tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58337672012-02-01T02:07:40.551-04:00pulchritudinous-Binker isn't greedy,but he does like to eat,so i have to say to pple when they're giving me a sweet;oh Binker wants a chocolate,so could you gimme 2?then i eat it for him;cos his teeth are rather new-zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comBlogger16661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-89635596031082701952012-02-01T00:33:00.000-04:002012-02-01T02:07:40.558-04:00
at least she's vegetarian right?zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-5555644393588528972012-01-31T21:16:00.000-04:002012-01-31T21:20:25.399-04:00i really liked and appreciated the prayer that kyo prayed for me during fg on friday. it was so thoughtful, and it strangely made me more aware of my situation; that it was a year of transitions — finishing final projects + graduating, wedding, moving back to singapore, getting a job, living with in-laws. in her prayer, she said that she knew what they were like as individual events and how zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-86584999462847048262012-01-30T00:13:00.000-04:002012-01-30T00:13:00.223-04:00
he's back — same message, different topic/approach.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-85959117650582851302012-01-29T00:47:00.000-04:002012-01-29T00:47:00.225-04:00speak, speak your mind
you're always telling me i need to open mine
and wait, wait your turn
then shut me out cause you've got nothing left to learn
oh, you say there's nothing wrong with being proud
so tell me what you love and say it loud
now here's the dose that you've been dishing out
if you're listening this is how much it hurts
if you're listening this is how much it hurts
oh, i'm wrong
zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-59755232850232373522012-01-28T00:07:00.000-04:002012-01-28T01:14:57.572-04:00
what on earth is this genius work of painting!?!
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on a totally different note, i just realised that "you are not" can be said both as "you're not" and "you aren't". so which is it?zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-17528812907441264992012-01-27T18:57:00.000-04:002012-01-27T18:57:02.357-04:00Q: how do real estate agents greet each other?
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A: house it goin'?zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-23835613935433721012012-01-26T00:31:00.000-04:002012-01-26T00:31:00.234-04:00
celebrating my three interests: the sartorialist, garance dore, and tiffany
ps: if you didn't already know this nugget of information, the sartorialist and garance dore are an item. i think they are an awesome combination.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-6492707363498721772012-01-25T00:24:00.000-04:002012-01-25T00:24:00.060-04:00we're doing it the american way.
click to stay updated!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-60210216142882568662012-01-24T00:47:00.000-04:002012-01-24T00:47:00.204-04:00
there is this game on facebook called wetopia that ellen degeneres was urging her viewers to go play because it was for a good cause. and it really is!
i haven't read the website entirely to find out whether it's a hoax yet, but so far so good, and i think it's a very clever way to get people to do good. so anyhoo, it's like your typical build-a-town kinda game, but the good thing is that zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-2138236776034927842012-01-23T00:16:00.000-04:002012-01-23T00:16:00.153-04:00i watch a lot of nonsense on youtube. i think xh can testify to that after i shared with her some of the videos i actually like to go back to sometimes. some "nonsense" is really the pits, like honestly, why do they put those videos up!?! and then there is some "nonsense" like bad lip reading which is so good. i actually discovered them on youtube before their actual website. SO GOOD.
this zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-28463759840023234352012-01-22T00:07:00.000-04:002012-01-22T17:15:41.430-04:00dear photograph is this new website that i've been into. i look at it everyday to see the pictures that people upload and the things they say under the picture. some of them are funny, and some just make me feel like bawling because you can sense the regret in their tone.
so the idea is to take an old photograph, line it up exactly where it should be now in the future, and then snap a shot ofzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-75069758531267476122012-01-21T23:13:00.000-04:002012-01-22T00:14:33.484-04:00we are following the study on prayer as a fellowship group, and i couldn't be more excited about it. there's still so much to learn about prayer even though i've been doing it for so many years, sometimes inconsistently. last week, we began the study by looking at kingdom-centered prayers and the necessity for spiritual revival/renewal.
most naturally, we went back to the ot to look at how the zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-2189166827155138862012-01-20T11:48:00.000-04:002012-01-20T11:48:00.809-04:00
oops.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-34571541740813403172012-01-19T00:24:00.000-04:002012-01-19T00:24:01.551-04:00what is the best-singing computer?
