backup
Life is made up of the memories accumulated over the years. Someone's life is marked by photos, diaries, videos and so on. Its the stuff that you can imagine an old grandmother doing -- sitting by the window, looking through an old photo album and reminiscing on the past.
With the digital age, nostalgia is going to take on a different form. The old grandmother will be sitting in front of a computer looking through folders of pictures.Lots of them probably.
A couple of years ago, my laptop had a lot of problem both in terms of hard ware and soft ware. With few alternatives, i opted to reformat my hard disk. As a result of which, i needed to do backups. A couple of months later, I was looking through the photos I have burned into CDs and to my dismay, there was a "cyclic redundancy error" which destroyed many of my photos. I was devastated.
Yesterday, I was looking for those cds to do some backup. And i misplaced one of them. It felt like half my life is gone with the disappearance of my back up disks. Seriously, I did feel rather helpless.
so not me
ok i just opened a can of tuna, ate right out of it.
I think thats disgusting. haha
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Just one of those days
There are those days when you just feel like crap. And for no apparent reason.
This is one of those days.
I don’t feel like smiling. Smiling takes too much effort and when I try to do so for the sake of a conducive working environment and for the sake of smiley colleagues, I feel that its such a fake smile that it becomes more like a baring-of-teeth act than anything else.
Many people have told me that I have an extremely “chao-bin” (smelly face = black face).
Someone even said that she doesn’t dare to speak to me in the morning because I look pissed most of the time.
I don’t know. Guess I am not the smiley sort. My face, is like an open book where men may read strange things.
I guess you could say that I don’t bother hiding how I feel. Because there are days when I am so hyper, I could be giggling the whole time.
I don’t feel like talking today either.
I think its bad for work because my colleagues are wondering why I am giving them such annoyed/pissed/angry looks. I can’t help it. Its just how I feel. Not about anyone in particular. Its just me.
This is just one of those days. And it will pass.
my first steps...
New vs old.
Notice how the new one sparkles? =)
Finally, after almost a month of not running, i took my first steps yesterday. In my new pair of Asics GT2110. those are wonderful shoes and makes you feel like running more than planned. I thought i should take it slow, a short, slow run will do, somewhere i wind up in NUS and doing sprints on the track as well. Basically i ran more then intended. And this morning, was such a pain. My legs actually ache! Goes to show how off form i am. But whats worse was the stiffness in my left ankle. yes, the one that i took a break to heal...
so after work i went back for tui-na of my ankle. It already feels better but gosh! the pain during tui na was like... it reached a point where pain was not pain and i had reached a somewhat meditative isolated state such that i don't feel myself. All the while wondering if anyone has fainted from pain in there before.
I feel like i can point my left foot and do a tendu without pain. This is good.
my current play list for lazy evenings at home...
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playlists
I've decided that I need to sort my mp3 collection.
That i need better playlists on my ipod.
(and no, playlists by group or album name does not make sense because u can always search under artist or album)
Currently, I have Happy Mornings, Sad Evenings and Run..
Sad Evenings ~~
snowpetrol:run
ToriAmos:Winter
radiohead:creep
DaveMatthew'sBand:space between
Athlete:Streetmap
Des'ree:kissingyou
robbieWillian:misunderstood&advertising space&eternity
texas:i'll see it through
lifehouse:into the sun
moby:love should&temptation
coldplay:trouble
keane:bedshape
blunt:tearsandrain
not a very ideal list. Its not sad enough. Sad evenings are those days when i want to listen to heart-wrenching songs. SOngs which makes you draw inwards into some melacholic mood. Makes you sink into the very depths of exsistance. Just simply sink. usually coldplay and some of athlete's songs works for me. but the thing is, after some time, they somehow lose their effectiveness so i have to abstain from them for a while.
there are also songs which are sad because they remind you of some sad moments in life. When perhaps, your only comfort is in music. The Scientist was the song i listened to the most when S and I broke up. Tears and Rain makes me think of P. Mr big and Eric clapton reminds me of T. Nostalgia -- Coldplay's In my place will bring me back to Berkeley. So will Our Lady of Peace's somewhere out there, Fiona Apple's Green apples.
A playlist needs to have a certain effect. the songs needs to have a common theme. transistion must be acceptable, no 1 song too jaringly obvious. I have lesser happy songs. I tend to like alternative sad songs.
on this and that...
I've been watching so much Naruto for the past week that I can't help but crave for Ramen.
The way he raves about ramen...
today, i decided to make my own version of ramen.
First, need some of those miso paste available from Cold Storage.
Next, look into my fridge to see what i could use... well there were those mushrooms that i didn't finish using after cooking pasta last week, half a can of corn... ok thats enough i suppose.
