very brief review on Superfreakonomics

I told my friends that Superfreakonomics is much better than its predecessor Freakonomics. That was before I reached the last chapter.

Okay, I will still say that it's good, but you can just cross out that last chap. It's such a disaster that it spoilt every good impression about the book.

In other chaps, the authors discussed about economics/sociology/psychology aspects, which are pretty much close to their field. But trying to explain global climate??? Science is really not their strength, not at all.
At some first lines, I thought it would be interesting. But the more I read, the more I grew alarmed. It's obviously biased, and it goes against almost everything I know about global warming. Try googling it, you can find how scientists (real scientists, not economists-trying-to-be-scientists) react to that chapter. Well, understandable. Even I (a non-scientist reader) gave up believing the book when it said that trees and solar panels will warm the earth and hence will be BAD for global warming. Huh?!

Had a particularly hard time finishing that last part. Talk about being patient!

Cake-mate

Yesterday I was all ready to go for wushu. I knew Lud was going to have dinner with her friends, who I'm not very close with. So I wasn't very keen to join.

Then she said "you are not going to have the last piece of cake with me"

That was when I changed my mind at the very last minute.

No, it's not totally about the cakes, though I love them (or about Pizza Hut, for that matter =P). She already gave me the list of places with best desserts, and I can always try them myself. Any time.

The thing is, who would go with me? Or, who would go with me and make me feel completely at home? Comfortable? Effortless?

Or, who would I feel totally natural to ask to go with me, without being afraid of bothering them (Everybody seems to be too busy?) ? Without being afraid that they won't like it, but still have to go because of me?

Anw, good bye my cake-mate.

Suddenly feel lonely.

Should I cheer myself up by thinking that by not going out eating, I'm saving a lot of money? :)) Jeez, if next time someone tells me that "I only spend on food", maybe I shouldn't feel sorry for him/her. You can totally spend a fortune on food! T_____T

AVG

1. Finally, after much procrastination, I installed AVG. The reason why I delayed it was because TrendMicro couldn't detect anything much, and I doubted if AVG would be better. (of course, another big reason for this delay is my laziness :">)

Turns out, AVG detected a whopping 5 threats that TrendMicro couldn't find @___@ One of the threats was named Fake_AntiSpyware =)) Erm, the name is hilarious in a way. And what's more hilarious is that even with this name, TrendMicro couldn't see it as a threat.
Finally, lousy as it is, it even required a password to uninstall the software =)) And I had to google for the default password in order to remove it.

I wonder how they could persuade NUS to pre-install their software in our laptops. Must be a damn good salesman. I'd love to talk to him. Maybe he would be able to convince me to go back to TrendMicro? Oh, nothing is impossible...

PS: anw, thanks for the recommendation... :)

2.
Hello Anonymous. I think you forgot to sign off with your name. Do you mind telling me who you are? It's okay if your name is Anonymous, though.

Happy enough

Yesterday Linh asked me "So how was today?"
I knew what she wanted to ask, so I just replied "Nothing new."
Then I added "but I'm fine. Laughed a lot actually"

Yah, nothing new, but I'm not in a hurry. I laughed a lot, so much until it hurt ("Chào chị" and "chào bà" wth XD). And the training was nice. And my legs, thou not fully recovered, were definitely getting better. And the night sky was so nice with the moon and the stars. And friends. And laughters. And friends.

I wasn't sad, and I don't see how I could be sad.

I was happy. Happy enough.

Let's just smile a big smile =D

For my girls

1. I opened Linh's blog. Got two new posts.

I read the newest one first, and it makes me smile. I can imagine and feel the peaceful feeling she described. It's not quiet, but it's peaceful, in a very Sài Gòn way. I feel her happiness, and I smile.

Then I read the second one. And I realize it is about me. A post for me.
What to say? uhmm, I'm glad, dear. That I could make a positive effect on you.
And thank you for telling me that... You know what, you also make me really happy now. Really really happy.

-- Rim, you are contagious --

That's how she ended her blog. And it moved me to tears.

