| goodness |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|03:59 pm] |
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too often i heard people talk about being good.
so few bring it.
so, bring it.
new heroes
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| Kate Harris |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|10:22 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| |  contemplative | ] |
Over the course of these sojourns, I've learned a few essential truths about myself. For one, I can scarcely stagger about in high heels, but attach my feet to pedals or crampons and I'm golden. For two, I am severely allergic to indoor confinement and instead prefer an unconstrained context of stone, ice and sky. And third, my happiest state of mind and being is an intense, inspired sort of lost. Like Everett Ruess, I prefer the saddle to the streetcar, the star-sprinkled sky to a roof, and the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any paved highway. |
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| 6.30 - 7pm |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|09:04 pm] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | contemplative | ] |
otherwise known as sunsets.
i suddenly realised why i love them so. they happen everyday, yet they are so fleeting. you miss it, and night falls. |
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| NEA |
[Oct. 23rd, 2009|12:03 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| |  blessed | ] |
today, meatballs fell. that made me very happy. |
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| the morning beckons |
[Oct. 21st, 2009|07:44 am] |
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it's an extremely rare occasion for me to be up at 7am on a weekday... is it me, or does everything seem a little softer and more tolerable this early in the morning. |
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| love |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|11:10 pm] |
"I love you. To everest and back . And then somemore." Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
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| rest |
[Oct. 8th, 2009|09:45 pm] |
| [ | am feeling |
| |  blah | ] |
i got into the clinic this morning all ready to grab some eyedrops and get on with the programme - an 8.30am conference with nike shoes involved. i left the clinic at 8.10am with eyedrops, flu medicine and a 2-day mc.
the lord really knows when i need a break... |
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| you smell just like christmas to me |
[Oct. 7th, 2009|12:24 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | smiling | ] |
what's that smell I smell on you
is it magic perfume
'cause I swear to god
you smell just like christmas
to me
yeah well you
are my christmas tree
you mean everything to me
you mean everything to me
and you are my shooting star
if you shoot me in my heart then I'll fall apart
you lift me up when I am down
ooohh
you pick me off the ground
ahhhh
and I don't know if it's such a good idea
'cause you're way down there
and I'm way up here
yeah
you have really long arms so why don't you use
them to hold me tight?
- from Paper Heart. one of the most beautiful movies i've watched this year.
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| how do you measure, measure a year? |
[Oct. 1st, 2009|11:32 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | pensive | ] |
a year ago, we stood at the gates of love and saw the beauty above. we were holding hands by the beach, and going crazy at the mountain bike trails. we stayed up to look at stars and attempted to set the playground on fire with sparklers. we climbed HDB stairs and stole kisses in the lift, we tried to outrun each other in the jungle and in a dimly-lit room, we watched people read out love letters. i ran the marathon all roped up and grumpy, you ran alongside for those 6 painful hours. we stole moments - lunchtime bookstore-browsing, walking through quaint little shops, super quick gym sessions. i remember that time you went up at 6am to spin with me. and the 5am days during dawn prayer. when you drove to tiong bahru to pass me my helmet. and when we had our private concert on the beach with our earphones. i remember all those times you prayed with me. when you listened to me. when you kept quiet because there was nothing else to say. we survived everest too - together. the training, the last minute shopping and packing, the frustration, the goodbyes, the quarrels, the sleepless nights, the tears. and when you asked if i'll marry you and i said yes.
these are some 365 days i'll remember for a long time to come. and if i should forget, will you remind me? =)
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| a big big world |
[Sep. 21st, 2009|11:39 pm] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | nostalgic | ] |
while on the bus to macritchie this morning...
amy: "hey actually this is not very far away from our place. how come it seemed so much further when we came here long ago?"
es: "maybe coz when we were younger, the world looked much bigger to us." |
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| sunshine theory |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|09:41 pm] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | contemplative | ] |
we trade in 8hrs of sunshine every working day. we wake up without noticing the blue skies, and get home only after the sun sets. this should not be. i would like to run along the macritchie trails in the afternoon, i want to swim when the water is still warm. i want to put on a backpack and go up and down bukit timah hill again. i also want to paint and draw and read and think and cook and watch movies and meet people. all while the sun's still up. weekends are not enough. give me my 8hrs of sunshine back. |
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| gown on glacier |
[Sep. 7th, 2009|06:21 pm] |
what a perfect wedding shot (taken from lightedpixels).
