I discovered a graduate student comic strip called PhD – Piled Higher & Deeper. And I couldn’t help laughing… Graduate student life is certainly a world of its own… the challenges, the stress… all of which can only be fully understood by other graduate students. I’m one of the very lucky ones already, since I […]
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*Dreamy Sigh*
Scarlett Johansson as fairy-tale princess Cinderella I initially saw this photo on Sherry’s blog (thanks!). I wasn’t overly fond of Disney’s Cinderella as a little girl, cos I thought the gown looked too ‘bubbly’ and what’s so fantastic about a hairband? But I absolutely love this image. The exquisite Scarlett Johansson is an inspired choice… […]
Educated & Entertained
I had my first microteaching skills seminar today as part of the Teaching in Higher Education course I’m taking. We had to give a 10 minute lecture on an academic topic in our respective fields and teach it to our classmates (who were all PhD students in various fields). We were then critiqued by our […]
Tending My Garden
Let silence speak to silence. Let deep speak to deep. Let words not be squandered lest they lose the power to rebuke and to heal. Cultivate a garden of solitude and baptize it with silence Then your words will be as seeds when received by fertile hearts, and they will flower and bear fruit in […]
MTV
Was waiting to cross the road to Canadian Tire on Yonge last Saturday, and the interesting coloured lighting on this building struck my fancy.
Icing from Heaven
Don’t know why the sight of snow falling can still immediately make me happy, or why the feeling of crisp newly-fallen snow under my boots makes me light-hearted. And when it’s night time, the scene of snow falling is even more romantic and magical… I could lose track of time just watching how the snow […]
The One With The Imp
To a very special friend who used to write me letters in green ink, and who loves Archies and Friends as I do. I drafted this post a few days ago, and now is as good a time as any to post it! :) *************** When we talk, even when we don’t, you’re never far […]
Pipe Dream – Animusic
You may have seen this video before, along with the following story: This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between The Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Amazingly, 97% of the machines Components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of […]
My thoughts on love as a 20 yr old
Back in 1999 or so, a talented and good friend of mine from JC (Andrew Tan) decided to write a teenage self-help book and asked me to contribute some small bits about love. Now, almost 8 years hence, he’s planning to publish that book. A few days ago, he emailed me and asked me to […]
To My Friends
“When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the “nay” in your own mind, nor do you withhold the “ay.” And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.” […]
Journey of the Heart 