A little of A

Just a random photo update before I go on a short hiatus from my blog to do my assignments!

When we have the time, A and I would webcam through MSN. I should try to screen-cap our webcam sessions more often since right now that’s the only time both of us can be together in a picture! Also, I don’t usually tell him when I take a screen-cap… hehe.

In his sister’s room:

 

Yesterday he moved into his school dormitory as his Uni officially started today! So the photo below was taken just yesterday.

In his school dormitory:

heh heh.. my handsome guy doesn’t know I took a screen-cap. :P

I want to change those geeky white specs! Probably the first thing I would do when I return back to SG! Not literally of course!

Will blog once again when I’m freed from those dreadful assignments… *sigh*

Our 100th day

백일 축하해~!

Happy 100th day!

Today marks the 100th day since we first dated. I don’t like using mawkish words to express myself… I’m just going to say I feel extremely thankful and lucky to have such an understanding and generous bf like him. We may not be able to celebrate this day together, but we can do so in the future. Well, what matters most are the mutual feelings we have for each other no matter where we are…

I miss him sooo much…

 

P.S. 100 days are commonly celebrated in Korea. I’m not sure about SG since I’ve never dated in SG before so I was not really concerned about the anniversaries Sporeans celebrate. But I think generally, Sporeans celebrate yearly anniversaries and probably monthly as well? (Enlighten me on this if you know)

P.P.S. Photo taken 3 days before he left for Korea.

Assignments after assignments…

It’s mid-term which means assignments’ deadline are fast approaching! Oh my god. I spent so much time researching for my Asian Studies individual project for the past month which led me to neglecting the other two courses in which I have to submit an essay each in the first and second week of Sep.

For the individual project, I have to write a thesis paper of 4000words. I have chosen to write on the women’s movement in Korea. Gender politics and the likes of it. Politics is a very foreign subject to me and I chose to do because of that exact reason. I think I need to gain more knowledge in this area which I feel would be helpful in the future (somewhat I think).

While doing my research on Korea, I discovered my new-found interest in ancient history- during the period of the three kingdoms. I read quite a bit on it and wanted to focus on ancient history for my thesis but my supervisor advised me not to as there is a lack of materials on the topic. I guess if I was doing my PhD I would be able to look at original historical materials (how cool is that?!!) but right now, at this stage I can’t do so due to limited resources and time.

For my next assignment, I have to conquer a literature review. OMG. There’re a lot of readings to do because I have to review lots of literature materials. The entire concept is different from previous essays, so it was difficult to comprehend at first. But I’ve grasped the idea now, after some explanations and emailing to the prof.

Hehe. I’m whining about school. I told you there’s nothing for me to blog about except food and whine about school.

Well actually I could blog about something else. The past two days I’ve had some shopping done but I didn’t buy much, only the cheap stuff which are on sale. Retail therapy… it doesn’t help me, instead it worsened my condition as I couldn’t concentrate after enjoying myself. Geeez!

Oh and lastly, this blog layout is so pretty, isn’t it? I even changed my profile description at the side bar. Heh heh.

Scrambled!!!

These were the very simple yet delicious dishes for my dinner this evening. Scrambled eggs with red onions and prawns, and little bak choy with oyster sauce. Truthfully, it was my first time making scrambled eggs- like eggs beaten with milk. When I cook eggs, I usually don’t add milk and just churn out an omelette. Guess I didn’t have the guts to add milk with eggs because it seems weird when I vision that in my head. Now that I know how easy and delicious it turned out to be, I’m going to attempt scramble eggs more often now! :D

Curry-fied

After having dinner at a Thai restaurant near UQ with Gabby on Tuesday has led me to do some experimental Thai curry cooking! Okay so far I’ve only cooked up ONE curry dish but I’ll definitely make more within the next few days to finish up my coconut milk ASAP.

