summertime fun!

kinda proving that ithaca ain't that boring afterall.. lol



ducks at cayuga lake


dock leading out from farmer's market


ithaca falls


applebee's food! our favourite haunt of the summer. that was the delicious bruschetta burger


homemade chicken rice!


my own cooking - teriyaki salmon, brinjal, meatballs!


the amazing maize maze!


within the maze.. not as easy as it looks!


help from above if desperate!


lost amongst the maize


coldstone creamery!


food glorious food @ cheesecake factory!

ECE courses piss me off

honestly, i'm getting real pissed with all the ECE courses i'm enrolled in. what with the sudden changes in scheduling, the inexplicably long section timings, the ridiculous shrinking and shifting of courses. EH, WE NEED TO PLAN OUR TIMETABLE U KNOW.

it's as though they think we only have one course to take this sem. -_-

well, at least my problems are LARGELY solved, thank God i got my FWS after sending a pleading letter to the A&S college. hehe. aniwez i'm back to my pondering-whether-i-should-take-psych mode, where the psych course i'm taking currently trumps all other courses in terms of interest and fun. gee. seriously, sometimes i really wonder whether i should just take the leap of faith and jump.

but then again.. haiz.. reality IS reality. and i dun dare.

the shopping bug called. and brought frens.

sheesh. what a horrid time to fall sick. can't remember the last time i've fallen ill but it's definately the first time abroad that i've fallen ill. and whoever commented that being sick overseas feels much more miserable is ABSOLUTELY correct.

i miss being fussed in bed by my mom. being hauled to the doctor's by my dad. i even miss those home-cooked sick food that my mom would prepare and I would complain. sigh. oh wellz. i guess it is part of the "growing-up" process... but still, i kinda miss the fussing.

oh wellz. so what to do? a few precious days of holidays where I would have to waste away by being trapped in bed and catching up on the past year's of sleep. maybe it's really my whole body revolting against me for ill-treatment for dunno how long. geez.

if you're wondering why my title even mentions the shopping bug. err, its cos i kinda splurge a bit on hollister and a&f again. and honestly, i'm quite pissed hearing how there's so much imitation a&f going around in business fac in NUS. eeks man. and if linken sees this he'll probably be laughing his ass off at my "teeny-booperish" or
mediocrity" as he so puts it. but heck him, he's pathetic. heehee

update

past few days have been pretty tiring, bustling around helping the new international students with buying stuff, fitting in etc. kinda feel a bit guilty that i ended up having tons of fun - more fun than the freshies i think, and also that i din actually get to noe that many sg freshies afterall... hmmz

haha.. oh wellz, it was a blast. i somehow think the volunteers benefit more from this than the freshies simply bcos we're more used to the place, more relax and hence just more open to talk to people, chill and enjoy. reflecting on last year, hmmz, yeah it was pretty scary having too fit in, make friends, get all the stuff we needed before school started and still be sociable.

oh wellz.. this kinda means sch will actually be starting soon. argggh. and winter will follow on soon. -_-

meet ruffles

some things are just cute. haha

on relationships

hmmz, it's 1.20am on the first day post-exams and i just can't go to sleep. somehow the supposedly fun and summery two weeks after the exams seems to me like an interminably long period cos yeah i've NO company!! haha.. oh wellz, joshie is still studying, GQ is caught up with his relationship, wj is going for surgery.. haiz

maybe it's some good time for me to go find some solitude, toss rocks at six mile creek, run around the area, have some quiet time. so interesting. first time in ithaca with two weeks with pretty much nothing to do. =)

bittersweet feelings bah. sometimes i honestly ache for some lasting committed friendship like those i left behind in singapore, which probably now has been supplanted by a inane urge to "eh, go look for a gf."

then i suddenly realise how immature and silly that sounds. a relationship is ultimately two way, and its not just meant to satisfy oneself or to "fill up time". and perhaps the one thing i truly learnt from my sis getting married to qiyong was the fact that she changed for the better, and REALLY the better. (err, not that she was bad to start with..hehe) it's like a real synergy thing that makes each other better individuals ultimately, more knowing of what it means to love, and hence being better able to love God.

if there's anything, that's definitely the type of relationship i want. and i guess i'll wait for it. even though sometimes the world tells you to go get a life and a gf, it's not worth making the rash decision and ending up with someone whom you poured your heart to and yet now just drifts apart. so yeah, i'll just wait and...

hee.. go exercise. -_- that's like my perpetual goal.