escargo gambargo finnelapasgibolisco.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

taking the mrt can be funny sometimes... totally put me in the right mood for a friday. yest morning as usual i commuted to dover by mrt. somestation shortly after tanah merah this guy (who reminds me of Grawp in HP altho he isnt big-sized) boarded n sat down just like everyone else. after awhile he suddenly started examining something imaginary in his hand, acting like he was a narcissistic person holding a tiny mirror in his fist.

the ac girl whom he sat next to shifted one seat down (thats when i realized there really was something wrong with him.) just before other ppl including one young ahma (abt there lah) sat down unwittingly next to him. then as the train moved off he started talking quietly to himself (not loudly n aggressively like the number 10 / 76 bus guy). he kept doing three things which people dont normally do.

1. he talked to himself. checked - no handsfree set.
2. he kept using his imaginary mirror to smooth his hair.
3. he kept stretching out his arm in front of him n making the no. 3 sign with his 3 middle fingers (no rings nothing) and examining it, smiling, then smoothing his hair again.

when he first did (3.) the young ahma sitting next to him suddenly stared at him from the side. then with that typical kangkor-ahma-look she looked to me cuz i was staring at the guy too. i totally arrm-chio-ed where i was sitting la... the scene including the ahma's face was damn comical. just imagine some crazy weird guy n an ahma with a kangkor face both staring at u for different reasons. too bad i didnt have my n80 with me or else i immediately spycam already la hahaha.

totally made my day.

i think i shall try for architecture... i really dont know what to do. im at a dilemma panema rihanna ahma. ok im gonna admit it now. call me nerd but i really quite love science (and the curiosity of it) to quite an extent. thats why i took trip sci at As even though i never took O lvl bio. BUT i love design too... when i revel in that abstract imagination... its freedom. just that it'll just be the architectural branch of fine arts. some limited.

if only i had the intellect and time to do Double Degree in Engineering Science and Architecture! that's crazy man.

torn between the test tube and the pencil. sigh.

Friday, January 11, 2008

the first time i tasted xiao long bao. ahha abit late but still, never too late.

went to din tai fung (not exactly sure how u pronounce that) to celebrate dad's bday- chair's treat. according to chair all the dishes ordered were signature. including of course their xiao long bao. so here's what i learnt- the "official" way to eat a small cage packet.

1. use the chopsticks to dip the XLB in the gingered vinegar. ethanoic acid. then put on the spoon.

2. then nibble a hole and drink the juices. hahaha sounds wrong but it's true what

3. place some of the vinegared ginger on the small cage packet.

4. then obviously put it in ur mouth. how ur teeth and tongue play with it is not my problem haha.

i had their chicken noodles. ha sounds overly mundane but it doesnt really look like the one u're imagining now. its totally some unique taste la i just dont know how to describe. ok la im watching a freaky show now simultaneously so i cant blog properly. so anw since i have nothing more to blog abt i shall leave it at this. bye

Sunday, January 06, 2008

time can be really heartless... sometime not too long ago i was grieving 06's farewell. and now it's already 5, 6 days into 08. not that i love being in ns but for my case ns is nothing more than a 8-5 job with minor plusses and minusses. its particularly this carefree life that im not so keen on letting go. to time. Doing what i want at night, blogging, late nights, psp, movies, tennis, running, youtube addictions, going out with absolutely nothing but the outing on my mind (ok maybe a few more things... my ram not tt low)... i definitely can't say that the girls r unfair when they complain about uni. i just diam n look at the incredulous faces of the chiong sua ppl. haha

yes, so thats it. my new year resolution- to cherish this year. what do i have to hate? cherish my 08, savour the taste of exotic work soft play hard life before tasting the work hard play hard of uni. yes the difference is just the work part. its stupid not to play hard.

to all 19s out there
20 is coming.
don't cry for 16... i'm trying not to.

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Barcelona :)

i almost forgot my username. nearly covered with dust from this blog.

just came back from Barcelona... a trip like none other. some different experience. didnt stay in a hotel this time round, stayed in one of those apartments. they dont have flats; the same way they dont have coffeeshops and hawker centres. i think a plog will do cuz a blog would certainly jam the blogger server.


this is what barcelona city looks like. tt building in the middle of the street reminds me of gringotts.


the ground floor n first floor of the apartment block,

and the window view of other apartments...

... and the apartment(the living room).

never judge a book by its cover.


there's something about europe and busking. welcome to La Rambla, their orchard road.

this is a real man. he stays still but moves slowly and elegantly everytime a coin clinks in that bowl.




Parc de la Ciutadella n la Cascada. and my photography nt bad man... just tt got lotsa lampposts. haha


Headlines: Retarded family caught queuing into hedge in front of Parlament de Catalunya-


that bird obviously came from madrid.


either a kid's or some girl's 40-sq-feet paradise. this is in a market though


this is not edited. haha i really jumped off n mimicked the Colon guy in the bg.

revelled in Antoni Gaudi's legacy we did. the whole day.


Casa Battlo;


Sagrada Familia (a huge Catholic church. pity we weren't catholics, we went there for the art but not the piety);


and Parc Guell. a place where u find peace and exhilaration in harmony.

visited Barri Gotic the next day but not sure what's so special to Barcelona about it. looks kind of the average carrer or passeig in Barce city.


small me, the courteous sun n the magnificent entrance- to Palau Nac n Montjuic.
actually the 'u' comes with two dots above it but i dunno how to type that.

somehow reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle's Kingsbury setting.


the plaza outside the Montjuic Olimpic. it was blowing a freaking cold 'breeze'.

Montserrat.
a monastery cum small city on the top of a mountain. its out of barcelona btw.

had to take cable car to the top... to first base - literally. Santa Cova.

of course- this is what a cable car is for

... then took the funicular (like a tram) steeply up to the top. Saint-Joan. theres nth wrong with the cam or the glass, nor is it smoking... it just happens that clouds literally pass by. i was damn happy to breathe clouds again.

before the clouds cleared;
and after.




maybe thats where god really is.

how nice to jump off the edge :D then maybe hangglide to the other side or sth


family photo! definitely keepsake-worth.
we listened to their famous boys choir sing, really quite heavenly, and visited the archway at the center of the front facade of the church, where something very important is usually situated. this is it.

not sure what significance it has but it looks like a lady holding out a spherical thingy which visitors can touch. and she carries a baby i think which does the exact same thing with a smaller ball...

this is some passageway somewhere in the church. i like it alot although i dont know what it means. like some candles for souls, all still brightly alive but bodiless.

montserrat was really a nice place cuz i felt close to the heavens. where man just isn't king. can feel it one.

down to earth and back to idiosyncrasies.

FCBarcelona fans gathering outside the hotel to catch a glimpse of Them.

and they're quite hardcore.

outside the stadium, before the madrid match... haha look at the scarf just beside my ear. it says "ANTIMADRIDISTA"

Q: When does a main road become a lane?

back to universitat (where we stayed). an interesting sight.

that bollard sinks into the ground when a driver puts money into the machine up ahead. unique right

n that wraps up our stay in barcelona... i quite enjoyed it really, though not the last day. what with all tt lugging n running about...

anw i wanna share an art tt some people may never get to appreciate... Sunrise above the clouds. beauty at its finest :)


till again ppl :)