Working at the zoo gave me ample time to think and daydream. I could do so while taking travelling back and forth( a total of more than 2 hours long!!!) as well as while doing menial job such as sweeping and dishwashing. And i'm happy to conclude that i have lots and lots of happie memories!However, without the "not-so-happie" memories, you would never know what happiness is and would never cherish it. Cliche it may sound but it's so so true.
Can't wait to bike with Qi and synn on saturday! :)
I had fun at the zoo today. I got to work with creepy crawlies---the gross but cool creatures. There was this frog that was so fat and slimy. He resembles a blob of poo because the legs were hidden under the lump of torso.And there was this squishy caterpillar. It was as soft as mashmallow.
Have been making stuff for my stall at the NTU V'Day bazaar. I feel so accomplished.
i decided to delete the previous post. i have been using my blog as an outlet to release my anger/fustration and it's ruining my "summery" blog. I don't want my blog to be back to square one, like what it used to be.(in 2006)So look out for happier entries!
The reptile section wasn't as scary as i thought. Actually i was enjoying it. And i spent lots of time with mr giant tortoise today. He's old and wise. I shall take a picture of him tomorrow.
The vets i met today are friendly and humorous. Guess all vets have their idiosyncrasies. I shall be an idiosyncratic vet too because i'm already weird. People told me so. I was quite inspired by this vet who does both chinese and western medicine. It's good to have a fulfilling career since that's the thing that gives you pride and money when everything else fails you. Too much pride is bad but you need a sufficient amount of it. Just the same with money though no one would complain that they have too much of it.
Finished the last bit of my choya and i'm feeling a little groggy.
I'm an expert pancake maker now. Perfected it through trial and error and i overcooked a couple of them. Spent my morning reading the papers and washing up after making a mess in the kitchen. Dad and mom are having their buddhist theory test now(haha!) and my sis is at the tuition centre. Hope my dad score really well since i made instant noodles for his lunch and i don't usually cook. It must be his lucky day:p So it's me and momo at home. Made a cupcake magnet as well as something else which can't be mentioned in case "miss inform and confirm" reads my blog.hehehe.
It's a lazy sunday. I had my sweet ume liquor and random snacks.
Went for yoga today and met up with hazel 2 hours later for ben and jerrys. After shopping around with her for a while, I went over to clarke quay to meet up with my parents but they were not yet ready to leave. I got lost along the way and realised i have been walking in circles. Nothing surprising eh? Sat in a posh-looking cafe for ages and headed to the supermarket because i simply felt so uncomfortable sitting there with hardly any customers around me. Spotted pancake mix and i decided to declare tomorrow pancake day. I also found honey ume liquor on the shelf and decided to get that too. I like the honey one because it's sweet, the same reason why i only love caramel flavored baileys.
i was given this book, from my hallmates, for my birthday. Whee if i could piroutte and prance like Angelina.
The baboons annoyed me yesterday. The selfish dominant males kept on munching on the bananas that we threw in while the females and babies stood aside, waiting for a lucky moment where a banana would go unnotice by the males. They even resort to eating the skins that the males threw away. I came up with quite a perfect idea to get the food to the submissive ones. First i distract the males by throwing them big piece of banana in a direction away from the rest. Then with the short time i have, i aim lots of bananas towards the rest. MUAHHHHAHAHA!
I made a new friend today. Finally a lady, an English lady to be exact. She's volunteering once a week since she just quit her job and is in the midst of moving on to another. She lived in Tokyo for a year and a half before this and she has already been in Singapore for a year. And coincidentally, she'll be touring NZ next week. Her bf's job involves moving around the globe and hence she moves as well. I would like such a job eh.
PLanted 8 sugar canes today. Hope they grow well! I made an effort to not kill the earthworms that i dug out, carefully placing them back into the soil. Protect my plants mister earthworms!!
And there was this zookeeper who didn't respond to any of my questions these few days. While i was wondering if i was being a nuisance, he revealed to me today that he can't really understand english since he's from Malaysia. !!!
Here's a pretty random blog with a random title and a random cartoon that i chanced upon while random surfing. I made 3 birthday wishes and one of them seems to be un-granted. Maybe i was too greedy eh? But don't you always get 3 wishes? However, I only made one single wish on new year's day. It better come true.
Poison cupcake anyone?
p.s. i was obsessively scratching my arm while i was typing this. All thanks to the pesky mosquitoes at the zoo.
