Monday 19 March 2012

Pleased

Just received my results from iChat! All I can say is...

I'm very happy with my result! Pretty pleased with it hehe. My result improved so yep I'm really happy. Won't tell you the details here but yeah just happy heh. And no I didn't get a 4.0 FYI.

Just happy! I can now travel to the US with peace :D

Will be flying off tomorrow. To Taiwan first from Indo, then to SF, then to Chicago. OMG how to handle the long flight and jetlag! But whatever it is I'm going to get an awesome trip hehe. Wonder what I'll be doing there and what adventure is going to wait for me! :) Another continent stepped!

Alright just doing day 20 challenge. OMG it's been 20 days since I started!

Day 20 - A song during this time of the year

A song... Hmm. So like I'll take it as March 2011? Hmm what song did I listen to?

March 2011 --> CLS FLC --> Man in the mirror! (Y)



This song reminds me of my awesome CLS FLC! Great song, great lyric, great meaning. Michael Jackson FTW :D

Okay that's all for today. Damn excited for tomorrow. Not yet finished packing! See you! :)

Sunday 18 March 2012

24 more hours

 Favourite drink. Ever!

24 more hours, to guess what? RESULTS haha. I'm such a spoiler I know but oh well too bad. It's reality so we can never run away from it so yup. And also in like 36 more hours? I'll be flying off to US! YES USA :D

If you didn't know yes, I'll be flying of to US for a holiday with my aunt's friend and my sis woohoo! First time, and finally another continent to be stepped on :D My dream of stepping on the 7 continents (if not 5 heh, since the other 2 is difficult) is getting closer and closer :D I'll be going to Chicago and yup exploring some other parts of the US so yup. Gonna be an awesome trip (Y).

Today was alright. Still feeling moody I don't know why. Went to do grocery shopping again with my mum and sis, and we went to eat at our favourite restaurant D'Green for some snacks. Pretty yummy, but service was a tad long. Not sure why but nevermind we got our food anyway.

Yeah I guess that's all for today. Shall do the day17 - 19 challenge now! And I don't owe anything.

Day 17 - Somewhere you'd like to move or visit

To move, not so much. To visit, one whole list of places! Haha. Okay moving is not really... My kind of thing. Well I'm born in Indonesia and so well as much as I can I will stay and live here! Unless something happened that forced me to move out of this beautiful country, then I will move. And places I would like to move... Paris, Mongolia, China, New Zealand, Maldives, Iceland, Palau, Hawaii, Russia. But well :) The place I would first move will be Singapore. You all should know why :)

Visit - Lots of places! But my top list will be: Mongolia, Tibet, Paris, Iceland, Russia, New Zealand, Italy, Morocco, Africa, Hawaii, Palau, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Chengdu, Qinghai, Hei Long Jiang, Kazakhstan, Raja Ampat islands, Pulau Bangka, Lombok, Bali (again), Nepal, Japan, London, Scotland, and much much more. The list will just go on and on and on. But these are the places :)


Day 18 - Your highs and lows this past year

Can I say this past year as my 2nd year in poly? :D

So anyway lets start with the lows. I would say firstly, my GPA dropping as I once said, but thankfully maintaining my cumulative GPA. Year 2 was really really a tough year for me, with lots of things happening at the wrong timing. But also this year is when I learnt the most :) Decided to stop band for semester 2. Well, I really miss band now so yeah :/ Getting my OITP cancelled. But I believe life has better plans for me :) I can't really think of the lows. What else? Oh well haha. Whatever it is, what has happened has happened. Either I move on, or make things better!

The highs - Inner Mongolia OCIP with my awesome GT! Korea trip with SPSB, reaching the summit of Mount Kinabalu (hell yeah!), SCMS 10KM, Poly50, getting into research hehe, winning a few photography competitions (mini ones though, and one major one I suppose). And yep. There's more, I'm just a bit lazy to think of them but yeah. As I said my year 2 is a wonderful year. Though it may be the toughest, it's also the year that I enjoy aesthetically and more. I learnt a lot about life.

Oh well, highs, lows, medium, that's life! :)


Day 19 - A song that you can play on an instrument

I play the piano majorly, so I'll just put one song that I truly enjoy playing on the piano! And it's...



Howl's Moving Castle Main Theme - The Merry-go-round of Life by Joe Hisaishi! Yes this is the orchestral version but I can play the piano one :D And one thing I'm most proud of myself is that I play most of this song by ear! I managed to get the score like 3 years ago. But I lost it (somehow) and well decided to play the rest of the song by ear. So yup, I love Joe Hisaishi songs. And this is by far my favourite song from him (out of the so many awesome songs he has!).

Afterall, we're riding on the merry-go-round of life :)

Saturday 17 March 2012

Numb

Hmm. Nothing much today, I just got back from Jakarta yesterday. Since I've missed many days of my challenge, I will post them here. I've nothing much to do now anyway.

