~Eats, Shoots and Leaves~


Yaay! I bought 2 books today after not reading for too long. I didn't intend to buy anything when I entered the bookstore near school, Intellectual Property. In fact, I've only been to that place 3 times and found it intimidating; the place looks cold and expensive, uninviting and unbearably quiet. The name itself turns me off. It doesn't have couches or comics like Borders does. But, it wasn't so bad after all. Surprisingly, I managed to find some interesting books and good deals which left me feeling satisfied. :)))

One of the books that I bought was Eats, Shoots and Leaves. I often see this book but never glanced twice. I thought it's just another self-help book (this genre doesn't work for me). The pandas on the cover look so ugly that even the New York Times Bestseller mark doesn't compensate. But, I finally gave the book some attention and read the back cover:

A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds and explanation.

"P a n d a. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

So, it turned out that it's a book about punctuation. I ended up buying it because I thought, a book on such a dry and nerdy topic that became a New York Times Bestseller certainly worth checking out.

Today is YEANCHING'S bday!!! Well techincally it's tomorrow where I'm at now, but in Singapore, it's today!!!! Yaaaay!!!

So, I just wanna say Happy 20th Birthday to Yeaching!!!

I'm missing her a lot here..All the gossiping/sharing/curhat session at night when we were supposed to do our tutorials or past years papers instead, the time when we became little devils and played harmonica to call upon Alice, the lunch cooking times during A Levels, the period where I teased her almost everyday about her "secret" crush..haha.. I also remember the little note that she posted on the fridge..cursing the thief we all hated who stole her banana and my mango.. Hah that slimy little thief was never caught..There're too much to write and too much things happening that I sometimes forgot what they are but I still remember how much I laugh when I was with her.. Sometimes we laughed at other people but most of the times we laughed at ourselves..

Actually I haven't known Yeanching for a long period of time and we only lived together about 2 years and were only real close in J2 when we were roomies. But, it seems like I've known her all my life and I can share everything with her. She's been a wonderful blessing to me and YC, I just want you to know that you'll always have a special place in my heart.

I think she's a very nice and caring friend, always trying to help and a very easy-going person. She may not realise it but she's also a very strong person with great leadership skill and mature outlook (hahaha wow I can't believe I'm complimenting her this much.... but she IS all those things I just mentioned). And one of the many things that I learned from her throughout the years is to put friends as one of the top priorities. She may not realise this too but she's helped me grow into a better person and I wanna thank her for that.. Tengkyu tengkyu tengkyu..

So... YC, I hope I can be in Malaysia right now to knock on your door at midnight (and eat cake wif u), but I really really can't..(no money leeh..how?) But I'm sure you're having loooaaads of fun with the your fam..Although i know you'd also want to be in SG wif the NUSian and Indos and Malaysians, but wat to do..CNY must go back rite? Haha blame the Lunar calendar..

Anyhow, once again Happy Bday to YC!!

I need one of this:

The alarm clock that runs away and hides when you don't wake up. Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off of your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time.

It costs:

$49.99

I'd like to think of
My chocolate coated rainbow
And cotton candy clouds
The honey dripping rain
And raisin cookie land

Whenever I'm down in sorrow
submerged in my doubts
Not sure of what I've attained
on this fast driving lane

I'd like to go to my
My ever-turning carousel
For a perfect getaway
Swim in the mushroom cream soup
Then bask in the morning sunrise ray

And with every squirrel that I sing with
Every fairy that flown me high
For every angel that tucked me tightly
In my marshmallow stuffed bed
For every loved ones that I adore
I'd smile a little bit more

~Vid~on a sleepy Thursday morn

Corrinne May is one of my favorite singers, just because she has such transluscent and angelic voice and she has a gift in song-writing. The song "Mr. Beasley" is from her first album titled "Fly Away". I fell in love with her when I first got hold of her second album, "Safe in a Crazy World" from a friend. My roomie, yeanching and I used to play that album over and over again and we never got bored. I was lucky that YC also liked it so I could play in for the umpteenth time without her being irritated.



"Music is my balm for whenever life gets a little crazy. " ~corrine may

Just wanna give a shout out to everyone..Happy Val's Day!

May they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.

~Judges 5:31

The V-day is almost here.. Wanna share a nice romantic song just to get in the mood.. It's an old song but this one is the new version by lifehouse. Loving that husky voice!!

Yes, like I said in the last post, I've been thinking hard for a couple of days, searching for my odd behaviors. I think I have a lot of them, but just like searching for things in your pile of mess; you just can't find it when you need it. Then, in your desperate attempt, you go to the nearest store to buy it, and when you come back home, it's just sitting somewhere on your table, staring at you with mocking smile. So, back to the topic, indeed I have found the remaining two. Here goes:

5. When I feel uncomfortable or panic, I make ugly faces when nobody's looking to release the tension. Basically, just distorting my mouth, nose and eyes as ugly as I could. It works, try it. But remember, the key words are "when nobody's looking".

6. I always eat cereal without milk.

Yup, that's it. Finally, my task is done. And I wanna tag all of you who's reading this.. Yes, that means YOU too!!

I got tagged by Alice. Since I've got nothing to do right now, I'm gonna think hard to find some of my peculiarities.. Why 6 btw?? OK, here goes..

1. I'm a very picky eater. No durian, chendol, coffee, sayur asem, avocado, wasabi, cucumber, ladies finger, and a whole lot of other food for me. I've been scolded a lot for this.

2. I really want to be left-handed. I just think it's pretty cool.

3. I looove going to the supermarket and buying groceries. It's refreshing just to walk in every single isle and picking up stuff.

4. I've been sleeping with my position the other way around (head is where feet supposed to be) for about a week now. No Particular reason. I just did it once one day and I keep sleeping that way ever since.

I'll add the other two next time... It's time consuming to think about them.. I'll think harder..

I'm not sure if it's proper to write an entry on this matter since I'll be commenting as a third party. It'll be much better if it's coming from somebody with first hand account but well I still wanna write about it. Honestly, I've never tried smoking or even come near to trying. I always look down on smokers or sometimes take pity on them. Not a good attitude, I know, coz you shouldn't judge people too fast. But somehow, I'm very strongly against smoking.


Let me list the reasons:

1. Well, as the name suggest, it's smoky and smelly.
2. Couldn't stand the fact that my lung is also affected when I inhaled as a passive smoker.
3. You're paying money to get yourself sick.
4. It's cunningly addictive.
5. It's a concious decision of consuming poison.

I know that it's hard to stop smoking right this very second. I can relate to that bcos I've been trying not to eat junk food; anything labeled fast food, chips, fried stuff and also reduce the frequency of my snack time. Believe me, I couldn't even last a week. Those vending machines at school are tempting me!! They're everywhere!! I swear they're haunting my life. So, quitting is now easy, at all. But, I think it's wrong just to give in so easily to things that ruin us. At least we should fight back and never stop trying. Let's get our pride back, win the battle.

Just some interesting posters that I wanna share: