The Courtyard (By Night & By Day)
Have always loved this place.. ever since I was 18,
a chance encounter on a random day... the start of a wonderful relationship..
Gothic architecture, a profound sense of history, lovely courtyard
wandering around its' premises transports me to Europe
The National Heritage Board has done a good job with the restoration work.. I must say...
So serene and tranquil right in the city.
Singapore Art Museum
71 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189555
Takashimaya Singapore 10% off (26/01-- XXXX)
Takashimaya happens to be one of my favourite shopping centres! Self-contained with all my pet
brands under one roof.
There's(was) an addition 10% discount for Takashimaya cardholders over the weekend. Applicable even for "sale" items thus stretching the dollar by alittle.
With CNY round the corner... it appears that the stores are already having their "CNY Promotional Discounts"... I eagerly anticipate more discounts in the subsequent weeks... if only it isn't so crowded all the time. =P
Love Found & Lost
I watched "Happy Birthday" -- 生日快樂
Revolving around perennial themes of love, friendship and heartbreak.
Does eternal love exist?
Is there love so pure that it transcends all boundaries and space?
Is it possible to love a person so much that u let him/her go just because you fear losing him/her in the end?
Trite questions so many say.. but none can deny the fixation we have nor the iron vise this subject has on us...
Sadly, I don't have the answers.
All I can say is : "Love Like You Never Loved Before, Live Each Day Like Your Last."
Human beings tend to spend too much time obsessing over "what should/what will/what if" without realising that action is the first step to success.
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I believe it is just human nature to take for granted things that are seemingly always around.
I have never really stopped and starred at how lovely the city lights glow as viewed from my room on a clear summer night. I guess I did when I 1st moved into this apt. It did strike me that from my balcony I could see City Hall and Suntec City. Fabulous!
Maybe because I simply assumed that with 365 days in a year ... there would be many other opportunities to look upon this scene... what ever it is... Now, I know that I sure am gonna miss this landscape. The flickers of light that dot the horizon as far as the human eye stretches. Those moments just before the sun sets when the sky is illuminated a mixture of red and purple. The intersection of day and night.
A twinge of sadness and alil longing... I don't ask for much.. simple pleasures can derive much happiness.
Mirror Mirror On The Wall...Who's The Shiniest Of Them All??
Colourful Hues Of California
Sunset Bathing Highway 1 in Golden Orange Light.Detox
This word has been very much on my mind recently. Maybe it has to do with the fact that it's afterall a New Year and don't we all believe in New Beginnings?? Or I am just getting so tired of holding everything together.
I feel this incessant need to purge my life of all toxins and of all physical clutter. Everything that is not good for me-- too many sweets, toxic friends and useless merchandise. Somewhere between last year and the year before, I seem to have lost my sense of balance and austere well being. Teethering dangerously on the cliff...
I desire to free my mind of the unnecessary shackles that are more often than not self-imposed.
I have never been much of a whinger; believing myelf to be more of a survivor- come hell or high waters, but of late, this restraint is starting to wane; unravel its threads. Maybe I am not that strong afterall.
Somebody asked randomly today:
"What is the difference between Astrology and Astronomy?"
A seemingly simple question which everyone thinks they can answer but the real question is -- can you?
It is actually getting alittle alarming but I am secretly addicted to this K-Drama forum... constantly need to get my fix of star studded fodder.
Maybe it is the voyeuristic streak in us speaking..the need to prob and pry into the life of a complete stranger.... or the need to break out of the mundane cycle of nomality we are largely stuck in.
Fairy tales & Korean Dramas
Korean Dramas are unhealthy. Pointless, save for raising one's hopes and spirits just to have them come crashing again when faced with reality. You see, in stories Snow White always finds her Prince and they ride off into the sunset. A picture perfect setting. Now, in reality Snow White finds her Prince, gets scared off by the fact that she found him or finds herself embroiled in a web of intrigue involving the ghosts of ex-girlfriends and various other love triangles. Or simply Prince Charming is just the solemn malcontent fellow who is unable to adequately express his feelings. Either way, she gets tired of waiting for him and leaves his charming ass and by the time the realisation hits -- she is a complete moron. Its to late. The prince is already dating a gorgeous porcelain-faced supermodel type from another kingdom. But wait, you say, it's not over. There could still be a happy ending. Can Snow White win back the Prince? That is the question. In the tale she probably gets drenched in the falling rain inevitably catching a terrible cold or collapses out of sheer exhaustion and he comes to her rescue on horseback. Now back to reality. There are no dragons and, unless you are into equestrians, not many guys are riding around on horses. The truth is nothing ever really works out the way you thought it would when you were a child and few to none actually get a love narrative worth writing about. Unless its titled "The prince who never called" or "The princess and her friday night alone", I think that at the heart of this issue, no matter how progressive society is and how empowered women are there lies at the core -- a little girl's fear that their biography will be about a bitter old woman that lives alone with her cats. Tell me... how many people's life stories end with the magical phrase "Happily Ever After"?
pic courtesy of soompi forum contributor
I think too much! I swear, too many random thoughts and musings.. of love(s) lost and won.. of sadness and pain.. of a life extraordinary.. fit for a Princess.. always in swift pursuit of an eternal commodity never enough--time or some say money!
