went back to ACJC on Monday to collect my School Graduation Certificate (SGC) after my freshman medical check-up at NUS. my first reaction wasn’t one of happiness or relief, but rather… “two years of intensive torture-like study for a maroon folio with gold embossing. na beh.” true story. “The year you were born marks only…
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–40: “there is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
it’s been the craziest nine days yet.
–50: “one of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
(shot along Mariam Way on thursday evening) (as I’m typing this I’m cringing/grimacing at the television while watching the season finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on FOX because it’s SO PAINFUL TO WATCH and I’m crying internally) so, I’m left with fifty days before school actually starts; the next chapter of my short-lived life….
–54: “you only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”
(image credits to Entrepreneur) today, I was thinking about the time I spent studying for the ‘A’ Levels and my work ethic then— hours of cramming with nothing but snacks, notes and two earbuds in my ear.
–55: “besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl? the answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.”
(image credits to Amid Night Suns on Blogger) I must admit, I’m not a perfect person robot capable of completely compartmentalising my feelings— this post stems from annoyance and anger at a certain relative over an argument on Saturday. said feelings of annoyance/anger led me to reflect on the happenings of the past few weeks…
–57: “being busy is better than being bored. bored left a long time ago. busy is always around for me.”
(photo taken yesterday evening) it’s a Sunday and I’m finally getting a chance to slow down and take a breather after the hectic week— I’m completely done with my practical test (for driving), my first bout of concerts/performances is finally over and I’m very thankful for the break I can get before resuming with choir…
–65: “wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
here’s a quick shot I snapped on my way to Yishun earlier on after alumni choir rehearsal. so, An Evening With Friends 2014 (ACJC College and Alumni Choir’s annual concert) begins tomorrow and I have been nothing short of excited for the whole five months in which I’ve been rehearsing with the alumni choir.
–71: “we travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
throwback to June 2012, during ACJC Choir’s Europe tour to Poland and Austria w dół alei / down the alley date: circa june 2012 location: Kraków, Polska / Cracow, Poland “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” —The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974, Anaïs Nin
–81: “that was the thing. you never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
sunsets always held lots of meaning to me: they were always a beautiful sight to behold, a conclusion to the day, a spark of hope for a better tomorrow, an artistic inspiration for a better blend of colours in a technicolour life (and whatever else you may interpret it as) but for today, the sunset…
–89: “yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: yours is the darkness of my soul’s return – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.”
lights will guide you home // a sky full of stars date: 7th may, 2014 location: roosevelt’s diner&bar, new bridge road silently if,out of not knowable night’s utmost nothing,wanders a little guess (only which is this world)more of my life does not leap than with the mystery your smile sings or if(spiraling as luminous they…
postcards from far away 