Off on a Tangent ~ හිතුමතේ හී සර

last week I was in HongKong! Well Singapore too, but mostly in HK. And the trip was great! By far my best vacation ever! Sooo what can I say about HK?..Hmmm its a nice place...The people were friendly and it was soooo chinese ! OK I know HK belongs to China but I guess I was expecting something like Singapore which is very multi cultural. Supposedly it is winter in HK now but the weather never went below 22 - 24 degrees during my stay. Although everyone I saw were wearing jackets and sweaters and stuff..I was like 'Oh come on its not that cold' but later felt too self conscious to parade in the streets without wearing any warm clothes myself. Ha ha The food was...erm to be honest I skipped the local cuisine this time. I learned my lesson the last time I went to KL. So it was basically McDonalds and BurgerKing for me..Although I did try these small stuff called Dim Sums - which was OK. And I can now eat with chopsticks! yay! I achieved this while in Disneyland. Well obviously m...

On Saturday, I saw that grotesque video of the suicide bomb attack in Narahenpita. The sight of the woman's body getting blasted into two separate parts was ... unnerving to say the least. But the part that shook me to the core was that the girl (suicide bomber) was born in '83. Same age as me. Here was a person who was born in the same year as I. A girl like me. A girl like many of my friends. Correction : A girl who was so like and unlike me at the same time. What happened to her to make her do what she did? I am in NO way sympathizing with suicide bombers. But I cannot help but wonder what happened to the real girl - the one who played with kittens when she was small. The one who danced in front of the mirror when no one was looking. The one who could have grown up into a girl with dreams in her eyes. But she didnt...

Have you ever noticed how bright a full moon can be? Living in the 21st century means our nights are now soaked in artificial light. I have honestly never noticed the light the moon gives - that is not until recently... When I switch off the lights in my room, if I draw back the curtains from the windows, I can actually see stuff clear enough to walk about by the light of the moon! And if I open the windows, I can actually see the moon up in the sky... And its beautiful beautiful beautiful... The bit of land next to our house is still vacant. So there arent any god forsaken light bulbs burning up like a bloody pandol to ruin my starry skies yet. Which means I can go out into the garden and stare at the stars - and try to make out the constellations. No I am not crazy! Its called stargazing. There should be a word called 'moon-gazing' as well! Is it just me or is it this time of year? Somehow the days seem brighter, the sun seems gentler and everything is just...nice. No nice is...

Who shall declare whether it is a pain or a relief to the overcharged heart? The dignity of a crowned queen is capable of utterly dissolving and disappearing in a shower of tears, when Love's burning finger touches the pulse and marks its slow or rapid beatings.

Friday! Jubilation! Or not. Oh yeah I forgot. I have work on Saturday. Project deadline on 15th. Wake up. Office. Code code code. Bugs bugs bugs. Dont get me wrong, I love my job. But its when trying to locate some god forsaken bug that refuses to be reproduced on my computer (its malfunctioning on test environment perfectly! huh ) that I feel like throwing up. Seriously.

On love...

Yesterday was a complete bore. I tried fiddling with the computer a bit, but my job requires me to fiddle with them damn things for 8 hours per day. So I thought what the hell, its Sunday after all - and turned my attention to tv. Unfortunately brother dear had already seized the throne ; aka in possession of the remote. :( I had no choice but to sit and watch what his highness was watching...And we watched *drumroll*..... Batista Vs Kali on something called No Mercy. (?) First there was this huge yucky guy named Kali ( supposedly after the Hindu goddess - but why is a GUY named Kali?? Isnt Kali supposed to be FEMALE? huh ??) and he was inside a bamboo cage. He was strutting about for a bit and then another guy named Batista showed up. Batista was also yucky but less so because he was less huge and therefore appeared to be at least human and not a long lost brother of Hagrid. Anywayz he was also put in the bamboo cage - um two cages actually. It was a cage inside a cage. So the deal wa...