Thursday, January 25

Slushieees!

Why do I yell slushies when UK doesn't even seem to have any 7-11 outlets? because Slushies come right after SNOW melts!

Yup, you heard me right. After weeks and weeks of whinning about snowless cold weather, my prayers have been answered - - - Yesterday, I suddenly shot up awake at ard 8am, pulled my curtains apart and the landscape was covered in a glorious white.

Of course, my first reaction was to gawk. The weather station had predicted frost so many times, I simply couldn't be bothered. As to why I awoke early so suddenly yesterday, is beyond me. So after gawking and going ooOooohhh & aaaaaaahhh for sometime, I grabbed my camera & started snapping.
































Read my expression: YYyyyYYEeeesSssssssSSsS!!!!










After some shots, I went down to meet terrence and we proceeded to do more photo-snapping. It really was quite thick compared to normal standards in the past years (ter said so).























Me & my lovely snowball!

And.. my 1st Snowangel!!


























Ok..maybe i did cheat a lil. My actual Snowangel had no head!
















*oOps* Caught in the act of repairing my snowangel! Hahhahaa...












Glorious snow! (yet another potential snowball)










After some pics, ter and i made our way to jacky's place and went to give him a morning wake-up snowball~ *grins* my snowball actually made it into his room through the window! hahahahahaa.. wished i took a photo of him throwing pits of the snow out. Thank goodness he stays on the 2nd floor..*laughs*





































Snowy days aren't complete without a fir tree & some shrubs to complement it!













Had quite abit of fun in the snow, but the workers were busy scattering salt to melt the snow. *sigh* and loads of snow have been reduced to a wet mess. such short-lived snow.

But, I did manage to snap a pic of someone making a snowman on my short walk around! you can click on the pic to see it enlarged.

















All in all, Suuuuper fantastic January 24!

Labels: snow, snow angel, snow ball, snowman

Monday, January 22

righto. finally got the photos uploaded..

rem the irish beef stout stew i cooked on my sis's special request (that turned out pretty yummy) -- here it is! An easy to concoct stew comprising of stewing beef, potatoes, carrots, onions and brussel sprouts. (plus some red wine, beef stock & a trustable stout!)

If Yan can cook..So Can I!








The photo has quite a magical feel to it eh? *grins happily*


























Murphy's Draught, a pretty good replacement for Guiness~

















oOoh. I could Love drinking stout!














What a sinful pleasure. Enjoying a delightful glass of stout whilst reading infront of a great view.
ahhh..












Oops. Another photo pic. Jacky's really got the taiwan food down to a pat. Yummy braised pork rice with spicy battered fried food (like the taiwan shi lin chicken) -- aubergines, mushrooms, chicken fillet, hot dogs and rocket (that's the herb on top). Topped with a glass of chilled coke. Sek Fan! (ps: that's 'Eat' in Cantonese)























Played mahjong with Izzy, Jacky & Terry on Sat night..till 5am. *gasps* yeah.. we started really late! Anyway..had to snap this photo when I kept getting 4 of a kind. Pretty lucky eh? To my Sgp mahjong kaki- Jack: Eat my shorts! for always saying wanna make me pay school fees : P

Saturday, January 20

i am so screwed, i don't know where to even begin.

Thursday, January 18

When the music fades ...


And all is stripped away
And I simply come..
A Longing just to bring,
Something that's of worth
that will bless Your heart
I'll bring you more than a song..
For a song in itself, is not what you have required ..
You search much deeper within..
Through the ways things appear,
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And its all about You ,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry Lord for the things I've made it,
When its all about You..
It's all about You..Jesus.

King of endless worth
No one could express how much You deserve ..
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breath...
I'll bring you more than a song..
For a song in itself, Is not what you have required
You search much deeper within ..
Through the ways things appear,
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And its all about You ,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry Lord for the things I've made it,
When its all about You..
It's all about You..Jesus.

Labels: a heart of worship

We constantly seek education.. what IS education?
The process of accumulating human capital. In order to improve our productivity. I'm accumulating human capital, all of us studying definitely are. So, what is my net worth? Am I maximising the benefits of a university education?

The first week..and I'm already overwhelmed and seriously frightened. Try as I might, my absorption rate has decreased even more once again.

I first have to improve my own productivity in studies so that I can accumulate my human capital, maximise the investment of my parents and thus, eventually increase my net worth and productivity for my future career.

Labels: career, Education

Friday, January 12

it's so deliciously lovely to awaken on a beautiful friday morning and simply yawn, stretch and laze ard. especially when it's a working day. And the last weekday before spring term starts!

Yes it feels so damn good. Unfortunately, that luxurious feeling was marred by the fact that I only had 4 hours of sleep. *laughs* my body clock is sooo screwed up (but i'm still not the worst), i only go to bed at 5-6am nowadays, and wake up past noon. It's totally my style, coz my parents strongly advocates sleeping early (12-1am) and waking up early. Anyhow, I'm forcing myself to adjust in time, which thankfully, isn't too tough, considering that i awoke at 10am entirely without the aid of an alarm clock. *grins*

Right. I know that talking about body clocks and bedtimes are a totally boring subject. haha~ So after a quickie laze..i took my shower as usual. i do declare, i can just gauge the temperature of the day once i turn the shower tap off.

It.Is.Freaking.Cold. Seriously mann. Back at home, I don't even use warm water when i shower at 7+am before work (well, maybe once in a blue moon). Now, warm showers are an absolute MUST-have and are to die for!

Well, and I made my 2nd payment for my school fees. OUCH. oops, my bad. That expression is not well-defined enough.

Blooody hell..AAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!






















Hmmm.. yeah that should basically express what I will have to do this sem.

1) Study my ass off. Treat my textbooks like a delightful murder novel and savour it.
2) Oh, I really do mean to get my ass off --I've got loads of weight to shed!
So. No Chocs. No Chips. No Candy (except mints & gum..that's acceptable right?). No Ice Cream.

HAHA! As If. Oh..ok, I'll attempt.

Let my will power show me the way.

Labels: the last of my winter hols

Saturday, January 6

Supposed to be in bed since some time back, but I came crawling back to my laptop when I couldn't fall asleep. Wanted to do so many things but have yet to actually get down to it.. one of my biggest weaknesses is definitely procrastinating. I've got a whole list of bad points but if I should pinpoint it all, I'll definitely be late to wake up tmr morning.

Sitting here, I recall the conversation i had with my buddy on thurs night. I had so many thoughts shooting through my head as he talked, my mind was on overdrive as I sought to capture his words and my thoughts coherently.

Everyone's life is different, some are better-off, some are worse-off. Everyone gets a different life experience, and I'm in no position to judge anyone based on that, I can only judge mine. It gets me thinking about how small my life is, and the way I live my life. Have I been too..idealistic? I remember a past conversation with one of my girlfrens, when I told her that an idealistic life is beautiful, but only in theory and thoughts. Have I been idealistic? Optimistic? Or do I only see and feel the things that are good? No.. that's not it. I'm just naive and choose to only see the good in people. 21 years of blind faith should end sometime. Later or now? Now, I guess. Now would be suitable. I shan't regret the blessed 21 years I've lived - the life of a perpetually happy and trouble-free person. I've been happy, very happy. So many things to be thankful for, and all the blessings I've received. I'm lucky, for sure I am. If I could strand a necklace of pearls, I would have so many small pearl blessings. Maybe if I could grow just abit more, I could learn so much more and start to put in the big pearls.

It's late and I have many more thoughts, but I'll keep them with me for just awhile longer. Until it bubbles over, I'll keep filling it up.

Can a realist also be a pure optimist? I wonder how that person would end up. At least that would give me some direction to my meaningless life.

Labels: the life of a void

2 days ago, a very special someone celebrated her birthday back at home in singapore. With her bf and her family, no doubt. And once again, I couldn't be present for the 2nd year in a row. I really do miss her loads. loads and loads and shit loads more. We bicker, throw bitching remarks around, but in the end, I somehow miss them too. The nights where I'll just yap away with trivial or just purely whinning away. I can't even remember what topics I talked about, but it really felt good that she was there to listen to me. She was more than my shopping buddy, my bitching pardner, my whinning cushion of comfort..

Hearing her voice, it sounded so near, for a moment, I actually wanted to cry. I've always admired and respected her for her selflessness that I couldn't even come close to imitating, her warmth towards people, the ease she carried herself with and her comments that were sharp as a tact. I didn't get her any gift...I could have, and got it delivered but I didn't. Instead, I was the one getting a gift from her. How could she? I didn't deserve it at all.

I've told her a few times that she's the best I've ever had. and we'll laugh about it. But I really do mean it when I say that she's the best. Miss you loads.

I love you, jie.

Labels: Birthday, janet, my one and only