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yah, i think i'm very funny.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-73492955232350089392012-01-18T08:05:00.000-04:002012-01-18T08:05:01.482-04:00still in my beatles mood, so here's another john lennon thingo for you!
i loveee such creative videos! they inspire me to get up and do something with the skills i have acquired here! one day i will, i hope. hmmm. hahaha. oh well, we'll see.
zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-31678335431840154122012-01-17T00:46:00.000-04:002012-01-18T03:05:00.052-04:00i found out from agron's latest art sharing space, (i don't know what exactly to call it!) you, me & charlie, that there was a movie some years back about john lennon, and essentially the starting of the beatles. how that film could have slipped past without my knowledge is beyond my comprehension, and i'm truly appalled at this!
so i spent the next five minutes watching (and rewatching) the zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-36962653592509019222012-01-16T15:35:00.002-04:002012-01-16T15:36:22.473-04:00happy mlk day to everyone! i'm enjoying the benefits of being in america - school holiday on the first day of school! lazing around and totally not wanting to get my butt off my bed, literally. maybe it's whininess about school starting tomorrow that's manifesting in this manner, i don't know.
i do like doing everything in bed though, 'cept for maybe eating, which is really a love-hate r'ship. zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-89290994372536815182012-01-15T12:41:00.001-04:002012-01-15T12:42:46.430-04:00believe it or not, this sculpture of san fran was done by one guy in thirty-five years. thirty-five years! i haven't even live that long! plus, i don't think i have anything in me to sustain a hobby for that period of time. oh and did i mention that the entire thing is made up of toothpicks? that's insane!
if you want to observe the detail, other pictures can be seen here.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-39163307244426831572012-01-14T15:21:00.003-04:002012-01-14T15:25:27.283-04:00despite being more equipped to do really sophisticated art pieces using my hands or on the computer, i actually prefer two-dimensional art. not just any two-dimensional art, but the really juvenile-looking ones that kids come up with. doodles, we grown-ups call it (am i a grown-up? yes, i think i am.) in that same train of thought, i also prefer video games and cartoons of old because their zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-63043475414881650622012-01-13T13:10:00.000-04:002012-01-13T13:10:27.714-04:00
this video has been floating around for a while now, so i might be a little late sharing it cos ALL of you may have already seen it. nevertheless, i'm still gonna post it.
there are so many reasons to like it. it's in the form of a poem! how interesting right? i also liked the slight typography work in the video. but aside from these technicalities, i think the most important aspect is that it zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-22421205262076734382012-01-12T13:05:00.000-04:002012-01-12T13:10:55.491-04:00
from here.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-75767064455286191692012-01-12T03:01:00.001-04:002012-01-12T03:01:47.551-04:00my aunt in atlanta had the following saying hanging on her kitchen wall, and even though it's not quoted directly from the scriptures, i found it to be possibly one of the truest (and sweetest) things i've ever read.
woman was created from the rib of man;
she was not made from his head to be above him,
nor was she made from his feet to be trampled on.
she was created out of his side to equal himzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-46956081850159125262012-01-11T01:22:00.001-04:002012-01-11T01:22:05.341-04:00
thank God for other people's idle habits.
i had a brief moment of happiness some two minutes ago.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-16083885309986286372012-01-10T23:30:00.000-04:002012-01-11T01:17:48.547-04:00i don't care what the experts say — i honestly think it's physically possible to die from heartache. the good thing is that i've got the wedding prep, my final semester of school, and sending out resumes to keep me occupied till no end, so that leaves no room to miss kenneth. also cos i know i'll see him soon on ichat, so i just gotta hang in there for a lil bit.
(yes, it's my final semester. zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-73151468176338444332012-01-09T00:01:00.003-04:002012-01-09T00:01:57.834-04:00not sure whether i've shared this song before — i love its quirkiness so much.
if i have, here it is again then! it's worth sharing it twice!
in other news:
1. i'm suffering from separation anxiety cos kenneth is leaving on tuesday. not sure whether the one month with me was such a good idea (for me) since it's gonna be a whopper on my heart (again!) when i see him walk through the gates onezhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-89454371717473575752012-01-08T00:02:00.000-04:002012-01-08T00:02:00.078-04:00Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it’s zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-46811653232875069592012-01-07T03:20:00.004-04:002012-01-07T03:20:51.613-04:00
i cannot begin to tell you how much i am in total bliss to have both guys i love (though in very different ways) in the same place, at the same time.
