A blink of an eye

Time passes way too fast. Though it's all beginning to settle in and feeling accustomed to it, once in awhile one is unable to hold back the rush of nostalgia. But I guess that's what keeps your mind and memories fresh, remembering why we should live a better today, and tomorrow.

By the way, I love raisins. :B

Having a tub of SunMaid raisins on my study table was definitely not the way to go. I only love SunMaid ones because, like most good popcorn, they have more juicy ones than dried up ones. And mommy told me last time that raisins (somehow) helps improve your memory.

I'm a walking proof of why that theory is false. I cannot remember the last time I successfully recalled anything useful. See how in 1 sentence I managed to prove how my memory is bad? It's double bad. Maybe that's why I need to-do lists. Not to discipline myself but just to remind myself what needs to be done everyday. In self defense I'd like to call it as being "organized".

And to be honest, I forgot why I even started talking about raisins. Maybe because I started picking them up one by one and throwing them in my mouth. And yes, I did wash my hands before typing this.

Off to sleep. Or rather, play Draw Something for like, 45 minutes and then (maybe) sleep.

Play with me if you haven't already! I draw really well :D I just suck at guessing. FACT.

That Daddy Moment.

Mom and I were at the airport last night, heading off to Melbourne. We were at the check-in counter and for the first time ever, we were running very, very late. :( I was busy filling in details on a form, not sure what for, but then it hit me. One of those moments where you get three consecutive mind-blown shocks, one can only imagine.

1. I forgot my Audio Technica headphones. I go everywhere with them nowadays.

2. My laptop! I forgot my laptop. And my charger.

3. OMG my DSLR. Not again.....


It felt like three stabs in the heart. What is a holiday/flight without ANY of these 3 items? I considered going home just to take it. 1hour drive both ways back to the airport. I would miss my flight then. Maybe I'll just bear with the scolding and ask Pa to bring his 10" Lenovo laptop to the airport. That would save me half of the time since he only have to spend 30mins to drive over.

Before I could make a phone call, I see my dark, bald and small-eyed father in the airport. And he brought all my stuff! And told me that when I left and he walked into my room and saw my Red laptop, he knew it's the end of the world for me. HAH!


And that, was my dream. No way in hell my father would drive all the way to bring such non-essentials for me. And no, I'm not in Melbourne. Neither is my mom. I'm in the cafeteria blogging about a dream I woke up from this morning and felt so pleasantly happy about. :)

Back to studying

In Time

You stop aging at the age of 25. There's only a year left for you to live. 365 days. The clock ticks no matter what you do, it counts down. It's up to you to buy time, to work for it. It all stopped when you left. There's not even a minute more. As the clock ticks, counting down, the distance between us grows wider. It's not up to me anymore. We can't work against it time or distance. And it's okay :)

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Been so busy the past week! I had a blast preparing for a last minute performance for CALebration aka freshies night for the juniors in college. To me, I really felt the need to perform for this because CALebration was my best college party experience. It changed my life. I joined TDC the day after and I never looked back. My 2011 college year has been nothing but spectacular. I'd say I've lived my college life to the fullest because of TDC.

I had fun working with new friends and for the first time, choreographing a little and practicing like crazy for 4 days. It didn't turn out perfect but I think we were pretty excited before and after the performance. :)

Back to my normal life of running a rat race, trying to catch up with all the loss hours of studying. No one can help me in this matter but myself. Gotta push myself to the fullest in the next 3 months!

Happy Valentine's Day.

Been having some down time with myself. Sending people off to the airport is never joyful. Sending 3 at a go kills. The journeys back from airports are the worst. Either you just came home from a great trip to Narnia and bummed that it's over, or you just sent someone dear to you off. KLIA, Y U NO MAKE ME HAPPY?

For the next 10 months I'm gonna miss playing saboteur, going to college to just hang out, sharing nice conversations on the ride back home and many little things.

I just want you to know that you've been missed. :)

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It's been part 1 of my 3 part emotional departure from family and friends. First up was Alex. A dear friend to me that I have hated, loved, annoyed, and adored. We see each other so often that he got me hooked, like seeing alex has become a lifestyle.

But his time has come. Yes my boy, I knew this day would happen eventually. But there was no way of preparing for it. When you break down, I break down even more. :'( I wish you did run off the plane. But thanks for sticking around until the plane moved.

Till the next time I see you, stay strong.

Henna

This is the Henna design I got in Penang almost 2 weeks back. It's fading now, leaving only the outlines of the cross left. An interesting story behind it was the girl who drew it for me. She was a living 1 Malaysia where 3 races unite. Outwardly she appears as a Malay but she was mixed Chinese and was fluent in all 3 languages! 

Okay, after saying that, I guess there are a lot out there like her. But at that very moment I was so amazed and confused with how should I communicate to her? She was such a dear though :)

Kudos to friendly people out there!

When life runs along

While editing photos I shot from Penang island a few weeks ago, I started to dive myself into them. I have never gave paragliding a go, but as I sat by the beach and watch tourist after tourist, buckling on to safety belts, soaring up to the sky and coming back down to landing, and up goes another - it just felt so free.


I miss the feeling of being free. Free of worries and promises, free of responsibilities and anything else. I guess life doesn't wait. I chose the order of the photos to show how life never waits. The sun was up and bright, and the skies gradually changed into a purple hue before it becomes orange and dies off. The sunset does not wait. And so life goes on.

I guess when we grow older our shoulders get heavier, our mind gets clouded by matters of life. Like tourists, incidents come and go. Yet we never learn how to really appreciate them until the very last minute, until it's far too late.

To be free of all this, to have life wait for us so that we can take our time to absorb every moment of it. Up in the sky, taking in every second of being lifted up, looking at things from above and capturing the mesmerizing view of the above and below which one can only dream of.


I need to go paragliding, at least once.