Love love love

I am falling in love all over again.

With Meteor Garden.

Not exactly, more like the KOREAN version of Meteor Garden.

The die-hard romantic flame in me has rekindled and I feel so touched just watching the sweet actions of JunPyo, where in Episode 5 he dresses her wounds and gives her a kiss while she's asleep..



Times like these make me wonder if true love is real... Or whether fairytales come true...

My Famous Pork Stew

I just cooked one of my signature dishes tonight! Well, at least what I would like to think to be my signature dish!! =))

Pork Stew, can be eaten alone or with rice. I prefer the latter.

Pork cubes, potatoes, carrots, onions, dark soya sauce and water.

With just one secret ingredient!

Super easy but yummilicious.

Pork was so tender and soft and flavourful, but the potatoes were a tad overcooked since my dad was talking to me and I could not escape to look after my simmering pot. Nevertheless, melted potatoes are good!

I have to make it again, DEFINITELY!

But I need to improve on presentation. When it's done, it's usually a big brown mass of goop. Need to find a way to make it look more presentable.

Sunset at Wreck Beach

In my career as a UBC student for 3 years so far, I can finally say I have been to Wreck Beach, as of yesterday. It was pretty, but not astounding.

And finally, today I have witnessed a Wreck Beach sunset, after seeing and hearing so much about it. Sadly there was no clouds, and it was only a plain orangy sunset, no exciting purples or reds or anything like that.

Nevertheless, I am motivated to keep going down there to watch more beautiful sunsets; I have to make up for what I missed the last 2 years.. I have to make the best of my time here, about 1 more year left...

Here's the beauty of the ocean and the sun..






(Picture credits to Aubrey, since my camera does not seem to like sunsets too much)

even though

even though
i may be just a passerby
in your life
just one of the many
who cross your path

even though
you never read
nor reply
to my emails

even though
you are far beyond my reach

even though
i don't know when
i'll see you again

even though
i know it is impossible
between us

even though
i may never
ever see you again
in future

even though
i mean nothing
absoulutely nothing
to you

even though
i occupy
not an inch
of your heart

even though
you may have
someone special

even though
you lead your life
and i lead mine

even though
our interests
greatly differ

even though
you don't know
how much
you mean to me

even though
you are not one
who shares much

even though
you don't know
all this while

even though
you will
never read this

let me tell you
i still do

Joey Gregorash - Together

Joey Gregorash - Together (The New Wedding Song)

On this day, we stand together
And pledge our love to one another
Oh my darlin', I will love you
From this moment
There will be no other

And on this road, that lies before us
Lives the love, the joy and sorrow
But we will always try to remember
The pain today, is the joy tomorrow

And now together, together
Love will be much better, yes it will
Together together, our love will share
And forever forever, love will keep us together
And together together, our lives will change

But until then, till then we will follow
Follow this road endlessly, we believe,
That we have found love, from this moment
From this moment until forever

And now together, together
Love will be much better, yes it will
Together together, our love will share
And forever forever, love will keep us together
Together, together our lives are gonna change

And together together
Love will be much better, yes it will
Together, together our lives are gonna change
And forever forever love will keep us together
And together, together our lives will change

Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You

Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You

I asked her to stay
But she wouldn't listen
She left before I had the chance to say (Oh-oh)
The words that would mend
The things that were broken
But now it's far too late, she's gone away

Every night you cried yourself to sleep
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe it

It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you

The taste of her breath, I'll never get over
The noises that she made kept me awake (Oh)
The weight of the things that remained unspoken
Built up so much it crushed us everyday

Every night you cried yourself to sleep
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe it

It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you (Oh-oh-oh-oh)

It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you (Oh-oh-oh-oh)

Of all the things I felt but never really showed
Perhaps the worst is that I ever let you go
I should not ever let you go (oh-oh-oh)

It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you (oh-oh-oh-oh)

