Awake and cured

couldn't sleep a single wink last night.
There was no caffine, no sex and no deadlines.
Just a week of 12 hours of sleep nightly, with an additional 3 hour nap thrown in for good measure, prior to last night.
Feels good to be awake when the neighborhood starts its day.

First there were the buses, then there were birds greeting the sun.
And soon the whole street throng with people.
Students heading to school, adults heading to work.
Not long from now, the streets will empty,
anticipating the time when all will return.

遠い

パシールリスから、プーンレイはサレンぐーンより遠いそうだ。

Sickish

Haven't update(cough cough)d for quite(achoo) some tim(sniff sniff)e now.
Most people(koff) would have(erhem) figured out by now(sniffffff) that I'm sick.
So bugger off and find something else to read.

寝なかった

Somehow, tomorrow feels significant to me.
It seems to be the start of a new beginning.

Feeling melancholic and restless,
Wondering whether it's due to anxiety,
Excitement or just plain nervousness

It seems that everytime I leave my house,
I miss it even before I'm gone.
Wonder how I'll be like when I move out.

I'm a person who dislike changes,
yet nothing will stay the same forever.
Not even me.

From alone to contented
From quiet to noisy
From puppy to hound

Things change but i hope
some things never change

Short

Today is the day I'll begin my efforts to write a short story.
I've been thinking of what I should write about.
I've narrowed it down to the following
1. a Love story
2. a horror story
3. a fantastical story

Hmmm...
Or maybe, just maybe,
4. a horror love story in a fantastical setting?

Oh wait, that sounds like it's been done before.
Maybe I'll throw in a couple of monsters to liven things up.

Haha.

Diet

From www.webster.com

Diet: (noun) 1 a : food and drink regularly provided or consumed
b : habitual nourishment
c : the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for
a special reason
(verb) to cause to eat and drink sparingly or according to prescribed rules

Once, during my secondary school days, I used the above word in the following sentence,
" ... the diet of the golden hawk eagle...",
the word diet was circled in red ink after my oh so competent E Lang teacher at that time marked it. I figured that she probably never encountered the word diet in a context other than as a meal plan designed to lose weight. I hated her ever since then, since she has always stuck me as being too eeriely cheerful and pretentious, and it didn't help that she practised favoritism.

Her surname was Tang, I think, i hope she now knows that diet can be used in the above manner.

I'm writing this down as a highlight to how much I've changed over the years. If this was to happened to the present me, I would look up the dictionary to make sure that my answers are correct and then I'll confront her.

The me at that point in time just said nevermind, eventhough I was sure that I was right.

Sigh, how much a person changes.

Wished that I'd been more outspoken when I was younger, it would have been a lot more fun for me.

Flowers

Can't remember where I heard/read this from.
It is a story about a guy who was asked to go into a jungle.
This jungle is famous for its beautiful blooms.
The guy was supposed to pick only the most beautiful one he saw.

Soon, he came upon a beautiful flower,
yet he hesitated, thinking:
"What if there is a more beautiful flower ahead?"

Next he came upon the most beautiful rose he had ever seen,
but he was still hesitatant, thinking:
"the next one might be better."

Walking along, he chanced upon a dazzling orchid.
Still he hesitated, thinking:
"it's not quite perfect."

This went on and on, and he was out of the jungle,
without a single flower.

The moral of the story?
If you seek perfection, you might just end up with nothing.
It's the same for love,
it's the same for life.
If you keep looking, you';; never be satisfied.

(this story belongs to the original author, whoever he/she might be. Give me a note if you're the author, so i can credit you for it. :) )

WHINE