I miss you London. I miss having tea in the sun by the river banks. I miss all the endless museum visits. I miss exploring the whole of the city, on my own, on the tube and bus. London, London. Sometimes I wish Singapore was a lot bigger with four seasons...

cheers to all the stupid people I've met in life

sometimes I just want to move out of this little island. set up home in a place where I'll never meet all the people I've ever known. have tea in a quiet and quaint cafe by myself and forget that I've ever lived a life with all the stupid people I've ever met.

SBTRKT — imo

SBTRKT's imo is kinda inspiring me in all different ways

The Public x FabCafe Supported by Korg Presents PocoPoco, an intuitive and tactile MIDI Controller

This has to be, by far, one of the coolest musical interface/ MIDI controller I've seen. It has buttons that pop up, providing user some sort of a 3 dimensional sound-wave experience. Lights that changes as you switch tracks. And seriously the audio quality that is coming out of this little box (or, I assume is coming straight out without any mastering) is sounding way over the top.

Unfortunately, as commented by IDEEA lab, PocoPoco is not commercialised as of yet.

Can't wait for PocoPoco to hit the markets.
Seriously would love to get one of these.

Monday Monday Glorious Monday

it's monday once again. back to the busy hum-drum of life.

Kissing gourami for Áron ♥ via bigibogi

via bigibogi

cute or what :-)

♥

bedroom re-vamp

bedroom has got a new look by the shelf I picked up from Ikea in the evening.

kaleidoscope love

Mirror City Timelapse from Michael Shainblum on Vimeo.

Basically, you just sit here at this very spot until you grow old and eventually die.

That is exactly where I am (all the time, everyday, every year) : at a spot, the same spot every day, unable to move, paralysed, waiting to grow old, and eventually die.

That overwhelming sense of being engulfed by "uselessness" and "waste of time" is absolutely killing me.

Frustrated.
Irritated.
Looking at everyone moving ahead in life, whereas I am here stuck and trapped here for what feels like eternity.

All I wish is for a lethal potent miracle to break free from this nasty paralysis.

I am so bored. I am so stuck. I can't believe as a 20+ year old, I feel like an 80+ year old.

So trapped and unhappy. What is most bizarre and ironic is, I am born into a first world nation, free to pursue education, sharing equal voting rights as the opposite gender, but here I am feeling like I owe someone a living and have zero liberty and freedom to life. Mind boggling? Yup. I find it so ironic and mind boggling and finding myself and this whole situation hard to digest. I feel so morbbidly frustrated with myself, so much so that I feel like getting a baseball bat to slap sense into myself.

For all these years, 20 something is the age to be. Legal to drink, to smoke, to work, to move out, live independently, but yet I am not embracing the best time of my life.

What a dick shit I am.

Possible "quater life crisis".

The way to start this long weekend..

... is with a bad case of the flu, which is keeping me homebound.

Thank God for the telly and Youtube.
Here is Chinese stig to keep me entertained and of couse this strange Chinese car called, Trumpchi.

Food for Thought: The Honorable Crayfish-feast Day

I received something in my mail box today that kind of got me into a fury, because of such utterly low prices for food. You heard me. Low prices for food, made me boil. Now, everyone screams of how animals that are caught or reared for human consumption are treated poorly and inhumanely. But how many of us stop to question the reason behind it? When the answer for this course of actions is so simple: low prices travel down the chain, it travels to the low-paid workers, then to the animals.

Now, I need to clarify that I am not accusing and pointing fingers at this line of restaurant for being one of those responsible for cruelty to animals that land on our dinner plates. Instead, I am justifying an example of how horrifyingly cheap food can be.

I don't understand economics and, yes, am trying hard to grasp the value of life and harsh life working on a crayfish trawler/ farm. Well, everyone else should go have their crayfish cravings satisfied at this insanely cheap crayfish buffet. But, all I'm asking is for everyone who is saying "How can they torture animals until like that!!" "So mean" "So inhumane", to question how can food get so horrendously cheap, because corners need to be cut in order for prices to go so low.

Now, go have as much fun as you can, crayfishes. Spend time with your family and friends before you end up on the crayfish buffet table...

DEEWEES LOVES LONDON '13

a collection of snapshots of LONDON

loads of memories

and a whole load of experiences

I'm back in Singapore now

reality time = unpacking time

long weekend (Hari Raya meets National Day) arriving in about 2 weeks time
desperately thinking of ways to hid away from the crazy holiday crowd on this little island without burning a huge hole in my pocket *sigh*

saturday dinner date with my Telly

cider,

mash and

malaysian chicken skewer 

for dinner tonight.

LONDON!

*GASP*

I'm already here for a week and I like it here so much I don't wanna leaveeeee. there's so many museums to visit, so many little cafes to have coffee at, and little spots for you to escape from the hustle and bustle of crazy foot traffic. 

London, you're amazing. 

London, checking in

Yes, All. I have touched down in London town. 

Flight on British Airways was fine, apart from from the turbulence and much delays caused by it. I got much sleep on the flight allowing me to use most of daylight to venture all around town. 

Found Jamie Oliver's Diner over Shaftesbury.

I had the Piccadilly dog. And, boy, it was so darn good I want to head back for another. 

Having a tough time trying to get souvenirs for my sister and my boyfriend.

Plenty of boring "I *heart* UK" stuff, I'm looking for the niche stuff perhaps I should check out the flea markets this weekend.

Should catch some sleep soon.

Gonna rise and shine early tomorrow. 

Packing Day

I've been busy packing my bags, cleaning up my room and doing my chores because the last thing I want is to return to a dirty soggy room.

Shawn got me a Mag-lite yesterday, seriously this is really cool — rock solid build and functions as a gigantic torch that doubling up as a baton. This really feels like you're readily armed to fend off a sickening burglar anytime.

My luggage is pretty empty, I am just occupying less than half of my luggage space, which is a good thing. Can't wait to load it up with strange stuff I can find. Mom bought this for me at the luggage sale over at Takashimaya. It's really neat, I can basically fit myself and my corgi dog into this. Spacious as hell for a neat sale tag of SGD$240..

Kind of a habit of mine to always be packing my clothes and everything into waterproof ziplock bags, fending away water seeping into my baggage under any circumstances. Plus, it actually saves spaces by allowing you to roll out all the space-eating-air of your wares.

I am always concerned about bringing back mites and bed bugs from abroad. So, I am always keeping my clothes in ziplocks, always sealed tight and hardly hanging up my clothes unless I am pretty sure on wearing it the next day. I read from countless sources about how bed bugs and mites hang around wardrobe and can easily get into your clothes, hitching a ride back into your cosy home. So, word of advise: store clothes in ziplocks or keep them in luggage unless you're certain on wearing them.

More on bed bugs, recently read up at The Herb Gardener that Lavender is a great bed bug repellent. I'm packing my Lavender and Eucalyptus essential oils into my luggage. Better safe than sorry. 

Laters alligators. Got an evening flight to catch.

Apple's budget iPhone leak?

I wonder if this is true, but, this here is supposingly Apple's budget phone fight against its rivals, Samsung and LG. To me, it does look pretty decent and I won't mind holding one as a spare. Looks just like its bigger brothers to me, who's going to bother to spot the difference unless that examine your phone to micro detail.

more here @ techdy.

Relationship thoughts — The Needy Ones

Frankie's Magazine Calendar for July

I was stirring my blue berries into my yogurt and thinking about the balance in a relationship; The balance of spending time together and spending time apart; The type of time spent together and apart. All that ying and yang stuff...

So. I always found it insane for couples to be spending every waking minute and hour together, until I got into one. While in a relationship, you could be amongst the lucky ones with a partner with a lot of similar likings and all which slowly consumes you into this little couple-absorbing-sphere... Then you realised, you've been such a bitch making one of the most common mistake which is: "My life revolved around my other half, and I abandoned all my friends for it. I don't meet them anymore, my other half is always around even when it's —an inappropriate one for him to attend— girls gathering. And, I only meet my friends when my other half is busy. It's really awful. What sort of friend am I?".

