Favourite companions for movie dates;

Movie date with family on Friday, 25th May

To celebrate the end of my papers, and also the end of a long work week with the graduation ceremony, I randomly suggested a family movie date. Sis and I have been wanting to catch The Avengers ever since the trailer was out. Due to time constraints from work and exams, we kept putting the idea on hold. Alas! Managed to persuade my parents to catch the movie with us, since there’s an ongoing promotion for GV movie patrons!

If you purchase the movie tickets with DBS/ POSB Credit & Debit Card, the prices are as follows:
- $7.50 (Mondays to Thursdays,excluding eve of PH and PH)
- $9.00 (Fridays to Sundays,including eve of PH and PH)

You may also purchase a DBS Combo (01x 85oz Large Popcorn + 02x 22oz Regular Coke) at $8.00 with any purchase of a pair of weekday / weekend movie tickets using your DBS / POSB Credit or Debit Card online, or at the box office counters. For more information on GV Partner Promotions, you can check out the link here!

Silly forgetful me had always thought that there were three graduation sessions on Friday, but it turned out to be only two! Had to postpone the dinner with my fave girls miss them tons. And I booked the movie session a little too late at 10pm, mommy was feeling sleepy by then. LOL!

We caught the movie at the nearest GV theater to our house - Jurong Point, and partly ‘cos my mom wanted to check out the newly renovated theater too. The renovated theater looks brighter, and the seats are wider as compared to the past. However, I still prefer the seats at Cathay Cineplex’s or GV Grand!

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Review on “The Avengers” movie

Details:
2hr 23min‎‎ – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi (English‎)
Director: Joss Whedon
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, and Scarlett Johansson

As mentioned, we’re probably the last few people in Singapore to catch this movie. The hype from the trailers and the boys got us really anticipating for this movie! Not to mention, the stellar cast behind this movie involved some of my favourite actors – Chris Evans and Rober Downey Jr.! Maybe we had too high an expectation, so I thought this movie wasn’t that fantastic. Too much conversation in the middle of the movie, and my poor mommy dozed off a while. LOL. The coolest parts were the scenes on Iron Man and Captain America (yes, I am biased like that ), and the last 45 minutes of the show! And of course, Iron Man was hilarious as usual, especially when he poked fun at The Hulk. Conclusion, it’s a good movie to catch if you are into action and sci-fi! For me, the company mattered more and I’m glad the whole family managed to get out of the house to catch a movie together <3

 Cute graphics of The Avengers!

Too cute!

Rating:

.5 out of 5 popcorns

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Another movie date!

Caught a newly-released movie “Dark Shadows“ with Stan some time back, and I seriously think that this is so much better than “The Avengers”! Maybe I am just not so much into action-packed movies

Review on “Dark Shadows” movie

Details:
1hr 53min‎‎ – Comedy, Fantasy (English‎)
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Eva Green

As usual, the collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp never fails to crack me up with their dark humour and unique style. This movie marks their eighth collaboration, and I must say that their spark still exists!

“Dark Shadows” is like a soap opera, set in the ancient days (Old English), and with dramatic scripting as well. I love how the  background music and songs are injected at the right moments throughout the movie, and how the story flow was very well-scripted

Johnny Depp is still as charming as ever, and no doubt his make-up was a little too over I thought but he can really act in any role true essence of an actor! Eva Green also had the best wardrobe, with stunning dresses and she carried them off in a demure yet subtle sexiness manner.

Enjoyed the movie thoroughly, and it’s a great show to catch this coming weekend (if you don’t have other movies in mind)!

Rating:

 out of 5 popcorns

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Feels awesome to be back blogging after a long hiatus from the mugging! Looking forward to heading back to Malaysia on Wednesday night miss my grandparents truckloads.

xoxo, Noi

Sundown Marathon 2012 – my favourite run till date;

26th May 2012 marks the date for the fifth Sundown Marathon, and my first! Signed up last year for 21km, but had to forgo it due to a work trip to Koh Samui. This run was made more special, ‘cos my mom and sister came up with an impromptu decision to support me there physically for the run! Pardon the long entry ahead ‘cos this run is one of the most memorable ones for me till date.

