verses on the road

palecrimson @ 2009-03-04T21:46:00

2009-03-04T14:02:06Z

it's one of those days when i'll feel so happy for all the little things that happened (: despite having 2 midterms tomorrow

x waking up to a nice phone call
x having the chance to eat lunch with my mother
x seeing all the micro-smileys on my coastal vegetation notes
x being amused at the scruffy velcro crab in the intertidal section of the heritage textbook
x flipping through nature & soc notes and seeing alicia's "wake up salt!" msgs, and being reminded of the nice times we had in the module!
x tranquil afternoon/evening studying in the living room
x the short evening stroll out to the market to buy bubble tea

(: (:

palecrimson @ 2009-02-10T23:31:00

2009-02-10T16:19:58Z

the dread and lethargy weigh down so heavily tonight.
soft rain against the glass panels, the warm comforting smell of wet earth, and the silence which acts as a deceptive cover to mask the overbearing disquiet.

haven't had those little moments of clarity for a long time.

palecrimson @ 2008-12-28T14:55:00

2008-12-28T07:02:56Z

finally finally finally got back to my beloved dancer and the sea yesterday! (: (: (: finally after 2.5 years...! good day spent out in the sun, expedition, drifting along with the current, riding the waves...
and a nice night doing very random unglam stuff being like squatters!

and the holidays have been megapacked with outings everyday. but still rather unsatisfied... haven't accomplished anything i wanted to do.

lazy day today. off to macau on tuesday ): new year overseas, which is actually quite sad cos i've been spending new year with friends for the past few years.

palecrimson @ 2008-12-10T00:07:00

2008-12-09T16:43:51Z

sudden wave of nostalgia.
i miss my little red dancer. the freedom out at sea. the occasional lull in the wind.
it's been 2.5 years.. a little too long for my liking.

palecrimson @ 2008-12-01T15:45:00

2008-12-01T07:49:48Z

so horribly bored of studying!! so restless and distracted. and cities is killing me. interesting but i take so long just to study 1 chapter..
argh thursday quick come! terrible exam schedule on thurs/fri (thurs 1pm + 5pm papers, friday 9am paper) but better than being stuck here... this exams period seems to drag on and on....

ugh and my rashes/infections are starting up again. distant migration from right hip to left hip.

palecrimson @ 2008-11-27T01:40:00

2008-11-26T17:44:38Z

i haven't been on a night walk since saturday! ahhh withdrawal symptoms.
but feeling a little more upbeat tonight, despite all the craziness going on recently (: even if it doesn't solve the problem but a little optimism doesn't hurt!

and it's raining! nice cool weather tonight!
8 days till exams end!

palecrimson @ 2008-11-22T03:39:00

2008-11-21T19:45:55Z

ahhhh it's 3.39am on saturday!! 3 more days to exams.. 13 more days to momentary freedom (:
wish i could feel more stressed about the exams. but i'm not, and thus not studying hard enough.

201108 was a beautiful day (:

okay today is the last night i'm going to sleep at insane hours of 5+6am, have to readjust back to normal sleeping time for exams next week!

palecrimson @ 2008-11-20T01:51:00

2008-11-19T18:11:24Z

i should stop sleeping at 4+5+am everyday!
but it's just so therapeutic to study at this hour. so silent. but decided to take a break from late-night studying today to just enjoy the tranquility (:

i liked how things came together yesterday. the warm sweet feeling i had all day long! even studying hazards was fun. and the night walk which found us at some random place, just enjoying the company, the comfortable silence, the occasional bouts of crazy moments, and the little break away from studies (:

guessing the ending, but still going ahead with it anyway. i'm weird that way.

palecrimson @ 2008-11-17T03:44:00

2008-11-16T19:47:37Z

such a weird time.
such a weird night.
maybe we're just living on borrowed time.

palecrimson @ 2008-11-12T02:21:00

2008-11-11T18:35:48Z

a shockingly good day (:
full of pleasant surprises and many random meetings with CGs (!!)

could have been a better day... please let her be okay.

palecrimson @ 2008-11-10T20:55:00

2008-11-10T12:56:37Z

i think i should just become a loner
makes life easier for everybody

palecrimson @ 2008-11-09T01:39:00

2008-11-08T17:51:50Z

very much treasured (:

palecrimson @ 2008-10-30T00:33:00

2008-10-29T16:56:31Z

awesome days since projects ended last friday!
chalet over the weekend at my favourite corner! peaceful nights without rushing for projects! lounging around watching tv! falling asleep comfortably every night! bliss (:
the many lunches and dinners! sunset way + wii with lix and co!! haha i still wanna chop.

nice birthday eve! everything was just going well that day...
cq ron's surprise with mango sticky rice (made by peace)!! aww sweet la! thanks alot alot!!
and lecture was fantastic as well, with random choc given by idol no.2, and managed to see cg1 and co!
dinner with cq ron at amk!
and my godpa changed phone with me so now i'm using navigator but my gps satellite bar doesn't seem to work....