Today I made my electronic ID card! Very cool, well our ID used to be this laminated piece of paper but now we're turning electronic just like how we progress with technology I suppose. But the bad news is I don't know when it'll be done heh. When I'll get it, when I can use it so. Just hoping!

Feeling rather moody, numbed, quiet and empty today. I don't know why.

Anyway. Here goes the day 14 - day 16 challenge! 17 - 19 will be tomorrow ok?

Day 14 - How have you changed for the past 2 years

Well I think I've changed a lot for the past two years. Past two years would mean 2010 right? It's the year I enter poly and the year I start on my DPA. I guess... For better and worst, I've changed for the past two years. Let's start with the good things? I definitely have lost weight. I remembered I was 90kg plus in 2010 and now I'm 84 (Y). And I think I'm exercising MUCH MORE for the past two years compared to then hehe.

Definitely, I've become a more positive person. I tend to look more on the brighter side of things, and always try to seek the positivity of negative things. I gave up less easily. And definitely, definitely, I've learnt that life is not only about studies. About being the best, about being the top. But about having a balance in everything and most importantly seek joy in everything that you do.

I've become a better photographer? Haha And more I guess.

On the dark side, I think I still can't handle stress well, and my time well. Even though I feel my time management slightly improves for the past two years. And yes my result is dropping, though I can maintain my cumulative GPA thanks to my great result for semester 1. Hopefully can sustain it this time round! Don't wanna drop again. Sweet.

All in all, I just want to say - I want to still be Adhi for the past two years :)


Day 15 - What makes you different from everyone else

I'm sure we are all different from each other. What makes me different from everyone else is because, I Am Adhianto Suherli Lie and nobody else heh. But well I guess you can say... I don't really listen to mainstream songs, I listen to weird songs that not many listen to. I enjoy being alone most of the times because I think loneliness gives me happiness. I love to eat weird food.

I'm a guy who don't watch soccer/basketball but enjoy playing it and enjoy running. I'm a guy who loves notebooks (usually this is a girl thing right?). I keep a diary and enjoy writing in it. I love cooking and writing. What else? Haha.

But nevertheless well, how different I am from other people, makes me who I am, makes me who you are. Because it is the differences that we have in this world that makes life wonderful! :)


Day 16 - A song no one would expect you to love

Song no one would expect me to love? Hmm.... Well if I tell you the songs I listen to you guys will be shocked! (Except those friends that know I listen to these "weird" songs)

But well I like this!




Yes even though I like to listen to pop/classic/chilout/post-rock I love this song too! Well sounds like some "clubbing" song right, but I love the rhythm, the melody etc. Really good! Hehe

Monday 12 March 2012

Sipping tea

Today the sky was pink, when the sun was setting!

Haha just another random title. Yes I love tea and I love sipping it. Especially when I'm at my dad's garden in the evening. The weather is cooling, air refreshing, when you sip the tea it feels like as if life is so darn good. Well yeah life is as good as you make it to be. Just like how we sip a good cup of tea. How much you enjoy it, depends on how much you feel blissed as you do it.

Umm yeah something like that.

Anyway look what I ate today!

 It's tut-tut or snails

It's snails! Freshly caught from the paddy field two days ago :D Cooked today hehe. Not bad, taste like the normal small scallops thingy (or la-la as we know it) with the superb aroma and freshness of the paddy field still being able to be tasted on it hehe.

Okay I will be going to Jakarta tomorrow till Friday to settle some stuff. My sis will be coming back for just 4 days on Friday so I'll hop on a ride with her and my brother back. Hope the 4 days will be awesome. Foreseeing.... Boredom though. Not sure too.

Okay day 13 it is :)

Day 13 - If you had $ 1,000,000 to spend how would you spend it?

Hmm I'm not someone who loves to "spend" money. As in you know like indulge myself if I have lots of money, go here buy this and go there buy that. In fact I'm quite "selfish". Lets say I got ang pao from CNY, I would bank it and don't wanna spend all of it. Hehehe. So in a sense you can say I'm someone who spend money when I want to spend. I don't have the urge to spend when I have the money.

Which I believe everyone is sort of like that too.

So most probably I'm going to first bank that million dollars in several banks HAHAHA. Okay maybe some to save and some to spend and some for donation (Y).

