珍惜眼前人

我不知道怎么形容。总觉得可以和爸爸一起做家务事是很幸福的。从小，就很憧憬与爸爸一起洗车、玩水喉的画面，虽然感觉仿佛做苦工，但感觉很温馨，当然也因为很好玩。尽管如此，因为种种安全的原故，爸爸从来不允许我们这么做。这几天终于如愿以偿了。昨天一大早，就和爸爸一起出外选鱼，回来后，我们三个小丫头就和爸爸一起筑好院子的小鱼池。原来饲养小动物是那么有趣的，我竟可以坐在鱼池边整半小时，看着鱼儿游来游去。其中一只鱼儿特别好动，三翻四次想从鱼池跳出来。鱼儿啊鱼儿，你是否知道你跳出来就会因为缺水而死呢。。

这是mimi和jasper。爸爸说待我们慢慢拿手后，再添多几条大鱼陪伴他们俩 =)

意想不到的是，第二天一大早就有两条小鱼死了，极可能是因为输水系统关着太久了；另外，还有两条小鱼也不见了，不知是否是大鱼吃了小鱼。心里其实有点难过，最难过的人竟然是爸爸。 过后，时不时我都会到鱼池去，像个老师那样，点算着小鱼儿，希望他们不要再‘不见’了。

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搞好鱼池，今天我们又忙小花园了。幸好今天的太阳不是太强烈，我们五个战战兢兢在锄地，松土，种植。连最怕晒太阳的妹妹也出来帮忙，好酷！

不晓得，也许看起来好像是普通不过的事，或无聊到底的东西，可是我就是觉得很开心。现在城市生活紧凑，有多少人可以一家人花时间共同做同一件事。亲子间，除了平时一起看电视，吃晚餐，还有什么时候可以一起培养彼此的关系。对，旅游也可以，可是旅游所需的消费却较大。再加上在我们渐渐长大的岁月里，父母也同时一日日变老，直接说一句，共处的时间变得更重要。近来有个好朋友失去亲人，希望他依旧坚强，早日站起来。曾经，我也抱着浩浩荡荡的心情从国外飞回来，想与家人共聚天伦乐，可是后来才发现外婆中风了。那段日子，那个打击，确实很不好受。还记得我第一次见到坐着轮椅的外婆，自己就忍不住跑到厕所里哭了一顿。

就以‘珍惜眼前人’这五个看似简单却意义重大的字眼做这一个post的结尾吧。

my 3 big wishes at the moment:

1) To be well-prepared and do well for my test on nx thurs

2) Get done with my applications asap

3) that Birmingham airport will not be closed due to snow nx week

家书抵万金

原来在你读书读到很厌很闷的时候，最有效的不是一杯咖啡，而是一通家里打来的电话 =)

week 7

BBC's forecast finally realised when it snowed for the first time early yesterday morning. They had been saying that it would snow since thurs but it just turned out to be icy icy temperatures without any flurry flakes..  And when my facebook homepage was full of snow photos and updates, i drew my blinds and was actually delighted to see the fields and pathways covered with snow! U didn get me wrong, it's true that i do hv a dread for snow, but thinking it on a bright note, if it snows early, it would end early too.. And most probably next term i would just be stuck in snow for a month or less..

And SO, as laid out on my fb, i had my first baking therapy yesterday.. The limelight for the day: The coffee-walnut-apple-cake! Of course the main credit has to go to my sifu, miss roycee!! During the session, she was like a mummy preparing her daughter for school :D

But of course it's actually nicee! In fact, we had a rescue operation which added to the beauty of the masterpiece when its top was burnt =)

              

Thanks for the awesome dinner again 16 conistoners!! Not forgetting the chester trip we went together last weekend.. It was fabulous as well.. It was a day that we decided to all wear our warwick hoodies for the day.. Pink, red, white and blue! I think we got the entire collection of warwick hoodies except purple and black =)

It was hilarious when we decided to hv ice cream whilst weather's cold.. Well, we hv no choice as Chester's quite renowned for ice cream.. There is an ice cream factory nearby which we didn not get to visit due to time constrain.. Hv u told u that? Cuz this trip was organised by our International Office and we did hv a preset departure time..

