CHERYL

NINE MORE DAYS. Finally it has gone down to a single digit, and today I came into a sudden realisation that I've not a lot of time left hahah. I've packed absolutely NOTHING, my letters and cards are barely half done and I haven't gotten everything I need for Aus. There's so many more friends I want to meet and so many more things to be done, so I have to start declining meet ups and dates because I really don't have time for that. And because of the fluctuating and pms-y weather lately I've not been feeling the best physically, since I've caught the flu bug quite recently and my stomach cramps aren't helping either. But then again, I'm not complaining either because I just want to take it slow for these remaining nine days. So this morning I woke up earlier than I usually do, mostly because I had many undone business since I was too exhausted to complete them last night. So after breakfast, I had more fruits and off I went to complete what I set out to do - WRITE CARDS. I wrote farewell cards for the girls I was meeting for lunch today and got their gifts ready all in less than two hours. I'm such a last-minute person, hahah. Even though that was the reason why I left house late and eventually had to take a taxi down to meet them, it was WORTH IT.

The food was so good, and I swear you have to try the Kimchi Croquette burger because it was so AMAZING. The owner was really friendly as well, and he was really kind to offer us an extra side of cheese dip.

10 MORE DAYS. Time sure do pass by in a whizz. I've barely packed anything apart from throwing away irrelevant school notes, so next week I'm going to concentrate on packing and resting instead of rushing my time meeting people. Of course I do want to meet my friends and have some good food, but I don't want to be a zombie right before I go to Aus, hahah. That said, I woke up feeling like a ZOMBIE today. I just felt extremely drained for some reason, and that actually pretty much lasted the whole day.



We cycled from ECP all the way to Marina Barrage, and that certainly took longer than what I expected. Today the weather has been nothing but SHITTY, it just kept raining on and off and on and off. So during the entire journey we had to scramble for shelters and wait for the rain to pass. We stopped by two shelters and waited for more than half an hour before we continued. So when we finally reached Marina Barrage, we were nothing but just sweaty, tired and gross. Even the view at Marina couldn't make the cut because the sky was so gloomy, and that made the trip not-so-worth-it hahah.

WHAT A DAY. Last night I only managed to fall asleep at one in the morning because I was too engrossed listening to some classical music before I slept, and yes instead of lulling me to sleep, classical music seem to always perk me up instead hahah (unusual, I know). I may not seem like the type who would enjoy classical, but honestly I REALLY love them a whole frickin' lot. My all-time favourite instrument is none other than the piano, I just love the piano SO MUCH. But sadly I never really had the chance to learn it properly for a long time and I have been stuck at grade two since, well I think I'm just not fated with it hahah. But it's definitely something I want to keep learning and learning and learning again, even if I may not be musically inclined or talented. I fell in love with the cello last year and it became my second favourite instrument, so I really want to learn that too. There's just so many much more I want to learn, but ultimately I just want to never stop LEARNING.

12 MORE DAYS.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

13 MORE DAYS. This morning I got woken up by the alarm, and honestly I'm so happy to say that my body clock has been improving — I'm now sleeping at 1am every night instead of those ungodly hours at 3/4am hahah. This is why I've also been forcing myself to get up from my bed before 11am everyday, slowly but SURELY.

/ Pardon me for my grammar in this post, because I'm feeling a lil fuzzy after eating panadols hahah /


These days the weather has been INSANE, with the rain pouring and hitting this second and the Sun blazing the next. This morning I went down to the pool to tan, and man it was CRAZY. During my first five minutes of tanning the Sun was scorching hot, but after those five minutes were up the dark clouds started taking over and the sky became gloomy in just a few seconds (the other residents staying at my condo must have thought I was crazy tanning under nothing, hahah). This lasted for another ten minutes, and I was mentally getting prepared to pack up and leave before it started raining, but shortly after I saw a bunch of white clouds moving towards the Sun and pushing the dark clouds away. So I stayed and I watched as the dark clouds disappeared to allow the Sun to reappear. It was the perfect analogy for "In time, this too shall pass" — aka one of my favourite quotes I live by hahah. But who knew, three minutes later it started DRIZZLING. (Believe it or not, but as I was typing this just now, the sky was literally changing from a sunny weather to a gloomy one in few minutes.) CRAY. But I stayed on despite the furious drizzle because I knew it was going to pass soon. Even though it was sad seeing the dark clouds taking over, it was so fascinating watching the clouds hovering above and making their way across the endless sky.

