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

Before vs After Married

Found this in one of the indonesian blogs I like to read..... here's the translated version...

Before married:

Guy: "I've waited so long for this moment...."
Girl: "Would you be willing to let me go?"
Guy: "No! Don't ever think of that!"
Girl: "Do you love me?"
Guy: "Of course! It will always be like that!"
Girl: "Will you ever have an affair?"
Guy: "No! I will never do something so horrible."
Girl: "Will you kiss me..?"
Guy: "Yes..."
Girl: "My dear...."

After 5 years of marriage, just read the above dialogue from bottom to top ;p

O: "Newest theory... why do people become religious after going for religious camps?"
S: "Hm..I don't know.."
O: "Because one of humans' basic character is always trying to be consistent.. by going to camps, people have an image of themselves that they are religious, good, etc..by deciding to go to camps, it means they are going to that direction..so yeah, consistency problem.."
S: "Interesting.."
O: "The theory's taken from a book I'm reading... there's an example of prisoners of war in China.. the POWs are not tortured, but they are asked to write essays about commnunism...as time goes by, because the essays are made public also, gardually they unconsciously slant that way..at least, they believe that communism is suitable for China..."
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The classic adage that "you are what you eat" can be changed into "you are what you read", because what you read is what you think. (Well at least for me.)
How can one continue reading about so many things without being influenced by what one reads?
For now, I still think it's impossible not to be influenced, but I still think it's better taking that risk rather than not relentlessly quenching my curiosity...

Curiosity killed the cat, hey, but maybe it died happy.. Yeah, right, maybe...