              

Tat's the roman amphitheatre.. Those murals, as its name implies, were fake..But can u differentiate between the real and drawn stones behind me? And we posed up as if we were really steapping on the stone.. Cool isnt it! ^^

 

The trip ended beautifully with an authentic English tea session.. We had scorn with english tea, and a long chat as we warm ourselves in the tea shop.. Omg i forgot to take a picture of the scorn =P  

               

I'd just say that it was lovely!
But i hate the 'image resizing' function of blogger though!

人为刀俎，我为鱼肉

你可曾有过这种经历：

口口声声说随缘，不过在整件事情的过程中，你却紧张著紧得很。吃不下、睡不着、心砰砰的跳。随缘不是不应该这样吗。

到最后，惟有安慰自己，只所以随缘，是因为不过分在意事情的结果。可是，抵达结果前的一切付出，都希望可以做到最好。尽力了，即使结果事与愿违，也没有遗憾，没有后悔。

成事在人，谋事在天，其实，我挺讨厌被命运主宰的那一刻。

李林大战：既生伟，何生丹

昨天牺牲了期待已久的泰食自助餐，坐在手提电脑前，支持可爱的李宗伟。

坚持了72分钟，伟伟最终不敌超级丹。超级丹成就了史无前例的大满贯，一贯作风的举拳庆胜，脱下外衣。而我国40年的金牌梦，圆不了。

我这个出了名的伟伟粉丝，当然也得招架不少对伟伟的意见：“耻辱一败”、“冒牌一哥”等等字眼。面对着一些，我惟有无可奈何，安慰自己这是大家一时失望过度丢出的字眼。

观看了这场决赛，稍懂羽球的人也知道李林都在这场比赛呈献出了他们毕生的精髓。甚至有很多球点，都是多拍铸成的。伟伟输得一点都不耻辱。如果他真的是心理素质不佳，是水货，就像两年前的奥运会一样，早在第二局就输了；不过他还是沉住了气，顶着压力拿下第二局。我不否认，伟伟实力还差林丹一点点，尤其是在决胜局时体力透支，有心无力。但伟伟确实已尽了力，冠军也只有一个。

伟伟在第二局拿下林丹时，我们不也在为他欢呼喝彩吗；比赛输了，落井下石反而司空见惯。输了球，没有一个人会比他更难过，更失望。我们有资格责怪他吗？没有了李宗伟，我们会拥有第一个奥运银牌吗？展览馆会有那么多座超级公开赛的奖杯吗？一个又一个的冠军荒，还要多少个十年才能实现？这不只是针对伟伟，而是每一个尽心尽力的球员。看到他们为了救一粒球而扑向地上，我们的心，何不也同时往下一沉，抽搐了一下。

林丹也体现了大师风度，称赞伟伟表现出色。英雄识英雄，我也相信他的发表是发自内心，因为这场比赛一点也不轻松。我们应该为伟伟屈而不挠的精神打气，也期待他早日走出悲愤。置身其中，我也许早已挂拍，要知道这种“二奶”命的纠缠，并非每个人所能承受的。

尽管如此，今早看到一个小学朋友的status, 不禁有感而发：“既生伟，何生丹”。

sushi o tabemasu

It has been two lovely weeks with awesome food! Had a fabulous dinner in coniston home yesterday nite, cooked by pui yee's friend, Vicky, a girl whose hand can play great pieces on piano and cook extremely delicious dishes! The day b4 we had social for deepavali + hari raya haji, nasi lemak's served, complemented with lamb, fried chicken and an indian dessert which tasted like ice-cream!!

And last week, we've finally realised our plan to hv buffet sushi in birmingham! Though it's already Week 6. When we first arrived woktastic, i recalled that this is also the same route to NIA, where the annual All England Badminton Championship is held.. All the surprises and delight meeting wei wei came into light immediately.. ^^ 

 

Okay, back to the topic of the sushi restaurant, that's the decor and design, mainly focused on green and orangie, coupled with the murals, it was really really lovely and soothing..