Love you, dear.
(too bad you are a girl XD )

2. And... just now received a friend's SMSes.

I know you are very very upset, dear. But just be brave and try to face it. The only person that really think about it a lot is yourself, and other people won't care that much. So don't be too worried. You know you've got me. :)

And one more thing. I know it sucks that the person we like don't like us back, I know. But things like that do happen. All the time.
But no matter what, no matter how it would turn out, no matter how people may think about it, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with having positive feelings for a person. When you like someone, it means that you appreciate and treasure them, and you care about them. There's nothing shameful about that.

So, just face it. Remember, you've done nothing wrong, and there's nothing to scare.

Be a brave girl.

And I'm by your side.

"Let them eat cake"

So yesterday I really just ate desserts without any main dish. There's nothing [too] wrong with it okay? :)) I'm pretty sure that lovely Queen Marie Antoinette would agree with me (thou I have to Google to check the spelling of her name :|) The cakes are too irresistible, ain't they Your Majesty?

Sitting down to eat cakes in The Cookie Museum's royal and luxurious setting really made me feel like a fine lady (though the way I dressed didn't really suggest so, if not otherwise XD).

Maybe it is that setting and decoration that make it way too expensive. The cakes are good (I like the soft texture), I know, but they are just cakes @___@ It's not like they are made of gold or anything. Hm, nvm, I don't really think that I would come back there :-<

Can check out their website if u want. They were voted to be "World's 4th Finest Tea Room" and "The Best Cookies in Singapore". Too bad thou, we weren't interested in trying the tea and the cookies there. Well, maybe not interested enough to overcome the numbers on the price tags :))

The unlikely box of chocolates

1.

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

That's what I've seen everywhere in the campus these few days. Sounds really nice, meaningful, ideal and optimistic, isn't it? Except that it's just soooo misleading. I know life is supposed to be simple and happy, but hey, if life is really just a box of chocolates, there won't be people jumping off the bridges. Who would kill himself because of chocolates? :))

2. Thank you for listening, though I think you really wanted to laugh at me. You had that kind of "what's so special?" look that I dun think you would understand lol

Anw, thanks for everything :) You and some other people are becoming a totally new part of my life, and that part is growing day by day.

I'm truly grateful.

(See, told ya =P not every "you" in my blog is that "you" hahahah)

3. Lud is coming tomorrow. I can't wait! XD
We are going to try the best cakes around Singapore, yay! I want to eat only cakes until we are full, and nothing else :"> I know it's not very healthy to eat this way, but who cares? XD It's not like she would come to Singapore every day, is it?

Sometimes I find it hard to even just simply find someone to go out and eat with. And it's certainly harder to find a friend who can share the joy, who can be crazy enough to do crazy stuffs with me.

4. Well, about you. I was a bit disappointed at myself when I was unable to put it into words how I felt. I doubt if anyone would ever understand...
That you are one of those that shifted/moved my viewpoint, without even trying to do so, without even knowing, without even involving too much into my life. You were just being yourself. And that's enough.

How strange.

3. Now, time for some quotes =))
[So I wanted to ask people to come to the Egypt Exhibition, but Keng Yong didn't hear of what I talked to others, so he didn't know]

Rim: Keng Yong, do you want to go to the Egypt Exhibition at the National Museum?

KY *hesitating*: ummm.... I don't know... :-s cannot say :-s when is it... :-s

Rim: the Good Friday's weekend :|

KY *still look very hesitating*: ummm.... but are you guys going as a group? :-s

Rim *sigh and roll eyes*: Ay yo, don't worry, I'm not asking you out ok?

KY *stunned*: @____________@

Hui Jun: =)) =)) =))

KY *emo*: why are you like that? I'm emo now :-<

Zi Yi *take picture of the emo KY*

All of us *very happily jump in to take picture with the emo KY*

Conclusion? We all are very bad to KY, very bad...haiz... *shake head*

Another quick doodle :|

1. :D

Another quick doodle. Took about... 10 mins? Well, recently i've become a lazy and impatient person... (I knowww :)) as if I had never been lazy and impatient =)) but I used to spend more time on drawing :P )

The colors look a bit pale :-s

And don't ask me what's that "plant", or "tree", or "vegetable", or "flower", coz I really don't know :|

when you shouldn't mess with me...