Took a nap for about three hours, before loading on the much-needed carbo with Mcdonald’s lunch. And more carbo-loading with Korean fare for dinner at Bugis Junction!

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Reached Bugis at about 7+pm, and met up with Nancy to pass her the race pack for her 10km run! After dinner, we proceeded to the race venue at Nicoll Highway. The crowd was packed with mostly 10km runners then, ‘cos the flag-off for 10km was 10.30pm.

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Here’re photos of my beloved supporters! Stan couldn’t be there ‘cos he had to do duty the next morning, but the messages of encouragement from him helped too!

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After leaving mom and sister at the MovieMob area (organised by Honda), I met-up with Jo who’s running 21km too! We were late for the flag-off at 12.30am for both 21km and 42km, but it didn’t really make a difference ‘cos the crowd was still moving slowly towards the starting point (human jam, as usual).

We ran off individually as we knew we had different paced timings. I started off with an average of 7min/km, and it averaged out to 8+min/km for the whole run. The initial part was really humid and dehydrating, so I stopped at every hydrating stations to replenish the water loss and to keep myself awake as well. Also, the Tiger Balm cream that I had slapped on earlier for my stiff neck and joints helped a lot too! Reason being, whenever I slowed down, the burning sensation from the cream was a killer so running helped to ‘fan’ it off in a way.

At the 8km mark, my left ankle started to cramp really badly, due to the old sprain injury. Went to seek medical assistance for the salonpas spray but they’d ran out it and could only give me the Joint Care cream. Pushed myself forward till the stretch along Marina Bay Sands, and I slowed down a fair bit there. Made a phone call to my sister, who cheered me on with hilarious encouraging remarks =*)

Until the 13km mark, the pain was getting a little too overwhelming, so I had to slow jog and walk. It kinda sucks that I wasn’t able to run for the full journey, but I thought I’d better rest to catch up on the second half of the run. At the 16km mark, the sky was turning red, and my sis called to say that they received warnings that a heavy downpour was approaching, and they were advised to take shelter at the nearby tents. True enough, strong winds came and a female runner was heard saying that it’s going to rain soon. The next moment, it started drizzling, and it poured like mad -______- kudos to the Sundown crew who didn’t take cover but stood by in their ponchos to guide us along the right path and spurred us on to keep going despite the dampening rain.

Contemplated on slowing down ‘cos the rain was all soaked up in my skin, and there’s no chance that the rain would stop any time soon. Besides, the rain was kind of hurting my small eyes and skin, with stupid huge rain drops. So, I told myself to press on and run back to the finishing point fast ‘cos my mom and sis are waiting for me, and I need to beat the rain!

The energy gel and banana given near the end of the leg helped a lot, ‘cos my stomach cramp came back and the food did give an energy booster (maybe it’s just psychological). The last 2km stretch was a killer, ‘cos my knees and ankles were giving way, and the pain was coming back stronger. Thankfully, prayers and my Runkeeper app were my saviours! At 20km mark, I had already clocked 2hours 50minutes. Throughout the run, I had in mind to clock below 2hours 30minutes but in vain which was kinda expected ‘cos my previous half-marathon took me 3.5hours. So, I said to myself that I’ll be more than accomplished if I could finish this under 3hours. Persevering till the finishing start, I didn’t stop for the last 1km and increased my pace too. The guys by the side also cheered us on, and that’s one of the reasons why I love running no matter what nationality or gender, encouraging each other goes a long way!

