymouth, Bath, Salisbury, Warwick...hmm looks like the whole of England is there..

ooh look and Springfield does exist xD

I have not read the book yet but I shall do so in the summer! And also finish The Sandman comics!! *determined*

And on a another note, the new league table for university guides showed that Bristol is number 21 for chemistry??? and my 2nd choice Durham got number 4. Damnittt.

Sometimes I wonder what will it be like if I went to Durham instead (other than the fact that I would have turned into an icicle sooner than here in bristol). But I'm extremely happy here and that 'Durham-life' would only occur in a parallel universe somewhere....

Enough rambles time for work :D

Taking a break.

2011-05-15T17:16:00.005+01:00

Sure everything seems like the world's coming to an end now - exams are coming, the weather is getting colder towards summer (pfft typical british weather), haven't been having enough sleep and I've been indoors longer than I should be. But just to keep my sanity alive (and probably to justify myself) , I shall turn to the bright side of life. Yes the effort I am making is probably the same as trying to get up from my pocket of warmth I've made under my duvet in a cold early morning.

What made me happy this year (so far) :

1. Many birthday celebrations - from the alcohol-free 'children's party' to downing vodka shots

2. I feel more warmth and love than ever before! (it's insaneeee)

3. Lots of photos taken..so far with my new camera ~4000 photos

4. Enjoying my chem course very much (save for biochem and maths)

5. I'm going to move out with 3 others :O exciting stuffsss

6. I'm blogging again!

7. Lots of discoveries and revelations! About others and also myself.

What made me happy this week :

1. The fact that it passed by so quickly - closer to freedom!

2. I started on Twitter again

3. Jogged with a friend and got caught in the rain, later seeing a double rainbow :)

4. Bumping into Mr. Waffles more often

5. Been rather productive on revision

6. Just had my last lab session. Booyeahh

What made me happy today :

1. Had a few laughs with a few of my hall mates during breakfast

2. I was a human alarm clock and managed to wake Mr. Woogly up for lunch.

3. Awesome cheesecake for dessert mmmm

4. I skyped my parents and my cat pooped on the toilet rug in the middle of the conversation (and I saw it all on webcam!)

5. Read this funny theory of Hell in terms of thermodynamics here

6. I finished most of my biochem notes...unfortunately made them too colourful.

And this is what I've been listening to in my revision playlist. It really helps me concentrate!

Ah I feel a little better now :)

photo week 19 - bird is the word

2011-05-14T10:32:00.008+01:00

Found this old photo taken by my hand phone 2 years ago at Hyde Park.

Was by the lake and there were many annoying seagulls swarming around (with their biting calls resonating in the air!!)

Somehow I managed to catch this bird with total opposite characteristics mentioned above.

It looked like it possessed no fear for the world.

photo week 18 - preserved

2011-05-10T20:45:00.005+01:00

My collection of pressed flowers against the light (2010-11)

I have less than a week to be prepared for exams!

Less blogging. More work.

i stumbled upon....

2011-05-04T17:17:00.003+01:00

I felt like as if I was only using less than 1% of websites in the world so I (sadly) googled :

"What to do on the internet"

There was a whole list of things to do..but I thought the best thing out of the list was

Stumbleupon. It's a site where you choose your field of interests, and well, you start stumbling into things you like!

Sooo I want to share what I stumbled upon today :)

A very cute and meaningful stop motion picture! I love these type of films since I watched Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did :)

superconductors and Britney?

2011-05-01T16:55:00.007+01:00

I was searching for the definition of 'Fermi level' (a term used in physics) and the source of the definition caught my attention.

http://britneyspears.ac/physics/lipgloss/gloss.htm

Look how the longest link fits into everything else

This made my day xD

Best definition found so far so I'm going to use this site from now on hahaha.

photo week 17

2011-04-30T22:46:00.005+01:00

One of the university halls :)

Decided to take advantage of the unsually dry, warm and sunny British weather.

Being cooped up in my room is not healthy..no no.