If I were to spend it here are the list of things I will spend it on:

- A baby grand piano (grand is too ex even though a million is enough to get it) which costs $40k?
- Make an awesome soundproof room just to put the grand piano
- Buy a stand up piano to be put on the living room so that I can play it for people
- Dine in like super duper posh restaurant, 3 michelin stars etc
- TRAVEL THE WORLD (Y) Go to Europe, Asia, and so on and forth
- Buy new camera body and lenses (Y)
- Watch concerts/musicals in the VIP box
- Decorate my house? If I have one heh
- Buy an awesome surround system for good awesome music
- Don't forget a SUPERB headphone
- Buy and learn how to play the instruments I wanna learn

I don't know what else to buy? Haha. I'm not an automotive guy, not a fashionista, not a gastronomy guy either (though I enjoy good food). If let say the above are the things I wanna get, perhaps say $200 000 for all of these. Meaning I'm left with $800 000. I'll save $400 000, donate $100 000 to various charities, $100 000 for my daily needs or something like that, for my parents and family too. $100 000 to set up a new business.

Then I'll earn more! And the cycle begins... Nyehehe.

Okay yeah that's really IF I can really get to follow what I've been planning to do. You know human nature can turn so freaking greedy. Maybe in the middle I turn to some greedy maniac and I go and spend on redundant stuff and then I lost all my money for nothing heh. But surely, I will never spend EVERYTHING. I'll keep aside some money. I think it's a bit... Waste to spend everything. Money is not easy to come by you know! Very hard to earn, very easy to lose.

Yeah that's how I'll spend if I have $1 000 000 hehe. A dream... Nyehehe!

Sunday 11 March 2012

It's a Sunday

Mt Gede and the clouds


Well I can't think of any other title to give for today. So it's a Sunday! Yay!

Anyway as usual I went shopping with my mum and sis today. Bought nothing much just the usual stuff like drinks hehe. Anyway my aunt and my cousin is here! Till Tuesday. So just now we went for dinner with my aunts, uncle and cousins! Love it when we all gather together. We never fail to smile, to laugh and to simply have a good talk together :) Oh yeah hehe.

Yeah it's just another Sunday, there's nothing much to talk to so yup. Day 12 then!

Day 12 - A song that is a guilty pleasure

I have no idea how to interpret guilty pleasure... I searched and it says (lets say a song). It's a song you'll feel guilty when others found out you love listening to it. Well firstly I don't see the need of feeling guilty when others found out I love listening to a song. So... Yeah. Secondly I don't really have songs that I feel guilty listening! Haha. But well maybe if I put it in a way that people will find "shocking" to know I listen to some songs... Then I have a few answers. Let me see...



Yes I listen to old songs! Does that count?

Well I listen to a various old songs that I still love. Some songs which are released even before I was born! But thanks to my parents and Gold 90 FM in Singapore, which I really love to listen to when I was in primary school and sec 1 - 2 I really love old songs! I remember when I was in P6, my aunt was so shocked to know that I know lots of old songs haha. But I love them! Sometimes they're better than the songs nowadays. And it's a fact - but this is a reason why these songs still last till now.

Where some songs of the 2000 era just disappear now haha.

Okay ending the post with another oldie I love



This is not the music video but yup it's Regret by New Order. Not so oldie I guess cause it's a song from 1993. But still I was only one then! Haha. Anyway this song holds so many memories cause I found this song in 2009. I can still remember, first time listening to this song in Class 95 FM while studying in the libray with Jeslyn, Ade, MF and WQ. And that's also when I fell in love with this song.

This song holds so much memories of my O Level days! :') Anyway below is the link to the music video if you want to watch it on Youtube. Not bad! :)
Link of the music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G37z8Dtufc&feature=related

Saturday 10 March 2012

Wind and sunset

Today was a gooooood day! Cause I finally can see a gorgeous sunset that I've been waiting for (Y). Two cloudy weeks and I finally can witness, see, shoot an awesome and gorgeous sunset! Really love it :) I shall post some photos here!

And wow today the evening was really really windy. I really mean it, very windy and cold. Kinda scary but awesome at the same time. I was in shorts and T-shirt, the wind blew and it's just so damn bloody cold! But anyway I'm the kind of person that loves cold weather so that's awesome :D But really, it was cold heh. Even after I reached home! Brrr

Alright I'm posting some photos so here they are :)






Back on day 11 challenge!

Day 11 - Your favourite comfort food and why

Favourite comfort food is definitely, definitely - SOUP! Don't you just love the warmth of the soup, added with the robust flavour of the stock, which is elevated by the sweetnes of vegetables and the meat's savoury? Then the herbs do their magic. Okay I sound like some food show host.

But anyway yes soup is definitely my comfort food. I love soups. In fact when I feel moody, I would usually cook soups. Just simple soup like chicken stock + mushroom + carrots + chicken + sausages and so on. It's an instant mood booster and happiness kicker. There's just something about soups that made me love it so so much. On a rainy day, a bowl of warm soup is your best friend hehe.

I'm not a huge fan of creamy soup. I prefer clear soups like those with stocks and so on. Less cream. And I have this weird habit of pouring soup into rice (and vice versa) and eating them together! So far only Candy agrees and does the same thing. Oh and also my family, we do that hehe. Most of the people find that habit of mine weird. But it's good! I like it haha.

I don't mind soups and breads too. Yum. I saw Jamie Oliver cooked this bread soup once on TLC and oh gosh it looks so divine. Been wanting to try but I don't have an oven :( Looks real good. I did a version of that once but... I separate the bread haha. Here's a photo of one of my soup creations!


Friday 9 March 2012

Goodbye

 If you realise, no one teaches you to laugh, to smile, and to feel happy

Today I received a shocking news. One of my dad's workers, whom I have known since I'm quite young just passed away this morning. It was really shocking cause I just met him yesterday and he seems normal. Well we don't talk much but we always see each other whenever he used to come by my house. And when I was young well I've met him since then basically. I saw him yesterday and he left this world this morning.

Life is just so unpredictable at times. Nevertheless, rest in peace to him.

Treasure your life people.

Anyway nothing much happened today. But in the afternoon helped my sis to key in some stuff into the computer! Pretty interesting things to do. Hard in the beginning but as you go through it again and again, you get used to it and well then it's just like kinda breezy then :)

Alright not much to talk to today so day 10 challenge then!

Day 10 - A song that reminds you of somewhere

Okay I'm not sure how to interpret this. Reminds me as in a memory? Or reminds me as in makes me feel like a place, reminds me of a place (not necessarily a place I went to). Nevertheless I'm including both heh.

La Voix by Malena Ernman



This song reminds me so much of Sweden! Well firstly cause I visited Sweden in 2009. And she was the singer representing Sweden for the Eurovision singing concert! I was expecting her to be in top 5 or something like that cause she's really good! I love the song and I love her voice. Turned out she was 21st OMG. So shocked by the outcome. But still I love the song! :)

Plus when I was there, I went to a palace and there was this change of guards ceremony. There was a band playing there and they played this song! Check out my Sweden post back in June of 2009. Really great memory man...  This song so reminds me of Sweden! :)

Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest



Well as for this song it reminds me of a place. A wide grassland with blue sky and the setting sun. Streaks of yellow clouds are in the sky and then the wind is blowing softly. The air is cool and refreshing. That's what this song reminds me of. The calm evening sky when the sun is setting.

Yup these are the two songs that remind me of somewhere. Hope you like them too! :)

Thursday 8 March 2012

Day 09 - Pictures of something that make you happy

Reunited with this awesome old song called Emotion by Samantha Sang and Bee Gees (OMG I just found out who are the singers. I know the title but not the singer, oh well). I heard Destiny Child's cover of the song just now while having dinner with my sis and cousin. I really love the song, soothing and I love the melody and chords etc. It reminds me of my primary 5 days. When I bought a CD of old songs and this song was one of them.

In the words of a broken heart it's just emotions that's taking me over~

Anyway today was alright I guess. I received a message from Vithya reminding me of the Space Challenge! Sadly most of us are not free on Saturday for the briefing, we're both overseas and Candy and Kai have a workshop so yeah. Then left with Syazwani but I don't wanna trouble her to go alone too. So we'll just have to send the in-charge an email if we have any clarification. I hope we can get through this soon!

Even though the dateline is like in July, but we'll be having ITPs. I know it must be difficult for us to get through together to discuss. But when there's a will, there's a way, right? :)

Every journey begins with a single step so lets go! Hehe.

Okay day 09 challenge!

Day 09 - Pictures of something that make you happy

Well as someone who loves photography, taking a nice photo makes me happy. And seeing it again in the future makes me happy too. I put it in a way that well - happiness is like taking a perfectly exposed photo. And when well you take a nice photo that makes you smile. I have a few photos that never fail to make me smile whenever I look at them. Gonna break the rules and gonna post a few! I don't care :P [Cause actually the real question is -A- picture that makes you happy heh]


Yes I know I've shared this photo like 5 times in my blog or something like that. Too bad, this photo makes me happy so I'm sharing again! Anyway yes this photo was taken in Inner Mongolia during my OCIP trip. It's taken on the last day of digging when we've digged the last hole for the sapling. It may just be a silhouette of my awesome Green Transformers, can't see the expressions. But surely you can feel the achievement and happiness no? Well as a the photographer of the photo, I can feel it. Sometimes I feel sad for not being inside this photo heh. But I feel more satisfied and happier to have taken this photo :)


This is taken in West Coast Park like 2 weeks ago when I went there with Candy. We were playing the flying fox (HAHAHA good memories of laughter) and while we were there there was this father and his daughter playing as well. I just took my camera and zoomed and shot this to capture the moment. I was expecting blurred and underexposed shot. So I didn't bother looking at the outcome. But when I transferred the photo to my lappy, when this opened, I smiled instantly. I felt so good to have captured this :) At times, I wish I can meet him again to give him this photo.


How can this not make me smile? My one of my proudest achievements so far :) [PS: Credits to awesome Mt Kinabalu guide for helping us take this photo!]


Smile and make the world a better place, a much better place. Gave the artist some coins, she posed for me and I took her smile on my SLR. Yep this is taken with film!


He's a farmer I know from my hometown. When he saw me and my camera, he asked me to take a photo of him. A photo of him and his proud crops. It's a watermelon by the way hehe.


I can show you lots of photos of blue skies. Cause they make them smile. So I'm just showing one


I can show you lots of photos of sunsets too. But this is one of the best shots I took in my hometown.


Don't forget the sunrise too...


Last photo! Grassland @ Inner Mongolia, China. When emptiness gave me bliss, and happiness.

Yup I can show you more photos but the post will be super duper long so I'm caping it here! Hope you guys love the photo and that these photos make you smile too :D See ya all then!

And as Buddha says:
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared :)

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Stop Joseph Kony!

I just watched the video made by the Invisible Children about an assholic mindless crazy psychologically mentally insane douche called Joseph Kony who abducts children in Africa and turn them into either children soldier, sex slaves and torture them! Asking them to kill their parents as an initiation? You're kidding me. He needs to be stopped! Please people, tweet about him, watch the video (link below) and make him famous!

MAKE HIM FAMOUS AND MAKE HIM STOP!



This is the video by the way. Watching this made me angry -.- he's just seriously... Crazy and heartless.

Anyway today is another so-so day I guess. Nothing much happened, but was watching my dad's workers trying to move this machine! It was quite an interesting and "Scary" thing to watch and at the same time very exciting cause it needs the maneuvering of 2 fork lifts to move the machine haha. Very huge machine indeed. But well they managed to move it so wheeewww. I wasn't part of the "team" but I felt relieved after it's moved haha! The excitement moves in too hehe.

Okay nothing much about today so... Day 08!

Day 08 - Plans/Goals/Dreams you have

Oh boy I have lots of plans and goals and dreams! I don't know where to start heh. Okay I think those three have different meanings... Like okay maybe goals and dreams are the same. Sort of. Plans are more of things which you hope to do in the near future. May not be very far of (like 20 years later, can be next month!). Goals and dreams can be of a longer distance. So I'll just list a few then? :)

Plans:
- Cycle to school!
- Run at least twice a week for Sundown (and Standchart, 21k here I come!)
- Walk home more (if I don't cycle)
- Plan my days well, hence my week during my ITP
- Go out and explore Singapore more?
- Have a better diet
- Have an awesome ITP! Hehe

Goals:
- Have an enriching ITP, learn lots from it
- Increase my GPA! (Now's the chance)
- Travel overseas with friends (grad trip?)
- Step on the 7 continents (or maybe 5 since the other 2 quite tough hehe)
- Trek in Nepal. Anapurna? ^^
- Go to Mongolia, Tibet and Central Asia

Dreams:
- Travel around the world
- Do bungee jumping and parachute down a plane (for leisure of course)
- Swim on the ocean
- Go to the Pacific Islands
- Write a book
- Conduct an orchestra
- Compose a song
- Find cure for cancer and AIDS (impossible? Possible!)
- Watch Sigur Ros concert hehehe

I have more than this list, obviously but I shall not list all of them. It won't end, as I write one, I'll think of another and the list will just go on. So I'll just cap it to these items okay. Alright that's all for today! See you again hehe.

Define happiness. It's difficult isn't it?

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Conscience

 "I believe things happen for a reason
If they don't, then they wouldn't have happened at all"

Today was an awesome day I guess! I did nothing much but in the evening I went to meet two of my cousins and we ate Pizza with my sister and uncle hehe. I always love meeting my cousins because we'll always have a good laugh and we always talk and chat about things that we always enjoy. I guess when they say that cousins are your first best friends in life, it's so true. And I think they won't just be your first. But they will be your best friends FOR life :) Right? We've grown up together since young. And we'll grow up again.

But well, they're both working now, I'm going to year 3 soon. Time flies.

Oh well! Life is moving on so yup. Okay I know this is random but currently, I've been listening to "Someone Like You" by Adele for the past like 20 minutes or so. Just playing Youtube Videos of her different concerts. Royal Albert Hall, iTunes festival, Brit awards and so on. And on my iTunes as well. I just like that song. Not that I'm heart broken or something like that. I just love her song, and her voice.

Anyway I won't be writing an emo love post here heh.

But anyway... Sigh. This is not who I am basically but I have to agree that I'm not someone who usually can hold disappointments well.  Especially when the disappointment is something that's really... Disappointing haha. I may sound pretty selfish and unfair but I'm just jealous of my friends who are currently all over the world for their OITPs! Haha. I'm supposed to go to but there are problems on the opposite side so I ended up not going. But yeah it's been a month since I've received the news yet I still have this meow feeling in my heart heh.