A silly suzie the spider monkey crept up to me while i was preparing food in the kitchen today. Gave me a shock but i remembered to bribe her with a bunch of yellow bananas. Now i have a new friend. She resembles a giant まくろくろすけ!Very funny character. She's lazy and thus refused to get down to grab food from me. I had to tip toe to reach up to her while she was lying on the roof. Bad suzie! (-_-")
Now tatta hitotsu no koi is my new "soundtrack of the moment". I have been listening to it on my way to work , back from work as well as while i was sleeping. This show is stuck in my mind now and it shall leave an indelible imprint even if i manage to forget about it for a while. *GRIN* You can't imagine the impact this drama has on me. I tried to give a spoiler here but it didn't do the show justice. Somehow it sounded like a stupid cheesy romance so i deleted all of it. Go watch it please!
Next week would be my one month after turning 20. Somehow turning 20 made me stronger. I'm surprised by how tolerant i have become. If it was 2 or even a year ago, i might have just flared and moved on. I'm still a little ambivalent towards this change. Hopefully in a few years time, i could think back and laugh instead of regretting whatever i have not done. I would have love having rody when i was a kid.
Managed to complete たったひとつの恋 ! Somehow i like spending my time thinking of nothing and just watch whatever is on the screen for today . This drama is "so true" but at least the ending is quite a happie one. I shall spend my free time watching and reading more sappy brainless romance.
i found this really neat little gadget online! It could actually inform you when your mail arrives as well as read you podcasts and news updates. Wow technology. i feel like a mountain tortoise.
yesterday has been really well spent. Sent my grand aunt's little doggie to the vet for spaying, went for lunch and a short shopping trip with my mom, painted my wall and picked little doggie up in the evening. The surgery was done in the clinic i used to work at. I still feel as close to my ex-colleagues as i did while i was working.(though they were much much older than me) Ricky shared with me the news that his wife just gave birth to a son. He was elated and beaming. hahaha! COngrats Ricky!
Here's my newly painted wall! TA-DAH!
Bought Keane-under the iron sea today. It was one cd i spotted in the papers some time ago and i purchased it since it was on sales. I must say it reminds me of coldplay, a band i didn't really appreciate when i first got introduced. But by chance, this album happens to be what i need now. How opportune.
Nothing In My Way
A turning tide
Lovers at a great divide
why d'you laugh
When I know that you hurt inside?
And why'd you say
It's just another day, nothing in my way
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay
So there's nothing left to say?
And why'd you lie
When you wanna die, when you hurt inside
Don't know what you lie for anyway
Now there's nothing left to say
A tell-tale sign
You don't know where to draw the line
And why'd you say
It's just another day, nothing in my way
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay
So there's nothing left to say
And why'd you lie
When you wanna die, when you hurt inside
Don't know what you lie for anyway
Now there's nothing left to say
Well for a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you're having such a nice time
You're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you're having such a nice time
You're having such a nice time
hello my grandpa wall mural
who has been here since before we moved into this apartment
while mom and dad were here cleaning up the place
i was spending time with my wall
painting it with a scene of lothlorien
out from LOTR
bye bye grandpa wall
you ought to retire
I woke up today feeling aimless. Did my usual morning exercise with the new pink exercise ball that mom and i bought. And i hit my head against the cupboard which has been there ever since we moved in.
Next i did some random stuff and decided to go for a swim at 4pm. It has been raining for a while but i went ahead because i thought the rain wasn't that bad. The rain actually got heavier after i took the lift downstairs. I wasn't imagining.
As i got to the swimming complex across the expressway, i was already drenched. But i would be getting wet anyway. No big. I had only swam 4 laps along the pool when the life guard decided to get everyone out of the pool. There wasn't lightning at all i'm sure.
I resigned myself to the fact that the rain wouldn't stop that soon and i left the complex. As i was pondering whether to run in the rain or not, a helpful grandpa handed me this styrofoam board and told me i could use that as an umbrella. So i walked home with a pretty useless styrofoam board over my head.
Along the way, i spotted a huge puddle which i decided to leap across. I ended up with only one flip-flop and a bare foot.
I can't help but chuckle. Today was just so silly Angeline-y. It's funny how small little random stuff make me smile whereas big events that i look forward to end up as disappointments.
Me & my 1st ever cheongsum which i intend to wear on the first day of lunar new year. WHEE!