                           

Even the menu looks cute!

 

The variety of sushi served wasnt very very impressive though, but it includes rice, noodles, desserts, pudding, which compensates for that.. Hungry enough, we had at least 10 plates each! =))  

  



Siew yen, who's not very very fond of sushi, opted to go for a bento box (pic above) instead.. Btw, it's just 6 pounds including the lunchbox, miso soup and something else (which obviously i've forgotten, sorrriee)..

The scenario which is quite common after every buffet is where we (or at least me) gets BLOATED! Moreover, since we paid thru to come over here, we r not definitely missing the opportunity to walk around and snap some lovely photos.. Not forgetting tis is the first time siew yen the newbie's been to birm..

And since we have not been shopping a lot recently, (sounds vague hmm?), siew yen got herself a nice greenie winter cap, shinli got herself a blue-ie blanket, i got myself a greyie coat (ahhaha, that's the main point), and pui yee got herself errrm...... well, nice memories!! 

 Yupe, and that's my current profile picture if u r aware of it :D

It was quite a rushing day for us, but of immense pleasure. We r definitely goin to birm again anytime sooner, when the christmas market's visitin.. And that's gonna be a trip filled with food, laughter, joy, warmth!! Okie, i shall go to grab my lunch and call home now.

so yes, im back bloggin!

Welcome, welcome back to the land of happiness, surprises, merry, humour, memory of pinkiecloud/ yunyun/ june/ littlepinkie/ princess or whatever u've known me as! Nonetheless, im bringing along with me a new pseudonym --> whysquare, which means y2 =) So dont ask me why isnt it 'whyrectangle', hehe..

So yes, after 3 months,
IM BACK BLOGGIN! Just a brief note on some NEW kinky little things u may find here:
1) Posts are now labelled.
2) There's a traffic feed which can scarily track where u are.
3) Pinkie cut her hair but is still pinkie!

Hope u ll enjoy reading little rantings here. Stay tuned and pop in when u miss me! :D

i've been back at school for almost a month now

I dont know how to describe it. At times i realised this place is still such a stranger to me: I dont know what time and where does the shuttle bus stops, I dont know the procedure to make an appointment when i was sick for 2 weeks, I dont know the way from uni hs to science concourse, I dont know i can no longer get into the wbs building thru the side entrance... At another time, im on the same routine that i cannot be not familiar enough: classes, cooking, winter coats, walking, and grocery shopping.

One good example: my former but current flatmate, royce. Royce, this would be the 3rd time im celebrating ur bday with u, but might also be the only time b4 we graduate. Happy 21st anyway!

But the unique thing really, is that everything seems to be for the last time, last year. I sort of have a 'i cant wait to graduate' as well as the 'oh no, i still wana study' feeling.. I do wish that im well-informed of what's ahead of me now so that i can just enjoy my final year. Really, the stress of worrying about the future is just annoying, coupled with there is a lot at stake this year, but I guess it's just growing up and mapping a career trajectory, so i might as well try to get use to it!

Well, enough of mature, depressing finalist talk!

Despite the ups and downs, i've basically settled down. I've been catching up with school work (still working on it!), making new friends, cooking for meals, staying overnights in coniston, having skype dates on numerous afternoons which make me laugh, weekends outing, watching dramas at nite..

Just last weekend, we went to leamington spa with two friends of us and had a great day out! I'll intro u these two 2 characters right after this!

VIP 1: Pui yee - If u scroll down few posts older, you'll see her! She is now part of 16 coniston. And she's the one who 'conquered and took over' my pinkie room last year.. Hahaha.. But anyway, she has been very very close to me now and we are like 'pui yee, i ♥ u!!!'

VIP 2: Siew yen - After working as a tax consultant in one of the Big4 for years, our manager decided to take a year off work and destiny has brought her to us! The main chef and big sister for us now, i would say..

