Karang Guni

Perhaps "eclectic" sounds more exotic.

Someone commented on my decorative style in NH recently. Said she'd always placed me as a "zen"-style type, dotted with designer furniture. Truth be told, if you'd asked me, I'd have stated that as my style too. But looking at NH now, I've realised that THIS, is a more accurate reflection of me - lots of stuff picked up from various sources and adapted to my use, dotted with pieces which I couldn't/wouldn't wait until I had my own place before I'd purchased them (and hence had them stored in various locations until the day they could be reunited under MY roof).



In this manner, I've been conducting my life. If you'd asked me, I'd have told you that my life is generally neat and uncluttered, because that is how I would have liked it. In reality, it's a mishmash of habits and hobbies I'd picked up along the way and loved too much to wait until later before I indulged myself, and filled out in other spots with lifestyle choices which I'd had no choice but to adopt, and adapt. It's funny how sometimes, it takes one's decor style to open the window to one's lifestyle, don't you think?

My attempt to soften the edges around NH further - bought these on offer from NTUC nearby. Comes complete with potting soil and seeds! (Green) fingers crossed that these will germinate into the plants that the labels claim the seeds to be... Thus far, have managed to keep the basil plant alive...two weeks and counting!

Way Back Into Love

Hugh Grant & Haley Bennet

I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past I just can't seem to move on
I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need them again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
Oh oh oh

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but i just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end
Oh oh oh

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end
Oh oh oh

Perspective

夕阳无限美，只是近黄昏

只是近黄昏, 夕阳无限美

Life Goes On

In three words, I can sum up everything I've learnt about life : it goes on.

~ Robert Frost


On a whim, caught "The Leap Years" at the cinema. Perhaps we're too old and cynical to believe in fairy tales anymore, it seemed a little implausible for someone who knew nothing about somebody else (apart from the fact that he's devastatingly handsome), and in the absence of confirmation of any kind, to wait patiently for four whole years, just on the basis of the faint taste of love left behind after a two-hour date. In real life, we call such persistence "insanity". Perhaps there was a different layer to the story which was not conveyed to us, the viewers. But from our perspective, all this "gut feel" business about "destiny" and "fate"? Foolishness. Bah humbug.

Indeed, life does go on.

Spotted a disturbance in the water near the shoreline, just as we started our weekly walk this week. Moving closer and peering in, we spotted them! Two large PBs, circling each other warily in the waters. It seems the fishies were out in full force this past weekend. M's theory was that the weather had made the waters cold, and the fish were just trying to catch some rays by swimming close to the shoreline. Wonder what the "fish expert" would have theorised?

Relish

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Past

Past the friendly neighbour, who stood aside for me to ride through.

Past the mum sitting on the terrazzo bench, watching over her toddler, who was squatting to inspect something on the ground.

Past the patches of lawn, dappled by the rays of the sun, breaking through the branches of trees.

Past the weeping willow along the canal, swaying to the gentle tune sung by the morning breeze.

Past the kids, pushing off on the swings, shrieking with laughter.

Past the obese father, trying to keep up, jogging alongside his two energetic kids who were urging him on.

Past the practitioners of some familiar branch of qigong, huffing and punching away at the air.

Past the petal-strewn path, lined with flowering shrubs.

Past the startled fellow morning cyclist, when I made the sharp bend down the slope at speed.

Past the smiley golden retriever, its beautiful mane flowing behind it, as it brought its owner for a run along the canal.

Through the translucent veil of the morning mist, not yet evaporated by the heat of the morning sun.

The Turqoise Room

How idyllic is it, to have a long drawn-out Sunday lunch, to a chorus of cicadas, and the rustling of the leaves from the reserve just next to you? The Turqoise Room, at Gillman Village. Worth going back for more...
M's colourful combination of mushroom omelette.
Close up of mine!
On a completely different note, THIS is the look I want!!!!