ANDANDAND!!! came home to a letter/card sent to me by this weird auntie in perth!!!! this weird auntie made a card for me using SCRAPPAPER (!!!!!!!!!!) so stingy man!!!!! no more inheritance for you!!! and the weird birthday song..... and unglam photos of us!!!! hahaha but THANKS ALOT! i didn't know you miss me so much!

birthday with my 2 favourite persons (: night at my favourite city place!

goodness i need to detox next week after all the food i've been eating for these few days...

palecrimson @ 2008-10-21T00:27:00

2008-10-20T16:45:36Z

alright! cities presentation + writeup down! goodness the whole weekend was spent on cities. 13/14hours everyday doing up the writeup and ppt slides. quite insane! but we had good fun despite the rush anyway (: and we treated ourselves to sakae after finishing up the writeup and slides yesterday. awesome!

and now i'm left with 3 projects due this friday... and SEA tutorial with 9 readings and 4 essay outlines on wednesday...

and yayyy CG1/2,QG tomorrow! (:

okay i'm so tired. FRIDAY, QUICK!!

palecrimson @ 2008-10-17T00:22:00

2008-10-16T16:57:39Z

jumbled up thoughts!

finally handed in SEA indiv essay! down to 4 projects all due next week.. cities presentation on monday and complementary medicine + nature & soc + hazards presentation on friday! can't wait for 24th oct....

anyway, can't stand it when people look down on arts student, think arts is a dumping ground and that arts is an easy faculty to score in. it's definitely not inferior to other faculties. and as a certain lecturer said today, arts cut-off is higher than engin's now. i think that's the best thing he ever told us in lecture. finally time to change the view that arts is a dumping ground!!

and don't get me started on people who thinks that geography is just about rocks and maps. i mean, HELLO!? stereotyping much? geography encompasses so many branches! physical, urban, social, nature-society, economic, cultural, tourism, political, gender, transport.... and please don't insult geog to geographers. some of us happen to be very passionate geographers. can't take it when people belittles geography.

goodness what's with so many of my relatives (and certain friends) thinking that arts is a useless fac and geography a futile subject! you have no idea how much i've learnt from this "useless" subject!

oh wells. i had a pretty fun but tiring week in school. haha sajahat i wanna see cg1/cg2/qg/eg!! and talking about bestfriend(s) and having them show up infront of us after awhile. karma!!

and goodness my rashes seem to be getting worse.

and my projects seem to be based alot on khao lak. for SEA indiv essay i did sea gypsies, which reminded me of moken villages in khao lak, while we're doing tsunami in thailand for hazards. thinking back of khao lak saddens me sometimes. witnessing the impacts of the 2004 tsunami after 4 years and the rebuilding of the area, imagining the scene of the tsunami coming, crashing onshore, washing away life and love and entire lifestyle/livelihood. being at the beaches at khao lak is such a poignant thing, and the place is just devastatingly beautiful.

palecrimson @ 2008-10-12T00:44:00

2008-10-11T17:10:57Z

chek jawa today was a nice little break from work (: bumpy van rides which were much worse than songthiaw rides in thailand, the storm which never came, stalker photos, coastal forest, the sea, mangroves, mudskippers, hermit crabs, mud lobster mounds, hornbill-spotting, rubber-tapping, pretty sunset.

good day of laidback rustic charm.

palecrimson @ 2008-10-10T23:34:00

2008-10-10T15:46:26Z

midterms were finally over on wednesday!! and SEA group presentation slides were handed up today!! down to 5 more projects.... and ugh. the SEA individual essay is killing me.

tonight was really funny! i think we know serangoon's private estate quite well now after tonight! we wanted to walk to serangoon gardens so we decided to take a "short-cut" through the private estate but ended up walking for 1 hour+ getting lost in the private housings, climbing up and down hills.... goodness i didn't know serangoon was so hilly. but anyway we got to gardens in the end so (: PLUSPLUS i got to see idol no.2 (!!!) there so it was fantastic! good workout today, squash in the afternoon and the little adventure at night!

peace i hope you enjoyed our little surprise today! did you finish the apple crumble!?

chek jawa fieldtrip tomorrow! awesome! a much-needed break from all the work and rush.

palecrimson @ 2008-09-29T01:28:00

2008-09-28T17:28:30Z

argh! after spending the whole day on herbal medicine, i think i need st john's wort as an anti-depressant, or chamomile/hops/liquorice/valerian/passion flower as a sedative. ahh crazy stuff.

okay i'm starting to feel the stress! all the deadlines looming ahead. and complementary med and health + nature and society midterms on tuesday, and cities and hazards midterms next week. and the 6 projects.

and recess week is over :(

palecrimson @ 2008-09-24T00:00:00

2008-09-23T16:08:38Z

i have no idea why i feel so stressed suddenly!! down with hazards annotated biblio.. left with 6 more projects and 4 midterms :(

x decide on SEA indiv essay theme and start research (!! argh can't find any info on volcanoes and culture)
x cities project
x nature and society project
x SEA group project
x hazards project
x med and health project
x med and health midterm
x nature and soc midterm
x cities midterm
x hazards midterm

getting a big headache trying to find info for SEA indiv... stupid internet connection! can't connect to the ejournals. ugh ugh ugh.

