January 2012
3 posts
“我们已经过了那些可以冲动行事的年代，现在的我们被各种所谓的理智束缚。即使偶尔逃课，但还算是按部就班，为了一个学位证，在一个陌生的城市生活四年，等到大学毕业的那一刻...”
– 〈我们的那些年〉, Colette Zhang, 4 December 2011
Might also explain why the friends feel different too.
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
2 posts
“有和你一起回忆的人，回忆才显得有价值。我庆幸我的18岁，能和一班这样的朋友一起度过，我也庆幸20年后，能一起聊着18岁的事情…”
– 叶孝忠，《那一年》，《联合早报》，2011 年 11 月 14 日
“不过有人就觉得很无聊
这里人人学习刻苦啊
你在美国哪里看的到假期周末都在学习的人啊
Brandeis 就是啊”
– 与正在Brandeis University读书学生的一段聊天记录, 美国留学指南针, 10 September 2010
October 2011
5 posts
Once I get back
1. Mahjong
2. Karaoke!
3. Cycling
“在路上，我依旧是个无可救药的亚洲主义者，一碗晶莹的米饭一盘蒜蓉炒西兰花就能轻易满足我，就算离家千万里，也要到当地的亚洲餐馆朝圣，明知难吃还是要吃。华人的一解乡愁，...”
– 回家吃饭, 叶孝忠, 17 October 2011
May 2011
1 post
“We’re all susceptible to it, the dread and anxiety of not knowing...”
– Meredith Grey (narrating), I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watchin’ Me, Season 6, Grey’s Anatomy
April 2011
3 posts
“Nicole, my property agent friend says they must vote for PAP because that will...”
– Selwyn Low, comment on Nicole Seah’s facebook page, 29 April 2011
“i did a test with my friend the other day. she bought the upsize meal, i bought...”
– Tan Peiyun, comment on McDonald’s Singapore’s facebook page, 12 April 2011
March 2011
1 post
“kthxbye: The K is short for OK, which is short for oll korrect, which is a...”
– kaeru, 9 July 2003, kthxbye, Urban Dictionary
February 2011
2 posts
“Being in orbit is like being infatuated—you are constantly falling, but you...”
– Richard Muller, p. 72, Physics and Technology for Future Presidents, 2010
May 2010
2 posts
“Someone, haha you know who you are, suggested I put a paper-shredder in my...”
– Kevin Sim, More questions, Confessions from the Lunatic Fringe, 6 May 2010
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the...”
– Sydney Harris (1917–1986)
April 2010
1 post
“Joining a group that meets even just once a month produces the same happiness...”
– David Brooks, The Sandra Bullock Trade, New York Times, 29 March 2010
March 2010
2 posts
All this drug-taking, smoking, binge drinking, having sex stuff once seemed so extremely decadent. And once upon a time I could simply dissociate myself from all that, spout all sorts of condemnation of it, because I lived in a tiny protected bubble called rj. But now that I’m out in the real world, it’s so much closer to home. You make friends with people who do such stuff. You see...
February 2010
1 post
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough...”
January 2010
1 post
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very...”
December 2009
4 posts
“Dec 25 is actually a time of great social upheaval … the real turmoil is...”
– Fiona Chan, So many gifts, so little time, The Sunday Times, 27 December 2009
“Rustic charms and beautiful sights are but for postcard pictures and short...”
– Jie Ning, 17 December 2009
The Big Bang Theory 3.10 - “The Gorilla...
Sheldon: Why are you crying?
Penny: Because I'm stupid!
Sheldon: That's not a reason to cry. One cries because one is sad. For example I cry because others are stupid and that makes me sad.
October 2009
3 posts
“[To W-an Joo] everytime i lock/unlock my front door i think of you!! (because...”
– Ali, Comment on “Your lickety is not updated.”, 13 October 2009
More karaoke notes
さくら: 森山直太朗
“I’m not homesick. I’m just friendsick.”
– Stacy, Separation, 5 October 2009
September 2009
1 post
“I’m beginning to realize the paradox of studying. I figured that if I were...”
– School’s out!, shooli, 19 September 2009
August 2009
3 posts
“Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but does not get you...”
Karaoke notes
Songs sung on 29 August ‘09 with Jon, Warren and Celene
恋におちて (小林明子（こばやし あきこ）, 1985)
LA LA LA LOVE SONG (久保田利伸（くぼた としのぶ）, 1996)
瞳の住人 (L’Arc~en~ciel, 2004)
いつもいっしょ (Aqua Timez, 2004)Songs I want to mug
Winding road (絢香×コブクロ, 2007)
weeeek (NEWS, 2007)
CHE.R.RY (YUI, 2007)
手紙 〜拝啓 十五の君へ〜 (アンジェラ・アキ, 2008)
イケナイ太陽 (ORANGE RANGE, 2007)
十分钟的恋爱 (SOS)
“444 000, such an auspicious number.”
– Jiali, on the sum of her medical bond, yesterday
July 2009
1 post
“The point of this gathering is to have a reunion for our Japanese class, which...”
– Jon, Japanese Class Re-union, 26 July 2009
June 2009
1 post
7'25"
My computer has always taken a long time to start but this is the first time I’ve timed the startup. I measure a full startup from pressing the power button to Firefox being automatically loaded with my three tabs: Facebook, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
May 2009
4 posts
Listen
“being around each other means that any random thing also can talk, but when...”
– Ackerley, e-mail to me and others, 24 January 2008
1 tag
“Let’s say a kim zua store gets into a fire disaster? Where do all the...”
– Hong Ming, Curious thoughts on Qing Ming, 12 April 2009
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must do something you’ve...”
April 2009
1 post
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve...”
– Paulo Coelho, b. 1947
March 2009
1 post
“Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them...”
– Richard Bach, b. 1936
February 2009
5 posts
“The extra effort you both make to keep in touch, whether through phone calls,...”
– The up side of a long distance relationship, Go Ask Alice!
“There is the fear of losing friends from the past simply because we’ve...”
– Sabrina, The things money cannot buy, 8 February 2009
“There will come a time when walking down those corridors alone become easy, when...”
– Qianwen, Used to, 3 February 2009
“I’m weirdly looking forward to the release of A levels results, just so...”
– Hwee Leong, Wean, 1 February 2009
“i don’t like being stuck in this in-between phase in which all we can do...”
– Gek Min, 7 February 2009
January 2009
2 posts
Universal Packing List →
“Generate a custom packing list for any journey!”