Posts Tagged ‘weather’
wedding banquet
the wrath-of-god rains finally came to an end on friday evening, and tokyo was stunned by a spectacular rainbow more clear and brilliant than any other i had ever seen, made even more outstanding as it arched against a still-cloudy sky. i came out from class exhausted and saw hordes of people standing around, some snapping away, [...]
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Tags: ang lee, chinese family, rainbow, traditions, weather, wedding banquet
what future?
woke up this morning to a cozy, rainy day. it had actually been cold enough to put on the heater last night, so, lulled by the rain and the toasty warmth in the room, i did not manage to extricate myself from my blankets till well past ten today.
it has almost been a month, but i still feel strangely disjointed every [...]
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Tags: academia, choir, school, weather, work
…and we are into march
march, to me, seems to be a marker that we have left “the beginning of the year,” and are well and truly “into the year.” it is the harbinger of spring and things to come; a time of closure and new beginnings. we are no more anticipating events, but are living them.
it has been a [...]
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Tags: love, march, rain, random reflections, weather
what dreams may come
it doesn’t get any easier.
i shuffled along orchard road uncertainly after the movie today, not quite sure where to turn. part of me wanted to just stroll down the street, staring at the lights, the people, the cars; part of me wanted to dash home in a cab; part of me wanted to walk into [...]
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Tags: bus rides, christmas, dreams, new year, weather
going insane politely
fell asleep in the middle of a skype conversation last night, and woke up to a chat screen filled with hello? hello? HELLO? how embarrassing.
in between falling asleep on friends, singing, and working on ridiculous assignments (more on that later), i am trying to finish mark haddon’s a spot of bother before i embark on my [...]
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Tags: books, mark haddon, weather, whining, work, writing
how are you? i’m fine, says she.
got up three hours later than i had meant to, but got off to a swimming start on the translation work anyway… which, unfortunately, lasted but two hours. by and large, i enjoy translation work, but cannot seem to stick to it for any extended period of time. so now, with twelve hours to finish [...]
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one good day
completed all my work right.on.time (although i had to rush out after that), but thanks to that, i succeeded in having a guilt-free night out.
martini and free flow of steak sandwiches at morton’s! silly jokes! reminiscent talk of school and ‘the young people today’! playing with funny-looking toys hanging on handphones! cam-whoring! japanese sundaes (sesame, [...]
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Tags: choir, girls' day out, morton's, singapore, weather
