Keeping Thoughts

Being Myself

2009-09-24T10:53:00.002+10:00

Seriously, it is hard, but I am doing it.

Sometimes I thought I am doing it, but afterward (may take days)I realized I wasn't.

Constantly guiding my mind back to the right track (may take days also) whenever it slips to the other side.

Well, as long as I practice all the time, I know it will turn out fine.

This is the faith.

Self doubts, please, go away.

P.S. I hope I will have Vietnamese for lunch.

Jump by 朱德庸

2009-09-22T09:10:00.010+10:00

昨夜太晚睡了, 現在有點累.

今天會看到外婆了! 兩年不見好期待! ;D

天氣好好喔!

一大早還看了這些有趣的:

上海國際田尾大獎賽劉翔完美復出 (他好快呀!)

羅浮宮世界首部典藏【臉】 10月2日世紀見證 (導演是蔡明亮呢~ 好特別~)

新郎不堪壓力大婚之日跳海輕生 (先生, 冷靜點!)

(500) days of summer, music and love

2009-09-21T22:48:00.011+10:00

今天, 我把(500) days of Summer 的 soundtracks 聽了一遍. 在電影院裡, 有聲有畫有情節, 令我覺得大部分的配樂都有一種不能形容的吸引力. 今天只剩下聲音的時候, 歌曲卻變得平平無奇了.

為了增加 itune library 的收藏, 我常常會很起勁的去找新的歌曲來試聽, 希望能夠發現好的音樂. 這樣做是因為: 反覆聽數目是十隻指頭能點算好的歌曲, 覺得自己是個怪人; 也生怕會一成不變, 沒有進步. 到後來, 有好幾次, library 內的歌曲變得太多, 我因為決定不了哪一些是不好聽的而直接把所有的歌曲都刪除了. 之後, 過了一陣子, 我把那些不停反覆聽, 數目是十隻指頭能點算好的歌曲全部找回來了. 然後反覆聽著, 很開心.

湊巧今天看了Sammi寫的一篇專欄. 她說: 如果是一條自己喜歡的牛仔褲, 穿得又自信的, 可以多買幾條. 她還說: (愛) 就是源源不絕的迷戀.

我也是這樣想, 自己愛聽的歌曲就是有本事令自己百聽不厭. 而且本來愛的就不用太多, 太多就不叫愛了. 我會去嫌棄愛的數量, 這才叫奇怪吧.

My recently repeat items (sis, you got some new music la):

方大同的<紅豆> (聽太多了啦!!!)
方大同的<記得> (BUM BUM BUM BUM 的鋼琴聲我很喜歡~)
Lena's "The Show"(Cherry, 你是不是也有聽?)
Westlife's "More Than Words" (DT 講了一講, 我就覺得這首歌好浪漫喔~)

About (500) days of Summer:

Just like the critics have said, "it is fresh and impulsive." Michelle says, "it is as fresh as a lemon! And at the same time, it is easy to develop an emotional connection with everything happens in the movie. All those ups and downs Tom's encoutered." I like the message behind this movie. Tom's beliefs about The One are right, he's just wrong about Summer. Then, after Summer, Autumn comes...

Things I am looking forward to:

1) My grandmom and my little auntie are coming to Sydney to attend my graduation ceremony and I have planned a month of activites to do with them. Can't wait!

2) I have bought my LX3 and it's coming to Sydney with my Grandmom! Can't wait!

P.S. Che! Your postcard has arrived! You miss ng miss mi ar? And mi lost the logins of our blog... :( I was thinking to post (500) days of summer there ga......

Slipping Away

2009-04-09T10:39:00.003+10:00

Yesterday seminar, my tutor Cameron talked about "Nonlinear Contract". He described the penalty entitled in such contract by the scenrio of walking in a mine field.

"You can't feel any pain walking. Until you step on a mine, BOMB!, it hurts you a whole lot!"

Surprisingly, a student said, "Not only if you already know there are tons of mine in the field, just walking on such a land can draws you nuts mentally!"

Not surprisingly, Michelle then said to herself, "That's part of LOVE."

