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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Others make it happen.

Just wanna jot down something I think I will regret if I don't right now.

Came across a friend's email several times and saw these words. Had always find it meaningful but never had the urge to jot it down till now. It is so true. I can't remember fully what it was being said, so I went to google to get the right one.

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

I'm living my life the way I want right now. I am satisfied. Living it with the zest I want.
Doing the things I want without regret.

I hope to achieve some stuff before 30. No idea what stuff. But just. something.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Fish and Chips in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

7th March 2012, Wednesday
After I touched down in Hobart, I boarded the city coach bus by Redline and zoomed into the city straight. The bus driver was friendly. I was initially quite intimidated by all the ang mohs surrounding me, because beforehand I had been slightly briefed of the racism that was a little more serious in Tasmania, apparently. But it turned out fine. Well, not in a sense they would disturb you in the daylight streets anyways. Unless you did anything to turn them on. However that doesn't mean that I could relax around; I was on high alert at all times. Being alone overseas, was no joke. A lot of matters I had to take it into my own hands, and decide what was the best option for myself, without anyone's advice. Nothing was for sure. But Australia, in general was quite safe, as compared to other countries.

And now Hobart. I like. Quite a big city, almost if not more than half of the people in Tasmania reside in Hobart. Which means, for instance around a population of 500,000 people, 250,000 are situated in Hobart, and around 100,000 in Launceston, and the rest scattered around other places in Devonport, Burnie, etc. Can you imagine, a population of only 500,000 people in Tasmania, and 6.5mil residing in Singapore?! That is so much of a difference.

Generally I liked the whole of Tasmania. But personally if I have a chance to go again, I would choose to go in spring or summer. Spring, be it to see the tulips, or summer, to see lavender. This season was autumn. As I would have expected to see orangy maple leaves here and there, unfortunately in Tasmania they do not grow it as widespread in comparison to other countries. So what I had been seeing all these while on the roads, were huge grasslands / vegetation in eternal brown. Flat, not much trees, all in shades of light brown to darker brown. No greens in sight. Upon visualizing, would be better if I come in the spring or summer, wouldn't it. ;)
 After I settled my luggage at the hostel, without wasting any time, I hastily changed into another pair of jeans and walked outside on the streets. The room was quite okay, sharing with 5 other girls. But my problem was with the luggage as the hostel didn't have lifts and I could only put my luggage at the ground floor, carrying my essentials to use and wear for the next 3 days. It was my first time to meet this kind of situation and I was a little lost of what to do. I kept forgetting what to bring along and run down and only to forget other stuffs when I was upstairs again.
Recommended place for fish and chips at an affordable price was this: Flippers fish punt. 
Ha. On the lonely planet recommended itinerary.
 Naughty seagulls. They wanted to steal my food. I was so irritated with them.

Really tasty, the fish and chips. Fresh. Ah, one thing I found it so different was, they CHARGE for the sauce. When I asked for tar tar sauce, they charged for 2 AUD. SG gives it free of charge! 
But they gave a very generous serving of chips. It was good but I couldn't finish.

This is my ship! Met a elderly couple from England and we had a short conversation. Actually they had been to Singapore before they came here! Ahaha so funny. I took a picture of them, and the grandpa also helped me to take this picture in return. So nice of them. And guess what, I met them on my way back in the evening too! Hahaha. Really funny. XD

Thursday, April 26, 2012

A Short Hiatus

As my title says, yeah I'm going to have a hiatus pretty soon.

I don't like to give promises, unless I can forsee myself being able to stick to them in future. Albeit this hiatus, whenever I feel like blogging, I will drop some bird shit here. Or some photos when my inspiration kicks in. Ahahaha.

Having said that, I could be totally MIA. Don't expect. On another note, I missed all my previous posts. A year long full of posts; it feels incomplete without them. My babies. Aww well. I told myself not to look back. And just keep remembering the utmost reason why I have created this blog. Hope I won't lose that motivation and continue to charge forward.
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Get well soon. Love you lots.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Recent feel

A picture taken from my Aussie trip back a while ago in March.

Friday, April 20, 2012

The 3 Hong Kong Girls I met in Hobart

10th March 2012, Saturday
Oh boy I miss them. They were so lovely ladies. We had lots of fun at the Salamanca Market.

I should have remembered to get your FB! And I only remembered Sam's name. 
But only Sam alone, how am I to find you in FB?! DX
Have a happy friday!~ And a good weekend ahead. Cheers.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Market walk at Salamanca Place, Tasmania, Australia #2

10th March 2012, Saturday
Continuation of my market walk~ Handmade crafts by locals. Made in Tasmania. They are pretty.
 Lavender pouches. 
 Woods is from Tasmania too. Wood is abundant in Australia.







 Yummy dessert cakes, but my stomach is yelling at me to stop shuffling more stuff in it.. so sad... >.<
mmm !!!


And there was a Swiss band playing.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Market walk at Salamanca Place, Tasmania, Australia

10th March 2012, Saturday
Before I left Hobart for Launceston, I made sure to visit the Salamanca Market! Its a must visit for all tourists. I really enjoyed myself a lot at the market. There were just so many interesting things to look at, delicious food to eat on the way, and free music to listen. Yummy!
 The famous picturesque Salamanca Market starts from there, and its a long street ahead, with a junction in the middle. Market is in a form of a T shape, here being at the left of the T. In a sense, its like this. |-- I suppose I don't really have to write captions for the rest of the photos below, isn't it. ;) Do enjoy the upcoming string of photos.







One of my uncles commented that their street apples were very crunchy. I should have tried it! 
After some market shopping, shall we try some food?
 This stall, apparently was quite famous and was advertised on a HK food magazine. 
Because one my Hong Kong hostel mates immediately went gaga when she saw it! 
Then the 3 of them were like, come photos first! *snap snap snap* LOLOLOL. And I was there, haha haha haha.
Special mention: The famous Bratwurst hotdog! Yummy. Its juicy, and the fragrance, the appropriate level of saltiness registered in my brain! Really, I cannot forget the texture of the sausage. Hey I went with an empty stomach okay. XD Hotdogs, in Australia are ALL tasty in general. Haha.
 A slice of pizza, anyone?

 OMG, the blueberries were ripe and they tasted so sweet when popped into my mouth. A big box, costed 7.5 AUD only.
 Doughnut, with cinnamon powder.
Wow, the crepes were so yummy! I do have a habit of not knowing what to order when I'm in a foreign place for food (applies when I'm back at home too, heh). Usually I would ask the person what they recommend. I took this fetta cheese and spinach, and they were awesome. Matched with this tomato topping, thumbs up fantastic!! I was actually a little full, but I didn't want to miss out this crepe. But once I ate, I forgot I was full and finished this in a few minutes. LOL.

Australia holiday trip 2012 ~ 6th Mar to 18th Mar.


I realised that I didn't even write a proper introduction to my Aussie trip, before writing the contents. This time round, my writing is scattered all over the place. Bits and pieces of what I've experienced in Aussie. Instead of writing the coherent day trips I've had had during the holidays. Anyways here's the intro before I forget.

It was really fun! I spent a little more than a month, perhaps only 5 to 6 weeks of planning in full for this trip. As mentioned it was really a hastily planned one, since I had hopped onto the ship last minute. Really impromptu, without any consideration, my brain just said go and I went ahead to liaise with my friend 2-3 days after when she initially mentioned to me on a dinner date.

Unlike last time where I had 3 months ahead to plan my trip to Korea, this time frame was really short for me. Furthermore its not to Hong Kong or anywhere near, its to Aussie for 11 days. Discussing which period to fly with my friend and booking the international and domestic air tickets. Deciding our travel plan all took time. And so 3 weeks were gone. Left 3 more weeks. To be exact its 2 weeks, since the last week I would be having school already.

Complications arise because she and I fly separately. We visited different places. She left for Melbourne and I left for Tasmania, before meeting halfway at Gold Coast and traveling together to Brisbane. We also could not come to travel to a same schedule together, so in the end, and I left a day earlier than her and a day later back home. And then we had to decide where to visit first. Gold coast & Brisbane to visit first or last? But she wanted to visit Melbourne first, so I just adjusted to her. And luckily she was able to travel within the time frame that I wanted~

And therefore my schedule was SG > Melb (transit) > Hobart (Tas) > Launceston (Tas) > Gold Coast > Brisbane > SG.

