captured memories.

Old printed out photos fascinate me to no end. This photo is definitely one of my all-time favorite. That's my dad and I. I'm pretty sure I was mimicking my dad's pose. I edited the second photo to get rid of the purple tone which looks deeper in the scanned version, the old photos in my albums are mostly purple toned. /the power of photoshop.

I'm sadden by the fact that nowadays most of us do not printing out the photos we captured like how people used to years ago...the feeling you get when you are looking at those old, faded out photos is one of a kind. 

May book haul

It was Labor Day and I went to do some shopping with my parents and sister who were here for the public holiday. There's a two-week break this month and I can't wait to go home! But at the mean time, I have to find myself some time to read the books I've brought along and the new books I've bought.

These are the three books I've bought. I didn't want to buy too many books that time because I was saving up the money to buy some school stuff. A new reference book for three semester each is a little bit too much but...we will see.

Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

Runaway Mama

Just a song I'm madly addicted to these days. My sister is still all upset because she didn't go to his concert in Malaysia. 

I've been listening to more Chinese songs these days but the songs are either from the very few singers I like or old classic songs from legendary singers in the Chinese/Cantonese music industry. The radio station I listen to while driving doesn't play new C-pop songs that often compared to other stations which is exactly what I need. 

midnight...early morning update.

So I'm finally feeling better and normal now after a couple of moody weeks. /throws confetti. I still have problems that are left unsolved but never mind, they aren't really bothering me that much.

Keeping myself busy with something and having an aim or goal are actually great. Being busy is better than doing nothing...it's true. This is one of those 'you-have-to-experience-it-yourself-to-know-how-much-it-sucks' things. Quoting the words of the 89% high-school graduates before me, 'I never thought I would miss school.' Yes. School suck so much but I still miss it and believe me, I remember myself swearing to no one saying 'I ,*inserts name* SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I AM NEVER EVER EVER GOING TO MISS SCHOOL!'

I've graduated high school, now what? I thought I was going to spend my almost-4 months worth of holiday reading and doing things that I've always wanted to do. How naive of me. 

Speaking of keeping myself busy...I've actually started to learn Japanese and please allow me to express my gratitude to the Internet. Thank you Internet, for being good and helpful most of the time. 

This discovery is made when I was watching an anime after a K-drama. I discovered that I'd never noticed the fact that I can read Korean but can't really understand the meaning and I can't read Japanese but can understand most of them. Hrmm...you can't always get the best of both worlds. 

In order to get my fictional senpai to notice me (I know it's impossible but just let a desperate 後輩 dream her way to the Land of the Rising Sun. More like the Land of the Shonen Mangas with Perfect Fictional Characters that are Never Going to be Mine.), I decided to give the language a try. Besides, I was struggling to choose between the two languages that time so I guess it's been decided now. 

I downloaded the Hiragana and Katakana charts to my phone (thank you technology) and have been focusing on memorizing the syllables since the past few days. I never knew it's actually this difficult to memorize them. However, I'm enjoying the process of learning a new language and I like challenges (not really).

It's 4am now and my family is going to wake up in another hour or so so I better end this update quickly to continue my 黒子のバスケ. This is my second time watching the anime...read 202 chapters of manga in two days. All the basketballs and senpais.

全力を尽くします！ typed it myself and googled it and it's correct!!! /throws confetti again

that's it

I've found my answer. I was over-thinking, like always.

just another day.

I think I'm slowly losing interests in things which I used to think I could never give up on...or maybe I've found something new which I subconsciously placed them before the previous ones? 

The problem which really bothers me is I don't want, maybe I'm actually scared to think more of it. 

Teenage-life crisis?

help not needed...yet.

you know, life happens.

my kind of perfect life

photo by SamBHart

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” 

 ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Reading has been a part of my life since my earliest childhood memories. I daresay it is already an inseparable part of my life. To live the rest of my life living with the people I love, traveling to different parts of the world and reading the books that are never too much for me to read...this is my kind of perfect life.