Nearing the finishing line, I got a little too emotional and started tearing a little. LOL! Maybe ‘cos the rain was seriously a mood dampener against the will and physical condition, and maybe ‘cos I’d managed to listen to my mind, and my body was ‘guai’ enough to get me through this run under three hours. Also, I managed to shave off 26 minutes off my Personal Best timing for half-marathon run!! ^^ The crowd didn’t stop cheering as everyone crossed the finishing point one by one, and I couldn’t stop smiling to myself as I followed the stream of crowd to collect my drinks and the Finisher’s Medal /beams.

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Photo credits to my sis for being such a great help in taking photographs for friends and I! /loves

Yay! Arrived early so there wasn’t any queue to take a photo against the backdrop.

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Hello Zirong laoda! So proud of you for completing your first half-marathon with an awesome timing!

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Jo babe! My dear secondary school classmate, who took up running too! We ran StanChart half-marathon together last year as well

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At last! My Race Bib and Finisher’s Medal for 21km runners! :*)
Sundown Marathon 2012 marks my favourite run till date; thanks to the ‘no-sun’ weather which was more cooling (though the rain didn’t help), and I managed to find the reason to keep me going throughout the run. Not forgetting the beautiful scenery and endless hydrating points (compared to other runs)… yay!

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Check out this link – http://results.hivelocity.com.sg/index.php, for results of Sundown Marathon 2012!

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Albeit still a far cry from my running babes in terms of pace and timing (dear Deb is ranked #36, like omg please), but I’m really contented and thankful to have completed this run, despite the downpour and every other thing else. This marks my first night run, and I am sure it will not be my last! Thanks to all the encouragement texts, Tweets, and kind words :*) loves. Especially mommy and sister who endured the sleeping bug, and the stupid muddy paths on the way to the MRT station. Touched to the max, really* We only managed to get home close to 9am T.T and napped all the way after. LOL!

My mom always asks if I will ever stop running ‘cos of my asthmatic condition and concerns over my old leg injuries, I told her it’s one of my passions and something I take pride in. After being there physically at the run and seeing me completing it, she told me, “I can tell that you’re happy doing this. And I am proud and happy for you too! I finally can sense your determination in doing this, ‘cos I see it in the other runners today too.” :*)

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Hopefully through this blog post, Tweets, and Instagram sharing I’ll get to know more peeps who share the same passion for running! \m/ Holler here if you love running too! ^^

Off to bed now, before I get all emotional again. Back to work week tomorrow!
Nights y’all, xoxo.
Noi

ASOS – my happiness in a box;

My phone displayed notifications of missed calls and messages from my sister during my lunch-time yesterday, it turned out that she had wanted to let me know that my happy box had arrived! Heh, kudos to ASOS for its efficiency in dispatching out my ASOS parcel which took less than three weeks to reach me.

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Awesome packaging; due to the size of the clutch, ASOS actually packed it in a brown parcel.

Review on ASOS Tortoise Shell Frame Clutch
(Link to item here)

Item was received in great condition, and even mommy said it looks very luxe. Yay! I was actually contemplating to purchase this way earlier (like in Feb/March), but the price put me off. Also, I couldn’t really decide on the colour as well  - black or cream. So, when the discount code promotion came along (additional 10% off), the price tag looked so much more attractive. I decided on black in the end, ‘cos clumsy me would most probably stain the cream piece in no time. Also, judging by my wardrobe colours, black seemed easier to match as well.

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Images of clutch taken from the website

The cream version

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Image of clutch (taken under room lighting)

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The tortoise shell clasp (it’s a bit flimsy though)

Paired it with my OTD for Tuesday work day (Herwalkincloset Mod Block Top x MYntShoppe Snowflake Necklace)

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Speaking of which, I thought pairing it with a cobalt blue blazer will be nice too.
And I WANT a pastel-coloured blazer; mint or yellow? But first, I think a cobalt blue blazer tops the list.

Credits to TheBudgetBabe and Zara Women

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If you have  any comment or suggestion on pairing outfits with this clutch,
or places to get a pretty cobalt blue blazer under S$100, do share them with me!