This year, we are getting closer together, giving warmth and support to each other. Autumn really is turning out to be pretty cool! Let's start chapter 3 of our degree with a big fling! 

单身告白

总有人问你，有对象没？
呵呵，没有呢。
不会吧，不可能吧 ……

其实，那是真的，不是没人追，没人要，只是没有合适的；不是眼光高，要求多，只是没有感觉的。 也许有时想恋爱，想让自己不再寂寞，可是那个人却没有,不想随随便便的爱了。

有时候当自己静下心来会觉得自己的执着很可笑，为什么不去恋爱？为什么要让自己单身呢？难道是爱上了孤独爱上了寂寞吗？

其实不然，因为有一种单身叫“宁缺勿滥”。

他们对爱很专一也很执着,有自己独特的思想，能够坚持自己；在茫茫人海中只想找一个能让自己对上眼的人，也许在别人眼里那很傻，可是这样的傻只是想对得起自己的心；让自己孤独让自己寂寞就是不可以让自己随便和人恋爱；前世的500次回眸才换来今生的一次擦肩而过，这样的虚幻不去相信，缘分没有多少，要得只是感觉；不会轻易的去恋爱，不想去欺骗别人，也不想去骗自己，爱是纯洁的互相的，但如果一旦遇到那个他(她)就会坚持不懈，定下自己的心，绝不会花心，用心去爱。

每个人心里都有自己另一半的身影的，就算是勉强找到另一半的你，难道在你的心里除了他就没有另一个心底的人吗？在心里也会有对另一半的憧憬，希望彼此的遇见是一个浪漫美丽的邂逅；希望他是你的王子，但却不会沉迷于这种童话的幻想，只想要那份属于自己的真实邂逅，不会去痴迷于王子，只要我的那个他，只是想找个懂自己的愿意陪伴自己的。

当你有一天真正遇到那个他，两人的交往中绝对会为彼此设定底线，不会轻易越过；尊重爱情，尊重感情，尊重彼此，不会随便开始，但一旦开始，那么就会是最珍惜生活的人。因为他们相信爱。

当遇到一个喜欢自己但没有好感的人，会礼貌而尊重的对方说“对不起，我们不适合”，尊重自己的感情也是尊重别人的感情，不会让对方浪费时间，如果对方觉得朋友可以做，当然我很乐意。但想要改变我的想法，不可能，因为他们不会轻易让自己妥协，除非你是那个他。

有朋友说，现在的社会已经不流行宁缺勿滥了，应该是宁滥勿缺，可能那是对的，但我却不想改变，难道这样错了吗？

不想像别人那样轻易的爱了，轻易的让自己不孤单了，当结束一段又一段情时不会有任何伤感，因为那样的人没有用过情，确切的说他们不懂爱与被爱,他们会对所有的异性都有好感，不会执着与追求自己的那个他，相对于宁缺勿滥之人他们会更现实，也更会在恋爱中保护自己，因为分手后的他不会知道痛的感觉，他们不曾为爱付.而宁缺勿滥的人不是这样，他们从不会，会将一段情维持很长，哪怕结束时他们会伤心、痛苦、难过，但却曾经付出过，不会后悔，让自己刻骨铭心的爱，是需要用心去等待，哪怕是用一生。

孤独，不一定不快乐；

得到，不一定能长久；

失去，不一定不再拥有。

与所有单身的朋友共勉之。。。

－摘自《*Oo爱情咖啡馆oO*》

the new home decision

I won't go into all the details of how I have come to this decision, but I guess a large part of it comes from a desire to just be simple and keeps everyone happy. It was a choice between happiness vs rationale. It was out of my expectation that my 'uk-home'sickness could be so serious. And what caught me by surprise is that news spread like wildfire.. How i wish ppl could stop asking me: "Why did u move out and dump ur hs mates" or say sthing like "Hahhhh, u moved out ah?"...

