earth hour 2010

last year for earth hour, i was in hk, and without lights in my room. i could still recall much of what was going thr my mind. i wonder how different it would be this year. but whatever it is, i'll try to off the lights and all electricity, but not just for that hour i hope.

make your difference in the world today, everyday (:

bunch of random things

HOME. feels nice, comfy, but a little too hot. (:
perptually sweaty. ):
excess baggage :S
piyo graduated (:
crowded comfy bed (:

the end of my five yumcha months. i will miss the people i see on a daily basis. hopefully, we wont let the friendship fade so easily. i'm ever grateful to them, for without them, life in hk would have been vastly different, and very lonely. i will miss the jidanzai and charsiew and cheap starbucks and peanut butter condensed milk toast. i will remember fondly the times we eat tgt (at all the same places), play badminton tgt (with the same routine yumcha session i like), and just seeing them, every other day. i will also miss my very nice roommate, tracy, who tolerated . i would love to visit her in US one day. i will miss my urban econs lect most, and also my psych proj group mates. such lovely buncha people. (: that concludes my exchange experience. gosh, i need more time to gather all my thoughts.

thankyou for all the love, my dears, while i'm away. i'm back (:

til then, summer, i hope i'll embrace you well.

goodbye; hello.

just like days when sunset arrives; just like games when time's up; just like computers when you shut down; five yumcha months is ending. seeing people around you move away, one by one, is a weird feeling. too much things, not much time.

i guess i just dont take goodbyes well. i prefer hellos. hello singapore (:

i met chingyi and emily ytd aniws (: whee. singaporeans in hkg!

for a last goodbye

i didnt have courage to take the picture of the couple at the benches that evening (in case i get stared back at :S)
time is running out. i cant believe this is ending. and everything now, seems to be speeding past.




would you sit by the benches and just take in the sights with me?
one last time.

on a happier note, my dear wongchiobu is coming (: whee.this weekend!

keeping sane

its may the first already. omgomogomg.

which marks the start of THE take home assignment. i just feel dead, very dead. with accounting and urban econs looming and now, econ devlpm of china. go lu. jiayou.
i'm trying, trying very hard to keep sane.

i'm needing another jog tonight. rah.

eviews. wahaha.

happened to look into 204b proj report for last sem to copy my fave cover page layout for report (hurr acctg) and omg. i am reminded of those late nights at hss free access lab, visits to rahman office and staring at eviews, confused. and that twenty page report of numbers and terms i cant even spell properly (heteroskedasticity?).

a semester have since past.
those were the days. bittersweet.
but are those the days i'm returning to?

study for now, lu. (: just study

because hating is too tiring.

how far more before those vows?

a whole new world

its back to the tons of readings for now. and studying! and projects. i'm still looking for the adrenaline rush, for the perfect spot where i feel comfortable studying at, for the feeling that i deserve a good dinner after an entire day of studying. and the auto-routine of studying in school early in the morning, and going back only when the skies are dark.

i cant decide which part of the song is better. so, go on, discover your own fave whole new world .the song that kept playing in my mind (: i had always loved disney animations. so disneyland is like a dream wonderland. yays.

only one mth left here. jiayou lu. (: gogogo ! yingu, tgit. ossie, jiayou! everyone, jiayous (:

no one to tell us no /or where to go /or say we're only dreaming

running route discovery

yayness. i'm quite sure there's truth in the notion that exercising releases happy hormones. endorphins; runner's high. today just feels like a good day (night) to jog (: esp after xiaolongbaos and jianbaos over the weekend. hahah. SUMMER is here! tees and fbts for running! the warmth- i dare not complain. cos during the colder days, what i wished for was this warmth. running is love. (:

plus, i finally found a loop running route near hostel tonight. :D even though there's downslopes, but it isnt as demoralising as upslopes. pity the discovery is a little late, i wont get to enjoy the new route too often. but exams are near, running freq shall increase. (:

sad, i wun be able to join the weekend badminton gang this week ): there's this thing at the back of my mind, dreading which session would be the last. and i kinda miss my singaporean gang here already. heh! char just made me realised that i hadnt been seeing them much these days ):

its scary, May will be here in no time, and that means exams and home. its a dilemma. heh. i dont know if anyone would understand. meanwhile, i shall just bury in books, notes, piyo's company and starbucks coffee.

