Time at best

We all go through a phase, where we meet someone that blows our mind away. The person who can read your inner most fears, the person who’s so similar to you it makes you want to fall in love with his or her imperfections. There isn’t a set type of person, in fact, most of the time, the person isn’t picture perfect. You fall for this person because of their hairline cracks in their porcelain structure, the weathered marble that’s turned slightly yellow, stained from the rain. At best, damaged.

I’ve met a couple of these people in my slightly less than a quarter century of life. Where you shared your dirty laundry sparing no detail, he does the same. Be trapped in a whirl wind romance, that crashes and burns. I know my Victorian style parents would frown upon such affairs, but I think this is what makes my life a little more interesting.

No doubt that they are filled with more hurt and pain than pleasure, the feeling of being able to let your mind be free is an experience no one can judge you for, nor fault you. The things you can’t find in a relationship of slow pursuit and caution. Not that I’m saying we should all go out and find flings, but I’m saying, treasure the people who leave footprints in your heart.

The times where you’d sit by the river watching the world go by,

The times where you’d compete to see who’s bubble gum would be the biggest, and land up with bubble gum in your hair,

The conversations that leave you spell bound,

The times where you wish you could tell the person how fascinating he is in every way,

The times the world had disappeared around you and the only thing left is the words and the sweet smell of early morning breeze.

 

We don’t get much of this these days. There isn’t a time to slow down, savor the moment, but everything is a rush. We’re not young anymore, Want this and that by this and that age… If we’d only stop and realise that everything takes time. Putting a time limit on everything isn’t going to make your dreams come true. Some take a year to claim their goals, some take a life time.

It’s time for some photos!

Since not everyone stalks my facebook, I shall share some photos of the New Year Week. It’s also my birthday MONTH, so expect lots of photos too. Began with yesterday, but I don’t have the photos yet. So till then, I’ll share some…

 

My first allergic reaction of the year!

 

And apparently gamers are broke, so they wear FBTs hahaha!!!

I didn’t do much climbing, the boys on the other hand, climbed everything they could, even coconut trees.

The New Year 2010

Welcome to 2010! So I’m about 4 days late. So far it’s been a pretty good start with the exception of losing like $100 bucks at poker. But nonetheless, good company. So far, in chronological order…

Poker,

L4D 2,

Meeting with the Lobos ,

Movie,

Poker,

Sentosa,

and a 6km run

all in the first 3 days of the year.

My New Year’s Resolution always has a theme around things, this year is work related. Hoping I’ll get my career in line and all. Also health. Yesterday’s 6km run was quite a good indication of my fitness level, so I’m pretty happy. I could honesty go on for a second round. I’m not sure if the company I was running with would want to, but it was a nice jog. Nice chat after too after deciding running was getting a bit tiring and landed up walking back.

 

Now I’m supposedly an adult, travelling definitely is an option. It’s going to be a busy month, and some of us are heading up to KL for the weekend. It’s been a year since I’ve been there, so quite excited, climb, club, eat, climb. Maybe I’ll finally get my diving license.

To sum up 2009

It’s been a rather tame year. I finally graduate, 2009 seemed so far when it was 2005. Now it’s here.

Here’s the year in photographs and my not so catchy captions.

To sum up a university student’s life…there’s of course, the dreaded FYP

We also got a story published in The New Paper!

of course, there’s me donning that ridiculous thing…

 

Majoring in Journalism muahahaha

To prove my university life isn’t that lifeless…I also got a half colours award!

Outstanding contribution lehhhhh…

 

 

It’s also been the year of travels…

 

With Hongkong and China…

 

Staying still in Asia…

Malaysia

There’s Thailand too,Bangkok & Krabi

 

I also picked up a new sport…Rock Climbing!

 

But of course, the year’s never complete without friends… some of which do not like to have their photos taken, so there’s no way I can tell them how important they are in blog posts…

 

Firstly, The Lobos…I think Dom took the photo. Ken’s farewell, I really love this photo though.

My single ladies…

I haven’t forgotten my sub-group too!

and of course the many many others that make everyday a little more bearable than the last.