Ahhhh, anyway, it's confirmed. I've chosen to act by rationality, and now the only thing  I can do is that I'm keeping my fingers crossed that im inviting happiness as well. But regardless, i know that no matter how many miles away i am from home, there will always be 4 people who will always be there for me, loving me unconditionally. More than that, i have friends who are always willing to lend an ear or shoulder whenever i need to!

Snippets of my new room: Spot ur faces/cards on the notice board =)

My sweet-hearty bed.. ^^

And that's my study space.. Ahhhhaaa, saw that 'figure head' wrapped with blanket on my laptop screen, that's the common scene when shyang yong's on skype date with me.. And he purposely posed that for u to see =P

I've finally got my own toilet back!! No more sharing, no more cinderella cleaning! YAAAYYY!! :D

So the room is referred as 'the royal palace' by my former housemates.. And im promoted from datin lee to 'princess'/'her royal highness'! Pampered, loved, spoilt :D

小甜品

1、幸好，我不太漂亮
      太漂亮的女人最后总是孤单一人，因为她不肯向爱情妥协；
      太帅气的男人最后总是落在不太漂亮的女人手上，因為他向生活妥协。
      因此太漂亮的女人和太帅气的男人总是无法长久一起的，
      因为他们都习惯被围绕被取悦。
      太漂亮的女人，是堪折的花，越早遇到越好；

      太帅气的男人，是待熟的果，最好别要太早遇上。

2、有得有失，淡然面对

      小时候，希望自己快点长大，
      长大了，却发现遗失了童年；
      恋爱时，怀念单身时的自由，
      单身时，开始羡慕恋人的甜蜜，。
      很多事物，没有得到时总觉得美好，
      得到之后才开始明白：我们得到的同时也在失去。

3、流泪时觉得委屈，其实心里早已慢慢学会坚强
      爱的世界里，没有谁对不起谁，只有谁不懂珍惜谁。
      能说出的委屈便不算委屈，能抢走的爱人便不算爱人。
      不说出委屈就只能委屈自己，不放走不爱你的人就得不到爱你的人。

4、绝望时，抬头看看天，想想存在的意义
      人生的路上，我们都在奔跑，我们总在赶超一些人，也总在被一些人超越。
      人生的要义，一是欣赏沿途的风景，二是抵达遥远的终点；
      人生的秘诀，寻找一种最适合自己的速度，
      莫因疾进而不堪重荷，莫因迟缓而空耗生命；
      人生的快乐，走自己的路，看自己的景，超越他人不得意，他人超越不失志。

5、爱情vs 友情
      有一天，友情和爱情碰见。
      爱情问友情：世上有我了，为什么还要有你的存在？
      友情笑着说：爱情会让人们流泪，而友情的存在就是帮人们擦干眼泪！

6、爱是一门要耗费一生去学习、经营的学问
      我很爱你，却不知道该如何靠近你，所以觉得离开也是可以的。

      并没什么不同，结果反正都是这样，是好是坏都不重要。

      重要的是我曾经迷恋你，就像我迷恋一把晚清的雕花椅。

7、说好的幸福呢

      我想给你幸福，却走不进你的世界。

      我想用我的全世界来换取通往你的世界的入场券，

      不过， 那只不过是我的一厢情愿而已。

      我的世界，你不在乎；你的世界，我被驱逐。
      我真的喜欢你，闭上眼，以为我能忘记，
      但流下的眼泪，却没有骗到自己。

8、期待懂我的人     
      不要让幸福擦肩而过：最懂你的人，总是会一直在身边守护你，不让你有一丝的委屈；
      真正爱你的人，也许不会说许多爱你的话，却会做许多爱你的事。
      如果发现身边有这样的人，请你好好珍惜。
      幸福不会时时等着你，爱你的人和你爱的人不是随时可以出现，
      好好把握，不要让自己和幸福擦肩而过。

9、早就该明白，最美的不是成功的那一刻，而是事后回想奋斗过程中的艰辛
      人生最美最不能逊色的风景应该是努力。
      努力是人生的一种精神状态，是对生命的一种赤子之情。
      努力是拥有之母，拥有是努力之子，一心努力可谓条条大路通罗马。
      所以，与其规定自己一定要成为一个什么样的人物，获得什么东西，
      不如磨练自己做一个努力的人。

10、没有过不去的坎，让自己跨越的姿势美一点
        人生，没有永远的伤痛，没有过不去的坎。
        还是让我们学学杨柳，看似柔弱却坚韧，狂风吹不断；
        太刚强的树干，却在风中折枝。
        学会放弃，学会承受，学会坚强，学会微笑，那是一种别样的美丽！
        适当的放弃，是人生优雅的转身。

~摘自 《*Oo爱情咖啡馆oO*》

with love, 16 coniston road

Thanks to chewy for ur pizza,

thanks to shin li for the dessert and shopping,

thanks to emily for the spagetti,

thanks to chrissie for the cheesecake, ...thanks to jy, pui yee, shenting and keegan for the setup,

thanks to milo, faye and vincent for coming,

thanks to weather for neither raining nor being sunny.. :)

That puts a perfect comma (yes, it's a comma) to life in warwick.. See u all next year!! Happy holidays and all the best for results :D :D

summer loving

Yayyy yayyy, it's finally my turn to say that 'Im done with exams!!'.. Dont ask me how did i do, my marker shud be able to answer u better, or even a fortune-teller.. :)

Anyway, post-exam's welcomed by plus and minus. The minus side: it's all packing, packing, packing.. I cant imagine books and notes just accumulate like tis, 1 full box excluding textbooks; clothes-2 full boxes, shoes-another box, i hv 7.5 boxes all in total! And im sleeping without my pillow and duvet now.. Thankfully the weather's not too cold nowadays..

The plus part: Travel!! Went to stonehenge, the magnificent and mysterious giant stones built during Neolithic (recall ur f4 history!!).. Until today, the underlying reason of this architecture is unknown: some say for astronomical observatory, some say sacred rituals.. And just how ppl moved these blue stones to this isolated place is a big question mark..
Let me introduce: that's pui yee (my junior) on my left, and emily, the california exchange student on my right.. :)

Look at the green, green grass; the green, green land.. They were so pretty and lovely that they look so unreal :D
Tis is the kind of grass that i would like to lie down on.. Not those stepped by ppl around campus or hearsall common.. =P On the other hand, bristol is a city located slightly south of england. Suprisingly, coventry is more lively than bristol.. But as u can expect, every place in england is pretty :D

And every place in england has a cathedral: The bristol cathedral =P
The harbour in bristol.. Does it look a bit like venice?? :DWe were welcomed by Burnel's ss Great Britain.. It was world's first great ocean liner, emerged from the Grand Old Lady in 1970 until the 1843 Ocean Liner.. The admission covered a visit to the bottom, deck and inner of the ship.. It was quite a shame that being a pilot's daughter, pinkiecloud couldnt provide elaborative and detailed explanation to pui yee and emily about a ship.. :(
"I am the king of the world!!!" :D

That's the enchanting suspension bridge in clifton.. Do u notice that it's 'hanging' in the air? Another beauty of architecture..

Gosh i love this shot so much!! Pls say that pinkiecloud's improvin in photography :)
I still rmb the 1st time i saw pui yee was in KLIA. Being a senior, the one crying in the airport was me and wasnt the fresher.. Ooopppsss.. =PIt actually took me bit of a courage to cross the bridge bcuz do u know, it's hanging in the air?? I have phobia towards height.. Altophobia i think.. Well, tat's pinkiecloud.. :)Now i understand why is it called a 'porsche' place.. Residents hv to pay 50p toll everytime to enter or leave the place.. How 'porsche' does one hv to be to live here for long term..

I hope u ll agree that this is a picturesque.. A church in clifton.. :D

We were quite lucky that weather wasnt too sunny for the two days.. Or else we ll get sunburnt like crazy.. And we didnt face too much difficulties in terms of seeking directions.. Initially i thought that the utility from the trip would have been greatly reduced having to slash the lovely one day trip to bath, pinkiecloud learnt to enjoy from the least.. Bravo Bristol :D