move a little faster, the world will follow after
Just wondering … how much of this is real? And how long will it last? Now that a new chapter of life is starting (aka 6 months of waking up at 5am) … what the heck is going to happen. Haha.
Somehow I feel like I’ve been living in a dream since exams finished. I so could’ve taken a holiday … even could’ve gone to London. But due to various misunderstandings/frustrations/wastes of time, I’ve just been dawdling at home. Srsly, I think I’m moving too slowly. Only half of me is here, another half just wants to get away, go to another country, drop all the people I’ve known, get a whole new life.
I really think I could, you know. While I’d kinda miss stuff here, like the convenience, temperature, food, family and friends, I think I’ll just give them up after a while. Like whenever I’m away from my family, in camp or in Taiwan or something, I’ll never feel like calling home. To me it’s just something that’s supposed to be done regularly, like a list of chores, not something that I look forward/need to do.
Out of sight, out of mind. This statement perfectly describes heartless ol me. I ought to bother more …
disappearance
The above pretty much sums up what I’ve been up to … with the exception of one, in which there are no pictures to provide for anyway, haha.
From left to right:
1. Safety poster which I helped my brother do for Navy submission (says “Don’t hurt your loved ones where it hurts the most”, followed by a stick figure kicking another in the groin). Needless to say it did not make the cut, but may’ve earned some respect from his fellow crazy Navy diver mates, heh.
2. Logo for my church’s 60th anniversary, don’t know if it made the cut either.
3. MADE MACARONS FINALLY!! Looks pretty terrible, but tastes great nonetheless.
4. Passed my basic theory! Wanted to print out the certificate, but the auntie said “machine spoiled” and proceeded to write the word “PASSED” on my exam slip. S’pose that’s better than nothing huh.
5. Totally stunning sunrise.
6. Pre-sunrise picture that sorta makes my condo look like it’s in the city. But it’s not of course, because SERANGOON ROCKS!!!
7. Dyed my hair “milk tea beige”, but it ended up in a myriad of different colours, sigh.
8. Celebrated mine and yt’s belated birthday together with mok. We sat down at Chatsworth School and had a 2 hours worth of chat, haha.
9. Keane is TEH CUTENEZ.
(Not in chronological order)
red sky at night, sailor’s delight
It’s been a long time, and no, I still haven’t made the macarons yet. Maybe tomorrow?
I’ve been rly tired. (and it’s all your fault)
happiness is … a chewy macaron filled with buttercream
There’s nothing comparable to a chilled 1 day old macaron. Crisp outside, chewy inside, filled to the brim with rich buttercream, flavours just bursting out of that multi-textural mouthful.
Anyway, I’ve just attended a cooking course on making macarons. And I’ve finally understood why they cost a BOMB. In Paris, a 4 cm diameter macaron costs 1.40 euros. Or $2.80. The reason why they cost so much is because, you need to air dry them for 2 hours after you pipe the mixture out. In an air conditioned room. 2 hours! And so you can’t make very many in one go, unless you have a lot of baking trays and a lot of space to dry them. AND you need to buy a standalone kitchen mixer, because otherwise you’d be holding a handheld mixer for close to an hour, because the egg whites for the macaron itself need half an hour of beating, and the egg yolks for the buttercream need 20 minutes.
Madness! But I rly want to try my hand at this cause I luuuurrrvvee macarons. Also think they’d be a perfect christmas gift! So much cooler than baking cookies, which are so heaty and bleagh. Also, I’ve already got the KEWLEST macaron recipe in my head, wonder if I can make it work :)
hello kitty sushi
Is damn cute la.
Do you know the ramifications of this?! It means, somewhere out there, there exists a WHOLE PIECE OF HELLO KITTY FISHCAKE, wherein EVERY MOUTHFUL of this fishcake is transformed into the likeness of Hello Kitty!!! Unreal!!!!
