i am sophia

and its halfway there regarding my project and im really glad. its kind of like in the eye of the storm right now. everything is calm even though one would expect chaos and disorder and arms and legs everywhere. but no, its really really calm. CALME. its almost disorienting when it was everyone talking at [...]

the time traveller’s wife is my absolute favourite book of all time. i dont even know how to describe why i love it so much. i think its the way the author weaved complex and yet everyday themes of time, growing up, marriage, religion, science, hope, lost and love together in such beautiful clarity that [...]

and i figured out an almost plan. hows that?
its a plan that if should work, would take me to 2012 and beyond.
i really have to scramble in the coming months. but once the scrambling is done then the wheels are in motion and the (short term) future is set.
it involves being done with nike. it [...]

you know, i think i just had it with my work.
but as i really dont want to dwell on it as it already consumes a tremendous amount of energy, why should i waste time fretting over something as silly as work?
its rather clever, no, such mind diversionary tactics?
anyway, the week ahead looks grand as berlin [...]

and i was in paris the first weekend of the new year!

it snowed, therefore i didnt go to work.
now, isnt that nice!
(well, it was nice for a while – it got cold, and it was wet and slippery out)

and 2 weeks ago…

…nice, bright and sunny.
still was cold though.

so apart from eating like a pig and working like a hog, i’ve simply done nothing else!
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on another note, if you want to get oil stains out of your clothes, use vinegar! oil as in like machine oil and vinegar as in like all types of vinegar (balsamic, cleaning and wine). and soak [...]

so i realised with a sudden jolt around mid afternoon yesterday that i do indeed live in 2 very separate universes.
its really dissasociating for my person to be here and know that i have another life half the world away. it all seems suddenly so far away. and there is absolutely no link between my [...]

upside:
seeing all things familiar. food. old friends. familiar habits. singlish. shopping. home.
downside:
the oh-my-god-are-you-fat comments. and when-are-you-returning-to-singapore comments. and are-you-going-to-settle-down-in-belgium comments. and do-you-have-a-european-boyfriend comments.

so i am home, after the amazing adventures of almost-missed connections, lost and found luggage and the reunion with the most perfect pair of mulberry patent heels ever!
the parents new pad is quite nice i must say, though it doesnt feel one bit like the home i grew up in. the bed feels different, the [...]