palecrimson @ 2008-09-20T01:03:00

2008-09-19T17:27:51Z

recently we've been going through this "thank goodness i'm in fass doing (insert major here)" phase! like creamwooljumper/sundaland was in a "i'm glad i'm majoring in elang and doing some geog mods (so i can get to see salt hahaha!)" mood and miss sajahat and i were "so thankful/happy that we're geog majors"! haha but honestly i'm enjoying myself in school despite all the crazy projects and assignments. fun geog modules (: and all the people i get to see in school! like super geog trio lunch every thursday, and 1/2 of cq ron lunches on tues/fri, medicine and health with mingyan, random lunches/dinners/outings with geog people, tutorials and lectures with fs people, fun fieldtrips and fieldwork! and finally doing something i like/am passionate about and going home after lecture almost everyday feeling so motivated. errr most of the time anyway.

anyway! pretty good week i suppose, besides the fact that i slacked quite abit. dinner with some cqron people at adam and island creamery yesterday! and a relatively good day today! slack lessons, then squash + short run + dinner with some fs people!

sheesh i don't know why am i in such a sentimental/thankful mood about school tonight!

and yay recess week! crammed full of fieldwork and projects and studying!

palecrimson @ 2008-09-17T00:10:00

2008-09-16T16:28:23Z

wa this is insane i've been slacking for 3 days!! sunday was SEA fieldtrip and was too tired to do anything by the time i got back, monday travelled to marine parade, east coast and geylang serai, and today was out for night drive and supper!

speaking of driving, it's ridiculous and weird how my father doesn't allow me to drive when it's [1] nighttime, [2] raining, [3] peak hours, [4] crowded areas, even with him sitting beside me! almost 2 months since i've passed and i've only driven his car for 3 or 4 times. ridiculous! whereas i think i've driven my friend's car on more occasions.

argh! okay i shall spend tomorrow drawing 20 diagrams for natural hazards.

palecrimson @ 2008-09-14T21:14:00

2008-09-14T13:33:44Z

SEA fieldtrip today around chinatown, city hall, fort canning! reminiscent of fs!
fs people wearing the fs cay yen yen shirt! taking notes/photos in the field, walking walking walking, hot hot sun, jaywalking, taking nonsense scandal photos!
except that today was much much hotter and the walking was like at what? 10 times the speed in fs? but it was fun anyway! (:

made me miss thailand alot.

anyway, we attempted to make thai prata last night and it was really really good! not as fantastic as the ones in thailand of course, but close (: prata with banana, chocolate sauce and condensed milk!

aw it's midautumn and it's the 1st year i'm not at bishan park soaking in the zhongqiujie atmosphere. quite sad. but well, it looks like it's going to rain soon, and i'm really tired.

1 week more before recess week! scary how time flies.

palecrimson @ 2008-09-09T23:51:00

2008-09-09T16:26:01Z

in between readings about tephra, lava flow fields, QBO and OLR, and trying to make sense of all the mathematical equations and distibution used in the readings, i had a good weekend! (:

dinner at waraku! and nice talk on friday night, at the old hangout which we haven't been to for a loooong time!
xt and jeremy's belated birthday (mini surprise!) on saturday! dapao-ed food from adam road and island creamery to mingyan's house where we had dinner and the mini surprise and WII!! and where jeremy was trying to seduce mingyan's dog hahaha!
and supper at potong pasir tau hway! and i suddenly thought of the day when we walked all the way from my house just to buy tau hway there!

ahhh days filled with nostalgia! sometimes i feel like i'm living in the shadows of the past. memories that come haunting under the disguise of pleasant recollections.

or as someone says, i'm just a very 古董 person haha.

okay urgh. 6 projects on hand now. not to mention tutorial work.

palecrimson @ 2008-09-04T23:37:00

2008-09-04T16:33:02Z

argh i have a 2000 words annotated bibliography on natural hazards due in 2 weeks. pretty crazy!!! 2 weeks only!! adding on to 1934798357 other projects that i already have. hahaha okay okay but at least they're due after recess week.

but i had a pretty good week so far (: prata on saturday! dim sum on sunday! airport + driving + dinner/long talk on monday! island creamery on wednesday!

wa i need to go running. and kayaking cos i haven't touch a paddle for more than a year (or is it 2?) and i really miss those times. argh i miss my sturdy little dancer and pulau sekudu and the quiet stretch of water just round the bend after OBS. i miss all the times we had to huddle together behind a boulder at pulau sekudu while storms raged on, and how we'll picnic on coney island or sekudu during our rest points, i miss braving storms and rough weather and schools of flying fish (!!) and cold wind and being blinded by huge waves. and all the quiet serene moments out at sea, so peaceful, so tranquil.

palecrimson @ 2008-09-02T23:43:00

2008-09-02T16:26:26Z

SEA readings and tutorial questions are killers!

it's sad when you've grown so close to a person that you became so used to him/her and you no longer find any value in talking to him/her.