 

It wasn’t really a year for my love life. People come, people go… Maybe one day when someone I’ve not seen in eons come up to me and ask the annoying question of “when are you getting married???” I’ll actually have an answer instead of a “siao ah…”

 

It’s also been a year where I’ve made up with the past

 

such as…

 

I know he won’t take offence, our public displays of hate previously was legendary. It’s nice to have friends where they belong too…

And you capture them with these…

 

We also bid farewell to Serangoon North, and I’m now in Sengkang…

 

where after like 10 years…I found my favourite…

 

 

 

and some posters I bought that have yet to be hung up…that shouts “me!”

 

Just when you needed it the most

I can’t tell you how bad I felt yesterday. It’s embarrassing to want to reach out and ask for a shoulder to lean on. Mainly because people are the way they are. I just whine for the sake of it. I went to the gym, hoping to feel a little better afterward, but didn’t. Amazingly, I got 4 sms-es when I came out, 2 msgs to say he couldn’t make it to meet because he was sick, another to say he was feeling depressed, and another from the twin just to tell me he’s in love with Adam Lambert.

I guess God works in mysterious ways, so I met up with the twin and friends to listen to some jazz band. I can’t even put into words how much that cheered up my day. Ironic, I was thinking, back in the evening. Today, I don’t think even if my childhood crush appeared and said hi to me, that would cheer me up. Well, something even better came along

Because I’m so darn bored

Let me entertain you with stuff from Last Choir Standing

you know they say everyone has a type. yup well, like as if it will ever be. people like that never come across your life more than once.

What are you doing New Year’s Eve?

Here’s my playlist for Christmas’ listening pleasure. Not everything’s an Xmas song, but it’s in my playlist

Mariah Carey- Always be my baby

Clay Aiken- What are you doing New Year’s Eve?

Rockapella- Twelve Days of Christmas

Rockapella- The Christmas Song

Vienna Boy’s Choir- Carol of the Bells

Il Divo- Silent Night

Rockapella- For the Longest Time

Novo Concertante- For the Longest Time

Robbie Williams & Jonathan Wilkes – Me and My Shadow

sometimes you meet someone you think you can talk to

24 is the new 18

They say new beginnings is like death. You’ve got to throw out the old to embrace the new. Christmas is coming, and the usual reaction to this, OMG rachel you’re going to be a year older. Yes, thanks. I know. But 2009 has been a big hit, like every other year. Only just recently, I got my facebook, msn, and let’s hope that’s the end of it, that’s gotten hacked. So new facebook, new msn, if I don’t add you, means I hate your F*cking guts and I hope you burn in hell. Ok, I’m kidding. Do add me to msn though, or drop me an sms. You should have my number, or maybe this is an excuse to get a new black berry. Oh my word, I have been craving that for a while.

Anyho, I’m in sengf*ckingkang now. It’s ulu and reminds me of Jurong West, even my soon-to-be-new running route looks like something outside of Boonlay. There’s Compass Point nearby that’s got some neat stuff, but no cinema. They better build one soon. I WANT MY MOVIES!

Oh in all the frenzy of my internet, I have cut my hair and I look like a little boy now. I look terrible, which explains why I’m not leaving the house although I’ve got a ton of new clothes. I have been forced to wear hairbands again!!! Gar!!

Ok, peace out from my new room which has no tables nor cupboards, so I’m living out of some 20 crates.

Oh, and I must say, I was honestly quite happy when we all suppered for the last time in North, as a Norther, and you guys were the first to see my ugly hair haha.

My Facebook has been hacked!

Gar, it’s definitely been hacked, because well, it’s been disabled. and it acted like a possessed Facebook account chatting to random pple.

so if i’m on it for the next few days, it ain’t me. you just have to come here to read what’s been going on in my life.

In all this, I made a new friend, because I saw “it” chatting to this guy, and I immediately told him that above portion wasn’t me and all, landed up we chatted on msn quite a bit. One of those people I got to know when I was in year1 and still very friendly. Now of course, I’ve turned into some anti-social bitch that doesn’t like to talk to people who I don’t like to talk to.

But since my Facebook disabled thing, I’ve been clearing out emails and stuff. Funny how I don’t feel like I don’t want to delete those things. I didn’t even spare a second thought, nor feel an uneasy cringe. It’s just like random emails that are redundant and need deleting that sort of feeling. Like papers in a room that you just throw out because it’s junk.

Great time to spring clean! well, the new random friend I made made a funny comment. “Wow, you’re changing your life, new job, new house…” haha, and apparently everyone out there thinks (because I’ve been in hiding for so long) thinks that’s something else new. Well, I’m sad to disappoint, I’m not getting married any time soon.