lend me your eyes, and a couple of minutes -

and allow me to bore you with a highly-realistic "DO-NOT-do" list of new year resolutions.

1. sing too loudly in the bathroom especially when its late at night
2. shout to my friend when s/he is just sitting across the table.
3. watch a serial more than five times no matter how addictive it is.
4. wear heels when im going to be walking for the entire day
5. be too gullible
6. frequent hk cafes just to have instant noodles which i can effortlessly cook at home at no cost
7. laugh at my own jokes
8. doodle all over my notes when im sitting in the front row

as the last day of 2007 unfolds, i am going to count my blessings and seal them in a jar, so that i will always remember all the good things that happened, once upon a time.

over the mountains and the sea
Your river runs with love for me
and i will open up my heart
and let the Healer set me free
i'm happy to be in the truth
and i will daily lift my hands
for i will always sing of when
Your love came down

i could sing of your love forever | sonicflood

God has been so good to me this year! (:

to my dearest friends - especially bin, gloria, wupo, hh, vi, waiye, weif, aaron, edith, yun, jan, lays, yuanyuan - the list gets shorter each year, but the love grows deeper; and the best gift for christmas is the touch of love. (:

toast to love, friendship and christmas! ((:

if you think you've had a rotten day, im here to console you with an account of my equally rotten day.

first of all, i fought the rain and went to my tuitee's house in the afternoon, only to find out that she was still out and she had cancelled tuition without telling me. so with a crest-fallen heart, i headed to town to look for my 2008 organiser - but to my disappointment, it was sold out everywhere. after a three-hour futile search in practically all the major bookstores, i had to give up because my feet was covered with blisters and my heels aching. then to top it up, i did not manage to meet the friend whom i was looking so forward to seeing. and finally, given my great affinity with all sorts of creepy crawlies, the best way to end a rotten day was to have a lizard fall on the bathroom floor when i was bathing just now.

so in order to cheer myself up, i bought loads of chocolates and some new clothes for an early christmas present. well, i should be grateful that at least there wasn't any worms in my chocs or holes in my clothes.

hence, to commemorate my meaningless day, i am posting this meaningless entry. because everything that could go wrong did, i can only hope that this would be the worst it can get.

with so many plans and so many of my favourite people to meet, im sure that it is going to be one of most beautiful christmas ive ever had. ((:

all there is left to do now is to experience the joy, share the spirit and pray for that everything materialises. ((:

my previous attachment has stolen away all the joys of my current attachment.

the law of relativity has taught me an important lesson this holiday - when the lamps on the streets are too bright, it robs us of the opportunity to appreciate the brightness of the moon, its guiding light and calming presence.

or to put it simply, if you eat a sweet before you taste your tea, your tea may become bland and bitter.

i think i have become more socially withdrawn not because i delibrately shun people or avoid social contact, but because unknowingly i have internalised the importance of independence and self-sufficiency that grown-ups like myself should.

adolescence is short, precious, full of fantasy, optimism and hope. but all's not lost - because it can be quite refreshing to regress and reminisce once in a while; and being old doesn't mean you cant feel young again. (:

if i never see you again,
i'll think you now and then. (:

with the end of the first semester of my third year, i realised my social network has been shrinking as i grudgingly aged, with the launch of many friends into the working society. my university life has been an accelerated and exhilarating ride down the trail of time, and today im forced to face up with the fact that there could possibly be many people whom i may not know are graduating, and whom i may never see again. the lack of a proper closure is unsettling for me, and perhaps, this would be the best place for me to bid my farewells.

i believe that it always takes a miracle for two persons to meet, and sometimes friendship and love are phenomenons that lose their magic and awe when you try too hard to describe them. so to keep it simple, just want to say a word of thanks and i pray that this would not be the last i see of you. (: