Montyelm IV

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56521752011-04-22T08:57:01.325+08:00Montyelm IVMonty Elmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034586615961500741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652175.post-52418888925526629122007-03-21T21:38:00.000+08:002007-03-21T21:41:24.543+08:00

4 years of Blogger has come to an end. I've upped and shifted my entire blog over to Wordpress. Every previous post has made the move. Do update your links. Thanks.

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Been at my new job for 3 days. Really quite pumped up about it. Still easing my way into the job, with lots to learn. I finally feel like this is something I can contribute towards; it's something i can identify with. And it does translate to a more positive attitude. No more leaving on-the-dot, or watching the minutes tick by. Isetan supermarket was selling their sushi at half-price, probably

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So there is an outcome. Heading for M tomorrow. New job. New place. I think my feelings towards the big O are slightly on the nasty side. After all, I spent a good 11 months there. I miss the special bunch of people that made svc term special. I still miss them. Maybe that was one trigger. Their departure made my decisions easier. How can one ever forget the complete transformation of green to

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Stefanie Sun's new song, as heard on 933. I feel it's a return to form, or maybe a return to the more familiar, earlier Yanzi.

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Received some good news today. After 2 months of endless waiting, I've gotten something. And it's surprisingly not what i expected. It's perhaps better than what i'd thought of. Will see what the new work week will bring, with regards to this issue.Capricorns in 2007 are supposed to 'take matters into their own hands, to change their lives'. I'm still coming to terms with this prognosis.

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Mentioning about the crossroads. It's juvenile compared to the troubles of close friends. I'm currently in State A. Where everything's really good, so good that you forget you're still in the mud puddle. Yet, life drags minute by minute. Nothing really gets achieved. Yes. A complete time-waster. Meant to be moving onto State B, but the actual date is not clear. Things move really slowly in the

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Completed My Travels section, which lists the various trips i've made. It's not definitive as a couple of trips have been left out due to memory lapses.At another crossroad now. 2 choices in front of me. Should i take A or B?

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I came up with more catalogues to add to this blog during my 18 hr snooze fest on Monday. First, I am about to embark on a new novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by S. Clarke. It follows the recent tradition of reading a long novel annually. OK, i'm a lousy reader. I don't usually remember the stories i read, nor appreciate the themes in them. I read books for the present gratification and

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As promised, I've posted a catalogue of books i've read and owned. It excludes all the childhood books i've had, the Blytons, the Dahls, the Bookworm SS, far too exhausting to list them all. So i decided to list the more adult-ish ones. Next on the agenda is to work out a catalogue of academic texts i own. It's good to keep tabs on life. OK, freakishly controlling personality. Everything has to

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Added an absolutely horrible section to my blog. Lust triggers. Haha... a list of things i want, that aren't exactly cheap. Got around a year to save up for them, since i won't be needing them till next yr. Plus i start drawing an income, so hopefully the finances will be a bit looser, compared to the current situation. It's the new year. Ate quite a bit, gained around a kilo. Shouldn't be too

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In a tidying/organising mood. Decided to make a list of gadgets i've owned/changed over time. Haha... a bit scary when you see how much technology has progressed in less than 10 years. Link to My GadgetsLusting over Nokia N95. OMG. Would be perfect if it came with QWERTY. Alas, it doesn't. We'll see if something better comes along. If not, the first few proper paychecks will go towards paying for

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Decided to keep track of the movies i've watched and also the books that i've read and owned. A good way of keeping things in order and a great archive of memories. Currently in the process of compiling the books. The movies listing is available here.OK. I think i've climbed out of the 3rd depression spell, which started at the turn of the year and lasted through a good part of January. It wasn't

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I've successfully produced a batch of cupcakes from the oven for the first time. OK, yes. It was ready made mix from Betty Crocker. All i did was push buttons and add ingredients... but still... considering the number of cooking disasters i've had... steamed peaches, fried rice with spinach, and others, this is good enough. Will be more adventurous and bake from scratch the next time. Will

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Haven't post song lyrics in a long time, but this is another beautiful song...BreakableIngrid MichaelsonHave you ever thought about what protects our hearts?Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts.So it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess,And to stop the muscle that makes us confess.And we are so fragile,And our cracking bones make noise,And we are just,Breakable, breakable,

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Been a while since I last posted. Busy with life. The past 17 weeks have been a whirlwind. Lots happened. Lots did not happen. Went down to Da Paolo Bistro Bar tonight for dinner at Rochester Park. Yummy. They serve good food. Had the antipasti selection and calamari as starters. The antipasti is laid out on the counter, and you get to pick 8. I had the eggplant, zucchini, parma ham, omelette,

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Goodbye civilian world. I shall see you again at the end of the road in approx. 22 months time.

Monty Elmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034586615961500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652175.post-1158069885567679282006-09-12T22:01:00.000+08:002006-09-12T22:04:45.586+08:00The Beginning of the End

Final entry before the long awaited event. OK. I should approach this with a different heart this time than i did the first time. Should be exciting to at least get to meet new people, and see what happens (in terms of personalities)... and i'm no longer worried about guilt trips. Or at least i'll try not to be affected by them. So bring it on, i say. And i'll see everyone at the other end of the

Monty Elmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034586615961500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652175.post-1157896772123686252006-09-10T21:45:00.000+08:002006-09-10T23:39:41.703+08:00We Fight Battles

It's time. Moving on with another stage of life (or more specifically, returning to a previous stage of life forsaken years ago). We were made to keep a journal then. I am not exactly a diary-keeping sort, but i was very meticulous with that particular journal. It held 19 weeks of hopes and fears, of ups and downs, and of successes and failures. I'm grateful for that. I guess i was meticulous

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I get told the same story. I guess it's alright. Maybe staying put and not moving on is good ocassionally. Lets you decide what's important and what's not. What's right and what's wrong.

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人是可笑的。渴望得知遲遲未來的事，但當事實擺在眼前時，心卻開始寒了。

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有些事不可以以逃避作為面對的決策。此時的狀況。貼切。

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You Belong in AmsterdamA little old fashioned, a little modern - you're the best of both worlds. And so is Amsterdam.Whether you want to be a squatter graffiti artist or a great novelist, Amsterdam has all that you want in Europe (in one small city).That's neat. I did enjoy Amsterdam.Your True Birth Month Is JanuaryLoyalSocialLogicalEasily jealousLoves childrenRather reserved Highly

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I'm done with my job. It was interesting. No idea when the pay cheque will be ready. Not a huge sum though, but it's good. Hee...So, i could ring them up next week, and pester. That's probably the best situation. In the meantime, i shall venture into the store and drag out all my old gear and take stock. Have this nasty feeling that 1) it's overgrown with mould 2) i don't fit into them 3) they

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SSC. Don't ask me why I was there. I was. I thought it would be cool. I thought wrongly. I had too much hope for it. It was gimmicky. Maybe a kid would appreciate it. I didn't. Perhaps it takes so much more to enthuse an older person. Be it precipitating your sailva proteins with tannins in tea/wine or stimulating the taste buds with glucosinolate-rich mustards (brussel sprouts - classic example)

Monty Elmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034586615961500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652175.post-1155649906033927422006-08-15T21:39:00.000+08:002006-08-15T21:51:46.050+08:00

2 more photos...SSC and Hainan tomorrow. OK. Unexpected. .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Red Square Restaurant, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Taken inside one of the casinos at Las Vegas - Mandalay Bay. The Red Square restaurant, i thought was going to

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Grand Canyon, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Haven't been posting photos from my US summer trip, so here's another one, taken at the Grand Canyon. Scorching heat in the afternoon, with the blazing sun, makes the canyon

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Hmm, last night was crazy. 4 hours in Kbox - dragged out loads of 80s/90s chinese hits. Fast forward 20 years, when we once again return to KTV (If this form of entertainment hasn't been replaced), our current hits will be so old, yet that's the only kind of stuff we know (old fogeys with ballooning pregnant-esque bellys), and those young, hip kids would stare at us in dismay. OK. Absolutely

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Another clip from the same characters that brought you 'Zhi Bao Ji': this clip is in cantonese though, involving fishballs.

