Values are not the same as attitudes.

These couple of weeks and especially today, alongside reports from the PM office, was heated discussions about MM Lee. Some love him, some hate him. I never participate in such online discussions because from past experiences people like to shove their opinions your face and in a less than civil manner. And also you can be presented with all the objective facts and still love/hate him.

I am actually quite politically apathetic. Other than the PM and the head of my area's GRC, I do not know and do not care about the other politicians. PAP aka the ruling government to me is an established state bureaucracy, and impersonal. One can argue that we are propagated such that we do not imagine changing the ruling party, but I also believe that it is because our security is taken care of to the extent that we take it for granted.

Of course, I speak as such because of my biography. In our meritocratic and elitist system, I don't exactly belong to the elite group duh, but I was able to get proper education. I am able to get an university education with heavy subsidies and loans from the government. My university degree would be recognized in most parts of the world. If I don't get all stuck up and expect too high a starting pay, I should be able to get a relatively decent job, and be able to pay off my loan in installments, and accumulate savings in my CPF account.

There are flaws in our system. The heavy reliance on CPF account leaves those without employment such as housewives vulnerable. The constant focus on the nuclear family in many of our policies disadvantages those without, such as single mothers. The continual stress on Asian conservativism results in stagnant accordance of social rights and repression of various minorities. The tight social controls and censorship results in stifled freedom of speech and infringement of various rights such as privacy.

 I diverged.

Probably because how often I hear and read about people blaming the Lee family, the PAP, as though they personally are responsible for every problem in their life. 

It's so weird.

As sociologists we are supposed to translate "private troubles to public issues", which is to take into account historical, structural, autobiographical contexts in analysis, and to see personal problems as influenced by larger structural issues. What I see from many people is claiming private troubles as caused by the PAP government. And if those who complained were those compromised by the system i.e. housewives, migrant workers, I could empathize. But the weirdest thing is how often those who complain are those who actually benefit from the system. Middle-class employees who could afford a car (and that COE), regular travel trips, branded goods, dining indulges, are complaining about high prices. University undergraduates are complaining about the competitive education system (excuse me do you realize how many people you step on to get a place??) - but it is precisely this exclusiveness that gives the degree its value and the higher starting pay.

The list of things that LKY did for our country, whether they are liked or not has been brought up and discussed in detail. Your values and experience would determine what you choose to believe, what you choose to see. I always thought that being a politician in a democratic regime is a thankless job. All I can say is, he had a vision for a tiny island years ago, and he went on to realize it. Do you even see beyond yourself aside from personal achievements? If you do not like what you are seeing in this country now, are you going to make the effort to effect change, or would you just migrate to another country with the money and resources that you had acquired from here in Singapore?

3 grand essentials of happiness

"The three grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. "
-Alexander Chalmers

可惜等价交换原则并不通用

So it's true that when you don't expect to be treated like something, you won't be anything.

社会学

就一时兴起，试想如果我是以中文学习社会学的话，我应该会当掉。
想想看，单单Social Thought and Theory好了，我要怎么阅读、理解再加上用自己的话来些文章呢？

大家最熟悉的 卡尔·马克思 所想出和致力于的共产主义其实字面上的翻译也存在着误差。他坚信当时资本主义系统是非人道而且因为其奴役性必定被推翻。这学期我们从他和弗里德里希·恩格斯一起撰写的《1844年经济学哲学手稿》、《德意志意识形态》、《资本论》来理解一向被误解的马克思主义，并了解到即使他极力推动革命，但其原意是为了全人类的自由。

社会学的开拓者 爱米尔·涂尔干 广为人知的机能主义。他坚信社会学的独特性和科学性。他通过《社会学方法的规则》奠基了如何研究探讨社会现象，规定何为社会事实和集体意识。他在《社会分工论》表明正确的社会分工是可取的。他通过《自杀论》来证实社会事实的存在和社会学的科学性；因为他相信如果自杀-这最个人的举动，能够被证实为一种社会事实的话，社会学的科学性和特定性就会被证实。

我们最后接触的现代社会学家是 马克斯·韦伯。他在《新教伦理与资本主义精神》里试图证实西方资本主义的由来。他相信资本主义的由来一定是由某一些人开始推动的并且通过研究历史文物找出新教伦理和资本主义精神的关联。他最后的结论是，即使最初的资产阶级有着宗教信仰和理念，但是所产生的资本主义系统经过演变已失去其宗教热情只剩一个极其合理化且无法推翻的铁笼。

Okay what is this crap that I've written. Anyway these 3 authors are namely Karl Marx, Durkheim, and Max Weber fyi if anybody actually read through all of that lol. The point is, academic subject matter are easier to understand and write in English, because of the expandability of the language, as many of the writers wrote in different languages and there is always the problem of translation. Anyway can you imagine trying to write like 2-3 essays in 2 hours for exams in Chinese for sociology? >.< I would probably hyperventilate just from trying to memorize the authors' names and the title of their works and their theories.

