Shunning the light, walking forward. Down a strip, light from behind. Weird, isn't it? Light on the back, scorching summer sun. Yet, darkness ahead. Blocked by the mind, preoccupied - behind. Strained, it screams.
What's past is past, but what next?
Letting go isn't simply relaxing grip of your hand. It's more often than not in the mind. And ironiclly, the larger the subject, the more it seems to stick to your hand.
Uh, oops? Happy 2009?
Better late than never. I'll be back again when I'm in a better mood to post some stuff. A lot on my mind lately but it doesn't seem to stick around long enough to last the day. I hope it comes back soon.
This is funny. This is good. See if you can name the movie titles of the corresponding theme songs. Hint: John Williams.
But wait, that's not the end of their creative minds. Check out Moosebutter's homepage and try out all their songs. Yes, you can listen to all their songs online and if you really fancy them, go on and buy them. $0.99 each and it's not much for a funny little tune to entertain yourself. Personal favourites are the movie-related ones which include Psycho: The Musical and Harry Potter. Of course, while Christmas is still on, check out their funny X'mas songs. You won't regret giving the site a visit. Chances are you'd stay there the next 10 minutes sampling all the songs.
A Cappella Comedy. Totally fitting of their style.
Long holiday, more to come. Been rather busy acting busy and finding stuff to do. What do I really want to do? Mahjong. Well I'm not a big fan of the game itself, it's more of getting to sit down and chat with friends while playing that interests me.
Just want to sit down and chat the night away. 2 more months to go before I head back to an even more hectic life in a slower-paced country. How ironic.
Not as good as I would hope for, but not too far from what I expected. Well, I'll just have to review my papers if I have the chance to and see what happened. Hopefully I can crawl back up to my grade.
Gah.
It suddenly struck me that I have not spending enough time with myself these days. I used to have some regular periods where I sit down or lie down and simply think over stuff or let my mind wander, but this habit seems to have been lost some time ago. Not sure if it's a good thing or not, but I do miss those times of silence.
Another 2 years and I would most likely be in the work force. Although I seems nice now to be able to earn my own income and support myself financially, I am starting to suspect that this is just one of the other greener-grass syndromes I have had over my life so far. Maybe we all just yearn change, until a point where even change itself becomes so regular it bores you and you just want a simple (boring) life.
I don't have much time left. I really don't, and it scares me everytime I think of the future. Another phase is coming to an end in the near-future and I hope I can prepare myself for that coming change. Of course, never forget to spend enough time to enjoy, right?
I really feel old.
It's been about 10 days since I have been back home. Nothing really changed, and I guess that's a good thing. Only thing different that I have yet to really understand is how the lives of the people back here have changed. Yes, it is expected that my friends would all now be mugging their lives away, but I have not yet have the chance to sit down and chat with them about school life.
Meanwhile, I'm finishing off my 3-week-short obligation. 1 week down and 2 to go, and it really isn't going to take long.
I still need a bloody job.
Back at last, breathing that same stuffy, humid air. But hey, I'm not complaining, really.
It's over. 1 year has passed and all I can do now is to wait for my results. I'm getting a little uptight about it, and to be honest I'm not as confident about this semester, partly because I think I have put in slightly lesser effort during the exam period.
Oh well, I'll have to wait about a month before getting my results, so no point worrying now. All I have to do now is to help clear up the house and pack all my stuff, and prepare to go home. 4 more days to home, and I can barely wait.
Just need to find something to do when I'm back home. Seems like all the banks are busy closing down that they don't want me as an intern. How saddening.
Here's a little dessert I managed to assemble from a couple of different stuff I had in the fridge: Wine-infused orange with mango and pistachio, served with ice-cream.
I was inspired by my aunt's brandy-infused orange and I thought I'd test out with white wine since I didn't have anything else in the fridge. The syrup does not taste as good as the brandy version, but the orange does go quite nicely once it absorbs the wine flavour.
Wine-infused Orange:
1. Skin an orange with a knife and slice horizontally, discarding the top most and bottom most slices after squeezing out the juice. Using a vegetable peeler, peel off a thin layer of the orange skin, avoiding the fibre inside.
2. Heat a pan and place the orange peel in to warm, just to release some of the oils on the skin, then add water in and dissolve sugar to create a syrup. Take out the orange peel to avoid over-cooking it.
3.Add in white wine and simmer to boil off some of the alcohol. Leave it aside to cool.
4. Lay orange slices in a bowl or flat-base container and pour wine mixture in, and leave to chill overnight.
Serve:
Dice some mango into small cubes, and add crushed pistachios and mix.
Place orange, add some mango, and top with another slice of orange.
Finally top with a scoop of ice-cream and sprinkle some more pistachio.
Spoon some of the wine mixture over and serve.
Taste:
Confession to make. I cheated and used MacDonald's' McFlurry to top it off. I'd rather have plain vanilla to go with the orange and pistachios, and not let the Oreo get in the way.
I did not chill the orange overnight so it didn't quite absorb all the flavour of the wine.
I quite enjoyed the mango and pistachio mix, and I believe some chopped mint leaves would greatly improve the taste of this.
Maybe adding some aromatic herbs to cook into the wine syrup will add even more depth.
Well, not much of a success, but I'll be back to work on this.