And I think it's not right for me to feel unhappy about people's happiness! Haha. I still believe that life has better plans for me ahead. And even if it doesn't has a plan, then that's the plan it has for me and I life has to move on, I have to live on. Well I guess who wouldn't be disappointed to be expecting something to happen, to wait for something to happen for 5 months and then in the end you're told that it won't happen. But I guess that's life. You cannot expect things to happen smoothly all the time.

At one point in life, we just accept disappointments and well just move on. There's no point dwelling over the disappointments that we had all the time. So well I'm just gonna take this as a blessing in disguise cause I know that I might be disappointed with the outcome but I also know that I never know whatever good things that may happen and that I will miss if I were to really go for an OITP right? :)

Cheer up myself! Haha. Plus I told myself that I'm sure every ITP is unique. And actually honestly speaking I don't mind doing local. Just that well doing overseas would give a special and better edge I guess. But ho well I'm doing local so I'm fine! Really :) I once told someone that what I get in local ITP will not be what I get in OITP. Everything is unique, treasure every day of your internship.

Plus I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.  
If they don't happen for a reason, then they wouldn't have happened at all.

Okay feels good letting my heart out :)


Day 07 - A picture of you and your friends

See?! It's A picture again. I have loads of friends and I have loads of photos to choose from :/ But anyway since yesterday was 6 months since our Inner Mongolia OCIP, then here is a photo dedicated to my awesome Green Transformers! Yay :D

Special montage dedicated to a special group of people!

Monday 5 March 2012

6 months on

"Ah well. Memories made, journeys ventured, stories written, chapters closed, and new page opened. All these are written inside our memories. Wherever we go, wherever life goes, in one way or another, they are still with us, right?"

Thanks to Ardin for the post, I've lost track of time and realised today is the 6th month since our trip to Inner Mongolia! Time flies huh. It feels like as if it was 4 months ago or something like that. If it weren't for Ardin's post, I think today would just fly by without me noticing that it's 6 months since our trip. It's just too fast! Argh, don't like it, soon we're going to be year 3 and then I'm 20 and then and then hahaha.

But well anyway even though 6 months have passed, I'm sure our memories will still last! And it will last forever for me. To me the trip, the people, the memories are something that I will remember for years. It's just great to be part of the team, part of the trip, part of the memories. The green transformers are surely the people I will treasure, cause without them, no memories will be created and written. Right?

A trip is as good as the people in it. Even though let say I'll be going for another Green Desert trip, I feel that well things will never be the same anymore. Different people, new memories though. But it will be totally different from the fun I had with my Green Transformers. Well :)

6 months on, and I'm really glad to be part of the team, the trip and the memories. To know that everyday I'll wake up knowing that I once went to a trip to Inner Mongolia together with this bunch of awesome people, to be remembered of the trip from the photos I have in my computer, on my wall, in my phone, in my iPod. The montage I made, the poems I've written, the memories I've carved in myself. To know all these just bring a smile to my face. To be a part of something wonderful. Yup :) [Thanks Togo for the inspiration!]

Ah well. Memories made, journeys ventured, stories written, chapters closed, and new page opened. All these are written inside our memories. Wherever we go, wherever life goes, in one way or another, they are still with us, right? :) Treasure the moments people!

Okay that's all for today's post, moving on to le challenge day 06!

Day 06 - One of your favourite TV shows

Oh boy somehow I hate these challenges for asking me "one of's" or "a's" cause I'll be spoilt for choice! Especially when watching TV is like my all time leisure activities hehe. But oh well okay I'm gonna break the rules by listing out a few and choosing one. This is called improvisation okay... Hahaha.

Anyway I love watching TVs. I'm less of a drama guy and serial shows but I watch them when they're just playing. Like HIMYM, the Simpsons, NCIS, CSI etc. I don't mind movies too, but only good movies heh. Most of the time I watch three things: Documentaries, Cooking shows and travel shows! I do watch concerts as well, and music channels like MTV and Natgeo Music hoho.

In fact my all time favourite channels are Asian Food Channel (drool time), Discovery channel groups and National Geographic groups as well. From Discovery, Discovery science, Discover health and living. Natgeo, Natgeo wild, Natgeo travel (My favourite!) and Natgeo music. And of course not forgetting TLC! Really awesome channels I always go to heh.

But anyho okay I'll just say ONE show then, from the list of all these awesome channels which show like hundreds of them heh. And the show is....










Image courtesy to the Globe Trekker website at: http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/index.php [Oh damn the image got cut! Haha]

But yes this is one of my favourite TV shows cause well.. It's all about travelling! I love how the hosts show us what we can do in the countries featured. It's like traveling the world without leaving your doorstep! But well watching shows like this made my leg itch and made me feel like really really traveling man :D

There are also other awesome travel shows like Lonely Planet shows and other Natgeo adventure shows like Departures (really awesome).

