Monday, January 26, 2009

Happy 牛 Year!

Happy Cow Year!

I love Chinese New Year: the bustling, hustling air submerges me in the memories and colours of a playful childhood. Happy memories awashed in smells and nostalgia.

This year's preparations were late, by normal reckoning: causing a mad rush of buying and cleaning and scrubbing and wiping mere days before 除夕. But it was fun, no doubt. 

I am also, pretty traditional: of the sort that fastidiously adheres to new year taboos and rituals. 

No swearing, cleaning, cursing, moping.
Do not break anything. 
Do not discuss morbid things. 
Do not complain. 
Do not look into your red packet until....erh..
Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200.

A journey of a thousand mile starts with but one step
cleaning out last year's wardrobe is serious business
after 4 hours
housework is considered therapeutic in certain religions
let's hope that the year is as happy as this cow
all spick and span
reunion dinner number 1..
with a bajillion relatives in our family temple
reunion dinner number 2!
girls and girls
my bro and I
around the bamboo again
my little aunt and I
praying for the strength of an ox!
temples bring out the festive atmosphere
hope one of these numbers let me strike 4d
the dog's luck summarised
the god of fortune! praying for ToTo numbers!
a really docile, muscular cow-person

my new 24inch lcd + dual screen for phatness!

Random pics with no meaning whatsoever!

photo of photos
cute shot of everyone trying to shoot photos
tweety bird on the tree branch
reflective surfaces make for interesting pieces
mr meow says Happy Niu Year!

Happy prosperous and healthy 牛 Year everyone!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

in case you havent read this

Sweet Story

Two German children, six and seven, elope for Africa

Two childhood sweethearts, aged six and seven, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, determined to tie the knot under the African sun, police said Monday.
The pair identified as Mika and Anna-Lena "are very much in love and decided to get married in Africa where it is warm, taking with them as a witness Anna-Lena's little sister, aged five," police spokesman Holger Jureczko told AFP.
The idea for the romantic trip began when Mika told the two girls about his recent holiday in Italy, while their families celebrated New Year's Eve together. "From this, the children began to make plans for the future," Jureczko said.
As the first dawn of 2009 broke, the trio started to put these plans into action, packing all the essentials for the journey, including "sunglasses, swimming trunks, a lilo, summer clothes and provisions."
While their parents slept, they left their house in the suburbs of Hanover, walked a kilometre (two-thirds of a mile) up the road to a tram stop from where they took a tram for the central station.
Waiting for a train to the airport, they aroused the attention of a guard who contacted police.
Two officers managed to convince the young lovers that they would struggle to get to Africa without money or a plane ticket.
As a consolation, the children were given a special tour of the police headquarters at Hanover station where they were especially taken with the detention cells.
Their relieved parents picked them up from the station, the spokesman said, adding: "They can still put their plan into action at a later date."
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Such an endearing story of innocence and love. Hope everyone is doing well.
Happy Belated 2009..haha.

Friday, November 07, 2008

My Favourite Comix

This happens to me all the time.

Introducing everyone to my favourite comic strip about Romance, Sarcasm, Math and Language!

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

turning tides



You and I, my friends, we sit on the threshold of history.

Barrak or McCain.

The fortunes of our world on a pinhead.

and I'm not even American.

Hah.

Monday, November 03, 2008

Sian

Woke up at 5am feeling uncomfortable.

The bedsheet felt sticky; my head, thick with wool; my stomach bloated.

I could not return to sleep, so I walked around the pitch-dark living room, assailed by both the need to sleep and puke.

I puked up some undigested dinner as my head spun around some. Undeterred, I crawled back onto my bed, and found that if I laid prone, the urge to retch returned. And so, I sat upright on my bed, hoping to meditate and perhaps keep the yuckiness in abeyance.....

....And I fell asleep sitting up.

When I woke up, my arms and legs were numb, and a wretched bloatedness had made camp in the pits of my stomach. Fatigue washed over me: as if I had fought a quiet battle across the invisible fields of my neurological system and lost.

As I sat, contemplating the discomfort I am feeling, it occurred to me that it might have been something I ate last night; or perhaps the quantity of that previous meal.

In anycase, here I am. Feeling sorry for myself; not wanting to move around much. I would go lay on the bed, if I could, despite the general lack of quality sleep: I can't. I can't even sit without feeling arkward and fatigued.

This sucks.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Long Weekend

A long weekend,

Where did Wally go?















A thousand stories; a single thread.