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Moons for the modern age
Moons have always been the astrological mass of choice to make the overly-emotional types think of home. In sec 4 I had a Chinese teacher that used to say stuff like this, "In the future when you girls get a boyfriend you will become very grateful for the moon because then when he's away doing NS you can look at the moon and think that he's also ( Read more... ) -
WINTER comes. on little cat feet.
Yesterday it got so cold that our breath came out in clouds of fog. I was so blown away by this, and also by the fact that the grass was covered by the thinnest layer of frost that made the fields look dusted over with icing sugar. I started pretending to smoke. My year mates Chris and Charlie were like, “We got over that years ago …. “
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fact of the day!
In the whole of the esteemed book collection of the Oxford University (which includes the Bodleian library (which contains every single book published in the UK), and 36 massive college libraries), there exist only TWO copies of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, of which one of them is in the Bodleian off-site storage (which is not accessible to general ( Read more... ) -
brief punctuated program notes
1. I have a small attic room at the top floor of a 1930s brick house. Yes it's the kind of brick house you see drawn in British picture books. It is a total enid blyton fantasy. Cute view of steeple and autumn trees outside the window, sloping roof, a presently-defunct mantelpiece (I know!! anybody else get excited by remnants of antique furniture ( Read more... ) -
Looks like the grass isn't green, anywhere!
Everyone has been flying off like - flies, and I can hardly believe that it will be my turn next. Being horrendously and unabashedly sentimental, I am trying to suck the life out of these 7 last days as best as I can - doing everything I wanted to do but didn't, meeting old and dear friends and visiting past teachers, desperately clearing up my ( Read more... ) -
URBAN DICTIONARY FTW
Urban Dictionary totally owns, especially their sample sentences, which are totally ftw.
Eg: Bromance
Describes the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males.
Steve: Ah, Dave!!! I can't believe you stole this first pressing of Aladdin Sane from your record store for me. We were just talking about this the other night.
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Anecdotes of an unbelievable nature
1. I actually went running this morning, with my neighbour Ying (an old friend that goes back 10 years!). We ran for two whole hours. (actually, we walked most of it, but heh) I can't believe it either. I haven't run for so long, after running for a couple of minutes I feel like I am being stabbed in the lungs (but no, who am I trying to kid. I ( Read more... ) -
The proverbial hand on the ankle
(There is no such proverb, I made it up.)
At risk of sounding completely cheesy, sometimes I feel like one of the biggest boundaries between myself and what I want is me. Like in that supposedly inspirational story that has been circulating in like people's email inboxes, where people in an office are invited to the "Funeral of their Greatest ( Read more... ) -
HOLIDAYYYY
I am typing this in Changi Airport :D:D I'm going to UK with my mum for two weeks for holiday! Will be back on 18th April. This is my mum's first real break in 8 years so it's greatly needed for all of us! :D Unfortunately for all concerned I planned the itinerary for this trip, so my mum and I will mostly be dividing our time between getting lost ( Read more... ) -
Intellectual Post
I did several cool things over the past few days.
1. Been spending afternoons with Ge! I find these hours very enjoyable even when she is asleep. Because then I can talk to her Other Self (cardcaptor sakura inside joke, cindy are you with me?) until she is awake. And we do fascinating, brainy things together other than chat the roof down, like when ( Read more... )