Monday, July 27, 2009

Fairytales

I re-watched Code Geass again over the weekends. When it came to the relationship between Suzaku Kururugi and Euphemia li Britannia; Cornelia li Britannia and Gilbert G.P. Guilford, I can't help but think of this phrase "What's a knight compared to a prince?"
I realise that knights are quite sad creatures as they have to try really hard not to neglect their duties but they will never be the prince and must contend with being bystanders.
Image from deviantart

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Convocation

I've finally graduated from NTU. Wooo Hoooo... Shan't say much, let the pictures do the talking.
Main Stage Area
My family, was super touched that my grandparents came.
Bro (Just letting him get a feel of wearing the mortar board. Hee)
JX (He bought my favourite flowers (Lilies) and brownies, Thanks dear)
Joleen, one of my closest friend in NTU. We braved through main comm, FOC, had lessons, meals together.
Marc! My lab buddy and close friend since year 1
Lavin, another close friend same og for hall and SBS focStanley, part of our SBS clique( Joleen, Lavin and marc)
Supposed to be a stingray picture but cos fish (represented by the sunflower) got work and as for roy(the lazy bum OVERSLEPT)
There're so many pictures that I took with my other friends and I can't post all. But all in all, the feeling that you've finally grduated is soooo gooood...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Food for thought?

I was surfing the net, getting my daily dose of fashion news when I came across this youtube video about the model Vlada Roslyakova. In the video, they acknowledge her as their thinspiration princess. Being the mountain tortoise that I am, I went to google the word "thinspiration" and what I found was quite shocking. According to wikipedia.org, thinspiration is a word derived from people who view their "thinspiration" as people they want to be as thin as. This people are usually "Pro-ana" which means they promote having anorexia nervosa as a lifestyle choice.


Vlada at Elie Saab Couture Fall 2009

When I read the articles, I was like what the @#$%&*! These people are crazy, they even have blogs to "help" their fellow "Pro-ana"s lose weight (to skeletal proportions) and suggest ideas to avoid detections by doctors and families. I mean I'm always ranting on and on about going on diet (which never happens) but what these people are doing borders on insanity. Sometimes you never get some people who drive themselves to self-destruction.

Information from wikipedia.org

Monday, July 20, 2009

Went to watch "Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince" with jx on sat night and we came across this signboard. It belongs to a clothing store and it looks kinda amusing so I took a snapshot of it.

To the stingrays reading this post, I think you'll be super amused especially joleen...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Stingrays!

Had stingray outing on sunday and during one of our many 'interesting' conversations, this question came up: "What if zebras have spots instead of stripes?" Of course, the many answers that came up are quite hilarious but I think joleen's answer "rocks". (Then there won't be zebra crossings) Haha... Outings with the stingrays are always filled with laughter. Fish if you're reading this, please remember that you need to accumulate good krama. :P

Image from: wikimedia.org

Saturday, July 11, 2009

This image is a common occurrence in my lab. For those not in science, this image is a representation of alot of work being done. To add on to this image, there's another 2 gel tanks running over at the right-hand side. So future FYP students, still interested in coming?

Monday, July 06, 2009

Since the previous post was about M.J and his death, I thought it was befitting that I add this poem I found while surfing the net.

Mary Oliver, White Flowers

Last night
in the fields
I lay down in the darkness
to think about death,
but instead I fell asleep,
as if in a vast and sloping room
filled with those white flowers
that open all summer,
sticky and untidy,
in the warm fields.
When I woke
the morning light was just slipping
in front of the stars,
and I was covered
with blossoms.
I don’t know
how it happened—
I don’t know
if my body went diving down
under the sugary vines
in some sleep-sharpened affinity
with the depths, or whether
that green energy
rose like a wave
and curled over me, claiming me
in its husky arms.
I pushed them away, but I didn’t rise.
Never in my life had I felt so plush,
or so slippery,
or so resplendently empty.
Never in my life
had I felt myself so near
that porous line
where my own body was done with
and the roots and the stems and the flowers
began. (Oliver, 1992, pp. 58-59).

Lovely piece by Mary Oilver linking nature and death. I love how she mentioned not knowing what happened. The "I don't know"s and the phrase about nearing the "porous line" just brings the reader closer to the idea.

Please note that this is not an emo post even though it mentions about death, I just got bitten by a tiny literature bug.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

RIP M.J

I know I'm a little late with this post on Michael Jackson but after watching a replay of his concert on TV, I'm inspired to search for his music videos. I love the whole 'courtship dance' ritual for his music video for "In the Closet". M.J plus Naomi Campbell equals super sexiness! He's really a great dancer. RIP M.J

Saturday, July 04, 2009

“A moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips.”- Lulu Guinness

How true!