As much as your other half should come as priority. It's really about balance and priorities. I really don't think one should ever feed his/her other halfs needy-ness.

Needy-ness is a flaw, it's like the beginning of problems. The constant need that your other half needs to have you around his/her side is exaggerating. The minute you're not around, the needy one just needs to find another pillar to lean on. And, there you have it, a third party in the picture. It's just in the needy one's DNA. 

The only way to curb it is to not feed it, not feed the needy one its needs. Pretty much like training the independency of a young toddler. Needy ones need to grow up, stay strong, and be independent. 

No relationship is built on needs. Being needy is just wrong. Or, so, I am amongst the ones who believe is wrong. Well, if you're amongst the ones who believe feeding the needs of your needy half is right, by all means feed it. But one day, you might end up feeling tired and exhausted, and finally realising that the very relationship you're in has been built on quicksand. 

deeweeslovesundaes

Finally came down to creating a little humble crest
for this little magpie site of mine  deeweeslovesundaes

Counting down to D-day London

I'm getting kind of anxious about my trip. That butterflies in your stomach flying that comes and goes every time I am about to fly. I'm anxious about what is going to happen on the plane because every trip on the plane feels like my first, it just is that way to me. I wonder about the food, how the food is like, and if I'm going barf when everyone is consuming their meals, because for some strange reason it always smells like some nasty barf when I'm up in such high altitude. After that I worry about entertainment, how I am going to relief myself, and if I might get motion sick. I don't get it often, but you never know. All that worry.

But my worry extends to me arriving, finding my luggage, getting to my apartment, settling down with food and all. The last time I got so terribly homesick was when I was in Sydney. It was hell, I craved food of home so much. I craved chilli, spiciness and all that insanely hot chilli padi that is available in such abundance when I am home and at all the food courts.

Whatever it is, the excitement of visiting a new city triumphs over my anxiety and worry.

Counting down to D-day.

happy first of July

just wanted to stick something cute here just for kicks. 

Just woke up in cold sweat from yet another strange dream. This time it's all about hens, chickens, chicks and eggs. How bloody bizarre. I was worried about my chicks not hatching in time or something, which come to think of it is kind of funny and absolutely didn't make any sense. Perhaps it's the mounting pressure of everything crushing me and pulling me in all different directions.

I have some bad feeling crappy feeling that awful things will happen when I'm abroad. Such as, collapsing in the middle of nowhere due to anxiety attack over a nasty phone call, and probably mugged, and then dragged and locked up in someone's basement and basically skinned alive or tortured to death. Saddest part, no one back home knows what ever happened to me or where I am. Not a body to be buried. All because of a nasty panic attack of some sort. Far-fetch. But, a possibility for one or two of those I mentioned to happen. After all, it's a pretty sick world out there. I just hope I don't get mugged, don't get kidnapped, or get locked up in some torture chamber.

As much as travelling is what I really love to do, I am most definitely aware of the dangers.

Hope for starters, I don't collapse in the middle of nowhere.
Or perhaps, if someone is planning my murder, my collapse in the middle of nowhere probably has been perfectly orchestrated since eons ago and there's no escape of it.

"Are you, the one who is reading this, trying to kill me?"
The opening of a psycho-killer-flick...

Gastic flu is making me feel nausea. World is pretty much spinning out of control.

Time to bring my wary head back to bed.

Much has happened this week. From raining hail stones around my area, which was Tuesday, to a nasty case of stomach flu on Wednesday. I'm feeling a whole lot better now. Which is good. But this nasty stomach flu still wants my life. I can still feel my stomach churning.

Ever since I've been down with my nasty stomach flu, I've been getting a series of really bizarre nightmares. From, moving to a strage home that made no sense, to losing my wallet while I'm in Tokyo Japan, to meeting a neon bright orange slimy monster in an airplane. Bodily discomfort is indeed creating some whacked out dreams for me.

