loves

from yours truly.

to all those out there who have been a great mommy to everyone.

Happy Mothers' Day.
you deserve a day from the year. :)


Time after time
By Ronan Keating
On Songs for my Mother
credits from here.

fall.

Wake up, everyone.


(seriously i want to do this soo badly.)

Find a good spot. Leap into the ocean.


And swim to where he is.

What a chilly morning. Soo cold. :S :D

its good to see you here, holiday.

its autumn. Take off your shoes, go out and play.

just sharing some photos. So.

see ya. :)

The Biggest Loser.

A great song for a great show.

Feel like life was full of painstaking events. or everything had just fallen apart?
Lift.

;)

life is wonderful.

life is good for this little brownie boy.

cause i'm your godfather now! ;)


life is good for this fat slanty eyes boy.

cause there's people who thinks he's cute, in a weird kind of way. our house just got one of this breed. i can see him roaming in the living room now. and his name is chopper.

(photo above is not him though. credits to google.)

life is good with dogs. and coffee. don't you reckon? (:

Eyelids therapy

sketching buildings is killing me.

and there is another assignment who's on his way. oh no.
now we have to design bridges out of popsicle sticks. build a mini car with rat trap. hmmph. in just the first week of schooling.

oh well.
yes i understand. its all about contributing to the society when you're all grown up.

imagine yourself being someone who clear oil spills from the seas in the future. those dolphins, those seals, those surfers. you just put a smile on their faces. :)

but that stage is still way early for me.

assignment 2: knock knock. can i come in?
eyelids : sorry. not today. we're closed.

rest is crucial.
yay. (:

discoveries.

two weeks ago here is where i have been.
the city of perth.


a rather warm welcome from my housemates.
they are seriously cool people from different backgrounds.


a lovely dinner with the family.
i love it when they served fresh salads almost every meals and the great moments with everyone. :)


we hopped on a train at 9pm.
free of charge.


for desserts.
a pastry with raspberry sorbet in the middle and warm white chocolate flowing outside with a fluffy candy on top. (its like having sauna with dolphins in the north pole when all the steam covering the air like clouds. XD)


this is what it looks like when its daylight.
yes. its peaceful. i like the purple tree.


but as soon as night falls. into the pool.
its party in the house yawh. with men and misses.


yes. there were all sort of liquors.


attractive men in borats. ;P
(its her birthday party. that's why.)


and puppysitting.
his name is pierre. awwy. (: (psst get one of this blushie!)


unfortunately i missed this.
it was taken on australian's day by one of my housemates. i think its beautiful. so i post it. XD

the real school will be starting soon. and it would be a busy week and weeks by then. oh well. life goes on.

and i am ready. :D

Song for you, truth for me.

I'm still here.
But it hasn't been easy.
I'm sure that you had your reasons.
I'm scared of all this emotion.
For years i've been holding it down.
Guess i have been holding it down.

well.
it's time to let this go.

happy valentine's. (: (:

Bienvenido!

layers and more layers of clouds passing by.

slowly they disappear before they reappear again in the sky. what we call a mirage.

then i saw a piece, very big piece of flat, very flat land.
that's perth. jimmy.


after all the baggage claim and quarantine. i separated with my newly-met friend at the airport and embark on my second part of life.

deep breaths.
(yep guys. i arrived! safe and sound.)

on the way to where ill be staying, i didn't really respond to the big guy sitting next to me though (he's the driver). but just reminisce those stuffs back then.

it was like i just had my red wine dinner and graffiti with the brothers last night. i miss everyone.

australians. their slang. very cool. haha. its either howdy, g-g-gday-y-y, see ya mate. etc. their typical way of communication : nodding your head and repeating yep as in you understood what they said. provided you really understood it though. yep im catching up.

in fact i very much like it here. its so peaceful. and homey. at first i couldnt seem to fit in to the weather. i sneezed a lot in the car. but after a while i found it very windy in Perth. you can always feel a light breeze coming through your face. though its getting a bit dry here since its mid-summer. but all in all. you won't sweat comparing to the tropical malaysia.

soon as i reach my second home. i didn't know homestay could be so satisfying. wow. there were barbecue pit. swimming pool. outdoor couch and all. yes yes ill be very fine. :) :) the owner, they call him uncle luthfie. pronounced loo-fie. an indonesian. having like toca rivera skin tone and obama face. her wife carmell. an australian. and son, and daughter, and a cat, Leo. they were all very caring and helpful.

it still feels like daylight when its 8. until its around 9pm then it begins to dawn. i had scrumptious fish and chips with salad for dinner, and there's laksa for supper. the malaysian's food yep. trust me its very okay to live here.

well i guess ill be living for another year here. in this tiny underground room. i guess i should get some sleep by then. tomorrow its another ride and touring in auntie Carmell's jaguar. :D

hello western aussie. here i come.
deep breaths.

take care my mates. loves always.
xoxo.

i'm back.

mmm. im glad that im finally smelling my home again. sniffs.

just got back from my hometown after celebrating cny. i've always loved chinese new year. this whole week has been so wholesomely rich. with all those events and memories etc. (: (:

though its home sweet home now. i still have a weird feeling like i couldnt settle down or something. like things are still in a mess in my mind and lots of things i havent done lah. but now the first thing i think of is to sit down and blog. how weird. lol.

how's your new year celebration going? i would say i was trying to make mine as memorable as it could be and. i did it. :D

oh well. to cut things short. i enjoyed every bits of it this year. (big thanks guys) the food. the fun. the crazy moments. It feels so good when you're expecting to meet all those cousies again. those babies. those kids. (i like my nephews calling me uncle cause it sounds so old) lol.

yes i have nephews. oh. i shall repeat. not my real nephews but neph-nephews.

now my mind has all lots of stuffs i couldn't arrange. it was all but a beautiful mess. (:

and let me clean the mess up for you can continue reading.
1. we didn't sleep early every night.
2. we lighted up fireworks so loud we rang the neighbour's car alarm.

(for the first day of new year)
3. we didn't wash our hair.
4. instead we bathed ourselves with a very cool lime-flavoured tea leaves formula.
4. we showed our love to the plants and became vegetarian.
5. and we ate two bowls of rice.
6. we shouldn't sweep the floor. and we obeyed. (who cares)
7. we posted crappy messages about each other on tv. and laughed like crazy when those words popped up on the screen.
8. we went to my dad's orchard.
9. we fish.
10. we had barbeques.
11. still cleaning the mess in my mind.

they said touching the dancing lions' butt will bring you good luck. sadly i missed the lion dance at my aunt's cause i was visiting another family back then (sorry serena. no lions) but for the first time i managed to see the "qi lin" in the afternoon. they are skinny and scarier-looking.

oh we took photos in a casino which we shouldn't cause its illegal. My aunt actually owns a club and it has a tiny casino in it. wow. so many numbers flickering everywhere on the wall.

and almost every night we heard gambling cheers from the elders over the table. aiyoh so cheerfully noisy. or noisily cheerful.


i just caught a flu.
so i guess ill have to stop here.
my runny nose is bugging me so much.
sucks.

ah. what a mess. gonna unpack my stuffs. check my loaded inbox. catching up with blogs. (fyi serena got a new blog. here) etc etc. :S

At-choo!

I.must.bath.

til then bye guys.
i couldn't smell my room now my nose is stuck. sniffs.
upload those photos soon. cheers.

phoootos.

my brother took all of these photos except the last one. XD

pane on a plane.

the sky. the clouds. the wonders.

blue blues and white whites.

lanterns.

the "qi lin" i mentioned.

orchard's orchids.

palm trees along the way.

it begins to rain after a while.

wet logs, damp grassbed, gloomy leaves. very cool.

thanks to this gadget for all the magnificent shots.
sadly it belongs to my brother and not me. :(

Details in the Fabric

details matter a lot.

its amazing how puzzles can be done quickly when us. fix the pieces together one at a time. puzzles are like our lives. if one piece goes wrong, replace it. fix it. and face it. and in the end you'd be amazed how pieces end up to something beautiful.

this is the wonder of humans. we see things with our own eyes and interpret differently with the heart. maybe a smile could mean something more to you. or nothing at all.

for some people, a rainy day, a phrase, a loveletter might had its secrets to share.

it's all about the details.

when mummy scolds you for dropping those cookie crumbs on the floor. and you have to clean it. don't get frustrated. smile you've made the ants a meal happier. see. how crumbs aren't just crumbs, they are something.
You too are something.
Think about it.

have confidence. sometimes the smallest details in you may help in determining great outcomes. its okay to contribute with things you've got.

be thankful. do everything the best you could, even if its the tiniest.

life always shine through in the details. :)

shh. and listen
Details in the Fabric (wasn't the best quality. all noise and shakey. but oh well. :) )

PS: blushie, i finally found someone to do puzzles with. a january afternoon isn't boring after all. :) ;P

can you feel it?

Something for your tracklists. though i wasnt a big fan of chinese music. enjoy.

Lee-Hom brought a variety of elements and revolution to his music. Every single of his album has a very different personality. Not just the typical lovesongs but all. conserving the earth, loving your culture and different perspectives on life, etc. and that's what i look into him.

This album, heartbeat. blends in the traditional chinese instruments with the electric guitar and bands which we address as chinese-rock. Something new yawh. definitely gives you the heartbeats you need. (though i thought not all the songs are nice. hehe.)

Come closer. I'm not a button. I'm here just to please your ears.
(Listen as the electric guitar unravels its emotional side to fuse with the piano and all. A very unique 'character' :) :)

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain.

.................................................you'll feel better.

Strandfuls of strand

The philosophy of strand.
Strand. a verb. to be brought into or leave in a difficult position. stranded.
Strand. a noun. a complex of fibre materials twisted together to form something as a whole.

source from here.

get it? No. you don't.

ok lets talk simple. the verb strand, is bad.

the noun strand, is good. cause fibre is good, what more when fibres are twisted together. which only makes it better.

You still didn't get it.

basically the point of me being philosophically stupid here (rachel's idea) is we think both strands represent the cluster of good and bad events, the ups and downs throughout this year which its time that we wrap em all up. :)

Two double O eight. has been a very superb year. everything is just selectively random. the toughest. the busiest. the craziest. the most enjoyable. the suckest. etc all in one year. just the right amount to keep things balanced.

It gets so frustrating when you try to recall something but you can't. Or even at a particular moment you find it so amusing that you wish you have people to share with. Dying to know that they are there experiencing together. Or you just happen to have a chance. an opportunity. but you either just sucked it all up or let it go. oh well, it happens to me often this year.

On the other hand, there are certain things which are quite decorated at will. i realised the need to have friends and buddies. the ways and means to living wonderfully and all. i feel so blessed not to have suffered starvation or being homeless (tsunami and earthquakes incidents) which guided me to practise gratitude and appreciation. note to self: say thanks for your food everyday.

i think december would be the best period of this year. those who were there in my december, you should know why. :)

blah blah oh. this year

i dreamt a lot.
i had tonnes of laughters.
i had paintball.
i shouted a lot.
i was grateful to have peaceful times at home.
i had parties.
i did not pee when i took the suicide fall in genting.
i scored a blue teddy bear in funfair.
i was lucky to have sucked in exams but managed to slip into a university.
i was glad to have my cousie married. just.
i had hot air-stewardess smiling through my december.
i wanted to have a diver's license and engaged to a dolphin that blushes.

i was the 9th letter in the alphabets. C:


Upnext. what we (me and my friends here) called group-blogging. or literally they just prefer to stuff my blog with everything on new year's eve.

here's our so-called new year's resolutions, goodies and reminders which we thought its please to share.

Rachel's self-reminder
1. Always mean what you say. Hotties as in dudes. Are they really hot? As in raising one's temperature? I don't feel hot when i look at hotties. So why hot? (she and her spontaneous brain)

2. Always lock the door first before having sex in somewhere public, like changing rooms etc. And always knock the door if its shut. Courtesy. (too much tv)

Derek and his It's Complicated
"One shoe can change one's life" - Cinderella. Do take into account of the smallest details in everything. Footwear can be far more important than your stepmother.

Me. as Mr. Lame.
I see why life's often being said as a movie.
God's watching our lives as if he's watching a tv show. every new year is when god takes a break and refills his popcorns for the next show. that's why you'll hear loud fireworks in new year's eve. cause he's popping the cornseeds.

Jocelyn's
New Year Goodie (click me)

that's all the lamest from us. and we're utmost happy to stay until the very last of 2008. (:

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forgive people who has done miserable things in your life. don't leave them stranded. everybody does mistakes. that's why there's erasers on pencils.

Cheers. and Happy New Year.

this blog is intentionally posted at the last minute of the year 2008.

With lots of love,
my cousies Mr. Buttercup, Little miss Caramel Jo. Rach. Der. and me.

season's greetings

Christmas is here. almost.
I love jazzy songs on christmas.
I love old-time christmas movies with jazzy songs in it.
Just perfect.

Merry christmas eve.

Wonders Of San Diego

to jason phang, my inspiration.

It's been awhile mates. christmas is just round the corner. this time. ill be touring you with guys who originated from san diego that amaze me. first of all. they are switchfoot. next. he is jason mraz. something that might or might not blow your mind.

But i think you should check out all the vids and links. and read till the very end of this post. cause its healthy. :D

take time to know em. and make yourself feel good.






switchfoot is a band named after a surfing technique. might be something like switching your feet when you had the waves on board i guess. they started out as a 3-piece (jon and tim foreman. and chad butler.) and ended up a 5-man band when one of their friends quitted his job while the other had his personal band broke up. together they joined forces (hahahahah) and decided to give music a go.

there are a great variety of songs from them. yeah. including christianities'. the songs represent everything that they first fell in love with about music. when it comes to making music, i like them as they said being honest than momentarily cool.

Their music was always focusing on feelings therefore able to convey our thoughts on life. the leader, jon was proud and grateful to be creating music and screaming out with his bandmates every night. i respect their brotherhood. it certainly feels like a family out there.

what i like about them is all of them. they shared love. they were so simple. yet, which made them unique. their songs reached the heart as if we were one. they were just great in being passionate of what they had faith in.




"We all love to surf and have been surfing all our lives so to us, the name made sense. To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music." - Jon foreman.









Jason Mraz is upnext. an acoustic wonder. well, all i could say is he's one hellaof a guy from heaven with honey sugary voice. the first time i listened to his song was geek in the pink. which was just ordinary to me. like geek. pink. okay. until then, i was captivated as i discovered more awesome songs coming up from him.

i love the fact that he is a very free-minded person, who delivers great songs and his thoughts to the open public while at the same time enjoying it as well. together with his partner, toca rivera dot com and various kinds of musicians, he's able to perform extraordinary music and he often came up with surprising lyrics in the end of a song which they call it freestyling. now that's jason mraz.

his words make you think. he keeps your brain going on and on like having some kind of energy bar. and he has a wide wise sense of humour. its quite. addictive.

yeah i like him. he is witty. fast. unpredictable.




"Nothing is final. One day you're high, the next day you're low. You might have a funky, expressive, or awful haircut today, but soon it will grow into something else, something new and random. Maybe you grew up liking pop music, but now you like a specific mash up of Electronic & Classical. You might decide you don't want to smoke cigarettes anymore, that it's just not who you are. Perhaps you were madly in love last week, but woke up today feeling comfort in solitude, without a desire to be held.
Everything is fine. Not finAL." - Jason Mraz.




I think that should wrap it all up. below i took some time to get the daily nutrition you'll ever need. so, suit yourself. (:

All about switchfoot.

Get to know them. Find out their interesting lives consisting gorilla, martial arts, and a snap to nap. click here.



Songs by them. with a different taste.
Dare you to move.
This is home.



Quick brief. Switchfoot has been the organiser for "San Diego Bro-am" which's basically a fund-raising cultural event. Click the photo for more. San diego has been the home of surfing and board skating cultures and hometown for both switchfoot and mraz. so its not uncommon for them to love surfing and all. This event helps to gather surfers around as well helping those disabled children in need. thats. a very good thing.

All about jason mraz.

You'll mrazly regret if you clicked the wrong choice. YES. NO.



Songs from him. A peaceful twist.
A Beautiful Mess.
Dynamo Of Volition.



Be thanksgiving. Hug your loved ones today. Show how much you love them.

Well i saved the awesome part for the last. Something for the seasons. I hope you did stick with me all along the way. so for now. bye-bye San Diego. i hope you enjoyed it.

Evergreen - Switchfoot


Winter Wonderland - Mraz


In overall. Merry christmas. yawh. C:

i want to but i have no title to blog of. pfffs. :/

the two-dimensional world.

Bored people do boring stuffs. - anonymous

true. i just got bored and ended up with something like these. i was browsing through the internet until i saw jason mraz's album arts and found em amusing. so it inspired me to doodle.
2 hours fooling around with paint. and here's the outcome. :D

(click on em to get a better view)





















this is the two-dimensional me. just like a drop of ink on a plane plain paper.
at some times. let yourselves be two-dimensional. get simple. get fun. it only helps. (: