I Hear The Jingle Of Bells In The Near Future, I Think

I just realised today, that it has been 3 years or so since my family last set up a Christmas tree. Its kinda funny how it didn't struck me till yesterday that we kinda lack the Christmas spirit at home. We haven't really got any decorations put up, let alone minor little things like the stocking or the Christmas angel hanging around in the house. Its kinda strange how the house seems so bare of any festive mood as compared to my friend's house, where there are Christmas decorations hanging from every end of the house.

We need a major makeover.

Actually its the kind of expected outcome i guess, considering how we hardly ever get Christmas presents for each other ( D: Yes terrible D:) and as a kid, Christmas equates to asking your parents to get a certain something you want, instead of the actual hinting of what you want and hoping your parents would guess and get you just that. Honestly, I like that randomness alot more, as compared to having a list of wants which you would be pretty certain of getting. Come to think of it, I really don't know what i want for Christmas this time round. Okay maybe i do, but its a little more of the intangible sort of thing. On the side note, I need a new sketchbook, preferably something with more drawing space and can handle watercolour. So come on mom and dad, if you have found out about this blog through sis or stalking me on facebook, get your kids something different! Something pretty much out of the blue. Not something we tell you we want, but rather something you think we want, or guess we want. It makes giving alot more fun and alot more exciting.

I don't really like knowing that i've gotten what i ask for sometimes, because for the past few years, i realised that it doesn't seem so special anymore.

Which is also why i love handmade stuff, even if its a little note or drawing of sorts. Its the sort of thing that can't really be reproduced or easily found, because something handmade takes more than just a couple of minutes to decide. It's not like you can easily pick it off the shelves or something, and considering time is limited, handmade stuff sure is a lot more special somehow. Same for surprises. I actually keep those receipts and candles from birthday lunches or dinners. Heh.

So maybe this time round i shall start by getting my family a late Christmas present from Hungary (Since i won't be around till 12th Jan. I'll be missing the IB results. After much thinking, that sucks. I prefer facing my fears sometimes.). Maybe start getting for others too. I guess it has to start somewhere eh?

Anyway, today i found another random drawing while clearing the mess of a shelf i have above my laptop. Some sketch i did during a Chinese B exam. Funny things.

Float Like A Cannonball

The post about it is on Tumblr, link in orange above!

Blood And Sweat

Black & White

Bugger, my knee injury is back. And i think i lost my specs. Haha this sucks.

(Anyway, why is it so hard to put a tag cloud in Tumblr?)

Hungary in a few days! Need to buy your winter wear so you won't freeze in the mountains! And driving! And library books! Pffttt, things need to be done Brian!

And we'll all float on okay
And we'll all float on okay
And we'll all float on okay
And we'll all float on anyway

4:27 a.m.

Once again, i miss the trip and competition at moscow. Spamming art and having sleepless nights reminds me of the transit times at Dubai where a few days seem like a really long neverending day because of the strange hours and lack of sleep.

Ah.

11:54 a.m.

Okay a quick one now. I wanted to do a proper write up but its crunch time now D: Here's the 'home' and workplace. and gallery. except it doesn't look like one now. damn messy haha.

       














I hate bloggers new picture system. anyway back to my brunch and work. too lazy to name whose place is whose now. click and figure!

Hobo lifestyle i swear.

2:39 a.m.

Alright getting late, caroline and zhan feng are having a verbal faceoff and caroline is obsessing over her china boyfriend called gui li. she's like caressing his leg or something.

Lol. okay paint paint.

Crawl

A picture a day? Or at least 3 a week. Yay.

I got loads of shots from Moscow waiting to be put up.

This one was some abandoned car near a sushi restaurant in Moscow. It had beer bottles in the backseat too.

IB exams soon! D:

Ever wondered if cars have feelings? Sometimes it seems like they do. Not only for cars though. For other stuff too. Sometimes I wonder if they know that they might be crushed and disposed of once they have been abandoned. Its a sad thought somehow.

Nevermind me. I get random like this sometimes. Haha

P.S. According to the tag cloud, IB life, being surprised/lost/shocked (D:) and constant contemplation/stoning/thinking of how ______ is gonna happen (._.) is always on my mind.

Forever yours, IB. Right.

Study study ><

Six-Fifty-One

Aye, Back to blogger. Sorry, I'm rather fickleminded sometimes.

Anyway it was kinda hard to decide if IOC was a miracle or disaster.

1. Please guys, no matter how easy you say Disabled is, I don't agree.
2. Mindgames i play on myself during races do not work for studies. Unrelated.
3. Please make sure your teacher checks the recorder is actually recording.

Either way I would like to think that my original choice of envelope would have given me Twelfth Night!

Or i'd try foaming in my mouth and going into spasms on the floor.

Six Fifty One

Time is running.

P.S. oops, this isn't the 100th post. Forgot to deduct the drafts. lol

Okay, Officially On The Dark Side

http://better-use-of-paper.tumblr.com/

I can't wait for porting function though.

