October 29, 2008
We
We had Hi-tea, where I should have eaten more salmon sashimi.
We will meet for a Burmese dinner, for our dear Chaw Su's Burmese birthday on Thursday, where I am sure, we will be regaled with an extensive explanation of the yummy Myanmar dishes.
We will meet for Avenue Q on Friday, where we will just be ourselves, all of us.
This week is going to fly by!
Then, we will be miles apart. But only for two weeks.
Then, we will be back where we are now, and yet not quite where we are now.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:46
Taking form n shape...
...is the journey in Deutschland and Switzerland.
...is the luggage packed with vacuum-packed sweaters and woolly wear.
...folder for all the travel documents.
...is the brain filled with information to try to remember.
...is the spirit of anticipation.
...is all the love and care from so many friends, who volunteered to equip me with all sorts of winter armour.
I haven't been blogging of late because I've been terribly busy with work, making sense of whatever I can of the whole trip, and well... nursing a recent cold. hehe...
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:40
October 20, 2008
You know it when
you see hundreds n thousands of dollars being debited from your bank account into all kinds of travel-related agencies.
you receive confusing and slightly intimidating maps of foreign cities.
you receive maps that look like the map of Middle-Earth, but is actually those of mountains in Switzerland.
you see foreign currency stashed with your passport and all your important travel documents in an envelope.
you start to shop for clothes that you will never need to wear in your home-country.
you get excited looking at pictures of hotels and the free breakfast that comes with a night stay.
you start to wonder what you can buy from a supermarket that's not NTUC or Cold Storage.
you start to think you will look so lost but oh-so-cute/cool asking for directions in a foreign place where your race is the minority.
even your friends feel excited about your trip and tell you in FB to enjoy yourself and have a rocking good time.
That's how I really know that I'm really going for my Germany-Switz Holiday Nov 1 - 15.
Happie~
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:36
We shop. We buy. We laugh a lot.
Happy weekend!
^_^
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:32
Faraway willow tree
I just feel inspired by her blog post. It's in Mandarin!
Did you copy that from somewhere, darling? Becos if you did not, if it's 101% original, I totally must say Shanghai injected some really good Chinese DNA in you.
It's one bird shock people, yi *niao* jing ren. hohoho!
The English ones were very reflective too. Hence, my title for this blog.
xxx
Have trust that the destination will be worth the tedious journey. Have unfading trust. Utmost faith. Until even the most cynical around you has no doubts about that faith.
Is this how it works? Sometimes, I trust what you say more than I trust what I should do. Because I just need to trust someone when I am afraid to be held resopnsible for a decision. There is so very few who can do that for me.
Our travel destinations don't seem to match. But we always share the same base. Perhaps, like, in any desolating journey, we only need one comforting nod, one supportive smile.
Timbre always beckons. But waiting can be a comforting sort of anticipation.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:20
October 15, 2008
Before bed
Thing is, if I have everything my way, I would get you to stay. Because just now, just now I just wanted a hug.
People don't stay forever. They just don't. You can hardly believe in a tomorrow sometimes.
If it's so difficult to say, then, don't. But, just show it. Do something. Hug. Look into the eyes and smile. Let it come from the heart.
Hug.
I wanted. But I did not. 'Cos given all odds, I believe in one more tomorrow.
Dear Life, do not play cheat.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 01:29
October 08, 2008
Naughty, naughty cheesecake...
On my facebook status: I think I know all about morning sickness and it is disgusting.
The next thing? I got 'Congrats' from friends and one asked how many weeks it has been.
Haha! I'm not pregnant, lah.
Just a case of food poisoning causing that disgusting feeling of nausea from the chest, especially bad in the morning.
But, it's all well now. It has been banished down south and then exiled out of my body. haha! Good work to my resistance army!
The tummy's bit weak n empty now. But that can be easily solved with inputing more good food soon. ^^
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:03
October 05, 2008
Rounding up
It's 4 minutes to a new work week. I'm feeling sleepy; my eyelids are falling head over heels with gravity. But I struggle, just a while more, to keep them north-bound.
xxx
The uber chic boots. For an even more dubble-uber chic price. Some things can really only happen in China. Thank you, Kyn d Vain Bch darrrrlin~!
I will really take a shot of its debut (ideally in Singapore) and post up so you can thumbs-up and give yourself a really good pat on your back.
Just fyi, my sisters and even my mum ooh-ed over it. Jasmine is ready to make you her next best friend in line if you can buy another pair for her when you come back in Dec.
On that note, I hope the fat nodule is just... a really nice, cute and friendly bump.
xxx
"Are you sure it's real money?"
That's the Question of the Weekend.
1 Euro = 2.01 SGD
When something's too good to be true, it probably is not true. But, hey... hope always prevails. Where the above exchange rate is concerned, I remain very hopeful.
xxx
The 2 feasts on a Saturday happened at 1. Sharifah's house, after my last session of tuition with Fiq and 2. East Coast Food Centre, to satisfy Kyn's craving for all those local delights.
I loved the sambal kang kong, sambal sotong, carrot cake and rojak most!
xxx
Then, there's Sup Kudus (sounds like kutus... like hair lice...). Ok. Sup Soto with a Dutch influence.
In case my very selective memory misses this out... I really appreciate all the food you've cooked for me (and those that you will in future... haha).
Honestly, I've always been very honest in my feedback. So, those that I said were nice, were really very nice. Those too salty, too oily, too whatever, were honest feedback too. With feedback, comes improvement. I'm really not fussy, but since I get to review... why not?
But whatever it is, I truly appreciate the effort and the thought. ^^ Thank q, Emman.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 23:56
October 01, 2008
Semoga bahagia
I had wanted to go to the beach. Cycling. I had wanted to go swimming too. Or play basketball. Or at least, have a gratifying breakfast outside.
It's such a beautiful morning, lovely day. Breezy but not too sunny. It's beautiful to do anything outside.
What I'm doing now is sitting on my bed, blogging about the things I had wanted to do. I'm just waiting for time to pass, again, before going to work.
No freaking difference. Big freaking fucking deal about a damn public holiday! One should always refrain from having expectations. Because it's the most effective and definite way to set yourself up for disappointment.
Happy Crappy Children's Day, all the same.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 14:26
Stay where you are
Perhaps, this is one of the reasons I don't think I want to take the leap. Because if I had to make any decisions when no one else seems capable of that act, I expect consistency in following through that decision I've made. If you did not have an opinion in the decision making process, stay that way after the decision has been made. If you have an opinion, for everyone's sanity's sake, voice it so that you don't thwart others' plan after the decision has been made.
But human beings are not always consistent. In fact, most of the time, not.
That's why we, well, I do end up getting quite pissed sometimes. 'Emotional', someone always says.
Then, I just want to
1. shout, or at least, let me raise my voice, for my sanity sake!
2. cry, because it's the fastest and possibly, most effective way of releasing unwanted tension and negative emotions in the mind, body, heart, gall bladder, liver, etc...
3. watch some TV so that I can shut all other forms of stupidity out and concentrate on one form of (probably stupid too) entertainment.
4. sleep (best, if after having done all the above).
I do not want to
1. be 'emotional', too - I just want to be very pissed. That's not emotional. That's just farking pissed.
2. not be 'emotional'.
3. calm down, unless I'm being paid to. At work, I'm being paid to calm down when I feel I'm getting pissed. In other spheres of life, I could try if only I'm being paid too.
That is why, I do think, that I should just stay where I am, alongside my Bblics... on that cold, hard, wooden planked shelf.
We wait. When waiting gets painful, we buy some clothes. On days that are getting colder, we buy good, warm coats to last, to keep us warm. I don't know about a lifetime. But, at least, until we get our butts off the damn piece of wood.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 14:08