l'année du chien

early reunion dinner today. started at about 16h30. cos my aunt [and her family] had a plane to catch. back to aussieland. hmm i'm going to miss them. ...

the usual eve-of-cny live programmes on tv.
i always forget they exist until it's new year's eve again. tiger beer and their amusing promotions during the cny period. lala.

oh well.
happy new year then, everyone.

what it looks like

whee.
so cute right?

sigh, makes me want to do something drastic to my hair.
*ponders*

and yes i is flickring.
zzz...

jx likes...

Gackt!
[yes i finally laminated the photos]


jh!
this one walks and talks and is pokeable, so it tops the list.

ha ha ha

465N

some prettiness.
am happy with the photo.
*gwinz*


lalala.

a fourth language

Somes updates are in order, I guess.

Japanese lessons have been really fun so far. The teacher is nice and cute (in the Japanese sort of way). I got full marks for spelling (probably cos it was *still easy*). Writing 习字 is fun. Hmmm what else? Everything is quite nice and fun. Me looks forward to Japanese lessons. If I don't fail this I'll consider taking another Jap module.

School's tiring though. I had a bad headache the whole of today. And my huge evil ulcer is killing me. But I suppose I should be glad that I can eat normal, solid food now. And I forgot to weigh myself this morning. Sigh.

"quell"
is such a nice word.

4 photos.

leftover blood.


clean spacious table. rare.


what i got from joycelyn for xmas


bed invaders jh and renald

Alien in my Mailbox

Sigh sigh sigh.
Madness.
This aired on Channel U!! And I didn't know! [haha not that I watch tv / keep track of what LeeHom is up to] Sigh. It's from a few years ago though. Sighhhhh. Lousy fan [of Gackt] I am.
Haha and zis is not for the faint-hearted. Well, if you know what the lyrics are saying the -behaviour- will make more sense. =) Hmm... I'll explain why I like Gackt... some other day.

Symphony Seed Destiny is making me very happy.
LSO sounds nice. More "human" than the Japanese orchestra. I can *almost* hear the flaws! Hahahaa... Very Human. I likes. Whee. Amusement. The LSO does so many soundtracks... Whee. Happy happy music. =)

Blood.
I shall not gush about how I love seeing my own blood flow [out of arm vein]. Don't like leftover blood under skin though. Let's see how long it'll take to disappear. lala~

And.
I shall not say much on the topic of "secret emails".
just... it's better to be on the "better side" of unfairness. But then again, the meaning of the term "unfairness" varies according to perspective. So never mind. *laughs it off*

J'aime des moules. Les moules sont très très mignonnes. Les moules me rendent contente. erm.

Spell -- Kate Clanchy

If, at your desk, you push aside your work,
take down a book, turn to this verse
and read that I kneel there, pressing
my ear where on your chest the muscles
arch as great books part, in seagull curves,
bridging the seasounds of your heart,

and that your hands run through my hair,
draw the wayward mass to strands
as flat as scarlet silk-thread bookmarks,
and stroke my cheeks as if smoothing
back the tissue leaves from chilly,
plated pages, and pull me near

to read my eyes alone, then you shall see,
silvered and monochrome, yourself,
sitting at your desk, taking down a book,
turning to this verse, and then, my love,
you shall not know which one of us is reading
now, which writing, and which written.

--

*loves*

many many photos. you've been warned.

there goes 2005.
time to start trying to get used to writing 2006 when asked for the date. haha.
happy new year everyone. hope 06 will be better than 05 =p

i changed the "fengshui" (oh right) of my bedroom a few days ago... switched my bed and table around... now i have achy arms and shoulders and goodness knows what else. haha. now all i need is a nice bookcase/shelf to store all the barang barang i can't bear to hide away in the darkness...

anyway.
i finally looked (properly) at the photos we took in china and bangkok (there weren't many of them, mainly because i wasn't the photographe du jour =p), and i found some nice/interesting ones (mostly by yours truly haha i am egoïste today)... sharity elephant says we should share. so here you go...


some forbidden city goodness. nice empty spaces and blue skies. =]


a crazy ball of ivory. someone please tell me how they create the layers. in the first place.


amusing signs are pretty common in Beijing, it seems. =p


ahhhhh goodness.


signs like this mean... loo cubicles have doors. and they don't stink too bad.


where else but?


好汉不吸烟！


i love love love this photo to bits [and bytes]. *sigh*


have another one. this one is Darker. nice photos make me happy.


the moon! another yummy semi-Dark shot. it's the first time i've managed to get such a big moon in any photo. haha.


it's -18 degrees. and colder in the shade. ice! haha bag under oversized padded jacket makes me look pregnant. sheesh...


bangkok! where the temperature is closer to tolerable. cheap and yummy jap food at fuji jap restaurant at MBK! haha.


my beautiful chawan mushi... it's very yummy too!


super duper artistic still life :: five watermelon seeds and stalk of parsley


chinatown! pretty danglies at 12 pairs for 90 baht! madness.

ok. enough.

it's 2006!
my new year's resolutions?
well one of them will definitely be to try to like myself better... haha