Arigato!

xoxo, Noi

A prayer every day and night;

Been sleeping at 1am and waking up at 5ish to 6am for the past two weeks; all in the name for mugging and finishing off the video assignment. Not to mention, preparing for the Malaysia trip (passport renewal), the half-marathon (Sundown) on 26th May, and some MYnt stuff too. Need to clear work deadlines as well, ‘cos of my leave taken for the exams next week. Two more weeks to freedom, but I am still in a jittery mode ‘cos two of the three modules are my weakest subjects by far. LET ME PASS PLEASE!

xx These motivational Tumblr posts are really timely for now.

Credits: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4

xoxo, Noi

Nine months;

Time flew by just like that, it’s been nine months since I stepped into a new environment.

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Met up with dear peeps after work today, and one of them mentioned a very familar scenario – ‘All pumped up upon entering this new foreign place, and energy boosted up to the maximum level and looking forward to a new day everyday. Then, all that fizzed out after time.’ It’s taking place now, all these zest were long gone and it sucks to see friends leaving one by one. No doubt the remaining ‘survivors’ are happy for them, but a tinge of sadness and paranoia is hovering over our minds now. Having said so much, I guess it all boils down to our own perserverance and beliefs. We may be stuck in a hopeless rut, but these experiences may lead us to stronger individuals and better persons. As we all know, so long that our conscience is clear and upright, bring them on nothing can defeat us. For now, I’m just gonna remain ‘zen’ (as what one of the peeps mentioned), and do my stuff. Come what may, I know I can count on the peeps. Other may doubt us or cast suspicions on us, but we’re just going to focus and channel our energy to healthier stuff. Not to mention, the support from family and friends to tide through for at least this period of time. Indeed, we’ve found love in a hopeless place.

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Our motto;

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So much for verbal diarrheoa, perhaps the heavy downpour triggered off thoughts. Nights peeps

xoxo, Noi

A week in a blink;

Another week has gone by, and it’s scarier knowing that another seven days are taken off my countdown chart to the first paper for this term. Three papers to take, and one ECA to complete; I just can’t wait for June to arrive! Not to mention how stupid the topic is for the ECA – a three to five minute video on end-of-life care in Singapore. And the lecturer had actually suggested us to interview her mom, who’s struck with a terminal illness. Gees, seriously?!

SATURDAY
That aside, I am glad that I managed to squeeze in some leisure time amidst the crazy weekend of mugging, doing up the outline for the ECA, and planning the study schedule. My aunt from Malaysia is in town to visit us and will be heading back to KL tomorrow, so Mommy and I brought her out on Saturday to have dinner together simple food-fare at Jurong Point’s Kopitiam.

SUNDAY
I headed out to capture some shots for my assignment. First stop was Bras Basah, and we jumped onto the opportunity to tour around National Museum of Singapore since full-time students and regulars get to enjoy free entry/S$5 (special rate) for admission fees.

BOOMZ clouds taken outside the museum;

A couple of exhibitions and galleries were opened when we visited, and I found the photography gallery particularly interesting. Perhaps ‘cos it showcased the history of Singapore from various perspectives of the key people, such as Sir Stamford Raffles and the performers from Great World Amusement Park. A pity I left my SD card at home so, I could only make do with my iPhone to snap some photos from the museum tour. That, I shall leave it to next entry.

Another place that we went to, Tiong Bahru Market; this place serves really delish hawker fare. Ordered Hainanese Chicken Rice, Chwee Kueh, Beef Soup, Oyster Omelette, and Sugar Cane drink to top it off. My fave dish has got to be the Chwee Kueh  from Jian Bo Tiong Bahru Chwee Kueh (#02-05)!

Tiong Bahru Food Market & Hawker Centre
(Check out ladyironchef’s post for more food recommendations!)
Address: 30 Seng Poh road
All these for less than S$15, daebak!