It's not over tonight
Just give me one chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you
I won't go home without you

post-Nanaimo reflection

even though i don't travel a lot compared to others
this mini trip has changed me

we went to all these wonderful provincial parks, beaches, towns..
- cathedral grove (macmillan provincial park)
- coombs town (famous goats on roof but we saw no goats)
- englishman river falls provincial park
- rathtrevor beach provincial park (my favourite of all)
- downtown nananimo
- chemainus (aka mural town)



i have learned:
to count my blessings
to be grateful for what i have
to appreciate nature more
not take things for granted



now i know:
why british columbia is termed 'beautiful british columbia'
how peaceful and calming the ocean can be
just how vast and big canada is (and i have only seen a tiny fraction of it)
the world is such a beautiful place



things i appreciate:
clear blue skies
beautiful shorelines
panoramic beaches
urban city life



there is so much more of this world i want to see and explore and experience with my own eyes

there are some things you just have to experience with your own senses... the panoramic shoreline, the smell of the ocean, the ocean wind, the sounds of the waves...

So Pissed Off!!!

I can't really remember the last time I have used this phrase.. A few years ago this was the phrase that's always coming out of my mouth.. Except I was not really the person pissed off, SOMEONE ELSE was.. And then I'll say "Don't be pissed..." etc etc..

And nowadays the only times I ever feel somewhat pissed is when talking to a certain someone in my family. In my immediate family there's only 2 members. No prizes for guessing which family member that will be.

Recently I have become a world-loving person, embracing everything that comes my way with a smile and wave it off even if it bothers me. Like the phrase goes, ignorance is bliss. VERY TRUE, except I feel like I am losing discipline in many things that I once had control over. Nothing has really made me feel angry or mad in the last few months..

So enough of that, and 4 things/people have made me absolutely PISSED OFF..

1) ENGL320 Midterm - I prepared well in advance for this, taking the effort to photocopy my tables and painstakingly pasted them neatly into the cheat sheets (they are LEGAL reference sheets!) and was hoping to fully utilise them during the midterm. The professor prints out 4 pages instead of 5 pages of the test and missed out page 4... And she said she will give us the missing page as homework to do at home..

SIAN WASTE MY TIME MAKING MY CHEAT SHEET AND NOW YOU ASK ME TO DO IT AT HOME!!! Stupid okay. May seem like a small matter to get over with but this was the MOTHER of all cheat sheets I've ever made!

2) ENGL320 midterm - We are supposed to have 2 pieces of paper double sided with notes, and when I was leaving the test early, I passed the back of the classroom and this GIRL (whom I shall leave anonymous since she is on my Facebook) was like sharing notes with another girl. Okay, at first I thought maybe sharing cheat sheet is okay lah, and on the second look, it was a MINI BOOKLET like a A4 piece of paper cut half and stapled at the sides.. They were SHARING that. Hello? Sit at the back of class means can cheat until like that? Very unfair lor. So pissed at the dishonesty and audacity of some people.

3) ECON360 - Lecture: It's one of those classrooms with a long long super long bench that you have to squeeze past people to get in.. I sit smack in the middle and was turned to my right, talking to Vivian. Then this BIMBO BITCH *excuse my language here* pokes my back with her long nails and says in a high-pitched voice, "EXCUSE ME!" and proceeds to shove me out of the way to get to the seat beside Vivian.

HELLO that is rude lah. And can't you go the other way since it's less people to squeeze by?? And YOU BITCH I have been watching you for quite awhile already. You think it's polite to sit in the front row and just text the whole class away on your Blackberry right under the prof's nose? Seriously, BITCH.

4) ECON360 - Finally, pissed at my-own-freaking-self, for screwing up a very simple income and substitution effect, because I messed up and didn't draw the second point parallel to the new budget line.. Okay only can blame myself so I'm not yelling at anyone here.. SIGH. And why MCQ I got so many wrong *3 wrong* (17/20) while everyone gets like 18 or full marks.. Haiz. Never mind, thou shall not complain!

Okay la end of rant. Trees test tomorrow ciao!