'twas a good call to hold out watching the daniel radcliffe version, and be rewarded with darren criss playing pierrepont! i thought he was a better fit for the role, but his voice is still a looong way from being a big broadway star. not that it zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-60108326619703082432012-01-03T18:41:00.000-04:002012-01-04T18:43:23.982-04:00
celebrating the engagement at babbo, by joe bastianich.
one of the best meals we've ever had in our eight-ish years together. was a little skeptical about having to make a reservation one month in advance.
but it was SO. GOOD.
everything was good.
if you ever come over to new york, pleaseee visit them.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-68993887455796070432012-01-02T18:15:00.000-04:002012-01-04T18:17:18.807-04:00the bridezilla in me is starting to be overwhelmed with the number of things i have to do. too soon?
actually, i exaggerate. it ain't so bad. but there are certainly many many more things to consider than i had anticipated. i suppose it's really cos i want to rush a little while i'm having this winter break (and while kenneth's with me), so that kenneth has a to-do list when he gets back to zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-29193327980322998082012-01-01T01:53:00.003-04:002012-01-01T01:53:52.420-04:00
i do not have a definitive answer on whether this is true or not, but it certainly isn't the first time i'm hearing/seeing such accounts.
what i do know is that i need as strong (if not more) a belief on the reality of heaven and of Christ in my life as this guy had. may 2012 be another year of growth in unfathomable ways!
happy new year everyone!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-15955157290565365932011-12-30T12:05:00.001-04:002011-12-30T12:06:36.389-04:00
"yes."zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-3817979787298396052011-12-28T14:50:00.000-04:002011-12-28T19:17:09.016-04:00furla, as in singlish for further
karen: when z comes out of the toilet, tell her we're at furla.
kenneth: furla where?
karen: the other wing. we walked past it just now.
kenneth: which shop exactly? we will meet you there.
karen: we're going to furla.
kenneth: yah, furla and furla away from here. but where exactly?
karen: FURLA. f-u-r-l-a, the brand name!
haha. the ill-informed boyfriend zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-11254485355977712102011-12-27T03:04:00.000-04:002011-12-27T03:04:07.467-04:00today we visited stone mountain, a pretty famous site known for the carving on it. while i was busily (and happily!) snapping shots of this ginormous monument of sorts, i recalled a very apt hymn!
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood,
from Thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure;
save from wrath and make me pure.
personally, zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-6517801875957198242011-12-25T18:49:00.000-04:002011-12-25T18:49:03.951-04:00merry christmas everyone!
it's still christmas where we are.
in 5 days, kenneth and i travelled from new york, to cali, to san diego, and now we're in atlanta! we have decided that if we ever had the chance, san diego is the place to go retire. such lovely weather, people, and scenery. will share pictures when i'm back in new york. it's times like these that i find it almost impossible to fathomzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-32206750825245624182011-12-19T05:19:00.001-04:002011-12-19T05:19:12.981-04:00my final paper later today is on cosmology and biogenesis, the latter being something that i totally do not believe in.
i've really been struggling in this class, not because i'm doing badly (hardly so), but because i have to pen down answers that i clearly do not subscribe to. and these fifteen weeks have seen us discuss about stars, planets, orbits, and their creation. that's a lot of zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-29275689073382320412011-12-17T19:07:00.003-04:002011-12-17T19:07:36.790-04:00self-explanatory
on broadway-no less.
different cast and slightly different stage direction, but still so good! and thank God for such good seats, which is the cause of my now-impoverished state, but great seats for kenneth is woohoo for me.
one more paper on monday, and then it's cali-for-ni-ahhhh!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-77738710230755506672011-12-14T00:23:00.004-04:002011-12-14T00:23:48.231-04:001. kenneth is on the flight to ny this very minute! so very exciting!
2. four more finals to go, can't wait for this to be over.
3. wicked on thursday!
4. nature has its way of telling me not to be lazy. i wanted to take a nap last night before studying for art history. and 10 mins into the nap, i get calf cramps in both legs. awesome.