If you've known me for some time, it's highly likely that you've known these 2 facts about me:

1. I'm a quite easy going person ---> I rarely gets angry

2. I don't eat much ---> I rarely get hungry

However, as you can see, unfortunately "angry" rhymes with "hungry" (yah, lame, I know XD). So, if you are unlucky enough to see me when I'm a lil bit TOO hungry, don't mess with me. You know why?

... I'll bite.

Remember, I've warned you.

Signed with lots of love and consideration...

remind me...

I don't care whether happiness is the matter of choice, of chance, of luck or of whatever. I don't care. No more.

It doesn't matter whether I'm really happy or not. Doesn't matter. No more.

Because I'll try to be always happy. I want to let you see the happy side of me, for happiness is contagious.
Let's just believe so. No more questioning, coz it's sth worth believing in.

So,I'll try my best.

Oh and if someday you see me slightly unhappy, just remind me okay? :P sometimes I may forget to be happy :D

Smart or not, that's the question =P

Okay. Sooner or later I would have to buy a new phone (sorry dear, but let's face it. What kind of phone that cannot send msg longer than 160 chars? And the unfriendly interface is unforgivable)

Smart phones are cheaper and cheaper now. With a data plan, which is not too expensive under the corporate scheme (around $30/month), I can practically access the Internet everywhere.

This idea sounds both fascinating AND scary to me at the same time.

Surely it would be cool to be able to look up the Internet any time you want (might be especially useful when I am lost =D)

But, wouldn't it be a burden? As if 8+ hours a day facing the computer were not depressing enough?

So, I still cannot decide, whether I should go smart or not =P maybe sometimes being "not so smart" is better? :))

Another incident in the lift.

I stepped into the lift, looking at the buttons for a few seconds, and ...
"oh my, is it going up? I need to go down"
And I stepped out.
That's all. What is so laughable about that? T__T

The guy in the lift laughed at me, literally. What I mean by "literally" is that he really burst out laughing. Not smiling, but laughing, and out loud.

Honestly, I think I could have just as well fallen in love with him because of the way he laughed wholeheartedly at a total stranger like me. ( of course I didn't =)) don't take it literally okay? I cannot even remember his face).

I could only look at him with this face " :| :| :|" for 2 secs before the doors closed.

What's that secret of being happy?

People keep saying that happiness is a choice. And to be frank, I can't comprehend that. Who choose to be unhappy?! (well, except those people who want to look and feel emo :| )

Maybe I should just turn off my head and stop thinking?

Actually, I don't see how "thinking too much" is the problem here. It's not. If I really only think too much, it wouldn't be so bad.
Unfortunately, I do FEEL a lot. It is "feeling too much" that is troublesome. In fact, too troublesome.

So I guess, the winning secret is to think more and feel less?

(or better still, don't think or feel at all XD but what kind of human being is that huh? XD)

Cherry blossom

Inspired by Cherry Blossom product image of The Body Shop. Drew this using Illustrator to keep myself awake.
It didn't really serve the purpose. I'm still damn sleepy.
Of all the things, I only like the signature part, hahah

should be nothing, should be nothing...

1. My office's laptop was infected with virus ;'(  This stupid monster works on all the messenger applications, from Yahoo messenger, to MSN, to Gtalk, to Skype.
Now I have to use the chat function of Gmail ;'(

I want my Yahoo Messenger back ;'(

2. The one annoying thing about your friend being an Apple fan?

Rim: eh :(( my laptop's got virusssss :((
Xuki: =)) the story of Windows machine
Rim: :| :| :|

And then he went off, wth =,=

3. Eat, Pray, Love is ready for pickup :D

I realize that recently most books I read are non-fiction (except for Jody Picoult's books, and excuse me, it's NOT childish to read novels okayyyyyy? :| ). I guess I enjoy reading people's take on various issues, questioning those opinions and coming up with my own thoughts.

I like thinking, I guess :-s I tend to be kinda lost in thoughts, most of the time it could be something totally random and trivial and stupid :|
Maybe that's the reason why I'm so blurred most of the time. A total stranger described me this way the 1st time she saw me: "like a sheep, a sleepy sheep". My mom said sometimes I look like I'm out of this world. 

