Il Dolce Far Niente

Is what i am enjoying at the moment. Haha, go google or watch Eat Pray Love to find out what it means. As you can guess, i've just watched it, and it was good. I liked it anyway- go watch it quickly so i can have someone to discuss it with :) I think i liked the 'eat' part of the show best, not necessarily because i consider food to be my greatest joy in life [i think that would have to be talking HAHA (I was attempting sarcasm btw)], but because that particular part was based in Italy. I love Italy. It's definitely in my top 5 favourite places in the world, and i felt the movie portrayed Italy in all its gorgeous-ness haha. It totally made me want to go back again, at the very least.

The other parts were nice too, in their own way; 'pray' was incredibly emotional as can be expected, while it was nice to see the lead character begin to have some sort of understanding of life in 'love'. I think the actors did a great job, (James Franco is hot!), and the sad and funny moments in a really relatable storyline just did it for me.

Anyway, i'm beginning to get far too used to doing nothing HAHA. Yeah i know, i still complain that i'm bored and all, but for the most part, i've settled into a routine. Of basically doing nothing. Haha, i sleep like half my day away, and spend the other half reading or watching TV. Of course i still eat and shower and all, i haven't reached the no-hope point yet lah, but you get the idea. I'm now able to fill my day for the most part, with doing completely useless things. Lol, i really have no idea what is going to happen or how i'm going to cope when i start classes full time again. We'll see. Haha, i haven't even been crocheting and knitting much lately, and i totally blame it on the fact that they're not challenging to me anymore (or that i'm not very focused at the moment!).

BUT, i recently came across this blog, newdressaday, and i was so so inspired! It's amazing how she has managed to transform an item of clothing everyday, for almost year. I remember mentioning to someone one that i would love to be able to sew, (i can lah, but my sewing now is like my knitting before- crap. So i don't consider being able to do it :p) , so NOW feels like the ideal opportunity to pick it up :D AND, while talking to my mom about it, i discovered we actually own a sewing machine :DD Even more reason for me to pick it up now :DDD Wish me luck! (I have no idea what my first project is going to be yet. Suggestions please? =))

Since this is a holiday post, and my posts have been so wordy lately, here's some piccies i'm pretty sure you've already seen! Haha, wth, all in the name of making my blog more colourful :p

Ka-Mun, Pei San and I at Old Town

Enriched chocolate <3>

*sings* I'm loving it!
(l-r: Ee Mee, Boon, Wei June and Ka-Mun)

Boon, Me and Wei June.
Reminds me an awful lot of this photo taken in sem 3

Dunno what i had to laugh about so much also.
But also very reminiscent of this photo

Wei June, Me and Pei San.
Ah, our good ol' car photos :)
Back to the present

Korean BBQ *yums*

Kim-Chi!

Full!!!

Haha, that's it folks! Will update y'all on my sewing adventures (or misadventures!) soon. Good night!

Blast from the past

Just a short post...i was working on another one, but it had the potential to become very long, so i got bored HAHA. I will go back and finish it eventually, just not tonight. Anyway, i got distracted by an OLD acquaintance who suddenly got in touch with me via skype. And it's just so weird. Haha, i mean i was never close to him, and i have him on my fb, and i *think* msn too, but he's never attempted to contact me until now. And it's strange because back then, we hardly talked to each other and we are now having a conversation like we're old friends. Not that we're not friends or i dislike him, but you get what i mean.

Is that what time does? Blur the lines, and make everyone you ever knew into a friend? Haha, i'm surprised he even managed to find me on skype, cause i sure find it hard to randomly look for my friends on skype. Maybe that's just me. I mean, i get it- i'm someone he hasn't talked to in a long time, so it IS nice to find out what the other person is doing, and to know that they're doing well. Even if you weren't close to the person, you knew them, and in a way, they're part of your past, albeit in the background. I strongly believe that who we are are, or who we become depends on our innate personality, the decisions we've made, and the people surrounding us- family, friends, or even a random stranger that has in one way or another, made an impact on you, thus influencing you.

As a result of never being close to this friend, (or rather, i doubt i ever made much of an impact on him), he is very different from me, and his life has taken a completely different road from mine. So, it is interesting to find out what has happened to him, for the sheer fact that it is all so foreign to me. On the other hand, because we are so different, we have very little similarities (duh!), and after awhile, there's pretty much nothing left to say to each other HAHA. I always feel OLD talking to people from my past, as topics like what mutual friends and their siblings are doing, get brought up, and it accentuates how long ago that part of your life really was. And it doesn't feel like that long ago, so you begin to ponder on how finite time is. Even though i have practically my whole life ahead of me, and my best years yet (face it, being incontinent and constantly throwing up as a baby cannot be considered your best year), it all feels so short.

When i asked previously whether time makes everyone you ever knew into a friend, i would honestly answer....yeah. It's a relationship of sorts, as a result of having a shared past. You may not be a part of their present or future, but the past is always there, and you can't change the past. Conversely, i have fell out of touch with friends who i was rather close to, but i would still consider them friends. Life just works like that. Nothing lasts forever, but i do hope i continue to keep close to me, the people that matter. Who knows what the future holds?

Yep, my short post became a long one, so i guess it's time for me to stop HAHA. But before i go, today coincidentally happens to be the birthday of an awesome friend, so here's to you Pei San; HAPPY BIRTHDAY! !

And maybe when the night is dead, I'll crawl into my bed

I'm in a funny mood. Not HAHA funny, but more of a strange, weird, not-myself sort of feeling. I have an inkling I'm going to be nocturnal tonight. I mean, have you ever seen me use such short, staccato sentences in quick succession? (The question is purely rhetorical. But, if you deign to answer it, the correct answer would be NO.)

Another thing; I can't think of anything to say. Like seriously. I know, I'm speechless at my apparent lack of (figurative) speech too. It's just so not me. And, listening to The Script on loop isn't helping either. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just bored. I know this makes me sound like an ungrateful b**** for not appreciating my extended holiday, but it's a case of the grass is always greener on the other side. Yes, it is a cliche, but true to a certain extent. What wouldn't I give to attend uni full-time again? (Rhetorical again.) Sure when I had classes, I wished for holidays and I will probably wish for them when i start classes again, but now, after being on break for over 4 months, things just aren't as....fun.

Haha, this post makes me feel like such a teenager. I'm still technically a teenager, but i think I stopped feeling like a teenager years ago. Whatever teenagers feel like. I feel better now, just in case you can't tell from the tone. On a completely separate note, I really feel like going shopping. I have this thing for high-waisted stuff at the moment, shorts, skirts- you name it. Anyway, just found something (else) to do right now, yay!