i've been walking a lot lately.. mostly on errands. like buying comic books (Fables was out two weeks ago!!!) and shoes. it's nice to chill in a crappy cafe and read a book, except that the bums stare at you (they're in there getting out of the cold, too). so it's kinda weird ( Read more... )

i am very bored. i realise i'm not a fan of this cold weather--not at all. i think the ideal weather for me is Australia's... or NZ. i keep falling ill, and i don't know if it's because i run out at 11pm in FREEZER temperature just to get fried lice.. rice. hmm. anyway health is all gone to hell, haven't had the chance of a decent run since i got ( Read more... )

am.. here.. sorta. but mostly i inhabit facebook. because i've recently discovered the NOTE option!! :D so FB becomes my lj, effectively. by a strange twist of fate i have a lecturer in my friends list who actually reads my posts, so i guess i've become more.. polite. it's good practice, anyway, even if he doesn't teach me anymore ( Read more... )

NY was crowded; people were curt, rude, patronizing. i didn't like it. i did like the museums though. i've been to the Met, Guggenheim, Museum of Modern Art, Natural History (WOHOO!!), museum of sex (vintage porn!) and.. that's it. watched 'Wicked', 'Chicago', '[Title of Show]' and 'Avenue Q'. i think the only saving grace were the museums (a lot ( Read more... )

very inconveniently i sprained my back (again)... old injury from the army days; i guess i'll take some time to recover. it's not a good time, since i'll be leaving in less than a week and i plan to walk lots and carry a messenger bag........ at times like this my love for country falters. as they say, 'pain is temporary; injury is forever'. and ( Read more... )

ahead of schedule... got my international student card fixed; done with WA training. i don't think i'll be going back to school anymore, not till january.
:)

in case i don't ever meet up with you: farewell. and have yourselves a good second half of the year!

My reading list for Toronto:

Victorian Realist Novels:
Jane Eyre,
Hard Times,
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Small House at Allington (Anthony Trollope)
Tess of the d’Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)

Contemporary British Fiction:
Jean Rhys ( Read more... )

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pretty video... i think i like the band so much because of the piano. funny. i don't remember when i used to be so hung up on melodies.. but the piano is absolutely gorgeous on 'Someone to Save You'. will be getting the CD ( Read more... )

cold isn't better.. must be because i haven't slept before 6 the past few days, trying to complete that damn ()#@#!@ FFVII game. (it's really good, btw). went for UT talk today and was sniffing the whole day and not feeling very social.... honestly, it's hard being friendly when your nose thinks it's a tap. got to know a few people today and... i ( Read more... )

impulse buy: after almost no end of research, i ended up buying a PSP slim for... a pretty exorbitant price. no, it wasn't exorbitant--pretty average, actually, as far as shop prices go. but not the cheapest or best deal that one can get, and the singaporean in me is ashamed of that.... not being a more astute shopper ( Read more... )