5. tonight's episode of glee - easily the best one ever. zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-1201300396321789032011-12-12T01:41:00.002-04:002011-12-12T01:42:28.453-04:00pretty rockin'.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-85733849929060763562011-12-11T00:44:00.003-04:002011-12-11T03:10:08.449-04:00i love jcrew. they have cool stuff that gets me all excited to dress up. anddd i just found out that i get student discount. how awesome is that!?!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-74506168136038718942011-12-10T01:02:00.001-04:002011-12-10T01:02:00.668-04:00finals week begins, and this will be the official party line if the fretting comes.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-69548840440468863502011-12-09T11:06:00.000-04:002011-12-09T12:05:18.832-04:00zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-75055099143508195742011-12-08T01:44:00.001-04:002011-12-08T01:44:00.799-04:00i know i've been posting songs in these past few entries, but i really do love to share good/interesting/fun music. i foresee many more of such postings to occur, so you have been forewarned. music is, honestly, food for the soul, although food is also food for the soul. haha. but i suppose both have different magic powers, and they feed us differently. when i have my own home in the future, goodzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-20422997012450472842011-12-07T02:26:00.002-04:002011-12-07T02:54:08.923-04:00everyone's back together again! i knew it would happen because there's no other way about it, but seeing it happen makes me all the more excited about the episodes to come! yay!and wow.new directions really nailed it tonight. control shoulda been my favorite since darren was part solo for that. buttt man in the mirror is the winner cos i love me some male choir voices. i liked that each song zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-12326757406682281032011-12-06T00:40:00.000-04:002011-12-06T00:40:01.115-04:00"for this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. for if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-6339527277744763862011-12-05T03:13:00.004-04:002011-12-05T23:33:09.728-04:00i recently purchased the world's best color pencils, and it has rekindled the love for color(-ing). such vibrant colors, and just the sheer ease in using them. this, by the way, was one of my illustration assignments for the semester. we were to illustrate our take on this particular excerpt that was given to us, and it was just the strangest story ever. funny ridiculous strange, hence the zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-84939480748825112272011-12-04T00:25:00.001-04:002011-12-04T00:25:01.195-04:00sneak peek at this week's episode. it's sectionals week! that means great songs and choreography! and i'm really curious to see how the glee club at mckinley high will fare without rachel berry!great mash-up tune, seriously, like, hands-down awesome job always in the singing dept (go naya!), but not quite sure i like the choreo for this as a whole. i like certain individual dance steps, and also zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-3567622507767803622011-12-03T02:35:00.003-04:002011-12-03T02:50:54.584-04:00saw this on kenneth's fb wall the other day. pure genius.i love the idea of ingenuity in fashion! it's beyond just a great design; it's taking what was intended for another purpose/usage. sometimes, just to spice things up, i do that when i get some time to dress up. it's all about thinking out of the box and it kicks in that little edgy fun in fashion, no? it also allows you to give yourself a zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-49026542996414934932011-12-02T23:02:00.002-04:002011-12-02T23:26:54.966-04:00i don't know why it is so, but i'm very particular about the television programs i watch. i'm talkin' solely about english shows, please don't even get me started on chinese stuff. i have an entirely different scorecard for mandarin televised programs. much stricter, if you will.so english shows, yes. i've had friends vehemently raving about various shows that they are hooked onto (lost, heroes, zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-63834384257748754602011-12-01T22:18:00.003-04:002011-12-02T01:11:35.280-04:00the word "relationship" was echoing in my mind the whole time i was back in singapore for the summer. it's largely due to the fact that i've been away for a while, and when i went home, i had the chance to touch base with the people i knew or once hung out with. i must admit that despite being back home for almost four months, i only met up with 20% of my intended list. haha. i shall assume the zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-89356059724545777092011-11-25T15:07:00.002-04:002011-11-25T15:19:01.074-04:0014 hours later, and i'm back.sooo much damage done, but i feel so happy and accomplished. well, no more shopping till next semester (or till kenneth comes and goes with me to woodbury!) this is happy thanksgiving, happy birthday, happy kenneth-coming-over, happy wicked-day, happy volunteering-at-shelter, happy exams-over, happy holiday(s), happy christmas, happy boxing day, happy new year, happyzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-82488258549786762602011-11-25T01:36:00.000-04:002011-11-25T03:37:14.103-04:00up at 1am to go black friday shopping - am at my insanest yet.