Anw, yesterday when I was deep in thoughts (right now I cannot recall what was bugging me at that time), I stepped into the lift. There was a guy inside, who was going down to lvl 1.

"Level 5 please"
"???" *the guy seemed puzzled*
"Level 5?"
"Errr :| but this IS level 5"

Before I could run out, the doors closed, and the lift went down T___T

4. Everything hurts. Standing hurts. Walking hurts. Running hurts, like hell. And no,don't tell me to jump, please.

5. I've just realized this one thing :|
My current phone cannot send msgs that are too long (more than 160 characters).
No wonder I didn't receive any replies from some people :| T___T What kind of phone is this? T__T

6.
Wish that it were nothing, that I just thought too much.

To be frank, I wouldn't care what the hell others may think about me. I'm used to all those anyway.

But, I do care about your feelings.

Open House 2010

1. The performance went well. I was kinda nervous at first, but things happened very fast :)) Too fast actually.

I love the black shirt, looks very cool XD

2. urm. Sorry Keng Yong, we should all be more considerate... sorry. But next time, anything you want to suggest, just say it, coz sometimes we just don't pay attention, that's all =S 

3.

Hui Jun: are you going anywhere after this?
Ah Piao *interupting*: she's going somewhere with her boyfriend!
Rim: =,= jeez *dun bother to respond*
Hui Jun: *turn to Ah Piao in a super confident voice* I tell you ah, this kind of thing you can no way know better than me.

This is the reaction that I could never expect =)) Hui Junnnnnnnnnnnnn, you are the best =))

4. Thanks, Ah Piao, for showing me around =D

5. Then...you.
Nothing, haha :))
Just that, it was nice talking to you, listening to your jokes, and being laughed at by you. Well, you can laugh at me, I totally won't mind :)) Sounds weird right? Maybe I am really weird XD

Saturday morning

- A cup of ice lemon tea for myself (no, not those can drinks. I want to make the tea myself)

- Curling up in my big armchair and read books/watch movies.

- Soothing music filling up the room.

- The gentle wind blowing through the wide window.

- The sweet smell of Cherry Blossom body lotion. 

All these make a perfectly peaceful morning. Sounds good? Yah, I'm actually feeling good.

But,

Sometimes, being peaceful is not what I want. I want sth more happening. I want to be excited, happily excited. 

Sometimes I want to laugh, not just smile.

Sometimes I want to feel great, not just feel good.

Am I greedy? I don't care. That's what I want. 

And so I find myself looking forward to Sunday...

On being a happy girl.

I added Yuanlu's MSN, using Yahoo Messenger. On my side, it didn't show any profile pix.

Yuanlu: who's tt arh? cant really tell from ur profile name & pix >< 
Rim *feeling puzzled*: really meh? The profile pix is so hard to recognize? :-s
Yuanlu: yeah very hard to recognize....ur profile pix is yahoo face....
Rim: =)) =)) =))

Anyway, she said sth that made me think.

Yuanlu: thao u r so happy everyday!
Yuanlu: wish i can be as happy as u
Rim: you are also happy every time I see you mah :)
Yuanlu: because I hide my sorrow inside...

Am I that happy? Always happy? Is it the impression that people have of me? Is that how people think of me?

Is it even true?

Haiz. Dear Lucy, no one can be happy all the time... 

But I didn't say anything. I'm glad that people think about me that way. Maybe it's not that important whether it's true or not. Doesn't matter, as long as you see me as a happy girl. Emotions are contagious. So if you see me as a happy girl, maybe I can make you feel happy as well. At least that's what I hope.

Let me be a happy girl. Because happy girls are like sunshine...

(Erm, actually, talking about being happy most of the time, I know Ah Piao will beat me for sure :| )

Random dailies.

*warning: I'm in the mood for boring random stuffs.

1. Today my stupidity cost me $8.5
I really have no idea how I could be so blurred and absent-minded. Totally no idea. Although I know myself too well, this is still sth I didn't expect of myself.
T_T
Maybe I should blame the book I was reading at that time.

