It was so quick that if you blinked you would’ve missed it.
It was short, but our half of a weekend was all the more precious. We didn’t have to do anything special. We shopped and ate mian xian and our usual but yummy dinner of Xi3 Yan4. Oh, and we watched Grey’s on my couch, and read the Pioneer Woman together. One day was all we could have but it has recharged me in this neverending string of midnight days (or do I call them nights?), at least for awhile. Thank you for coming up, K. :)
If only they could see
If only they had been here
They would understand
How someone could have chosen
To go the length I’ve gone
To spend just one day riding
Holding on to you
- Cayman Islands, by Kings of Convenience
<3
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I am going to miss this more laidback version of myself that I have uncovered over the past 6 months. I liked some parts of it, I was more relaxed that I’ve ever been in my life. I had the time to be a better girlfriend, and in some ways it was a break. But I am glad to be getting some structure back in my life – sleeping at odd hours might persist, but at least this time I will not be aimlessly surfing or watching television. I am sure to complain, sure to be a grouch, sure to have terrible days at work, but let’s hope this is the start of some positive change.
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happy birthday sweetheart :)
i know this year you are not spending it the way you’d like (i.e. in the office), next year we’ll try for somewhere like Bali okay? surfing, sunsets, and good food.
love,
y
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Aiya… Watching Grey’s Anatomy always makes me so emo. But I do appreciate the reminder once in awhile to get in touch with that side of me which I see less often now, I think it makes me feel more human. Does anyone else feel the same?
While in London I seem to have caught something contagious (no not Swine Flu – I actually got tested by the CDC in Singapore for that, another story for another day): wait for it.. Hand Foot Mouth disease. Yes. HFMD, which usually only little kiddies get. I am biding my time in a self-imposed quarantine at home.
Can’t wait to go back to Hong Kong (only in some ways) to use my Mac and process all the photos I’ve taken so I can share them. Till then, please bear with my emo self saying: I am glad for the people I have in my life, especially K, my mom and sis. <3 All you need is love!
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It’s a familiar feeling. My face is hot, it must be somewhat flushed. Linoleum floors. The sound of typing in the background, and you can feel the collective mental energy of students hunched over pieces of paper, scribbling mathematic symbols or essays. I’m in a basement computer lab of the London School of Economics. It is early May, which means exams are looming large. This is the time of year when you have to untangle all those things you missed because you slept in during the 9am lecture every week for the entire term. Exciting stuff.
I guess “familiar” is how I would describe how it feels like to be back. But in these past few days I have also been reminded of why I chose not to stay. That said, it’s been nice seeing some friendly faces. People have moved on, they don’t see each other often anymore, they’re in new relationships or some long relationships have disintegrated. The only thing that I was surprised at was I thought they would have hung out together more often, and stayed more tight knit. But I suppose work does that to you. And some people who acted as the social glue of the bigger bunch have since left London.
It’s been lovely to explore new areas of London and see/do/eat some things I never did while I was here. At the same time I’ve definitely also set out to visit some old haunts, such as Arang. I suppose it’s about revisiting a place and looking at things from a different perspective. It can’t hurt that I have a bigger budget than I used to, and that the £ is weaker!
So far: lunch at Borough Market, went to Wish and a Citypink event, attempted kite flying at Hampstead Heath, the crepes from the legendary stand, checked out the Burberry outlet store, tea at the Orangery, took the Eurostar to Paris for a bike tour, shop shop shopped. Et cetera. Photos to follow :)
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So… I have this problem.
You go out with friends for dinner, you meet some new people. Hi, so where are you from, what do you do? All good… And then they go and drop a homophobic comment. By that I am not referring to the stray gay joke which is told in good humour. I can handle those. I am talking about a comment which comes from the heart of your bottom. I mean, bottom of your heart. Basically, I can tell you are really scared of gay people (gawd, how stupid does that sound?!). Oh Homophobes, why are there so many of you around? Or is it just that I tend to meet many of your kind?
An example from tonight: Homophobe X, who I was just introduced to, asked about my flip flops. They are Havaianas, I replied. “Ah.. New Urban Male [a store in Singapore that sells Havaianas]! I never dare to go into that shop.” says Homophobe X. He goes on to explain that it is gay central and he is afraid to step in. I reason that it’s just a friggin’ store and you just go there to buy slippers, yo. In my head I’m thinking: So the sales boys are going to touch your beauteous, irresistable feet inappropriately when they help you choose a pair of flip flops because they are gay and are therefore by default attracted to everyone with a penis? Talk about irrational fear!
Homophobe X goes on to ask if I know a bar in Lan Kwai Fong called DYMK. I tell him calmly that it stands for Does Your Mother Know. He says it’s a GAY Bar – and he said it with an emphasis on the GAY. I think he was expecting a reaction along the lines of: “OH. MY. GAWD. It’s a GAYYY BARRRR? Shock shock horror horror! What a dirty, dirty place.”
I am then faced with a choice. Do I try to be the bigger person and overlook your homophobia (i.e. grin and bear it) since that is just one aspect of you, or do I then regard you as less of a friend since well, you are a bigot? I am obviously inclined to choose the latter, but there really are too many of you Homophobes in my part of the world. I don’t really want to go through my life hating/disliking. Plus, to what extent do I take this rejection of Homophobes? For example, I read the Pioneer Woman’s blog religiously. I think she’s lovely. What if she turns out to be homophobic? What do I do with that information then? I would probably become less of a fan, but that doesn’t mean her blog isn’t great fun to read. Obviously I don’t have to talk to her even if she’s a Homophobe, so that wouldn’t be as much of an issue. But that was an example for illustration. Do you see what I mean?
I wish there was a sensor which I could use to detect them. So that I know before I talk to you if that’s what you are. It saves much discomfort (on my part anyway) down the road. I can’t say that all my close friends are totally un-homophobic. I know it varies in degrees, and I certainly don’t expect my close friends to be 100% un-homophobic; Hell, I don’t even know if I’m 100% un-homophobic. But it certainly does speak to your ability to wrap your head around people and the many shapes and sizes they come in.
What’s a girl to do? I truly don’t know.
*the title of this post is to be sung to the tune of “Oh Tannenbaum”
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