new year is coming up...

*i was going to find some pictures and make a collage but there's not much time for that since it's gonna be midnight soon and i wanna post this up before then. i'll update later, i promise!

so here it is, new year's eve, the last day of the year. to sum up the wonderful year that has been 2010, i thought i'd write a short post about the last year of the decade and tell you all what i've been most grateful for this year.

a) my class at school. sure, it's not perfect, there were some major douches in my class this year, but at the same time, i was with my closest friends, and we became much closer than we were last year when i was somewhere else. also, 99% of the class spoke english as their first language. thank goodness. i understood what people were saying.

b) i've finally settled all the questions in my head about who i am, what my values are, what i want to do and that sort of thing. i've identified my identity! it's too much to be put in words, what i've been working on for 14 years. if you hang out with me, you should get the feel of it. (if it helps, the book Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge has sort of been my bible and it's helped a lot in the identification process.

c) wonderful friends and family, and that includes the doggies.

d) great music. lcd soundsystem, brandon flowers, marina and the diamonds, florence and the machine, one night only, gorillaz, the killers, coldplay, muse, james morrison... oh goodness, if i name everyone (and i'm liable to forget some names), we'll be here till next year. oh wait, that's at midnight. we'll be here till 2012 then.

e) books to read. my dad let me read his copy of The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde and i'm still working my way through it, and then my sister got a whole stack of nancy drew books cheap, and then we each got books to read at christmas, and my mum got a sophie kinsella book i might pick up after i've gone through all the above mentioned titles. and i should really get back to work on the novel(s) i've been writing. they've been sitting unfinished in my abandoned laptop for ages.

f) tea and black coffee. ooh, yum. where would i be without them?

of course, those are only a few of the things i've been utterly grateful for this past year. but i want to usher in the new year (only one more hour!) doing something more interesting than blogging. maybe stealing sips of shandy while giving my full attention to the loud music my dad is blasting. i might even get up and dance around the hall.

so everybody, happy new year! hope 2010 was a great year for you, and hope 2011 is even better!

new loves...

*i claim no credit for these pictures, which i got off google images and deviantart. if one of the pictures in the above compilation is yours, i can credit you for it if you want me to. =)

anyway...

oh, the shame! i can't believe how long it's been since i last blogged. and i'm going to break my silence with a short post telling you about some things i have fallen in love with that you should too.

first of all, the band lcd soundsystem.

i took part in a live webchat ed speleers had the other day, staying up till 3am to do so (what can i say? i love the guy!). AND he recommended we listen to this band called lcd soundsystem. then he played a bit of their song "you wanted a hit". let me tell you, they are awesome. so go listen to them!

second of all, black coffee. with two spoons of sugar.

mmm.

third of all, anything to do with peacock feathers.

we have about four loose peacock feathers we got from temples, and we recently found this shop in subang parade selling the most beautiful earrings and rings and bangles and dresses... very vintage looking and gorgeous, and i got myself a pair of peacock feather earrings from them. planning to go back and get more stuff from them soon!

and finally, crochet.

i don't know why, but one day i was just completely bored out of my wits and i picked up a crochet needle i'd had for a while, but hadn't used for almost a year. and i fell in love with crochet again! now i'm making so many things for people and i'm thoroughly enjoying it. i've made book covers, bags, pouches and more, so i'll recommend my new hobby to you, if you're bored and you feel like getting crafty, get a crochet needle, some wool and learn up on crochet, and then give whatever you make to someone and see their reactions when you tell them you made it yourself. you won't regret it. =)

the world at my fingertips

oh dear! i just realized that my last blog post was in september. it feels good to come back to blogging now though.

my finals just finished two days ago and it's wonderful to think that i won't even have to think about another exam or test until school starts next year. i'll be a form 3 student next year, imagine that! i'll be in the morning session, and that means more time to do everything every day.

my most exciting news which has me almost bursting at the seams is that i have a new project coming up. the plan will be put into action in about three weeks if all goes well, but for now i won't mention what that project is -- i want it to be a surprise to everyone. but i will tell you that this could be the first step of a journey i have always wanted to take. i just hope that we'll be able to keep putting one foot in front of the other till we get to our destination.

but anyway, happy halloween! go watch The Crow. we watched it at my aunt's house the other day and i think it's my new favourite movie. it's absolutely unforgettable and to say i love it to bits would be the understatement of the century.

falling asleep when the world is waking

a page from my computer "scrapbook". i got the photos from deviantart and various sites a while ago and i can't remember who the credits go to. but you know who you are and if you want credits just leave a comment. =)

spent friday night at my friend's house, just four of us girls hanging out and talking and laughing and eating and playing guitar hero and singing and going crazy till we finally got too tired to continue and settled down to sleep at 6am. a load of fun, as always.

today's the last day of holidays and then tomorrow it's back to school. i'll get to see prince charming again, but that's a small thing compared to the amount of work we'll be receiving since finals are coming up soon. time for me to remove my nail polish, search for my hairbrush, and ease headaches brought on by math homework. wish us luck!

sunday morning, rain is falling

yesterday we woke up at about five in the morning to go temple hopping, and i recommend you wake up early every single day, if you don't do so already. the cool morning air, driving down lonely roads because everyone's either still asleep or they're out of town (it was a public holiday yesterday, selamat hari raya!), watching the mist creep over the mountains as the sun comes up behind them. it's lonely in the morning, quiet, calm, peaceful. for a few hours, you and whoever you are with are the only people in the world.
the first week of holidays is almost over and i have nothing much to show for it, but i enjoyed it. teatime three times a day, wine red nails, good books, two loveable dogs, yoga, random messages from friends, the hibiscus plant giving out vibrant red flowers, charming conversations, big flower hair clips and french songs... yes, i'm happy.
by the way, recommendations for songs and bands to listen to would be much appreciated. french artistes and british indie bands preferably, like carla bruni and one night only! ah, bliss.

p/s: check out the trailer for the chronicles of narnia: the voyage of the dawn treader. absolutely epic.