"It’s amazing. The things you realize when you lose someone. You get mad at yourself for not saying the things you could’ve a million times.
You take for granted the days spent doing nothing when you could have been with them. Anyone can be taken, at any time in our lives, but we always wait until they’re gone to say the things we never had the courage to before."
—
(via staree)

it's one of the best xmas i ever had:) overall~

went out early in the morning for kboxing.omg.almost cldnt wake up on time.and it had to be a rainy morning of all days.tsk..naughty weather.haha.anyway at kbox, thr was lots of singing, chatting, screaming.hahah..esp had fun singing jam's wang fei.lol. cld hear me screaming my lungs out. oh..but it had a terrible sad effect on haiping who went out "RAWKER" for the entire day and the whole of christmas-.-'' it was so embarrassing to be standing beside her.hahah.but still, tt song is my new favourite:) okay, kbox was followed by alvin and the chipmunks..hahha. Theodore is seriously super duper uber cute.i juz love him soo much. kawaii ne.and i finally rmb what's the chipmunk in blue is called.. simon:) love the part where they went round and round and singing at the top of their squeaky voice.lol.hilarious.and when simon said "he's theodore, in case anyone didnt catch that." and i finally got to meet my mei fu (sister-in-law aka py's bf) okay..they look cute tgt.so eh..we approved, saying on behalf of the 3 of us.haha. 
evening sees me, my sis and my bro busy wrapping presents and decorating our xmas tree.haha. for some reason.this yr it really felt like xmas. after the mad rush of wrapping, we had a big feast made up of pizzas, kfc, mos milk tea and lotsa chatting and love on christmas eve. plus mahjong! and i won 2 rounds out of the 5 rounds i played.hehe..not bad right. i think 情场失意赌场得意is pretty accurate. for me.hahah.cos my sis got love but she also won 2 rounds.lol.so tt's how my xmas eve ended. oh ya, and the unwrapping of presents.haha.not to mention tt, this christmas was pretty special with my grandma sleeping over. i think my mum was really happy. haha.so all in all, despite some disappointment. xmas eve was great!

oh ya.not to forget the new CHIPPETTES:))

xmas.woke up at like 2pm.haha.almost half the day was gone. lol. anyway headed out to town. it was crowded like siao.now i know why i nv went to town to celebrate xmas for the past few years.hate squeezing and walking at snail pace cos it was so crowded. tried a jap resturant at ion basement. near the tako pachi thr.haha.still didnt manage to try the tako pachi yet. but the jap food was really quite nice. at least my chicken katsu curry was=)) after tt got a bit tired. i think it was post-food sleepyness. but we still decided to go marina square for some pool! haha.haven played in ages. 2 against one. got thrashed.but it was great fun! i juz love the thrill of hitting the occasional ball in. but kinda weird. my white ball got a brilliant habit of touring the "world" and not hitting a single ball in the process-.-'' haha. but still, our opponent sucks.haha. we only managed to play 3 games in one hr. he cld have finished us off in a shorter time if he were more pro. anyway we were still the winners..haha.cos the winner treated us to andersens's ice cream. drools. it juz taste esp nice.haha. and tt's the end of my christmas day., oh ya. i received a bag, a watch, towel (courtesy of my dad-.-'') a bracelet (which drop 3 crystals in juz 3 hrs of wear:(((() and a pair of earrings.haha. so tt's my xmas loot:) kinda broke now cos i also bought a number of expensive gifts.haiz.. anyway, it's boxing day tdy!


happy boxing day! and a great new year ahead!!!!

 
i'm back from egypt!

okay it has been more than one week since now, but i feel a need to recollect them and record down somewhere. it was quite an insightful trip; cairo was no doubt the notorious city we found out from hearsay, but the few first-hand unpleasant experiences could no way undermine the beauty of the country's history and architectural landscape. my favourite moment: riding through the dessert on a camel's back as the pyramids slowly came into full view on the left, one by one in a row. i remember shouting WOOHOO! I FEEL LIKE I'M STARRING IN SOME EPIC MOVIE!! :)  i loved too the night when we all sat at the deck of our cruise on the river nile, drinking non-alcoholic beer and shivering from the cold wind but refusing to go down because we were on such interesting topics. haha that was when i learnt that my sister actually has much more historical and general knowledge than me, oh my. anyway, did you know that we humans share 40% of our dna with CABBAGES?! :)

i wish i had read up abit of egypt's history before the trip tho, but after a while words like cartouche and amun-ra grew on me (it's hard not to when each visit to an ancient temple feels abit like an overwhelming history lecture from a not very well-pronouncing tour guide). the whole country is like a living museum; you can actually stretch ur fingers out to touch ancient hieroglyphics carved on sandstones 5000years ago. they also have plenty of tombs and obelisks all spread out - things that places like the louvre and london museum display so precariously (when it's not even originally/rightfully theirs). it's also amazing how kings of the past were so preoccupied with the afterlife, spending half their time literally digging their own graves, that they forget to live. it's unbelievable how religion can shape the lives of millions, be manipulated to sustain power and order, or drive to build great architectural wonders.

anyway, we met this kenyan couple on the cruise whom were about 70 years old. sweet right?! but what made them so interesting were the stories they told. they were white kenyan natives whose british parents migrated over since young, and they've carved out quite a career for themselves as rose planters and exporters. they used to wake up with a hippopotamus swiping its tail on their veranda, and upon fixing electric fences they find a line of giraffes bordering their gardens. each weekend would be filled with camping trips to the safari, with occasional wildcats like leopards walk pass their tent; or even once, a group of tribal men charging towards them whom had to be scared away with a gunshot to the sky.

you can tell from the way they related their experiences that they really loved their lives and their country with such pride.

before this, i used to be afraid of not being able to find a job in the corporate world because i have no idea what i want and nobody will hire someone like me, with neither straight As nor credible internships. now, i'm scared that upon graduating i will eventually enter the corporate world, and my predictable life will juz go forward from there in a straight narrow line. i will strive for a raise in my paycheck, but not for my dreams... because i don't even know what they are. there is nothing in the world i'm so passionate about that i will drop everything just to pursue it. when you hear that such beautiful things are actually possible, you also start to realize that you will never get to experience that kinda life.

but then again, happiness is relative. in the very same country i was travelling in, the contrast between the local poverty and wealthy tourists is so apparent when the front row of houses facing the nile is so prettily painted juxtaposed against the destitute state of the real life hidden behind. while i din fare too well on the other equation, i am the lucky one in this. and now, i become a little happier.

i guess it's about being contented with the little pleasures in life. i am happy, but you can't be too contented too. now i feel too ordinary, i need to count my blessings again. but i also need to make use of them. first, i gotta try to find out what i really really want.

i think i think too much. this post is supposed to be about egypt hahaha.
 

HELLLOOOOOO.
okay okay, finally a proper blog entry after i'm back from awesomeee hokkaido (the food was fantastic! i put on 2bloody kg there but the place was alil boring) and SUPER AWESOME genting :) :) :) will blog about hokkaido in the next entry after im done with collating my hundreds and hundreds of photos.

( THIS IS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLYYYY <3 )