Thoughts. (Updated frequently)

"Lets be honest; the person I lie to most is myself. "

Wednesday 21 December 2011

Pink

There is only two more days until I leave for my 5 week trip to HK, Thailand and China.


I'M NOT READY TO GO YET. I NEED MORE DAYS IN NZ.


Trying to pack things into my dirty red Elle suitcase, but so far I have hardly anything in it.


This may take a while.










Yesterday, I dyed my hair pink with Cleo.

More photos and video up soon ! :)


Tuesday 20 December 2011

I feel 8 years old again



Do you ever feel like going back to those times where the only things that mattered were playing tag on the playgrounds at lunch time, whether your best friend was in the same class as you, and if you made it back home on time after school to catch your favourite TV shows?

The other day I found a dress that I wore when I was younger.
My mum liked to dress me up - but whose mother didn't, right?
I've only worn this dress once as a little girl, but I tried it on and it still fits! Except its a million times shorter and I would never dare to wear it in public.


But I thought it would be fun to dress up and take some pictures, and pretend I was a little girl again ! (Yes, I do have a lot of free time)



Too bad the photos turned out so yellow.  But here are some anyway :)

Thursday 15 December 2011

OH BABY.

Yes, this post is actually going to be about babies.


I have a soft spot for anything cute, and I think babies are sooooo adorable !


My auntie just recently had a baby, around a week ago now.


Unnamed Baby Boy: Photos at 1 day old 









Lachlan: Two months old






Monday 12 December 2011

Soon

I thought I had a lot of time.
But there is only 11 more days.
SO SOON, but also so excited ! :)



Our plan for end of Dec and Jan :)


Tuesday 6 December 2011

3AM in the morning

I think I get too into television dramas.


It's 3am - I'm sacrificing my beauty sleep to watch an episode of 【我可能不會愛你】. Smart move Christine.


Also, I often find myself yelling at the computer screen.
Why did he delete her text? 
Why is she doing that??
OMG that guy is such a tool, get together with the other guy!


Its a freaking drama - everything is supposed to be exaggerated, everything is supposed to be so 'dramatic',


Another thing, I tend to try predict what the actors will say - and 99% of the time I will get it right, or be very. very close.


Everything is so unrealistic that its predictable.


So why do I keep watching these shows then?


Because I like predictability.
I like knowing that in the end, love will win and the main characters will be all happy and (most likely) get married. 


During exams, I watched 【泡沫之夏】.
LOL, that show ... is pretty bad. Everything is soooooo over-dramatic
but I managed to watch each and every single episode. (Maybe thats the reason why I failed my exams)



I realise I have an unhealthy addiction to Asian dramas, just like my addiction to the stupid reality shows on E! and MTV.


Funny thing is, I wouldn't waste a day to watch these shows, but I would sacrifice my sleeping time to watch it.


And, once I start watching I have to finish.


Too bad that doesn't apply in life.


-----------------------off to sleep now.

Thursday 1 December 2011

I am (not) telling the truth

What are you supposed to do when you realise someone is straight up lying to you?




Lying is a very common theme in children stories.
The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood lied about being Red's grandmother.
The father of the girl in Rumpelstiltskin lied about her daughter being able to spin straw into gold.
Pinocchio's nose grew longer every time he lied.
The boy who cried wolf lied so much no one believed him when he told the truth.


You've lied to me before, why should I believe you this time?


These stories are supposed to teach children not to lie, and that 'honesty is the best policy.' We grow up being taught this, but what stops us from making up a little white lie?

On average, people lie 4 times a day. So how many of these lies go unnoticed?
(How can we even trust these statistics???)

I watched 'The Invention of Lying' a couple of months ago.
It is set in an alternate reality where there is no such thing as lying. People feel compelled to share their thoughts and feelings with often brutal honesty.
The protagonist, described as a 'chubby little loser', discovers the act of lying when he lies to the bank about how much money he has in his account. He is the only liar in a world full of people who haven't really evolved the ability to lie. So after the bank incident, he just lies about everything to get his own way e.g. telling women that the world will end if they don't have sex with him, lying to steal money from the casino etc etc.


It was a super boring movie, and I fell asleep near the end, but the idea is quite clever. I'm not gonna write an essay about it, but I just wanna say how its kinda stupid the main character can lie about anything without suspicion from anyone. I guess it shows how easy it really is for someone to lie and get away with it.


We lie when we don't want people to know what we are really thinking. We lie about our feelings and thoughts. We lie when we don't want feelings to get hurt.
We also lie when we want attention and when we want to fit in. We want acceptance, even if its for what we make ourselves out to be. 

We lie to our parents, friends, teachers, employers, acquaintances and even random strangers.


Lying is unavoidable - no one can tell the truth all the time
I guess we just have to figure out when it is okay to tell a little white lie, but we also have to consider the consequences. Or if its better to just shut our mouths and not say anything at all.
I'll admit I'm not the most honest person in the world, but I'd like to think I know when I should be telling the truth. And when I don't want to tell the truth, I would usually just not say anything. But I am only human. Anyone who tells you that they "never lie" is obviously lying.

It feels so horrible when you find out someone is lying to you. Especially if you don't know whether to confront them or just let it be.
I'm guessing it feels even worse when your lie is discovered. 


Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this.