February 2012
13 posts
knowing your true self is a scary little thought.
had an assignmnet to do a self reflective journal for ltb. the prof repeatedly emphasised that the purpose of this assignment is to push youself to delve deep into your thoughts and really know yourself. i spent a day on it and thought i did a pretty good job.
the assignment was returned to us today and i realised, i havent gone in deep enough. i havent gotten down to my core and it is a little...
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Managerial Science is trying
you know i never thought anything in the world is too difficult to pick up? like when i tutor kids and they tell me they cant do math, though i comfort them that everyone has their own inclinations but really, i thought perhaps they ddnt try hard enough. great, karma’s back and she wants me dead! ms is soooooooooo baffling, i have not a clue what to do, where to even start and when i answer...
attended a workshop today when the speaker looked my straight in the eye and was about to tell me what she thought i would do for a career in future. “Youuuuu.. will make a fantastic lawyer!”, she asserted. Well, I cried, almost.
the paper man.
at the money exchange today and saw notes across countries. did a little visual comparision and i have to say, our paper man is fine-looking! hah
January 2012
9 posts
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This one's for A. Lincoln
I had first read of Lincoln in Adam Khoo’s best-seller, ‘I am Gifted, so are you’. In the book, he touched on the issue of perserverance. He cited Lincoln as a source of strength to draw upon when failure defeats him momentarily, for Lincoln has faced so many failures in his life yet each time he could easily pick himself up, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.
I thought nothing of this man...
“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and...”
– Neil Gaiman (via foxgloves)
December 2011
18 posts
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decidedly WICKED!
there’s this part when Fiyero told Elphaba she’s beautiful and she replied, ” You don’t have to lie to me.” Fiyero countered, ” It’s not lying. It’s looking at things another way.” This I think forms the basis of this story.. who says that the wicked witch of the west must definitely be wicked? perhaps there will be a whole different story,...
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you...”
– Anthony Bourdain (via visceralconnection)
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pokkker face
i used to think i have face that says, ‘stay away or risk getting bitten/beaten’. come to think of it, maybe not. got approached by yet another stranger the other day. srsly, what does one do when approached by a stranger? does one ignore/patronise/dive straight into banter? this particular individual seeked my opinion on what to have for dinner AND SHE SHOT DOWN 9 out of 10 of my...
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wimp!
the wong family crisis is temporarily over. and here i thought we could all get a clean break once and for all.. we’re still stuck in this tangled mess. till the next round then. and with every crisis.. comes the analysis.. so who is the wimp who threw in the towel? at first glance it was da who softened his stance and took the puppy back. but information reveals that perhaps it was the...
“You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between...”
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Always Bigger, Better, Bear All!
received term results. not better than expected but they are very very decent grades. but i received some disturbing news still. L.. just when i thought i am swimming nearer to you.. I found out today that you have drifted even further away :( but until the day when all hopes are lost.. I shant give up. I will continue to do all that I can for the vision.
daddy, is it really never gonna be the...
“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing...”
– Virgil Garnett Thomson (via quote-book)
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death takes the breath out of you
sometimes i dont know whether to thank the advancement of science and technology or not. just moments again, i learned through facebook that someone has passed away. we’re not close but he is someone that i know of, someone i have talked to, someone whom i’ve shared experiences with. and somehow to learn of it through facebook seems a tad too unrealistic, too cruel to me. a dark shadow...
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20.
when i was younger, i used to think that my birthday was an unlucky day. there was this once, we took all the photos and due to exposure to light.. everything was lost. and the next year, i did something naughty and pa hit me. then i was afraid, is this going to happen every year? soon after birthdays werent so much of a big deal any longer, we dropped the cake and candles, the formal dinner, and...
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你有没有想过。。
如果你再善解人意多一些，
再耐心一些，
再相信一些，
再可爱一些
你会发现这世界爱你的人很多很多。
sometimes i think lots of things we do in the world are sub-conscious. when we encountered setbacks or unsettling stuff, we would always ask ‘what did i do?’ or ‘why me’. is this a rhetoric question? do we really want an answer? or perhaps, sometime somewhere we alr got hold of the answer. mom always asked, 为什么是我，...
“But it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I...”
– American Beauty (via roscoe-)
November 2011
19 posts
go away, come again another day!?!
december has always been my favourite month of the year.
but somehow this year, i dont look forward to dec with as much fervor as i did in the past. this year, i wished dec would go away and come back some other time.
revelation. that’s something i would use to describe december this year. i can foresee the storm in the making. i can almost hear the shouts and screams and wails that will...
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陶吉吉
can you tell me why i can never figure out the right hanyu pinyin for ‘ze’? that’s the best i can do. the past week as been studying week and i’ll say it has been ‘quite’ productive. that’s taking yst out of the count when i went bonkers and got hooked on bloghopping instead :x oh wells, everyday is a new day so i guess it’s okay..
tao ze is part of...
“When everything is lonely, I can be my own best friend. I get a coffee and the...”
– Bright Eyes (via wrists)
“Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time… It’s gotten...”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh (via iam-blissful)
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i dont believe
i have ever been stabbed in the back before and oh wells, always a first for everything. i dont mind that i am the target for blame but i am v disappointed in your actions. but lesson learnt? there is genuine difference between being nice and naive, i have got to start sifting between the two and sometimes confrontation is required (though i hate it.. sometimes it is just necessary). and if...