Just realised I'm drinking tea as I'm writing this.
Shouldn't be drinking tea while having stomach flu. Need to pour all that stuff away now.

my response to the haze affecting Singapore...

shit's on fire yo.

via hypetrak

DIRECTED BY FLEUR & MANU
PRODUCED BY DIVISION W/ CAVIAR

 Dynamic visuals and energetic techno-style beats, not forgetting that intriguing touch of scientists and laboratory technicians in white lab coats, and armed men in unusual outfits. Finding this all disturbingly attractive.

Bruno Mars — Treasure for a Hazey Monday

I'm not a big fan of Bruno Mars, but this song certainly has a great vibe and ring to it. Kinda makes me feel like he is reviving that good ol' Jackson 5, and young Michael Jackson soul along with that nice funky house tunes.

And, yes, it's that time of year that the haze is back, hovering over this little sunny island. It's terrible. So bad, the underground train station reeks of all that smokey haze too.

Paid the supermarket a visit and spotted a handful of cute.
The can of cat says: YoHo brewing Wednesday's cat. Cute & hilarious. The way I like it.
The bottle of ginger ale just screams nostalgic x warm x potential-hoarding syndrome.

a'fat's 8th birthday

celebrated my little corgi's 8th birthday last Thursday and she made plenty of effort to pose for the camera 

Ms Excited Corgi was pacing up and around her little pandan flavoured cake

after wolfing down her share of cake, Ms Lazy Worm flipped to her back for a nap

create-a-monster at Monster University

digging quirky, adorable looking monsters by Pixar's Monster University

and I'm having some saturday night/ wee-sunday-morning fun

here's my little monster

have a go over at Monster University: Create a Monster

colourful Tuesday — from Ronda

Samba - Loop from Ronda on Vimeo.

Dia de la Tierra - Discovery Kids from Ronda on Vimeo.

Nick IDs from Ronda on Vimeo.

spotting some madly adorable animations from studio, Ronda.
getting inspired by their amazing characters and colours.
impressive stuff!

fight Monday with an unexpected surprise

“A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.” 
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Came across this while scouring the web for ideas. Picturesque old NYC.



And another show-stopper, a horrible "new room-mate prank". I won't deny it's funny to watch these people freak out. But, imagine if one of those folks has got a gun in their bag. Unimaginable.



considering to take up pottery classes.

alright. back to mundane Thursday.

Interview with Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami's first live-action feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, has been ten years in the making. The Creators Project sits down with the legendary Japanese artist to discuss the filmmaking process, advances in CGI, and his overall artistic influences at his recent exhibition Arhat at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles.

via TheCreatorsProject

painting for the weekend

after watching endless videos about various painting techniques for the last light years, I am finally getting my ass up and doing something about it. 

there's just so much in my head — so much I want to do, from so much I've seen — I need to start crossing out the unnecessary or stuff that won't turn out great.

anyway, I visited the local Art store, Art Friend at the heart of Orchard Road in the evening to pick up some art supplies with Shawn. couple of tubes of acrylic paint, primer, acrylic medium and a handful of canvas. 

the weekend begins with me priming my canvas. 

while waiting for my primed canvas to dry, I'm painting a box used previously for last semester's project. painting it with spearmint looking good. can't wait for the paint to dry so I can lay it with a layer of vanish so another coat of color can go on. I'm hoping I can store all my socks in it. going to name it "Box of Socks". 

there's early morning gallery sitting duties for me to do tomorrow. 

will need to turn in early tonight. 

hunting for the best eBook reader for myself

Here I am, prowling the internet for the past months, hunting for the best eBook reader out there to satisfy my needs:

— to read  my pile of .pdf books — that I've been trying to gather up from the internet and from friends & borrow ebooks from the local library, NLB's overdrive  (I'm done adding more physical objects in my apartment, I'm left with barely enough space to live)
— and, hopefully watch some youtube videos and do some light internet surfing

And, here are my worthy contenders. I could make do with their pros & cons, because cost has to be one of the key factors for me right now — I am a sad hungry college student, no longer a salaried-executive.

via apple.com 

the ipad mini with 4G retailing for SGD $616 (16GB), or SGD$219 with a compulsory monthly 4G subscription of SGD$29.90.

