Slow Down the Pace

She used to think a lot about the meaning of life and the purpose of her existence in this world. It's always the sunset which provides her with an excuse to take a break from her work. She approaches the window and admires the view outside. Sometimes, the sunset is so breathtaking that she feels great to be alive, to be able to watch the sunset.

Life is short and you'll never know what will happen next. So enjoy life while you can.

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

-Eddie Cantor-

Zombie signing off

I'm a Dreamer

A drawing of bloody Alice BJD

Do you often dream when you go to sleep? Well, i do and i should call myself a dreamer. Every single night when i go to sleep or whenever i'm taking a nap, I'll drift into my dream world. People said that what is on your mind when you're wide awake will always appear in your dream. Just like if you want that somebody to appear in your dream, all you have to do is think about him/her day and night. Seems easy and simple, isn't it?

Well, that's not always the case for me. Sometimes the dream can be so illogical, ridiculous and unexpected that when I open my eyes, I stare blankly at the ceiling for a while and then start to wonder and ponder what on earth is going on in the dream. There're known faces and faces which I have never seen before. There're familiar places and also places where I've never been before. A very weird combination. I feel as if I'm Alice in the wonderland, or an adventurer who has wandered far off into the land of the lost. The strange thing is that, I can usually control my actions in the dream. I guess that's probably why my brain rarely has enough of rest although I've been sleeping a lot especially during the holiday.

Sometimes the dream itself can be so realistic that it confuses me with the the dream and reality and at the same time sending goosebumps to every part of my body. For instance, i might dream of passing every subjects. When i woke up, I was feeling glad about it but hey, come to think of it, my results haven't even come out yet. I was overwhelmed with disappointment. Once the results were really out and I'd passed all, the situation was just so familiar and it was totally déjà vu. Déjà vu, it happens quite frequently to me. What? My dream allows me to foresee my future? Hmmm..maybe yes, maybe no. Whichever it is, I'm unwilling to wake up from my sleep simply because I wanna see how the story proceeds. You know, the awesome feeling of getting unlimited free tickets to watch a never ending movie and most importantly, you are the main character =D

Hmmm..maybe I'll share with you some interesting dreams some other time. For now, I have other things yet to do~ 

I Like It

What makes me smile today =)

Picture from Tumblr

I admire the way you do things so seriously. I like how you help others unselfishly. I like to watch you explaining things confidently to those who have doubts about certain things. I like to see you talking enthusiastically about the things that you like. I like the view of your back but i like your smile the most. I like you because you're you.

I know I'm weird and silly sometimes but still..hope you like it.

A little Secret

Greetings ~ I'm lovey dovey, the teddie bear and i'm going to tell you something (if you happen to be interested).

I'm a listener, an observer, but never a "smooth talker".

No, i'm not talking about myself. I'm talking about zombie, the owner of this blog. I've known her for more than two years and this is the little secret about her. Oops, it's late and i have to go. That's all, folks ( ᵔᴥᵔ )(") See you again next time.

The Boy and the Apple Tree

I am going to share with you a short story which i had presented for the course of English for self expression with the aid of some simple drawings. We were given limited time for the story telling which cannot exceed 4 minutes. So i found a story here and the length of this story is just nice.

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
A little boy loved to come and play around it every day.
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...

He loved the tree and the tree loved to play and talk with him.
Time went by...the little boy had grown up, he had grown into a teenager.
And he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
"Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
"I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees anymore" The boy replied.
"I want toys. I need money to buy them. Can you give me some money?"
"Sorry, but I do not have money...
But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money."
The boy was so excited.
He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.
The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
The tree was sad.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned to the tree
And the tree was excited "Come and talk to me, I feel lonely" the tree said.
"I do not have time for that. I have to work for my family.
We need a house for shelter. Can you help me? "
" Sorry, I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches
To build your house."
So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.
The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day,
The man returned and the tree was delighted.
"Can we have a little chat?" the tree said.
"I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" asked the man.
"Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy."
So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.
He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years and he is now an old man.

"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.

No more apples for you..." The tree said sadly.

"No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite" The man replied.

"No more trunk for you to climb on"

"I am too old for that now" the man said.

"I really cannot give you anything...

The only thing left is my dying root,”

The tree said with tears.

"I do not need much now, just a place to rest.

I am tired after all these years" the man replied.

"Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,

Come, come sit down with me and rest."

The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...

-The End-

The boy/man/old man actually represents us and the apple tree represents our parents. The message which this story is trying to deliver is that most parents ("all" is not really that appropriate) will give their children unconditional love and they do not want much in return. But when children grow up, they will leave their parents to persue their dreams and to live their own lives. Parents long for their children to return to their side and accompany them but they rarely will mention about it. So the story is sad but true.

The lecturer was supposed to be giving us the marks for this presentation but then she did not. I guess she must have forgotten and non of us reminded her either ^^" Never mind, I will know it sooner or later ~

Fragility

Life can be as fragile as a butterfly's wings.

Today, he/she might be talking to us but the next day he/she might be gone forever. So appreciate the people around us, whether they are parents, relatives, love ones, close friends, ordinary friends and anyone whom you can think of.

Inner Peace

"Ask yourself, do you even have the inner peace in your heart? If you do, then everything will turn out smoothly for you." That's what our lecturer, Dr Someone said to us during the first day of class. Yea, it's only the first day and he nagged us like a..secondary teacher + mother for an hour. He said he couldn't see any energy in our eyes, we are (well, most of us) like some lifeless lazy brats after the one month semester break. 

All in all, that particular question asked by him caught my attention the most. I mean, inner peace is what i'm really lacked of now. I can get nervous very easily over the slightest thing, or panic when things do not turn out how i want it to be, or always think of the worst and do not have much confidence in myself and lotssssss more (you won't want to read the whole list of them). I am curious, about how i can actually gain that inner peace. The question is left for us to find out for ourselves. I very much hope that everything will go smoothly for me this semester as well as the following semesters. Well, who doesn't? I have realized that luck and effort plus..yea, the so-called inner peace are very very important to keep things going smoothly. 

There are always obstacles which keep on coming in your way. Thinking of the past two semesters, although things didn't always go very smoothly for us, we managed to overcome every problems we faced. Come to think of it, I couldn't remember much about those hardships now, that is the pros of being forgetful i guess. Somehow, i have come to a conclusion that having the inner peace in the heart might be equivalent to having the ability to live without fearing the obstacles and the challenges ahead. In other words, conquer the fear/overcome the fear of the unknown, have faith in yourself and your boat will be sailing in a favorable wind to the direction where you are heading to. And of course, dealing problems will be just like having your daily meals.

So now, question of the day: Do you have that inner peace in you?

Skip a Beat

Happy Valentine's Day to my family and all of my friends =) For those who are attached, hope you have a precious day with your love ones. And for those who are single, enjoy every moment you have with your family and friends ^^ You will never be alone.

This is a sweet Google doodle for Valentine's day. I can see myself in that girl xD I mean, if i have a boyfriend, i prefer him spending time with me doing the things that we like together instead of giving me flowers, expensive presents and stuffs like that.

Another day is about to end =< Noooooooo..

I Don't Mind

These are what i brought home yesterday after going for shopping with Pinky. I like to go to a section in the supermarket whereby food and drinks are sold at a very low price because their expiry dates are just around the corner. Most food like cookies are imported and i can really save a lot of money ^^ Don't worry, i will gobble them up before they expires. I think it's okay to eat them even if they expires for like one or two weeks because they are dry food.

Arnott's teddy bear biscuits. I haven't open it yet.

Meiji's macadamia chocolate. The price is lowered down to one third of the actual price, very cheap. It was my first time buying it.

Yummy. I like the taste of it which is not too sweet, just nice.

The multi-grain soya bean milk. I'm not a fan of this milk but Pinky said that this product is nice so she bought one for me. Thank you very much. Will drink it tomorrow (ˆ◡ˆ)

There is one more week to go and the that's the end of my first semester break. I wanna make full use of this break doing things that i like because once the new semester starts, my life will be all about lectures, assignments, reports, presentations and examinations p(´⌒｀q) Yea, i'm not the type of person who likes to study very much, hehe.. But still, i gotta push myself forward. Studies are important to provide me a better future.

Good night~ *signing off*

No More 2011

Today is the last day of 2011. It's also the day which one goes out, gather with friends and love ones, countdown, watching the firework and partying all night. I have not been doing much revision these days (not being able to concentrate) so going out might be a very bad idea. I wonder how am i going to sit for the exams next week. Having exams for a new start is so uncool. I really have to ground myself for the next few weeks i guess >,<

Many things had happened in 2011, both good and bad. The good ones have turned out to be a family of my sweet memory while the bad ones are buried deep in my heart. Forget about the bad stuffs since the past is the past. So, look forward and not backward. Things will change for the better i hope.

I do have some wishes for this new year. 

1) I wish that everyone will stay healthy and happy.

2) I wish that i will not make my parents down（ つ﹏╰）

3) I wish that i can be strong and wise no matter what happens.

4) I wish that i can meet someone who can truly understand and accept me for who i am (but it's okay if i don't meet someone like that).

May your wishes come true as well =) Happy new year \(^o\) (/o^)/

"If it didn’t Bring you Joy,

Just Leave it Behind.

Let’s Ring in the New Year

With Good Things in Mind.

Let Every Bad Memory Go

That Brought Heartache and Pain.

And let’s Turn a New Leaf

With the Smell of New Rain.

Let’s Forget Past Mistakes

Making Amends for This Year"

-anonymous-

Stop Right Now.

I should be glad if someone treated me nicely, think of me and care about me sometimes. I want to do the same for you. That's not because i have special feelings towards you but because you're a friend of mine. I hope you think of me like the way i do to you. Please do not take a step forward, i beg. For i know that i will hurt you. I hate to reject people, that makes me feel guilty. And that guilt will stay with me for as long as i live. Do stay away from me if you don't wanna get hurt. It's for your own good.

"Say something funny

say something sweet

but don't say that you love me"

P/s: Don't love me if you do not know me enough.

Strangers Again

I never expected too much from you. I was happy even if you only treated me as an ordinary friend. That was what i used to think. I don't know when, you began to become my burden, a really huge one. Until my daily routines were being affected. It was not your fault. However, i feel like blaming you for everything. There are reasons for that which are somehow difficult to be explained in words.

Sometimes i'll think that, it's better if we never have met or we do know know each other. But come to think of it, this have taught me a lesson on how to be wiser when it comes to facing something like this. 

I knew that one day i have to break free from this burden. And i'm glad that i did, after falling for so many times. I don't care what you think and i won't regret for what i did. Yes, i'm alright now. 

If we happen to meet one day, i'll glance at you like you are just a random passerby. Or probably i won't notice you at all because, we are nothing but strangers.

"Never mind

I won't find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you, too

Please forget me I beg" 

Litterbugs SUCK.

There are lots are people in this country who possessed "wonderful" habits and one of them is littering.

I was driving and a lorry was a few distance in front of me. Suddenly, surprise ~ There were pieces of mandarin orange skins flying out of their window. I was like @#$%&#!!!! I'd encountered such things uncountable times. Some threw the cigarette buds, plastic bags or even the spitting of mucus and saliva out of the car window =.=+ WTF..is it that difficult to keep those garbage with you until you find a suitable home (rubbish bin) for it ? Are you so eager to live in an environment which is full of garbage, flies and cockroaches ? Or is it that you don't mind your future generations to be buried in the garbage at all ?

If only there's a rule like this (just my imagination): if one's littering in the public and get caught, the punishment for him/her is everyone throw a piece of rubbish into his/her house. Hmph..and i'm sure he/she certainly will be haunted by garbage for the rest of his/her life.

You, you know who you are: the irresponsible-selfish-lazy litterbugs. Better be ashamed of your act and change it. I will look down on you if you don't.

Please keep the environment clean !!

Bye bye "Gone is all Sorrow"

I'd changed the title/name of my blog.

"Pieces of my Jigsaw Puzzles"

yes, that sounds right, more logical and relevant to the contents of my blog ^^

i guess memories are like infinite pieces of scattered puzzles. you'll have to compile and gather every single pieces of them. One missing piece will give you an incomplete image/picture.

Well, that doesn't mean that i'm gonna write billions or zillions of post anyway (that is quite challenging somehow). But this blog is where i can record my memories, whether they're sweet, bitter, sour or whatever.

"For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever" 

-Laura Swenson-

hmm..i should be adding this MV to my post last month but never mind about that.

This song brings back the memories (memories of few years ago when i was in secondary school) whenever i'm listening to it even without paying much attention to the lyrics. 

 I wonder why.

will keep on blogging

it's me, slacking off again.

i was in the middle of doing my assignment when mom interrupted and asked me to eat something. so here it is, snack of today: kaya balls which was bought by my aunt early in the afternoon =))

i just ate four of  this.

the greenish sticky filling is kaya of course xD

i asked a friend of mine whether he has a blog and the conversation goes like this:

I: do you have a blog ?

He: i have but i didn't update it for ages. you're still playing that kind of thing ?

I: i just started my blog few months ago =.="

he talked as if writing a blog is an outdated thing to do (or was i thinking too much?)

whatever he said, i'm still gonna keep on blogging. it's a great way to store and preserve my memories bit by bit. i'm very forgetful to the point that i do not even remember what the date is today or what i had for dinner the previous night. so blogging is the best way to make me recall things by reading my own posts and looking at the photos. even if time passes quickly, what i have written today will never change (unless i edit it) and the photos will never fade ^^

looking at the sky

few years ago, she used to tell me that we might be looking at the same sky and at the same time although we are in different locations. so, we are not alone after all =))

photo taken at the field near my house =) 

Don't Know Why

don't know why i always can't find the things which i'm desperately needed to use.
i've been looking into every corner and try my very best to recall where they might be but i'm forced to surrender in the end.
Dear things, please stop playing hide and seek with me because i'm currently not in the mood for that. seriously, you're being needed !

don't know why those things that i don't need to use keep on appearing in my vision.
well, it's not that those things have legs or wings and they can teleport or do magic tricks.
Dear things, i won't shoo you away because you'll come in handy someday. So, be sure to standby and stay obediently at where you're at when i need you.