Trying to plan for a Tokyo trip - which may or may not happen hehheh.
Ideally I dont want to do the whole touristy shebang. Not so much Disneyland/Ginza/huge shopping complexes...maybe more gachagacha (used underwear!!)/gawking at cool teenagers in Shibuya/Omotesando/Kawaii creepy indie shops/2nd hand clothing/jostling with Japanese salarymen for ramen...
Experiences I cant find elsewhere, people I havent met, nooks and crannies I havent explored. Yep that sums it up nicely. But i still wanna go to Mt.Fuji!!
The question is, how to do it on a shoestring budget? Wondering whether it's better to buy a package off one of those deals websites, or source for budget tix + hostels.
Yaay i deserve a pat on e back. Am starting to actively meet up with more people, hopefully new and interesting :))
Life is short, teenagehood is already gone, got to make the most of my time now.
Actually i dont miss being a teenager - so much awkwardness, unneccessary worries, and frustrating limits.
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Phuket was awesome, will never forget that sunset. That's how a sunset is supposed to look like! Bright, radiant, complete with curtains of sunrays behind clouds. I'ld revisit Phuket if only to see it again.
Transvestites are so damn hot. Im jealoussss. Too bad i didn't have time to sit in one of e bars and gawk at the bartop dancers.
Tom Yum soup in Thailand is goooooood : D
Need to plan the next destination soon - where to? Hummm.
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Controversial vid, lucky she didn't get arrested...but hey, maybe she wanted to be. I really like the song.
Thinking about visiting TW / Bangkok / Korea some time Sep - Dec this year. Need to go research. I want to go somewhere I can eat alot of cheap yummy food and see breathtaking scenery like this.
But. $$$$. Got to cut the shopping budget, hmm maybe do away with it completely. Think I'll keep a travel research diary here.
Here I am, back here again in this mini cyber plot of mine. Don't know why the hell i bother to update this long-dead place, maybe just put it down to sudden impulse. Hmm let me start short - one word to describe current status:
work : frenetic social life: pathetic online life: unexciting overall: lacking
Obviously I need to buck up and put in more effort. Alright starting with this blog. ..................TBC
Just bought this tea from my favourite shop. Flower turned out pretty much like what's on e package, but i would have liked a bigger blossom. Tea was a little too bitter though, even though I usually dont mind bitter teas.
I dunno, maybe Im just discovering my affinity with e beach or sth -to the extent that my fb albums consist of 70% beach pics?! But you see, the light is so pleasant, the waves so pretty, kind of a waste not to snap some souvenir pics no? .........though today was not such a perfect day to go..
Listening to a string of Grey's Anatomy soundtracks.
Yep, this is it. Noooo not the end of this dying blog, guess it will splutter on for a while....but im starting the last sem of my entire academic life next Mon. How time flies! I certainly dont remember having been an undergraduate for v. long....and now this is it???!! It feels like time speeds up the older one gets, somehow. Therefore, one gets older faster? Sighhh. (Hmm i try v.hard not to remember my age now...it's best to forget....)
I know i keep griping about lousy, nonsense school life...but now that it really is ending, i feel like holding on to this time of my life abit longer. For what? Not so sure myself, maybe it's just the lazy me who doesn't want to seriously work for bread and butter any time soon. Or maybe, there IS a point to all this continued education after all...ahahaa. What i've learned from all these years of 'higher' education....is that one must be able to think on one's own two feet, and picked up some 'hard' skills on researching and all that. But most of all, i think i've learned not to take things for granted - where's the evidence? How credible?
Would love to say, 'Oh! I had a happening collage life. Joining societies, clubbing and....you wont believe how much alcohol i can tahan..' but the sad truth is, i cant. In truth all those things dont mean a v.big deal to me anyway...I dont regret anything much, except that it would have been far more interesting if i made more friends, esp male ones ahahaa. Dont know if it's got to do with me being Asian, but a thought keeps looming,' aaahhh market value going down already..30th mark just around the corner!' And then alot of nasty 'what-if' scenarios play out in my head.
Anyhow, got to make the most of it. Perhaps i shall go clubbing every Wed, drink till crazy drunk, go out with friends after every lecture and read a pile of Tang poetry in the library.........................
Am reading this digital magazine recently. I only wish there was a print version because i'ld most def buy it. I suppose you could say it is an accumulation of young people's thoughts and feelings....or you could say it is a digital scrapbook of our life stories....
Is this your story? Take some time to read the words.
I don't know how I came across an old Sesame Street video clip - was looking for something quite unrelated. But boy, am i glad i did. Half an hour of healthy chuckling...no matter what some haters may say, I'll always love tt show...and adorableee Elmo. Turned out that pple like Mr.Bocelli, Miss Norah Jones, and Mr.James Blunt have all appeared on SS at some point. Even Nick and Aaron Carter (!!!)