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-31079881988919332062011-11-24T09:20:00.001-04:002011-11-24T09:20:01.075-04:00yes, they really do say boo-yah here. it's probably the only slang word/phrase that i will never catch on, just cos it sounds really dumb and i cannot imagine it leaving my mouth.and tom felton's a winner with his "you speak american? for some reason i thought it was english."BOO YAH!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-82885691486985770442011-11-22T00:16:00.001-04:002011-11-22T00:16:00.361-04:00i've been into french songs recently, which sounds ludicrous because i don't comprehend a word. not. a. single. word. but they just sound so nice, and melodious. take this one for example:while you're at it, check out carla bruni. i know her for her french songs, but she has this particular song in english, "you belong to me", that i think is quite magical as well. happy tuesday everyone! i'm zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-26000989114267653262011-11-21T00:51:00.002-04:002011-11-21T01:15:53.327-04:00introducing my new favorite song in church. it was sung during the offertory last week, and then i went home to google the chords,and made kenneth take his guitar out to play it while i sang to the tune on ichat. hahaha.buttt we sang it as a worship song today. hallelujah! that makes me so pleased. the lyrics are by the famous charles wesley, with a rearranged tune. not that you'll be able to zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-31015813782174032352011-11-19T03:47:00.001-04:002011-11-19T03:49:20.271-04:00dear fall,you take my breath away.love,a true fanzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-40144859985836735562011-11-18T00:11:00.002-04:002011-11-18T00:11:01.000-04:00not sure whether i've posted this before, but this was wayyy before the overnight glee stardom.i like keepin' it real. ♥♥♥zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-26186029846138842622011-11-17T00:01:00.002-04:002011-11-20T02:09:33.663-04:00"said the king to the people everywhere:listen to what i saypray for peace people everywherelisten to what i saythe Child, the Childsleeping in the nightHe will bring us goodness and lightHe will bring us goodness and light"is it too early to sing christmas songs?i think not!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-10981505757054014282011-11-16T00:38:00.001-04:002011-11-16T00:40:18.960-04:00anthony bourdain.singapore.ramsay.all in one video.everybody say "whattt!"zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-2665551891708505272011-11-15T00:19:00.002-04:002011-11-15T00:25:38.505-04:00how.like, how.seen here.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-43872734052790968272011-11-14T23:44:00.002-04:002011-11-15T00:17:58.906-04:00okay, two down, one last ippudo branch to go to and we're set.that's if i ever go to japan. haha. i don't see that happening anytime soon, unless kenneth bribes me or i get a free ticket there. hoho.anyhoo, after three arduous hours of waiting, ippudo ny gave my company and i a table. that's beyond insane - both the waiting time and the fact that i waited. it wasn't even all that cold that zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-70751193416563778072011-11-13T23:08:00.002-04:002011-11-13T23:14:02.292-04:00:'(how sad is this song/mv? major mood-buster.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-26635316629624311462011-11-12T00:50:00.005-04:002011-11-12T01:27:13.386-04:00shopping, sport and sleep is my go-to for any form of relief. how does anyone live otherwise?i mini-rewarded myself for completing three significant projects alone this week, i turned to f21, opi, kate spade, longchamp, sephora, shake shack, bill's burgers, dollar guo tie, uo, crumpler, amazon, and apple store. i have never felt more liberated (well, actually i have. but in a different way). zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-52405664048728337062011-11-11T03:32:00.005-04:002011-11-11T04:06:34.800-04:00did anyone catch this week's episode of glee? i'm honestly quite perturbed and disappointed by the subject broached, despite understanding that the glee writers thrive on controversial topics. i don't think there needs to be more publicity about pre-marital relations, much less a gay one (even though it features lovely darren). on that note of disapproving things, i have never been supportive of zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-53234996004648462392011-11-10T18:11:00.000-04:002011-11-10T18:12:42.865-04:00i.can.finally.breathe.