Things You Never Knew.

A butterfly must blink its eyes a few times
Before mastering how to fly.
The night sky is sprinkled all over with stars,
But a few will fall to the ground...

so, my friend just showed this to me earlier today. and i'm absolutely in love with this song now! [yes, i had to search up the lyrics.. :) hehe]. ah, i feel so asian now, even though the only chinese songs i listen to are all from leehom, loll. well, at least i'm getting somewhat[?] more integrated into chinese culture before i go visit hong kong? :D.

of course, david choi and alex goot are still my favourite though, :)<3.

on a side note, fall term is almost over (yay)!! already starting to count down the days 'til Christmas. cannot wait for the hectic confusion it will be: back-to-back reunion times then hong kong then china then snowboarding :)! fun times, as long as i don't get jet-lagged or sick :D haha.

Strangers, Again.

Our lives will continue on in different directions
Towards the inevitable end - becoming strangers again.
And everything we shared will just become fragmented memories
From so long ago I'll question if it even really happened.
And all that'll be left... is this.
A box of random stuff.
From a faded period of time
When this stranger... was the most important person in my life.
What a shame.

ps. david choi!

Left Breathless.

When you are loved, you can do anything in creation.
When you are loved,
There's no need at all to understand what's happening,
Because everything happens within you.

-- Blue Pond, Hokkaido: by Kent Shiraishi
okay, obviously i am in a National Geographic craze right now, mostly 'cause i really don't want to do work and i honestly miss going on trips to random places, sporting my awesomely huge camera and lens, just to take pictures of anything i see. i cannot wait to go to hong kong and china. 'cause i'm pretty sure there will be tons of things i can take pictures of - since i haven't been there since ..grade 1? :) ahhh, it's gonna be so interesting to finally see how different hk looks from canada! although i still don't know if i like the idea of spending Christmas there. there won't be snow or anything remotely like what's above :(.

-- Timber Wolves: by Jacqueline Crivello
loll.. reminds me of when i really wanted a wolf as a pet :). or better yet, an arctic fox! my favourite animal of all time, i must say. they remind me of snow's first fall, of innocence. and they are so dang cute! although i'd probably be scared as heck and run my life out if i actually saw one in front of me.. haha

-- Cuban Tree Frog, Florida: by James Snyder
frog ate the light! and didn't die. apparently, he took the light out of the frog after he finished taking pictures of it and it wasn't quite happy in its unlit state.. lmao.

-- Terraced Rice Field, China: by Thierry Bornier
this picture absolutely amazes me. they're rice fields! rice fields! i never knew such art could come from growing rice.. haha. maybe i'll see something like this!! *wishes*.

-- Monarch Butterflies, Mexico: by Joel Sartore
just.. wow. i'm proud of myself when i get a picture of one butterfly, lol!

-- Giraffe, Mexico: by Oscar Medina
cutest! and funniest animal ever, ahahah. it's almost cartoon-like :). okay, that's all the pictures i've got to share for now. i really gotta get at least some work done today.. :P. okay, lies. i'm just gonna start working tomorrow, just watch me.

Frozen Bubbles.

Underneath your love is where I wanna be
Oh, I never ever felt this good and I can't get enough
Oh, what'd you do to me, I can't fall asleep
You put a spell on me
And now I'm underneath your love.

-- Dew Droplets: by Will Strathmann
i absolutely love National Geographic. i remember flipping through all their magazines as a kid afterschool. my friend and i would just go through all the pictures and see which ones we found the most amazing (not that any of them aren't amazing, of course). oh, if i could only hope to take a picture as good as the ones by NG, i'd be overwhelmingly proud :). well anyways, today i just felt like looking through the editor's picks for the 2011 National Geographic photo contest. and ahh, i am just in awe by some of these. reminds me how beautiful nature truly is <3. here's some of my favourites for this year!

-- Lone Tree Yellowstone: by Anita Erdmann
this photo makes me want snow to come now!! although i doubt we'll have that much snow, haha. from what i remember of winter in Kingston last winter.. it was mostly ice and slush. no white perfection :(.

-- Antelopes: taken in Kenya by Diego Arroyo
cutest thing everr, yes? and finally.. my absolute favourite so far:

-- Frozen Bubbles: by Emmanuel Coupe
absolutely amazing! and guess what? it's taken in Canada too!! haha the bubbles are made from gas released from the lake bed and trapped in the frozen water. click http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/entries/43703/view/ to see the bigger version of this picture.
just plain breath-taking :).

Around Queen's.

Just because you can't see it
Doesn't mean it isn't there.
You can't see the future, yet you know it will come.
You can't see the air, yet you continue to breathe.

decided to post a couple of pictures that i took..quite a long while ago, haha. really wanted to go on a photoshoot trip with one of my friends over a weekend, but just never happened cause i get swamped with work (yes, i procrastinate way too much over the week). well in any case, they aren't the best shots in the world, but i felt that my blog was in dire need of some real photos again lol. anyways, these were all taken at Queen's campus! beautiful place, isn't it? it's (mainly) why i chose Queen's in the first place :).

some building that i've never been too but looks super nice + our new med building! yes, construction's been completed for a while, shows you how long ago i took these pictures..ahah. but i have yet to see the inside of it still.

theological hall! that picture was taken with my.. digital camera. haha, it was a really nice day to take pictures.. but my dslr wasn't with me while i was on campus :(.


chernoff. oh, how i hated this place when i had chem labs. this was taken after one of my COR shifts at like 7 in the morning? the sunrise was amazing! too bad it only lasted a couple minutes. but i still got a shot, hehe :)! anyways, this has to be the most random photo set i've blogged haha. whatever, will make up for it after the first snowfall - when i finally take my dslr out to campus again! :).

Little Words.

There's a little truth behind every just kidding,
A little curiosity behind every just wondering,
A little knowledge behind every i don't know,
And a little emotion behind every i don't care.

had a lot of these random quote pictures saved up, so i thought i'd just share them here, lol. yes, i am procrastinating from doing any form of studying whatsoever. ah, just can't wait until i finally get to go home on wednesday and eat some real food :). and finally take some pictures, of course. i miss my camera time :(.




on an interestingly random note...
we're studying human sensation and perception at the moment in psyc, and they gave us a link to see how well off our ears are in responding to sound. during our young years, we should have a hearing range around 20 to 20,000 Hz. but as we grow older (well, our text says 'by mid adulthood'), the highest frequency we're able to hear drops to 10,000 to 15,000 Hz. so, i went on the site they gave us (http://journal.plasticmind.com/ears/mosquito-tone-or-how-to-tell-youre-a-youngun/) to try out my hearing.. i'm 20 and i can just barely hear 16,000 Hz. i swear 20 is not mid adulthood.. lmao sad, isn't it -__-. whatever, i blame it on the ear surgery i had back when i was a kid, haha.