Economic theories can indeed be very applicable. :P

The website "days with my father" kept me from hanging up on my daddy last night.

To my lovely daddy who has taken up learning English words and economic theories-

I Love You. xoxoxo

P.S. Che, I think no one can understand things I say more easily than you do. xoxo

(Pictures taken from Le Love :P)

To my brain, Love Michelle

2009-03-25T16:04:00.003+11:00

My beloved brain,

Buddy, I have to say you are such a sensitive friend. I know you wanted to warn me not to be too optimistic, to keep me away from stupid events.

However, we need to talk now.

You know how sometimes I let you in charge too often that I need to slow down and take care of you during the day?

How about this? I will let you do whatever you want after my shower and before I close my eyes for the day.

During other time, you support me?

Don't worry, if you really need me to slow down, I will do it. Overall, we are living in Australia, aren't we?

xoxoxoxo

Love,

Michelle

P.S. To Che, I wanted to BBQ those pigeons in MI 3. There are too many of them...... Madly in love still, with you, Michelle.

Three movies: one I have seen, two I wanted to see but couldn't find a copy again and again...

2009-03-24T20:57:00.009+11:00

The one which I have seen,

Those two I wanted to see but couldn't find a copy again and again,

I think it's my turn now, my fellow Blockbuster memebers......

A very touching morning

2009-03-22T12:43:00.004+11:00

Yesterday, I woke up 2 or 3 times in the middle of the night. Everytime it took me another hour before I could fall asleep again. It's been happening since Autumn has arrived. I guess it is the Autumn breeze calling......

This morning, I watched a couple of things in the internet and would like to share with you here,

Marc Tremitiere: The Baby Deliverer - It is a slides of beautiful black and white photographs with the narrative done by a lovely man - Marc Tremitiere, recalling the story of him helping his wife to deliver their baby at home. At one point the baby was stucked and turned blue!!! A very good real life story, and this guy did a good job telling it.

Coca-Cola: Encounter - A beautiful tv ad of Coca-Cola. Very very beautiful indeed. I don't know how to put together a decent description, just watch and experience the emotions, you will be touched! Remember to follow the subtitles. Note: sometimes they slip away too quickly and you need to pause and read.

Looking forward to have my friend comes over to make dumplings for me! Yummi yum yum yum yum! I love dumplings! And my friend! xoxoxoxoxo

P.S. Che~ See? I am seriousl writing again! xoxoxo Swing spin spin~

A few happy things

2009-03-21T21:08:00.006+11:00

I would like to write few things down,

One day, I asked my bff Cherie to dance with me on msn. Yes, we can dance on msn now. I can't remember all the steps, but it went something like "me 3, me 4, me 5, 6, 7, 8, bom cha cha, bom cha cha..." Later we even swung our hips and took some ballet spin 'swing swing 1 2 spin spin 3 and 4". Che, shall we dance again soon?

Then, I wrote a poem for my crush in high school. "Barry has a pair of starry eyes, Which is a deadly deadly crime." He was my English teacher, a very nice English teacher. It was just a crush...... ;P

Finally, I feel like I know how to pursuit my happiness now~ For me, in order to pursuit my happiness, I just need to drop all my unnecessary self control and go for what my heart wants. Trust myself more and be very proud of myself.

xoxoxo

The Jamie Magazine

2009-03-18T10:35:00.007+11:00

Can't believe how much work this guy has done, all dedicated to cooking!

The Jamie Magazine is a food mag with tons of recipes, heaps of nicely captured photos and lots of Jamie's humour.

My favourite part of the current issue, which is also the favourite of Cherry, is a step by step Pot Au Feu recipe hand-drawn with colour pencils. Love those piglets dancing merrily together, wearing celery hats and carrots skirts!

P.S. The paper smells good too! Sniff sniff......

Link: Jamie Magazine

A Lot of Happiness

2009-02-25T21:06:00.004+11:00

Thank you! Thank you! I could never imagine this would happen to me. There were a lot of happiness in the past few days! I would like to thank:

1) Two friends whom I haven't contacted for so long; recently they popped up and said hi to me, and we are in touch now! How wonderful is that!

