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Reading a book gets stressful when you get so immersed in a story that it starts to become a part of you. When you lift your eyes off the page, you start to feel horribly misplaced.
I’m almost done with the first book of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. He is the first [...]

When Rudy texted me about the MPH books warehouse sale last month, I almost gave him a Get Out Of Here punch.
(I have since worked hard to get rid of that habit lest Jamie thinks me abusive and abrasive.)
No matter how many book sales I have been to, I will never get over that first [...]

I haven’t begun my letter to Helene yet and I already told her I’d mail it off by tomorrow. It’s nerve wracking, writing to her. I always have to remind myself not to try too hard.
Laura Marling is playing and it’s the perfect letter-planning music.
The distracting thing is every time I start a letter to [...]

2012

Story
World is ending because—as I understood it then—the ‘glue’ that keeps the tectonics plates in place is wearing off, so earthquakes and tsunamis abound!
John Cusack’s family is the only middle class people who managed to somehow escape the disaster, along with the rich and the rotten.
You see, when the world leaders found out the world [...]

Jamie is an ANTI-ROMANTIC.
(dramatic music)
Now that I am actually investing somewhat into the relationship, I cannot stop blogging about my boyfriend the ANTI-ROMANTIC.
This is not about stuffed animals, flowers, chocolates and spreading cloaks over puddles for me to step on.
romantic /roʊˈmæntɪk/ noun
definition: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a style of literature and art that [...]

Something that really nags me about Jamie is how utterly everyday he is. It’s like having tea without the sugar. There really is nothing wrong with Jamie. It’s just that when you dig deeper, there’s nothing.
This metaphor in no way suggests that he is stupid. His sense of humour is too crazy for him to [...]

The trip to Buangkok was cancelled this morning when I stared into my mouth this morning and saw that my tonsils were swollen and covered with white patches.
My first reaction was, ‘Crap, just when I got over my laziness too.”
Then I started panicking because I probably had tonsillitis. (Refer to picture below)
My first encounter with [...]

Camera: Samsung I8000 mobile phone
Being driven off from the campus library by security, to a rain-fresh walkway felt surprisingly pleasant.
We walked and talked of things that seemed out of place right then and there, where everything is moist and fragrant. “Like a vagina” just flitted across my mind. That was quite a disgusting Sapphic thought.
I [...]

Hello,
My fever seems to have subsided, which is good and bad. Good: I am no longer all shivers and nasal noises. Bad: Back to assignments and worrying about virtually everything except my guitar and an endless supply of great music on Youtube.
I really have got to get a new guitar. A better one. The colour [...]

Song: Gabriel
Artist: Emmy The Great
Album: (Single)
I love Emmy The Great the way I love a joyride and a great mixtape. I am sorry that I haven’t bought anything of hers. She hasn’t reached these shores yet. When she does, I’ll be her first. Emmy does for me on a good day what Bright Eyes does [...]

On Saturday, Jamie took me to Seng Kang where more than thirty kites were in the air. A little thing happened then which made me realise we have bigger problems than my missing heart. My boy might be slightly delusional when it comes to me.
Speaking of boyfriend problems, I laugh when I read other blogs [...]

Routines, routines. They have made me too jaded to blog about anything. My guilty conscience compels me to say I still do write on my journals and technically, completing assignments is writing too.
I haven’t been to places much other than school, tuition and the bookstore. There was that one trip to Little India which for [...]

Only have the mood for music!
Song: God Help The Girl
Artist: (People from Belle & Sebastian but not all)
Album: God Help The Girl
Sound: Oooh Belle and Sebastian!

Oh! Oh! This song is so me. Must… Resist the urge… To make… A Ris Low joke…
Seriously, I love this sound. Even before I saw the artist name, I just [...]

The day we finalised it, it was like a blow to the face. Quick, blinding, lingering, followed by a pulsating headache that lasted for two days.
I remember it was at Choa Chu Kang when I bought a bottle of mineral water, walked towards Lot 1 and suddenly lost sight of everything.
I stopped in mid track [...]

This has been the worst day. I really have nothing to say.
Song: Mirrorball
Artist: Elbow
Album: The Seldom Seen Kid
Sound: Melancholic. Something to listen to at night looking out at the sea and thinking about love and such. Something to fall asleep to too.
5/5
I just want to talk about this lovely song, Mirrorball, one of the most [...]

I’m in such a good mood, I’m seeing yellow Wonder stars. Tie me up with WW’s lasso, if you doubt me, which you have no reason to nor do I see a reason why you would care to.
But I’m in a good mood!
Finally, there’s a comic book store I really like. Fir and I used [...]

I seem to have recovered from yesterday’s, or should I say this morning’s, depression episode. There was no comforting resolution.
I simply increased my sugar intake (bless Sheng Shiong and their bulk goods) and went for a very painful uphill jog. It was refreshing.
Also, I almost passed out, which is always a great feeling. Your body [...]

Hello all. There seems to be something wrong with my mobile phone so apologies to those who have been trying to contact me. As for those who have no idea of AL’s existence, who the flock of a duck cares eh!
I was supposed to meet with Rudy this morning because there were some things of [...]