My first ever non-instant curry dish as seen above wasn’t much of a success in terms of texture. It was too dry. I needed to add in a bit of water and probably more coconut milk. I only discovered that after starting on my meal. And I have to admit, I did some cheating with the chicken and vegetables. I’d already cooked the broccoli chicken with oyster sauce dish the day before (sometimes when I feel lazy, I just cook up 2 dishes, sometimes 3, at once). So I just added the dish into the sautéed curry paste. That’s why the taste was not too bad.

I used Massaman curry paste and when I googled this curry awhile ago… I got this photo from Wiki:

Compare the above photo to mine, it’s heaps different! Mine was absolutely DRIED curry. :/

I think it all stems down to courage of adding more sauces, water or whatever seasoning while cooking and I know I lack of that whenever I cook something new. Like, the first (or 2nd) time I cooked broccoli chicken with oyster sauce, it was so bland because I didn’t add enough oyster sauce. But now I’ve gotten better with the dish which has become my favourite dish to cook because it’s sort of healthy, tasty and easy to cook.

Anyway, I will try cooking the curry again tomorrow and hopefully the result will be as similar to what is seen above. :P

I think that from now on, I will be blogging more about food that I cooked because I’m trying to save money by not eating out so often. That also means I will stay at home more often so I have nothing else to blog except FOOD and whine about school.

Life without my mosquito

How have I been coping without A… without his physical being by my side… It’s been 3 weeks since we parted. I am gradually being adjusted to life without him.

It was really really difficult at first. I had spent most of the previous semester studying Korean/English with him every week and then spending every single day with him during the semester holidays. Suddenly he left, leaving me lost in a world between the singles and the attached. How can I describe it… I was like on a roller coaster ride of emotions. I missed him terribly… I wanted to talk to him every single day, if I didn’t, I would feel very upset and EMO. I would keep checking my phone for any messages from him. I felt like an emotionally needy deranged GF, except I didn’t tell him how I was really feeling… I successfully hid the on-the-verge-of-insanity me from him. I just told him life was difficult these days, with me feeling stressed over school and me being homesick. But really, I was feeling the after-effects of not having him by my side.

Well, I didn’t want him to think that I get upset so easily, that I am “starving” from his lack of attention to me. Although I really was.

I thought that this can’t go on… I can’t keep checking my phone and feel upset when there’s no message from him. I can’t keep waiting for his call and I can’t keep missing him TOO MUCH. I would probably unknowingly end up in an institute for deranged patients. So I told myself this cannot go on… I need to control my emotions, keep them in check. Tell myself, he’s back in his hometown and he has got lots of catching up to do with his family and friends. He being home means he’s back to his original place… he has his own things to do too. So I have to do my own things as well… keep myself busy, distracted and happy.

School work – oh I’ve been trying to drown myself in work and it did help. Although many a times my mind just wonders off…

Friends - These days I felt like I’ve lost a good friend or 2 because when I tried to hang out with them, the connection isn’t there anymore. And that’s because I spent so much time with A last sem, I had sort of “neglected” them and they have had their own circle of friends. But I still do have some friends I can hang out with… which I’m really happy to be able to spend more time with them now.

As time passes, I find myself adjusting back to the “singlehood” life… with a BF in Korea. My heart is recovering from the sudden “loss” of him physically.

The good thing is, he makes it a point to contact me almost everyday while I do the same too. I am not exactly sure how he is feeling about all this LDR stuff… but being back home does heal the heart so I reckon he’s having it easier than me.

Because of this, I found myself feeling homesick more often than ever… thinking about my family, friends and everyone back in SG. I am already counting down the days to going back home which is just 3months++ more!

