a state of mind

it crept up slowly. the nagging feeling that i have been neglecting my blog. oh! i have a blog? yes. yes, i do. i have a blog, and it's been almost 3 months since the last update. forgive me, blog-trawlers, for i have sinned. i have forgone the fellowship for, umm, earthly pleasures. like writing my thesis! milking my brain to the limits in terms of academic writing, there's been scarcely anything left in me to blog. until sibehsian's comment nudged me into action. nudged? i mean jolted. but slowly. i've been lurking every now and then at others' domains and reading about other people, who actually have a life.



me? i think - i think... wait. has anybody ever died from writing a thesis? perhaps i will create history. the state of my apartment (dust bunnies everywhere), the state of my washing (clean but unfolded pile of clothes, thankfully), the state of my desk. i sent this photo over to my mom via skype some evenings back. what desk? she said. i am looking forward to having some semblance of this thing, 'a life' back. no luck of that happening before next week's presentation, i suspect. but if writing and presenting doesn't kill me, another bout of absent-mindedly brushing my teeth with facial wash will.


spring is here in aussie-land - it is good to finally see my own arms and legs again. it's been awhile. and i'm happy because it's sunny outdoors today, and i've got my durian-fix in the form of a durian swiss roll from the Taipei bakery over in box hill. i can't imagine how the angmohs will die from the stench of a durian shop if there was one at the corner of the intersection of say, little bourke and swanston streets. chinatown - home of durians, smelly-tofu and endless yumcha!

haven't had durians in coming to 2 years now... but it's all a state of mind.