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lunar october!

at the beginning of this year, my mom went to visit her favourite fortune tellers and was over the moon when told that there would be a very good things happening to my family during the 10th lunar month - she immediately convinced herself that it could only be my wedding and started freaking out as 10 months might not be sufficient to prepare everything. even up till today (the 17th day of lunar october), she still has not yet given up believing in an impending wedding even though she sometimes pretends to say that the good news might be related to my job or some other things.

well, that's my mom for you. on my part, i just laughed when first hearing the news because it just sounded so ridiculous and unrealistic then. during the period of 10-11 months since then, i've occasionally been annoyed by constantly being bombarded by my mom's question "so are you really getting married at the end of this year?" and even screamed at her to the extent that we got into a one-week long cold war. but now, i'm kind of hoping for some good news too, not necessarily related to a wedding but just something good to make me feel rewarded. good news, you have about 10 more days till the end of lunar october!

singapore-sick!

i've been working hard without a proper holiday for almost 3 months, and there have been times when i just feel so lethargic that i just want to let go of everything here and flee to singapore for a short break. (if only i could just stop caring!) yeah i've been quite singapore-sick lately, even though i'm not quite sure what exactly is being missed. it could be the people, the places, the food and the lifestyle (which includes the christmas sales) or it could be a combination of several of these factors. or it could simply be because i just need to be away from what i've been doing for a while to recharge myself.

finally done with all the very urgent tasks for today, and decided to give myself some time for myself after dedicating the whole day to work. i know i should at least try to sleep earlier tonight, but it now seems like sleeping is the most unproductive thing to do, considering how little time there is! >.<

sorry?

redang! o.O

i'm not sure how photoshop-ed this photo is, but this place is just too pretyyyyyyyy! i need a getaway, seriously!! >.<

november 2013!

it is so scary that we are already into the second last month of the year! i'm quite sure that i've hardly ever lost track of time, but i seriously can't believe that 2013 will be ending in about 2 months! and it seems like forever has passed since i was still a student in NTU, even though that part of my life only ended 3 months ago! oh no i'm ageing so much faster than i can ever imagine! >.<

the sound of hanoi!

i often think that i am a visual person - i need to see things to understand what they are and how they work, and base my judgements on both people and things, most of the time, at first sight. however, only recently have i realised that i do listen too!

this was discovered when i couldn't sleep at night because of the noisy street just outside my house. it is truly a 'street that never sleeps', with never-ending flows of vehicles coming in and out of the main city and countless street food sellers who roam the city at night. from being extremely irritated originally, i've now gotten used to this noise and grown to like it. haha who knows if i might even miss it when i'm away in the future?

"tôi là bánh khúc đây!" (?), "ai bánh bao nóng đây!" - the sound of hanoi by night.