My roses aren't red

But I love them nonetheless :-)

Kuachicken

The eating of kua chi, the lack of interest in socialising and the sudden urge for art.

Reminder to self

'Everything happens for a greater reason.'

Amongst all quotes, I don't think there's any one that I hold closer to my heart than this. Stay positive and give thanks, for life is good :-)

Friends

The key to a successful relationship is not finding the right person, it's learning to love the person you found.

This is one message in an article I read on Facebook, that really struck me. The article spoke about marriage, but I think it applies to all relationships in general. Falling in love is possibly the sweetest thing that happened to me and it made falling out of love very difficult. However, I am really fortunate in many ways, and I've always had kind people to support me in times of need. As of now, things are looking pretty good in my life - but I do need to remember to not be too complacent!

People walk in and out of our lives all the time, but it's up to us to keep or discard them. I've learned one thing about this: Don't procrastinate. If you want to send a message/email, send it out asap. I find that the longer we wait, the more awkward it may become. I'm still quite hopeless when it comes to avoiding procrastination!

Recently, I had some friendship complications - wrong words from my mouth flowed into the mouth of others, then back to me. When I come in contact with that friend, everything went on as if no tension existed. It got me thinking, have I misjudged her - based on what others told me? I've always thought myself to be a neutral person - but in reality, I am truly biased.

People walk in and out of my life all the time, and there are a few that I really appreciate and love. I know I don't always do the right thing and say the right words - I wish I could tell each and every one of you just how I felt inside. To make it simple, I'm sorry for my wrongs and I'm thankful that our paths meet.

I will make an effort to keep in touch! (Haha deja vu?)

Poison

My words are poison,

maybe I should've been mute;

and perhaps then, I'd listen again.

These tears that I cry,

I don't understand why.

It got me thinking,

would you cry them for me?

My words are poison,

yet I still speak.

Let me eat my own speech,

so as much I hurt you,

I feel my own poison too.

Hahahha I wreak of emo-ness again.

Blood Donation #3

This is the third time I've head to the blood donation centre - and the second time I came home disappointed. In my second visit, it was cold and I didn't have enough liquids so my tiny veins become somewhat microscopic and the nurses didn't want to risk it.

Fair enough.

This third time, I ensured I did some exercise and drank lotsa fluids. Fate has it that I got a trainee nurse, brand new. She got the right vein but entered it wrongly - so I bled. Lost about 30 mls of blood. The more experienced nurse told me that it's going to bruise so I came home with a free tube of bruise ointment - which I intend to use on the enormous bruise on my leg.

I shall attempt to donate in 1.5 month's time again.

Another weekend!

I love Fridays. I always look forward to Fridays and today, yet another Friday, was surprisingly more eventful. Interview with Red Cross went ok, hopefully I get to be a volunteer and get that greater sense of purpose when I wake up (instead of playing Bejewelled or Solitaire). I also had lunch with Andrea, which was very enjoyable and we walked around running each other's errands. Thank you for the mango cake, lovely! :)

And just like many other Fridays, I get to see the boyfriend! But tonight, Adrienne is gonna... meet the parents. Hmmm perhaps it's a good thing that my Cantonese is limited to the Dim Sum menu. Don't know. Sigh I'm shyyy.

"Ah, that's a very fine looking char-siu"

"Oh My har-Gao!"