Btw, today I also tried, for the first time, Hokkaido icecream by Azabu Sabo. No standard la, rly. If anyone wants to try the REAL taste of icecream made from Hokkaido milk, wait for the Hokkaido fair. And order MILK flavoured icecream. Good stuff, and it’s cheaper than Azabu Sabo too.
unappetising day
I went to school at 12.30 pm today. And I reached home at 12.30 am. In the meantime, I took over 10 computers in my lab to run my program. For 8 hours. 80 FREAKIN HOURS OF COMPUTING TIME. In the meantime, I watched Reservoir Dogs. :)
Although, it’s not a good idea to watch it while eating. The use of blood is very generous here. And it’s not spraying blood, like in Kill Bill or war movies. It’s just pooling blood, which kind of gives it a very painful and desperate vibe. Like shit, I don’t have much time left, my life is flowing through my fingers and all that stuff. I’m pretty sure I could’ve eaten normally through Kill Bill or Gladiator. Reservoir Dogs just made my food kinda tasteless. Specifically, it was the cutting-the-cop’s-ear-off scene that did it :p
Man, I’ve been watching all sorts of dark movies lately. And I love all of them. Maybe I should watch Alfred Hitchcock next.
where is my mind?
Love the clouds!
I just realised that I’ve wasted 2 whole days in school. I’ve run my program for 2.5 and 6 hours respectively, only to realise at the end that .. I INPUT THE WRONG DATA. And that sadistic Hongwei can’t stop laughing at me. NAAIIICE. Well, at least I did get to watch Fight Club in school :) Not bad. Old movies are great, much better than the sappy Hollywood fare that’s so prevalent these days.
Btw btw, I watched Speed Racer. Totally not what I expected it to be. Thought it would be a thrilling, adrenaline-pumping kinda show. Ok, it’s mostly not, despite what the flashy special effects would have you believe. In fact, it’s more like a super colourful comedy. It’s .. not what I expected from the Wachowski brothers of the Matrix fame. Now THAT had super limited colour, i.e. black, green and the pasty colour of humans who’ve never seen the sun in their lives. Suddenly this burst of jarring colours (pink helicopter anyone), curvy racecars that are somehow not sexy at all, unrealistic racetracks, weird physics and the occasional childish antic … it’s just so different from what I’d expect from them.
I think children would love it though, it seems to be totally geared towards that age group :p
let me melt in the heat of your gaze
My FYP program takes damn long to compile! Like 3 hours. Rather than be a stupid idiot and surf around or wait for people to chat with me online, I shall … WATCH MOVIES. Really, I don’t know why I never thought of this before. Maybe cause I was too busy playing viwawa mahjong online while the year 4s were cursing me behind my back for hogging a much needed computer. Too bad right, nyeh nyeh.
But damn, I’m really tired. My sleeping pattern is really .. I don’t know. I don’t have a sleeping pattern anymore. Just leave me alone and I can sleep anywhere, anytime. Sometimes one wonders if it’s worth it, and my answer would be NO IT’S NOT, but I just can’t say no. It’s like the whirling of a drumroll, the sweetness of a strumming guitar. Irresistible. There’s no why, I just have to.
mi scusi!
Had a pretty short movie marathon yesterday, watched Lock Stock and Eurotrip. So damn funny. Pretty much my kind of movie, even though Brit humour and fratboy humour are worlds apart. All thanks to Misfit, he knows my taste pretty well =P
Anyway, I think I’m kinda wasting my time bumming around like this. I shall … brush up my photoshop skills. And take a japanese course. $$$.
you can never be too free
As a byproduct of staying up till morning to study, I’ve taken photos of every generally nice sunrise. Sunrises are beautiful, too bad I’ve not seen them in a long time because for me, I generally don’t wake up in the morning if I don’t have to :p
Exams are over, but life doesn’t change much. Because I’m still staying up till early morning! Slept at 8 and woke up at 12 to go shopping. But I’m not planning on keeping this up, because I think I’ll die from it. But my self control is really bad, let’s see who wins :p
I WANNA GO ON A HOLIDAY. But Sarah aka Mondai Sama (she really is a MONDAI SAMA) is going to Tokyo for summer school only in July, which is a pretty big mondai since IA starts in July. Anyone?? Anywhere??