GOING SPANISH

Caught up with Winnie and Lilian over lunch.  Got treated to Spanish food @Pura Brasa.  I haven't eaten so much pork in a long time.  Gift exchange.  Had a fab lunchtime.

Winnie and Lilian had jobs to go back to so I called upon Eunice, whose workplace is a stone's throw from the restaurant.  She doesn't need to be in the office every day so today is my lucky day!  We had a spot of tea together.  

Eunice and I hang out once a week.  She's my work buddy-turned-bestie.

Spotted a white chicken.  I'm not wild about having wild chickens roaming our neighbourhoods and, the CBD.  

PLEASE SIMPLIFY

To re-train myself to write better Chinese characters, I've been copying poetry and verses written by poets of the Tang and Song dynasty.  Some traditional Chinese characters, I find, are tough to write.

Can someone please create simplified characters for these? 

攥 (zuan), 虞 (yu), 檀 (tan), 鬓 (bin), 孽 (nie), 袅 (niao), 簟 (dian), 颦 (pin)

I can promise you that should I ever write Chinese poetry, I will not include such perplexing characters.

人性

今天总觉得笔画是很不顺 还是勉强抄了几个字。

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当一碗水端不平的时候 只有牺牲那个最善良的人才能风平浪静。一旦那个善良的不愿意再牺牲了 就会被扣上一个破坏和谐的帽子。 人性的丑陋之处就在于明明自己揣着私心 却苛求别人大度。 

善良的人总是在反省自己 质疑自己 用道德约束自己。自私的人从不觉得哪里错了 因为他们心里只装着自己。

DAYS LIKE THIS

I wish every day is like today - uneventful, unassuming, undisturbed.

The day started off with a yummy breakfast.  The avocados I bought earlier this week have ripened nicely.  They were creamy and buttery.  I ate one on toasted bread, with sea salt and a dash of guacamole spice.  

I'm loving this Guacamole Spice that I bought from Gewurzhaus.  Recently, I discovered that it pairs very well with chickpeas!

I asked my BFF if might like to come with me to buy more avos but she already made other plans. 

Luckily, I'm someone who enjoys my own company.  I went and got avos, ate fries at MOS Burger, bought a couple of popiahs home to share with my mum.  

Our maid was feeling under the weather so I offered to do the dishes.  Was rewarded by  a burst of golden sunlight that came through the kitchen window.  A splendid sunset.  

And that, dear reader, was my day.  

放下 (二)

这一辈子就是一个过程 没有永恒的生命 也没有不老的青春

时间一到 该老的老 该走的走

我们终究是时间的过客

既然是过客 何必执着？

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其实困住我们的 从来不是失去 而是紧攥回忆不肯松手的执念。

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你放不下的往往不是那个人 而是那个曾经全心付出的自己。别再盯着那扇已经合上的门了 只要你转身就会看见一整片天空在等你。

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