A (s)painful journey....

Belated merry christmas!! After savoring Barcelona and zippin´ thru Madrid, am now in Sevilla...soon leaving for Granada and then back to Paris...and it´s been a really cool trip, what with the Gaudi works, Calatrava feats and the Muslim-influenced Gothic architecture....
ah, but I digress...
It´s a painful trip as well, because me and Indra, my travelling partner, kept counting the days that we´ll go back to Singapore....7 more days, 6 more days, 5 more days.... It got so depressing that in the end we were hatching plots on how to extend our stay in Europe.... Well, he´s spent one year in Stockholm so he´s understandably pretty attached to the city, and as for me... though I´ve only spent 4 months in Paris, the Great Lady has used all its charms to the effect that I loathe to leave her....

Oh well....all good things come to an end (trying to console ourselves...), but one thing that I talked with Indra that I hold true...being in Europe has taught me a lot, and enriched me a lot, and of course the ¨selfish¨ me would like to stay here and learn, learn some more....on the other hand I know that I can contribute more to people in Singapore.... Give and take,huh.... After taking so much it´s time to go back and give back, now....

And let´s hope I´m up to it....

D: "B,why are you eating corn straight from the can?"
S: "Hmmm careful...later you become corny...'
A: "Oooohhh......later you get CORNstipation!!"
B: "......."
S: "Hahahahahahahaha....."
*normal conversation for several minutes*
A: "Ohhh!! CORNcussion!!!"
O: "You are still thinking about it??!!"
*normal conversation continues..*
D: "You know what, yesterday we were talking about colour and composition..."
*A looks at J...*
J: "CORNposition!!!"

....The most enriching dinner conversation I've had in quite some time.....


"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for freedom of thought which they seldom use."
-Soren Kierkegaard

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with.
- something that really fits my "sand philosophy"....

"People with real dreams don't break easily."
- Yakitate!Japan

"To appreciate Architecture, we might even need to commit a murder."
-Bernard Tschumi
(taken from Edo's blog)

"Smart is the new sexy."
- Erlin's blog ;p

"Kebodohan ada karena diciptakan."
("Stupidity exists because it is created.")
- Denias, Senandung di Balik Awan