I Hate To Admit This

... but i think i just write better when the sun sets.

Big My Secret

I love surfing for new blogs.

Just ask my friends who regularly receive my carpet-bomb emails plugging what I think are stimulating reads. I have patient friends.

In the course of "bloguer-ing", i sometimes look up old haunts, like PostSecret.
I return often to check for updates, like an addict who needs his next fix. I reckon it's the combination of total anonymity and naked revelation that I find so compelling. Some entries make me laugh out loud, while others make me stop dead in my tracks, if not all choked up with emotions and tears. And did i neglect to mention some some seriously creative artwork posted up there? Makes me itch to get the books!

What's your secret?

Homeward Bound

Yes, I know. The radio silence has been deafening, hence my attempts to cut through it with this slip of a post.

No excuses of course, although it has been a busy and exciting time, in which I have done more travelling this past month than I have these couple of years. I am now at the tail-end of my Oz sojourn, and what a trip it has been. While not lazing around, I actually managed to do the following:

1. Not worry about work (more difficult than I thought, but i managed to in the end.)
2. Caught up with family and friends here (Thanks Wen & Ervs as well as Set, Steph and LLY for putting up with my presence despite your hectic work and study schedules! Uncle K and Auntie L, it was wonderful meeting up with you both!)
3. Went to the beach (Despite the uncooperative weather, Sculpture by the Sea was awesome!)
4. Checked out the parks and indulged in some cafe slumming.
5. Tried a new recipe or two.
6. Ate and shopped far too much for my own good.
7. Watched U2 perform "live" (An unexpected surprise. The show itself? Sublime.)

Anyways, the above is but a list. Details and photos to come.

I Like To Eat Them. Does That Count?

You Are Japanese Food

Strange yet delicious. Contrary to popular belief, you're not always eaten raw.

What Kind of Food Are You?

The Abyss

It has been a while. For the record, I didn't go off the deep end and no, I didn't lose my way while traversing the realms of Dream, Delirium and Desire (yes, escape Neil I cannot). I did however, work a little and stressed a lot. Thanks to the Lord and those I love, I didn't radiate as much hostility as I could have during this period, for which I am thankful :)

Anyways, I am still working a little and stressing more than I should, but damned if I don't live a little as well. So some running, reading and living is in order. And writing as well, lest this space becomes an airless void.

Just Read It

Good books are sneaky. They pounce on you when you least expect it, drawing you in with their arresting titles, their compelling plots and crisp prose, leaving you to struggle with those monumental questions:

• Do i read you?

• More importantly, do I read you NOW at the expense of reading what I already have?

I have heard so much about Joan Didion's latest and am so keen to read it, even though over the weekend i added this and this to my collection. That's not to say that I have a French-cooking itch that I need to scratch or can relate to being at the receiving end of an abusive relationship. It's just that these are two titles I have been hankering after for awhile, but lack of time and the jealous demands of other books in my possession had prevented me from getting my hands on them earlier.

I must be fair. For all the excellent things I have heard about it, Joan's new tome will have to wait.

The things I do to put off the inevitable start of a new work week ^_^