Pros: I'm already running on various Apple hardware — the iMac, MBP, and iPhone — the iPad mini seems to integrate into the picture easily. Not forgetting the App store, something that I'm already too familiar with.
Cons: Feels like an enlarged iPhone. And I'll be trading my old iPhone 4s for an iPhone 5 this Christmas.

Device cost + 4G subscription = SGD$299 + $(29.90per month x 24months)
= SGD$1, 016.60
*device & 4G plan comes with a compulsory 24 months contract with my local network provider

Conclusion: Not sure if the iPad mini will be worth the buy. Especially with an iPhone 5 joining the fruit fam this end-of-year holidays. Plus, I'm not a game and apps fan. I just want to read my book and magazines. Videos and all that comes secondary.'

via amazon.com 

the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G LTE Wireless Tablet retailing for USD$399 (32GB with special offers), or ± SGD560. 4G plans to subscribe separately with local network provider. 

Pros: There is Amazon Prime! A major plus. Considering that I can borrow a book a month, stream countless TV shows and movies. Sheesh kebab. All my fav.s!

Cons: Not sure if the price is going to be cost friendly, especially since the device already costs a ±SGD560, excluding monthly 4G subscription. 

Device cost + 4G subscription = SGD$560 + $(29.90per month x 24months) 

= SGD$1, 277.60

*device and 4G subscription is separate, providing the freedom to terminate my 4G subscription anytime I want

So, since cost is my #1 concern, I should do a quick price comparison. 

iPad mini and Kindle Fire 4G has a price difference of SGD$261, with the latter costing more. 

If I were to thoroughly weigh out the odds of what I really look for in a tablet device, I think the Kindle Fire 4G seem to fill in those needs — Amazon Prime, ultimate cake winner. 

Kindle, you have bought me over. 

11:11

Lately, every time I turn to look at my clock it's always 11:11 hours. What coincidence, all the time.

Anyway, I'm feeling a tat un-inspired so, just for kicks I've been digging out quotes on relationships and building healthy relationships.

There's 75 good ones to live by from marcandangel

And here's one of my favorites from Goodreads:

“I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.” 
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

Simpsons Land @ Universal Orlando

This Simpsons fan was watching this earlier:

via hypebeast

Apparently, this summer, there's going to a Simpsons Land at Universal Orlando Resort! There's going to be relicas of Springfield icons such as Krusty Burger, Kwik-E Mar, Duff beer breweries, and more.. omg. Basically, Simpsons Hit n Run comes out of the Xbox and into life. I wanna go so badly...

I've got a couple of minutes to spare, so I'm

photo goofing before heading out for dinner 

In the midst of illustrating some whacked out stuff 

Let's see if I can get it done by mid next week.

happy weekends

End of Year Show @ LASALLE College of the Arts

LASALLE College of the Arts is having their End of Year show, lasting for two weeks: 24May, Thursday — 6 June, Thursday.

I survived one year of Art college! And I've got another one more year to go. Giving myself a pat on the back.

Strangely, even though I am not due to graduate this year, I am still expected to participate in this End of Year show/ Diploma show. Kind of a strange syllabus. Well, on the plus side, fellow advanced standing peers, like myself, know what to be expecting for our graduation show next year. I believe the new batch of B(A) students won't be getting through this, as all B(A) students will be equipped with a diploma before they enter the newly Goldsmith accredited B(A) course structure.

Spotting my book being binded by a stopper to prevent anyone from doing any funny business with my  single book on display. And, no, the red pencil sticking out there isn't part of my curation; I've just got my write up and a book for my setup. Not sure what's going on with the pencil. But it looks kind of strange in my opinion.

I've got gallery sitting duties to do soon, 1st June, Saturday morning. Not quite looking forward to that day. Not sure how slowly time will past for me. I just can't wait to get it over and done with.

It's a bank holiday today in this island city. I am left here, sitting at home waiting. Waiting and waiting. Being a time slave. Listening to music. Wasting the day away. Wasting my precious youth away. Yawn.