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-36182867437504412902011-11-06T22:56:00.003-04:002011-11-14T21:38:42.351-04:00"prone to wander, Lord, i feel it,prone to leave the God i love;here's my heart, o, take and seal it,seal it for thy courts above."i have been terribly busy with work. i'm sayin' there's normal workload, there's overwhelmed with work, and then there's me. i don't think i have worked so hard like this in smu, not even a fraction of it. it's like i'm learning new levels of fatigue daily. i even zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-486378505363957052011-11-05T00:03:00.001-04:002011-11-05T00:03:00.759-04:00the warblers are coming back next week! yay!and yes, i sometimes go to perez hilton's site. don't judge me.i'm gonna try making kenneth wear shirts with cardigans. the bow-tie will be a bit much, so let's just start with cardigans first. note to self: get him to lose weight pronto.oh and dear darren, you are a very beautiful man.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-21112717375323617772011-11-04T12:39:00.001-04:002011-11-04T12:41:15.368-04:00hello people,using Firefox, go to Google, and type "do a barrel roll".hope that made you happy! :)happy Friday!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-73299702868885647302011-10-30T01:35:00.000-04:002011-10-30T01:36:12.051-04:00"oh, for a second there, i thought you was tryna fix ma dents...... well then no thank you. i don't get them dents buffed, pulled, filled, or painted by n'body. they're way too valuable...... i come by each one of them with ma best friend, lightning mcqueen. i don't fix these. i wanna remember them forever."- materi knew it.i knew from the first "cars" movie that mater was an awesome character, zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-19812538479800274602011-10-29T00:45:00.000-04:002011-10-29T00:45:00.281-04:00would i have guessed that anya would win this season of project runway? not at all!but i was secretly rooting for her every episode. haha.i liked her because she was the underdog, and i like underdogs. cos if they do win, it means so much more! anya only learned how to sew four months before the casting episode, and her handicap shows in every episode because you see her scrambling to finish the zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-87552309208985620472011-10-28T00:26:00.001-04:002011-10-28T00:26:00.809-04:00i'm not one to curse, but these pictures......just scream dubdew-tee-age. life-sized, by the way, and the proportions are accurate to the t.seen on thisiscolossal.ps: everything on that site screams dubdew-tee-age as well.some people are just sooo good at what they do!~in other news, jen got a casting call to be an a&f model. well, at least one of us in the family is gonna be a model.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-7410139789831895422011-10-27T10:10:00.003-04:002011-10-27T10:18:20.783-04:00thought i'd share one of the things i love about being here. the cloudless blue skies! i'm a huge fan of photoshop, but i promise you that this picture wasn't doctored at all (i didn't even alter the white balance cos it's taken with the iphone), and i'm positively certain that we NEVER get such blue skies in singapore! i love beautiful days like these. it makes me want to dress fancy-er, and zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-14495478691067844182011-10-25T21:11:00.002-04:002011-10-25T21:33:22.892-04:00me likey everything about this.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-26438983664161174092011-10-23T18:01:00.002-04:002011-10-23T18:58:19.872-04:00i have been serving for about two months at children's church this academic year (the year begins in august over here), and because it's a fairly new class of kiddies, some weeks are easier to handle than others.this week was really awesome. the kids seemed to have suddenly opened up more than they already have, and they readily share the fun things that they did that week, or presents that zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-49823169529101376882011-10-20T06:13:00.002-04:002011-10-20T06:28:13.061-04:00a quick post before i head back to art history mugging. - it's been a whirlwind-y two weeks, and i'm glad that the second week is almost up and i only have two more papers left. - i am on a sleep debt that i don't think i'll ever be able to redeem.- i got to count the offering on sunday! i felt so privileged.- redeemer is top-notch in protecting itself from danger, as well as remaining blameless.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-69147874203329949992011-10-14T00:38:00.005-04:002011-10-14T00:52:09.993-04:00我爱你.recently, i have been totally obsessed with heeled oxfords of all sorts. okay not very recent since it's almost about a year now. and urban outfitters has answered my prayer with this lovely fit!i think they are just the most versatile shoes ever to be made!