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Not having much to talk about (same old situation). 也许当你走到了，是时候承认现实的残酷，而停止逃避它的存在。

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Loads to write, but half zonked out at the moment. Just to tide things over, here's a fantastic video on YouTube that was played early this morning -during the post BBQ pyjama party. Following the vid fest, we played rounds and rounds of asshole tai3 ti2 (aka Big 2, Da Lao Er). Completely surreal outing - coz it's the first time in a long time we had good attendance. Great recipes, including the

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垃圾Candy Lo如果我是半张废纸让我化蝶如果我是个空罐子为你铁了心被你浪费被你活埋让你愉快让我瓦解为你盛放颓废中那媚态留我做个垃圾长留恋于你家从沉溺中结疤再发芽情爱就似垃圾残骸虽会腐化庭园中最后也开满花被世界遗弃不可怕喜欢你有时还可怕没法再做那些牵挂比不上在你手中火化不需要完美得可怕太快乐如何招架残忍不好吗留我做个垃圾长留恋于你家从沉溺中结疤再发芽情爱就似垃圾残骸虽会腐化庭园中最后也开满花被世界遗弃不可怕喜欢你有时还可怕没法再做那些牵挂比不上在你手中火化不需要完美得可怕太快乐如何招架残忍不好吗被世界遗弃不可怕喜欢你有时还可怕没法再做那些牵挂比不上在你手中火化不需要完美得可怕太快乐如何招架残忍不好吗灰烬里被彻底消化我以后全无牵挂什么都不怕

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Tried making mango pudding. It worked! Now to refine the recipe... a bit too sweet at the moment. YAY!!!Salad recipe on the cards next.Going to try other fruit puddings next.

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Irritated with blogger. Posted sth. at my other new blog: About The Things You Do.

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Revisited clocklink.com to alter my timezone, but discovered a plethora of new clocks. So i changed my previous one. Definitely lazier back home (in terms of blogging) coz there are more emotional outlets here. Bought one of those 'Grow your own plant' type of kits back in Arizona. Am currently cold-incubating my pinyon pine seeds in the fridge. 6 more days before they are returned to room temp.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Yosemite National Park, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. This was the first stop during our trip around the Western states: California, Nevada and Arizona. Yosemite Natl Park is located in the far east of California, having

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sonoma Valley vineyards, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Not going to report on my trip in any sequential order, coz they collapse neatly into different locations. Headed out to wine country in northern california from San

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Descending into Hong Kong CLK now...

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This is getting so neat. I'm now posting this entry while flying over the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hong Kong. Cost only 20 US for 24 hours unlimited surfing. Very cool. This is the future. Connexion by Boeing is the service and it's available on certain carriers and routes. Check out their webpage to find out. Now, i don't have to rely on the inflight entertainment. I am so thrilled.

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Back from the endless hours of travelling through 3 states: California, Nevada and Arizona. Searing 40 degree oven-furnace-esque heat is gross. How do you survive in conditions with less than 10% humidity? Turn into shrivelled prunes with the aridity and heat. Gross. Photos will follow soon...Tour of the vineyards in Napa and Sonoma tomorrow. Haha.. time to purchase bottles and bring them home

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In the middle of travelling. Heading out to Yosemite and Fresno tomorrow, followed by Las Vegas on Wednesday and the Grand Canyon on Thursday. Next comes Napa Valley (wine tour) on Saturday. So it's booze and gambling - the high life, tempered by waterfalls and canyons.

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From 8 Women - the song sang by Louise, the maid. Ah.. i love this movie.Pile ou FaceEmanuelle BeartPas la peine de se retournerSur le tableau décrochéLa craie s'effaceY a plus de tracesEt moi je vis ma vieA pile ou faceTous mes sentimentsA pile ou faceIndifféremmentA pile ou faceEt de temps en tempsUn coup je passeUn coup je casseJe veux vivre ma vieA pile ou faceMes amours se jouentA pile ou

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Found buyers for my printer, my TV and my bike. Lalala.... positive cash inflow for once!

