Back To December

2 DEC - 4 DEC 2016 /

I don't understand why I've never gotten around to sorting and editing my Penang pictures and videos only until now (it was like the only trip I went on last year), but here's a photo diary of our sightings of various murals (spot this pop of pink plastic bag which always find its way into my photos even tho I put a considerable distance between it and myself) We had an early dinner at Gurney Drive Hawker Centre after checking into our hotel (欣怡要熏死了), after which we caught a movie at Gurney Plaza (right beside the hawkers) ANDDD it was in this mall I bought my Song Joong Ki cushion and shirt hahahaha THE OBSESSION HAD BEEN REAL

Apart from the murals, the doors and floor tiles in Penang are total works of art (signs of colonial influence) Even their laundromats make for good photo op! A trip to the Chocolate and Coffee Museum surprised us both with this Forrest Gump quote (since we two caught the screening at Films at the Fort a few months ago) - "Life is like a box of chocolate; you never know what you're gonna get." I don't really think much of this quote (since choco boxes tell you explicitly at the back each flavour you can expect) but since it's Forrest Gump, then the quote's good hahaha

And who knows drinking gin and running marathon is a thing ????? We met a group of some members of I-forgot-the-name-of-the-organization who did exactly that and the best part was, they treated us to some gin - three small cups right out of a dispenser at the side of some road! Omg three small cups were enough to make me seh for three seconds, maybe coz we drank on empty stomachs BUT ZOMG GIN RUNS IN THEIR BLOOD IZZIT

^ one of Penang's everyday happenings along its streets, I even saw this guy clad in Santa Claus costume (not surprising, it was december) looking on at a lion dance performance Idk I just got amused by the incongruity of it all but maybe somehow in Penang, it makes sense

So, to settle those empty stomachs we had dinner at ChinaHouse (where we kinda unleashed our inner artist by doodling on their mahjong papers which acted as placemats using broken crayons they provided) And I don't think I ever miss the chance to go sing k whenever I find myself in Msia lol it's like a need, a must (but maybe that's only me) - Red Box @ 1st Avenue Mall (: And omg I got food poisoning my second night there (diarrhoea, vomit, sleep, diarrhoea, vomit, sleep, diarrhoea, vomit, sleeeep in that sequence throughout the night) LIKE I REALLY JUST WANNA SLEEP EVEN THO I WAS FEELING LIKE DEATH the fever and body aches that came on the next day meant Penang Hill didn't exactly look that surmountable ..... In spite of everything, I (still) remembered to apply for medical leave that Sunday night before taking the flight back home lol 

^ the got-fever-and-body-aches-but-still-wanna-selfie selfies
(still can draw my brows tho, was I even THAT sick)
(YES I WAS)

To the friend who had gone on travel trips to Sydney, Seoul, and now Penang together with me, cheers to more trips in the future!! ;D (we can do with a few more cups of that gin right now)

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Films At The Fort 2017 / Grease

19 AUG 2017 / Sometimes, I wish there are subtitles for accent-noobs like myself so that I wouldn't have to concentrate so hard on the words spoken and can instead focus more on the nuances in expressions and the plot in general. That said, Grease (1978) had been a joy to watch, if not for its upbeat song-dance choreography, then for the audiences' uncanny ability to catch the right beat and clapped along! In fact, Grease wasn't our first choice - Xy wanted to watch Top Gun coz Tom Cruise whereas I wanted to go for Life Is Beautiful ... So yeah, we decided on Grease in the end if this makes sense to you HAHA

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Summer Baby

So, it goes that there were so many ways to be twenty-six years old, and I find that very true - like when you were little you thought by now you would have everything going on for you, but more likely than not, I feel like most of us are still in that barely-there stage, like the envision of THE future is nothing more than a mirage and you still got to find ways to trudge through unforgiving surrounding conditions. But sometimes I find myself being surrounded by the most lovely persons and that's when I always try to remind myself that life is essentially what you make of it - and I can choose to be myself and still be happy. They are, after all, not mutually exclusive (:

15 JUL 2017 / A saturday trip across the causeway - this time with Xy and Yh!! The Replacement whipped up the most delish comfort food and hot chocolate drink I actually like it more than Faculty of Caffeine and in any case, these two cafes come under the same management which meant that the moolah I spent all went to the same people ????? Right after breakfast, we headed to this really ulu part of JB (it's in the Plentong area) for go-kart :D The place's called Permas Go-Kart Club, go check it out! It set us back RM40 for a ten minute ride - which meant you basically play at a little more than one third of Singapore's go-kart price for the same amount of time, and at almost twice the speed here (coz we have really tight regulations in the name of safety so the max speed you can go on a go-kart in Sg is 50km/h if you have a driving licence, and ONLYYY 30km/h if you don't SO WHY PLAY HERE, GO PLAY IN MSIA) After which, we went back to City Square and took neoprints hehehe I realized I took alot of neoprints back in sec sch but never one of the three of us together ;( So I guess this was like making up for lost time ????? Lol, and we sang k too - basically I repeated my itinerary w the AbbVie girls hahaha just that we three added in the go-kart!! But so blessed to be doing my favourite activities with my favourite persons <3