2. Talking about that book, it is Freakonomics.
Which is really freakish.

The authors weren't afraid to show the world that they are freaks. Instead, it feels more like they are proud of being freaky, because they are going against so-called conventional wisdom. The book is really random =.=, so somehow I feel a lil bit empty after reading.

Anw, I'm a sucker for writing style, which is really good in this book. Well written. Cleverly humorous. Witty. Tongue-in-cheek. Totally love it, so much that I bought a copy for myself =P

3.

Linh: You are special to me.

Lud: Both Linh and I think that you are awesome.

Well, thanks u guys. Although, erm, not everyone will think so, including me :)) (I'm just being realistic @_@), but it's nice to know that there are people who treasure you, and need you.
As long as you still need me, I feel alive.

4. There's a lengthy discussion going on on HJ's wall. Well, I don't understand the whole thing (Chinese is not my strength :|). But I can roughly know that it's about wushu and martial arts.

Well, to me, wushu is just simply a sport that I happen to like. It looks like a beautiful form of martial arts, minus the fighting :)) And it is exactly why I love wushu. No fighting :P
Cannot imagine myself attacking anyone :| I would never be able to train for those sports that require fighting :|

5. Today.

 "are you 1st year student?"
"I graduated"
"you look like you are only 20 plus!"

Well, am I NOT 20 plus by now? :| The fact that I graduated doesn't make me 30 plus right? :|
Or did I understand it wrongly? :|

6. I'm wearing my hoodie in the office. With the hood on.
Well, I look perfectly like a weirdo, but really, it's freezing here. 21 degree? =S
People are really strange. They use the aircon to make it cold, and then they wear jackets to make it warm. Strange. How does it make sense to everyone?

7. Talking about making sense, I thought it would make perfect sense that LT31 would be somewhere next to LT32. Turned out, not everyone agrees with me, at least those people who built this LTs, or those who numbered this LTs didn't think so.

LT31 is damn far away from LT32. Surprisingly far.

8. Anyway, at least I got myself free sandwiches and free drink for lunch. Not too bad =P

9. HJ, I know you are sad. It's a bit unfair for you... But haiz, things like this sometimes happen. So don't be sad for so long okay? Remember "the person"? :P You can learn from him :P
Next Sunday if you are free, come and help us take nice pictures okay? :P

10. Ozstudio this week is really well received :D The mic borrowed from my room mate is surprisingly good, although it took me quite some time to configure (it was too sensitive that I could here all kind of noises at the background).

"Anonymous: it’s the first narrative that makes my tears, though I’m a guy."

It's the script about the Mother.
Glad you like it, anonymous guy.

We already have 181 fans on our FB page.

why do I hate rainy days

I left my cute bright yellow Winnie the Pooh umbrella on the bus :|
So when I came to Engin bus stop, my office building was right in front of me, but I couldn't run there without an umbrella.

And so, 20 mins to find a way to come to the office without being wet in the rain.

Engin is really no joke.

Move me if you can.

1. Yesterday was 8/3, considered the International Women's day. 
And I thought Singaporean don't really care about this day, and no one would remember, or even know about it :P

Thank you :P :D

2.So finally, the new office, which is "more like an office" :P This place is so cold man, I would need a warmer jacket :-s

Anw, this is a brand new building, so everything would take some [more] time to get settled. For example, I couldn't find any water dispenser in our office, and the only solution when I'm thirsty is to take lift to the 6th floor and walk to engin faculty (quite far, I might add). Quite troublesome and time consuming, but ironically, I like that I could take this chance to stand up and walk around :P

2. And yes, about getting lost. 


I've been complaining about it to everyone since the time I know I'll move here. How could I know that I'll actually enjoy it. Yes, I do.
I love myself walking through all the corridors, all the seminar rooms, following all the sign boards, eyes wide open, focusing without really knowing where I am heading to
I can't get enough of it :)) being lost is so fun :))


No wonder people say "Happiness is a journey, not a destination" hahah

 

For a day like this.

