Sunday, September 23, 2007

One Quote

To anonymous who said "you've made my plan shaken!" in one of the previous posts, i read this today:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-Mark Twain

The sea beckons, my fondest friend.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Penguin

Do you know what language the word penguin originated from?
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CANTONESE!!
According to a SEA language expert, the word Penguin actually originated from an asian dialect, and that dialect is Cantonese! The originator is unknown though, but through the centuries it has been incorporated into the Englisg lexicon.

Penguin = Peng-Guin

Gun= Nice way of saying bird. Example:Dou Guin (Chinese: Du Juan)
Peng hai mat yeh? Peng ma hai ICE lor!

Penguin= ICE Bird = Bird found on Ice!

Is this not amazing?

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Going overseas is not romantic

Friends sometimes have this misconception that the KG is brave to venture out into this big unknown land beyond the South China Sea. They think and sometimes express admiration about the guts it takes to leave almost everything behind to try to better and challenge oneself.

Let me hereby clarify this - No, KG is neither brave nor gutsy. In fact, most of the time she is a fool, a greedy coward or a paranoid little bitch, many times all three at once. The trip here was full of tears, doubts and fears. There was such trepidation in facing the unknown, in living a misers life, in competing with a cold world, in having no-one to go to movies with. There were so many tears because of home and friend sickness. It was miserable, and still sometimes is. It's depressing to wake up from a nap alone in an apartment a bajillion miles away from home. and knowing that the aloneness will last for what seems like forever. It's pathetic in times of stormy weathers not to have someone to talk to, or to lean on, or to tokkok with. And the doubts, oh the doubts of whether she'd make it, whether it's all worth it, whether she was making the right decision!

Some people think that going to a foreign country is romantic, or so high class, or so fun. But it is not always true. 99% underestimate the challenges that comes when the only one you can truly depend on, in darkness and in light and at all times, is yourself. Especially those who are older and dont have the structured life of a college student.

Kg can't help but think frequently that she was a fool. Because, because so many of the most important things in life are found right at home. Family, Friends, love, a place to belong to. (And Teh Bing, Char Kuey Teow and asam laksa). Life is so short, there is so little time. What is ambition compared to love? If the world were to end tomorrow, I'll let go of all self-bettering and potential-fulfilling pretenses and head right home. And ought we not live like everyday is the last day of our lives?

I'm that paranoid bitch today.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Another proof of moronism in Bolehland

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/6/nation/18796676&sec=nation

papa roach?

A rock concert coming soon. Should I go?
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Summer - ending. 830's sunset compared to 930 two weeks ago. Fall's feet thread ever lightly but surely.
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Contentedness - like a flighty lover, it appears only when you stop searching.
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A mess - what my house is. with newspapers and laundered clothes and receipts and bills and junk mails.
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Dread - what if i can't solve the problem?
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Weekend - coming. Can't wait.