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-45113117345678768372011-10-13T22:18:00.002-04:002011-10-13T22:23:23.917-04:00The Meaning of Marriage Trailer from Redeemer City to City on Vimeo.i really thank God for keller. :)zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-55378187768488534332011-10-12T22:35:00.004-04:002011-10-12T22:50:16.751-04:00so many singaporeans (my age) at one time!photo courtesy of gan annour common denominator = combination of mfa and xhzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-48024823319128803422011-10-11T22:24:00.002-04:002011-10-11T22:32:39.510-04:00"philosopher j.l. mackie makes this case against God in his book the miracle of theism (oxford, 1982). he states it this way: if a good and powerful God exists, he would not allow pointless evil, but because there is much unjustifiable, pointless evil in the world, the traditional good and powerful God could not exist. some other god or no god may exist, but not the traditional God. many other zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-31646591558703244142011-10-09T23:18:00.009-04:002011-10-10T04:17:03.333-04:00last week's episode. i'm not a feminist at all, but for some strange reason, this song was very empowering. hahaha. it must be the choreography. good job zach woodlee. i absolutely loveeeeeed it.i especially liked the part where santana, my favourite gal, comes in, and all the girls hit the gym floor! she does this knowing nod thing - SOOO HOT! i also loved that quinn was wearing some super sweetzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-63103240546465782152011-10-08T23:50:00.004-04:002011-10-10T04:17:27.885-04:00have got a little time before i head back to do work. this week has been a mad rush because mid-terms are coming up, and i'm crazed by the workload. it also doesn't help that i'm yearning to play 24/7 because the weather is just beautiful. like, really to-die-for-and-lay-naked-on-the-lawn kind of glorious weather. why does this always happen when i need to be stuck indoors!!!anyhoo, apart from zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-33422466900507505732011-10-05T21:55:00.003-04:002011-10-06T00:08:52.285-04:00dear steve jobs,i'm a little sad you're gone. but i'm thankful that our lifetimes crossed, which allowed me to experience a little bit of your genius.thank you so much for creating our (kenneth and mine) ipod shuffle 1g, ipod shuffle 2g, ipod shuffle 3g, white and black macbooks, ipod touch, iphone 3g, white iphone and ipad2.we have enjoyed them very much.love,zzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-10008491825058487182011-10-04T10:55:00.001-04:002011-10-05T01:09:56.815-04:00i accidentally threw my student card into the subway trash can tonight -_- was holding my empty salad box and the card in one hand, and then i panicked when i heard the train coming and ... conveniently tossed both in.fortunately for me: the trash can was cleared not too long ago, so it wasn't infested with new yorkers' nonsense.fortunately for me part two: i decided to bring my long ruler home zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-75825232561407162142011-10-02T07:07:00.000-04:002011-10-02T07:07:00.302-04:00"you have enemies? good. that means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."- winston churchill -zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-73017496177481627392011-10-01T11:28:00.000-04:002011-10-01T11:53:51.815-04:00can we all just pause and take a moment to find out what hit us at 1:27?absolutely lovelyyy singing!zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-79773898391744992542011-09-30T08:51:00.002-04:002011-09-30T08:51:00.126-04:00sing a song of sixpence,a pocket full of rye;four and twenty black birdsbaked in a pie.when the pie was opened,the birds began to sing;wasn't it a dainty dish to set before the king?the king was in his counting house,counting all his money;the queen was in the parlour,eating bread and honey;the maid was in the garden,hanging out the clothes.and down came a black birdto peck off her nose.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-50200520849865437092011-09-29T23:12:00.004-04:002011-09-29T23:59:12.768-04:00even though i thought it was (almost) entirely useless to have to attend english/literature/critique classes last year, i really appreciated the choice of books that my teacher chose for us to read. i'm not a fan of the part of literature where you have to take exams about the books you've read, but i do like the reading part, and the dissecting of the characters' psyche and plot developments. itzhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-91435926912225005972011-09-28T23:16:00.002-04:002011-09-28T23:26:15.656-04:00heston blumenthal, another of those michelin star chefs, is my latest interest in the cooking world. he's known to combine the laws of science with his knowledge of cooking to produce dishes that are truly sublime to the palette. he also believes that eating is an entire experience on its own, and thinks that people should enjoy the journey of the meal.before you think it's not possible to zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-85040185581256190632011-09-26T23:26:00.002-04:002011-09-27T00:00:45.158-04:00i'm just sayin'1. mondays are my longest days. it's superbly tiring to have three classes back to back, with no time to eat properly! anyhoo, a little update on classes so far.i've got three history/theory classes - astronomy, 19th century art history, and world civilization, illustration, communication design, computer graphics, and typography.