Guess I have to keep my focus on my studies… READ READ READ: this semester’s motto. From news, to books, to journal articles (a must) to magazines. Reading not only keeps my mind off him, it also gives me knowledge and helps with assignments. Although I do read non-school-related stuff. Like the book I bought 2-3months ago. The Sex Life of My Aunt. I FINALLY finish reading it this evening. Took me soooo long but hey I could not touch the book at all during the July holidays because I was so busy. The book was not bad, a few surprising turns of events here and there. Some characters in the book reminded me of people around me, that’s why I decided to pick up this book and give it a try. I have to say I didn’t regret doing so. :)

Ekka! Hm…

So there really wasn’t much to blog about for the past week until yesterday when I made a trip down to Ekka with my friend, gabby. Ekka is an annual festival (that lasts up to 10 days) held in Brisbane to showcase the agricultural industry in Queensland. It is originally called an Exhibition- to showcase the harvest made in Queensland for the year. One gets to enjoy performances by Aussie artistes (only available on certain dates), watch some k-9 competition, feed and come into close contact with farm animals such as sheep, lambs, calves and horses. If you’re lucky enough, you can even get to witness the birth of a lamb!

Well, I wasn’t lucky enough as I only got to see the after-birth lamb (photos to follow suit after this). Before heading to Ekka, I was pretty excited because I remembered having lots of fun last year. But somehow I wasn’t very hyped up when I got there. Things were almost the same and maybe it’s due to my experience in the morning that dampened my mood a little. Also, I was supposed to meet LN and her friends there, but due to some difficulties in contacting with each other, we didn’t manage to meet at all. :(

Anyways, Ekka was almost the same as last year. No wonder I heard how the Ekka business was reducing each year. Well, DUH! If you keep showing the same things every year, people will definitely get bored!

Gabby and I.

 
Cutie little kitten!!

 
After-birth of the lamb. Spot the yellow lamb- it came out 4 hours before we reached the place. And look at the mother’s BACKSIDE. I don’t know if that’s the umbilical cord…. but it’s from after birth.

  
Hello hello hello~~~~!!! If it’s none other than my favourite breed, the PUG!!! It is so so so so sooooo cute! It just has that dazed and pathetic look in which I just want to hug it!

  
So cute!!

OMG. I just found my 3rd favourite breed of dogs- the Pembroke Welsh Corgi. In short, just corgi. It’s so cute and has the stubbiest legs!

 
Corgi again.

Pineapplessss. Haven’t had one for so long. We got to try some “samples” and we just kept going back for more because it’s so sweet and juicy! XD I shall head down to Coles one day and get one pineapple.

Monster truck! Woooh~~~~

Fireworks- always one of the main highlights of Ekka! :D

Mini cookies and cream cupcake! Couldn’t resist trying it once I saw them! Delicious~!!!

I wish I could’ve spent Ekka with A but oh well…

Other than Ekka, there really isn’t much to blog about because I’m just spending most of my time in school… doing research and studying. It’s not that I want to spend time in school doing all that boring stuff but I have to. This semester is no joke! ><”

Look at this cute note I found stuck in one of the library room walls:

The meaning of dreams…

Sometimes we dream of the weirdest things that will never ever happen in reality. Sometimes our dreams are reflections of our thoughts in the day. The past 3 consecutive nights, I have been dreaming about my mosquito (A)…

Also, I recently realised that when I have a very happy and relaxed conscious state of mind, I don’t usually dream at night. The time I most often dream is when I feel stress or nervous and when I suffer from insomnia. Insomnia, like when I lie in bed trying hard to sleep but can’t even when I’m sleepy… then when I finally drift into dreamland, my sub-conscious starts to get really active. Well, at least that’s the kind of dream pattern I realised although I know it’s not exactly 100% accurate.

Back to the dreams of him… For 3 consecutive nights, I dreamt of him with 2 of them reflecting the thoughts I had during the day and 1 that reflected something similar to what has happened in the past.

I thought it was kind of scary… because I’ve never dreamt of someone for so many consecutive nights. But I guess it’s because I miss him too much… and I tend to think a lot about him in the day.

Sometimes it’ll get too painful… so I’ve tried to distract myself by thinking more about my research paper and assignments.

Good thing it works. Bad thing is it tends to give me more stress! Either way, it’s not good, so I prefer thinking about my assignments.