2) Cherie; for sharing the same interest in "Milk", Sean Penn, James Franco, Kate Winslet, homosexuals and every detail of the Oscar. Cherie said "the Oscar goes to Sean Penn", the night before the ceremony. So, from now on, whatever she says will come true, which makes her friends very happy.

3) Cherry; for coming over and watch the Oscar with me. After those years of me screaming in front of the TV alone like a crazy girl, I finally had a company, a good one. Although, it would be better if you didn't speak English with an Indian accent. Seriously, I don't want my stomach to ache again.

4) The Academy; for making the show so wonderful. I love the stage, it is beautiful, and having five former winners to present acting awards is really thoughtful. Hugh Jackman was great. However, please show less of Bradjolina and have others to replace Micheal Douglas and Steve Spielberg as presenters. Enough is enough.

5) Finally, the City Rail. I can travel by train to school now! Oh my god, I love trains!

And that's all on my thank-you list. I am now looking forward to visit the Bondi Sunday Market this weekend and few of my friends from hk said they will visit me in 2010! Can't wait babes! xoxoxoxoxo

These days......

2009-01-11T22:47:00.008+11:00

I watched some good movies,

Finished a good book,

Looked at some good images,

Watched some good performance,

Fell in love with some words,

"May your coming year be filled with

magic and dreams and good madness.

I hope you read some fine books

and kiss someone who thinks you are wonderful,

and don't forget to make some art -

write or draw or build or sing

or live as only you can.

And I hope, somewhere in the next year,

you surprise yourself."

-Neil Gaimen

"... the secret of happiness is to continually fall in love.

To give the soul reasons for butterflies.

And babies, they will do it for you."

-Jane

Had a growing interest in a passed away actor and a very rare kind of animal,

If you want to see Johnny Depp magazine images --> {this is galmorous}

If you want to know more about Paul Newman --> BBC News

If you want to visit the lovely dugongs --> Sydney Aquarium

Saving the last spot for 2008

2008-12-31T23:40:00.000+11:00

I will write my last post for 2008 later. Keke.....

Christmas Update

2008-12-25T14:32:00.006+11:00

Look at my latest Christmas gift from my sweet sweet friend Cherry! She bought me a Instax Mini 7S from Ebay Japan! I can't wait to take it with me when I go travel! :D

What do you think? Which colour looks better? The one I got is in white. ;)

P.S. Have a merry merry merry Christmas today! xoxoxoxo

Christmas Greeting to Everyone and Obama

2008-12-24T16:44:00.007+11:00

Have a Merry Merry Merry Christmas everyone! Remember to spend lots of time with your loved ones and give them many many many kisses! xoxoxo

Dear Obama,

You made my Christmas Eve. Wish you can keep yourself in shape during Christmas.

Merry Christmas, the hottest president ever!

Your little fans,

Michelle

Poladroid Project

2008-12-23T12:31:00.002+11:00

For those who think pictures look better in Poladroid style, you can now create Poladroid pictures from digital photos! Go http://poladroid.net/. ;)

P.S. This application doesn't provide the full experience of a real Poladroid though...... you know what I'm saying?

I Want This Kid

2008-12-16T13:33:00.009+11:00

(Photo is from Jak & Jil Blog)

Inspired by a 10 years old Girl

2008-12-15T21:22:00.011+11:00

Reasons to learn from Nujood - a 10 years old Yameni girl:

1) She is the world youngest divorcee

2) She lives in Yamen - a country which has one of the world lowest gender equality

3) She has 15 siblings, 2 mothers and a father without a job

4) She was arranged to marry a 30 years old man when she was 9

5) She was raped by her husband on their wedding night and many nights afterwards. She was also beaten by the in-laws

6) She went to the court by herself after 2 months of marriage, hoping to meet a judge there. When she did, she asked for a divorce

7) After her divorce was granted, one in three child brides in Yamen have asked for divorce on their own

8) She has started to attend school again and wants to be a lawyer

9) In her interview with Glamour Magazine, she said her divorce has reinforced her spirit, made her strong and her life is as sweet as candy now

(Photo is from Glamour.com)

A Weekly Round Up

2008-11-23T20:54:00.011+11:00

Here is a round up of my life last week. I was so blessed that it was full of love and happiness!

A is for Australian Idol!

Finally, my favourite contestant has won! Wes shares the same birthday with Leslie Cheung and did this all singing, all dancing performance of Micheal Jackson's "Black or White".

B is for (nice) Blogs!

A natural pool at the edge of a waterfall. A wedding invitaion which tells the whole love story/journey. And a model in her 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.

F is for Friends!
Sue has made me remember many of my original intentions. Cherie and I still crazy about the Obamas! Cherry picked me up after my piano lesson and she likes the magazine I bought for her.

P is for Piano!

My left and right hand were managed to do different moves at the same time.

O is for Obama!

Cherie sent me the interview with Barack & Michelle on 60 Minutes. I wish they can continue the good job so to prove good things can still happen in this world.

S is for Stella McCartney and Starry Night!

I read about and love the life philosphy of Stella McCartney- "to be true to yourself, believe in yourself, and shine on". After a whole day of chilly rain, the sky on Saturday night is the most beautiful one I have seen for a very long time.

(Picture is from Scout Holiday)

A few goodies to share

2008-11-15T17:22:00.016+11:00

I know it is a bit too lazy to only include things I found from blogs, I promise I will write about my life more once I got my camera (I need to save $$!). Meanwhile......

A few words about happiness.

Before and after of a cute kid's haircut.

A new found fashion blog kept by a beautiful, stylish girl.

"I'm Annoyed with My Boyfriend. Is the Honeymoon Over?" (P.S. I can't agree more with Joanna's answer)

Handsome dogs.

(Photo is from The Unicorn Diaries)

New Pixar Movie: Up

2008-11-12T23:57:00.004+11:00

When I still talk about what a great job Pixar has done with "Wall E", the trailer of their next installment "Up"has been released! Love those ballons and those weird pair.

P.S. I can't wait for tomorrow piano lesson to come.

(Found from swissmiss)

Sydney Conservatory of Music

2008-11-03T21:14:00.002+11:00

I have been in Sydney for nearly four years, but I didn't know that this castle like building near the Royal Bontanic Garden is the Sydney Conservatory of Music. I walked inside today and saw few guys wearing black shirt and pants, holding their musical instruments and music notes, walking out from concert halls. Cherie, isn't it your perfect place for guyspotting?

Bruises

2008-11-03T10:35:00.015+11:00

I tried to do handstands for you

I tried to do headstands for you

Everytime I fell for you yeah everytime I fell

I tried to do handstands for you

But everytime I fell for you

I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you

I grabbed some frozen strawberries so I could ice your bruisy knees

But frozen things they all unfreeze and now I taste like

All those frozen strawberries I used to chill your bruisy knees

Hot July ain't good to me

I'm pink and black and blue

By Chairlift

Mended Spiderweb

2008-11-02T19:51:00.003+11:00

And here is my final entry about spider. Check out Nina's Mended Spiderweb Series. It is interesting that all the repairs done by Nina were discarded by the spiders! All spiders are perfectionists!

Spiderman Spiderman

2008-11-02T19:43:00.006+11:00

I used to watch Spiderman cartoon every Saturday morning and although I don't do this anymore, I can still recall how extremely cute is the theme song. Love it!

November

2008-11-02T19:04:00.007+11:00

Here it is, the second last month of 2008.

Some of my November "things to do":

Start to take piano lesson. It would be great if I can do it on every Thursday, cos I can meet up with my buddy Cherry afterwards and have yummy dinner at the end of the day!
Get myself a new camera so that I can take pictures for my blog.
Plan ahead for Christmas 2008!
Plan ahead for my trip to Melbourne in the middle of 2009!

And there are many more... keke...... Have a happy and busy November everyone! Muah muah!

(Spider web photo is from Emmas)

From My Beloved Little Cousin

2008-09-27T19:09:00.006+10:00

My little sis used this as her msn pic. It is cute but I still wonder is there a proper definition for that "word"? I can't explain the meaning of it without making up a whole plot...... Well, I guess we HKnese can always use the fewest words to describe, almost anything...... the fewer the better......

