Friday, September 21, 2012
Over the streamlet vapors are borne, Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
You know, this is weird but I find that as I grow older I am starting to enjoy more... traditional things more. Things like opera and herbal soup.
Okay so there's really no point to me saying this but really, I finally understand why people talk about acquired tastes.
Opera. This is something I never got when I was younger. Opera was the sort of CDs and stuff that my grandmother used to listen to (and my mother and I can do the accompaniment along to, we've listened to them so often), and I think I'm only starting to better appreciate it now. Of course that could have something to do with the fact that my cantonese is way better now so maybe.
Herbal soups. I don't know, I've been messing around with chinese herbs more nowsaday (not just 狗纪子 and 当归) and yup, gotten used to them. Also trying out new tea combinations. I think it makes for a good start for some change, at least. (My current diet is really, really, unhealthy and probably unnutritious to even my dog.) And since I have so much time from 'O' levels to, well, when JC life officially starts, I probably have some time to learn how to make more soups.
So.
Things I want to do! In no obvious order of importance, or chronology.
- Improve my cantonese. Going to spend the holidays actually making an effort on this one.
- Learn to make more soups.
- Learn to handle seafood. Could also try out some recipes I found recently.
- Read the books on my to-read list.
- Pressure Cat姐 to help me get printed copies of online books. (Of course, as a birthday present.)
- Finish up what I have left of last year's NaNo. I may consider writing a new one this year.
- Read/watch Kuo Pao Kun's
The Spirits Play.
- Spend some time with friends. Hang out with people at bookstores. I need reading suggestions.
- Spend more time with family.
- Reflect. I'll keep it personal, so...
- Consider choices for JC. This includes consulting teachers. Also a lot of planning for my own future.
- National forum thing Mr Chew mentioned?
- IF writing fest with Hope and Louise? And also RS continuation?
- Intellectual conversations with people. Also talk more to my online friends (about more important things).
- Spend more time on music.
- Learn to open up more and how to be around people without slapping them all.
- Learn how to deal with my constant mini-emotional crises.
The last one there is pretty important, I think. Also, that, I just realised, is one
very long list. I intend to cross out more than 2/3 of that.
...I have a weakness for herbal chicken soup. Does anyone want to try out a new recipe I found with me?
Posted at 10:33 PM
