Mugging

I'm trying to mug regularly on weekends. Cos i really dun want to repeat JLPT2 again. Just realised a pattern in my mugging habits today... I'll usu get sleepy in the first 15min. After i distract myself for a while, i'll feel more awake. However, as time passes, i'll begin to think of buying notebooks or pens and markers, or jackets. What a dangerous shopaholic i am.

Converted Mayday fan

Loved the Mayday concert for the great feel and songs. Everybody was waving their lightsticks, singing aloud and screaming for the whole band (unlike selected characters in boybands). And they sang till 12plus. I'll definitely be back next year with my cam. :)

At mayday's concert

Seems like i've been coming to the stadium quite often this year. Third concert i think. The stupid thing is while i've got a quite good seat, i haven't got my cam with me. Only handphone. Shit.

Why i love my workplace 2

... because there's a beautiful sea view opposite my workstation, which ought to chase away the monday blues.

Crazy Panda's VCDs marathon...

I often have to suffer the consequences of being greedy. Be it over-eating, over-buying, or even over-borrowing books and vcds.

I actually borrowed six movies and one korean drama last weekend, cos I anticipated I would be home over the weekend, with mum and dad in Malaysia... had to find things to occupy myself right? In the end, I only watched two movies last weekend. Left with four tonight, before the movies are due tomorrow. Madness....

Watched Da Vinci Code and Freedom Writers tonight. While I agreed Da Vinci movie wasn't as exciting as the book, I thought it wasn't that bad as a commercial film, plus I finally get to visualise the codes on screen. They were hard to imagine with only words.

Freedom Writers was awesome in its little way. In fact, I was inspired to blog after watching the show, despite the late hours. ha. Inspired to read Diary of Anne Frank too. Sometimes I feel that I may have been too sheltered or privileged in schools as compared to other kids my age. I'm certain there were kids out there fighting for their own lives, unknown to me then, where I stayed in my blissful little world. And even today, I continue to discover little secrets which reveal my friends' and family members' great strength and perserverence to overcome their challenges. It is amazing how one small candle can light up the whole room. And we are all heroes in our own way.

That's it. Panda hero will be off to fight office wars again tmr. And then it will be the lovely weekend. hooray! :)


Zhentoutao Said...

Why I love my workplace...

Because the food's cheap and always very yummy-licious. Yay! Makan time! :)

Familiar sense of unfamiliarity

First Japanese language class after one year of stagnation. Feeling that familiar sense of blurness in class and reminded of why i stopped class before. It's a mental drain really but GANBARIMASHO. It's my last try before the test format changes next year. Go for it! :)

ALl JumBLed Up

Run, Lola, run.
Make a dash. Sleep and you will fall.
Fall deep. Out from under.

Sudden. Play. Sunday.
Hollow. LUst and EmptiNess.
GuanYin, Ah Beng, Sen and Gui. Without choices.
Regret. Confusion. Betrayal and Forgiveness.
Saving. Saved. Yet alone again.
Repetitive. There is no peace within.

Rhythm of the city beat.
Left and right. East and West.
Green and Red. The blues.
Fast-paced lull. Slip and you will fall behind.
Sleep. Zzz...


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Sam's Letters to Jennifer

Finished this book last weekend but didnt get the chance to post this meaningful quote till today...

"... living life was like putting the beach into a jar. The point wasn't to fit everything in; it was to attend to the most important things first - the big, beautiful rocks - the most valuable people and experiences - and fit the lesser things in around them.

Otherwise, the best things might get left out."

I'm starting to think that James Patterson, the author, is somewhat like a Korean drama scriptwriter. Because one of the characters in each of his book would suffer from a terminal illness, followed by a touching love story. I'll test out this hypothesis after I read more of his romance books.

Shall visit the lib soon for another book, though I really should dedicate more time to revising Jap lang. don't really want to fail again this year. haha.

On a separate note, feeling pretty glad today cos my short article published in Intranet received two favourable comments from my readers. haha. at least the stress is over. I guess blogging probably helps in writing articles. whew. Proper reason to blog more now?


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Second or-nee this month

Had or-nee at colleague's farewell lunch today. Second one this month. Yummy. :)

思乡。不过，是异乡。。。

手拿地图的背包旅客，热爱摄影的新加坡shutterbugs，在地铁上阅读的乘客。。。 这些都是熟悉的画面。每一个画面都让我想起了日本。

日本之旅，并没有刺激的探险，也没有疯狂的购物。 只是随着时间流逝，很简单的生活。每天准时早起，然后出门散步，摄影。不需要想太多。 若是错过了列车，等下一班就好。若是肚子饿了，停下来歇息，随便买些食物充饥就好。偶尔也会连午餐也不吃，就这样一直走，一直拍。若是迷路了，就随遇而安，当作是老天巧妙的安排，乘机看看日本的另一种风貌。

这一切，虽然很平静，可是很快乐。或许这就是我以后向往的生活，也不一定。

到家后的背包旅客，突然开始思乡。不过，是异乡。。。

旅途中，我最爱的小花。。。

美丽的小瀑布，让我连想到了“小桥流水”的画面。

广岛的眼泪。。。

熊本悠久的古城。。。

河口湖的火红蔷薇。。。

I'm missing Japan already.

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Chill out at Music Dreamers Cafe

At marina square Music Dreamers Cafe with wendy, cher and janice. Just a late sunday chill out before i get hit by monday blues tomorrow. Sigh. Office wear after two weeks of freedom in japan. The thought itself is simply depressing.