lol. poor car.
glee. turning out to be quite entertaining.
Sunday 18 October 2009
Sunday 13 September 2009
on repeat
xiao qing ge (little love song) performed by sodagreen. taiwanese band that recently caught my ear by accident. lead vocalist, qing feng, has quite a unique voice. charming, addictive song.
destroy she said by circ, a relatively unknown trance band. perfect driving song for those pleasant hours-long drive to nowhere.
Sunday 6 September 2009
computer luv
so here i am, sick as a kitten from one of the rare, debilitating bouts of sickness that strike once a year, and this silly song keeps running through my head.
catchy.
Saturday 25 July 2009
morning
never realised how beautiful mornings can be.
there's something quite transcendent as the night sky gradually lightens, fades to gray, and on the horizon, a small spot of rose that slowly blooms, spreads and grows across the sky, until there comes a moment when the hushed morning seemed to hold its breathe, and finally a piercing spark lifts above the skyline, and the sun rises, a blazing, glowing orb.
doing my form in the quiet of the morning (where does two hours go?), a sense of the world slowing stirring and coming to life, that powerful sense of change echoed in the shifting and rolling of the form.
startled myself a bit this morning while doing the form. caught sight of a roll of steam out of the corner of my eye as i was turning, and for a moment thought there was someone standing behind me. which was impossible of course, but that thought flashed through my mind for a moment. turned out it was just my own body giving off steam in the morning chill. the last time this happened, it was in the humid jungles after a morning of continuous marching.
i like mornings. because the morning is quiet and still.
i like mornings because people seemed friendlier in the morning. you don't seem many people with tensed up faces and tight shoulders taking a walk in the morning. ppl smile more, and "good mornings" seem to mean more.
a ruddy man with a bushy moustache, walking his yorkshire terrier in the early frost. in shorts. a lady in a faux-fur coat, a cigarette burning in her hand, hurrying somewhere, possibly to work. another lady on her bicycle riding downhill, and exuberantly going, "wheeeew!" a gaggle of early morning fisherman, glowing in fluorescent coats. a pelican, wading into the water like a stately old gentleman, the image of which is abruptly ruined by the snaking forward of its head as it spears a fish. a little dark bird, swimming, yes, swimming, underwater. the fat rippling river, meandering slowly, flanked by trees and sugar cane, seen from the hill top. and the golden sun, lifting higher and higher into the sky.
there's something quite transcendent as the night sky gradually lightens, fades to gray, and on the horizon, a small spot of rose that slowly blooms, spreads and grows across the sky, until there comes a moment when the hushed morning seemed to hold its breathe, and finally a piercing spark lifts above the skyline, and the sun rises, a blazing, glowing orb.
doing my form in the quiet of the morning (where does two hours go?), a sense of the world slowing stirring and coming to life, that powerful sense of change echoed in the shifting and rolling of the form.
startled myself a bit this morning while doing the form. caught sight of a roll of steam out of the corner of my eye as i was turning, and for a moment thought there was someone standing behind me. which was impossible of course, but that thought flashed through my mind for a moment. turned out it was just my own body giving off steam in the morning chill. the last time this happened, it was in the humid jungles after a morning of continuous marching.
i like mornings. because the morning is quiet and still.
i like mornings because people seemed friendlier in the morning. you don't seem many people with tensed up faces and tight shoulders taking a walk in the morning. ppl smile more, and "good mornings" seem to mean more.
a ruddy man with a bushy moustache, walking his yorkshire terrier in the early frost. in shorts. a lady in a faux-fur coat, a cigarette burning in her hand, hurrying somewhere, possibly to work. another lady on her bicycle riding downhill, and exuberantly going, "wheeeew!" a gaggle of early morning fisherman, glowing in fluorescent coats. a pelican, wading into the water like a stately old gentleman, the image of which is abruptly ruined by the snaking forward of its head as it spears a fish. a little dark bird, swimming, yes, swimming, underwater. the fat rippling river, meandering slowly, flanked by trees and sugar cane, seen from the hill top. and the golden sun, lifting higher and higher into the sky.
Thursday 2 July 2009
Green Grey - Стереосистема
amazed that i actually found this on youtube. one of the ukrainian songs recommended by a friend that i pretty much like. catchy. ^^
you can also some shots of kyiv, the capital of ukraine in the vid. lots of churches.
Monday 29 June 2009
storm
it has been storming ever since my return.
since last friday, it has been raining and blowing continuously. huddling in my warm little apartment, i sometimes feel like i'm out at sea, especially when the wind howls, the rain keeps pounding, and i look out and see giant trees tossed around like saplings. kinda like the little boy in "ponyo on the cliff by the sea" in the storm scene.
Sunday 28 June 2009
Surreality
how surreal. playing "ji gu pai" in Ukraine with a bunch of aussies. who ever knew? just to clarify, "ji gu pai" is a typical childhood game played in SE Asia. watch the videos to learn.
this took place on a 5 hour plaus train ride to Lviv, Ukraine's version of Melbourne aka the most cultural city in the country. train ride was straight out of Hogwarts Express, except that we were stuck in third class: windows stained so brown you can't look out, grimy sheets and blankets, lights that don't work, poor ventilation, and restrooms that are too horrible to mention. still, it was very romantic and all. with company such as these, how can one get bored?
last clip shows the girls breaking out in song, using "ji", "gu", "pa", no less. no prizes for guessing the song. this was one of the highlights of the trip to Ukaine.
this took place on a 5 hour plaus train ride to Lviv, Ukraine's version of Melbourne aka the most cultural city in the country. train ride was straight out of Hogwarts Express, except that we were stuck in third class: windows stained so brown you can't look out, grimy sheets and blankets, lights that don't work, poor ventilation, and restrooms that are too horrible to mention. still, it was very romantic and all. with company such as these, how can one get bored?
last clip shows the girls breaking out in song, using "ji", "gu", "pa", no less. no prizes for guessing the song. this was one of the highlights of the trip to Ukaine.
Thursday 18 June 2009
Tuesday 19 May 2009
warm fuzzies
as part of the counselling/team-building we had to do before leaving for ukraine, we had to write down one aspect of each member that we will appreciate whilst over there and living together for one month.
this is what i got:
-upfront
-level-headed and non-emotional
-a different perspective on things - good thing :)
-his different perspective on things and his motivation/determination
-clear and logical thinking - afresh perspective and patience!
-objectivity + assertive leadership qualities. also maleness (stop us from making too many girl decisions)
-learning turtle tai chi with you! and being around someone who makes me laugh.
thought it was interesting cos it's always interesting to see how others perceive you. recurring theme seemed to be objectivity and different perspective. this probably came about because we were previously discussing an ethical situation involving too many kidney failure patients and only one dialysis machine. basically, i thought they went too much with their emotions. they probably thought i was some monster because i was willing to put some other candidates before cute, innocent children. muahaha.
some other interesting things that popped up from the warm fuzzies.
-non-emotional, hmmmmmmmmm, could be a good and bad thing.
-patience?? lol, i'm not too sure about that! wait and see, WAHAHAH~
-maleness. yeah. i am MAN. nuff said.
-turtle tai chi! lol. for some reason an image of ninja turtles doing taiji popped into my head. ^^ yeah, i'm going to put them through training hell, hahaha, those poor innocent lambs, they have no idea...
warm fuzzies. funny name, but boy, do they work.
this is what i got:
-upfront
-level-headed and non-emotional
-a different perspective on things - good thing :)
-his different perspective on things and his motivation/determination
-clear and logical thinking - afresh perspective and patience!
-objectivity + assertive leadership qualities. also maleness (stop us from making too many girl decisions)
-learning turtle tai chi with you! and being around someone who makes me laugh.
thought it was interesting cos it's always interesting to see how others perceive you. recurring theme seemed to be objectivity and different perspective. this probably came about because we were previously discussing an ethical situation involving too many kidney failure patients and only one dialysis machine. basically, i thought they went too much with their emotions. they probably thought i was some monster because i was willing to put some other candidates before cute, innocent children. muahaha.
some other interesting things that popped up from the warm fuzzies.
-non-emotional, hmmmmmmmmm, could be a good and bad thing.
-patience?? lol, i'm not too sure about that! wait and see, WAHAHAH~
-maleness. yeah. i am MAN. nuff said.
-turtle tai chi! lol. for some reason an image of ninja turtles doing taiji popped into my head. ^^ yeah, i'm going to put them through training hell, hahaha, those poor innocent lambs, they have no idea...
warm fuzzies. funny name, but boy, do they work.
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