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I am loving Michelle Featherstone's Sweet Sweet Baby at the moment. It's such a lovely little song. Hmm, really great hidden gems on Itunes free downloads. Found a couple of good ones.Now that 1 exam is dealt and done with, i'm feeling a little better. Maybe it's discombobulated brains causing my cranky/peculiar outburst last night. A bit unusual perhaps. I'm still convinced i'm stuck on East

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Screw exams.How is it that with each quarter, i end up with more and more of them?2 in fall, 3 in winter and now 4.Sad.

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California peaches on sale! Bought 3. Haven't tried them yet. It's summer and in comes the peaches... i remember the wonderful white peaches i bought in Tuscany last summer... hopefully californian peaches match up to the Italian ones.Here's the first of the lovely photos taken at Niagara. Both falls are captured in this shot, with New York State, USA in the background and i'm standing on the

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Photos taken in NYC..flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Apple Store, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. The very lovely Apple Store that was newly opened. .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left;

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Back from the Big Apple. It was a good, non-touristy type of trip. Did lots of eating though. Arrived Friday morning at JFK and took the subway into Manhattan. Manhattan in the early summer feels very different from early winter. Oh well, it was freaking muggy out there (humidity very similar to singapore), plus the heat. GAH. Very uncomfortable walking up and down the streets. Anyway, got to

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Alrighty. Switched on my computer to do some surfin' but the gate just called my flight. Great, 40 mins early. That's a bonus. Thunderstorms in NYC tonight - inbound flight from NYC to SFO is 5 hrs delayed. Thankfully my flight isn't the same craft as that inbound flight. So anyway, my flight is boarding now. 3 days in NYC should be fun.

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Reckon i should start recapping my Memorial Day Holiday before i leave for New York City tonight. Just a point of interest: this trip to NYC makes it only the 2nd city where i've done a repeat visit in my 4 years of independent student travelling. The first being Prague. Makes it enchanting to think of it this way isn't it? I've seen Prague in the winter and spring, and i'll see New York in the

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Downtown Toronto, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. The first of my photos taken on the weekend trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls. It's a really surreal trip, considering that 4 high school friends, currently at four

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Downtown Toronto, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Downtown. Skyscrapers. A hybrid between Shenton Way and downtown Chicago, i would say. It's not as spectacular as Chicago and has more of the dated feel to it. Actually the

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } CN Tower, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. CN Tower. Since it was such a gloomy day, there wasn't really much point in heading up the tower. The world's tallest free-standing tower. Just realised that i captured a seagull

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Rogers Center, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. The final of the photos taken in Toronto. This was taken next to the CN Tower, and i thought it was pretty interesting... figures popping out of the walls. Added 3D'lity to

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Back from Toronto and Niagara. 3 days of paper writing looms. Oh well. Photos of the trip will follow shortly - got more from Niagara than Toronto.

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Update for the week:I'm heading out to Toronto this thursday night on United - no food. Groan. Will be in Niagara Falls over the weekend and then back to reality Monday night. Almost through with my 2nd polisci paper. It's been an incredible class. We looked at Transitions to Democracy in ex-Communist states on Monday. Definitely a pet topic of mine. Sudden resurgence in learning Russian. Time to

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Vilnius, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. I didn't post this photo, taken in Vilnius during my spring vacation the first time round. Dunno why i didn't. But i just used this photo on my desktop and thought it was a lovely

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Getting very steamy out here. Hit 31 degrees Celsius today. Biking - the breeze that hits you is steamy. Piping hot. I'm amazed at the Celsius scale. 5 degrees change is actually a big deal. So here's what i've gathered over the years with the temperature.Anything above 35: rare. But it's basically atrocious. Just sit in a/c room and not step out. You'd melt otherwise.30-35: Usual afternoon temps

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Nice weather continues. Night time is getting unbearable - yes. no fan. no a/c. No need for blanket anymore, even with window thrown open. Which sucks coz no blanket to press down on you means arms are flailing about. Empty arms require bolster-hugging. Sigh.. bolsters. Definitely an Asian thing. HAHA...I love them.What's happening now... i've got CPR/First Aid class tomorrow. Then it's Surivivor

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Just finished the slew of midterms. Three of them. So what's left of this quarter?There's 1 more polisci paper, 1 biogeog paper, 1 plant biochem paper and 4 final exams in June. And that's the end of my academic life. NIE? Haha... ok, 1 more potential year. Think the constant sunshine is working wonders on me - browning nicely. Oh yes. I'm going to work my way through all the drinks in Jamba

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Pensive mood.旅行的意義陳綺貞你看過了許多美景　你看過了許多美女你迷失在地圖上每一道短暫的光陰你品嚐了夜的巴黎　你踏過下雪的北京你熟記書本裡每一句你最愛的真理卻說不出你愛我的原因卻說不出你欣賞我哪一種表情卻說不出在什麼場合曾讓你動心說不出　離開的原因你累積了許多飛行　你用心挑選紀念品你蒐集了地圖上每一次的風和日麗你擁抱熱情的島嶼　你埋葬記憶的土耳其你流連電影裡美麗的不真實的場景卻說不出你愛我的原因卻說不出你欣賞我哪一種表情卻說不出在什麼場合曾讓你分心說不出　旅行的意義你勉強說出你愛我的原因卻說不出你欣賞我哪一種表情卻說不出在什麼場合曾讓你動心說不出　離開的原因勉強說出　你為我寄出的每一封信都是你　離開的原因你離開我　就是旅行的意義

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Outcome junkie.I stayed up late - or rather no sleep when the electoral college votes were announced during Kerry v Bush in 2004. Remember sprawling over the desk, with the vote counts and calculating the possibilites. I stayed up late again during the British parliamentary elections in May 2005. This time seeing how Labour was losing seats left and right to the Lib Dems. And again counting how

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Ok. I wrote my polisci paper. It looks crabby. It is out of point, i half suspect. But heck. Now, a look at what's on my widget screen on my mac desktop.... haha.. a veritable list of things and what not.1) 2 stickies2) 2 notepads: 1 for tasks and 1 for readings3) Calendar4) Calendar with tasks5) Gmail notifier6) Radio station browser7) ITunes browser8) Wireless network scanner9) Weather10)

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Am I falling in love with Comparative Politics? I think i am. On another note, thanks to the underwhelming response, i've got a spot in the CPR/First Aid class next weekend. Fun!And this is going to be a brutal 7 days. Midterm on thurs, poli sci paper due on mon, midterm on mon, another paper due on tues. Whee!

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } EV, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. This is a photo near where i live. And this shot was taken on sunday 30th April, although it really could have been taken any day this past week. We have had 7 straight days of this:

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Jamba Juice, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. So, this is Jamba Juice. Drinking Mega Mango - the taste of which reminds me of something (can't put my finger on it). It contains passionfruit-mango juice, strawberries and

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This was used in the ending of one Grey's Anatomy episode. Really thoughtful song. Flying HighJemYou can't know, oh noyou can't knowhow much I think about you, noIt's making my head spinLooking at youand you are looking at meand we both know what we wanthmmm, so close to giving inFeel so niceoh yeah you feel so nicewish I could spend the nightbut I can't pay the priceoh no, noBut I'm flying so

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Oh this is so cool. The free food continues to roll. I got 7 chicken wings for the price of 3. OK, this time it's probably coz they are closing.. end of lunch hour, so trying to get rid of extras. Hmm... beginning to sound like some cheapo out to get deals. But i'm not.

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Need to check myself: see two lovely books on Amazon that is now sitting in my cart. Hardcover coffee table books on animals by Tim Flannery - one's on extinct animals and the other's an account of extraordinary creatures. Argh... 40 bucks in total. Not too much right? Then again i just blew money on a plane ticket to NYC this morning. OK, i'll make the decision on the books this weekend when

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Endorphins totally help. I'm feeling better now. Sitting outside reading Charles Tilly "War Making and State Making as Organised Crime". Decided to write sth about state making in singapore. Gave myself shit by arranging 3 office hours with 3 professors over a period of 24 hours. But it has to be done - if i want to start researching my papers. Boo hoo.Planning to do sth. on Singapore for the

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I realised something that i haven't really given notice to for quite some time. My blog became rather sterile. It is now mostly made up of facts, descriptions, narrations. Nothing really emotional has gone into it in a long time. And now i feel depressed. I wonder if it's due to the caffeine (yes i had a latte for lunch) or not. Can't quite pinpoint the cause - but it's definitely sudden. Just

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It's hard to face Mondays. I know that this week, things need to be done. Tons of things. It's the beginning of midterm business, so no more lying around. Wretched. So completely hateful. No Grey's Anatomy for the past 3 Sundays. Ugh. Withdrawal symptoms. Makes Monday more painful. But it's coming back next Sunday so yeah. I made an impulsive buy this weekend on Amazon: got Six Feet Under Season

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2 free treats in a month. It was sand dab fillet the last time. Today it was a slice of banana nut bread from Starbucks.It was the last slice - and it was split in half (looked a bit sad...) anyway, i wanted it over the other two options: zucchini nut and lemon pound. So, i got it FOC. Because it's not a whole slice but fragmented? I'll take it. 2 bucks saved.Hohoho...

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Caterpillar, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Caterpillars galore! It's definitely spring. They are everywhere. Hanging down from tree branches.. crawling over me... haha.. they are cute. This particular one, which i just

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Dish, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. On the way up the Dish last sunday. It started drizzling then stopped. Then it poured heavily later. This was before the heavy rain started. Can make out key buildings on campus

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Dish, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Not nearly all the way up, but the rain was just relentless and the wind. Hands were red, ears were red. Ominous clouds. Look at the wind-swept grasses. But the view is phenomenal

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Dish, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. I thought i would pull this photo out - taken in September 05 of the Dish. Same location - and look what the rainfall during winter and early spring has done to the grass. Sea of

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Dish, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Last photo as i descended from the Dish, near the entrance. The rainbow is fading and the sky is clearing.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Waterfall, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Final photo of the series: on the way to the Dish, there's this stream and a mini waterfall. Right in the backyard of someone's house.

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Yeah the rainy pattern has lifted and we have our 2nd glorious cloudless, sunny day. Temps in the 70s at the moment which is perfect. Toasty but not scorching. Ailment: this is strange but i'm told to lay off raw fruits and veggies for the time being because i'm gurgling with gas. Too much gas in the colon. I just had this amazing lecture about nationalism in polisci class. So many ideas bouncing

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I'm testing out this blogger widget. Real nice coz i can create a new post on my desktop without having to get onto blogger. I might be working on an extension of the paper i wrote last quarter for Paleobiology this quarter (for the Biogeog class) and might (just might) make it publishable. HOHO... fat hope. Anyway, i'm constantly scouring for cheap flights. I need something cheap to pop up that

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This is such a smashing song - i ADORE it. My favourite song of the moment! And the MTV is fantastic too. Really gets you in the groove of swinging.Watch I'd Rather Dance With You video here. I'd Rather Dance With YouKings of ConvenienceI'd rather dance with you than talk with you So why don't we just move into the other room There's space for us to shake, and hey, I like this tune Even if I

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A listing of topics covered in my classes this quarter. I'm really wasting time before it's right to cook dinner. Going to make 3 dishes tonight. A) Pan fried sole fillet B) Xiao bai cai in oyster sauce C) Cubed potatoes with peas and carrotsSpeaking of fillets.. haha.. yesterday when i was grocery shopping at my local market, i saw a new fish on sale. They were selling sand dabs (these are small

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Just had this really random thought this afternoon (yes, it's been raining a lot here).When South America, an island continent since the late Cretaceous (splitting off from the rest of Gondwanaland) collided into North America 10k years ago, many North American animals came into South America - the Great American exchange and wiped out most of the endemic South American fauna. We lost so many of

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Part III of my travel report7. Oxford - London - Washington D.C. - San Francisco - Stanford (3rd April)Left oxford on the airport coach at 6.30am and arrived at Heathrow central bus station a little before 8. Picked up my bag and started my way to the checkin desk. At this point, i thought, hmm.. my bag feels funny. It doesn't carry right. Never mind. I need to check in.Got to the UA flight area

