the grass is greenner on the other side

hello all you lazy people !

you know you really should be studying for finals instead of reading my blog

and if you're done with finals and on holiday then lucky you, you must be bored

anyway for a long time i've been thinking of getting a new blog. if you've known me for a long while then you've probably realized that i've changed blogs like 2 or 3 times already.

so yea . but now i've decided to move to tumblr =)

so check out my first post on http://siu-mei.tumblr.com/ and don't be bored by the short post or put of by the emptiness of the layout.

i swear i've get started on adding stuff and making it more personalized and just generally more me after my last paper on Thursday.

so till then wish me luck and remember to link my tumblr account. wouldn't want to miss out on my updates would you.

see ya !

resizing.

i loathe it when i try to change my display picture for some social networking site and i et rejected cause it's too big. don't these people get that i like my pictures to be bigger and clearer. people cant see my face it the damn picture has to be resized and tiny. it gets blurry and who wants a blurry picture to represent their online persona.

or maybe it just annoys me cause i don't really know how to resize my pictures properly. i just like click a bunch of random links and drag the mouse a bit and hope it kinda resizes itself. i mean thats one of the main reasons i twitpic from my phone cause then it resizes itself.

but it is kinda embarrassing a bit though. for me anyway. it's like i can get myself in to a uni but can't do something simple like resize a pic. kinda like the time during CNY last year, me and my uni graduate cousin couldnt get the tupperware containing all the chocolates open and my aunt was like you people go to uni's and learn all these things but you can't open a tupperware. seriously ?

reminds me of the times i wonder how my cousin managed to become a doctor but not know how to download Microsoft word, but then again i couldnt even install the microsoft that this com is using.

go figure.

repetitive

listening to: The art of losing by American hi-fi



its that time of the year again, where finals are just around the corner and my repetitive schedule has less to repeat.
my schedule has now been reduced to sleep, eat, study, procrastinate and repeat. at least its not in that order =)
and with repetitive schedules comes repetitive days and with that comes boredom and slight depression
but fret not come holidays, depression flies out the window.

but on a happier note. finals means holiday are coming soon. and with December coming soon. it means CHRISTMAS.

Christmas + new year = SHOPPING

imperfections

the silver lining.

Listening to : Holiday by Boys Like Girls.




ever notice how everything has no matter how boring or dreary has its upsides once in a while ?
it's like the saying " every cloud has a silver lining." .

i really can't think of any like significant examples so i'll just illustrate with easy top of my head examples
like doing an assignment. it's boring. it's stressful. but when we get a good grade, it's all worth it.
like taking public transport. the buses are cramped, it's always late, and when it rains it wet and slightly stinky. but unlike driving your own car. taking a bus gives you a chance to talk to fellow bus takers who you normally won't talk to.
and that is a good enough silver lining for me.

in some way, to someone, everything you do is always worth it.


on another note, I've gotta choose my fave break up song and send it to the lecturer along with the lyrics by this Friday. so I'm having an awesomely emo time now choosing a break up song.
i just cant decide between the "i can't live without you's" and the " i totally hate you now's".

choices.

So are you gonna take your shot?
It's the only one that you got
Maybe I'll go out on a limb
Maybe I'll jump in for a swim

when the petting stops, just move on

listening to Broken by Lifehouse.

this afternoon while waiting on my mum to finish work so i can go home, i decided to wander round the nearby mall and check out this bookstore i buy most of my books from. so while browsing i found this book by John O' Hurley. it wasn't until i started reading the book did i realized he was an actor who had a part in Seinfeld and won Dancing with the stars.

anyway i bought the book cause it was titled It's OK To Miss The Bed On The First Jump and had a adorable dog on the cover. it was a short book that took me about 3 hours to finish but it was meaningful and made me wanna just sit there with my dog.

The book talks about the little things dogs do that we should learn. Like when you stop petting a dog he/she tries to get you to continue but realizes you won't and moves on. in the book he said we could learn that from dogs and just move on when a relationship ends instead of hanging on. and how a dog appreciates everything as if it were the first time, something we seldom do.

there was this part about therapy dogs that was a real tear jerker, talking about how these trained dogs are brought to the hospitals just to sit there, be stroked and show love to the patients. Dogs in general don't care what you did or who you are. they don't care if you're healthy or sick, rich or poor. as long as you show them care they will love you with all their heart.

i think it's gonna be one of those books that i leave on my room table and read all the time =)

The broken lights on the freeway left me here alone
I may have lost my way now, haven't forgotten my way home

slow down time.

listening to: Hello Seattle by Owl City


i remember a few years back i watched an episode of Dexters Laboratory where he invented this machine that slows down time. like he woke up 10 minutes before his school bus arrived so he jumped out of bed to switch on his slow down time machine and rushed around getting ready, having breeakfast and finishing his homeowork, and when he was done all he had to do what switch off his machine and take his time walking out the door to wait for the bus.

i don't mind havinbg that machine, eventhough everything including the water slowed down but still, it's the general idea that counts.

imagine if i had that device. i would never have to rush for anything ever again but then again wheres the fun in that. i'll probably just use it so i can streach my 5 minutes snooze time longer =)




or maybe i'll just start doing stuff earlier

risk the jinx.

will i jinx it if i say that it's been a good sem even before the sem is over ?

oh well i'll risk it.

it's been a good sem. in terms of my assignments anyway. it's been soo long since i've actually completed assignments an entire week before it's due
(take note that i said assignments. as in like plural)

thought there is abnormal psych that is still getting on my nerves. like its part of the assignment that we have to visit some center at least twice. and the bloody center just won't confirm an appointment with us. don't they get that my deadline is next week, and i have to do my paper based on the interview we're hoping to get from them. no interview = no paper = no marks =(

seriously. some people just don't get it


then again, i need to chill =)

life is all about the risks - Coco Chanel