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| words to remember |
[Sep. 4th, 2009|01:59 pm] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | blessed | ] |
"the lord will provide. not me." |
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| would you pour down like rain |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|03:20 pm] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | contemplative | ] |
| [ | bobbing to |
| | word of god speak - mercyme | ] |
i'm finding myself at a loss for words and the funny thing is it's okay/ the last thing I need is to be heard but to hear what you would say/ word of God speak, would you pour down like rain/ washing my eyes to see your majesty/ to be still and know that you're in this place/ please let me stay and rest in your holiness/ i'm finding myself in the midst of you/ beyond the music, beyond the noise/ all that I need is to be with you/ and in the quiet hear your voice |
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| but some of us are looking at the stars |
[Aug. 31st, 2009|01:32 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| |  calm | ] |
it's funny where life has taken me recently, and i'm glad where i find myself where i am now... right next to you, and you, and you.
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| the long engagement |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|11:14 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | content | ] |
5 months ago, on an unsuspecting valentine's day, a blue box made its appearance...
that was our first valentine's day together and to beat the cheesiness of it all, we wanted to celebrate it with something crazy. but when guoyong suggested that we hit a karaoke place, i was thinking, good lord... i didn't want THAT crazy. but in order not to wuss out, i agreed.
i've never actually stepped into a karaoke place except for that one time during my team outing, but that was meant to be a joke so it doesn't count.
i really wanted us to have fun in the ktv so i took to asking my sister (who's been to a ktv for a grand total of 2 times) about the songs i can sing, and i even prepared a list of songs so that i can be ready for the date!
he picked me up from home and started driving towards town. when he veered into the botanic gardens, i was like, wait a minute... is there a ktv place here??? i eyed him with suspicion as he led me into the garden and towards this charming white bungalow... which turned out to be Au Jardin Les Amis.
i found out later that he'd booked the place a month in advance in order to get us a really nice spot overlooking the garden. pity we didn't quite notice the sunset because we were too excited about the rose petals on the dinner table, choice of menu, fine cutlery, nice warm bread and salted butter stick...
our dinner are usually quick affairs because he belongs to the kim school of thought that people should really concentrate on the food during meal times and reserve all conversation for after. but this time, 2 hours flew by as we talked (a lot) and ate (just as much). i think the long pauses in between the various courses helped, he had no choice but to talk to me.
after dinner, we did some exploring around the garden but it was a very warm evening and we headed back to the car before evaporating in the humid weather. i couldn't wait because i have a surprise waiting for him at home. but what i didn't expect was him pulling the real shocker on me.
he said he wanted to get something from the boot of the car so i was like, sure i'll go with you. my mind must have been on the surprise i planned, because i didn't suspect anything and whilst my mind was going through the plan, he pulled out this blue paperbag from the boot of the car.
i gapsed. then stared at him really fiercely. i remember saying something like, is this a joke?! if this is your idea of a joke i am going to kill you! (i did, afterall, expect a karaoke experience instead of a fine dinner at les amis.)
when popping eyes, i gingerly took the paperbag from him. by then, he was grinning and beaming and excited all at the same time. a million possibilities were exploding in my mind. i reached into the bag and took out a large blue box. my heart did a tumble, i was like, ah it's a necklace... so i let my guard down and happily opened the blue box and in it, lie another smaller blue box, perfectly-sized for a ring!
i wanted to kill him at that point, for bringing me on these topsy-turvy expectations roller coaster.
i opened the blue box and there laid the most perfectly set stone in a box of velvet. he jokingly asked if he should do the go-down-on-one-knee thing before he knelt me and asked the question.
5 months later...
after much seeking and confirmation from the lord, the decision i'd been leaning towards was finally sealed. i couldn't wait to tell him, but i also wanted to make it a memorable one for him, so i got up really early that morning and planned a game.
while he was showering, i hid clues all over his room and placed a single red envelope on his table, with instructions to solve the first clue which will lead him on to the next and the next, until he gets all 6 clues which will point him to the answer when he unscrambles them. i expected the game to take all night but apparently he's slighter sharper than i expected, so within an hour, the words were spelled out on his table. i also handed him the answer key, which is a picture of 'yes i do' i wrote on the snow while i was in everest...
( a million words )
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| my fourth finger |
[Jul. 27th, 2009|01:42 am] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | thankful | ] |
has a sparkle now =)
i'm not experiencing an explosive kind of joy, or having exclamation marks hanging over my head... it's more of a deep-seated happiness that comes with a peace and restedness in my heart, one which may not shout, but i believe will speak for a long time to come.
and i feel really blessed with that.
"...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." phillipians 4:8 |
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| the saturday past |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|01:02 pm] |
| [ | here am i |
| | office | ] |
| [ | am feeling |
| | calm | ] |
he parted the heavens for you and i. that lazy afternoon which saw the blues and whites from our canvas translate into the colors of the sky, but how they pale in comparison! |
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