"égayer mon ciel du nord"

2012-01-27T08:16:00.000-08:00

Your tongue is a rudder.

It steers the whole ship.

Sends your words past your lips

Or keeps them safe behind your teeth.

Back to work.

(Not that I was ever off of it)

Bonjour Tristesse!

I am not missing my long hair.

2012-01-16T07:54:00.000-08:00

"I don't want to be better, I just wanna feel better."

phony.

2011-12-28T09:44:00.000-08:00

“Be who you are and say what you feel,

because those who mind don’t matter,

and those who matter don’t mind.”

-Dr Seuss

The magic button — Make Everything OK

2011-12-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

The magic button — Make Everything OK

2011-12-10T23:08:00.000-08:00

electric razor, white button down, black leather bag, bleach and dye and time, time, time, time, timeeeeeee.

2011-12-04T09:06:00.001-08:00

Lappy baggies.

2011-11-29T08:46:00.000-08:00

Don't know where this is from.

Chanel

Asos

H&M.

2011-11-15T06:14:00.000-08:00

b.u.

2011-11-06T01:13:00.000-07:00

source

Fashion revolves about trend but style is personal.

Movies I really like.

2011-10-12T10:46:00.000-07:00

In no particular order.

I'm publishing this to share the movies I like.
I prefer not discussing about things I like just because.
So here's a list of movies I really, really like. I will tell you what's it about, I will tell you about my favourite scenes in it.

The Fall

by Tarsem Singh.

I'm so in love with this movieeee my gosssh. Just finished this the other day and there's just too much to say about this movie, I can't even start. The storyline, the characters, the lines, the visuals... The most impressive thing about this film is the visuals -absolutely stunning, each scene.

1. I love and appreciate is the fact that there's nothing digitally enhanced or manipulated in this movie (except to clean up modern stuff around). This movie is technically beautiful.

2. I also absolutely love the fact that Tarsem took, what, two decades to perfect this masterpiece. What I like more than art that I like is the artist behind it. Imagine the heart poured out to make this piece, ugh.
As much as I love the story, the storyteller is always more interesting.

I really like this scene a LOT. This is when the heroes wrapped the Masked Bandit's dead brother in a plain white sheet held by this ridiculously high pillars. Breathtaking I tell you. Oh, yes that's blood.

This scene I like the MOST. The scene where the masked bandit marries the princess but was ultimately betrayed by the priest. But that's not the point. The point is, this scene was so stunning and beautiful, it literally takes one's breath away. This isn't the best screen capture of the scene but everything about it from the Sufis whirling around in slow motion to the costumes everyone was wearing and those chimes in the wind, the words -almost flawless.

And I really like the blue city scene! It's incrediblee.

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

by Michel Gondry.

I just love 'em tragic, thought-provoking movies. Michel Gondry is a great director and writer. He also did Science of Sleep, which I like also :D Because I just love the French so much. And the movie was really nice.

1. But I like Eternal Sunshine because I don't like easy stuff. I also don't like chick-flicks.

2. I like how Michel Gondry is so brilliant and could come up with such a trippy storyline. I like very much the fact that Clementine's hair colour changes. It's like Lola from Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer and Ramona from Scott Pilgrim :D

I like the part near the end where Joel just runs around crazy chasing for more time with Clementine and the scenes keep changing and they were just running and running and running until they were laying on the ice on their backs.

Breakfast At Tiffany's

by Blake Edwards

I will always root for the printed rather than the filmed. Breakfast at Tiffany's is no exception. Although there are many, many differences between the book by Truman Capote and the film, I still like the book more. I think it's because when one reads, one tends to be bounded by nothing but their imagination and what are films but just another's creation? Means also that I'm just biased :P

1. Mm I like the fact that the ending is different from the book. I don't like happy endings but in this case, my gosh, the book made me so sad, I'm glad that the movie had a happy ending :')

2. AUDREY HEPBURNNN. And her sophisticated style.

Hmm I like the whole movie, there's no scene I like in particular. Something about Holly that makes me like everything and every scene in this movie. Oh, well I do like the party scenes. I like how everyone just crams into her small white apartment and talks and smokes - dayum can Audrey smoke or whaat.

Paris, Je'Taime

by various brilliant directors.

I think this is what intensified my love for Paris about give or take, a couple of years ago. Oh, how I adore Pariiiiiiis <3! This movie is a compilation of short films in separate districts or arrondissements of Paris. Every short film was beauuutiful in its own ways.

Even though there's like, eighteen short movies, they were really memorable. I still can remember a few of them. My favourite would be Le Marais by Gus Van Sant, I think because Gaspard Ulliel was in it :P One of the first ones I watched was Bastille by Isabel Coixet and 14e arrondissement by Alexander Payne, these were the ones that stuck with me for a long time and no doubt it got me thinking about some things. Quais de Seine by Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha was interesting and it made kind of opened a part of my little mind when I saw it. Quartier des Enfants Rouges by Olivier Assayas remained to be my favourite one for a loooong time when I saw this movie, I found it somehow amusing. Also Faubourg Saint-Denis by Tom Tykwer who directed Run Lola Run and also will be directing Cloud Atlas (!!!), which is going to be epic. Like The Fountain. And I haven't even watch the Fountain yet :P

This movie introduced me to a lot of really artsy fartsy directors and they really showed the beauty of the story, the character, the place in such little time. I was impressed.

1. I love the fact that it wasn't much about Paris, it was more about Parisians in Paris and people in Paris. How Paris is just this magical place where all sorts of people reside. It's very personal.

2. It's a French movie about Paris, need I say more?

500 Days of Summer

by Marc Webb.

Too over-rated to say anything about it. But I really like it because it's tragic. Well, not really but it is. I absolutely loathe it when people say that they like this movie and that they could relate to being Summer/Tom or being in that situation and all. End of story.

1. I find this movie hilariousss.

2. Not to mention the awesome soundtrack (!!).

Oh, I like both these scenes very much; the expectation/reality and the near ending. I think I like the near ending the most. I like... closure?! Ironic! Haha.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
by Edgar Wright

Remember when hipsters were all over this?! And Where The Wild Things Are? Gosh. I haven't watch the latter. Anyway, I like Michael Cera! He's so awkward and awkward.
1. Michael Cera.
2. Beck and Metric.
3. Hipster.

Mean Girls
by Mark Waters.

Ooooh. All time favourite. Don't need no reasons, yaw.

The whole movie was my favourite scene. I mostly liked the dialogues -hiiilarity.

The Pianist
by Roman Polanski.

A masterpiece. This is a really good film. Adrien Brody was a really good actor. Is. Was. I don't know, he started acting in one of those action blockbuster movie. Didn't even watch that but this one he was really good.
Once upon a time when I was little I saw this movie and it left a deep impression on me even though I didn't know what was going on. The past few years I managed to somehow cross paths with this movie and I was all, "I remember this! Oh, that's actually what was happening." I like that feeling. Like how when I am with like Stepmom, which unfortunately didn't it to this list but is credited anyway for being there just like how old artists get awards just because they've been there all this while even though the newcomers are more deserving of it. Not to say they're completely useless. Okay, back to the Pianist.

This movie is so tragic it's hard to find a scene that I like. Like 'em all, haha. But this scene in particular I brought it with me for years, from the time when I didn't know what this movie was called and what it was about. It was when Szpilman and his family was just waiting with the others to get transported. He sits down with his brother and his brother reads an excerpt of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. I forgot how long he quoted but these lines I remember perfectly of him reciting;

If you prick us, do we not bleed?If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us,do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

I also like this scene where Szpilman plays for this German officer who found him hiding out in a building.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

I don't really like watching cartoons and animations but this is an exception! I absolutely adoreeeee this movie! The most funniest thing I've seen in years.

I like how almost ALL the characters are soooo awkward and adorable ~~like me~~! I find the dialogues to be the most hilarious thing ever but the last time when I re-watched it, it was just plain random. Still, randomness is amusing to me.

HAHA, I like how Flint goes around rushing here and there stating verbs like, "typing.. waiting.. mixing.." He's so enthusiastic about everything, it's shoo entertaining. Gosh, if ever I find a real-life Flint Lockwood, I'd be so stitched up, blablablablablablabla.

Moulin Rouge
by Baz Luhrmann.

Really like the randomness of this movie! Gosh and music, of course.
Apparently Luhrmann was inspired by a play he saw in India. Totally explains the randomity of this film.
I like the scene when the unconscious Argentinean (AHHAHA) sang Roxanne.

Alsooo I like the randomness when they were trying to explain Spectacular Spectacular to the Duke.

So delighting, it will run for 50 years!

Might have more but term's getting hectic. Besides, this post is a product of me stress relieving during term one's exam times.

Now that term one is over and term two has started, this post shall be published.

Reader, note that this post is created for no reason but to give credit to films that inspire me. Pay no attention to things such as the use of my language or the way I come off of this post. End.

Note to self:

2011-10-12T10:21:00.001-07:00

get Dazed November issue.

2011-10-09T02:25:00.000-07:00

Oh, that thing is called Divergent Thinking. Funny how it feels like a feeling or an afterthought is theorized.

2011-09-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

I am absolutely in love with this woman.

In other news, REM breaks up just when I'm getting into them!

Well, not really, just a couple of songs from them. Stiiiill.

Yeah, whatever, you should check out what Michael Stipe has been up to, he is such a breath of fresh air. I mean, look at that guy, going all out embracing technology and new age contemporary art and photography. Now that's inspiring.

2011-09-16T01:51:00.000-07:00

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2011-08-24T04:01:00.000-07:00

When the Celts came into contact with the Romans, they changed their manner of warfare to a more organized defense against a larger army. The Celtic method of warfare was to stand in front of the opposing army and scream and beat their spears and swords against their shields. They would then run headlong into the opposing army and screamed the entire way— this often had the effect of scaring the opposing soldiers who then broke into a run; fighting a fleeing army is relatively easy work. If the opposing army did not break ranks, the Celts would stop short of the army, return to their original position, and start the process over again.

2011-08-23T23:07:00.000-07:00

2011-08-13T00:56:00.000-07:00

If only we'd be graded based on effort instead of product.
:/

On characters from Gossip Girl.

2011-08-09T11:16:00.000-07:00

“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”

—	Oscar Wilde

Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless.

2011-08-09T11:05:00.000-07:00

poseur

Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,

and also madness and folly.

What more can the king’s successor do

than what has already been done?

I saw that wisdom is better than folly,

just as light is better than darkness.

The wise have eyes in their heads,

while the fool walks in the darkness;

but I came to realize

that the same fate overtakes them both.

Then I said to myself,

“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.

What then do I gain by being wise?”

I said to myself,

“This too is meaningless.”

For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;

the days have already come when both have been forgotten.

Like the fool, the wise too must die!

Ecclesiastes 2:12-16

Buku yang paling ku suka.

Read the whole book,

I'm merely taking it out of context :P

2011-08-07T08:38:00.000-07:00

Haha, macam tak?

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence — and then success is sure.”

-Mark Twain

Hmm.

Being Ancient.

2011-07-28T08:48:00.000-07:00

Focus looking forward the colosseum

Oh my roots.

2011-07-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

You know, I don't even care about the fringe part, which has like, what, five inches of dark roots.
But this -this.
I'm thinking of bleaching again (tehe) but I'm afraid it will all fall off then.

"Your hair damage already lah."

Yes, thank you for stating the obvious.

When people talk about my hair this is the one thing they will say as if it requires one to have some sort of acquired wisdom to know that my hair is not the healthiest. Cue the eye roll.

2011-07-25T08:13:00.000-07:00

"This year is also the tipping point year. If in the middle of the pressure of this season, we faint and lose heart, beloved, I want to stress this very strongly... the scale will tip away from you. And there is a possibility of great loss and possible defeat. So do not abandon. Do not leave. Do not lose heart. Do not give up!"

-Ps. Henry, The Prophetic Guide to Fulfillment

2011-07-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

"When you and I are in love, we love, that is all!"

It has been about two months and I keep coming back to Psalm 37, so very strange.
It started one day at prayer meeting, Bro Philip referred to this psalm and often during devotion time I'd eventually come to this psalm without knowing. It's always when I'm halfway through I'll go like,
"O_O Could.. it.. be... Psalm.. 37..?"
And then I look up to see that it is Psalm 37.
Very inception-ish haha.
But I think something is not getting through my system here, that's why.
But that's for me to know and for me to find out.

Anyway, let us update myself here.
I am a student once again :) I must say I absolutely love to learn, I love knowledge, I love to know, 'cos I kepoh like that, y'know :P I love history, culture, europe; that's why History of Costume is my favourite subject now.
Everything is good. Too good, in fact.
If you're like me (six months of pure waiting) you'd understand, you'd appreciate and you wouldn't complain. Unless, of course, you're just dim witted or doing something you don't like. But it's your fault for being passive so there is no excuse for anyone at all to complain about anything at all.

Have you heard of the bombing in Norway? Crazy, innit. Norway being one of the safest country to date and this happens.

Kids these days should stop their whining!
HAHA, so says the kid XD

2011-07-16T01:45:00.000-07:00

"Nobody presses me."

-Karl Lagerfeld

Only I myself :/

2011-07-16T01:30:00.000-07:00

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

-John 14:27

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

-2 Corinthians 12:9

So many assignments already, everything is a huge clusterchuck in my brain. I want to focus on one project also so tough. In trying so hard to satisfy this universal need to prove one's self, it's easy to stray from the focus of it all.
So, take it easy -but not too easy!
Just step out of it all once in a while and breathe.
asdfjhkadsmncnkwhatiscliche.

2011-07-06T09:37:00.000-07:00

Can't help but repost.

CUTEST THING EVER.

2011-07-06T04:38:00.001-07:00

AAH, I want to marry the kid in black shirt! Too adorableee.

2011-07-01T03:12:00.000-07:00

"Who are you?" he said.

"I am the Happy Prince."

"Why are you weeping then?" asked the Swallow; "you have quite drenched me."

"When I was alive and had a human heart," answered the statue, "I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans- Souci, where sorrow is not allowed to enter. In the daytime I played with my companions in the garden, and in the evening I led the dance in the Great Hall. Round the garden ran a very lofty wall, but I never cared to ask what lay beyond it, everything about me was so beautiful. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot chose but weep."

"What! is he not solid gold?" said the Swallow to himself. He was too polite to make any personal remarks out loud.

-The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

When I read that, totally cracked me up. Socially awkward swallow XD

"I like my sister but she's too short."

2011-06-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

*These are wants, not needs.

*I'm only doing this post so that when and if I do buy any of these items, it'll be legit when I say,

"I wanted this for a very long time liao!!"

*Also, the post title is edited from what Atan suggested this post should be named.

Because I really want something to read at the moment.
After I stopped working, I couldn't bring myself to continue with Mere Christianity -too heavy and I sort of stopped in the middle of no where. And yes, I still have a couple of beautiful classics with me that I haven't read but those need time too. I read them for the language. I'll understand if you don't understand why but I'm not going to explain.
Anyway, I don't read a lot of contemporary, if I do, I'd be reading for the sake of reading. I don't like contemporary. Just can't trust authors these days, don't know how they value words anymore.
I read the Kite Runner a couple of years ago and quite liked it. The thing I like most about it was that I learnt a lot of things (that I've mostly forgotten now :P) and it really was like opening up to a new world.
I wouldn't comment on the composition or anything, I merely read it for the story. So I've faith in Khaled Hosseini. So I'd want to read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Printed silk scarves!
Hermes ones, especially because their prints are nice and bold.
And these stuff are wonderful to tie it as a turbans. Hermes turban paired with blood red lips -Aah! :D

Nude heels because I don't like the term "pumps".
I've been looking for the perfect pair of nudes for a while now. There are a lot of them around but they're either too high at the front, the heel to stick-thin or the material is ugly shiny pvc-ish. Actually saw the perfect ones in Elements but they ran out of the ones in my size. D:
Picture above is decent but Elements ones were really perfect.
Also I quite like them heels with a strappy too.

Turquoise stone rings -like the ones from Forever 21.
Been wanting these for ages already. The above pictures aren't exactly the ones I want, but you get the idea.

Clutch, turquoise or otherwise :)

Mulberry Alexa inspired bag! Wanted one of these months back. Going to have one soon, knock-off, of course.

I also want a lot of leather bound journals and moleskins. And leather this and leather that. Lazy to Google the picture for it.

Last but not least

McFlurry Cornetto chocolate flavour mmmmmmmmmmmm.
I dare say that it's better than McFlurry Oreo.
I want it anywhere, anytime.
Yes.
Yes.
Now. Haha, just kidding.

The End.

All images Googled.

Somehow I am sure and in this I believe in - this is real.

2011-06-27T10:55:00.000-07:00

Poladroid

-finally got it to work! :D

Officially stopped.

Back to being broke-butted student!

But I love belanja-ing my keluarga! D:

I think I can officially say that I don't miss my ex-colleagues ~~anymore~~ that much anymore.

:'( but at the same time, :)

Camera is not working,

straaaaaange and annooooooying. >:(

2011-06-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

2011-06-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

"Everything is permissable" -but not everything is beneficial.
"Everything is permissable" -but not everything is constructive.

-1 Corinthians 10:23

2011-06-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
  Worship the LORD with gladness;
   come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God.
   It is he who made us, and we are his;
   we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

-Psalm 100

This particular Psalm has been popping up around me lately.

2011-06-11T11:59:00.000-07:00

But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

-Psalm 92:8

2011-06-04T12:54:00.000-07:00

For my ~~churren's kai ma, my Indian~~ friend.

Yippy Birthday

Opposite of chaos :)

2011-06-04T10:58:00.000-07:00

Seems like
I'm trapped in the world where the servants they serve time

Time waits on no man

Pretty bubbles in the air.

2011-06-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

All not edited.
At some point, it looks like I've got a tilt-shift and lomo.
I guess I'm not one who looks to perfect my work. (Improvement is another thing and I know I've got room for improvement, it's just laziness :P)
I think things look best being in its original state. I feel it's more authentic. The more you alter, the more you edit, the more fake it looks, the more rehearsed, the more it is stripped of its emotions.

"The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies."

-Ray Bradbury

Technical perfection is not perfection.
Then again, maybe I'm just biased :P

Winners! :D

2011-06-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

2011-05-29T21:18:00.001-07:00

“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

—	C. S. Lewis

2011-05-26T01:06:00.000-07:00

That is why the Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or -- if they think there is not -- at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.

-Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

I've been searching for this book for about three to four years. Recently (okay, not really recently) found out someone had it so I borrowed. Never quite read it, I was afraid it wouldn't live up to my expectations XD And partly also because I am lazy. And you've gotta take time to read these kind of things!

Anyway, finally got around to read this book. Barely half-way through it and I just know I'm going to read it again when I finish.

Chignon! :D

2011-05-26T00:45:00.000-07:00

It's not what they say, it's always how they say it.

2011-05-25T12:04:00.000-07:00

"But why?! Your hair was so nice before this!"

I know, I know.

Think I blind ah.

Think I won't get bored ah.

Think you own me ah.

Last month I was so depressed over the loss of my long, beautiful hair,

I made a collage as a homage to it.

Also a homage to my purdy dress, unseen clearly here D:

Last month ~~I was also so depressed over the loss of my youth~~ (lulsjk)

I combined a photo of me from April 2010 and another from April '11 to see the difference.

Funny thing is, I realize I got my beautiful hair around the end of 2010. It was actually quite short-lived but everyone sort of fell in love with it and got devastated when I done what I did to it.

mygosssh I have not changed a lot hahaa.

But enough about me, let's move on to something ~~equally~~ cute.

HAHAHAHA.

This is Elizabeth's dog, Lucky :D

Super cute.

Okay, enough of that dog.

Now an edited picture.

And a whole load of pictures of fireworks combined.

I took so much(why I don't even know), these are just randomly picked.

Unless forced or bugged or nagged to take the camera anywhere for anything,

I haven't been taking pictures at all actually.

Not at my own accord, at least.

A tinge of nostalgia.

2011-05-23T22:15:00.000-07:00

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2011-05-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

2011-05-19T13:14:00.000-07:00

Sir Walter Scott's birthday is same as mine.

Heh.

2011-05-19T12:57:00.001-07:00

Nobody near us, to see us or hear us,

No friends and relations on weekend vacations,

We won't have it known, that we have a telephone, dear.

Songs.

2011-05-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

2011-05-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing this,

that the testing of your faith develops patience,

and patience must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete,

not lacking anything.

-James 1:2-4

Trials can make us bitter or better. We all have the choice.

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race with joy and complete the task the Lord has given me.

-Acts 20:24

2011-05-07T09:25:00.001-07:00

foodfoodfoodfood

Rummaging.

2011-05-06T04:34:00.000-07:00

Some old photos. All not edited except first photo.

This was in draft for a long time. I don't know why.

2011-05-05T11:54:00.000-07:00

2011-05-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

Be very careful, then, how you live-

not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity,

because the days are evil.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

I tell my fatherrrrrr!

2011-05-04T10:08:00.000-07:00

Imagine yourself as a small kid. When you go to school you have to face big bullies and these bullies would ask for your lunch money and push you around. What would you do? You'd turn to them and wave your finger in front of them threatening to tell your father about what they did to you, right? Hehe.

"Woi, you waiiit, I tell my fatherrrr!"

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

2011-04-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

Commit your way to the Lord;

trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,

the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;

do not fret when men succeed in their ways,

when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Wait for the Lord

and keep his way.

He will exalt you to inherit the land;

when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

-Psalm37

People talk. People convince. People worry.

Don't fret, be still.

Commit your way to him and keep his way.

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

though its waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake with their surging.

"Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth."

The Lord Almighty is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

-Psalm 46

2011-04-27T10:10:00.003-07:00

2011-04-14T11:36:00.000-07:00

If you believe
We've got a picture perfect plan

We've got you fooled

'Cos we only do the best we can

And sometimes we make it

And sometimes we fake it

But we'll get, one step closer each and very day

When we figure it out our own way...

*dum dum duddy dum dum duddy dum*

ohmygosssssh.

2011-04-02T07:55:00.000-07:00

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

2011-04-01T10:04:00.000-07:00

This is amusing, gosh.

2011-03-29T10:12:00.000-07:00

from Chinese New Year.

2011-03-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

from Chinese New Year.

2011-03-19T08:55:00.000-07:00

2011-03-13T09:36:00.000-07:00

2011-03-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

ohai, did you want to buy some vcds?

2011-03-10T23:30:00.001-08:00

There's no coincidence, no luck. There's only God's will.

2011-03-04T10:11:00.000-08:00

cat vs. the internet.

Hesher.

2011-02-20T22:36:00.001-08:00

2011-02-13T05:44:00.000-08:00

2011-02-13T04:45:00.000-08:00

2011-02-07T08:17:00.001-08:00

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."

2011-02-06T00:19:00.000-08:00

yum yum.

2011-02-03T10:36:00.000-08:00

Photographed by Ben Curtis.

2011-02-01T23:44:00.000-08:00

1818: “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.”

2005: “I sparkle like diamonds."

The Daily What: Rip Society of the Day

Super Adorbz.

2011-01-28T22:11:00.000-08:00

A Post.

2011-01-28T21:45:00.000-08:00

2011-01-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

For this very reason,

make effort to add to your faith goodness;

and to goodness, knowledge;

and to knowledge, self-control, perseverance;

and to perseverance, godliness;

and to godliness, brotherly kindness;

and to brotherly kindness, love.

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But if anyone does not have them, he is near-sighted and blind, has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. [Which is so-ho unfortunate.]

2011-01-28T19:32:00.000-08:00

photo by Bernie Boston.

photo by Lefteris Pitarakis.

2011-01-21T01:40:00.000-08:00

lul, has two kids.

azn4eva.

2011-01-21T01:08:00.000-08:00

luls.

2011-01-21T00:59:00.001-08:00

Oh, sodium, sodium, what's my name.

2011-01-16T08:43:00.000-08:00

2011-01-09T02:34:00.000-08:00

...
I want your unappealing features
I want your infectious medical conditions
I would like everything you have as long as there's no currency exchange involved
...
and I'm naive because I'm a teenager and think that we will never be separated
I mistakenly thought you would be my personal property

Mother,

2011-01-07T01:11:00.000-08:00

Architects need not be thought of as only interested in drawing blueprints for buildings or roads or bridges. They are the master designers of all kinds of theoretical systems, including school curricula, corporate strategies, and new technologies. For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed, understood, explained - and re-designed. External reality in itself is unimportant, little more than raw material to be organized into structural models. What is important for Architects is that they grasp fundamental principles and natural laws, and that their designs are elegant, that is, efficient and coherent.

Architects are rare - maybe one percent of the population - and show the greatest precision in thought and speech of all the types. They tend to see distinctions and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter when or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing out the speaker's error.(hahahaha yes lor) And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating, their skill in framing arguments giving them an enormous advantage. Architects regard all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function is to eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an uncomfortable experience for many.

Ruthless pragmatists about ideas, and insatiably curious, Architects are driven to find the most efficient means to their ends, and they will learn in any manner and degree they can. They will listen to amateurs if their ideas are useful, and will ignore the experts if theirs are not. Authority derived from office, credential, or celebrity does not impress them. Architects are interested only in what make sense, and thus only statements that are consistent and coherent carry any weight with them.

Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except with close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. Able to concentrate better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers or drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with analysis, and this can seem to shut others out. Once caught up in a thought process, Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all its complexity. Architects prize intelligence (yes lor), and with their grand desire to grasp the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and may show impatience with others who have less ability, or who are less driven (yes lor).

http://keirsey.com/4temps/architect.asp

2011-01-07T00:33:00.000-08:00

You learn a new thing everyday.

2011-01-03T06:05:00.001-08:00

2011-01-01T07:15:00.000-08:00

SOMEBODY,

2011-01-01T06:36:00.000-08:00

give me a job.

or The Godfather box set.

2010-12-30T01:05:00.000-08:00

HAHAHAAHHOHOHOHOHOHAHAHHAHUAHUAHUAHHOHOHO
oh, the eye contact. CUE MELT.
HAHAHAHHOHOHOHOHOHHUAHUAHUAHUAHUAHUAHUAHOHOHO, GOSH GOSH.

2010-12-30T00:42:00.000-08:00

2010-12-30T00:23:00.000-08:00

Even youths grow tired and weary,
   and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
   will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
   they will run and not grow weary,
   they will walk and not be faint.

Oh! The Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss

2010-12-30T00:18:00.000-08:00

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

You’ll look up and down streets. Look’em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.” With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down a not-so-good street.

And you may not find any you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town. It’s opener there in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don’t.
Because, sometimes, you won’t.

I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You’ll be left in a Lurch.

You’ll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you’ll be in a Slump.

And when you’re in a Slump, you’re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And if you go in, should you turn left or right…or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused that you’ll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place…for people just waiting.

Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.

No! That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you’ll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you’re that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You’ll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don’t. Because, sometimes, they won’t.

I’m afraid that some times you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ‘cause you’ll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you’ll be quite a lot.

And when you’re alone, there’s a very good chance you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won’t want to go on.

But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. On and on you will hike. And I know you’ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.

You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Kid, you’ll move mountains!
So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So…get on your way!

Indie Girl.

2010-12-23T01:19:00.000-08:00

"on, not under."

All: harharhar.

2010-12-22T09:53:00.000-08:00

Tan: Taiwan is a country by itself, it's not in China.

Me: WHUAT.

Py: harhar history fail.

Me: geography lah

Tan: harhar studies fail.

2010-12-20T06:51:00.000-08:00

So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Too much french in my blog?

2010-12-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

Trop mal.

J'adore le français!

Viva la france!

Oh, wait- that's italian. hah.

~~obsession folle.~~

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

2010-12-18T08:35:00.000-08:00

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

2010-12-18T08:18:00.000-08:00

Il dolce suono of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermor (!!) .

It's a mad scene.

2010-12-18T08:05:00.000-08:00

Mais c'est trop demander hélas