Friday, June 02, 2006

i really shld be.

Jing's coming down in an hour or so, which leaves me no time to pack up my room (no more floor space) but enough time to blog. Look at the way I prioritize my life! Somehow, I don't think it's so much procrastination that is my downfall, but my skewed perspective of what is important.

To commemorate her arrival, I finally bought two lightbulbs for the table lamps in my room (I haven't gotten round to changing the one on the ceiling), so that it'd be relatively brighter for her (Woman>> the lengths that I go to just for you!), so yes - I no longer need to live off the light emitting from my laptop - the friendly canopy of darkness is lifted after two weeks or more. Oval halos of soft amber now illuminate my room, like the hushed rays of the morning sun, and it's terribly foreign. I'm extremely uncomfortable and restless with these new additions, as if there's an itch bothering me but I'm not quite sure where I should scratch.

I finally went up to Durham for Jing's XXth birthday (she protested against the disclosure of her actual age - all of you - go wish her happy bday anyway!) and I was rather disappointed - the vision I had in mind of Durham was that there'd be sheep using the traffic lights to cross the road, and occasional hares attacking dogs with their long ears and pointy teeth. Alas, none of that happened, but I got to see almost all of Durham, including the cathedral and part of the castle (and the Music library!), so that was pretty good. Oh, and let me dispel a myth here and now: everything in Durham is NOT within walking distance. Do not let Tang Hui Jing deceive you with her words - it's really not that small!

Progress report - I've finished 80% of my Chopin graph (6 pages of A3 paper), and 80% of my Corelli graph (also 6 pages of A3 paper), so I've exactly 45,000 words left to write and at least 20 A3 Schenker graphs to draw for my dissertation. Yang'en has kindly notified me that I have 104 days left before my glorious death is upon me, so I'd better make full use of my remaining days left in London - watching concerts, watching more concerts, that kinda thing.

You know, I really love learning, just that - I wish I had a choice in the content of the lessons that are being taught to me.

Anyway, we'll be meeting Jess for tim sum and a belated bitching session tomorrow afternoon. Lenny's touching down from Canada on Sunday so it's going to be a mini-reunion of sorts - how exciting! Busy, busy weekend. There should be pictures in the next update (Jing's camera is her real best friend), so stay tuned.

p.s. Dominic, where are you?!

blueprint

I will like to spend my days, as though they are my own, which I mostly end up doing in halves, for duty beckons, and I am answering its clarion call. Soon enough! I am also a veteran procrastinator.

fresh monodies

Maria for the day; jumble book sale.
incredulous; happy birthday!
It's very strange. When you're desperately deprive...
in the dark with Murphy for company.
helpless.
midori/morbid ducks.
climbing down.
impending arrival, stressed.
i'm feeling whimsical.
updated reading list for easter part deux.

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treatises on life

arty jen
betty boop
carmentica
charming-linn
chasing snowy cars
cheeky lynn
cheryliciously glam
clean and cute
cyclist-mad bass
darling dominic
feisty jing
fellow ditz-sista/porkSTAR
hail mary!
hell's kitchen
hero on the beach
h-Euge heart
hunky lenny
lipgloss queen
little cheryl
live n learn, baby
lolita lou
loony loon
mr popular
musically dan
m y s t j
phringe
princess tania
roger smurf
runaway pigeon
sabotage king jeremiah
sibling angst1
sibling angst2
spector dan
spunky tian
steffy bunny
sun-sunzzz
teeny wee-nee
weeeee, leonard!
yangtze yang'en

frivolous pursuits

for shallow ppl
for very geeky ppl
for the truly bored
spun prose
binary thoughts
past imprints
some stamps
montage of images
other memories

mulling over

And there were phlegmatic souls.