Sunlight increases serotonin levels *ka-ching*

There were bunches of dandy lions everywhere, like delicate foam in bubble baths. But all bubbles only had one fate - they had to pop. The recurring wind was all that was needed to leave the dandy lions dandy no more, leaving naked axes.

I watch the seeds cross my path, I couldn't help but to feel feather-light too.

I better get some sleep now. Or else I'm gonna get eye bags like the sith lord.

chef = chemist?

2011-04-29T17:24:00.003+01:00

Was watching MasterChef 2011 finals last night and yes Tim deserved it! Sara and Tom were superb but Tim blew them away with his final 3 course meal with pronounced creativity.

The contestants only had 3 hours to impress the judges.

Somehow I associated the 3 hours to my lab sessions..and I started to wonder..chemistry isn't that all different to cooking.

Here are some similarities -

Chemists need to add chemicals at the right time (e.g right temperature) or else the reaction wouldn't work properly.

Cooks need to add the sauces and things at the right time too!

Cooks need to wash pots and pans after use.

Chemists need to wash apparatus!

Multitasking - While leaving a pot of whatever on the stove, cooks chop onions and things.

Chemists, while waiting for a reflux reaction to finish we could measure the melting point of the product we just made.

Washing gloves, apron.

Lab gloves, lab coat.

Spatula.

Glass stirrer.

one of the ways to tell whether the food is cooked or not is to judge by the colour change of the food.

And oh..so do chemicals :O

There are a few 'subtle' differences.......

Chemistry is dangerous. Things can go BABABOOM

and the most obvious one is....you can't eat your product.

Conclusion?

Cooking is edible chemistry :)

Looking forward for summer hols to learn how to cook (no more daily pasta!)

cmon, spring on the insects!

2011-04-26T11:01:00.011+01:00

It is the time of the year when everybody starts squealing from the invasive little winged beings.

One little fella decided to victimise me.

It started with the window.

*tap tap tap*

*rattytaptap*

*draws curtain open*

and KAZAAM the most horrifying thing greeted me

I opened the door wide open for it but nooooooo...instead it was darting at me occasionally and just simply whizzing around

It hovered around my cough drops and my shampoo and finally settled in my book shelf between the books (this lasted for like...5 minutes???)

And then my prince came and rescued me from the evil buzz which was gone forever and we lived happily ever after. The end :)

And here a few fun facts about honey bees after all that drama mama -

They have been around for 30 million years

The only insect that produces food eaten by man

Wings stroke 11400 times per minute

They are not born knowing how to make honey, they are being taught by the more experienced bees!

a quote from Einstein

“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live”?

Okay enough of black and yellow. Time for black and white!

photo week 16

2011-04-24T21:25:00.002+01:00

Mr Waffles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <33333

we were trying to start the fire for the BBQ and Mr Waffles stuck his whiskers in our bustles

I'm proud of myself for not carrying him and swinging him around like I did last time hehe (aahhh but he's just too cute!)

Art

2011-04-17T20:59:00.006+01:00

Modern art at Tate Modern.

The middle picture shows Ai Weiwei's work (from china) - 100 million sunflower seeds made of porcelain (the white lines are hand painted!!) Although the idea is from him, hundreds of people helped him with his art (not sure what message he's trying to convey there..same goes for all the other modern art pieces!)

My fave ones are actually not here because we were not allowed to take any pictures!

It's the exhibition by Joan Miro - The Ladder of Escape. He paints surrealistic art.

Miro's 'Dog barking at the moon'

Miro's blue series

Of all the art in Tate Modern, his works are the only ones I get (except for this big white canvas with a black line on it)

Or maybe I just have an unsophisticated mind on modern art.

Right now I think Miro can be counted as one of my fave artists with Marc Chaggal, for their art is very vibrant and colourful..full of life.

But no it's not just random swishes of colour which makes me happy, it also makes me wonder what was on the artist's mind when he paints, pretty intriguing!

Marc Chaggal's 'I and the village'

Will I ever get modern art?

If I can get modern music and classical music I'm sure there's room to appreciate modern art as well :)

of fruits and science

2011-04-16T12:22:00.002+01:00

Studying could make you go crazy.
I resort to meditation, by watching things levitate.
This was actually shown in my lectures.
We were studying diamagnetism. Water possesses this property hence it levitates. Same goes with anything which contains water eg strawberries, tomatoes, and........FROGS.

