...or rather, the wall? (or the tables?) at Suria Sabah today~

I'm making very slow progress in my reading. Recently partly due to being under the weather *sigh*. Did start looking at one thick book I'm currently reading (it started in January this year or last year(?) but I restarted from the beginning lol)... If we go by the 11 books per month thing, I have 7 more books to go.

Nothing much happening today.

Don't feel like reading today.

I'm ending September 2021 with a bang! 

Don't know why I didn't do it earlier but using a wet cold towel on my eyes helped. It's acting like cold compress. Realised (belatedly) that my eyes felt dry yesterday, then thought of that towel idea, tried it out and... it worked. 

I'm sick again. For the second time of the year. Arggh! Fortunately, I'm feeling better today.. my 4th day I think? Last Saturday, I felt a bit hard to breathe.. it was like gasping for air after going for a run. I never had that before but yes, my nose was runny and stuffy since Friday, so I think it's not that weird. I probably slept in a bad posture the night before. Hmm. Anyway.. that was enough to remind me again of the bad cold/flu thing I had last year and scared me enough not to get out of the house again. I did go out several times since the time we were allowed to but I really don't want to go out too much. It's.. dangerous out there. 

I should be teaching piano this month but I cancelled it because I don't think it's the wise thing to do after seeing what's happening recently.

I didn't mention it here and it was really done in a spur of the moment.. but... I tried doing Watercolour Month and it was interesting! It forced me (in a good way) to paint something everyday in July. Of course, my knowledge of using paint only consists of the poster colours I did in school...

BTW aren't Posca Pens basically Poster Colour Pens? ポスターカラー Posuta Kara - > PosuKa -> Posca?.. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy poster colour paint set (of course.. I'm aware that there are some that are expensive)? 

Okay back to the topic... I didn't really do anything big or grand.. most of them are small!.. it's just something like an art diary thing. And I experimented a lot because I just jumped in blind and tried something I'm not that familiar with. It was fun nonetheless!

Still in cranky mood since I woke up. I managed to sleep earlier last night so I'm feeling less like a zombie today. A thought came to me after I woke up. Yeah, so actually I got something like a stomachache and nausea when I was about to sleep. But in the morning, that uncomfortable feeling is gone. So I began to suspect if I'm stressed out by Christmas events that's coming soon...? There aren't that much really but the thought of having to meet so, so, so many people stresses me out.

In primary school, for music classes (which didn't really teach much music stuff other than just singing), we usually had singing recital of some sort in the end of the year. We can pick any songs from our music textbook (a songbook of local, folk or children songs, if I remember it correctly) and perform the song in front of everyone in class. That stressed me out, seriously. I'm actually quite shy when I was little...I think.. so singing in front of the class was something really, really hard for me to do. I remember once where we were told it would be held tomorrow and I got home worried.... until I got a stomachache. I don't remember what exactly but it wasn't due to food poisoning... probably too much gas in the gut?  And I ended up not going to school the next day (but I think it got postponed anyway so I probably didn't get out of singing lol). Years later then only I started thinking that stomachache might be stress-induced.

OMG! Do I have a weak digestive system? When I started working in 2017, I would always worry about getting stomachaches. I would always get bloated stomach... probably due to work stress..? What.. why do I only realise this now? Come to think of it, I had a really bad case of food poisoning in Primary 1. I remember that I already seen the doctor and got my medicine.. but every time I eat, I would throw up everything (probably including the medicine) out later... I don't know how long was that but I ended up hospitalised overnight, hooked up to an IV drip (I don't know what for though).. So it has been weak for so long???

Anyway. So, one of the events is happening tonight and like.. it's just eating dinner why am I so stressed out now.. uurgghh probably won't eat much. I have learnt to not eat or eat less when I was still working to lessen the probability of getting bloated. I still eat now out of necessity (that's sooo weird to type out and I'm making it the title of this post :P) but there are times where I'm not interested in eating.. I can even get stressed out if the portion of food I got (in restaurants) are too big because I can't finish it.

I'm soooo sleepy today. Has lack of quality sleep (for almost a year since I quit my job) finally caught up with me? I have this new label series called Happy Sunday, which features posts about something I'm happy about that happened in Sundays. Sunday is among my least favourite days of the week so it's my attempt to make the day a sunny day. And... I can't even be bothered to do that today because I've been so irritable (besides sleepy) since morning.