1. Went to Body Worlds show this morning.

They said the brain is the most complex structure in the known universe, and I have totally no doubt about that.
To me, it's some sort of a miracle when a small concrete physical object like our brain can produce beautiful yet intangible and abstract "things" like thoughts, ideas, emotions... And from then, those thoughts, ideas, emotions are brought into life, shaping the concrete world. To do such an amazing magical task, of course it would take the most complicated system possible. And yet most of the time we fail to appreciate it :|

Sometimes I also wonder why people often blame the heart for their feelings, while (I think) the brain is actually responsible for emotions?

2. My leg is getting better, though not fully recovered. Hmmm... I seriously want to learn the sword. Should I just buy one? :|
Sometimes Yuan Lu looks busy and tired... so I didn't want to bother her, though I know she would be willing to help. Haiz.
And the clip on Youtube is ermmm, too fast for me to follow :))

3. There might be quite a high chance that I would have to go to Phuket with 3 totally strange girls this summer. :|
Pearl, tell you what, if I'm kidnapped, you will have to live the rest of your life in guilt :| It's Phuket, it's not Singapore ;'( I'm officially scared ;'(

4. Thanks, xuki :) thanks for calling, for caring, for laughing with me, and "so what" with me :P

5. Thoughts. Thoughts. Thoughts.

Thoughts keep running in my head. Messy brain, indeed. (no wonder human brain is so complicated. It has to handle such a lot of thoughts T_T)

But it's because I wanted to distract myself. 

6. But it seems impossible huh?

Was quite emo. But then somehow - I don't know how - seeing you calmed me down a bit.

And then today, after one whole day, I felt much better, at a speed that I myself found surprising, and I also don't know why :|

so what?

I'm now in the "so what" mood, I don't care anymore. What can possibly happen anyway?

So what?

Friday, 5 March, 2010

Glad that u're happy.

I am :)
Have a good trip, ok? :P see ya.

For yesterday. Yesterday. Yesterday.

This blog is about yesterday. Yet it starts from the day before yesterday.

Now, imagine a day. It would be just a normal day, if I didn't wake up with a strange dream. Call it strange, because it was a bit too realistic. It made senses, it was clear and understandable and logical, sooooo much that it became strange.

So, sure enough, soon after that, I found myself wearing exactly the same outfit, doing the exact things, waiting for the exact time, coming to the exact place as in my dream.

And I waited. And I waited. And I waited some more.

And surpriseeeeeeeeeee

...nothing happened :|

Well, sorry, but what do you expect? This is not any of your fanciful fictional stories. This is my blog, in which I tell about my real life.

And in real life, dreams hardly come true.

But you know what, right in the next day, when I was wearing a different outfit, at a different time, at a slightly different place, something DID happen. Not exactly as in the dream, of course, but made me equally happy.

You see? In real life, dreams hardly come true.
But you never know, there might be things that are a lot similar to your dreams...

judgemental

I still haven't get over what Nam said. That he is actually quite judgemental.

Well, I don't like it. Makes me uncomfortable.

I don't know. It's hard to say that I don't judge anyone, subconsciously. But I always, always consciously tell myself NOT to do that.

Everyone is different.

And I like that people are honest to me. If they knew I judge them, how could they be open to me?  Isn't it because I am not judgemental that you were able to tell me about your secret?

Anw. Thanks for telling me that. You are still my friend. Just that, I'm not very comfortable, hmmm. Never mind.

...

1. I almost always number different things in my blog post. I don't know, maybe to sound more... organized? XD 1 and then 2, and then 3..., separate from each other.
Most of the time I'm messy and random and I love it XD you know, being spontaneous and free and all. But, strangely, the rest of the time, when I read or write, I prefer it to be neat, clean and clear.
I guess I'm just full of contradictions? :-/ This is another uglier way to put it: I'm not here nor there =,=

2.  Yesterday our Internet was suspended for a short time, because of a lameeeee reason: haven't paid the bill. So there I  was, with my newly formatted laptop, essentially blank. I tried plugging in my thumbdrive, and there's nothing inside, except for a few episodes of The Big Bang Theory that Nam copied for me.

Which, of course, reminded me of you.

PS: Anw, the show managed to entertain me and my room mate for a while =P ermmm, but watching it without subtitle is a lil bit challenging for me, thou :| :-s

just another random rant =__=

As I grow up, I found myself becoming more and more skeptical :|

For example, I no longer believe in karma =S

I don't believe in doing sth good, just because you hope you will somehow be "paid back" in the future.