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Recipes that i just tried out... Cut up a yam into cubes (yam, not taro... they are different. I guess the singapore yam is actually taro, while the real yam, i dunno what it's called). Ok, so yam is then boiled in water with salt for 1-2 minutes. Then fry it with garlic. Somehow mimicking potatoes, but not quite... a cross between the mushyness of potatoes and the sharpness of parsnips. Makes a

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } My Word Cloud, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. This is pretty neat. Lifted from the website:A word cloud is a visual depiction of content (words) used in a body of text. The word clouds... are arranged alphabetically and

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Part II of the travel post.5. Vilnius - London - Oxford (31st March)On my way out. Another nasty bit of shock at the customs. The guy demanded for my visa. Where is your visa? HELLO, if i didn't need a visa to get in, why do i need one to get out now? Shit. A cold shiver went down my spine, when he failed to understand my ' I don't need a visa' spiel. More staring. Then he rang someone up. Then

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Vilnius, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Panorama of Vilnius, which i hadn't expected to see. Thanks to mapless wandering, i wandered out of the city and found myself a distance from the old town at a elevated point where

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Cathedral Square, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Cathedral Square: the off-white Cathedral lies in the centre. To the left stands the belfry, which looks like a lighthouse and on the right stands the statue of Gediminas,

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Vilnius, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Don't really know where this is in relation to the old town. All i know it's somewhere in the old town, not far from the town hall. A little town park sits in front of these

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Church of the Holy Spirit, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Inside the Church of the Holy Spirit, one of the oldest Orthodox churches in the country. The Baroque iconostasis in three stunning tiers of green, blue and pink,

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Madonna of the Gate of Dawn, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. Madonna of the Gate of Dawn: the Gate of Dawn is the remaining city gate that once surrounded Vilnius. In 1671, a chapel was built inside the Gate to house the

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } View outside room, originally uploaded by Monty Elm. This is a photo taken outside of my hotel room during sunrise. To the far right lies the Gate of Dawn, beyond which lies the old town.

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Back from my spring break and have lots to talk about. I'm going to put in a couple of headings first to guide my writing - each heading represents the route taken on each of those days. 1. Stanford - San Francisco - London (26th March)Took the shuttle van to the airport early morning. The van arrived 10 mins early, which caught me by surprise. Had to rush out of the house, grabbing my bags (

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I just bought 'Surrender' by Cheap Trick on ITunes. It's a song released in 1978, and is used as the theme song on Sons and Daughters. :-( The show might be cancelled on ABC. Grr... if it's made by NBC, why didn't NBC keep it? Air it together with the Office on Thursday night - intelligent comedy. One more exam tomorrow.

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A Travis classic. There must be some kind of pattern to the type of songs i like. Trying to figure out using Pandora.TurnTravisI want to see what people sawI want to feel like I felt beforeI want to see the kingdom comeI want to feel forever youngI want to singTo sing my songI want to live in a world where I belongI want to liveI will surviveAnd I believe that it won’t be very longIf we turn turn

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My Spring BreakI envision lots of bum sores and sleep debt. 26th (Sun) Out of SFO to LHR. Sleep debt 1. Flying eastwards shortens your day, which leads to really conked out body clock. A midday flight landing in the early morning (which is still late night back on the West Coast). 27th (Mon) Coach to Oxford. Bum numbing.28th (Tue) No sleep again. Wee hour coach ride to Gatwick airport for early

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Wow. I cleanly forgot about this song. It was just played on HitFm (i was streaming it online). Released in 2000 by a local singer, who was a sub-editor in the Straits Times. I loved this song then. Hard to find it now though. I Say Yes心微I Say Yes　當你　帶走你的脫鞋　廚房少了你的 coffee　你還留下鬍子水 I Say Yes　離別　在我臉上親嘴　再約幾次會　做朋友需要的情節感謝天空做美　搬家時陽光鋪街　想起去年你搬來　雨下一整夜你說你沒搬遠　每幾個月　再搬條街　別讓愛　忽然太遠 I Say Yes　分手更要溫柔婉約　沒有妳的初夜　

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