Inspired!

@ Hong Kong airport Looking for inspiration, inspiration found! :)

Truth about growing up

@airport express

9 years old on a plane
- Oh my god i'm on a plane for the first time, i'm flying!!!!!

16 years old on a plane
- How many movies can I watch... Oh can I have another cup noodles?

23 years old on a plane
- Wish it is a 14 hour flight... I want to catch up with my sleep

:)

Stuck!

@ Age Bar & Restaurant
 
Lack of inspiration, randomly surfing the net at bar. 

Nothing seems to have changed. Same place, same people, same routine.

I enjoy the stability but I want a change, I am hungry for a change. 

Women

Or it's just me? Or just too much wine?


Not satisfied. Something seems to be missing and I don't know what. 

Am I just too greedy and want everything

Maybe I have changed. Maybe I haven't changed at all.

My relationship with coffee

@ Pacific coffee Tai Koo

I am a keen coffee drinker. I love coffee, a nice cup would literally make my day. Just love sitting in a cafe surfing the net and think about what to write next or sometimes, life in general. It always reminds me of the Australian lay-back lifestyle that I once longed for.

One does not simply attached to one thing. In my opinion, the lovable feeling is always associate with something. It could be a place, could be a lifestyle, or a person or a piece of memory. For me, coffee/ cafe reminds me of the university lifestyle, probably happiest days of my life with no worries, absorbing information day-by-day in an area that I'm passionate in.

For some, one specific food can be a comforting food, the one food that calms you down like a switch; the one food to make you feel like everything will be okay; the one thing that mum cooks for the special occasion: mcdonald's fries after examination, ice-cream after dentist appointment, or hot chocolate after funeral...

Think I'll settle with a cup of foam now.

The dilemma of a balanced life

@Starbucks

Wise has told us having a balance life is important, too much of anything is no good. And so the million dollar question has always been, where is the equilibrium? Where's the point of enough motivation and hard-work but not too much to cause excessive pressure?

And now we got ourselves the dilemma.

- Too lazy/ too layback VS too competitive/ mr.win it all

- Mentally healthy VS Physically healthy? (eat that chips? Smoke that cigarette?)

- Compare yourself with that person VS too afraid to face the truth

- no one's perfect, should we they to be perfect?

Why did I put myself in this dilemma VS. Worth thinking about?

Long (train) ride

@Age bar

I love long train ride. There are so many things you can do within that one hour of 'dead time'. Of course not fun at all if you're late for work or something. But really, if you can't control transportation, just chill with it!

1. Power nap - if you're lucky enough to find a spot. A quick power nap could be life-saving (on the way to work/ interviews)

2. Read - hello metropolitan people, books still exist! When you find yourselves lacking imagination/ inspiration, this is probably the vitamin that you forgot

3. Write - trust me, the open space in the train will give you so much inspiration to write, once you've started you could never stop. If you happened to be a blogger, try that, you'll be surprised

4. Emails/ Facebook - what a nice way to stay in touch! Not work emails of course. Quick replies would definitely strengthen the bonds and keep you updated with all the social events

5. Quick cool down - we all know life is crazy, a long train ride can help you to cool down before going home or meeting friends for dinner.

For those who hated long rides, have you changed you mind and decides to give it a go?

Same perfume?

@train

You know what's freaky? People with the same perfume.

Some people are good in memorizing faces, or names. And me, I do smells (perfumes), this is how I remember people.

That has happened before more than once. First time I come across this was back in good old Adelaide, on my way to the university, a girl walked by who was wearing exact THE same perfume as me, swear the god thought I just saw myself, exact the same choice of outfit, bet we had similar character too (that would be really freaky) because the way she looked at me I bet she was thinking the same thing.

And guess what, my lost twin sister is currently sitting next to me now. Yeah, another Miss Burberry Brit Eau....

Hardcore masculinity in public transport

@train

No offense, but sometimes watching men, especially men with huge ego can be great fun. Here are the characteristic of men that fit into my 'entertainment category'

1. Over pumping biceps when holding bars (in subway in particular or anything basically)
2. Reaching for the very top bar of any public transport, regardless of their height (side result/ deliberate intention: showing belly bottom with extremely unpleasant hair, usually come with 'muffin top' belly)
3. Walking up/ down stairs, 2 steps at a time, tend to go faster when there are hot ladies near by
4. Unbelievably loud music with headphones
5. Games on latest mobile phone with annoying sound effect (without headphones)
6. Wide leg spread (I know some may claim it's due to a physical issue, but I highly doubt that)

If you do happen to fit into this group. Thanks, you just made my train ride so much more entertaining

Being in control

Friday was suppose to be happy, but it was not, the whole day was a mess.

I am not going to go through all the frustration that I had, but to make the long story short, I had a bundle of goods that were urgently needed stucked in the Shanghai custom and was unable to get the custom to release them, I have learnt from that unfortunate day: not everything can be under control and there are always some things that you just need to... GET OVER IT. Was not easy for an individual who rarely "take NO for an answer" but for this time, my request had been REJECTED :(

Nightmare continues.

Evening race, 5000m, thought it was going to be easy, it was a distance that I was totally comfortable wtih, was confident that I was going to nail it. Then it started to rain, just 30 second before the race. Was running in the rain like the bloody ending of Step up 2, soaked from top to bottom, 5000m turns into a cross country running (cross river running). Broke my own record (slowest 5000m), but was really glad that I had atleast finished it.

Terribly terribly day.

Being in control: Mood, body and number of hours spent on 9gag

Not being in control: Shanghai Custom, weather and calories intake

New record with heels!

Just broke the record of the longest walk in heels: 3 bloody hours almost non-stop Don't know if I should be proud of it, but it was really an impressive record. And thank god I'm not one of those women who needs heels for their confidence (because some of them are short), I'm quite happy to wear flats for the rest of the week and let me toes take a break. Been quite busy since my last journal, had a few tutoring and stuff here and there, never a dull moment, thst's one of the reason why I love my life so far. Being occupied and living my life tovth fullest while I'm young. Well let see how much longer I could keep that up. In the meantime, will head to bed

No more excuse

No more excuse of not having time. Just got myself an iPad and I should have all the time I need to maintain a blog and write down stuff that has been happening with my life that I found interesting! Planned to do it this way, will do most of my entries in public area because it's where most of my ideas come from (which is not true, most of my ideas come from shower, but apparently I can't write there so...) although this entry however, was written on my bed, sorry for the disappointment. But yeah, glad that i'm finally getting this started again :)