For a person who didn't even know how this country Australia looked like to start with, I tried my best to quickly immerse as much travel information as possible once my schedule was fixed. Time left was around 2 weeks. Left aussie visa, accomodation and tours booking, money exchange, luggage packing.

One problem solved and next up there were still more to come. Luckily my school haven't started. But still, with work obligation, I'm only left with the short evening to think about the trip everyday. Stressed. Especially planning my Tasmania trip. Where to head out alone? Which places to visit?

Then I remembered one of my study buddies Cinly has a friend studying in Aussie. Should I just try my luck to contact? Even though I think this friend might not remember me at all. We were just acquaintances. I didn't know what courage got into me that time and I really sent out a pm, and contacted Cinly thereafter. Being forced under the circumstances left me with no choice but to think forward and be brave I guess. But there was no further reply. I thought perhaps no hope.. its okay at least I tried and had no regrets. Sure enough, I could always travel alone at the end of the day, but its like since if I'm able to contact a friend or two over there, it would be even better isn't it.

Just then Cinly contacted me to go for her friend's steamboat, which I could perhaps get to see their housemates and know each other better. I could still remember she said, she has tried her best to link the line and help me, so the rest is up to me to decide. It was such a coincidence that night I had a yearly affair of an extended family new year dinner. I had to give it a miss for the first time but that opened up my opportunities for a higher chance of being able to liaise with them in Tasmania. And that's how I got to know Alvin and Jackie who were the ones studying in Tasmania. Jackie was the friend Cinly introduced to me, and then through Jackie, I knew Alvin. They were friendly. *clasp my fingers, thank goodness*

But that did not mean the end of story though. lol. Apparently the period I was to go would be the start of their school semesters. Which means it was NOT a good period for both parties. They would be studying and I would not be able to travel much. More planning ensued since I would have to crack my head to squeeze a period in which all of us could agree on. So. My final plan was.

07th Mar to 10th Mar - Hobart
10th Mar to 13th Mar - Launceston (weekend)
13th Mar to 18th Mar - Gold Coast & Brisbane.

At least during the weekend when I popped over, they wouldn't be schooling, I didn't dare to hope much, since their school sem would have started. To be honest, I had thought before, if I really didn't have a chance to meet up with them, that would be alright too. Is not that big of a problem. I would just book land tour all the way, sure it does cost more money but it solves the problem. But having said that, somehow the thinking of visiting fellow Singaporeans in a foreign country will make me feel at ease?? Haha I don't know.

Having decided the period I was to be in Launceston meant I would have to decide the suitable land tours to purchase for the days in Hobart. And why land tours in Tasmania? Because... its just not possible to travel alone in Tasmania, unlike other parts in Aussie like Sydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne. There was no subway. Forms of travel were either the city buses or cars. Being alone, its not worth to rent a car and drive around. So signing up for land tour would be the more feasible option, since I get to visit several places in a day. The money would be more well spent.

And to King. It was more of a breeze. Boon and I just planned between ourselves where to go for the days we would be in Gold coast and let him go through, see if he's able to accompany us. Brisbane - even more fantastic. Totally no plans. lol. Frankly speaking its because I've no idea where to head to either.

Then as everything got finalized, it left with me a week away from traveling. Just nice my school started and I was busy with school. A whole week of 7 classes straight, weekends burnt. Sounds sad but that's my life. Before I fly. And Aussie here I come!~
On the plane~
Transit at Melbourne.. Hoho holiday mood up up!
 Reaching Hobart!~
And into the city~ Weeeeeee~

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

My levitation

One of the photos my colleagues were impressed with.. was this. My levitation in the area around Wineglass bay, Tasmania, Australia. They were more impressed with how I had managed to do it in front of so many people.
Looking at me. Heh.
Carrot *shyly* says, thankkew.. Hee hee...
Sometimes, its called forced under the situation.. because if you aren't going to do it.. you won't be here anymore..

Monday, April 16, 2012

Airplane meals

6th March 2012,  Tuesday
Not bad, the meals on Emirates.
 Supposedly a meal for dinner, but it was a supper for me. Tuck in! Yum.
And breakfast. Croissant was nice. Maybe because it was warm. 
It wasn't so bad, flying alone. It wasn't that intolerable as expected. Cheers.
Was just recalling back to the time I had booked this trip, and now I'm already flying. 
This Aussie trip was my foremost most hastily planned free and easy trip. Just hope everything turned out okay.
And it did. XD

Sunday, April 15, 2012

DEAR BROTHER

WHEN I SEE YOU CRY, MY HEART IS IN AGONY TOO. DO YOU KNOW.

The way your face torn into a crying face, makes me hurt like hell. Do you know.

The way your face ages so much faster than mine, makes me feel like a useless sister. Do you know.

The thought that I can't even do anything to ease your pain, makes my eyes flood non stop. Do you know.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Love blueberry yogurt

Tried so many flavours of yogurts before, but Blueberry still taste the best to me. Have a great Wednesday. :)

Monday, April 9, 2012

Oh t i m e.

I don't know, something has gotten into me and I just can't seem to fan it away. Ever since the return from aussie made me realise everything seems to be the same. Or it seems.

I'm leaving time further and further. Things surges to me like a mad train, and I feel I just can't seem to cope, or so. 5 more lessons only.

I feel lost. I think I should pick it up from where I had dropped and move on. True enough, holidays made me fly; it was superb. Relaxed. Enjoyed. Saw a lot of stuff. But once reality kicks in, it is supposed to make you feel excited to look forward to stuff you are required to do back home.

I know. Its stress before the exam. And unfortunately I'm feeling it so much earlier than expected this time round.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

2NE1 - Lonely

This MV is so much better. Meaning, and visually. As expected from YG. Certainly didn't disappoint.

This song, on the other hand, performs so much better than what I had expected. Its so good. Tune is good, as always, but one look at the lyrics, immediately blows me away. Its just so true, at some point. Identity crisis. Excellent.
Love this song.

Translation
The words I’m saying right now, I don’t know if they’ll hurt you
They’ll probably make you hate me forever

You, saying that I’m not the same as I used to be, is not completely untrue
This changed me is a stranger to myself as well

You are so kind but
That’s the way you are but oh
I don’t know I don’t know
Why I am like this

We were so in love, and you’re here now but oh
I don’t know
I want to find myself now

Baby I’m sorry, even when I’m with you, I’m Lonely
I must be lacking when it comes to love, please forgive this person horrible person I am
I’m sorry, this is your and my story
I must not be worthy of this thing called love, even though I’m by your side
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely

You didn’t do anything wrong, I’m the strange one
It seems I’ve already been prepared long ago, for our breakup

I really wanted to treat you well, out of all the times, why is it when I’m confronted by love
I am shrinking away & am lonely endlessly

You are so kind but
That’s the way you are but oh
I don’t know I don’t know
Why I am like this

We were so in love, and you’re here now but oh
I don’t know
I want to find myself now

Baby I’m sorry, even when I’m with you, I’m Lonely
I must be lacking when it comes to love, please forgive this person horrible person I am
I’m sorry, this is your and my story
I must not be worthy of this thing called love, even though I’m by your side
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely

Cuz I’m just another girl
This night is lonely, I
Can’t take any more, Good bye

Cuz I’m just another girl
I’m so lonely
Even though I’m by your side right now

Baby I’m so lonely
Lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I’m so lonely lonely lonely

2NE1 - Ugly

3rd April 2012, Tuesday

My first time of listening was, why is this song so sad. True enough, the tune was addicting, but as I keep on listening, my knowledge of Korean starts to automatically translate in my head and I was wondering to myself, why is this song so negative?! I hope there will be some positive meaning in between, but right till the end its all too negative. I hope girls don't treat this with a depressed mindset. Its not, okay. Please listen to Kara's pretty girl. If you wanna pretty, every wanna pretty. LOL. Morning in the train, I put this on repeating mode, and in addition to today's damn train's delay, my mood went down the drain.

