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Golden Gate Bridge

I like bridges.

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posted by eline @ 10:40 PM Comments: 0

berkeley

I said that i will visit Berkeley some day.
I did.
It looks exactly the same as it was in 5 years ago. wow.. it has been 5 years!and, The Campanile is finally opened.

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posted by eline @ 10:11 PM Comments: 0

moving on

spring cleaning every year in preparation for the new year. I guess i need a spring cleaning in my life too.

Cell phones have become such an integral part of our lives. There are days when i forgot to bring my cell phone to work and for the entire day, i keep thinking about it. What if someone is trying to contact me? what if someone wants to ask me out? what if a friend is calling from overseas? what if what if what ifs... its like fretting over a child left alone at home. haha. Spring cleaning of my life, starts with the phone. Yes. I have been keeping way long expired messages from ex-es. its time to get rid of them. I probably should get rid of their numbers too. Oh well, at least for those who i no longer remain friends with. one thing at a time. I started deleting old messages. and I did it. It felt good. in a way. i am moving on.


I went to see a doctor today because i have been sneezing the entire day. Nose dripping with mucous etc etc. The clinic was really crowded. Many sick people. Seeing the doctor is like a self-diagnosis affair. I have been thinking, that we should have some sort of automated doctor machine for simple diagnosis in future. You know, for example if you are just having a simple fever and flu, you step into this machine sorta like a huge phone booth which takes your temperature, robotic arms to use the stethescope on you. Detect if there are any anomalies...diagnose you, and you just collect your medicine just before you step out of the booth...
if (temp > 37)
{ give paracetamol}
something like that. Oh the machine should check for allergies too.

Labels: life

posted by eline @ 9:33 PM Comments: 0

can't sleep

Maybe its the jetlag. maybe its just my refusal to sleep. i have no idea which. but sometimes i do weird stuff...

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posted by eline @ 2:44 AM Comments: 0

dream home

I want to live here some day. Just look at the view.

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posted by eline @ 10:53 PM Comments: 0

View from Coit Tower

The view from Coit Tower. Make out the Bay Bridge, Golden gate bridge, and Alcatraz.

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posted by eline @ 12:19 PM Comments: 0

recurring themes

Recently, i notice a couple of recurring stuff around me. Its too many coincidences within such a short time. Maybe it has always been like this just that I have been oblivious to it. Maybe not.

I have a feeling...
P: I'm quite an intuitive person. I have a feeling that I'll meet a singaporean on this trip
(sounds so like woman's intuition i thought)
G: I've a feeling that I'll meet someone from IBN... so its you
(what rubbish! do all men say such things?)

Drops of Jupiter...
Its the song that i had in my playlist. A song that i've not heard in quite a while. in the cab on the way home from the airport, it played on the radio.
(to the driver): could you please turn that up?

P: you should talk to your dad...
So just a day after i came back, my dad called. After so many years of thinking he's such an ass, i realised that i don't think this way of him anymore. i mean after being angry with someone for so long, one can get tired and just stop being angry. Now, i just feel something like sympathy for him.

F: i think the MBTI is quite accurate. whats your type?
The next day, i saw an email from one of colleagues. on the MBTI.

I've not spoken about my Nepal trip for quite a long time. The weather in Taos reminded me of nepal quite a bit so i was telling someone about it. When I came back, i flicked on the tv, and there was a Discovery Travel&living program on the Everest trek. Makes me want to go nepal again.

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posted by eline @ 11:38 AM Comments: 0

People I met...

Cute romanian guy :)
After a few rounds of drinks... after some really nerdy games

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posted by eline @ 11:29 AM Comments: 0

so there is 1

one pic of Taos Ski Valley... taken from behind my fashionably-barbie-pink-glasses

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posted by eline @ 5:09 AM Comments: 0

San Francisco - The walk to Coit Tower

It was unplanned. Visiting Coit Tower. The plan was to take the BART to Berkeley from the Embacardero Station. I had to walk north, and with my half baked sense of direction, i sort of headed in the general north direction, i think. With a bagel and a cup of coffee. It felt wonderful. Gorgeous morning, crisp cool air. Forget about freezing New mexico. San Frans has pretty mild weather. Walked through North Beach, which is the version of Little Italy. Walked for about 20mins when i caught sight of a sign which said COIT TOWER. After consulting my map (a very sad scrap of paper) i figured that it wasn't too far away and decided to head there instead. Err.. Berkeley could come later i suppose.

The way up to the tower was such a good walk. I got to see how San Frans wake up. The people in the park, the sun rising over the slopes... i fell in love, totally with this city. In fact, there was a time when i actually contemplated quitting my job and moving here. Seriously.

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posted by eline @ 4:44 AM Comments: 0

taos

i spent 6 days in Taos. Its only on the 6th day that I took pictures. Because on the first 5 days, most of the time, my fingers were too stiff to handle a camera.. also i kept forgetting to bring my camera out. highlight of the trip -- i skied!! Such a high! and it was only a small slope.. imagine being able to speed down a larger one... one day i will take a trip to the moutains, just to ski. Yes... i've complete the "yellow bird", able to move on to more advance stuff. haha (ok all i learnt was to put on my skis, slow down... stop and gradual turns..) i really like it. the adrenaline rush when you are speeding downwards. i am a sucker for such highs.

no photos though.

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posted by eline @ 3:43 AM Comments: 0

things we do ... sometimes

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posted by eline @ 3:39 AM Comments: 0

leaving

i don't feel like packing.

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posted by eline @ 9:59 PM Comments: 2

tattoo and escher

I've always wanted a tattoo. Just don't know what I want for a tattoo.
J recently suggested "puzzles", which got me thinking about the moebius strip by Escher, penrose cube etc.
Finally, I decided that i want an esher tattoo!

Its not unique. A simple search on google and i realise that many people have escher. sighs.
oh well, but at least its something i like, something i identify with.

Now, i have to find a good tattoo artist =)

Labels: art

posted by eline @ 2:01 AM Comments: 0

beach chairs

Why will someone search for beach chairs on google? Anyway, someone did and felt that a picture of empty beach chairs facing the gorgeous sea is totally depressing.
A sadness that only few can see.

posted by eline @ 12:38 AM Comments: 0