Monday, July 30, 2007
they say when life becomes routine, you have descended upon the abyss of monotony. But sometimes, isn't it a blessing in some sense that you have one to follow? Compared to the refugees in various war-torn countries who lead lives not knowing what's in store for them tomorrow; where survival is on a day-by-day basis and where they cannot figure out a future for themselves. Routine is in some sense an indication of normality and order.
And routine need not be boring, as one would readily suggest. Because while your life can be routine, you can easily derive simple pleasure from it. I derive satisfaction from the end of a day's classes, from preparing my dinner, cooking it and finally savoring it while catching up on shows on crunchyroll.com or youtube.com, and then topping off with my kahlua Cornell ice-cream or a glass of lemonade. Who says life has to be party, party and party ALL THE TIME?
Chem today was awesome; prof almy sprayed acetone over the entire classroom and lit up the lecture theatre with flame! It was amazing, a pity I didn't bring my camera along. I certainly need to bring it for the next lecture!
Dinner was awesome, the only superlative I could accord to it: shiok! The jap curry had the right amount of consistency to it, none of the watery curry on my first attempt, and goes really well with hot pipping rice. that said, it would have been more fun had you been savoring it with company; a pity I had asked Jo Jo AFTER I had cooked it. Looking forward to cookin for my housemates soon, just so that I wont be needin to do the washing! lol.
And of course, finals beckon, so I don't think I will be doing more cooking over the course of this week, although strangely I went grocery shopping today AGAIN.
I hope I always have time for myself, like how I have had plenty for myself now w/o feelin a sense of loneliness.
Signing off,
Henry
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11:02 PM
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