Yes I don't want to complain about the train. But I'm fed up. Aiya. The one and only monopoly public train service, is going haywire, everyone is just late for work everyday, this will only affect the overall efficiency and economic performance of Sg in the long run. If our trusted one and only public train transport service can't even function properly and deliver commuters to work punctually every day, who's going to believe our trustworthiness? Are other countries are going to invest if they know workers in Sg are late for work, reason being the public transport is not working well? Apparently the garment doesn't sense the urgency to fix this at all. Aiya aiya aiya. Next election... *shake head*

Back to the MV, I understand that everyone will have such moments once in their lifetime. I'm not pretty, I'm not beautiful. I'm just the average joe and jane. I'm neither popular, nor do I have the charisma. I do have such moments too, but I mean, its not very appropriate to put this into a song, where so many people are going on repeating mode everyday. Everyday listen to such depressing songs, will make one go crazy alright?!

And my first comment when viewing the MV was, why aren't they lip syncing to it?? It was different from what I had visualize when listening. Then I realize, they can't. Yes they can't. How could they?!

Translated lyrics
[CL] I’m trying to smile brightly but
I don’t like it
I’m not pretty, I’m not beautiful
Oh oh oh oh x 2

[BOM] I’m trying to sing but
No one is listening
I’m not pretty, I’m not beautiful
Oh oh oh oh x 2

[DARA] Why am I this ugly
What must I do for me to be able to smile brightly like you?

[MINJI] I’m getting angry again, why can’t I ever be perfect
I simply put the blame on my ugly appearance in this broken mirror

[BOM] Don’t look at me, I hate this feeling right now
I want to hide away somewhere, I want to escape
This world is full of lies

[CL] I think I’m ugly
And nobody wants to love me
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty
Don’t lie to my face tellin’ me I’m pretty

I think I’m ugly
And nobody wants to love me
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty
Don’t lie to my face cuz I know I’m ugly

[MINJI] Don’t tell me that you can understand me so easily
My ugly and crooked heart may even come to resent you

[BOM] Don’t force me to talk, I’m not right for you
The cold thorns inside that patronizing gaze suffocate me

[MINJI] Don’t come closer, I don’t even want your concern
I want to leave away to somewhere, I want to shout out
This world is full of lies

[CL] I think I’m ugly
And nobody wants to love me
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty
Don’t lie to my face tellin’ me I’m pretty

I think I’m ugly
And nobody wants to love me
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty
Don’t lie to my face cuz I know I’m ugly

[DARA] All alone
I’m all alone x 2
There is no such thing as warmth
There is no one by my side
All alone

I’m all alone x 2
I’m always alone
There’s no such thing as warmth
Next to my side, there’s not even anyone to embrace me

[CL] I think I’m ugly
And nobody wants to love me
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty
Don’t lie to my face tellin’ me I’m pretty

I think I’m ugly
And nobody wants to love me
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty
Don’t lie to my face cuz I know I’m ugly
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See.  >.<

The different images produced from different perspective

Viewing my photos, viewing my photos. As I view from one photo to another I noticed.. the differences from one hand to another. Each person has a different touch to the camera and that all show in the images taken. Sometimes I feel its even easier with a point and shoot camera, because I don't even have to think and consider about the various functions and just shoot in auto mode.

It looks like I won't be able to post my trip photos like before, and I would only be able to post selective shots every now and then. Sigh~ Anyways. The idea of this post is regarding the differences of each person's touch of the camera.
 These pictures were taken in Launceston, Tas, visiting a design museum. The subject is viewing a crystal ball, watching it turn into million of lights. Focus is obviously on the subject, albeit a little blur. However, we do not see the face of the subject, do we know what she is doing? But the wide angle of the lens allows us to see the background of the room, in which its all full of such identical stuff. This image will shine if its black and white.
Perhaps, like this.
In this image, we see the subject face, he's viewing the crystal ball intently. At a more closer viewpoint, we get to see his reactions, or get a glimpse of what he may be thinking while watching the crystal ball move. 
This attention interests the viewers. "Ah, I wanna look at what he is looking."

P.s. I'm not any pro by the way, I'm intrigued by the different perspectives people will have. I may be just talking crap though. Bleagh. Cheers.