Affect

I've got a blueberry chocolate tart today~

Why some people are such assholes

S: Why? You did anything wrong?
Me: I stayed home during the weekends.

One of the most ridic wrong I did tbh.

I need to breathe.
I hate conflict.
I hate negative feelings.
I hate unfairness.
I hate bullying.
I hate verbal and emotional abuse.
I hate threats,
I hate it.
I really really hate it.
I need to breathe.

The Queen is above y'all petty politics

Forever indignant that Queen Yuna lost to someone who stumbled on the ice. So in Sochi people can actually improve a whole 20 points from your last performance a month ago. Certain individuals only of course. Oh and you can also get a 0 for a  perfectly clean jump. Wow Sochi. Wow.

And it's a pity that Mao Asada got marked down too. Apparently she had the highest potential base score, and although her SP was not the best, her FP this time was pretty awesome. It's a pity that she's not on the podium.

Not going to watch Ice Figure skating again. Started watching it for Kim Yuna, gonna stop cause no more Kim Yuna. Buai.

我要一座大房子 有很多很多的房间 房间里有好多猫和小狗〜

以后我要一栋大房子
不为什么
只是希望能尽量养更多的狗狗

这几天看九把刀监制出品的「十二夜」的花絮和预告
看一个视频一篇观后感都要哭上一阵
觉得自己明明帮不上忙还关注这个活动是在找虐
唉

领养，不弃养！

Asian hyper-cool

When your favourite kpop group appears in a published book ^^

“At one level, it may appear, from the popularity of Korean TV dramas or through the appeal of idols and performers such as the musician Rain or boy bands like DBSG/TVXQ/Tohoshinki, that South Korea has replaced Japan as the ultimate in Asian hyper-cool.” 

Fitzsimmons, Lorna, and John A. Lent. Popular Culture in Asia: Memory, City, Celebrity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Print.

Kim Jaejoong - WWW (1st album Who When Why)

My latest album jam ♫~

Kim Jaejoong delivers as usual. Not one of my favourite male soloist for nothing yo. Not one track that I will trash. Love all 13 tracks with its variety of genres and rock influence♡

远

想起一个系列截图 是康熙来了小S和谢娜的对话 大概是这样
谢娜：什么时候觉得离朋友最远
小S：在她穿着我没看过的衣服 在我不知道的地方拍照 照片里和留言的人都是我不认识的名字
谢娜：是她和你认识的朋友拍照 但你却不知道她们什么时候做了这件事

Everyone is a social construct.

就是尽力而已 能做到就去做
可是又很怕造成负担
就干脆算了
阴影什么的 不管过了多久依旧挥之不去

hazeeee

Tempted to join RunNus >.< but thinking of the 5/10km distance my eyes just want to roll into my head. But in my current mood I don't mind training for it but suay suay now got haze. roarrrr

I also want to go bowlinggggg I want to go shootingggg I want to go arcadeeee Why am I stuck in my house when I'm temporarily free from workkkk

First experiences

8 June - Paintball
Got hit on the limbs and head and hurts like hell

9 June - Mt Ophir
The 10-11hours up and down this mountain was literally living hell.
Lucky that my fellow trekkers were stuffing me with sweets, almonds, sports drinks, water, etc that I did not lose consciousness along the way and tumble down the mountain.
Hurting all over by the end of the day.

12 June - Medz
Went for lunch with Lili. Was planning on going to Genki Sushi and somehow for some unknown reason the queue was damn long and Lili had to go for work in the late afternoon so we couldn't wait. Went down to check out Medz because I remember they had affordable lunches when I passed by them.
Turns out the lunch sets were really value for money. Main course + coffee/tea + appetizer + dessert was less than $15. And they taste AWESOME. Especially their apple tart /drools. Definitely going there again omg.

Today.
Day of data punching againnnn

ang gong

Was at Coffee Bean having tea with my sisters, nieces and mum when an uncle came up to our table selling keychains. He was heavily tattooed all the way from the neck down. We initially didn't want to buy (as usual to all touting) but he went on to ask for help as he was released from prison and he couldn't find other employment, so he had a pass (which he showed to us) from the government which allows him to sell those keychains. In the end my mum bought one and he was very grateful saying god bless you and all that.

I would have bought another if I had the cash with me. Simply because there are just so many things in life that you are helpless about, and if there's a chance for you to make a little difference, no matter how minor, in other's, you would take it. I think it's...sad? I mean, I have no idea what crimes he or the many others committed that sent them to jail, I have no idea whether they are truly repentent or not, but still. You came out of prison at an age past your prime, you have a criminal record, you practically have 'danger' branded all over you, and yet right at this moment you may have really wanted to turn over a new leaf, have a new life, but couldn't. Because you can't get a job. You couldn't even really assimilate back to society. You are judged and stereotyped before people even talk to you.

I mean, I'm not a saint or anything, believing that there's good in all men blahblah, or that I'm free of prejudices and stereotyping. I do get uncomfortable at the sight of all those tattoos, and I'm skeptical about the usefulness of prison. But. Still.

Part of growing up

年纪增长 心境渐渐改变 泪点变得越来越多 感触也渐渐不一样

有些棱角不得不被磨掉  有些坚持不得不放弃

以前懒得解释 现在不得不解释 虽然解释了没用

有时觉得做自己为什么不可以 又没有伤害或妨碍到谁
结果就是不可以

ITE of exams! Partay peopleeeeee

Really went with PY to USS the day after my exams~
Lucky it's off-peak period and we didn't have to queue much for the rides.
The first ride we rode was BSG Human - and realised they added harness to the seats so the scariness of it was halved but still~ Realised how much we missed the thrill after the first ride.
 And we went for the Cylon right after and realised that we had like only 5min buffer time between rides.
Got a bit giddy after that.
We finished all the rides by early afternoon and had time to go for the rides second round.
Then realised we had gotten old because despite our declaration that we gonna stay until the park closes, we were thoroughly spent by 4-5pm and left to get our stomachs filled.
Day of realisations xD

 They added Sesame Street~ Sadly wasn't too excited due to lack of emotional attachment.
On the other hand, I shall wait for da day I can go to the USSs with Harry Potter theme >.<

Just not right now.

所谓天时地利人和
缺一不可

"It's [feelings between him and Elena] right. Just not right now." - Damon (TVD)

101 Reasons to Ship Harry & Hermione

101 Reasons to Ship Harry & Hermione 

I do love the relationship between them and this vid is awesome. Maybe because Ron is not exactly on my favourites list and Hermione is just plain awesomeness so I don't ship them -.- just like I always felt that Harry and Ginny is just bleh and so superficial. Anyway I really liked Harry x Hermione cause though their love is platonic it just goes so deep and is so pure.

Can?

可不可以有人对我说 “你对我很重要。”？

怎么办？凉拌。

不要太强求不要太在意
平常心平常心平常心

有时说别人没有自觉 也会很担心自己其实是不是也没自觉
如果我那么重视的人也讨厌我怎么办
我可以出家和这红尘了断算了 T^T

Love's Maze

Awesome cover by Davichi (and nope, I did not hear the original before xD)
Seriously awesome singing and harmony. Had this song on replay ever since I heard it.
Especially love Kang Min Kyung's mids - very rich and solid.

虽然爱过

Though I loved you - Kim Jaejoong
Awesome rendition by Jaejoong. Chorus was especially haunting and was stuck in my head for days.

安全

谁都有秘密。

我也有。

可是知道别人对我有所保留我还是会觉得很抓狂。
（当然是亲的人 其他人要讲我还懒得理咧）

因为会很敏感、想很多、很没有安全感 。
（童年阴影挥之不去 =.= ）

我需要很多很多的安全感。

一万年太久，就爱我，现在。

是命定之爱，所以逃不过。却永远只在失去之际，方知情深。
认了，爱了。
多久？她问。
一千年。一万年。他答。
一万年太久，就爱我，现在。
-----杨丽玲《i周刊：影议馆，西游：降魔篇》

看完《西游：降魔篇》，我决定，把《大话西游之月光宝盒》《大话西游之仙履奇缘》挖出来重看！

西游真的不错
可能拍摄手法不是那么熟练
但是对于西游记的妖人有了新的解读
而且选角挺成功的（不过猪八戒太恶了！！）

星爷虽说不可能被超越
但文章的表演可圈可点
在上一分钟观众还在因为电影桥段笑弯腰时
在下一分钟他崩溃地大哭 因为没办法救更多人而自责不已时
又能把观众的情绪拉回来

黄渤的演技真的很精湛 时而喜感时而令人毛骨悚然
其他的版本因为孙悟空是重点所以通常放大的是他调皮捣蛋的那一面
这个版本是比较realistic的 显现了他妖人的本质

罗志祥也不会突兀
 空虚 X 肾虚 那段节奏抓得很好

当然最爱的是舒淇
打起架来架势十足 出拳特美 帅呆了
在月光下跳舞真的很美
有了片源后到时我应该会狂截图

因为比起特效妖怪打架 对我来说这部戏主要还是看情
即使知道结局注定悲剧 离别到来时还是会难过
会觉得诀别那一段太仓促 虽然依然让我落泪
不过觉得还没来的及真正feel the moment就被拉到下一段了
也不是说不好 导演可能不想要这段太矫情吧

Andersonian cheer

MAKE IT LOUD.
MAKE IT CLEAR.
DO THE ANDERSONIAN CHEER.
A N D E R S O N.
DO YOUR BEST AND BEAT THE REST.
GIVE IT A GO DON'T BE SHY.
VICTORY IS YOURS WHENEVER YOU TRY.
OH ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON YEAHHHHHHHH

Andersononian cheer if my memory did not play tricks on me ;)

只属于我的安慰

Healing for Myself by Kim Jaejoong

第一遍的chorus那一声声的“sarang”听得心脏都快被绞碎了
而且作词作曲演唱都是金在中~

MINE

 

"MINE" by Kim Jaejoong
Love the MV and song~ Sounds like it could have been a soundtrack for an anime.
Anyway it turns out that I love the entire album "I" by him. It totally satisfies my rocker soul lol.
It's the rock/pop genre that I like without being too noisy~ One Kiss~ Healing for myself~ You fill me up~ All Alone~ MINE~ had all 5 songs on replay since I heard them >.< waiting for the album to arrive at my house!!

what happens after happily ever after?

《幸福了然后呢》A-Lin

除了旋律啊歌声啊没话说的好听
我特别喜欢这首歌的概念 
看戏啊看小说的时候
我一向很喜欢有所谓的“后续”
也就是happily ever after
到底是怎样的happily ever after 法
就像韩剧《秘密花园》的结局 不只是停在结婚那里
而是继续拍到婚后生活
会两个人裹着棉被一起看雪景
朱元会和孩子争老婆的时间
背得累得时候让罗琳踩着他的脚一步一步地走回家
等等等
也是因为这样我也特别喜欢系列书
像Tamora Pierce或绿痕和蝴蝶seba
因为之前出现然后圆满完结的角色会在其它书以配角的方式出现
所以我对于很多书/戏剧很喜欢以两个主角终于overcome obstacles然后相遇然后相视而笑当ending这种情节相当无语=.=

so many feels

The moment when your favourite class's lecturer showed your favourite group's performance as lecture material in class. (～o￣▽￣)～o ~

★~★

SO MANY FEELS OMG.

╮(￣▽￣)╭  

Was damn agitated albeit the performance shown was the last peformance by them and I never watched it more than twice cause I would cry ╮(╯_╰)╭
Me and PY were holding on to each other for dear life and trying not to hyperventilate or scream or sth ↖(^ω^)↗

Anyway to put all I said into context, it was Japanese Studies lecture and Dr. Amos showed Tohoshinki's performance on Kohaku 2009 to show what his mother-in-law wanted to watch on New Year's Eve in Japan lol.

Will miss Dr. Amos and Dr. Chris~
Best two lecturers ever imo (￣▽￣)~
*inserts many hearts*

Best tutor ever ♥ （*∩_∩*）

Argo

I want to watch Argo! *o*
Read a review and did some reading on the story it was based on and got all interested.

这是一段不可能的历史。真实发生过，却似好莱坞最有创意的编剧编撰出来的谎言。
现实，往往比电影离奇。
---摘自i周刊《影议馆》杨丽玲

 Hope it still airs after exams /.\

喜欢的是他 又不是我自己

“你是说我们两个的价值观不一样？”
“你觉得一样吗？”
允浩想了想，笑道
“是不太一样哈。”
昌珉喝了口酒，沉稳的说
“不过也无所谓了，时间久了，慢慢就磨合的相似了。”
允浩却动了动眉心
“我从没打算为他改变自己的价值观，也没想过让在中为我改变什么啊。”
昌珉看他一眼，允浩轻轻的笑着说道
“昌珉，爱一个人，如果就要那个人的价值观变得跟自己一样，那么也只能说明，你爱自己多一点。”
他放下啤酒罐，站起身，看着落地窗外的景色
“喜欢并不是一味的要求改变跟迁就，有的时候，站在对方的角度，用他眼睛，这看看这个世界的另一面，也很好啊……我喜欢的是金在中，又不是我自己。”
 -------摘自《破执系列之旁观者迷》冢景芷熙

和俊良htht时提到的一段~

Gone

当你有工作+学业的事情堆在那等着你做时
最怕碰到的是
碰到一篇好读and正在连载的文
完了完了完了

The American Dream

Obama won. Yayyyy

Anyway supposed to be mugging for quiz so should not crap too much.

Just that I watched the rally speech by Michelle Obama and was impressed.
Plain english, raw emotions, but it was very moving.
No big words or big goals or mission or whatever, just everyday issues that you and I can relate to.
I think that resonates more than anything else.

I got interested by her interpretation of The American Dream and went to google it (more procrastination I know), and The Audacity of Hope came up. Apparently it was a book written by the then-senator Barack Obama and which was what propelled him to national prominence.
Shall go borrow/buy/read the book after exams! Looks interesting.

And I thought it's cute she calls herself 'Mum-in-Chief' :)

忍不住原谅的傻瓜

《傻瓜》


《忍不住原谅》


这两首歌都是温岚演唱的
MV概念其实很相似
基本上《傻瓜》的mv如果是配上《忍不住原谅》的歌词是绝配的
其实觉得《傻瓜》的mv比较有感染力

大家都说劈腿的男人不能原谅
因为有一就有二
但是女生总会忍不住原谅
尤其在男生用柔情攻势的时候
拥抱啦亲吻啦流泪啦体贴啦
就会觉得 “他不一样” “这次会不一样”
结果发现
还是一样的一样的

没有开心的历史么

历史好沉重。

哦。

当我爸看见我裂掉的电话屏幕
跟我说他气到不想讲话
再接着训了我一顿
然后说他要一个十全十美的女儿的时候
我真的不知道我应该怎么反应

Goodbye to Romance

Didn't know of the drama, but fantastic OST track. Goodbye to Romance by Sonya.

