i havent written any formal letters or notes in quite a while and now its so hard to get the words out of my mouth. it is painful but i will get it done in 5 mins! Damn what happened to the practice from those days when i had to endlessly come up with self introductions ever so often! This shouldnt be that hard.. and it won't!

i was feeling rather jaded (for lack of a better word) when deerhunter's microcastle album came along to save my night. its the type of music i cant completely relate to.. but i could feel its sadness and it gave me peace :).

AA workshop crit

I sat in for the aa summer workshop presentation yesterday which lasted for abt 4 hours... and i actually spent 2-3 hrs writing abt how i felt, but i decided maybe not to post all of it, perhaps, yet hehe!

I really liked the seriousness of the students and leaders at the workshop and I'm really thankful to have been able to sit in! Though i didn't get to thank the leaders - Nathalie & Michel, before i left! :( Were they the leaders during your time, R?

Anyway, i'll tell u more abt it when ure homee!

guesswork

What is 'peak ou'?

heheheheheheheheheheheheh!

casseroles and such

i will not let morons get in my way of having a good morning!
i laugh in yr face, horrid morning!! tsks!

cooking up a storm!

one of the many things i will be doing next week. :D

im very excited

for my the knife silent shout dvdddd!
i feel so happy thinking abt it :D
i hope the order was successful! miaow miaow miaow!



And u! should be happy for me too. You with the new portable dvd player! Am burning some conchords for u now!
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I am also excited the new issue of wired is Finally out! i have been waiting! ever since the last issue -when i finally didn't waste my money and read it dilligently cover to cover for the very first time. anyway the new one looks good! sniggers!

to whom it may concern

emmy

Lemmings badge went along as your representative!

it really really really could happen

"you put this on your wallpaper, not paiseh ah!", says you.
No! says me!

Good nights cattish! ;D

Dr. Phil Pringle on self-worth

"How do we measure our worth? 'He's worth $50 billion.' You've heard it. I've heard it. But God says 'You're worth My Son'."

Leadership Excellence: 10 Characteristics of Great Leaders, 2005

Florence and the Machine: Dog days are over!

:) !

Polymath & Crust presents WUNDERKAMMER

Here's a glimpse of their 1st exhibition since the opening of Booksactually II (or Polymath & Crust). Pictures are crummy bcos I was using my camera phone (no tribute to Bret!). Karen and Kenny did all of the stuff you see here. And that's Antoinette helping Karen out in the second picture. I caught the work in progress before the public laid eyes on it for the first time that same afternoon. I hate to admit this but it did bring back memories of a visual installation that I did with some friends back in 2004.

---Tidbit below---

Fever Ray: Triangle Walks
You might recognize from this tune that Fever Ray is actually one half of The Knife, but darker.

the real me

oh yes, I found this video and amazingly it's got the three people in it i look most like. and they happen to sing and dance just like me too. result! seriously though the bit where MJ starts singing and the backing singer clasps her hands together and mouths 'wow' is so classic.

george harrison, these are not

As some sort of tribute to charlie, here are some celebs that people said i look like through the years.... None of them are as accurate as george harrison is to charlie, of course. Ayumi was during JC days when I had blonde hair and wore eyeliner. Haha!

i'm tired :(

everything was fine today until just now i realised one of my ext hdds is spoilt (probably permanently). Yup.. another one of them, and no doubt the most impt, since i just lost my main ext hdd in march. And so, this was one the backup of that one.

I feel like a part of me has been erased with it. I think I probably lost 75% of my China photos in there, and most photos from the past 2-3 years, and many other files that i dread to discover. Actually its basically abt half of everything that i did for the past 2-3 years. But u know this time, its so beyond depressing that I'm not feeling so sad anymore. I feel tired even trying to recollect and hope that i have certain things hidden and backed up somewhere else.

I guess i still have my portfolio work, since i happened to be working on it. And then looking through my messy collection of backup cds, i rediscovered some photos from 2004-2008 that made me smile, though it had to happen in this ironic way.

I guess no ones gonna forget that i went to china anyway? and if theyre any memories i really loved, photos won't be the only medium for me to remember them. But hey r... i think i lost my tokyo photos too? uh oh :| ... guess i should try finding that before i sleep. Would u happen to have it?

Hmm
In the midst of this shitey situation, i actually wanted to rave abt Discovery. Its good :) and it reminded me of listening to Postal Service though actually not quite the same. Plus since ure such a Vampire Weekend fan, i think i can boldly predict that u would like it. hehe!

Misjudgment
I want to mention that i regret dissing the new Camera Obscura and God Help the Girl albums. AYE! theyre not as bad as i thought, though of course not as good as their predecessors. More abt that when im in a less foul mood.