shanghai

lucia is in shanghai with piyo! (: meeting yingu later! yayness.

must rush proj report tonight! and i cant believe i forgot my travellers plug. BOO. to think i tot im always well packed. haha. i realised i dont quite like travelling. rah, its so tiring. haha.

okay, see you all. i'll be back to reality (and mugging and projs again) on sunday.

yo piyo (:

piyo in hkg in less than 12 hrs. (: whee!
cant wait for today to go past. RAH presentations and quizzes.
this might just be my happiest night in hkg so far :D
and yingu in two days' time! YAY
im not expecting much from shanghai, considering ive NOT done any research on where to go yet. HAHA. doesnt matter. i guess, im just there for yingu. and for my first travelling trip with piyo. and for the shanghai air. thats enuff. dont be too greedy :P

two papers semester

it feels like my slackest semester ever.

when i clicked on the exams timetable link, there were only TWO DATES. haha. yes, it came as a shock. HAHA. but it doesnt count actually. some papers (for AHEMpsytestingANDcantoneseAHEM) comes just one week before exams starts. so cheaterbug! its as good as a final exam, though its called a quiz. boo. and there's the scary eightypercent paper to write in 10 days. my readings arent anywhere near halfway. rah. i hate exams. i'm dead. its in a month's time. HURR.

lu shall stop complaining.

and anyhow, i really want to explore more of hkg, but with school at the back of my mind, how easy is that heh. go lu. (: and i cant wait to visit ying and see piyo, right after two exams and one presentation next week. i will get through it (:

and i just realised its the last thirtypercent for i/o coming monday. i ought not go out this weekend. but i am. ): im contemplating 24hr macs. lu should studyyyy!

and the ntu people, JIAYOU FOR EXAMS TOO (: its not very different over here. haha.

phototrip

on days when:
-i manage to get myself out of hall and stop lazing around; and
-i think i finally may understand why people like hongkong (for the tenth time)

i manage to take one of my better photos of central.its beautiful. pity i live too near the city. but i like the tram + wind.

early morning adrenaline

(i couldnt even last a week :x )
i'm quite excited. i'm blogging this down, not cos of the individual presentation tmr, but cos its the first time I'm up this late, for a long long time, rushing projects. age is indeed catching up. 3am on this and this. i hope im not keeping my floormates up.

did i tell u, i quite like the adrenaline?
even tho i hate rushing projs.

its been so long, i missed u. i hope it lasts. because after tmr (or technically today), there's still tons of readings/ lect notes to catch up on. i don't want to lose you. i dont want another mad rush before the next quiz that's coming up. but u only come when its econs. love never hides. HAHA.

i long for the sunrise at ecp.
i enjoy showing photos of people/events that are significant to me to other people. weird, i know, and i'm just boring them with it. shucks. won't anyone care to hear?
and i dont like my messy table. they reveal the state of my mind. ):
im incoherent.

PHOTOS GONE ):

i lost some february photos ): RAH. RAHHHHHHH. sad ): BOO that dvd-r.

tons of readings/ reports / presentations. lucia needs to jiayou. dont complain! go go go! shall lock myself in the library and school benches. no diana to entertain me with porky and play the determination game. no jo to randomly msg. no ossie to talk and whine to. no mei to kope seats at woodlands with. no yingu to panic tgt with. u've gotta try even harder to mugg, lu.

but i'm thankful for the singaporegang i've got here. they got me through these few months.

and i really enjoyed the museum trip on monday even though it was info overload. date me, museum buddy, when i'm back! or i'll date you! we've still got a list of museums in singapore to visit!

quote from one of my psy testing proj readings:

happiness is dependent on unhappiness, while unhappiness is hidden in happiness.

and i dont like knowing people are troubed yet cant do a thing to help. couldnt the world be simpler? but would simpler be happier? i dont know. i dont even know myself, how do people know me?

ceiling on happiness.

i always believed that we have a limit on the amount of happiness we can get in a day / in a week. its as if, when u feel extremely happy in one part of the day, or on certain days of the week, the next part wont feel too good. which is why im alw afraid to say i'm v happy.

i'm worried that happiness will run out. ): and whenever i think of this, its cos i'm feeling like my happiness had run out already. heh.

dont know how i'm feeling. but im just waiting for the choc i just ate to take effect. hopefully.

its days like this when u feel like going home.
go lu. jiayou.

where no one knows my name.

i'm finally back in hongkong. in the comfort of my room, using my all familiar laptop.

gosh, the past week felt so long. but i'm just glad i am able to be here, to have stayed safe, and to have done something i might never have done if i had hestitated the other day while booking the tickets. i'm sorry i made my family and friends worried! but i'm safe now (: hee

i think i am very blessed and lucky, for i've met so many people who helped me along the way during these 7 days. this trip to kunming/dali/lijiang, i dont know how to sum it all up, except that i'm glad i've seen the ancient towns of dali, lijiang and shuhe (and i like lijiang's most), that i've hiked the tiger leaping gorge (my very only goal), that i've learnt that the world is so big and i'm only so small, and that there's so many people on their real adventure around the world right this moment, i'm just waiting for the time to start mine. (:

shant bore you all with the details of the trip. its not particularly exciting, but i'm just glad i went for it. travelling alone is NOT cool, its scary, in fact. having to fend for yourself and being on a constant lookout for yourself. but i guess thats how we learn, and its how we grow.

europe! wait for me. perhaps then, i wont travel alone. its always good to have someone share the sights.

there's something at the back of my mind, i cant quite figure. argh.

jiayou lu for midterms (: u can do it.

left in too much of a rush yesterday evening that i didnt get to blog.

in short:
i spent 1 night at shenzhen airport,
took a 3 hours plane ride,
and another 5 hours bus ride.

AND i'm in Dali now, finally. (: stay safe i know. sty strong!

dont tell me

its a difficult week, i'm worried about friends, even if i am too far away to help. jiayou (: love is something i cant fathom. i may think i know, since they say bystanders know best. but i know i dont. there is so much that words alone cant describe. its weird. why is it that something can bring so much joy, together with so much hurt? maybe thats the trade off, the risk you undertake by opening your heart out to other people. perhaps its better to keep it closed, after all.

jiayou piyo for exams! GOGOGO! (: its recess week in singapore. gosh.

and planning for yunnan! (: lu gotta stay strong. even if i'm always acting strong, belief can make reality. make-believe belief. and of cos, stay safe. this weekend,i'm back to streaming Boston by Augustana. its addictive. and yutian.

we are never the people we think we are. we are the ones we pretend, with all our hearts, we can't become.

when the crowd leaves, and i sit down with myself, i feel bad for laughing, teasing and bullying some people. i shouldn't i know. but i never seem to realise that then. i want to apologise for being mean, but the words never seem to come. bahh. lu needs to be a nicer girl.

after the rain, could we have sunshine already please?

gosh. its days like this when i feel of so little help. when i feel the distance across the oceans even more. argh. it sucks, when u know that as a friend, you totally fail. and that nothing you said are of actual help. i guess its days like these when u emo. and feel like catching on the next plane home. either that or head straight back into your blanklets and hide. hide away like i always did.

jiayou.
i still love your voice. but i hate to imagine the hurt behind those vocals.

freak. ARGH. bahh.