MONDAY
After a somewhat long Monday, the whole family brought my aunt out for dinner with some hawker foodfare lovin’. Our initial stop was Redhill Market & Food Centre, but too bad the tzi char store wasn’t opened for business so we decided on heading to Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre instead.

We ordered BBQ Sambal Stingray, Sotong, Kang Kang from BBQ Seafood, and Winter Melon with Spare Ribs soup from Yi Ping Tung. The latter serves really good soup, and the unique way of cooking it charcoal-style allows all the ingredients to be well-broiled. Best of all, the price is reasonable at S$4 per claypot. Yay!

BBQ Seafood
(Check out InSing’s post for more information)
Address: Yung Sheng Road, #03-178, Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre

Yi Ping Tung Charcoal Claypot Soup
(Check out InSing’s post for more information)
Address: Yung Sheng Road, #03-157, Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre

After the dinner, we brought her to Marina Bay Sands to take in the night-view of Singapore.

Chanced upon the window display of Louis Vuitton, and snapped a photo of it – amazed by the vibrant colours. But I thought the colours used for window display were a big contrast to the pastel colours used in their SS12 campaign.

LABOUR DAY
The journey went like this – Jurong Point, Jurong East, JCube, Redhill, IKEA, Changi, and Old Airport Road Food Centre. And I finally got to try the Lao Ban Soya Beancurd!! Bought a few back for mommy and sister, and they love it too. Mommy said that there’s a tinge of black sugar taste in it. The queue wasn’t that bad when I went at 8+pm, less than 30 minutes I’d say. At S$1.50 per bowl, it’s much pricier than the usual soya beancurd in the market but I think it’s worth the price. HAHA!

Lao Ban Soya Beancurd (Old Airport Road)
Address: 51 Old Airport Road, #01-127 Old Airport Road Food Centre

Wednesday
Alas! Mid-week was finally here, and it’s another day with bad headache etc. Went to the temple to pray that evening, and had a good talk with my god-uncle. Let’s just see how things go!

Simple foodfare // home-cooked food is love! Mommy never fails to let us come home in comfort and bask in love from her. LOL, so much for cheesy lines, but I really learnt not to take such details for granted after working. It’s not like I get to eat home-cooked food everyday

OTD // Crochet top with TheTinselRack Floral Blossoms Paperbag Skirt in Violet Peonies, and my trusty Longchamp bag

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Sooooo many movies that I wanna catch, but I think gotta wait till my assignment and exams are over – the highly raved Avengers and Battleship. Boos*

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Review on “The Lucky One” movie

Details:
Movie title: “The Lucky One“
1hr 41min – Romance, Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Writers: Will Fetters (screenplay), Nicholas Sparks (novel)
Stars: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner

Synopsis (credits here):
A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

Perhaps I held too high hopes for this movie, so I was tad disappointed after watching it. Other than the scenes with the hot bod of Zac Efron, the rest of the story plot lacklustre and predictable. I felt the emotions shown during the scene where Taylor reminisced about her brother was more real than the chemistry between her and Zac. Nonetheless, it’s a nice movie to catch if you don’t want to fight with the crowd this weekend over tickets to the Avengers movie.

Rating:

.5 out of 5 popcorns

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QOTD// daily mantra; thanks for the love received.

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This is like, one of my longest posts ever; blogged this over the week and finally managed to publish it today. Gotta find time this weekend to do a good run and finish the rest of my mugging and video assignment \m/ FIGHTING!

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TGIF peeps! Looking forward to tonight

xoxo, Noi

Say a little prayer for you;

“Amidst the busy schedules, amidst the never ending tasks, take a step back and immerse in the love from the people around you. For when they are gone, it’ll be too late to say your thanks to them.”

Granny, grandpa, and mommy haven’t really been in the pink of health for the past few months. Saying a little prayer that they’ll be well again soon. Politics has been a silent killer as well, and it’s wearing me out bit by bit. Can never fathom how people can live with their conscience but I guess that’s the hard truth. Exams in two weeks’ time, assignment deadline in one week’s time, let me pass through May in one piece please. I hope the leave approval goes through I miss my grandparents in Malaysia

Back to the books;
Xoxo, Noi.

LB Kassel Knot Skirt in Wine/ Bralets/ Previews for MYnt;

Happy girl = parcel received in good condition without any delay! Came home to my parcel from Love, Bonito and it turned out to be the Kassel Knot Skirt in Wine

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Review time!

LB Kassel Knot Skirt in Wine 

I carted out this piece in size M, it fits me nicely and not too snug. The material feels really comfy, but I think it may fur after some time. The drapes can be pulled up or down, depending on your preference. Great for office wear or weekend dates! Not too sure if I am letting it go, still contemplating on it now. Meh.

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Just came back from a date night out with girlfriends in town, and we did some (window) shopping at H&M, Pazzion, and Charles & Keith! I bought this white lace blouse from H&M, for just S$17.90. The material is light, and definitely another versatile piece for work or weekends. Size 38 fits me loosely yay!

H&M Lace Blouse
Ref: UK 10, 168cm
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We also spotted bralets at H&M, but we thought the ones from Topshop are seriously much better in terms of design, boning structure, and the cutting as well. Nonetheless, I doubt I’m gonna buy any ‘cos 1) it looks better with high-waisted bottoms and I can’t pull off the look of high-waist cut, 2) the figure, and 3) can’t foresee myself wearing it. Having said that, the prints of these Topshop bralets are gorgeous, especially the white-based bralet! Did a Google search, and these bralets from Topshop popped up. NICE

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MYnt is gonna launch a new collection tonight (8.30pm)! Like finally after one whole month mailers will be sent out in awhile! Sis is helping to create a new website under the name MYnt Shoppe, but transferring our photolog over is taking us some time so we really wanna thank you for your kind patience and understanding! Here’re some polyvore compilations that I have done - inspirations behind this collection, and mix’n'match with the new MYnt items!

Bulk of the items are inspired from the fashion donned by personalities at the recent Coachella 2012 (blogged about it here), hence we are gonna name this Collection Six – Coachella Fever!

Catch ya at the launch tonight, 8.30pm!

xoxo,
Noi

[Earworm] Super Junior – Andante;

A soft ballad by Super Junior from their 5th Album (repackaged), “Andante”; Siwon-oppa wasn’t part of this line-up though. Still, a soothing song that fits the current weather. Let the rain stop soon please, it’s freezing in the office.

Super Junior – Andante

(Credits: Romanized Songs)
jami wa, jami wa, i jiteun nunmul kkeute kkeuti wa
nae bang, changmun bakk, gwanshim bakk
deung dollin chaero myeochil bami ga, ni gieoki

cheoeum biga naerin nal buteo, jeojeun majimak kkaji
ginagin teoneol sok, eodum do
kkum sogeseon jogeum cheoncheonhi seumi neunde

geudae ye gieok dolgo dora bwado, pihae galsu eobtneun geumal
he eojim ye kkeute dara, dashi dora, dashi dora
neurit neurit ssaha onsu manheun gamjeong do
neurit neurit dama on sumanheun chueok do
jogeum mandeo (neurit neurit) ijeul ge andante

iksuk haejin kkume chabun chabun hage ibyeoreul junbi hae, yeah
kkum sogeseo do geudae mameun
(Sungmin Ryeowook) tong bakkul suga eobt neunde, yeah
eonje jjeum ijeul su isseulkka, nuneul tteumyeon geumsae Thursday tto Tuesday
ijen shigan majeo bballa jyeo ga
(Leeteuk Kyuhyun) jogeum mandeo geudael dama dugo shipeunde

geunal ye gieok doldo dora bwado, pihae galsu eobtneun geugot
geudae ye jib ape dara, dashi dora, dashi dora
neurit neurit daga on ibyeol ye sungan do
neurit neurit meoreojin geudae ye maeum do
jogeum mandeo (neurit neurit)
(Ryeowook Kyuhyun) mideulge andante

chameuryeo hae bwado, eojjeol su eobshi cha olla shirin naye nun ape
seoseo hi go ideon, nunmul cheoreom, cheoncheonhi

geudae ye gieok dolgo dora bwado, pihae galsu eobtneun geumal
he eojim ye kkeute dara, dashi dora, dashi dora
neurit neurit ssaha onsu manheun gamjeong do
neurit neurit dama on sumanheun chueok do
eonjen ganeun (neurit neurit) ijeul ge andante
andante

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Translation:

Sleep is coming, sleep is coming
It comes at the end of these thick tears

In my room, out the window
Out the interest, as I turn my back
I spend many nights with your memories

Starting from the first day that it rained
Till the last soaked day
The darkness of the long tunnel
In my dream, it soaks up slowly

* No matter how much I turn back your memory
Those words, I cannot avoid
At the end of separation,
I turn back, I turn back

** Slowly, slowly, the stacked up emotions
Slowly, slowly, the gathered memories
I will slowly, slowly forget them
Andante

In this dream that I’ve gotten used to
Carefully, carefully, I’ll prepare for separation

I can’t even change your heart in my dream

When will I be able to forget you
When I open my eyes, it’s already Thursdays and again, Tuesday

Now even time is passing quickly
When I want to keep you in a little bit more

No matter how much I turn back the memory of that day
That place, I cannot avoid
In front of your house,
I turn around, I turn around

Slowly, slowly, the approached moment of separation
Slowly, slowly, your further distanced heart
I will slowly, slowly, start to believe it
Andante

I try to endure through it
But I can’t help it-
It builds up coldly, in front of my eyes
My tears gradually well up, slowly

* repeat

** repeat

Someday, I will slowly, slowly forget them
Andante
Andante

Translation Credits: pop!gasa

Bucket List – Cave Diving;

*Typed a whole paragraph here and it just went MIA, grrrr*

Last Friday, we had our department retreat and the whole afternoon was packed with activities. After a 20-minute laser quest session at HomeTeamNS, which left us all lethargic and sweaty, we proceeded to Science Centre Omni Theatre for the IMAX movie, Journey Into Amazing Caves.

Synopsis of the movie
(Credits: Omni Theatre)
All over our planet are landscapes that hold caves beneath them. Challenged by the underground frontier and inspired by the secrets it may yield, cavers share a passion for exploration. Journey into Amazing Caves follows Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach on an adventure as they explore unusual caves, like ice caves in Greenland and underwater caves in the jungles of Mexico, looking for important clues about the Earth’s past and microorganisms that inhabit its most extreme environments.

Come join us on an adventure from the natural world…into the unexplored depths of the underground landscapes that are as beautiful and vital as any other place on Earth.

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The movie was really an eye-opener, especially since I’ve never heard of cave diving before. I only know of the open water diving and night diving, which I haven’t even conquered yet. The caves and waters shown in the movie were breathtaking, and I’m still in awe of the descent that the team had done in Antarctica. The glaciers proved to be great danger to the team, and they were risking their lives just so that they could collect samples of micro-organisms that may be the next drugs or antibiotics to fight human illness. Cave diving is one of the most dangerous activities, with many fatalities reported. One of the fatalities involved a cave diver’s operation to retrieve a dead cave diver’s body, but he himself died during the process.

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Before I list cave diving into my bucket list, I think it’s more practical to conquer my fear of water, and complete my basic diving course first. Hopefully the June’12 trip with besties can go as planned! Redang, Dayang, Tioman, or Bali, bring them on!

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Bali

Pulau Dayang

Pulau Redang

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xoxo, Noi