there's something about soup

No matter how bad my day has been, every time I come home to mummy's cooking, it always makes me feel warm, loved and contented. :)

Also, here's wishing my handsome little brother a happy birthday and much better days ahead!

grappling

Even if the whole world has left me behind, he will not.
He will always be there.


















Help. I need help.

home sweet home

Have not quite settled into the new place, but am loving my new bedroom's view. :)

a little sunshine for us

DW sent an MMS to say that the stash of milk candy I left him has been depleted to a single piece (actually he took a pretty long time to finish that handful). Feels really nice to be remembered and appreciated for something that I've done, that someone didn't just take what he could from me, turn his back, and forget all about it. It brought a genuine smile to my face... something I no longer remember how to do in the midst of all these sadness and stress.

faith is the only thing i have left.

It's okay if you don't love me...
Because one day I will find someone who does.

i know the traitor in you.

Just a random post of some pictures I took, since I haven't been blogging regularly. (The archives say I've been blogging fewer and fewer times every month, oops.) I don't think this rate of blogging is set to change, though. It's the last semester of university life, and everybody wants to have something to show for it. Plus, I'm moving house really soon (like, next week). Blogging, and trying to be happy, have to take the backseat for now.

street car to street trike?

Was trying to collect information for cycling in Tokyo when I came upon this link. It's pretty hilarious looking at the Google crew pushing the street view tricycle more than trying to cycle it through the historic sites.

you lost me..

It hasn't been a good weekend.
This song tided me over through everything, tears and all.
Though it's fine now, I still don't see the clear sky I wanna see...

Every time it happens... baby, you lose a part of me.

happy bunny new year!

via that darn kat.

I love this wallet! But it's a little above my level.
I've been sewing for the past one and a half days. (Actually it started because the metal bit on my dress broke on CNY day one, so I decided to screw the 'adjustable' part and sew the straps down.) I'm starting to see the wonders of pressing during a project. It's amazing what an iron can do.

It's all very therapeutic... until the euphoric fog starts to lift and I can see how much studio work I haven't done. Hmmmm.

you'd have been safe with me.

This post is in remembrance of Bunny, the silly little rabbit that came to us but did not stay.
I hope you're in bunny heaven now, darling.

too much road.

click to view it in a larger size.

An infographic I did for studio research on land use in Singapore to explore the potential and implications of bicycle-[something] implementation. (The original has inverted colours because the projector in studio has horrible resolution and needs to display stuff on a white background.)

I've been wanting to do such graphics for a reeeally long time since DW introduced me to them during the internship. Though it's far from the standard of those that he recommended I look at, I'm still quite happy with my first attempt. Spent a disgustingly long time on it; now I know how much research, reading, and work goes into one single such graphic. :)

P.S. Before anyone spots the 'mistake' - the title for this post is actually not grammatically unsound though it seems to be. Heh.

we're safe, aren't we?

2011 New Year Resolutions:

1. Learn to accept that life is a process.

Don't worry prematurely about stuff that hasn't happened (and might not at all). Control wild thoughts with logic. Or just shut the brain down.

2. Be mature.

Deal with problems calmly. Don't act on impulse no matter how good it feels at that moment.

3. Have more confidence in my abilities and in myself.

Accept that I may not be the best, but I can definitely still do something with what I have as long as I try.

4. Handle money wisely.

Save, especially since I'll officially be in the workforce this year.

5. Cultivate healthy habits.

Less coffee, more exercise, more regular sleep.

6. Learn to let go.

Don't hold on to things that are not worth it. Make plans for myself, make the best of my time and my life.

2011 will be a year of change for me.
I won't let myself down.

you mend me.

She had sworn to stop being selfish, to never to lean on you again, C.
But she did still, in the end.

For yesterday, and the yesterdays before,
For the always that you always promise, that she refuses to believe-
Thank you.

'superimpose'... literally?

Battling cramps right now with a scalding water bottle and eye candy in the form of pretty textures. Took these two photos near studio just before heading home today, when the mossy outlines of the pavers caught my eye. Now, if only they weren't so slippery to walk on...

warming

via Burdastyle.

Love these two dresses I saw on Burdastyle. I'd been wanting to sew a lot more during the December holidays but between the internship, (dismal) preparation for dissertation, and attempts to do the yearly catch up with friends, I decided to sleep as much as I could instead. Christmas was spent happily, though I'm dealing with the repercussions now, while New Year was all right.

Now that the (extremely short) internship is over, I have school to look forward to (uh), and a 300-word dissertation abstract to submit on the coming monday, which I have incorrigibly been putting off preparing for. So wish me luck! New year resolutions will be coming soon... I hope. :/