February 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Moments...
Was at Audubon park over the weekend and these were two of my favorite images captured. Sometimes, it’s these little moments in life that come by unexpectedly and manages to make you feel all warm & fuzzy inside. :) —-
This little boy was telling his sister “don’t do that, it won’t work that way” when his sister kept pulling Jake (the dog who refused to...
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Weekend with the animals!
The past weekend had been very fulfilling!
Spent the entire Saturday afternoon at the Animal Rescue New Orleans (http://www.animalrescueneworleans.org) doing volunteer work where we cleaned stuff and got to play with the dogs and cats. I’ve always wanted to volunteer at an animal shelter and this even made it to my resolution’s list one year but I just put it off until I saw the...
optical illusion
can you read what it says?
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the beer song
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Halloween in NOLA
Coming from a place where the Halloween culture is non-existant except for themed parties at clubs, I told myself, I MUST celebrate Halloween proper. Well… at least once in my life right?
There are so many gorgeous houses here in NOLA all decked up in Halloween accessories!
BOO!
One of the most popular house along St. Charles. People go there to take pictures of the Halloween...
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery but today is a gift that is why it is...”
– Kung Fu Panda
October 2011
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Have you ever...
Have you ever heard a story of someone else’s life and shed a tear because you couldn’t help it? I did. Today. Hearing the story of a friend’s mum and usually I’m not that emotional hearing about someone’s life but I couldn’t help it and the tears just flowed down. :( When you think your life suck, always remember that someone somewhere out there had it worse,...
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New Orleans: French Quarter & Bourbon Street
After 2 months here in New Orleans, we realized what losers we have been since we have not even explored the city’s most famous places - French Quarter and Bourbon Street. So amidst our tests and shitload of assignments, we decided to go down on Sunday :) As the streetcar drove through the place to our destination, all the sights tis making me fall in love with NOLA. Thoughts about leaving...
News: Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands
“They believed in marriage til death do you part”
“They were still getting her heartbeat through him”
(source: http://www.kcci.com/r/29528191/detail.html)
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An Iowa couple who was married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as they held hands. Family said the story of Gordon, 94, and Norma Yeager, 90, is a real-life love story. On the...
:)
A+ for midterm paper.
At least I know I’m doing something right for one course.
Food for thought
Couldn’t agree more.
Always applicable when it comes to school work
In Loving Memory...
Rascal May 1999 - Oct 9th 2011
I’m tearing just looking through the facebook album and I cannot imagine how my dearest friend is coping with this loss. If you’re reading this, please know that if you need to cry or let it all out, I’m here for you *hugs*
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Dear Rascal, I’ll always remember how you guys are one of the first few dogs I got really close to and...
Celebrate Good Times!
I’m loving how dinners at our place are always so much fun! This time round we had more people over cause it was K’s 21st birthday :) Wanted to bring her out for dinner but decided that we should cook for her instead and have everyone come over and celebrate together.
It’s also like a gathering of the different Asian nations! China, Hongkong, Singapore & Korea!
Had a...
Letters to Pepper
Happy 5th Birthday My Lil Prince and Happy Children’s Day!
You’ve been a wonderful addition to the family for the past 5 years, thank you for being our little bundle of joy.
Wish I was there to celebrate it with you this year. Hope you liked the cake and mee sua treat :)
Lotsa ♥,
Juls
September 2011
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Overheard at Tulane
This cracked me up a little when I was walking back from class. Think I’m still not used to the liberal use of the f-word here in the United States
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Girl 1: There’s a girl in my class who only speaks Spanish
Girl 2: Cool
Girl 1: Yeah, that sounds cool until she realizes ‘fuck, I have no idea what’s going on in all my classes!’
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!”
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Food Cravings
The first thing I saw when I switched on my laptop during my 8am class this morning was this:
Nasi Lemak
Chinese Carrot Cake
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The bff tagged me in the above photos. What a horrible girl right?
Missing the food back home in Singapore so much. I would do almost anything to have those (amongst many other favorites) infront of me now. 3 more months to the end of this amazing journey...