Am I a joke?

原来我在乎的东西那么微不足道。

Am I a joke?
I feel like such a joke.

Agathoraphobic

Agathoraphobia:
Fear of abandonment or rejection

Some people never learn.
I suppose I'm one of them.
Why do I still care after so long.

Vocals and Dance

TVXQ - Don't Say GoodBye + Wrong Number Live TVXQ - どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう + Mirotic Live
I just feel so exceptionally proud of them during live performances like these, whereby they wow us with their vocals and then immediately on the same stage, they showed that they can sing and dance at the same time, sounding great and looking great.

Looking forward to HoMin comeback!

P.S. I could never bring myself to call HoMin as DBSK nor JaeChunSu as JYJ ;_;
/self-denial I know. 

P.S.S. And all those companies are such b*tches for claiming all yt videos (even old ones for god's sake) left right and center =_=#

Bloody Mod

Someone give me an idea so that I can start somewhere for my response paper.

Stuck in school trying to finish the other half of my response paper which was the critique part.

The last time I felt the same way (aka totally lost) was when I have to formulate 12 questions for 6 readings of the SAME BLOODY MODULE.

Headache.
Tired.

Whine

Warning：This is a whiny post.

Let me whine.
This is the fourth consecutive day I'm sick.
Woke up to a bad headache which was probably due to my blocked nose while I was sleeping. My throat is dry and yet there's the annoying phelgm every now and then and my voice's good as gone.
Keep feeling lethargic which is a major no-no when you haven't touch your tutorials nor started on your response paper.
And I haven't drank my beloved milk tea for days.
/grumbles whines and moans

Prejudice

It's interesting reading about the same event or persons in both wiki and baidu. You realise the stance and viewpoints are so different among the two. I supposed it's difficult to be really unbiased or unprejudiced. But sometimes I just wish to know history as it is, just hard core facts of what really happened, and not some twisted account from someone ignorant or with some motive. Ah well.

Anyway was kind of triggered cause I was interested in "Gwanghae: the man who became king" a Korean movie by Lee Byung Hun. So I went to baidu who's Gwanghae and the info there start to include some Manchu-Ming stuff which was not what I was looking for so I start to wiki about it. And as said, wiki was different. Sensitive topic so I hereby end my blog post.

/prays hard that I would get well by tmr

Shadows

I fell sick.
Sucks being sick, especially when lethargy and headaches come with it.

Anyway finally got around to watching Johnny Depp's Dark Shadows online. The visuals were good, but the storytelling and tempo are poor. Basically not much of a strong core story, and too many characters for a 2 hour movie. Most of it dark humor, rest of the time it's like the movie couldn't decide whether to be funny or serious. Ah well.

Anyway this exchange brought a bit of LOL:

Angelique: I'm gonna offer you a business proposal, Barnabas. My final offer. Either you agree to rule this little pond of mine side by side...partners and lovers...or I put you in back in the box.

Barnabas: I have already prepared my counterproposal. It reads thusly: You may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly! 

Get it? He was saying kiss my ass xD

The movie in a nutshell:
Quote Barnabas: “Of all of the servants I could have spurned, all the hearts I could have broken, I got the one with the secret. I got the witch."

猪一样

不怕神一样的对手，只怕猪一样的队友。

此乃真理。

「歌」

问：「歌」对你来说是什么？

允浩：我自身
昌珉：青春期最早找的快乐
有天：像家人一样 当然还有责任感
俊秀：唯一的存在 来生我还想唱歌
在中：不知道
为什么会开始唱歌 不知道
为什么要想唱歌 也不知道
是歌带我走到现在
说真的 我不知道我为什么要努力唱歌
但是理由只有一个
我是东方神起的成员
喜欢东方神起的歌
喜欢五个人的声音
也喜欢在五个人中唱歌的自己

Mess

I get so impossibly mad when my schedule gets messed up.

Kao ga gi

有什么办法 缺钱的是我 觉得自己很unprincipled又怎么样 没那么尊贵能够觉得委屈
靠山山倒靠人人跑
靠自己!!

傻B的B

拆散允在的是傻逼加二货。

Back In Time

Beautiful song, but nah, haven't gotten around to watching the drama it was meant for. 

Back in Time by Lyn - Moon that embraces the Sun OST

On a fine day

决定来到我身边时，穿着这双鞋吧。在一个晴天、美美的。
----《绅士的品格》

Night

The insecurities that night time brings.

女二

爱情剧应该是时候跳脱女二都是心机鬼的框框了

正在看「小资女孩向前冲」
表示女二很欠揍👊

W

^OT5 with the best vocals and harmony ever

Listening to DB5K's sad songs live one after another has this way of bringing tears...

^One of my OT3

Tiger

This tickled me for some reason. Tiger waiting leisurely for the prey.

