I totally love Tsukushi -- adorable, gutsy, brave girl.
yes, she is, Domyouji!
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and... hello, long weekend! :D
the little girls from Qatar are back for a short holiday, and it will be a busy weekend, yay. Also, I have my first Arabic exam coming up -- did I say I've resumed my Arabic? I have! I shall ganbarimasu and be more awesome at this than ever before (and not completely mix up my non-English, non-Malay vocabulary, hehe).
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Time is a tricky thing, isn't it.
Depending on one's reference point, something can feel like it's been forever, and something else can feel like it was only yesterday.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
I've been rewatching Hanadan!
I've sorta calculated that I do this about every 2 years or so, haha.
And I've also revisited my love for Utada Hikaru's songs -- seriously, I used to have her on repeat like all day or something and knew every word by heart.
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And Domyouji/Makino -- love them so much. This show, it makes me laugh so hard, and makes me cry so bad. Japan! When will you produce another magic like Hanadan!
MAKINO: We haven’t done this in a while huh? We haven’t used these phones…
DOUMYOUJI: You’re… right. What’s wrong? Are you crying?
MAKINO: I’m sorry. I’m not crying. You know… You know what? Talking to you… on this phone… is such an amazing thing. I thought… I would never… ever hear your voice from this again.
DOUMYOUJI: Makino.
MAKINO: This Sunday…
DOUMYOUJI: Eh?
MAKINO: Ebisu Garden Place… Clock Tower Square, at 1 o’clock!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
wah! I like this:
realize that anything worth doing is worth doing badly
I'm seriously in love with Friday. At this point, nothing makes me happier, haha. (:
I've had such a wonderful Friday today -- only two patients the entire day (complex but interesting, and I probably bombed my evaluation on both, but what the heck, M was still so nice to me after). Also, my afternoon was spent writing up patient notes at a relaxing pace, because my clinic slots are still empty. Then I met up with my SLP classmates -- who are really some of the best people I have ever known -- and our dinner made my entire day, and my entire week.
If this is my support system in this field, I can survive this, and I can succeed in this profession, God-willing. I am so grateful for this bunch of people -- my heart feels full.
A real connection is almost palpable; and therefore touches you.
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I wish I had more adorable girls in therapy -- but if they're able to do stuff like this, then duh, they probably don't need my services.
This is the famous Japanese-American girl, Nina, whose early childhood days were documented on youtube and remains one of the cutest things ever on the web.
(My mum says she looks like I did when I was teeny, but I was cuter, heee. :P)
This one, when Nina can't say "k" -- dad could have tried pressing down on her tongue with a tongue depressor or a lollipop! That would have helped. But anyways -- totally okay if she's not saying "k" when she's this teeeeny!
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And this is the vlog episode with Lizzie Bennett and Mr Darcy finally getting together (somewhat non-halal, sorreh) -- god, I adore these two! I don't think I've ever hated any version of the Lizzie/Darcy pairing. I practically had to slap my mouth to stop from fan-squealing while on the train.
This has been an excellent internet production; probably best ever.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Whatever you lost through the stroke of destiny,
Know it was to save you from adversity.
One small affliction keeps off greater afflictions;
One small loss prevents greater losses.
- Rumi
Saturday, March 16, 2013
You can only work to be one of two things in this world:
rahmah or fitnah;
a mercy to others or a tribulation.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Today, while writing up some typical patient notes -- Child attempted to gain attention by lightly tapping on SLT's hand -- I felt an insane impulse to add to it: IT WAS SO CUTE!!!!! Patient notes are meant to be formal and concise and straightforward; this is of course very un-me, and I often feel the crazy urge to be random, flowery or rambly, just so I can convey with more feeling how the child appeared to me. (Seriously the kid was so cute; boring patient notes cannot do him justice.)
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Love this. Fuzzy, warm feelings in my chest.
They make me feel all ganbatte about work and the future. (:
The sky never ever forgets the memories even when we are apart There won't be another season when I'll meet someone else that I'll love this much Shine more, my awesome lady Surely, my feelings will reach you softly Believing is everything There is no night without dawn Believing is everything Love so sweet.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
What I struggled to put into words when we were discussing marriage today!
... a great degree of happiness actually comes from pleasing others and in a relationship, that would be each partner doing their utmost to please the other. To a large extent, happiness is a derivative of that, rather than assuming that, as Alice says, we can or should feel happy all of the time. More important that ‘finding happiness’, which actually I think is the cause of a lot of unhappiness, is I would suggest serving certain principles and ideals, working together as a couple to seek to achieve them and happiness will be derived from working together as a couple towards these. from mfcerrah
I didn't have great expectations for it because of the lukewarm reviews. I started out intending to watch maybe a half hour of it, but I ended up finishing the whole thing on a worknight -- couldn't stop! Maybe it's cause I haven't seen the full anime so I had nothing to compare it to; so I finally discovered the awesomeness that is Himura Kenshin and became enthralled. The fighting was pretty fascinating too.
Ah, I do love heroes. Don't we all? Which is why -- I generally dig the shows or stories with clear hero archetypes.
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When we hit a wall, what can we do but take a step back, and pray that we find a way through.
Monday, March 04, 2013
The past Saturday, my sis, parents and I were stuck in a traffic jam in Johor till ~1.30am because of a Chingay event taking up road space; we had been warned about it during the course of the day's shopping but we had not anticipated the extent of its effect on the entire pusat bandaraya. It was nutso~~~~~!!! and hilarious to recall. We had set off for home at 8+ pm but by 9.30-ish the traffic was crawling at ant's pace, and by 10-ish, we were stationary. It felt like the entire city simply shut down and witnessed the chingay.
After some irritating squabbling and finger-pointing amongst ourselves in the car, my dad pulled over and shut down the engine and we whiled away the hours while the chingay people had their fill of the fireworks and the singing and the merry fun. The entire highway was filled with people lounging around their stationary cars and chatting each other up and fanning ourselves against the heat. I was sprawled across the backseat watching a movie on my iPhone (leftovers from my Spain trip stash, hehe, thank goodness). My sister described how further down the road at the Shell kiosk, the scene was ala end-of-the-world, with cars packed in the roads but stationary or abandoned, and dark roads (because they had switched off the lights for Chingay light effects, wooh!) and people queueing up for basic amenities -- i.e. toilet.
All-in-all, quite the adventure.
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Been listening to the Bayyinah app on the way to work for the past 2 months (oh, how time flies!), and Allah bless our tireless teachers who impart such valuable knowledge. I feel like I've learnt so much from listening to so little, and it's been helping me keep life and work in perspective, Alhamdulillah. yay. (:
Maybe it's the bouncy-ness of it, that reminds me of the early days when I fell for Arashi (and JE as a whole). Arashi = they make you feel less crummy when you're having a bad day.
If you've overburdened yourself, throw it all away Leave tomorrow to how tomorrow wants to handle it Nobody knows what will happen in the future All we need to do is live the present,
Let's go
Friday, March 01, 2013
Wah, I actually really agree with this. And if there's one thing that I regret about jumping ship into speech therapy, it's leaving the fascinating but difficult world of coding. And my god, I too have said before I'm sure: they should have taught us to code in school! It really is a creative process.
hey, who knows, maybe in the future, I can code and make one of those software therapy program thingys. hmmmmmm.