Yup that's all for today's post! See you tomorrow :)

Sunday 4 March 2012

Hometown Glory

Fell in love with Adele's song "Hometown Glory"! I just love to simply close my eyes, put on my headphones and well listen to it. And today, I even fell asleep to it. Beautiful.

Not feeling really good today. Got this impending feeling that I'm gonna fall sick soon :/ But anyho I'm continuing with my challenge!

Day 05 - A song from your childhood

I'm turning 20 this year. Surely I have lived 19 years in my life and surely I have loads of songs from my childhood. After all music is part of my life. I have lots of songs I can remember that I once listened when I was a kid. But one song stands up and it's something I can relate to even till now. When I was young I don't know English. I couldn't speak English, yet alone understand the lyrics of this song.

But now, I do :)

So the song from my childhood is - Viva Forever by Spice Girls!



And the lyrics goes like:

Do you still remember, how we used to be
Feeling together, believe in whatever
My love has said to me,
both of us were dreamers, young love in the sun
Felt like my Saviour, my spirit I gave you
We'd only just begun

Hasta mañana, always be mine


Viva forever, I'll be waiting

Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever for the moment
Ever searching for the one

Yes I still remember, every whispered word

The touch of your skin
Giving life from within like a love song that I'd heard

Slipping through our fingers, like the sands of time

Promises made
Every memory saved has reflections in my mind

Hasta mañana, always be mine (be mine)


Viva forever, I'll be waiting

Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever for the moment
Ever searching for the one

Back where I belong now, was it just a dream
Feelings unfold
They will never be sold and your secret's safe with me

Hasta mañana, always be mine (be mine)


Viva forever (viva forever), I'll be waiting (I'll be waiting)

Everlasting (everlasting) like the sun (like the sun)
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment (for the moment)
Ever searching (ever searching) for the one (for the one)

Viva forever (viva forever), I'll be waiting

Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment
Ever searching for the one

Viva forever (viva forever), I'll be waiting

Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment
Ever searching for the one (for the one)

Viva forever, I'll be waiting (I'll be waiting)

Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment
Ever searching for the one (fir the one)

One phrase that stands out for me is: Live forever, for the moment. Ever searching, for the one :)

Saturday 3 March 2012

Day 04 - A song you wish you could play

 This evening was really windy

Was re-watching my KK trip photo montage... I really miss Kinabalu! Everything about our trip. Being in the summit, Pendant Hut, Laban Rata, Borneo Backpackers, everything! Really miss the good times we had in Kinabalu. It was really an awesome trip haha (yeah it happened like 3 months ago! Haha). Sometimes it feels amazing to remember again that I have summited Mount Kinabalu. Couldn't have done it without my awesome team. Imagine the AMS me and no one to help! I might just give up really.

It just feels good, to know you've achieved something you once thought you couldn't :)

Anyho, nothing much today either. Just went to take some photos for something. And met my aunt and we had a good talk as usual! :) Today's sky was really gorgeous so I went to shoot some photos at my dad's garden as well. It's been a while since I see beautiful skies like today. Just so lovely. Not the red and orange sunset I wish I could take but well, it's just beautiful :)

Alright day 04 challenge!

Day 04 - A song you wish you could play

If you don't know, I play 4 instruments! And always constantly wishing I can learn more. But I play the piano most of the time. And I really love the piano haha. I play the clarinet and flute in band, even though I've never touched the flute for almost 2 years now. And currently randomly plucking the guitar now. Next instrument: UKULELE. Ouyeah haha. Would love to play the violin and cello as well :)

So of course I have a few lists of songs I wish I could play. In this case I'll just talk about the piano. And the song that I wish I could play is... Really really a lot heh. I wish I can play lots of songs! I don't know which to choose cause when I choose one, I know I want to choose that other one instead. But oh well I'll just choose one okay! Hehe. And the song is:



Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov! Yep. This is not the original version I think. But seems like a more hardcore version played by the talented Yuja Wang! :D I've been really wanting to play this song... But somehow I learnt the harsh truth that I may not be able to play this cause my fingers are too fat :/ I tried playing once, super slow version, then quick quick quicken! And still sort of failed :P

But I'll play this one day of course :)

Alright so that's all for today! See you soon again :D

Friday 2 March 2012

Live the moment

 Oh yes I miss the blue skies too
Hopefully I can see them soon. With the sun

Rainy day today, and nothing much happened. But today my JC friends got their A Level results! :D Heard good news, sad news, and unknown news haha but well my dear friends, I know this is a really important exam of your life. But don't ever give up! There are ways you can continue on with life and your education pathway. Results don't dictate who you are (even though in the bitter reality, they tend to) so yup. Cheer up and don't give up okay! You can do this :D

Not sure why but I'm feeling excited for their results too. I guess the fact that I went through a similar "stage" which is known as O Levels, well I guess I can feel their anxiety, hopefulness and excitement too. So yep. Talking about results... Mine will come in another 18 days! Rawrrr uga uga.