Stir fry sliced mushrooms, add miso paste, water, corn, finally, partially cooked instant noodles.
Turned out pretty good except that I over estimated the paste and it was rather salty so i had to add more water.
I like kelp. should buy them for my ramen in future.
So i wondered about ramen. Because, i don't really know what good ramen is. And i usually don't like to pay
that much for ramen at a restaurant because seriously, it tastes like instant noodles to me. What makes a good ramen?
Here's
WIKIPEDIA to the rescue. In the US, ramen generally refers to instant noodles. Seriously, its always the americans who invents their own definitions of stuff. Sorta like living in their own world *roll eyes* Look wat I
found! though i think i ought to try some of those recipes some day! haha but on second thoughts, the american diet isn't that a doc would recommend for anyone. really.
Instant noodles is so popular in asia. its almost like staple to me. well, i even named this blog after one of them. But no one knows who
Momofuko Fundo is huh? Oh well, at least i don't. this is the guy who
invented instant noodles, and the founder of Nissin. he must be rich? even though he discovered the "flash frying" method only at the age of 48...
Momofuko Fundo ought to be more popular. one of those guys who changed the diet of asia. All over taiwan, hong kong, malaysia, singapore, japan, korea, thailand... instant noodles makes a meal. Despite how my mum bitches about the high levels of sodium and msg... i love them. Urban legend has it that some guy ate so much instant noodles that after he died, his intestine was totally preserved or something. Can't remember what it was exactly. (just found the
legend... geez, i am so into them today. wats with me??
ON urban legends. The one that really freaked me out when i was young was that about the women who masturbated with some
lobster, or some crustacean which left copious amount of eggs in her vagina. and how some time later, she exploded a whole army of little crustaceans. Gross huh...
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Finally bought a pair of running shoes. I really like asics gel kalyano but its almost 200$!! thats expensive considering that it will wear out within a year... i mean if i wanted a pair of running shoes thats just for strutting around and therefore not going to wear out that soon, i probably won't mind paying more for it. but when i run and get them dirty and worn out looking, maybe not. But then again since I will be running in them, i should invest in a good pair right? Oh well... bought the gel err.. don\t know what its called, a bit cheaper but still expensive. Think its my most expensive pair of running shoes ever. Once you have worn a pair of asics, you don't want Nike anymore. Itslike computers. once you get started on mac, you won't go back to windows... would u??
On Mac, urgh, the new ipod nano.. how unfair. how cool. 8G.. colored.. i'm drooling...
*one should learn to be contented*
going back to naruto...
i should ration them so that they won't run out so soon, so that they last longer
Brian thinks i am mad...
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nice people
: black pepper chicken set pls
(starts searching for wallet in my bag. gropes around for a long time. Reality sinks... uh oh.. forgot to bring wallet out)
: err.. can i cancel my order?
stall guy gives me a quizzical look..
: i forgot to bring money out...
(i can feel myself turning red with embarrassement)
stall guy: its ok. u can give me the money another day. anyway, the food is cooked.
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old lady sits next to me. Asked me for the time
: its 9
lady: how much is your food?
: 3.50
lady: oh mine is 4.50. expensive...
she must be feeling lonely and wanted conversation. After that she started talking to the little boy sitting on the other side. Stuff like what are u eating, how old are u ...
i thought the boy was being very nice and polite to be answering her questions. I can so imagine some kids thinking that this old lady is nuts or something. After all kids can be mean. so mean at times.
so i conclude, there are nice people out there.
bread
He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take this, all of you, and eat it. This is my body which will be given up for you."i've never had such a huge piece of bread before.
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jaffa sticks
yummy!!
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god does marketing too
There is always a reason why we do certain things. Doesn't matter if we are aware of it.
An outreach program organised by christian lures you there with lunch. You are seriously not into religion but yet you go simply because hey, its just round the corner, i need lunch anyway, why not go? For the record, the food was good.
Then, people talk about how wonderful their religion/god is. How there have been miracle healings and such. A friend questioned the sincerity of having a religion. Am i going to be a christain, because according to this guy, god cured his cancer? Makes us all sound rather hypocritical doesn't it? then again, just as shopping malls lure kids with balloons, adults with free gifts, lucky draws and outreach programs with lunches, why can't god do so with healings? Just like lucky draws, you don't necessary get to win the prizes, but u get to participate in it. At least there is a chance that you could get the big prize.
God does marketing too. Whether it is good, effective marketing, i don't know.
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D: why can't people just go about half naked, i mean gals especially. They use to do that long ago. Not now though..
damn those missionaries!
