we barely have time to react in this world/ let alone rehearse

Breathe in for luck,
breathe in so deep,
this air is blessed,
you share with me.
This night is wild,
so calm and dull,
these hearts they race,
from self control.

- Dashboard Confessional





Twenty Five Things (That You Should Be Doing Too):

1. I think Im glad I met Jack Daniels.

2. I grew up with the mantra sleep was for the weak and have pulled one too many allnighters or no sleepers. I have only recently discovered that sleeping early and waking up early actually is good for you. Who would have thought?

3. I am addicted to rebonding/flatironing my hair because I grew up with horribly frizzy wavy hair and to this day I have to pat my hair down to make sure its really not curly every few minutes.

4. I beat Mrs Clements, my English form 1 (or 2?) teacher in scrabble when I was 11 or 12.

5. I love doing my laundry because the smell of fresh laundry makes me smile.

6. I can burn eggs. Its quite sad.

7. Im photogenic and my pictures fool people because Im not as great looking in real life.

8. When I first heard about the Twilight buzz, I clicked on online excerpts. I thought what I read was fanfiction and was so upset at how badly written the fanfiction was until friends reassured me I was reading the real deal. I was not impressed, even if I squealed like a bloody 15 year old in the cinemas.

9. I say the rosary as I walk to work in the mornings. It calms me down and prepares me for the day ahead.

10. I created my msn address when I was 13. Ive had it for 10 years now and I am still half uncertain about changing it because of the sentimental value, even if it is a horribly silly address.

11. I have been blogging since I was 15, on various sites. Ive sampled wordpress, vox, livejournal, diaryland, multiply, friendster, you name it, Ive tried it. Im settling on blogspot for now but only because Im too busy to switch.

12. I am a sucker for anything acoustic and guys/girls who can play the guitar and play it well fascinate me.

13. I always suspect I have a mild case of trichotillomania.

14. I am very flexible and I like scaring people by showing them how freaky my fingers are and suddenly doing a split.

15. The sense that I least use is my sense of smell. I know people who can smell something from a mile away but I cant, and perfumes have never been anything particularly interesting for me. I spritz colognes but I normally dont use anything, which is something Im not sure I should have admitted.

16. When I was in uni, I had mad drinking skillz. Or maybe I was just mad. Whatever the case, I look back now and really wonder what I was thinking then but I dont doubt that some of those days will probably rank right up there as some of the best days of my life.

17. I enjoy the hustle and bustle of public transport in the form or trains, monorails, trikes, taxis, buses what have you, and I thrived using public transport in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia etc. Its only in Brunei I suffer where public transport ends by 6 pm. Seriously.

18. I was born after one miscarriage and one 'blue' baby (she had a hole in her heart) so when I survived, I think it was a foreshadowing of how stubborn Id be and am.

19. When I was 17, I found out I could tie a cherry stalk into a knot with my tongue and this has started a compulsion for me to tie shorter and shorter cherry stalks into knots with my tongue and when i fail, I literally feel like Ive failed at something life altering.

20. People dont think about you as much as you think they do.

21. I cried tears of joy when I saw Pope Benedict XVI.

22. I really like painful massages because I like the aftermath burning sensation in my back. One masseuse exclaimed that she felt I needed to go to the doctor and check if my nerves were alright because 'normal' people would have cried bloody murder with the pressure she was applying on me.

23. I am almost 90% deaf in my right ear and I often cant tell how loud I am.

24. I type with my middle finger of my right hand and index finger on my left. Im sorry, computer studies teachers, you failed at having that lesson of typing properly stick.

25. I think every once in a while, you should just let go and dance.

There are two types of people in the world/ those who prefer to be sad with others and those who prefer to be sad alone

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
Audrey Hepburn

Breakfast at Tiffanys is a great song but long before that song, there was the movie I watched it yesterday and it was amazing. One of those classic films everyone should be exposed to, really.

Steamboat, wine, chocolate cake, massages, ice cream and heartfelt conversation..sounds like a recipe for a great date but it was what happened yesterday with a bunch of very good friends. Hearts and love.

I havent blogged about KL, but I will another day. It was truly a reawakening for me and completely rejuvenating!

Main reason for updating is to affirm that sometimes really outstandingly horribly painful bad things have to happen to you in order for you to grow and perhaps nudge you that much closer to God. I had the shock of my life the other day, no joke, but when it happened, it was the catalyst to be trying something entirely new, which i would not have done had the bad thing not happened and I wouldnt be so thrilled about the opportunity now! Im being vague but will confirm news when its obviously confirmed, lovelies.

Much prayers needed as its *insert your cuss word here for emphasis* marvelous.

Life, how beautiful yet utterly perplexing you are.