There's just something incredibly beautiful about the moon, the kind of beauty I can't quite put my finger on. I am always at a loss for words whenever I try to describe what I feel, but it's just incomprehensible. The sheer incredulous beauty of the night seem to always assent the moon to shine out a little more in the vast expanse of everything. Looking at how round the moon is, I can't help but feel like my life is whole and replete in everything. I feel so comforted, and overwhelmed with so much gratitude.

I must say, this week has been pretty much humdrum - I am spending most days at home resting instead of going out everyday like I used to. Even though it can get boring most of the time, I'm still especially thankful for a period of recharging before life gets busy again next month.
Last night I had a pretty scary and intense dream, I dreamt that Marcus was a serial killer and he killed almost all my friends. I was totally scared out my wits and I tried to stop him countless times but he just didn't listen, and somehow the craziest part was that it didn't appear gory or as heartless as it seemed to me, but I was just so heartbroken to see all my friends collapsed on the floor with so much blood and there was literally nothing I could do to stop him. It was totally INSANE. And it felt so real, that I cried so much in the dream. And I swear that dream totally drained all my energy because by the time I woke up, I felt like a total zombie even though I had almost 10 hours worth of sleep. I think it was just too intense and I was probably 100% engaged with it.  Hahah, I really do wonder how dreams come about. It's just so MAGICAL. Like, how do they even form? Why do they exist? Do they have meanings to it? Are they some sort of life predicament? I remember reading something on the Internet before and they said that the people you see in your dreams are people you've seen before in your life when you're conscious and living, because the human mind cannot form human faces on its own. Man, if there's a subject all about the human mind I totally wouldn't mind taking it.

I must say that took me quite awhile to make, it isn't as easy as it may seem especially if you have to FILM it while cooking. I gave up filming halfway because I thought it would be much better to focus on cooking my food instead. I couldn't find my slicer so I had to use a small knife to peel the potato skin and almost gave up again but decided not to. In the end the curry came out pretty decent, and in fact I like it quite a lot. It's so tasty and it doesn't feel heavy in the stomach at all. I cooked a whole big pot for myself so I'm leaving it for tomorrow's dinner as well. I seriously LOVE vegan curries.

After dinner, I went for a quick shopping fix with my mum and I got new clothes. We also bought some Chinese New Year decorations for the upcoming CNY and honestly, I'm quite excited for it! So after coming home, I just watched the TV, showered, chilled, made tea, picked a mask (Tonight's choice is Citrus) and now I'm blogging. What an ordinary and chill day today, but sometimes, ordinary can be beautiful.

What a BREADY morning today - Had two of this AMAZING red bean buns and three thick slices of black bean bread from Duke. Such a carby and bready breakfast but WHY NOT. Breads are becoming my new favourite afternoon snack somehow, not only because they are hella delicious but also because they can fill me up more than any other snacks, so YAY.

So it seems like my body has been craving for warm food in the mornings nowadays and I totally love it, because even though that means I wouldn't get my fibre intake in the mornings (because if I have smoothies or nice cream at least they are made up of fruits), hot foods really do warm my system inside. It's just a indescribable, comforting feeling.


Out of nowhere I suddenly recalled I had filmed some videos with my Gopro when I was in Cambodia, and because I realised it was enough to make it into a full length video I compiled all the videos I had, edited and uploaded it on my channel. And well, if the video isn't working, here's the link.