That frog's alive. Ethical issues on animal welfare? I don't wanna go into that now.
Point is..........

It made me laugh :D

more on czech

2011-04-12T18:35:00.012+01:00

Okay so maybe pictures are not worth a thousand words and I feel somewhat guilty for not being a good blogger, sharing my views to the world yadda yadda

So here are some random things I've learnt about Praha -

1. Praha is a quiet city. We had to hush ourselves in public because we seem to be such a loud bunch.

2. Food is really salty. However, the more expensive the food is, the less salt there is! (yep found out the hard way)

3. Sorting out the bill is always a pain..calculating the 10% service charge thing. Now thinking back, I'm not sure why was it so difficult at that time.

4. The beer is awesome. I am generally (being a typical girl) not a beer person at all. But once I had a taste of Pilsner Urquell, it has earned back its reputation on my list of reputable things.

5. A peddler on Charles' Bridge was more of a Malaysian than I was. I didn't know whether I should be embarrassed or impressed!

6. Things are not really cheap. I spent about 1200ck a day paying for entrance fees, and mainly on FOOD. Transport was pretty cheap.

7. Never been so in love with buildings. The architecture of each framework captivated me down to every detail.

8. The city is pretty clean. The buildings look like as if they had a fresh coat of paint, the streets free of any litter, public transport spotless (oh except some advertisements on the door mainly on DJs and x rated parties)

9. Praha is a compact city. It only has 3 metro lines (very pleased with it as London has crazy 11 lines) and I quite like the metro lines! very very efficient! Two thumbs up!

My dad said that Vienna and Venice are much more pretty than Praha. I've already found Praha very beautiful, and this makes me wonder how much more beautiful can a place be???

I know where my next holiday vacation would be at :) and I'm looking forward to it!

What I regret not doing in Prague?

Buying their famous Bohemian crystals. That would have been the best souvenir!

Being a typical tourist and going on that boat ride on the Vltava.

Alphonse Mucha's exhibition

Walking along Charles' Bridge at night

Random shots of Czech -

Pretty flags on the entrance of Charles' Bridge

Konopiste castle! I think this was the highlight of the trip. A must go.

Praha had modern buildings as well such as the Dancing House.

An interesting looking lamp near the Loreta.

One of my fave tourist attractions - the astronomical clock. Unfortunately it's not working anymore :(

and to finish off this post, a video taken on the first night in a restaurant around old town square :)

They are playing Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 5

ahh I miss Praha alot :(

Czech!

2011-04-09T20:24:00.004+01:00

5 days 4 nights well spent.

Here's a summary of the trip in category :)

Statues etc..

Ceilings

Exterior architecture

The sky

Signs

Lamps

Night

Nature

Stained glass

and now to do some serious studying.

38 days left till the week before my first paper

D: !!!!!

photo week 13

2011-04-01T17:12:00.003+01:00

A gorgeous magnolia tree at the hall :)

it created an air of glorification opposite the laundry room :P

radiation

2011-03-31T21:39:00.002+01:00

Interesting link that my biochem lecturer sent out to us to give us a clearer picture on the magnitude on the nuclear explosions going on in Japan.

And Dr Michio Kaku giving an insight of the science behind the nuclear reactors.

mojo jojo

2011-03-30T22:43:00.007+01:00

I'm on a holiday mood and that's not good.

Exams are inching their way towards the unprepared, making me feel vulnerable.

Yet I have been doing absolutely NOTHING this week.

I'm angry at myself - you idiot stop doing nothing!

I NEED my mojo back!!!!!

*and yes I am aware that this post isn't really going to help me :( *

my new sensation

2011-03-29T21:41:00.005+01:00

Was never very interested in The Beatles until of late (I know, shame on me!) well, I'm really into them now! (maybe not as hardcore as those screaming girl fans)

Keep on hitting the replay button (and that's a rare thing for me to do!!)