It's scary that it's almost like the zombie mode I get into when I pull an all-nighter...  I do try sleeping early (10-11pm) but I would end up waking up around 1 or 2 am later... like what's the point?

Happy New Year!!!!!

今年もよろしくお願いします ～♥
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Erm, well. It has been a while.. Of course many things had happened between the post made in June 2013 and this post... *checks date*

Wow, I had been abandoning this blog for months already... hah. *sigh*

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Iyaa, I don't know where to start really. Anyway, let's go with the usual Shukudai-kun-styled big and small goals.

(Wait. It seems like I skipped doing this in 2013 so I can't talk about last year's... and I just realised that I still have some almost complete and ready-to-be-posted draft posts. What have I done in 2013???
--moving on...)

Big goals
「Become stronger」
I don't know why... I feel this way since the end of year 2013.. My instinct tells me that I will grow stronger this year, although I haven't done anything yet... Decided to make this a goal so that I will work for it to happen. (I already have a designated theme song for this - Switchfoot's Thrive (’-’*)♪)

「Conserve energy」
No, it's not like what you think it is. The idea came from a character in an anime (Hyouka) I saw last year. To conserve energy here relates to choosing not to do unnecessary things that will consume my energy such as arguing (i.e. playing the devil's advocate; apparently my family does not enjoy having a "stimulating" conversation/debate session aka *I miss talking*.) and reasoning with people who don't listen...

Small goal
「Complete final year thesis」
Man, I'm such a troublesome student. Sometimes I wonder if I did it to get attention.

1. Do you live close to where you grew up? Why?

2. Have you ever been so angry that you almost lost control?

3. Are you a fan of a musical act that slightly embarrasses you?

4. Is there a movie that always makes you cry?

5. Who is the most famous person that you've met?

6. Before you leave your home, what must you have?

7. What do you miss the most about being a kid?

8. Tell us about a passion of yours that your readers would not expect.

9. At what age do you think you'd be to think, “I've had a great run”?

Big Goal for 2011 : Be more efficient at identifying problems and solving them.

Small Goal for 2011 : Art. Draw and paint something again.

Today is Arashi's 12th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!

*Actually I've always thought it's Sept 16th because of the time difference between Hawaii & Japan... hmmm*

Woke up late today so no bagels :P

Went to Nishiki japanese restaurant for the first time today for a belated birthday celebration. In my family, when we say japanese restaurant, we usually meant going to Lintas’ Wagamama Wojamama restaurant… but this time I suggested going to a new place. Been craving Unagi since I saw Ohno’s challenge in “Arashi ni Shiyagare” (pic). Didn’t eat the way it was recommended on the show though because I couldn’t figure out which one is the tail (should be eaten last because it’s the tastiest part).

I didn’t take any pics though… hehe

Oh.. I think.. I think I can handle Wasabi now. I ate it by putting a small amount on my sushi… not as bad as I thought it would be.

Also… I saw someone – a former classmate (form 5) – sitting with his family on the next table to ours. I just realised who it was when we were going to leave. Didn’t say hi or anything though because I’m pretty sure he had forgotten who I am.

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There are too many Sakurai news nowadays, I’m getting tired of seeing them in my Twitter timeline/LJ friends page. I’m complaining because he’s not my ichiban (Ohno-biased) and I think he’s overexposed enough already. SIGH… I don’t hate him or anything.. just.. really annoyed... for now. 

Annoyance aside… I saw yesterday’s VSA! It felt like my birthday gift having them won with Ohno doing excellently in “Bound Hockey”. He was really awesome! I guess that’s how he is when he’s in serious mode.

 

 

 

 

During “Jungle Bingo”, the VSA staff made him wear a small camera video on his head to showcase the insides of the Jungle Bingo while he played. It was interesting! Will they continue doing that?

Oh! Jun was really bad in “Kicking Sniper”! LOL The opponent team gave him a stylish specs and asked him to play with them on. Jun couldn’t see properly with them. He kept making some robotic movements when it’s his turn to kick.

Obviously I didn't blog much after last year's birthday. Hahaha..I even had a two-month (consecutively!) without posts. Was terribly distracted by Arashi's TV variety shows XD. As usual,




I would like thank again those who texted/tweeted me birthday wishes and :D. I think I said the same thing last year...anyway, I'm really glad you remembered my birthday~ :')

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