Not to make you cringe, but I used to love decorating neoprints by writing words like 姐妹生涯 HAHAHA and drawing mouse faces coz CUTE and now Im like practicing my skillz on Ig stories ~

14 JUL 2017 / Right after attending the opening ceremony of the 9th ASEAN Schools Games (tickets courtesy of Yx), I headed straight for Le Garden Seafood at Marina Square for a dinner w the AbbVie girls (missing out adele here!!) Omg their seatings damn posh and food wasn't too bad I won't even blame myself for getting food coma hahaha JUST THAT they cook live prawns in front of your very eyes I was like WHY THE PRAWNS SUDDENLY JUMP ONE IM TRAUMATIZED and thankz a million for the polaroid printouts and matcha birthday cake (: - even tho I somehow laughed my candle out without properly making a wish OH THE THINGS I DOOO

I hope I always see beauty in the most simple of things and find joy in the most unexpected of ways 
💖

And I remember adeline saying birthday presents are like surprises, but I think cards fall into that category too!! Look at the drawing of natalie's dog hahaha I seriously thought it was a bunny at first BUTTT it occurred to me that dogs have long ears too ... and also adeline's whimsical drawings hahaha THANK YOU ALL <3

xx, 

moon child

Bloodshot Eyes

12 MAY 2017 / That one night Xy and I went back to our fav Ninja Bowl to polish off their Yasai bowl and visited an exhibition that hadn't been intended for oops

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"You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run through your veins and let the colours fill your mind." 

ARTBOX

23 APR 2017 /

sunset + fairy lights + good food + live music + old friend = perfect sunday

I think for many others, the inaugural ARTBOX experience here in our rainy little island (IT HAS BEEN RAINING FOR ONE WHOLE MONTH) had been less than satisfactory, but bless our souls, we chose to go on the last day and found the crowd manageable. Queues weren't as long as I expected and we got to try out a variety of foods while some peepz belted out tunes onstage. The fairy lights made everything even more ethereal as the sun set behind the city skyline. And I can get to experience the real thing come Friday when I scoot to bkk with adele and co. (: Cannot wait! Speaking of which, Im still in the midst of doing up my hongkong video and shall write a post on that when I come back next week yeehaw ~

Enjoy the photos (which you might have alr seen on my Ig stories and Ig post and now here oops) -

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Films At The Fort 2016 / Forrest Gump

20 AUG 2016 / Woohoo we were back at Fort Canning for the third year straight to catch a film under the night sky with hundreds others (: I still think the first open air cinematic experience we went for back in 2014 was the most timeless, with our choice of film (Breakfast at Tiffany's - which in itself is already a classic) and the fact that that was THE first ????? Sis joined us last year for The Imitation Game, which actually is a good movie (personal preference to use the word movie for more contemporary films) but Idk, this kind of setting calls for more romanticism and classics lend a feeling both sentimental and implicitly magical - it's just a different quality of feeling.

THE OPENING SONG WHICH HAD ME EXCLAIMING "DAMN NICEEE"

The thing about Forrest Gump (1994) is that I don't have words to describe how very special it is. The story unfolds in this weird and non-linear manner, even to the point of being monotonous, but all in a good way. It also tells of quiet truths against an epic backdrop, and suddenly I feel like the answer lies in the paradox.

And the death parts always get to me.

You know what makes this part so sad ????? It's coz you know Forrest Gump's an honest bloke and he means what he says and I feel like it's so hard to find anyone who mean what they say anymore, and maybe deep down, Im afraid one day I won't mean what I say. And also coz he loves Jenny so much, for so long - "Why don't you love me, Jenny? I'm not a smart man ... but I know what love is."

BUT THIS IS THE PART WHICH I LOVE THE MOST:

The next day after Jenny left him (againz), he started to run - "That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason, I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going."

And so he ran and ran, for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days and 16 hours. 

Until he stops and turns around - "I'm pretty tired ... I think I'll go home now."

In this way, he heals himself. And my tears flow coz this is actually a beautiful way of healing.

"My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on."

ANOTHER FAV QUOTE FRM THE FILM:

Jenny: 

Were you scared in Vietnam?

Forrest: 

Yes. Well, I-I don't know. Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out ... and then it was nice. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou. There was always a million sparkles on the water ... like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It's so beautiful.

Jenny: 

I wish I could've been there for you.

Forrest: 

You were.

OKIEZ I REALLY LOVE THIS FILM DAMN MUCH XX

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