sorry innocent pedestrian!!
usually i don't blog so many times in a day. but i did something really terrible! plus my dad is watching soccer which means i can't watch my jap serial (which happens to star a new celebrity crush of mine, hideaki ito), so here i am. apologising to the poor guy, whom i hope is cursing me now.
well, basically, i honked him while he was crossing the road. when he had the right of way. i'm so sorry! really terribly sorry! i guess it's partly coz i was driving a little faster than usual and the speed got to me. i was just so happily driving without having to stop, and *he* got into my way. and for the split second there, i thought he was at fault and i honked at him.
usually i'm a pretty average driver. ok... i'm quite unalert so maybe i should be considered a below average driver. but what i did today, tonight, argh... if i was that poor fella i would be cursing me. ok.. .i'll curse myself for you, poor guy... i'm so.. beyond words.
taking a break
as the title suggests, i'm taking a break. well, actually it's been a rather long break. but cutting paper can get boring.
right now, i'm somewhat in the process of making my xmas/newyear gift for me friends. it's a monthly desktop calendar. will probably upload photos when i get them done. probably upload some of the process photos. i'm really rather amused by the number of paper drying on my floor.
apparently, the ink of my printer takes some time to dry completely.
so far, i've completely 1 prototype, and 2 actual pieces. and i've still got 13 or 17 more to go. depending on how generous i feel.. it can be rather repetitive producing fifteen calendars..
but i'm sure my printer hates me more than i hate myself (for doing this to myself). i mean.. it's printed 20 colored a4 things.. and there's 10 more to go. poor thing. i'm actually feeling sorry for my overworked printer..
ok.. back to work before i play chauffeur for my brother.
end of the year meme
got this from Gwen's Petty, Judgemental, Evil Thoughts
it's a blog that i've bookmarked hopefully i'll read it one day.. but i really seldom read blogs..
1.What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
scuba dived. there's probably some other stuff, but think that's the most memorable one..
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
don't think i made any to start with
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope
5. What countries did you visit?
malaysia? went to pulau aur to learn scuba diving
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
an internship. some direction in life. friends who have a bit more time to chill out with me. a boyfriend? more money.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
i'm not really one for dates. besides, dun think anything really memorable happened.. ok.. maybe the jay chou concert which was on 27nov i think.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting out of nus.
9. What was your biggest failure?
not getting to know the boy i was interested in.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
got a couple of colds. extracted one of my wisdom tooth (not exactly an injury OR an illness). got bitten by a cat. strained my wrist. NEARLY spraining my ankle.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
my jay chou concert ticket!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
f, who got into lasalle. a & l, who went to nepal.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
the americans. for voting bush back. for the attack on iraq.
14. Where did most of your money go?
food. transport.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
watching the jay chou concert!!! having learnt how to dive.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
just a ride by jem
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? don't really remember how i felt last year
b) thinner or fatter? i haven't dared to step on the weighing machine for quite a while..
c) richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
acting on my thoughts
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
being wilful and inconsiderate. getting angry
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
erm.. at home i guess.. working on my xmas/newyear present for my friends. and apparently, blogging and chatting with friends online.
21. Did you fall in love in 2004?
don't think so
22. How many one-night stands?
0
23. What was your favorite TV program?
hmmm... this taiwanese serial, ai4 qing2 he2 yue1 (love contract). i loved the oc and csi too. and friends.. don't make me choose!
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
i *try* not to hate people. i figured if they are so hate-able, all the more i shouldn't hate them. coz hate is a really strong emotion. i don't have enough emotional energy to expend on jerks.
25. What was the best book you read?
read quite a few... but i still love my comic books best. i've reread sandman and discovered another layer to it..
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
the oc's mixes
27. What did you want and get?
catching jay chou's concert.
28. What did you want and not get?
that boy.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
think it's a tie between 2046 and the green butchers.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
eeerm.. i dont' remember? come on... it's almost been a year... and a birthday is really just another day to me
31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
getting to know the boy.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
boring. and definitely has room for improvement.
33. What kept you sane?
my fav tv shows. music. sleep
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
mike he jun xiang. hideaki ito. and of course tony leung chiu wai.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
the us election. the stepping in of pm lee.
36. Who did you miss?
my friends who didn't have time for me.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
this must be my new year's resolution! to meet more people!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
that everyone's different. and we ought to embrace our differences. that even if nobody loves you, you still have yourself to rely on. life goes on.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Life, it's ever so strange
It's so full of change
Think that you've worked it out
then BANG
Right out of the blue
Something happens to you
To throw you off course
and then you
Breakdown
Yeah you breakdown
Well don't you breakdown
Listen to me
Because
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run, no need to hide
It'll take you round and round
Sometimes you're up
sometimes you're down
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
don't be scared
don't hide your eyes
It may feel so real inside
but don't forget it's just a ride
Truth, we don't wanna hear
It's too much to take
Don't like to feel out of control
So we make our plans
Ten times a day
And when they don't go
our way we
Breakdown
Yeah we breakdown
Well don't you breakdown
Listen to me
Because
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run, no need to hide
It'll take you round and round
Sometimes you're up
sometimes you're down
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
don't be scared
don't hide your eyes
It may feel so real inside
but don't forget it's just a ride
Slowly, oh so very slowly
except that
there's no getting off
So live it, just gotta go with it
coz this ride's, never gonna stop
Breakdown
Don't you breakdown
No need to breakdown
No need at all
Because
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
no need to run, no need to hide
It'll take you all around
Sometimes you're up
sometimes you're down
It's just a ride, it's just a ride
don't be scared now
dry your eyes
It may feel so real inside
but don't forget enjoy the ride
ok... should be off doing my xmas/newyear present... "P
oh yah. merry xmas.
introducing a friend's blog! + rm01_carp fishing on valium v0.1
ORANGE DAYS sweet sour bitter spice
the url of an actual close friend who blogs!
most of my friends don't blog. i don't really tell them about my blog either. the irony of it all. publishing something on the world wide web, while not exactly advertising it. heaven knows who is reading my gibberish besides yours truly.
haven't exactly been blogging very conscientiously, well, there's tv! and books to read. and things to do. just a list of the things i'm somewhat in the middle of doing:
- converting a pair of cropped pants into a skirt
- ebay-ing (ok, so i'm only buying and spending whatever little money i have rather than selling things and making money)
- reading (nothing intellectual though)
- churning out xmas/new year presents for some friends
- reading webcomics
- doing some (xmas) shopping, this included stuff like pondering about i have a budget to begin with, and bidding, and more contemplating. i'm quite indecisive
- reading, returning, trying to not have overdue library books
- whining about work
- working part-time
argh. there's so many things to do.
actually finished a book. carp fishing on valium by a fella called graham parker. it was kinda unexpected. but then again, considering i picked up the book based on
1. the rather whimsical cover design
2. it being a compact, slim hard cover
i really didn't know what book i was picking up. it would appear to be a series of short stories written at various stages of an english bloke's life. basically this guy's (by the name of brian porker.. what is it with british fiction characters and strange last names? not forgetting adrian mole..) life was described by the following episodes:
- started out as a ornithology fan as a boy
- went through a Mod period in his life
- worked in some animal laboratory
- married a wife who chopped off his nose
- went on to be a rock musician who NEARLY became the replacement of mick jagger
- flew to tangiers and got arrested for having tobacco
- became a comedian and ended up saving and releasing a woodcock to its demise (brought about by some rare peregrine?)
i guess i wanted to write something about it coz it kinda gave me some hope for life. it's like, i'm so totally messed up. i'm an architecture graduate, who's working part time in a cafe, earning peanut crumbs, facing prospect of paying my study debts in half a year's time? (how many years will it take me to repay my debts... i wonder, and i try not to wonder) and i'm still clueless about what i wanna do. i keep telling everyone i want to intern in some architecture firm and figure things out. but i'm just bumming.
well, apparently my current priority is my xmas/new year prez for my friends (rather than my portfolio), since i'm thinking of using this project as some form of practice and perhaps as a portfolio item lest i wanna try out for some graphic design job. but man, my standards are still like... below sea level.
anyway, i kind of feel like some headless fly, just buzzing about, while everyone else around me seems to know where they're heading for. but reading about porker, despite that he is fictional, just consoles me a little.