WALL-E

2008-09-21T10:04:00.005+10:00

Everyone should watch WALL-EEEEE! It is a story about love, mankind and the environment. Oh! For girls, bring lots of tissue paper with you. The love between the two robots is gonna make you cry, a lot~ I will leave the critic job to my buddy Cherry, she surely will do a much better job than me! Hehe...... :D

Nice Blog

2008-09-20T08:19:00.005+10:00

This cutie blog made me smile a lot! I would like to copy the idea in the future. For now, well, maybe a "1001 rules for my sometimes pessimistic self" would be good. :P Today is gonna be a beautiful hot hot hot day, I am looking forward to shop with my buddy and watch WALL-EEE~ Have a nice weekend everyone! If you feel it's too hot, grab a friend and chill! Muah muah muah!

Currently Watching

2008-09-11T22:30:00.003+10:00

And here are my currently watching:

Looking forward to some serious laughing. :D

A Brazilian girl from school said I have to watch this Alfred Hitchcock's flick so that we can talk about it next time. I hope it won't be too tense for me...... :S

"A LOT LIKE LOVE, the hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy for today's generation, is about how sometimes it takes years to fall in love at first sight......" Oh I didn't know that...... :X

Unreal Fish Tank & Miss Dior Cherie

2008-09-11T22:01:00.007+10:00

Stunning fish tank! It's like many fishes swimming in an enchanted forest! The second picture reminds me of my buddy Cherie who is cute and loves desert. Hey Che, I think you should get it. It is a sweet fruity fragrance and don't you just looooove the design of the bottle? ;)

Links: rate my fish tank & the magic of macy's

Love These...

2008-09-11T06:52:00.007+10:00

Just had my 23rd birthday. My favorite age and my favorite number. I will write a post about it later.

Above is an outfit which I would love to wear (aren't leggings in cold color prettier?) and also the trailer of the new Sean Penn movie. I just couldn't resist actors who can give you a different perfromance every time. Love you Sean Penn! It is a movie about gay people. Yea, why special heterosexual people are celebrated but homosexual people are still being discriminated? To me, gay people are real and brave, with guts too! :D

P.S. Thanks for those who wished me a Happy Birthday and also to those who are gonna wish me a belated Happy Birthday. Hehe...... And to the smallest fish in my tank, eat more and be strong cutie! ;)

Links: A Cup Of Jo & Bea Szenfeld

Linger by The Cranberries

2008-08-31T22:29:00.013+10:00

In order to be able to love more than before, I promise I will take better care of myself. Cos now I believe you can't give love in time when your life is in a mess. On top is a clip featuring a song I heard in the movie "Click". I love the song and love the movie. It always remind me Love is the thing that I should treasure the most. Love you all. Muuuuah! You know I'm such a fool for you~ lalalalalalalalala~ ;D

Specially for You

2008-08-30T11:15:00.015+10:00

I bet one of you remember this art installation but one of you don't. Me? I remember both days I spent with either one of you very well. (Photo is from 2 or 3 things I know...)

Tired Eyes

2008-08-29T23:22:00.008+10:00

My eyes feel so tired no matter how much I sleep these days. Why can't we hand write documents? I find hand written stuffs precious. (Photo is from a cup of jo)

La Tomatina

2008-08-29T01:13:00.006+10:00

Since I am doing this event management course, I will start writing about famous festival and events around the world.

La Tomatina is a food fighting festival held in Spain every year on the last Wednesday of August. In 1945, a group of young people started a fight during an annual festival and later on threw tomatos at each other. After the repeat of the same event during consecutive years, La Tomatina was non-officialy established. Every year, more and more tomatos are used!

I guess it is simply the concept of being really stupid and having fun. :D

Check out the La Tomatina Official Website!

Hey Soulmates!

2008-08-28T07:13:00.008+10:00

I feel itchy when I am separated from you guys! Let's hang out more shall we? Many hugs and kisses...

Cherie and I just love this dude. I saw his snapshot in someone else's blog and just wonder what he does for a living.