(a) so farrrr, illustration has been my least zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-83222406629603600492011-09-24T01:27:00.001-04:002011-09-24T01:28:45.238-04:00happy birthday jim henson.you're one of the reasons i have an imagination.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-61784918860840127632011-09-23T09:41:00.000-04:002011-09-23T11:08:15.189-04:00all things gleeone of the warbler actors tweeted this video in the morning. too funny! great way to start my morning of running errands, doing laundry, and mass (or mess. hur hur) room clean-up.also, fox is selling this in their stores.i think if i were to purchase this, it'll be bordering on scb-ness.BUTTT, i could buy it for kenneth, play "barbie", and get him to perform warbler songs for me zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-66208803316627178902011-09-22T00:26:00.002-04:002011-09-22T00:35:35.577-04:00a flight from helsinki landed in singapore yesterday, and it had the most awesome stuff painted on it!adorable (x 91625426192735)!!!click here for the full article.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-61714387752982382682011-09-20T23:26:00.002-04:002011-09-20T23:33:24.359-04:00i see what you're doing with that get-up. it's all very cute, bowtie and all.but the tight red pants ain't workin' for me, sweetheart.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-81153468303931934252011-09-20T00:11:00.001-04:002011-09-20T01:14:18.365-04:00"today i don't feel like doing anythingi just wanna lay in my beddon't feel like picking up my phone,so leave a message at the tone'cos today i swear i'm not doing anythingnothing at allnothing at all"in other news, glee starts tonight. awesome possum, yo.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-58056494048154071752011-09-19T00:45:00.004-04:002011-09-19T01:32:19.269-04:00the weather suddenly became really cold on thursday. i mean, like really suddenly. i know fall happens after labor day, but y'know the thing with weather - it doesn't adhere to dates. so on thursday, it was hot out in the late morning and afternoon, like it's always been. then at 6pm, it suddenly became very cold. i'm talkin' from 24 degreesc to 11 degreesc in a span of 2 hours. what's up with zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-72441624480875530172011-09-17T00:11:00.000-04:002012-01-11T00:45:55.099-04:00
"i'm officially missing you"
kenneth and i attended a marriage preparation retreat just before i left singapore, and it was an eye-opener. i've always known that marriage was a sacred union, but to learn how high a regard God had for the covenant between a man and a woman is just mind-blowing, to say the least. it was also surprising to note the numerous passages that speak of how we ought to zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-9106791412524286452011-09-16T09:38:00.000-04:002011-09-16T12:03:06.595-04:00two days ago, yahoo singapore had an article about kumar coming out of the closet.erm, that's not new news.zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-20960214067064851702011-09-15T00:32:00.001-04:002011-09-16T01:53:33.488-04:00remember how i mentioned i wasn't all that quick in taking out my camera to try to get a proper shot of darren criss when i saw him upclose? and how regretful that was?well, it wasn't the not-trying that made me feel that way. i did try my best to snap some photos without properly focusing, i.e. camera-over-the-head-in-a-frenzy-before-i-never-get-to-see-him-ever-again-in-my-life, but i sorta had zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-6922897245068726522011-09-14T13:46:00.002-04:002011-09-14T14:08:42.840-04:00sharing my (delightful) meditation from this morning."behold our shield, o God,and look upon the face of Your anointed.for a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.i would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my Godthan dwell in the tents of wickedness.for the LORD God is a sun and shield;the LORD gives grace and glory;no good thing does He withhold from those who walk zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-83437082192748213362011-09-11T23:05:00.001-04:002011-09-11T23:09:52.983-04:0009/11/11zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833767.post-42839376573372268122011-09-11T12:54:00.003-04:002011-09-11T12:54:00.092-04:00haha. you're gonna think this is fully random, because it totally is. but i don't care - this is atlanta day five for you.waffle house breakfast + dim sum (second) breakfast + atlanta zoo + two breweries+ chik-fil-a+ reminiscing the long hair ~today marks ten years since 9/11. ten years! can you believe it's been that long? i can't, but i'm sure the people here in new york can. it's gonna be a zhihuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00683914203388236267noreply@blogger.com