Sorry Blogger, Tumblr Looks Better

http://better-use-of-paper.tumblr.com/

Prettier and less formatting problems. Nice.

I shall keep this though, once in a while to spam random stuff X)

God, this feels like crap. Sigh.

#11 Of all the times of the day, i like evening and night the most.

Sigh.

The End Of The World As I Know It

#9 I hate physics. But deep down, I think its really cool.

I do admit I might have been going too fast, but do remember I can slow down too.
I'm not gone; just wondering and waiting.

Be kind, rewind?

By the way, first video post!

Breezed

#8 Sometimes I wonder if i should have aimed to be a doctor to save people. Art just sits around looking pretty. I haven't seen them save lives.

A miracle would be nice now.
Maybe turn back some time,
Fix some things,
I don't know, figure out
What went wrong,

Oh God help me.
Now would be rather nice.

Sigh

Upon Reflecting On Life

#7 I don't go down without a tough fight.

No matter what happens today, tomorrow, or whenever,
I'll still put my trust in God and thank him for everything.

So, lets go

Hey wait hey don't you want
To hear what I have to say
Hey wait hey don't you know
This is where the strong will go on

All I ever wanted
Was you

All That I Know Is I'm Breathing

#6 I do wonder if everything is just a dream. Maybe I'm in a deep deep sleep. Maybe I'm lying in a bed in a warm house, a office chair in a cubicle, a bench in a park. On the floor in the middle of nowhere.

I am my own greatest enemy
Because of what i do that i stand to lose

I don't want to lose you.

I don't want to lose you


I want to believe in more than you and me.

Drops Of Jupiter

Now that she's back in the atmosphere

#2 I wish I wrote Drop Of Jupiter. Be it mainstream, overplayed, overused, over interpreted or overrated, I don't care. I think its an awesome song, especially the lyrics.

I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land



Did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?

Take One A Day Lest You Should Forget

I wake up in the morning and i find myself asking my drowsy self: "How much do you want her? Study hard or face the consequences! Your fault! Your mistakes! You screwed up once before and this is how you pay! It's your fault if it doesn't work out because you're slacking! Then don't say you wish you could turn back time and you'll give anything and you'll cut 10 years of your life and..."

I digress. I like this photo. I put in a lot of heart and work to get this 1/60th of a second; barely a breath. But its worth it. I hope You like it too. I sent it in to some Olympus Valentine's Day competition for fun too.

Anyway time to study hard. Rid of distractions. Slack attitude. Laziness. Procrastination.

"You know-"
"Yes I know"

I'm slacking now. Sigh.

Okay back to work now.

#1 I like rainy days. Its so noisy with the pitter patter but yet so peaceful. And raindrops are so mesmerizing, like look into them and its like seeing this upside down world in a fishbowl which just goes and goes and goes and

Sometimes it feels like someone somewhere, out there, is laughing at me. Ohwell.

Yes I shall study hard

;

i dreamed i was dying

as i so often do;

and when i awoke

i was sure it was true.

i ran to the window

threw my head to the sky,

and said whoever is up there, please don't let me die

Out Of The Blue

Hello blog,

haha i think you're sleeping now as i post
Just dropping by for a short post during the before exam panic period (really, I'm starting to feel really stress, which is a little slow for me) and i see you're pretty much dying, 2 to 5 hits a day. Funny. Okay not really (Hey! Count yourself lucky, you were supposed to die after 1 week! You wouldn't be here if not for some freak accident in which caused me to enjoy blogging. Don't look at me like that! I need to study!) Anyway, in case you die, (And my interest dies) here's a little post to keep you alive over the exam week. Hopefully. Okay kidding, kidding, to keep you alive, definitely. Hah.

Enjoy stoning in cyberspace,
Brian,

Your stressed-to-death owner

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Anyway, as a form of stress relief, today i jumped into the pool in my school U and got Vu (Thank you!) to help me take pics for art and for fun. Not really the full school U, but still. Its not everyday you see a weirdo jumping into the school pool in uniform X) I can say its pretty fun (Other than the red eyes after that. Chlorine.) and its a good stress relief. Chinese coach caught us and scolded us though. It was funny, Vu couldn't understand much (He's Vietnamese) and the coach was telling me that if one of us drowned it would be very messy for him and for the school and how i should be in big shit for that since its banned if there's no one around...

...Oh at least it's definitely a good break off studying.

Stress feels like underwater and out of air.

Take good care alright? X) Work hard!

I want one of those underwater cameras. Damn.

Untitled Drawing Of Mine (Oh I've Ran Out Of Pictures)

"Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes more beautiful" but you seem to be beautiful all the time. I know what you'll say X)

David Bailey, Photographer

I love this quote from Reader's Digest.
Anyway watched Wall-E today. That robot is spastic adorable. Alright back to work.

Hello holidays, slow down please