white christmas, finally!

after almost two weeks of steadily rising temperature, it plummeted well below zero overnight and i couldn't be any happier. a few minutes after the first snowflakes fell i was already out and about prancing in the snow forgetting i was only in my cotton pyjamas (yes, cotton. my room is in the tropics haha). anyway, the adrenaline rush lasted only a few minutes before the tugging cold reminded me i should wear warmer, not to mention more decent, clothes especially outside at midnight. it's a really a good thing my flatmates all went home for the holidays so i don't have to be in any way discreet about feeling like a kid running up and down the stairs in record time and making large puddles of water on the floor ^^

it didn't snow much last winter and when it did it always fell on an exam day. every. single. time. so i couldn't bloody well enjoy it. not this winter apparently, yipee!

too thin, couldn't build a snowman, but whatever, haha.

grayer than grey.

:)

my shnowy wintery wonderland.

guess where the wind blows from.

it's mostly bricks but i love my backyard view.

sint-niklaaskerk.

nothing warms the heart more than watching older brothers being older brothers - one hand on the penguin, the other holding their sister's hand firmly, guiding them through the rink; or fathers gliding through the ice, a daughter on each arm. i want one..of each! weh, not really, hahahaha.

flowers for the hanged man.

i still keep my black socks in the freezer, though. who knows i might still get a good macro shot of a snowflake in the coming days :)

bidyow!

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the thing

i admit i harbor the tendency to watch shows for sentimental reasons, like watching the legend of korra as tribute to the last airbender which impressed me so much. i hate korra. i hate how immature her character is and this immaturity reflects in her decisions. i hate her arrogance and her consistent disrespect for elders and authority. i hate how the adults concede to her all because of the fact that she's the avatar. it's a show riddled with bad decisions it's easy to skip through parts and "watch" the 25-minute episode in 5 minutes. she's a shame, aang would have face-palmed himself too many times in his grave.

but some characters i enjoy and it's mostly their parts that i don't skip. two of these are the inventor duo, varrick and zhu li, and in this episode they finally got engaged.

zhu li moon, will you do the thing for the rest of our lives?

if you understood varrick's personality and followed the evolution of their relationship, you'd say this is the cutest proposal EVER in cartoon history, hahaha.

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geminids

it's been rainy and overcast for days but tonight the skies have cleared. outside her window, orion sits just above the rooftop of the next house in the block. to the left, gemini has never been too bright and the city lights on the horizon blurred them even more. she tilted her phone a little more to the left and waited for google to map out the skies in front of her. there. gemini should be somewhere there.

donning on her winter coat and the warmest scarf and hat she could find, she stepped out her window into the neighbor's rooftop and the chilly midnight air.

and one by one, as her eyes adjusted to the dark, she sees them - pieces of rocks burning their way into the earth leaving short trails of light behind. beautiful. romantic, she remembered him saying not too long ago about watching falling stars. camping..would be more romantic, she countered haha. 

they both are.

romantic or not, in that fraction of a second before that streak of light disappeared, she thought about how much she missed picking up her phone and mindlessly fill him in on such a mundane activity such as getting herself chilled outdoors while watching suicidal pieces of rocks dive through the atmosphere. she wondered if he misses her too. yet she knew the answer somehow: no. occasionally, yes, with occasions spanning a few weeks to a few months or when he's bored in transit.

meteor showers are beautiful, she thought. but now they're associated to someone who's been very efficient at making her feel lonely. beautiful but lonely.

clearest photo of the geminids i could possibly take.

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did you know..

it just occurred to me that this is the first time i've ever seen either of the persons behind lighthouse family. EVER. and i've been listening to their songs since the 4th grade. hahaha. omg.

link to youtube video.

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paris 2014

click to video link :)

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i'm sorry :(

i guess if there's one thing i'm really good at, it's pushing away the persons i love most.

perhaps it's caution, perhaps it's intuition, perhaps it's a result of lessons learned. perhaps you're doing what you can to maintain a respectable distance but this dance, this coming together and moving away over and over again, has to stop, right? perhaps i really am just trying to do right by my friends by keeping myself, and you, from crossing the line.

i don't know.

i'm sorry.

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it's a bulgarian bagpipe and persian santur kind of evening

welcome to abbas' birthday dinner, where the celebrant is iranian; the cook, pakistani; the wine, italian; the music, bulgarian; and the people and range of topics, just, international.

the abas and the abbas.

the curried chicken and the fried chicken. hahaha. my photos are twins.

and music?

bulgarian bagpipes
persian santur

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