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Mon, Sep. 28th, 2009, 02:29 am

Without a doubt, I am an idiot.

Fri, Aug. 14th, 2009, 12:39 am
Have you ever..

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.



1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi

34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (I love this shit)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine Chips, cheese and gravy. <3
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (I know, what a waste right?)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom Yam
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - In Thailand, no less!
100. Snake

Sun, Jun. 21st, 2009, 01:44 am

Nice guys really do finish last.

Tue, Jun. 2nd, 2009, 03:18 am
In loving memory.

I was behind the camera for much of this semester. This gave me the opportunity to observe the players on the field. You were consistent, devastating and insipirational. Your put other players to shame playing through your constant injuries. You made light of your discomfort after the game, but I saw how much it took out of you, and where the drive to continue to play came from, I never knew. You never had a harsh word for the less experienced players, and continually raised the bar with your all-out performances each match. You were so earnest to play even with your injuries that Uncle Sam sat there with bags of ice and a roll of tape each game, fretting over when you'd aggravate an old injury, not IF you would. You didn't chastise Arnaud for his hand in losing our first game to SMU, and didn't say 'I told you so' when he made up for it and won our second game for us. Off the field you were the nicest guy around, without the airs that accomplished exponents of a trade usually come with. You would tell me of your travels in Europe and your dreams to return and work there, your hopes that NUS would eventually offer a Language degree for students who were interested. Your eyes lit up when you described France and the lure of city lights. You were my teammate and close friend, and I will miss you like fuck, bro. We'll meet again and catch up over a cigarette.

Wherever you are going next, I hope you've found peace, Eli.




Elisha Chng

(1985 - 2009)

Fri, May. 1st, 2009, 06:25 am
listening to "signalrunners_-_meet_me_in_montauk - " on Blip

In light of Eternal Sunshine, this is an incredibly chill piece from Signal Runners. On my morning mix, wicked!

Wed, Apr. 15th, 2009, 01:22 am
listening to "Green Hill Zone - Sega" on Blip

Green Hill Zone - Awesome. #sonic

Thu, Apr. 9th, 2009, 10:42 pm
listening to "Signs - Bloc Party" on Blip

Waking up to rain means you shouldn't be waking up at all. I'm going back to bed.

Fri, Mar. 27th, 2009, 02:28 am
Ming's Morning Mix

is getting stale.



Short Skirt and Long Leather Jacket - Cake

High School Never Ends - Bowling for Soup

Space Oddity - David Bowie

Ava Adore - Smashing Pumpkins

Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone

Indie Rock and Roll - The Killers

Walk This Way - Aerosmith ft. Run DMC

I Get Around - The Beach Boys

Don't You Want Me - Human League

Devil Came Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

Chatanooga Choo Choo - The Glenn Miller Band

A Little Respect - Erasure

The Sound of Settling - Deathcab for Cutie

99 Luftballoons - Nena

The Sign - Ace of Base

Trash - The Whip

DATA - Aeriius Light (Kitsune Compilation)

I'll Be There - Escape Club

No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry

Guitar Man - Cake

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

A Praise Chorus - Jimmy Eat World

Jackie Moon - Love me Sexy

Barely Breathing - Duncan Shiek

Listen - Collective Soul

A Bottle of Buckie - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

Mexico - Incubus

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

Sound and Vision - David Bowie

Four to the Floor - Starsailor

You're Never Fully Dressed - Harry Connick Jr.

This is the Place - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Seven Days in Sunny June - Jamiroquai

Don't Speak - No Doubt

Broken (FL. REmix) - Late of the Pier




What do you listen to in the morning to get you going? Halp.

Sun, Mar. 22nd, 2009, 11:29 pm
Nngh

I quite like Thai, but I'm terrible at it. I take two days to do my fucking homework. The latest: my Thai teacher told me my recent quiz was really balls, and has volunteered to give me one to one tuition. That bad ah. Sigh

Sun, Mar. 8th, 2009, 05:38 pm

I disappoint you enough to diminish your love. You never did a good enough job of letting me know you love me unconditionally. I am unsure why my desire to place distance between yourself and I saddens you less than whatever you go on about this time. You go to church but grab immediately for hate, anger and revenge whenever confronted. I learnt to rage like you, and I hate it; like you it represents a huge weakness in my being. I will forever wonder what the hell it was that made you such a bitter, unhappy lady. My patience is but a sign of respect; I'm sorry its not for love.

Thu, Mar. 5th, 2009, 04:10 am
Have you met Ted?

Die die die. Eight am class and I'm still up, with my essay proposal still undone. I either

(i) sleep now for two and half hours, leaving this proposal to be finished whilst in school, meaning I have to bring my laptop to school and spend my break typing instead of procuring sustenance or

(ii) write the thing and sleep for an hour, and spend my break doing my readings instead of procuring sustenance.

I think I will watch How I Met Your Mother.

Mon, Mar. 2nd, 2009, 01:39 am
Dum dum de dum, dum dum de dum dum distuRBIAAaa

The break week has come and gone with remarkable haste. I achieved several of the goals I set out for myself at the beginning of the week, but butchered some as well. I managed to do a little shopping, worked out a bit, and spent time with the rare whoevers who were willing to suffer my company this week. I didn't go to the post office, run, finish my design work or stick to fairly regular hours. But United drew with Milan Wednesday morning, NUS lost by a 3 try margin to SMU on Friday night, and Djokovic beat Ferrer last night. I cooked through the night with Jeremy for his church thing this morning, before coming home and eating a hasty breakfast. I tried recounting my week and the things I did as I went up to my room but decided I was too tired. When I woke up in time for dinner I remember being briefly irritated with my Mom for some obscure reason; she's been doing that on a regular basis of late. I will try to be more patient.

