Saturday, April 25, 2009

This is my 476's post on this blog o O I never realised it's been around for so long... and that I've posted that much. (not a mobile entry, this one. I'm doing a proper entry!)

Archive isn't available to the public (except to some who can get into it by cheating the green snow rabbit =_= poor thing...) but reading some past posts made me realise... wow, things changed so much throughout the years, including my way of writing blog posts.

... I suppose it's good. Sometimes change is for the worse- in fact, for most cases, change in a person is what brings about the end to a good friendship or relationship (eg, change of heart, change of attitude, change of mind, change in environment), but I think in this case, the change is for a better turn.

L can truthfully say she is happy.

What is happiness?

A combination of hedonist theory, and the life-satisfaction theory, and to get one's desires maybe? Life may not be all about pleasure- there is more to one's happiness than merely "feeling good", but I get enough pleasures in life these days, with a good balance of "pain" and "pleasure" (eg. spending a day with someone special vs having to work all night on a frustrating difficult essay). Life satisfaction... outlook on life isn't too bad at the moment. Sure, after graduating, there's going to be half a year of... void, but I have plans for that half a year, goals to work towards, relationships to sustain and uphold, work to further improve, people to care for (note to self: really need to spend more time with my family, I can't believe I didn't see my mum at all two days ago, despite living in the same house) and loads more. Then the question of: Have I gained what I desire? In a simple word: yes. (no further elaboration of that =D )

IMO, people must spend time to reflect and introspect themselves from time to time... in order to answer the question of "am I happy". I used to ask this question to a friend very often (and I get asked back as well, but I used to simply answer without much thought, just like how one would ask customers "how are you today?" and 99/100 of them will reply "good" or "well"... when obviously, not everyone of those 99 people will be truly "good" or "well"), and I wish to ask that question to that same friend now. I wonder what the answer will be. If it's a "no", what can be done to make a person happier? Or, how would one make oneself happy.. should be a more appropriate question. It isn't considered selfishness to want happiness. I still think that if you're happy, others around you will feel it and it will somehow rub off on them too. I know it happens to me- if I'm in a crappy mood, and I'm talking to someone who's bubbly and happy.. sometimes it's hard not to be happy too. People like that are amazing- those that you can't stay angry at for long, or those that subconsciously make others happy just being around them.

I shall leave it at that. Since I'm at my computer, I can post more than one photo! =D (be prepared if you're capped) Photos are not in order, just random ones:

From 2009-04-08-1223-28

Have you seen any cake as cute as that? =D 85 degrees have been putting out cakes like that recently, and it's just absolutely cuteness. Imagine cutting a slice out of that and putting it in your mouth.... (I don't think they'll have the sense of (black) humour to fill it with red jam or something ^^'')

From 2009-04-08-1223-28

Hm... uni food= not that great. I have yet to try something really good from uni... everything's kinda ranging between mediocre to extremely bad...

From 2009-04-08-1223-28

D= L is having breakfast! Not regularly, but once in a while. Good enough.

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

Oh my gosh, nostalgic. Have not had durian in forever (thanks to half my family not being able to stand the fragrance of it) and eating this was pure "pleasure" =P

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

Haven't had time recently to bake/cook/make anything really... but this was quite recent, chicken pie! =D Made everything, from pastry (crust and top) to filling.

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

Comfort food. Currently top on the list: cookies and cream ice cream.

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

And after 10 minutes, all gone! =D Oh, it's on special next week in Franklins! Save $2~ they should stop putting ice cream on special, I have a tub of ice cream in the freezer every single time I work (always replaced by a new tub as soon as I finish one due to specials)

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

47's baby! =D Cute huh?

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

The second time I eat chicken feet at yum cha...

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

It's a habit to do this now ^^''

From 2009-04-25-2104-18

USyd... it's goodbye soon~

From Easter Show

Ending this post off with some cute photos from Easter show... first time ever since coming to Australia 10 years ago... D=

From Easter Show

I cannot imagine having to take care of something like this... the time it'll take to comb out its fur... but I admit it's cute =D It looks like it's those... cleaning things that cars go through... or maybe those carpet cleaners...

From Easter Show

XD hot dog!

From Easter Show

Mustache on a dog ._. "and what bigs paws you have" I can just imagine it smacking someone over the head with those paws.

From Easter Show

On the count of three...."awww....~"

=D

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