I absolutely can't wait for London. But the killing's frightening me, a little. Still, I can't wait for London. Really really can't wait. I can't wait to soak up everything from this mesmerising city.

Social - socialising

I always wonder, if I should be concerned that I am not at all mad about accumulating friends on various social media platforms like most people I see out there. Collecting friends here, there, all over on various social media platforms.

If I need to rate my enthusiasm about my social life and network, I think it would be a mere 2.5 out of 5. Luke warm. I am pretty much contented with where I am, with the amount of people I am in contact with, along with the level of contact I have with everyone. Close yet sometimes distant.

“I'm not anti-social. I'm just not social.”

― Woody Allen

my new printer : pixma MG3170

Just bought myself a new Canon Pixma printer over the weekends. I'm kinda late, bcos I had these photos taken on Sunday. 

Anyway, did my test prints by printing out the London Tube lines on Sunday. Didn't go well at the beginning — printing kept stopping mid-way. I had to re-install the drivers, re-hook up the whole system. It took me awhile to get it working well. 

The efforts turned out to be well worth it. I did an A4 borderless print, and, boy does it look good. I actually printed my End of Year Show book with this printer. Down side of this printer: there's only two cartridges, one for Black and the other for colour, which isn't a good thing especially when you run out of one color. The air-print doesn't seem to work properly, I could check my settings but I figured that it could possibly due to the printer having lack the "Wifi Ready" feature? 

Oh well, for SGD$139, this printer is satisfactory.

Happy Wednesday!

I am particularly "happy". I am suffering from diaherrea, and it is torturous. Leaky anus, like Biscuit the dog who rose to frame wearing a doggy diaper because it's got a leaky anus too. I know why I'm suffering from it, I'm anxious, nervous and kinda stressed out. You won't believe what I am stressed out about; I'm stressed out about the future — the London trip which I am travelling solo, what's next in life, and money. Sheesh. Unnecessary worries and thoughts.

ANYWAY.

I was reading Though Catalog, and came across something particularly close to my heart "How to Deal With Crappy People". Very apt. I need quite a bit of advise on how to deal with crappy people —because I usually get really stressed out that I head home, hug a bowl of food, watch TV and bawl my eyes out — which, isn't a solution at all.

AND.

I have been on a apartment-video-frenzy mode lately. Watching plenty of videos by kirstendirksen, featuring loads and loads of smart homes that made the best use of space. A-M-A-Z-ING!



happy days :-)

Pitbull in Daft Punk "Get Lucky"?

I am not sure what this is.. because what I'm hearing is just Pitbull adding his lines in the beginning. which I kinda wished it wasn't there, because his lines isn't creating a good build up to the actual song. as much as Pitbull looks good in a suit, and appears to be some sort of ladies-man in his videos, this really-really-reeeally doesn't cut it.

About toilet paper

Everytime I head to the washroom to relief myself, I always wonder how much toilet paper goes down the porcelain bowl. We'll probably be thinking, at this point, how much toilet paper we use each time we visit the washroom; are we doing a number 1 or number 2; how much toilet paper do we roughly need for each number, and maybe, we question if we are effectively using our toilet paper.

Well, I trust that at least a good 99% of us on the web are using toilet paper to wipe our bottoms, which  is a lot of bottoms to clean and a lot of toilet paper needed. Not forgetting the convenience of toilet paper available at public toilets, which would mean everyone don't just clean their bottoms at home with toilet paper, they clean themselves with toilet paper at public washrooms too. Now, that is a lot of toilet paper to be used in and out of the house, and all around the world.

