A number of things that made (up) my days:
*Something's Gotta Give and the many drunken prawns I had at the restaurant with Po, plus my Peking duck. Yum!
*Went for my first facial in years and committed myself to getting one regularly and frequently.
*Got a pair of new brows. Actually, it's the old ones with more reshaping and trims. But they do look so much better. Personally I think I look quite glam naturally. And my hair has been behaving. It's wild but nicely wild. It could be the brows that's highlighting my hair in a really +ive way.
*Went to Poetry Slam @Velvet Underground with Ruth, Chinyi and April. Theme is Love and Eros. Surprisingly, some were damn good! The best original poems (and renditions) were poignant, engaging, whimsical and non-trite, non-dramatic. I could end up a regular patron, not participant though. Not. Quite. Yet. But I might if there's a Chinese version of the event.
*Tidied my desk! I can actually see the brown table now!
*Did very little writing but made some corrections and re-proofread others.
*Bought a very nice book from Kino - 孵一个恋爱蛋 by中谷彰宏. Yes, the original's in Japanese and I bought the Chinese Translation. The book brings a smile to my face. Makes me feel positive and upbeat about budding romances instead of fretting they being nipped in the bud, by me, by him, by us together in cahoots, prematurely, unwittingly, and self-sabotage-ly. The bits that floods me with icky, unbecoming emotions include:
**記得，你是一個有自尊心的人。
不過有時候，
你得姿態低一點，
去對待心上人。
**如果，
你喜歡上他的手，
表示，
你已經愛上他了。
如果，
他讚美你的手，
請相信，
他也已經愛上你了。
**倆人最奢侈的休閒活動:
「遠足」
倆人最奢侈的午餐:
「自己做的便當」
**不會太早，不會太晚，
正是時候，真好。
孵蛋，
一定很辛苦吧。
因為你看不到蛋裡成長的情況。
寫給邊說話，一邊孵蛋的你，和你戀愛蛋。
He's great at penning 小品. Simple but oh, such powerful aphorisms! A link for myself.
*Discovered a great book which I haven't read but plan to buy tomorrow when out with Grace - 未央歌. I suppose I could read online but I will concentrate better when it is a tangible in my hands. Actually, I must confess I only realise it's a book title when I watched the Fei Yuqing singing variety just now in which 黄舒骏 was guest singer and started talking about what inspired a particular song. Of course, quite obviously, the song in question is 未央歌 which he wrote and I'm like woah! I got to get my hands on the book. So, yeah, see, watching variety shows can be quite educational literally! And it reminds me all over again how talented 黄舒骏 is. I love his lyrics, all meaningful and mocking and melancholy, all at once, I kid you not.
It's been quite a nice holiday so far, I must say. And I feel quite accomplished.
The major downer was: My honours thesis is not in the NUS library!!! Being free and the kapoh I am, I went to linc and did a search on myself. WTF! Not rightly credited, no, UNRECOGNISED is the the word. Most of my class are in or in process...but my status is unknown. EEK. *imagination overload* WHY? WHY ME?? But I did further research and realised there were others who were sharing my plight. *sighs* WHY US?
*Something's Gotta Give and the many drunken prawns I had at the restaurant with Po, plus my Peking duck. Yum!
*Went for my first facial in years and committed myself to getting one regularly and frequently.
*Got a pair of new brows. Actually, it's the old ones with more reshaping and trims. But they do look so much better. Personally I think I look quite glam naturally. And my hair has been behaving. It's wild but nicely wild. It could be the brows that's highlighting my hair in a really +ive way.
*Went to Poetry Slam @Velvet Underground with Ruth, Chinyi and April. Theme is Love and Eros. Surprisingly, some were damn good! The best original poems (and renditions) were poignant, engaging, whimsical and non-trite, non-dramatic. I could end up a regular patron, not participant though. Not. Quite. Yet. But I might if there's a Chinese version of the event.
*Tidied my desk! I can actually see the brown table now!
*Did very little writing but made some corrections and re-proofread others.
*Bought a very nice book from Kino - 孵一个恋爱蛋 by中谷彰宏. Yes, the original's in Japanese and I bought the Chinese Translation. The book brings a smile to my face. Makes me feel positive and upbeat about budding romances instead of fretting they being nipped in the bud, by me, by him, by us together in cahoots, prematurely, unwittingly, and self-sabotage-ly. The bits that floods me with icky, unbecoming emotions include:
**記得，你是一個有自尊心的人。
不過有時候，
你得姿態低一點，
去對待心上人。
**如果，
你喜歡上他的手，
表示，
你已經愛上他了。
如果，
他讚美你的手，
請相信，
他也已經愛上你了。
**倆人最奢侈的休閒活動:
「遠足」
倆人最奢侈的午餐:
「自己做的便當」
**不會太早，不會太晚，
正是時候，真好。
孵蛋，
一定很辛苦吧。
因為你看不到蛋裡成長的情況。
寫給邊說話，一邊孵蛋的你，和你戀愛蛋。
He's great at penning 小品. Simple but oh, such powerful aphorisms! A link for myself.
*Discovered a great book which I haven't read but plan to buy tomorrow when out with Grace - 未央歌. I suppose I could read online but I will concentrate better when it is a tangible in my hands. Actually, I must confess I only realise it's a book title when I watched the Fei Yuqing singing variety just now in which 黄舒骏 was guest singer and started talking about what inspired a particular song. Of course, quite obviously, the song in question is 未央歌 which he wrote and I'm like woah! I got to get my hands on the book. So, yeah, see, watching variety shows can be quite educational literally! And it reminds me all over again how talented 黄舒骏 is. I love his lyrics, all meaningful and mocking and melancholy, all at once, I kid you not.
It's been quite a nice holiday so far, I must say. And I feel quite accomplished.
The major downer was: My honours thesis is not in the NUS library!!! Being free and the kapoh I am, I went to linc and did a search on myself. WTF! Not rightly credited, no, UNRECOGNISED is the the word. Most of my class are in or in process...but my status is unknown. EEK. *imagination overload* WHY? WHY ME?? But I did further research and realised there were others who were sharing my plight. *sighs* WHY US?
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