a picture speaks a thousand words. (:

settler's has become one of my most frequent hang outs, along with coffee club, kim gary and the arts canteen. (:

its been a hell of a weekend, and there is more to come tomorrow.

an hour ago, i realised that my thumb-drive has abandoned me / eloped with another guy, and taken away my precious group project with it.

i know i should have been more careful, i should have backed up the files, i should have checked the computer terminal before i left; so many should-haves, yet so many did-nots.

the lesson of the day is to never be overdependent on one source. you'll never know where it might just slip away quietly when you are not watching.

i'm going to buy ten thumb-drives tomorrow to stock up at home.

some things, some people are so hard to fathom.

there's no combination of words i could put on the back of a postcard
no song that i could sing but i can try for your heart
our dreams, and they are made out of real things
like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving
love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart,
like why are we here, and where do we go, and how come it's so hard?
it's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
i'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together.

i wish everyday could be as happy as today! :D

all of a sudden, i realised how bogged down i am by all the deadlines and appointments - almost every day of my life is packed from morning to evening; on average, i have two deadlines to meet every week until my exams; excluding the appointments on my schedule (and my bedtime), i have about eight hours of free time a week left for myself, which i have to spend on catching up on readings and studying for my tests.

i find it so hard to compartmentalise my life now. there are too many things happening in each day, too many dates to remember, and too many people i need to make time for.

i really need a shell which i can easily and safely hide into.

how can you not fall in love with john mayer?



its sad because the world is full of apathetic people. or maybe i'm just feeling grouchy. :X

一百个不舍得，一千个思念，和一万个期待。

you know you're stunning, absolutely stunning
and i'm running always running
and now i'm crying
you know only cause I'm caring
and if you were more daring maybe you'd stop staring
and come over and talk to me
and tell me about how you've been waiting patiently
and how you tried but I just turned away
and i'll say, 'yeah well you know, i'm shy that way.'

shy that way | tristan prettyman & jason mraz

anything below perfection is unsatisfactory.

i just need to try harder and harder to get it all right.

what shall i do about my misses?

people look best from a distance, behind the glass.

i was planning to write a happy post to complement my rotten rainy day, but i think i'll save it for another time instead.

day one begins, all over again. :/

i've got to pull up my socks.

after months of moving at a slow pace, i think i need to start picking up some momentum. come next week, there will be more people to catch up with, more deadlines to meet, and more work to drown me out.

i need to start hiding somewhere now. :X

it feels odd when you give it back in the exact words which i would use.

it is almost similar to uncovering a buried treasure.

i can't figure out what's wrong with me,

or why is it so hard to keep above the baseline.

the weather is so cold these days that the chill really bites into your bones.

my hands were freezing, but i didn't have any pockets to stuff them into, or any other hands to lend me some warmth. so i put my palms together and tried to rub them against each other.

and at that moment, i was thinking that i have let myself down this time. i don't know why but i'm just not performing, or shining or doing as well as i know i can and should. and for that, i hope the wind would slap me hard and the cold would wake me up.

one of my all-time favourite songs from mariah - during her prime.

(i hope my television isn't too small for you to watch this.)

this pretty much sums up the enjoyable part of my mid semester break.



thanks for your lovely birthday wishes and gifts! (: