February 2012
Day 402
What made me happy today?
finally got out of the house on wed after staying home the entire weekend and start of week. went to peninsula plaza to get my diy tlr cam fixed because smth punched my focus lens in when the cam was in my bag hahaha, sounds hilarious now as i write this. and the lady was so nice and awesome she took apart the whole thing, okay almost the whole thing, and fixed...
Day 401
What made me happy today?
okay now im really getting terrible at this sigh. writing does not inspire me anymore sadly, it feels like a chore now getting onto tumblr when i used to be stuck on this 24/7 and could never get to studying. now im bored to death at home and tumblr doesnt excite me anymore.
its been two weeks, one of which i spent in vietnam, and the one prior to that was spent...
“You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life...”
– Jodi Picoult (via danseurs)
January 2012
Day 400
What made my day today?
so the last wed i had chp for the entire day which really sucked and esp with whiny people beside me who didnt even do any work, so yeah whatever, supposed to meet s for dinner but she got lazy and had work to do and i didnt want to stay too long cuz i was meeting b late anyway, so had spontaneous dinner with c k y z, came home and napped a bit while waiting for b, met her...
(73)
I left no trace of myself in his home save for a ring on his bedside table from a cup of coffee he made me in the morning.
Come and go, I come and go.
At times I had loved like a phantom. I left nothing but the smallest traces: a mark on the neck of a man who never noticed it, a lipstick stain on his pinky finger, a thread of hair that had fallen and tangled itself in his sheets.
I had...
Day 399
What made me happy today?
i have no idea when i last posted, whether it was even before osces or what, but anyway ive been done with exams since a week ago haha. just been lazy to go on tumblr and post. need to start doing this religiously agn, after all i started this for a reason right haha.
so osces were okay thankfully, not that im expecting to do exceptionally well, actl i may even fail two...
Day 398
What made me happy today?
omg im dying, i cannot finish anything and im studying so super slowly its like i have no more studying capacity anymore. actl more like i have no idea what to study sigh. finished psych like after another six hours today maybe, and done with ent i guess. but was supposed to do eye and anaes too, oh well. will skim through eye because im going to fail it anyway hahaha....
Day 397
What made me happy today?
i had a really bad morning actl, was really sad yest studying and thinking too much because i enjoyed myself on tues and didnt want to study agn haha, and went to sleep feeling unsettled, woke up this morning and argued with my parents, okay not argue just not what i would love to start the mornings with and so i cried in the middle of breakfast. you know, not even...
(27)
I’ve looked into a placid lake and I’ve watched as the stars rippled and drowned at the edge of my fingertips.
Here is what December has taught me:
You can’t touch the sky and expect it to stay the night.
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
– Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Burns
Day 396
What made me happy today?
two third way through and left with osces next week, in the meantime today was meant for slacking and tmr i start my studying routine agn for the next six days haha. feels like hols now and oh man the inertia. plus i really dont know what to study. sigh.
hasnt been too bad i guess, but meqs were terrible, although im still in denial but i guess it all balances out to a...
“I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Day 395
What made me happy today?
r said i will never finish obg by this week, third day into it and i hate to say it but i totally admit defeat now. sigh. trying to study the bare minimum for each is still taking me four days in total. whats this man. and seriously obs is killing me, it made me so sleepy by the sheer boredom. so screwed for pros. but really got to move on tmr and do past year papers and...
“I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to...”
– Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self...”
– Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree
Who You Used To Be →
“It’s much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave....”
– Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
This reenactment: Face to face with your ex-boyfriend at a crowded dance club in New York City. He put his hand on your forearm, you both said nothing, and parted ways.
To observe is not to have. To observe is to watch is to remark is to perceive is to notice is to remember and to keep, but you will never have any of this ever again.
(via thoughtcatalog)
But, of course, putting yourself out there takes vulnerability. Vulnerability is hard, and we, as a rule, tend to go for what’s easy; by that logic, closing ourselves off is the easiest thing in the world. We quote the words of others to do our talking for us, send each other links to articles and stories in lieu of actual conversation, post pretty pictures to adequately convey our current state...
“Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you.”
– The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
“My sister told me a soul mate is not the person
who makes you the happiest but...”
– “Love, Forgive Me” After Rachel McKibbens, Sierra DeMulder
Day 394
What made me happy today?
the last post was so long ago that i really cant rmb when anymore and its too taxing on my remaining brain cells to recall.
been camping out at starbucks everyday, cramming nonstop and still not getting anything done on time sigh. why oh why, every year the same thing happens. so much for one month study break. and being very sad because i spent new year studying. kind...
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html
“He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers,...”
– Neil Gaiman
“Can beauty save us? Yesterday
I looked at the river and a sliver
of moon and...”
– “Thanksgiving” by Maggie Nelson
“Embraces from all the wrong people
leave you sadder than none from the ones...”
– “A poem that broke my heart,” S.
December 2011
