Friday, July 28, 2006
coming back to an empty house.
like an alien. like life's been thrown out of whack. why are the lines so distinct - have i so defined them, or is there no other way? i put the music on, even stray voices comfort more than this quiet. are we aching to get out or back in? it's too quiet and consequently too noisy, for loss is gain. why am i only learning this now? bremen - how i wish i had been there too.evelyn at 3:31 AM
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Life will screech to a halt Friday night, like this:eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEve.
Sorry I haven't been around. Keeping afloat's like a fulltime job in itself.
Whoopee! Whoppee!!
Argh I haven't anticipated any trip like this before. Ever. I am unusually uncool. aaaaaaaaAAArgh.
evelyn at 2:03 AM
Sunday, July 16, 2006
I am so bloody damned excited! Argh!! Last night before I went to bed it was a mere frisson but now, my heart it is thumping and I fear it will not survive the week before we fly! I'll try the travel iron out tonight and find my convertible plugs and reconfigure my lock combination and that pack that tube of toothpaste. And look at scores, of course. Can't wait. The stage will belong only to us.So cheesy! Heaven only knows what's gotten into me. Probably all this time I've spent cooped up in offices. But how does one not anticipate a week's journey towards choral perfection? : )
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Hello YH dear, this is my First meme ever! But I'm too lazy to tell you so on MSN.
4 names you go by:
- Heyyy.
- Yaaaaanliiiiiiiiing! (or Wanyi, depending on who it is my mom subconsciously wants to whack)
- Eve
- Evie/Evey/Evy etc.etc.
4 things that scare you:
- losing family
- failure
- outstaying my welcome
- pests
4 of your everyday essentials:
- that skinny feeling
- Food & water
- computerrrtime
- rest
4 things you are wearing right now:
- the firm tag (argh)
- glasses
- clothes
- the E pendant, the red of which matches the many-more-than-four zits I'm also wearing
4 of your favorite bands or musical artists (at the moment):
(in no particular order, non-exhaustive)
- bishop allen, I think, they're kind of cute. Remind me a lil of the beatles. Thanks!
- the beatles, I like the idea of liking them.
- jjay..chou..
- chorale lah harharhar.
4 favorite songs (at the moment):
- you were meant for me, jewel.
4 things you want in a relationship (other than real love):
- don't know. not sure if I wish I knew.
4 truths:
- i am blogging at work, on Word, it's my new favourite pastime in the office.
- i surprise myself how precious I am about my jackets/pullovers etc
- I really like all longsleevy things. think its the reaction of a contrary disposition to our tropical climes.
- I don't know.
4 physical things that appeal to you (in the opposite sex):
- the voice, I think.
- bone structure
4 of your favorite hobbies:
- not doing much
- looking forward to something better
- hanging out with friends who don't mind my wallflowering tendencies
- hey just for the record I'm not into foodblogs anymore. Suuurprise, surprise!
4 things you want really badly:
- to be brave
- to learn patience
- to be really good at something, I'll settle for anything
- more jackets and glasses. And maybe a real nose. Some room. Or maybe to want less.
4 places you want to go on vacation:
- japan!
- I don't know don't want a vacation I want to liveeeeeee in a couple of places. Exist. hang out.
4 things you want to do before you die:
- go to graduate school, not sure for what
- be independent of financial-guilt
- have a kid and learn selfless love (ha.ha.)
- be friends, eventually.
4 ways that you are stereotypically a dude/chick:
- I'm vain.
- I look androgynous. or so some say.
- i don't know my own heart.
- haha ok let me stop messing. I'll make a good boyfriend! That's what all girls know how to do!
4 things you are thinking about now:
- the coming week and the errands to be run
- why I signed up for another minitri, I don't know.
- whether we're allowed to not divulge what we're thinking!
- wondering who to tag
4 stores you shop at:
- most clothing places
- do libraries count? max out my card(s) all the time, and have fines to show for it.
- most chocolate places (this would include guardian, watsons, etc.)
- all snack stands.
4 people who should do this:
- shooooo (but I don't know where you could do it, I offer a guest entry on my blog)
- iQB.
- ..P..erhaps?
- Victoria
- jaliy
- yib? But I sense you've already done it (and might have tagged me, if my ego serves my memory right)
- jiahui
evelyn at 7:28 PM
Friday, July 14, 2006
We aren't moving, not just yet, but during the unexpectedly-freedup lunch break today, I decided to stop by Park Mall anyway. I have a soft spot for that place, we spent pleasant Sunday afternoons there. I could complain myself hoarse about my parents, but strangely, they always valued my opinion about furniture. Even when I was a shrimp. I got to choose the sofa (from elsewhere)!The mall is OK, it's lost a little of its lustre; in the decade that has passed quirky furniture's sprouted everywhere else, but I'll be back.. because - Poll: Glasses and whether evie should get more - of arrestingly blue middling metal frames from the most coked-up nation in the world? It's been a while since a pair's even caught my eye.
Singapore Shopping Centre. Halfway up the building, the escalators stop functioning. Today's little adventure was spying the Red Cross House through the clear doors of its neighbouring tower - whoa? Losing my way on the way back (roadsigns in SG drive me nuts, so which way IS Penang Lane??) rewoke the reflex action to duck into a mamashop. Suspension in aimlessness is by far my favouritest state of being, but wandering bound by time, without a watch, brings its own set of thrills. In any case, let the count begin.
Seven weeks! Whatever shall I do?
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Unexpectedly freed-up evening, which I spent as a scaredy cat along the length of Joo Chiat, twice. There are 2 Hotel81s, if anyone's wondering, and a You Need It convenience mart... ho ho hum. Japanese place at Breezeway Centre (also home to Oishi! Pizza, hey) with v. friendly waitstaff and what is, after tonight, my favourite non-chocolate dessert, and the romance of my first time at a Japanese dining establishment alone!
A most satisfying day.
evelyn at 12:02 AM
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
this thing about neverending work - i think i get it now. took me a while to recognise it though. i must have sounded quite ridiculous.evelyn at 6:27 PM
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Just a little story
"For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn." - Ernest Hemmingwayevelyn at 6:18 PM
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Working's not all bad, but I think so only because I'm not treading the mill. It'll be different if I had to plug away at the same spot for months and years on end - ohhhhhh the indignity - but that would be substance for many whines to come. Not now, thankfully : )***
This weekend I collected a heavy medal, heavy definitely only because of sore arms though, hahah. Thankie Yenling, for being good and responsible and inspiring. You were handsome on that bike!
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I'll miss Chorale dearly. The second thought in my head at dawn was I LOVE CHORALE flashing like a cabaret marquee. Puzzling to say the least. Never knew I'd feel this way one day; after all it was two years before I dared commit, emboldened only by the knowledge that I'm jetting off to Cantoland. We've come to make such a pleasant practice of weekends, bitchfits and discordance notwithstanding, that I am quite sorry the competition will be over so soon. But perhaps this morning's ruminations were sleep-addled thoughts borne of of exertion and great reads, no lappie, dreams and song.
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I have more books than I know what to do with, there is no more room on my dresser! What a happy situation. I wish I could take my time with them, but I have only a fortnight and so I must make the best of this burst of enthusiasm. It seems I am often disconcerted, today is no exception, and presently the culprit comes in the form of Edith Wharton (what's new). It must be the combined effect of Ethan Frome and Summer, because I can't get my head on right, and now I keep suspecting incest in Mansfield Park.. ughhhaha, sorry.
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Anyways this is a silly observation but I can't help liking unfashionable things, like dowdy tops and preachy literature. Perhaps it is their very timelessness that attracts me so. And timing and fruitlessness was my first thought this morning.
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One last note. Tonight I collect my computer, the harddisks of which I am renaming Scrip & Scrap, to replace some withered flowers.
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OK SCREW IT ALL I MUST STOP THINKING SO MUCH. PERHAPS SLEEPING LESS WILL BE A BETTER IDEA.
evelyn at 7:49 PM