Thursday, February 16, 2012
Memories
Doing some last minute packing now and was clearing the camera. I haven't touched it for about a year... The last photos were post GE and first month of grassroots at Bedok Reservoir - that would be June-ish? And then I saw the Feb photos, the Jan photos, my very first picnic, Melbourne 2009, some of Canada and USA and....
I can't help but wish that tomorrow's flight would bring me to Tullamarine and arrive at the unearthly time of 6am, and I'll have to wait in the cold plastic seat impatiently for an hour or two or so. I'll find the payphone and punch the numbers you gave me and your phone code cos it has some credit, and I'll call and tell you I'm HERE. Then I'll contemplate whether I should buy a coffee, but I don't eventually because I want to save my daily cuppa with you. So I'll pick up a "Melb in Winter" guidebook and I'll memorize the train stations from Flinder's Street to Southern Cross to Huntingdale to Clayton and all the zone 1, 2 and 3's, and I'll drag my luggage up and down cos I'll want to feel a bit of the cold air outside and I'll run back in almost immediately cos it's just way too cold, and then suddenly, like magic, you'll appear and our eyes will meet and.... I don't remember anymore.
``larcenciel
Music: Defying Gravity - Wicked soundtrack
Mood: Sad
2:12 AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Random Update
Went shopping and spent some money today - oh wait, yesterday. Besides sleeping a lot, eating veggies and tofu and preaching about vegetarianism a lot, helping out in WP BRP events a lot, cafe-hunting and writing a lot, I haven't been doing anything much. So yes, I am still very jobless, very income-less and very idealistic. But who the hell cares? When you're spinning out of control and heading for the guardrail, you know you have all the time in the world...
On a happy note, I'm gonna catch Wicked again! Yay, awesome musical.
On another happy note, I am Korea-bound in three days! Yay, winter holiday with great friends.
And on another happy happy note, I found a blog that lists all the vegetarian haunts around our lil' island. Yay, more ethical dinners.
``larcenciel
Music: When You Believe - Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
Mood: Crazy
2:36 AM
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Scary
"You didn't know? Oh my God, where have you been..? Oh rightttt... stuck in the far reaches of hetereoville, that's where."
"If I'm not wrong you were there a couple of years ago."
"Yeah, but I did come back to my senses, see that's the difference between you and me."
``larcenciel
Music: None
Mood: Slightly sensible
12:12 AM
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Prep
"What is your greatest achievement?"
"Oh yeah that's an easy one. My greatest achievement is still being alive, even after I've fucked things up time after time, even though I've screwed things over again and again, even though I am such a failure at everything. I'm still alive and well even though I ought to be shot but here I am, even being interviewed by you! I mean, if that's not great I don't know what is... Oh wait, wait, I know what's even greater than that! Waking up every morning, with no aim or goal in the world, waking up not even knowing what I have done to deserve this good life and hating every moment of it and loathing every single part of myself and just wanting to run away from everything yet I still drag myself around to live life as normally as I could... Yep, that's my greatest achievement."
Is what I want to say.
"Oh, thank you for your question. It would definitely be organizing the inaugural joint Animal Welfare Symposium in collaboration with the other big animal welfare groups such as SPCA and ACRES, as well as other University animal welfare clubs. I learnt about teamwork and the importance of communication. I also had to manage conflicts, for example, regarding programme and venue decisions, to balance the expectations of both sides. Although there were some hiccups, the event went smoothly as planned and 300 students, members of public turned up which was a great first step in talking about animal welfare issues in Singapore."
Is what they want to hear.
``larcenciel
Music: Killing Loneliness - H.I.M.
Mood: Depressed
5:57 PM