rollercoaster rides and dizzy highs

When the new meets the old

cobbledstonestreets — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:06:27 +0000

I haven’t realized that my old blog still exists! And it wasn’t so much of the nuggets of memories that brought back waves of nostalgia, but more of strange bewilderment at having written all those words that are cringe worthy and so unlike me (now).

But anyway, one post certainly struck me.

“And it all started, my trip down the old and lovely memory lane. And this otherwise empty night was strangely aching with nostalgia, with moments relived and smiles aplenty. The comforts of familiarity, complete with once-on-repeated-mode melodies that tug at my heart strings, reminiscing the past has never been more bittersweet. In the sense that as we busy ourselves with heaps of commitments and work, people hardly have the time to sit down in the quiet night, get their senses heightened, and think about things that are safely tucked away at the corner. And I hurriedly swallowed the lump in my throat, being the old sentimental me I thought I lost, and looked back into the past with renewed strength and strange revelation. Because I used to miss the past too much it became an anchor holding me back, but now I’m just smiling and grateful for things that happened and people that entered my life. And revelation in that I have been so caught up in my present circumstances I neglected my extra capacity to care, and acknowledge. As time blurs the jagged edges of vivid moments and casts a fog of vagueness over them, I just hope my memory doesn’t fail me, and my heart still knows how to feel.”

Live life

cobbledstonestreets — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:11:53 +0000

I want to fly to Brazil and attend Rock the Rio concert. I want to be at Ushuaia in Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. I want to take a road trip down the roads of America, blast the music and sing my heart out. I want to lie on the sands of Bora Bora and watch the turquoise waters beneath my feet. I want to experience life like I’ve never had, because this is what life is supposed to be.

On good things

cobbledstonestreets — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:50:38 +0000

Good things should be hard to come by, so that people will learn to appreciate what they have.

And I’m lucky to have you.

cobbledstonestreets — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:05:13 +0000

On a super whiny and self-pity note, I can’t seem to make the people I care about feel good.

Sigh.

Hello Happy Days

cobbledstonestreets — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:25:28 +0000

You make me skip a beat today.

Damaged

cobbledstonestreets — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:37:58 +0000

I know I’m kinda strange, to you sometimes
Don’t always say, what’s on my mind
You know that I’ve been hurt, by some guy
But I don’t wanna mess up this time

[bridge]
And I really really really care
And I really really really want you
And I think I’m kinda scared
Cos I don’t want to lose you
If you really really really care
Then maybe you can hang through
I hope you understand
It’s nothing to you

My heart’s at a low
I’m so much to manage
I think you should know that
I’ve been damaged
I’m falling in love
There’s one disadvantage
I think you should know that I’ve been damaged

I might look through your stuff, for what I don’t wanna find
Or I might just set you up, to see if you’re all mine
I’m a little paranoid, from what I’ve been through
Don’t know what you got yourself into

Frequency

cobbledstonestreets — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:24:42 +0000

I love walking away from a conversation feeling all emotionally and intellectually satisfied. Especially with a good friend you can connect with and bare your soul at.

So many little dark secrets unravelled tonight, but all in the name of fun and friendship. Haha.

Hello world

cobbledstonestreets — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:07:09 +0000

All I want to say is that the whirlwind of events happening in the past few months (okay one year actually) had totally thrown me off life’s treadmill. I need to slowly grease the wheels of life that have stopped. Put them back in motion and move forward.

I forgot how blogging makes me sit down and put my life in perspective. It has been jigsaw-puzzle mess of late. Therefore, I’m back to blog!

But before I really sit down and muse upon, I have a list of exciting plans to execute.

1. Soak in the vignettes of Hanoi’s old charm and satisfy my wanderlust.
2. Revamp the entire bedroom into my own little cosy corner.
3. Set up my newly bought laptop and develop my tech-savyness (or lack thereof)

I’m starting to think one week is not enough. I can’t wait!

cobbledstonestreets — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:29:39 +0000

One reason why this job ain’t bad for me is that i take quite long to warm up to people properly, and we build on long-term relationships with our clients. So i know i can gradually behave like my normal self without forcing good first impressions. It’s actually my weakness, i know. Haha.

And i am someone who really needs balance. So this job kinds of provide me with that. Sometimes I get to rack my brains and work on proposals, sometimes liase with people all over the world, talk to clients, sometimes do daily stuff. Good mixture between desk-bound and talking.

See, i really like the nature of my job.

It’s just whether i have the passion for it.

But isn’t it also true that many never could find something they truly enjoy anyway? So perhaps i should stop being idealistic and wonder if there’s something out there for me that’s undiscovered and unexplored.

Realize

cobbledstonestreets — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:10:14 +0000

Take time to realize
That your warmth is crashing down on in.
Take time to realize,
That I am on your side
Didn’t I, Didn’t I tell you.

But I can’t spell it out for you,
No it’s never gonna be that simple
No I cant spell it out for you

If you just realize what I just realized,
Then we’d be perfect for each other
and will never find another
Just realized what I just realized
We’d never have to wonder if we missed out on each other now

Take time to realize
Oh-oh I’m on your side
Didn’t I, didn’t I tell you.
Take time to realize
This all can pass you by..
Didn’t I tell you

But I can’t spell it out for you,
no its never gonna be that simple
no I can’t spell it out for you.

If you just realized what I just realized
then we’d be perfect for each other
then we’d never find another
Just realized what I just realized
we’d never have to wonder if we missed out on each other now.

It’s not always the same
no it’s never the same
if you don’t feel it too.

If you meet me half way
If you would meet me half way.
It could be the same for you.

If you just realized what I just realized
then we’d be perfect for each other
then we’d never find another
Just realized what I just realized
we’d never have to wonder

Just realized what I just realized
Missed out on each other now
Missed out on each other now