I guess that's poly life for us - we got "heart shocks" twice a year. And our results will accumulate and affect the other results and well eventually, our final one :/ Nevertheless... I'm just hoping for the best! Hopefully my grades will improve. Just to pull my GPA up :)

Okay that's all for today. Day 03 challenge!

Day 03 - Something that you miss

Oh boy I have so many things that I miss at the moment! Haha. Hmm I miss Kinabalu, cause I've been shrouded by mists these few days. The weather, the temperature, everything, it brings me back to the days when we were at Kinabalu! Those were the really good days! Hehe. And I miss the guides as well, their friendliness and so on. Miss Pendant Hut and the food and other hikers at Laban Rata.

I miss my friends. 6 of my good DBS 2B05 friends! Even though it's 2 weeks of holiday already... I miss having lunch with them at FC3 heh. I miss my Med Tech and Cardiac friends whom I've never met for a very long time cause of their ITPs! I miss my secondary school friends. I miss my awesome clique even though we last met last week heh.

I terribly miss band. Miss the feeling of making good music together with a bunch of musicians! I miss running. I miss Starbucks (since my hometown doesn't have one heh). I miss Inner Mongolia, the good times we had again. I miss Sweden and Norway, 3 long years it has been.

I miss lots of things. I guess it's normal for us to miss things. I mean well we're all humans after all. Unless you truly don't treasure memories then I guess you won't miss much things. For a pretty sentimental guy like me, I miss lots of things most of the time. Sometimes random flashbacks of events would just pop inside my head suddenly.

Certain things that happened would make me be reminded of things too, and then miss them. Like certain food, music, or objects. It's human's nature I suppose.

Just well, again.

It dawned upon me

Thursday 1 March 2012

Back

Taken at Puncak today

Alright I didn't mention it here but I just got back from Jakarta today! Yep I went on the 29th (Happy belated leap-year day by the way) till today, I arrived back at about 7 PM. It was just a short 2 day trip there, did nothing much but got some nice shirt from Pull & Bear and some nice soft board to form a photo collage in my room! :) Hopefully everything turns as planned and I can decorate my room hoho.

Going to Jakarta was alright I guess. I went to watch "This Means War" too! OMG it was so hilarious. A must watch! Damn awesome movie haha. It's been a really long time since I had a good laugh at the movies haha. And went to eat with my aunt, uncle and cousins. Pretty awesome~

Hmm what else to talk about. Nothing I guess! :P So here goes blog challenge #2

Day 02 - A song that reminds you of a certain event

Well in life we don't have time machines. I'm sure we all know that. But I believe many things can be our time machines. One, for me are photographs. I think they're time machines that will transfer you to the past, of a certain event. That's why I love photography. Two, are music. Because well I tend to -love- songs during different periods of time. And sometimes, going for a trip somewhere, I would listen to a particular song. Somehow. Well I can't live without music. I HAVE to listen to music, everyday.

Well not like music, music. I mean even listening to a song in TV is considered music. Listening to my singing in the bathroom is music. You get what I mean? No? Okay moving on....

So well I have LOADS of songs that remind me of a certain event. Since the challenge asks for A song so I'll just give you one then? First of all lets clarify some points. Event, by dictionary.com is referred to something that happens, or is happening, an occurrence, especially of some importance. Oh my so hard to purely define. Lets just take it as something that has happened okay?


 

Well I'm just going to say one then. The song is Sacral Nirvana by Oliver Shanti and friends. This song reminds me of one certain event that I will never forget - my Inner Mongolia OCIP trip last September! I know I've shared the above video before. But just sharing it again, cause plus, I used the same song in the video. That is why I used the song in the montage anyway.

So yeah. Anyway why this song reminds me of the trip. Cause one I was always listening to this song during the trip. During the flight, during the 8 hour bus ride (that was the best memory I had), during the bus trip to our planting site, during the journey back to town (this is rare cause I rarely listened to my iPod when we go back) and during any long bus ride we had like to Duolun hu and to Lanqi.

This song truly reminds me of our days there. Especially the bus ride. Imagine listening to this song while looking out to the wide grasslands there. How awesome right? So eargasmic and peaceful at the same time. And this is the reason why I used this song for the montage. And with the fact that this is the song used for the montage, it fortifies my memory to this song, and the trip.

Oh those were the good old days.

So yup. I guess that should answer today's question. So people, remember, the next time you wish there's a time machine to take you back to another time, just listen to a song that reminds you of a place, or a particular time or event. It may not take you -physically- back in time. But well, I think the waves of memories that will hit you, would surely bring a smile to your face :)

And happiness would return.