Take for example, Singapore that has grown over the years. Fellow Singaporeans can remember the need to bring packet tissue out, especially for ladies, in order to clean themselves up at public washrooms. Many years ago, Singapore's public washrooms rarely supplied toilet paper, probably a select few that are always based in city areas. Neighbourhood malls rarely, in fact, never supply toilet paper for many — possibly bizzare — reasons, such as, stingy Sinagporeans would take the toilet roll home or Singaporeans around neighbourhood areas are - strangely - not educated enough to know how  to use toilet paper to clean their bottoms. But as Singapore grew into an affluent nation, developed, exposed and going places, every mall in every neighbour and area now has got toilet paper running endlessly in every cubicle. We have it not because we're too rich — well, that could be one of the reasons — but we have it because we've now got higher living standards, we can't have malls without toilet paper, toilets would just be incomplete. We now have so much toilet paper, that we are using it wastefully — I "love" watching children choke sinks with toilet paper, then leave a nasty mess for the old cleaning lady.

Now, if I were to answer my own question of how much toilet paper goes down the porcelain bowl, my answer is obvious: definitely a hell lot more than a good 10 years ago...

: p
deewees

London, Heathrow here I come

Alright I've got pretty much everything locked down.

No need for visa.

Flight, checked.

Airport train transfer, checked.

Getting around town, almost there.

Accommodation, nil. Not sounding good. Still desperately waiting for confirmation from two apartments.

Grr. I am getting anxious that I can't sleep.

I can't wait to be in the footsteps of momsey who has been there in her 20s. Trotting on Trafalgar Square. I definitely need to head to Tate Modern. Shop at Harrods, even though I know I can't afford anything, except for a Harrods tote and a souvenir mug.

good one by Tupar Shakur

Having those days where you keep thinking back and wish I could have done this and done that.

So, I googled up quotes on "over-thinking" and found this on goodreads.com:

“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.” ― Tupac Shakur

Straight and direct, Tupac.

Yup, leaving the pieces on the floor. Move the fuck on. Ain't got time for all that.

Malaysia — what's that lurking in the dark

elections happened over the causeway during the weekends — Malaysia's 2013 elections 
and I'm keeping it dark, keeping it cosy too. in hopes that democracy and justice would come for Malaysians living next door.

it is upsetting. spending the money of people on lavish dinner parties, lucky draws, endless give outs at the ruling parties' election speech. stark contrast at the opposition's end: large majority of middle class attending speeches with no need for baits; attendance at one's will, free will.

seeing how the votes were obviously rigged — from blackouts during counting of votes, false voters given fake IDs to vote, to buying votes with handouts — it does make me fear for Singapore's election in years to come.

watching the influx of foreigners entering our land to hit 6.9million population — as proposed by the government which I still find it very hard to understand and see how this spike in population aids and not harm the nation — I am worried about how many of these people are able to vote. is our government here, on this island state, also buying votes by offering citizenship? this isn't good. as much as Singaporeans are stepping out to voice out their opinions, such as the recent Labour Day gathering at Hong Lim Park, I don't think that is suffice. we need to do more. more than ever, Singaporeans need to stand united and fearless. if we don't, we will never see change. I don't see how bright our future will be if we keep staying at where we are, doing what we do, staying cosy at the same spot.

change only happens when one bothers to act on it.

I hope the fiery passion of Malaysians has inspired passive Singaporeans to now act on it.


tune buzzing in my head these days...


staying in the dark,
d.

deewees heads to equinox

so this is how it went..

we were there early so we decided to act all touristy by taking photos. lots of photos. finally, getting escorted to our window seat — yeay! boy are we lucky getting a window seat, looking far and beyond City Hal, when we booked just a mere 3 days ago.

the food was average. the fare was international. tea was splendid though — lychee tea has got to be my fav!what can go wrong with TWG, am I right? pastries and desserts were great, especially the fruit tarts. I love fruit tarts. even better when you're having them your tea. nomnomnom.

I think, for SGD$40++, I was expecting a tat more? Though it was high-tea, I was expecting more finger food, light bites than the miserable array of dishes they had to offer. They served bagels. Who eats dense bagels for high-tea.. Anyway, food was luke-warm, absolutely nothing to shout about. Probably the sushi was the only one worth complimenting, even that had it's flaws: the display was weak, I didn't know there was more until someone lifted up the bento boxes. *wtf moment*

don't think I'll be back here again for high-tea for a long-looong time.

:-)