Wasn't sure which song to share (there are just so many good ones! :O) but since this song was playing non-stop in my head when I was conducting my lab experiment today I guess this deserves a spot here :)

Enjoy!

photo week 12

2011-03-26T13:23:00.002Z

"Fall back, spring forwards"

During autumn, the clocks go back, during spring time however..

Tomorrow the clocks go forward by an hour!

On another note, stop and smell the flowers! :)

The 4 beings

2011-03-24T20:35:00.010Z

the sea took deep, long breaths

it greeted the shore with eager pounces

thin white clouds with bizarre conformations danced in the sky

the complacent sun strolled across the blue which eventually became scarlet

then the clouds caught fire, and finally they turned to ember as the sun left the sky

the curious stars peeped from above, gazing down at the aftermath

the sea breathed softly now, it snored lightly

the stars sniggered with the charred clouds

spontaneously creating melody, and harmony

64 days left

2011-03-21T22:36:00.004Z

Timetable just released!

My heart is pumping anxiety through my veinssss

photo week 11

2011-03-21T19:59:00.005Z

Majestic yet sedate, it stands right opposite my hall.

It beckons me to lie face-up on that bench, to stare at it, to stare past it.

chiming childhood

2011-03-21T17:16:00.006Z

So the weather's getting pretty warm these days. It wasn't a surprise to hear an ice cream truck singing its way down the university halls. Uni students and ice cream trucks with an appealing tune - I found this rather disharmonising.

Why?

I just somehow associated ice cream with children (especially the tune of the ice cream truck, it is to blame really - the ones normally shown on TV, not the typical matkool or paddle pop ice cream jingles at home. It makes ice cream sound more childish).

Oh...and I had my first ice cream sundae from an ice cream truck today ( i know..some childhood I had huh?)

sunsets and other wonders

2011-03-19T17:56:00.006Z

I've been watching sunsets in my room almost everyday since I got here. And I noticed that the sun has been setting at different positions. It seems that it was moving towards the right as time has gone by.
And then I stumbled upon a documentary on BBC iPlayer,hosted by Professor Brian Cox, where he talks about time, and how it shapes the universe.
What I learnt -

This is a temple in Chankillo, Peru.
Each tower represents one month, you're looking at the oldest solar calender here!
This works for sunrises as well.

It's amazing how humans of different eras measure time. Positioning of shadows, flowing sand, gears etc etc.

So why can time be quantified? because it's one of the dimensions in this universe? What makes a dimension, a dimension?

According to wiki,

"In mathematics and physics, the dimension of a space or object is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify each point within it"

Following the song in Rent, Seasons of Love -

How do you measure love?

How to measure emotion? Why is it so difficult?

Everybody has their own different dimensions of emotions?

This is driving me crazy. As if my work hasn't been doing enough damage.

Hustles and bustles

2011-03-19T13:52:00.007Z

I know I haven't been blogging since forever, and I'm not gonna blog where I left off. Too many things haha.

Anyways last night I watched this musical -Rent with my Bristolian peeps. I enjoyed it very much (though I can't even remember half of the names of characters!) The casts were students..how very talented! I've only watched 2 musical productions in my life. The first one was The Mikado where I was involved backstage in school. It was a very colourful production, visually and auditorily. Since then, musicals started to appeal to me. The second was The Phantom of The Opera which I watched in London. It was out of this world, extravagant!

This is my favourite scene

Today the sun is shining, it's ten degrees (relatively warm) and there are people playing frisbee and sun bathing out of my window view. I just can't wait for exams to end!! I want my freedom now! Lying under the sun with no worries what so ever..like that fat cat which lives in my hall, Mr. Waffles! (yep he has a freaking fb page! Read his info - very cute)

Okay my timetable is pretty much messed up because of this sudden urge to blog. Need to finish my tutorial!

'day' dreaming

2011-03-07T20:03:00.001Z

The moon was just a thin line in the sky. I guess I can be a bit daft to think of it as a floating banana. Or 'the grin of the night'

The smile, almost isolated in the everlasting secrecy of the night, beamed at me through the aperture of my little square, white room.
Suddenly my room felt as boundless as the night sky.