I believe in being responsible for your actions. When you choose to do sth good, it should be because you feel that it's right and you want to do it, not because of some vague benefit that you hope might come in return, isn't it? 

Nah, I'm not against karma. Well, of course it'll be sooooo good if everyone believes in karma :D the world will become a so much better place and all, yes?

But just wanna say that, in case sth bad happen to you despite everything you've done, don't be too disappointed. And don't blame yourself that you weren't good enough :)

I'm floating, in the middle of the ocean...

People say there are plenty of fish in the ocean.
Of course it's true. (if you dont believe me, go to the ocean and count the fish yourself please)

The thing is, no fish is the same.


And I'm floating in the middle of this vast deep blue ocean.

well, if I'm a fish, I think I'll be the most blurred fish hahaha

as life goes...

1. I'm really really curious about how I'm supposed to work for the rest of the week.

Office is in a mess right now. They have delayed the moving date again (why am I NOT surprised? Haiz. Schedule? yah right, you can always have a totally NEW schedule, geez). So everything is packed. and now we are in a dilemma. To unpack or not to unpack, that's the question.

Now the worst part is that both of my bosses will be away for the rest of this week. And I need to consult them for my work :| books and references were neatly packed in boxes already T_T

2. Had lunch with Meryl today. Fun as always, but this time, the best part came AFTER the meal itself =))

Meryl: I thought he is the freaky guy!

Rim: =)) hahah, no, he's not! Okay, sad truth: most of my friends are a lil bit freaky... wahahah 

3. I want to learn using the sword. I like it, I do :x


4. Sad. Happy. Then sad. And then happy. Isn't it what life's about? A sin graph :P
So even when I'm down at some moment, I know, for sure, that the next morning I'll be bouncing up. Little miss sunshine :D

Big smile.

Life is full of ups and downs. One moment you are happy, the next you feel like hell.

That's roughly what my friend said. (sorry, lost ur msg, coz I lost the phone T_T)

So, if happy moments won't last too long, I better smile my best smile when they come. Just like what I am doing right now.

:D

hot day @_____@

1. Using Windows 7 with 4GB of RAM now, and totally love it XD thanks to xuki ^_^

2. Haiz, I guess it's time for me to drag myself to a bank and apply for a debit card/watever card that can use to purchase stuffs online.

My cousin even said "4 years in Singapore and still don't have a debit card? Unbelievable" :-S Is it that surprising? Well, maybe I was a bit too dependent on xuki :| (but he also didn't complain at all every time I asked him to book my air tickets or buy sth online :-s)

Anw, hmmm... being too dependent is never good :P

3. Am reading Tuesdays with Morrie =S

You know, when a book is about lessons from a dying teacher who is super nice, super kind and respectable, you know you should have loved it. Who can have the heart to criticize it at all? I read all the reviews and felt even more confused. Am I a cold blood monster who couldn't appreciate the beauty of life/kindness/blah blah?

But really, this book is a bit too much "to your face" T___T It's like a textbook with collection of life lessons, literally spelled out for you :-s

Uhmmm, sorry, no offense to any fan of Mitch Albom, ok? :-s Btw, just knew that Mitch just had an event at ION Orchard on 26 Feb. Well, I'm not that much of a fan, but it's still sth big, isn't it? His book is kinda popular in Singapore :D

4. Just went out to the balcony to check on my clothes and suddenly notice that everything was surprisingly bright.

Full moon.

So radiant, so clear. It looks amazing.

Since the time I came to Singapore, I've rarely noticed any full moon. Maybe I was too busy, maybe Singapore's already too bright with all the artificial lights that it made the moonlight seem so dim.

But the moon's always been there. Since ever. Unchanged. It's just me who changed.

Haiz, missing home.

Tự nhiên nhớ hồi nhỏ, ngồi học bài khuya nhìn ra vườn có cây ngọc lan với trăng sáng, huhuhu

5.

Hey :D
Take care, and good luck for tmr :P don't be too stressed out, k?
*to be frank, I'm still not very sure whether u read my blog or not :)) so ermm, just in case XD*