Cheesy

Was clearing my Documents folder of all the random docs that I don't even remember ==

Then I came upon this old file and decide to just post it and delete it woo.

Just some funny stuff I heard when watching old Korean Variety shows.

Not really funny, but so immensly cheesy that it's kind of lol:

Guy:Why did you take it all?

Girl: What?

Guy: You should have at least left a little.

Girl: ?

Guy: My heart.

-------------------

Guy: I'll go to hell so you, go return back to heaven.

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Guy: What color is JaeSuk hyung's shirt?

Girl: Green.

Guy: Really? Since the first time I saw you, aside from you, everything I see in this world is black and white.

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Guy: Do you know why I stare at you with these burning eyes?

Girl: *shakes head*

Guy: For me it's a waste of time to even blink.

翔

看到刘翔的新闻和在微博引发的言论
有些感触 觉得还是不要在微博说
现在的网民实在太可怕了
躲在电脑后头就觉得不需要付任何责任
so anyway
虽说我不太关注体坛的事情
不过还是替刘翔这名选手感到可惜
他已经赢得那么多跨栏冠军
是世界纪录的保持人
他剩下的应该只有自我挑战了
他受伤之后
大可直接退出了
却仍旧练习
甚至训练新的跑法
做了那么多努力顶着那么沉重的压力
我不明白为什么他还需要被自己的国人骂
哪个运动员在努力了那么久希望受伤啊
任何运动本身除了运动员的个人技巧和经验
也很讲求on the spot performance
有点万事俱备只欠东风的feel
哎呀 anyway
我主要想说的不要怪他了
有本事自己跑去
人家又不欠你！

Extremely belated birthday post

a.k.a Megapost mentioned in previous post

Basically wanted to post about my birthday and the efforts all you nice people put in as a way of saying thanks. Though other than WC, wormie from my sec sch gang, LL and PY from poly, I doubt anyone else come to this ulu blog lol. Ah well, but stilllllll.

Birthday Relay 2012

Leg 1

Date: 12 July
Humans: NaNa, LQ
Where: Ichiban

Basically just a meetup 'cause Nana would be in M'sia during the weekends aka my birthday celebrations. But it's in the name of my Birthday, so yah~

Leg 2

Date: 14 July
Humans: LiQian LiLi PY Nicole
Where: NanXiang XiaoLongBao; nydc

Meeting at bugis, enjoyed good food and desserts, and presents from PY+LQ, N + Nana. Remembered that N was in some snugly lethargic mode and the both of us just keep nua-ing against each other.

 ^My sweethearts. Taking neoprints omg. All of us were so rusty and couldn't react in time ._.

Leg 3

Date: 16 July
Humans: LiLi PY

Technically was not in the name of my birthday,  but LL gave me my card yay. And promised a belated birthday present ^^

Leg 4

Date: 16 July
Humans: WC LW WT J I
Where: Timbre

 A rare meetup of us with so many people~ Ate at Timbre - took quite some time to find the place. It was in some back alley for god's sake. Anyway was being happy just being in the company of old old friends, but was extra touched and surprised when they brought out cupcakes with candles. (And I seriously thought WC simply went for a walk to digest =.= cause that's what LQ and PY always do)

Anyway for our group that meet up so rarely, every major meet up would become a mass status update kind of thing, and usually I'm the one with WC absorbing all the info lol. But this time no, and I was tickled to see them trying to stuff down the cupcakes just to hear my story asap.

Oh, and I got treated! Thanksssss

 ^Rare proper smiling photo of chiobu WC. Power of birthday wishes FTW!

 ^A lot going on

 ^and this is like one of my favourite photos of all timeeee.

Leg 5

Date: 17 July

Human: Wormie

Where: DTF

Did some major camwhoring, we seriously took hundreds of photos, and N asking me to upload all cause she wants to increase her photos count on FB -.- but what you all saw on FB is the filtered ver for both our sakes. Basically we ate 5 XLBs and 3 SMs each, then we talk for hours and take pictures, phototaking all the way to the bus stop.

Oh, and I got treated again! xD lalala

*On a sidenote, looking at us together suddenly triggered me to think about how we became close. Remembered we were still normal good friends that were part of a big clique in lower sec? Then in upper sec it became you and me.

Leg 6 [Final Leg]

Date: 17 July
Humans: My Family
Where: Fish & Co.

Dinner with my family. For those who didn't know, my niece happen to have the same birthday as me. So that's us forced to stand on the chair while the Fish & Co staff attempted to sing their birthday song for us - but I couldn't decide who's more embarrassed, me or them.

^Standing on the chair looking like a fat

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That about concludes the celebrations. Just want to express my heartfelt thanks to those who made the effort to meet up with me, to get me presents, to write me cards, to send me messages, to dedicate a blog post to me. I'll admit I'm kind of anti-social and dislike knowing too many people and having to maintain act-friendly relationships. It's tiresome. On the other hand I therefore treasure and value the few friends that I have, and am always thankful that they cared.

感性一下 换下语言

能够淡定的分享发生过的事情

我想也是放下了许多吧

有些人可能有注意到

我左手一直戴着的紫水晶珠链

我知道它很不是我的style

不过我到生日为止

已经戴了整整一年

因为它是我去年的生日礼物

而它有它的意义存在

生日的一两个月前

我就决定 到我生日那天

如果某些人的诺言不能实现

那我就拿下收起来再也不戴了

Since that side of the promise was not kept, then why should I keep mine?

And obviously 我已经不戴了

所以 

嗯哼

就酱~

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题外题外话

最近时不时情绪其实会有点低落==

好吧 我承认照片上的我和现实中接触的我感觉不一样

照片上毕竟是在笑 而且因为偏白 感觉就比较文静那类的

我知道现实中的我 比较少笑容 通常都比较冷淡没有表情

所以反差会比较大

我知道 okay？

但是没必要一直讲我很‘假’‘act一个’等等

虽然我都笑笑说 的确反差很大

但不代表‘假’这个字被用在身上我会多开心

照片不笑then要怎样？

我样子就长这样 笑跟不笑反差比较大

这样就假？

Coming soon

MEGAPOST
COMING SOON

文化差异

从微博得知九把刀的《那些年，我们一起追的女孩》在New York Asian Films Festival展出 然后刀大说在播的时候观众反映很热烈 我就好奇去搜了一下相关报道


怎么说呢 我觉得这部电影在西方那边并不会像在这里（中港台新）一样的。。。感人
这个故事的美在于那种对初恋/暗恋的美好回忆 那段学生时代的单纯朦胧和暧昧
对于我个人来说 
我是喜欢/欣赏/羡慕柯景腾对沈佳仪的那种绝对的喜欢 很热血
不过可能因为文化的关系 西方可能没办法理解那种喜欢/追求一个人8年的feel
我看了纽约那方面的报道影评反而着重在那群男生在课上打手抢的画面 =.= 
让我彻底的无语 也替这部电影感到不值

***

题外

“喜欢的不一定是你需要的，你最需要的也不一定就是你喜欢的。但是为了长期健康，医生建议你选最适合你的。”
---《掌心》

迟来的台湾之旅post

1 day after HK trip was our Taiwan trip, so PY just stayed at my house. 6D5N trip to Taiwan Taipei with PohYee, LiLi, Serena, WenYa and Iris. Stayed in a hotel at XiMenDing, and we spent like hell xD. Largely shopping, plus amusement park trip to LiuFu and cable car ride to MaoKong. Similarly, not much pics cause no iPhone~

^THE 永和豆浆omg, and darn cheap.
and THE 阿宗面线was delicious~

^Their Oyster Omelette has this sweet sauce on top.

And I totally wasn't expecting 诚品书店to these 2 books. They are the last 2 books of the series 彩云国物语that I have been following for years, and I thought it would still take quite some time for them to be published in Chinese, so I was pleasantly surprised.

^Tried to cram all the stuff I bought into one pic

^This is damn niceeeee. Green tea cake with walnuts.

^This tea series was 7-11's house brand and they taste gorgeous. Like MOS Burger's tea! And just a sidenote, their 7-11 is so much more convenient and affordable than SG's.

^Seaweed with almond bits. Taste delicious but quite ex so couldn't buy much.

And of course the 维格凤梨酥that I always buy~

迟来的香港之旅post

Basically this is just a, eh, recap post. Anyway went to Hong Kong with my erjie, my mum, her sister, and my girl. A 4D3N trip, and we went to Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park. Not much photos cause the then me have no iPhone xD

Anyway, Ocean Park was more of my place then Disneyland cause I'm not a very Disney/Cartoons person, and some of the amusement rides in Ocean Park are downright gorgeous (large rollercoaster and 360degrees ride whoo).

And authentic Bo Luo Pao in HK is godlike. Couldn't find the same taste in cafes in SG /sadface.

It's actually pretty fun staying in themed hotels. Stayed in Disneyland Hollywood Hotel and the room has cute towels like this, and freebies like disney cups and postcards.

Some things change, some things didn't

Some things change, some things didn't, and I hope would never do.

26/07/2012
Some random meet-up at AMK with Wanting, Weiching, Nadia, Jacq, Wenjia and Hueit.
认识了８年的朋友们　
在不能见面的期间　各自发生了一些事
结果就变成一个“集体更新现状会”
或许不像“年少轻狂”时一般的大癫大笑
但那份长年累月沉淀下来的熟悉感和归属感更是无可取代
我的朋友不多　好朋友更少
所以让我们一起度过更多的８年吧


附上好久不见但是没有好久不见的feel的婉婷:

我爱你们～

27/06/2012

 

My Girl ♥

Ho-hum

聊到一些事情

怎么想是一回事　有什么反应又是另一回事 

原来我还不能真的无所谓 

Kylie

Kylie meimei

今天和两个姐姐和两个侄女一起出门吃早餐午餐逛逛
小妹是属于比较安静比较独立的小孩子
总是自己走路自己背背包自己吃东西
姐姐则是走几步路就要人家抱 而且不抱她就会在那闹的那种
不过今天小妹真的太让我感动了


因为今天都是我牵着她的
她也就一直乖乖的跟着走
刚开始只是觉得她体力不错 因为我们走了有几个小时吧
直到下楼梯的时候 发现她几乎是脚软要踉跄了
这才知道其实她走得很累了


就抱着她走了一阵子 然后去吃午餐
午餐后又继续走啦
过后只要我一蹲下来她就会靠过来然后靠在我身上
我只是有点surprised 因为她不是特别affectionate的
过了几次才知道她又累了 就抱起她
结果她马上昏睡 整个精疲力尽


就觉得她真的很乖
根本不知道她累了 因为她没说 更别说闹或哭之类的
就一直静静的一直走 也不会蹲下来或站着拒绝走


就这样
表达一下感动呵

ERIC

Love in the Ice

Technically one of the best performances of Love in the Ice by DBSK. Well, the best performance by Junsu anyway, cause this is one of the few times (or only? Can't say I watched all) Junsu actually did not change breath during the bridge part, which was a highly amazing feat as it requires stamina AND skill to hold a note that high and that long. And perfect performance by them as usual, and in suits, only slight imperfection would be Yunho's part almost getting swallowed during the bridge part.

And as with everytime after watching DBSK's performances, I miss DB5K sorely D:

愿望 而不是誓约

我喜歡你。


我將把這句話當成願望，而不是誓約。因為我太膽小，不敢接受誓約破裂的那天，我的心將會碎裂成什麼樣子。

Nodame

重看《交响情人梦最终乐章》
看到野田妹一反常态 淡然地和千秋说
“好像不能喜欢上前辈了”
千秋那一脸挫屎的表情
看了爽啊！
哈哈哈哈哈

记

突然发现我中三的回忆是空白的 囧
因为写的日子都是08年的
觉得奇怪就去翻这个blog的archives
就有种
我以前都在写什么鬼啊啊啊啊啊
重点是
我完全忘了发生什么事了
哈哈哈哈
写的‘你’啊‘他’啊
我都不懂些的是谁= =

果然要多写写日记啊

创作

最近在啃九把刀的书
怎么说呢 读他的书会有种 我也想写小说 的感觉

其实一直以来 我都很羡慕有创作力的人
不管是
艺术方面如画画、素描、等
音乐方面如弹奏乐器、作曲、等
文学方面如写长篇或短篇小说、 作词、等
为什么说羡慕呢
因为俺没天分~

挺失落的
因为创意又不是努力就会有的东西

Ah well。

Adele

这段期间对Adele的声音和台风上瘾
有时间可以好好听听她在Royal Albert Hall的演唱会
听出耳油了都


最开始时先听Rolling in the Deep, 然后 Someone like you, 再是 Set fire to the rain, 现在是 Don't you remember
真心赞啊 现场比CD还感人

First Movie

Went to watch The Avengers today!
I went alone lol. Funnnn. And easy to get a good seat xD
Anyway it was a darn good show. I mean, I never watched any of the 'solo' movies like Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, etc., but I still enjoyed this show. A lot. Maybe it also happens to be my cup of tea with the characters having different abilities ^^ A lot of LOL parts and very enjoyable!
Thumbs up~

IRIS

幸亏我大概知道结局=有心理准备才看IRIS
不然如果是从播出追着看
那结局大概会让我吐血

发誓/I swear

就突然有个thought 
不是很多故事/电影/戏剧/人 
常常会说 
我下次不会了/我只爱你一个/我永远爱你/等等诸如此类的话 
然后说 我发誓 


英文就是
I swear I won't do it again.
I swear you are the only one.
I swear that my love for you will last forever.


说我发誓的意义
其实就是要表示自己说的是真话 否则。。。
然后你就会发现
否则怎样？
现在的所谓誓言都已经没有意义


以前电视电影 
男生说“我发誓” 
这个时候女方就会马上掩住他的嘴巴说 
“不要说这种（不吉利的）话” 


现在 
谁鸟你

Somebody that I used to Know

Somebody that I used to Know (Glee ver)
我喜欢的歌 很赞的歌词
这版本唱得也不错
只是……由两个大男生对唱感觉就有点 怪怪的
哈哈哈

You didn't have to cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love, treat me like a stanger
and that feels so rough

Now you're just somebody that I used to know

姓福

紫薇：尔康 你幸福吗？
尔康：紫薇 我本来就姓福

Oh YunJae

YUNJAE DAMN HOT

Innocent Donghae

Donghae on We Got Married is like the cutest thing on earth ^^ Was rofl-ing watching the episode on 120310. Does any 26 year old as innocent and naiive as him still exist?? He's like a little kid the way he's so lost and awkward when he is with the girl he likes.

TVXQ Variety

不知道笑点还是觉得很好笑~
男生穿黑衬衫就是好看~