“Your history does not have to be your legacy”
“Politician who yesterday said “God is on our side” today says “public opinion is...”
– Pierre Bourdieu
Conversation
Housemates: Where are you guys going?
Us: Dinner!
Housemates (suggestive tone): Is it with Hu? Oooo, are u guys gonna have desserts?
Us: Errr??? Housemates: Here, when someone asks you if you’re gonna have desserts, it means are you gonna have sex Us: omg
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
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San Francisco: Orange Village Hostel & Cheesecake...
Caught a flight to S.F from New York (LGA).
We were happily having our breakfast in the airport, thinking we were early but didn’t realize that there was a long line to pass through security and ended up running for our plane. We were like one of the last few to board. Got a pretty good first row seat though, so that was not too bad since it was such a long flight from NY to SF.
Boarding...
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“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me”
– Winston Churchhill
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“If water be the source of life, then alcohol be the source of spirit for man...”
– Anonymous
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Food for thought
Read this story about Marriage on Facebook and it was such a bittersweet story…
It’s pretty long so click “read more” if you’re interested.
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When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.
Suddenly I didn’t know...
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Food for thought
“Hate is an early error of the mind, which becomes a confirmed habit before reason can disperse it.”
- Jane G. Goldberg
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Food for thought
“We are a culture in love with love”
- Jane G. Goldberg
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New York City: Upper East Side, MET, Central Park,...
Spent the morning at T-Mobile trying to fix my phone plan since the dudes near our place did something unethical when he opened my line.
Advice here, never go to the retailer! We didn’t know they were retailers and thought it was the real store and got ourselves cheated (they charged us extra and my line went wonky and changed the number by itself after 2 days and I received calls...
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New York City: Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller,...
Since NYC has been raining for the past few days we decided to make use of the sunny weather to head to the Statue of Liberty before it gets rainy again…
Being the typical tourist we got excited when we saw this fake “statue” and headed over immediately when he beckoned. Bad move. He charged us $5 for snapping this shot.
So people, never ever be fooled.
The queue for the...
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New York City: Brooklyn Bridge
(photo credit: Charlena)
Dedicating an entire entry to our little visit to the Brooklyn Bridge cause I love the photos I took from this place! What a arrogant comment but still… I’m proud of some of my shots and I’m sharing them here.
Note: Photos below are taken with a digital compact camera (Canon S90)
My favourite!
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Pnina Tornai
In my Media Analysis class today, the teacher requested for students to bring along videos which they thought could relate to Marxists’ ideology and someone introduced the video clip from “Say Yes To The Dress” featuring Pnina Tornai.
I was blown away by her designs.
I think I’ve found my dream wedding dress designer… for now at least!
(photo credits:...
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Goodbye Singapore, Hello USA!
It has been almost a month since I left the sunny island and here I am finally getting down to blog despite having a pile of readings waiting to be done…
I’ve always heard about the different levels of emotion people will feel when they go on exchange and all and I think my low level (homesick) kicked in even before I left! But I’m glad I got over it as soon as I started...
Something amusing...
Just read something online which is roughly translated below… One day a girl asks her male friend what does ABCDEFG mean? Guy: A boy can do everything for girl But everyone forgot about HIJK - He Is Just Kidding! :)
August 2011
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24hrs to boarding...
Received my official acceptance letter this morning. Just a day before I leave. Better late than never!
Spent the whole afternoon getting some last minute necessities and packing my luggage. I still cannot believe that I will be on board this time tomorrow on my way to New York. I’m still not feeling the excitement yet. Whyyy!
The little boy knows something is up when he was watching...
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
3 days to boarding...
No longer gonna be homeless in NOLA except am kinda afraid of the rooming allocations. Be brave!
Survivor pack - as what some of my friends would call it.
What You Cannot Pack...
How time really flies. In a blink of an eye, i’m 3days away from boarding. It seems like just yesterday when I received my acceptance in the Student Exchange Programme (SEP) by NUS and now I’m about to leave to live my American studying abroad dream.
I am not feeling the excitement just yet… I’ve many things going on in Singapore this year which really makes it the WORSE...