Theres also this girl, who's been pulling my chain for a bit. The more I think about you though, the less attractive you become, and thank goodness for that. It's just as well I didn't set up lunch, because I'm not looking for anyone like you. I'll probably keep my distance not because you're evil or anything, but because liking you is akin to settling for less. You don't always need to be coming out of or getting into a relationship, I think. As for this resultant.. anomie, for lack of a better word, I'd best get used to it. The path I have set out for myself is an ardous, unforgiving one. I'll be awake when most are asleep, I'll be faffing about when others party. I'll probably not have the option of settling down or keeping a stable relationship for many years. I will lop off the tips of my fingers, have callouses from holding cleavers, and have burn marks all over my hands eventually, all a small price to pay for doing what I love most.

Thu, Jun. 12th, 2008, 04:59 am
Rule No.1

So I don't know if I've broken any rules. Is it an issue if you harbour intentions but don't act on them?
Ought I feel guilty about considering it at all. Should I tell him? And if it came to that, how the fuck would I tell him.

Sat, Mar. 29th, 2008, 05:41 pm

Have you ever sat down in the fresh cut grass
And thought about the moment and when it will pass
Hey man now you're really living


Anjali - How's the new living arrangement? Give me your address

Lauren - Where have you gone and when do your exams end

Caine - I'm sorry for being an idiot on Thursday

Naz - I forgot to do the ethnography assignment. I swear I wanted to do it ok

Song - Damn those nuggets

Piao - Nice set of pictures, lunch one day please!

Xy - I miss you, glad to hear you're in a happy state

Phil - are we ever going to see gerald and that slut LHY this year

Nana - I have that south asian make up test on monday, how was the original and was it tough

swong - haras gnow woh era ouy, yna toh syug tey?

and I haven't really thought about what to say to everyone else.

Sun, Nov. 4th, 2007, 06:01 pm
I hate citations.

What is the deal with references. You've got an essay, right; whatever number of words, academic paper, intro and summary and citations/references to scholarly articles. Which means. No quoting friends, no fictional books (save a lit module) and NO Wikipedia.






An academic paper, between 1000 to 3000 words requires at least 6 citations, references to scholarly articles that have data inside them. These articles are usually compiled by someone else, who in turn uses other scholarly articles in their 'original' works. My question is why we, as university students, require our essays to be validated by scholarly articles written by other people? DO MY WORDS CARRY NO WEIGHT NUS HUH


I hate citations.

Wed, Oct. 24th, 2007, 03:02 am
Leguizamon > Chabal

Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an Iceberg
Waiting to change,
But she's cold inside
She wants to be like
the water,

All the muscles tighten in her face
Buries her soul in one embrace
They're one and the same
Just like water

Then the fire fades away
But most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're the other side of the world
to me

On comes the panic light
Holding on with fingers
and feelings alike
But the time has come
To move along

Then the fire fades away
But most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're the other side of the world

Can you help me?
Can you let me go
And can you still love me
When you can't see me anymore

Then the fire fades away
most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're on the other side of the world 
the other side of the world
You are the other side of the world
To me.

Sun, Oct. 14th, 2007, 02:25 pm

Knowing someone's thinking about you, brings about incomparable emotions in even the most hard-hearted of people. Taking the extra effort to surprise me with a message timed to be read upon waking up, thats what I want.

Mon, Oct. 1st, 2007, 06:03 pm
NALSAN MEMBERS WHERE ARE YOUU

How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don’t
I don’t believe it’s bad
Slit my throat
It’s all I ever

I heard your voice through a photograph
I thought it up it brought up the past
Once you know you can never go back
I’ve got to take it on the otherside




Watched that Korean show last night. Company was great, show was abyssmal. Abishmael. I also wrote my first essay in a really long time. Beating the rust off is not as easy as it looks. But its alright because once you train yourself to do something it becomes less difficult with each opportunity for reinforcement. Its like the example of the drunkard. He loves the stuff but knows its gonna have him in a right mess, crouched over the porcelain throne and saying wtf was I thinking. Then the next time it crosses his mind that he'd like a drink, the memory of feeling like ass wags its knobbly finger and the desire gets killed. Sure, there are plenty of instances where dealing with the shitty stuff after is worth it when the benefits are weighed, pleasure before pain right? Not this time la. You've won and the will to fight has left me.

Wed, Sep. 26th, 2007, 06:21 am

Where are the textbooks for this topic?

Where are the tomes of reference that detail all possible outcomes, the big thick informative books with painfully small words. Where are the tutors

who nudge us in the right direction. I am new to this, and I've been a mess throughout it all. I have no idea what to do; I'm floundering.

Sun, Sep. 23rd, 2007, 04:24 am
ascendo tuum

Deep inside of a parallel universe
Its getting harder and harder
To tell what came first
Under water where thoughts can breathe easily
Far away you were made in a sea
Just like me

Christ Im a sidewinder Im a
California king
I swear its everywhere
Its everything

Staring straight up into the sky
Oh my my a solar system that fits
In your eye microcosm

You could die but your never dead spider web
Take a look at the stars in
Your head fields of space kid

Christ Im a sidewinder Im a
California king
I swear its everywhere
Its everything

Psychic changes are born in your heart entertain
A nervous breakthrough that makes us the same
Bless your heart girl

Kill the pressure its raining on
Salty cheeks
When you hear the beloved song
I am with you

Christ Im a sidewinder Im a
California king
I swear its everywhere
Its everything

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