Sunday, July 12, 2009
the cosmos.
image from google images.am pleased today, because i finally found out the name of the flower that i adore while watching japan hour this morning. for the longest time, i've said it was a daisy because it came pretty close to it and i'd always thought it was some spinoff of the daisy family. i particularly like the one above, cause that colour's rather rare. turns out that it actually is classified in the same flower family as the daisy. the name, is the Cosmos flower. isn't that such a pretty name? a flower which represents a balanced universe.
i absolutely love the sight of a sprawling field with a patchwork of cosmos flowers. gives me yet another reason to want to travel to japan which is home to many many many fields of beautiful cosmos in spring and fall.
image from japanphotojournal.com
relaxing, innit? there's even a cute little caterpillar on the flower at the bottom right corner. reminds me of the days when i used to play with those fat and fuzzy caterpillars.
i shall leave you all with this sight, while i go burrow myself back into the little hole i've created in the middle of the mound of finance i have left to read for tomorrow's exam. okay, so i'm exaggerating, it's not really that much of an uphill task, but i really should be studying.
till i'm in the mood to blog again, ta!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
skippin' a beat.
earworm: heartbeat by scouting for girlssave for some fanatical moments, there's only been plenty of 'wuhh' moments which really left my mind in a whirl, plus a nauseating experience at the polyclinic for The Tuberculosis Shot. the second half of summer hasn't felt very much like summer at all. it's just, bam, bam, bam! everything just comes together at once leaving not much time for one to even wonder why they are doing them.
well, of course, in the big picture, i know why. we all know why. as if we haven't heard enough lectures on that already. it's all for our own good, our own future. -nod- but, there's always that teeny doubting part in me.
doubts aside, right now i'm just dreaming of a huge ice cream sundae with brownie chunks and hot fudge overflowing like lava.
note to self: need to start packing for US soon!
Friday, July 03, 2009
toothpicks in eyes.
the joys of timer and multiple shot functions. the ub chalet was fun, but i guess we've pretty much outgrown the whole...staying up all night and doing crazy stuff phase. we just....went to sleep at one am, religiously every night. despite the overpriced dinners, puke-clogged toilets, over-chlorined pool and budget barbeque, it was great spending time with everyone in that short little break we had in between half-sems.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
"I do feel that I've managed to make something I could maybe call my own world... over time... little by little. And when I'm inside it, to some extent, I feel kind of relieved. But the very fact I felt I had to make such a world probably means that I'm a weak person, that I bruise easily, don't you think? And in the eyes of society at large, that world of mine is a puny little thing. It's like a cardboard house: a puff of wind might carry it off somewhere."