This had me chuckling...especially towards the end. Counting to 20, singing songsss~~
Heard Utada Hikaru's new English album (This Is The One)...and honestly, im a little disappointed. It's not as adventurous or funky as some of her Japanese singles. There were only a few standout tracks, Come Back to Me, On and On, Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence...
EDIT: Ok can i swallow my words. Now tt im listening to it a second time round, it actually sounds really good. Looks like i just didnt turn e volume up enough.)
Going to listen to Eason's new album now, hope it wont be another disappointment.
if we got younger, and stay carefree forever? I LOVED tt cadbury ad song...why didn't i listen to the Beach Boys earlier? Surf music is greaaaat.
I never thought i'ld be interested in stuff like this, but i find this article pretty interesting. Would be useful even if u're not planning to freelance...always good to visualise what u want in your career right? Plus, it's by Gina Trapani, one of e founders of Lifehacker, tt famous blog i always visit for loads of productivity hacks when im procastinating. Hahaha how ironic.
Im only giving myself 5 minutes for this entry, so i'll just type whatever comes into my mind.
Anyway, i've got alot of things/events to busy myself with this March, so am feeling really happy/fulfilled now. I've just managed to accomplish something i always wanted to do, and am still pinching myself in disbelief that it is actually happening. Hooray!
Also, i set a resolution to use the Internet for only 2hrs a day, and i've already used up 80% of today's quota :[[ Bah! So many sites to look at, so little time....
So, I've been overworking myself to death this hols, and am currently engaged in a pleasantly no-brainer temp job. Squeeze with loads of pple into e train, and then try to squeeze out when alighting. In between, everyone basically look like they haven't slept for ten years / are contemplating suicide later. Seriously, why do you have to look so haggard and depressed every single day of the week?
In order not to depress myself, i turn to observing what pple wear, read etc instead.
1] There was one morning when this reaaally tired looking lady boarded e bus, and i was thinking tt she shld have done without e mascara...when i saw...!!! She didn't pull up her skirt properly, and e top of her butt was showing. As in, you can see e butt crack and all. Omgg. I was gg to tell her..but she found a seat, so i didn't. Hopefully she noticed it later on! If not, imagine having walked e entire distance from MRT station to work, only to realise half your butt was on parade for all and sundry to see? EEEK NIGHTMARE.
2] OLs who can walk fast and far in tall tall four inch heels are truly formidable. Some of the heels these ladies wear are no joke - all pointy, though some claim pointy heels are easier to walk in....
3] Do guys usually match suit pants with boots? Today was e first time i saw a guy in this ensemble, maybe he was going for a casual chic kind of feel? ...though it really didn't show up too well.
At this age, aren't most of us standing at the crossroads? Those who have graduated, are either undecided between jobs or struggling to decide if they even like their job.
Those still studying face so many unknown fears, and unless you're one of those lucky ones who already know what they want, you're probably floundering around. The future stretches ahead infinitely, not as a straight road, but a scary mist-shrouded jungle. Panicked, but powerless, because you don't even know what you want.
ARRrrghh, so pissed right now. Coz i, like, 99.9% wont be able to go to this concert:
Finally a Kpop concert in S'pore...and how are u supposed to get e tix? 2 options:
a) Buy a $528 LG Secret phone. b) Take part in lucky draws held by e CoolKtimes radio station.
a>> OVER MY DEAD BODY. If DBSK was coming, i might consider. b>> Given e 0.1% possibility that i'ld be lucky enough to score tix, i dont even consider this an alternative.
So. Bye bye, Junjin, Andy. Bye, Chae Yeon, Jewellery. Hope you guys come to Singapore again. T_T
Lady Luck is definitely smiling down on me. Last week, i left my entire wallet on the bus-including my IC, keys, schedule book, and 1 $10 NTUC voucher. -_-;; Yesss....everything important. Imagine my panic when i realised they were lost.
So, mad rush to the bus interchange to report loss (to a v.inefficient office personnel. Hello? Here i am, all panicky and anxious, and there u go, laughing with your colleagues over whatever insignificant thing?) Stood for at least an hour in a long queue just to get my ATM card replaced. Was planning to go to the ICA to replace my IC already, since i highly doubted my wallet would be recovered at the interchange.....when something totally miraculous happened.
Went home tired and depressed, slid my key into the door, walked past the dining table....and what did i see?
MY PRECIOUSSS WALLET lying there like it had never been lost before!!
To say i was surprised is an understatement. I really thought i was seeing things out of sheer desperation. Apparently, a kind old Malay uncle had returned e wallet to my doorstep after discovering it on the bus. Also, he lives in Clementi, which is a far distance from my house. Too bad i didn't get to thank him personally T_T
So i was like, "ahhh may this 'en ren' live a long,, happy life.......Thank you thank you!!" LOL~
