记2015年末最后一天的凌晨 （含蓄版）

记2015年末最后一天的凌晨。

还未踏入而立之年的最后一个凌晨，谈着未来，谈着计划。

未来十年的计划里，包含着谁、包含着什么惊喜呢？ 

万分期待 :)

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

破财消灾 --> 有失必有得

Money wasted: $700++
Time spent wasted on searching: 2h
Time spent wasted on re-equipping: 3h
Time spent "disconnected":13h
Time spent wasted on "mourning": limitless (I still am mourning for the death of a still-not-faulty-and-useable-albeit-old-phone)

:(

Ma said, if only I had spent that additional 15-20 bucks to replace my faulty phone case (I am that stingy towards my own spending).. this tragedy wouldn't have happened... #heartpain

#mumisright


BUT on the other hand, I had gained another insight into the workings of my mind and heart that is similar to the untamed reins of the horse. The valuable insight gained in retrospect weighs so much more than the tangible and intangible losses.
Okay, 有失必有得。
“内省”的“得”千金难买。这浪费的钱和时间是值得的。

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

Cold Soba #Take2

After learning from the takeaways from the previous episode of Cold Soba,

1. It is indeed recommended not to wash away the starch before cooking (unlike online recommendations). The noodles are less puffy and tasted so much better!

2. After the soba is cooked, washing with cold water and throwing in some ice works great!

3. Added in white sesame on a whim -- tasted great too!

4. Refrigerated mentsuya sance is recommended!

Cool TV lunch. :) :)
Pun intended, hahaha.

One more item down from my To-Cook-List ;)

*Cream of Broccoli Soup

*Minestrone

*Cold Soba

*Tomato Pasta

*Miso Ramen

*Cold Soba #2 

Anyway, next item on my To-Cook-List is a non-bake chocolate biscuit cake (in Feb 2016)!
I've also realized most of the things I wanna try my hand at are usually Japanese (e.g. ramen, soba, chawanmushi) and Italian dishes (e.g. tiramisu, lasagne, minestrone). haha.

Stay tuned! :)


Update 28/12/15:
Guess what? I was doing research on Turkish snacks. Lo and behold -- the alleged non-bake chocolate biscuit cake is quite Turkish, called Mozaik Pasta / Hedgehog Slice (and other varied names, just Google). hahahahaha. What a coincidence! (Though I would love to hum "It's a small world after all...", it's food though. haha.)

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

Backups.

Love-hate relationship with doing backups for all sorts of documents.


LOVE
1. Yes, for future reference
2. For the "heng ah!" moments
3. To go through days with peace at heart
4. Accessible anywhere, anytime as long as you have a ready internet connection (Drive / Cloud)


HATE
1. It always take up a huge part of my time (minimally 2+ hours per backup)
2. Decisions, decisions, decisions -- keeping the really valuable
3. See pt 1
4. Got so suay my original will be corrupted / misplaced / hdd failure?
5. See pt 1 again
6. eh, tell me when would I ever need to review the stored photos?
7. See pt 1 once again


Probably that's the reason why I had stopped taking photos obsessively. (Unless it's an event of significance; such as family members' weddings)
It bore no significance if all the backup does is to stay tucked in this little hardware somewhere, for whoever-knows-what-the-reason-is.
Perhaps I should just go back to film (as if it is readily available now) where every shot is taken painstakingly in view of the limited storage space (both literally and figuratively) and with utmost care, instead of spamming photos.

Besides these hardware form of backup, there's those Drive / Cloud backups.. AGAIN, it's accumulating so much rubbish. Imagine some photos you took are simply for reference (say 1 hour), and it's added to backup for nothing! Then what if one day the Cloud / Drive just decided to disintegrate... so... so much for backing up there? How long are you gonna take to migrate all those items?



Okay, oops I did it again. That sounds like the selective anti-tech me speaking once more. hurhurhur.

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

就让我
继续沉浸在
阅读的喜悦中

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

Improvised cap design

Received this cap recently and I find it to be of a good quality. However, one con is the logo that was embroidered on the back of the cap, which I don't want to be seen or associated with it elsewhere. So you see the donut on the bottom right of the photo is to cover the original embroidered logo (not shown for work reasons, but certainly ain't racy stuff). I failed to remove the original logo as the thread count is super good! It took me fifteen minutes and I only managed to remove just three threads of the embroidered logo. -__-"

Initially, I planned to do a simple cross stitch and sew the design over the logo. But nah... time is running short for now.. and it's just a cap. So, I decided to find some iron-on / sewn on designs to cover it up!

heheh. Totally not DIY cos I only ironed on the patterns. BUT GOOD ENOUGH. :) ;)
It's super awesome lah!! This is the first time I've done iron-on embroidery, super love it! Mess free!

woohoo!! Looks great!! *beams

(see, there's the iron mark left on the cap, hahaha)

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

DIY paper bags :)

DIY-ed the paper bags from wrapping paper! :)
I wanted to have the presents wrapped but I want the contents to be a little visible, yet not entirely presented to the receiver in the raw state, so an unsealed paper bag is the best choice, coupled with a red ribbon to add to the Christmasy festive mood. :)

It's always handy to have a stash of colour papers / wrappers / cardboard and ribbons / strings / threads handy. :)

 

Side View 

 

Front View 

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

又是谁，在哼唱“有心人”？
萦绕耳际，挥之不去。

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

吃一粒苹果，等半壶水烧开的时间。🍎

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)

My undying love : Wyman Wong

I really LOVE Wyman Wong's lyrics. Simply AWESOME.

他的歌词总是充满着睿智（那时他的微博被吊销，让我多伤心~~ I love his wits!）。
他与林夕的歌词的不同点是，黄伟文的歌词总在你生命中需要的时候，婉转、完美、完整、精辟、一针见血地表达出不同情绪，多应景。

虽然他的歌词不如林夕的那么主流或者经典或者耳熟能详（例如十年、富士山下、人来人往、与我常在、不如不见、失恋太少、Shall We Talk、烂），但是黄伟文表达的感情如此细腻，触及的层面多么广、观点前卫、题材新颖、情感赤裸——不单单是情感世界——就连人生、人们追求的永恒、物质或心灵的追求、时间的感悟、亲情、珍惜等，总是打动我的心。很多时候，他都表达出一种惋惜、更多的是隐藏着的一个讯息：珍惜现在。无论是亲情、情人、朋友、时间、青春。:)

当然，演唱会一定表演大众化的歌词，所以一旦演绎Wyman（较冷门）的歌曲总是让人心暖。



绝好歌曲：
黄伟文填词、陈奕迅演绎
(a lot are from The Easy Ride album)

单车
1874 
落花流水
活着多好
最佳损友
葡萄成熟时
他一个人


苦瓜
陀飞轮
结束开始

浮夸
冲口而出
大开眼戒
低等动物
裙下之臣

忘记歌词
幸灾乐祸
随意门



Now my latest love is 陀飞轮 (though this song had already been out for ages).

昂贵是这刻　我觉悟了 

It's the time for this song. 

Posts dedicated to Wyman Wong: (his humour) (苦瓜) (three) (抱歉柯德莉夏萍) (five) (six) (落花流水) (他的文采) (nine)

~ whatever happens, happens for a reason. =)