Overwhelmed

I'm overwhelmed today. I hope it's because of the expectations I have for myself.
Should have taken a class in theatre studies.

Picking up

Happy Fathers' Day.
I have had too much fun this holiday. Guess I had completely let loose of myself, now, I have to pick up the momentum all over again. My friends all agreed unanimously that it'll be difficult to meet up once work starts. Already, we hardly met up in the semester in school, how infrequent will our meet up be now? I thought of arranging a meet up for different groups of friends every different month. What do you think of it? That's the arrangement we have for our DG, which I hope we will materialise soon.
Now, I feel sad leaving the fun behind.

De-cluttering

De-cluttering- is not as easy as it seems. Too many things, too little space. I yearn of a (empty) space of mine with only the bare essentials. It'll be great if I can hear echo.

Too many meet-ups, too little time. Many gatherings and meals with friends this week. I'm recovering from a sore throat + flu. Have been talking too much, eating too much of junk food. Yet it had been good fun.

In the meantime, I remembered reading somewhere that being reminded of the happy times helps in stress management. I have tons of happy photos!!!

Happy Belated Birthday Jie! Hope you still drop by here. :D

Half-way through my packing. I decided to give my room a new outlook yesterday. I realised it wasn't an easy task at all. I simply have too many things; bags, notes, diaries, journals, books, CDs, letters, cards, creative materials,... the easiest way is to get rid of the unwanted stuff, yet it's hard to throw them away when each item seemed to hold a sentimental value. Though I was tired from the physical labour of shifting my furniture around, I had fun looking through the items that I've been keeping.


My spectacles and contact lenses that I've worn many years ago! I wonder whether the oval-rimmed frames will ever be popular again?


The first watch that I bought using my saved-up pocket money.


My collections of fiction and not-fiction tittles. I have more though. I think it's not very environmentally friendly to buy books that you will only read once. I prefer borrowing or renting these days.


The notes and letters I received from friends in secondary school. The thing with girls is that we like to pass notes, even when there's nothing to write about.

The toys and mementos that I collect. There was a period of time when the yoyo made a comeback. My mum bought one for my brothers and I got her to buy 1 for me too...

The autograph books from primary school. Do you remember the ubiquitous "Roses are red, violets are blue...", "Forget me not..." messages?

The last time I flipped through them was in Secondary 1 or 2... just to get the addresses of friends to send them Christmas cards.

My school planners. Look how I even personalised them... I like things personalised. I tend to make better use of it more that way.

My abacus. I used to learn 珠心算.

The boxes of Christmas cards. I like Hallmark cards a lot. But these seems too big for me. I don't really have a lot to write cos I think I've been repeating the same words and ideas.

It's a struggle for me to thrash away so many things. I'm a sentimental person.

Have been packing my room for the past few days, getting rid of the notes and textbooks I've accumulated over the years... it's not easy; there are simply too many things; and not forgetting, I want to sort them out for recycling purposes. And the textbooks too. I've an idea of what to do with them, but it's a little of a hassle. Anyway, packing my room is kind of like a walk down memory lane. I've discovered things that jotted my memories...

Like this:

My preparations for scholarship, admission interviews after the As some 4 years ago.

And this:

My budget molecular model which I use for to identify the symmetry of the molecules. I really struggled for symmetry. I simly can't visualise.

Then I've been busy with these too.



Graduation gifts! I really hope my friends will feel happy when they see what's inside.

I am inspired to pick up basic cooking after watching selective episodes of the Channel 8’s 三菜一汤series. I used to think that there is no need to, that cooking is similar to other household chores; when one is being forced to do it, you’ll somehow know how to do it. I still hold this belief though. Besides, the taste of the food is selective. It really depends on the person’s preference isn’t it? But the show has somewhat deepened my understanding of cooking. Cooking is a science. There are some things that you need to know in order to bring out the taste of the food and to ensure the nutritional value of the ingredients and the food. This is what I intend to learn; not how to handle a pot, pan and ladle, though this is an aspect of cooking as well.
I have been reading too. Reading’s a great way to past time. And some times, I marvel at how some authors share my sentiments and are able to express them in words so accurately and beautifully. I have also discovered a previously ignored corner of the library. It hosts many Chinese books and interest magazines… perhaps due to my interests in the Taiwanese culture, I find these magazines and books nice and interesting, though not necessary easy to read. But it’s just for fun anyway!

For the many of us who do not have the opportunity to visit the Shanghai World Expo,
http://en.expo.cn/indexn.html
I think this is quite impressive. A good way to past time and learn somthing new at the same time too.