Almost is Never Enough.

Sometimes, I wish I had that tenacity and courage to fight for what I truly want. Or what I think I truly want.

In more ways than one.

Even If It Leads Nowhere.

"So tell me, how has your life changed?"

"It's like I no longer feel that void in my life anymore. That emptiness... it's gone."

"Don't you ever feel that same void in you too?"

100 Things I Want to Do Before I Die

Saw this somewhere on another blog; decided to do this for keepsakes (or purely just out of amusement).

For future reference:

Achieved - 24/100

1. Visit the Maldives and bask in the crystal clear waters. (or even lay on one of those hammocks with a book + cocktail in hand)
2. Have a picnic right in front of the Eiffel Tower
3. Stand at the top of the Eiffel Tower with the love of my life
4. GO TO THE BIG APPLE (New York, to those who are not familiar with the nickname). Stand in the middle of Times Square and just to soak in the moment.
5. Take up a photography course in London/New York
6. Take the rides at Six Flags!
7. Attend a Full Moon Party @ Koh Phangan
8. Visit Machu Picchu, Peru
9. Go canoeing/kayaking once again!
10. Roadtrip in Aussie (Melbourne / Perth)
11. White Water Rafting
12. Scuba Diving
13. Attempt Laser tagging
14. Go to Cape Town, Africa
15. PRAGUE.
16. Run a marathon. (maybe someday I'll really be crazy enough to do this)
17. Attempt paragliding
18. Try out helmet diving in Boracay
19. Publish my own photography site
20. Travel Italy (Rome, Venice, Florence etc)
21. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany
22. See the Northern Lights!!!!! (Aurora Borealis T.T)
23. Visit Tokyo again to see the Cherry Blossoms. (without everyone hounding me about the risk of radiation)
24. Go skiing at Hokkaido
25. Take part in a singing competition
26. Attempt bungee jumping
27. SKYDIVING.
28. Travel Greece, Santorini
29. Ride in a hot air balloon
30. Buy a decent microphone and properly record a song cover!!
31. Compose a song of my own
32. Get a biking license (although I know this will never be striked off the list cos of Mom's objections :( )
33. Get a tattoo
34. Go to Bali (Yes I haven't.) 35. Stay in Montigo for a night. (Lie at the rooftop and star gaze/chill)
36. Attend Coachella Music Festival!!!
37. ZOUKOUT. (Procrastinating year to year)
38. ATTEND TOMORROWLAND, BELGIUM
39. Club at least once in Seoul
40. Go back to Taiwan again (the last I went was when I was 14)
41. Attend a wine-tasting session/class
42. Successfully bake a set of macaroons!!! (failed terribly the last time hahaha)
43. BUSK (at least once).
44. GET ABS HAHAHAHA
45. Drive a sports car
46. Take barista classes
47. Attempt Project365
48. DRINK TEA. (Don't ask.)
49. Go to the trampoline park @ Tanjong Katong!
50. Upgrade my DSLR
51. Fully pay for a retirement trip for my parents
52. Flying First Class
53. Master the French language (pity I didn't pick up right where I left off in Y1...)
54. Rent a villa with a private pool with my future partner
55. Befriend a random stranger
56. Watch a movie all by myself.
57. Experience a proper sunset.
58. Code and develop my own mobile app.
59. Go vegan for a week.
60. Reconnect with XXX, from my past.
61. Visit a castle in England.
62. Road-tripping in New Zealand
63. Visit Cappadocia
64. Ride a yatch
65. See Holland in bloom
66. AMSTERDAM
67. Conduct a photoshoot underwater
68. Buy a random stranger a cup of coffee
69. Walk barefoot in the rain
70. Dye my hair ash blonde
71. Cliff jumping
72. Visit the Niagara Falls
73. Gamble once at the casinos in Las Vegas
74. Live abroad for at least a month
75. Attend either a Xtina/ Jessie J/ Bruno Mars/ Jay Chou concert onceee
76. Try a flaming lambo
77. Master basic DJ skills with a turntable
78. Attempt a Beef Wellington
79. Prepare a really well-seared ribeye/fillet mignon
80. COOK A REALLY MEAN CRAB DISH
81. Get a belly button piercing
82. Try out one of the celebrity chef restaurants in London/NYC
83. Climb a mountain
84. Speak fluently in another language (not Chinese/Eng)
85. Successfully learn blading
86. Ride a limo for a night hahahahaha
87. Ride a tandem bike
88. Sleep in a hammock
89. Relearn the electric guitar
90. Spend the night in an underwater hotel
91. Try dining in the dark (eg. NOX)
92. Watch a movie as a couple with those couple seats! 
<3 br="">93. Write a letter to myself and reading it after a year
94. Make my own time capsule
95. Get serenaded (hahahah corny shit)
96. Rent a car and road trippin' in Hawaii!!!!!
97. Releasing sky lanterns in Shifen, Taiwan
98. Midnight biking/jogging at ECP
99. Make a difference in someone's life.
100. And last but not least, find the love of my life. hahahahahahahahaha.

Today.

is the day I dread most every year.

There's some morbid sense to it, but I'd always thought that this was like a countdown to the end of my life, an expiration date to a good part of my memories, and a reminder of my inadequacy. Whatever.

Somehow, life always seems to throw a series of bad events my way on this very day yearly. Hence, this time, I've taken the liberty to call it a break from office/work. Made some decent plans for the day ahead, but I really do not have faith in my luck on this day every year.

We'll see.
23 hours left to go whoopeee.

(Got yelled at by the mom while drafting this. What immaculate ironic timing you have, Life.)

The Ocean's Song

xx

And it haunts me just a little every time I close my eyes.

Georgetown 2014

Finally got about to posting up the photos for Georgetown - all I can say is that it was the best 55 hours spent in the UNESCO World Heritage region. Randomly decided to take a solo exploratory tour around Georgetown some time back in Feb, mainly to visit the Camera Museum (which the sis bf invested in) and to also finally witness the street murals done up by Ernest Zacharevic for myself before it all fades away with time. So much love for the whole experience.

Thank you for being such a gem, Georgetown. I'll definitely be back someday.