~ Simple Pleasures ~

Been meaning to put this down for a while now.
But the last time i did, blogspot didn't post it and
i was too lazy to retype....

Anyway... just wanna write of food...
Of food taken when in the cold mornings or when you're
starving.

I remember the times when i was schooling... i would have the
occasional steamed 'siew mais'. Made by my parents... even though
they were frozen food bought from the supermarket. They still
tasted heavenly... perhaps what i was tasting then was but their love
and willingness to prepare a meal so early....

Of times when i was straving... a McChicken comes to mind...
I remeber a time past when i was cycling and got caught in the rain with
Noah. We were around the east coast area and decided to take shelter outiside
a Mac. Bought a McChicken and woa... it was steaming! Was the best burger i ever had.

But there's also an incident with instant noodles... while i was out field in brunei.
Almost everyday was raining and a hot steaming meal of noodles was like heavenly food
in that dark wet forest... Can't believe that noodles can bring so much joy.... :)

Lastly... one of my fav now... which i call a 'heart warming' food.... is cup of CORN!
Yupz... esp found in pasar malams... yummy!

Yeah... wonder how many ppl have their fav foods... and how much it'll seem to
cheer them up.
It's but these little things... that sometimes makes life a little more bearable at times.
To bring a smile to the heart.

~ Dreams ~

Had a real weird one today...
felt so real and left me feeling more drained when i woke.

Thinking thru it.... it's like a dream of things lost.
Of things that mattered and once again they came together.
It gave me a thrill and somehow i just felt like i wanted to be
in the dream and not wake up....

Funny how... when i did... i was lost. A feeling a deep dread and loss.
Felt many things that i shouldn't have...
maybe it's but the surfacing of unresolved issues...
I wonder...

Luckily... i managed to do some cleaning up in the house...
though the dream and the issues it brought up kept clinging
to my mind. I'm able to come back slowly... to reality.

How weird a sunday it has been....

~ A minute to remember ~

I remember a time not too long ago,
Where a burning fire churned within.
Telling me of many things i could do,
in this world.

I remember then, how i was spurred on
By this sensation within, telling me to go on.
It was but a personal battle within,
Fuelled by glorious deeds done by images.

I remember then, when i cycled down the road.
Cars rushing past, rain splattering on the face.
Friends behind and the heat that kept away the chill.
The thrill of being alive, and not having full control.

Childish dreams seem to move one to push much further,
til reality sets in and you know the fears.
But beyond that, once you grow and overcome,
The thrills become calculated and you relive the past, sometimes.

I remember the fire not too long ago,
And i felt it again not too long ago.
It may be my mind playing tricks, but i felt it nontheless.
I'll keep fanning it, for now i know i'm choosing the rock.
To build myself upon it until if it deems me not worthy.

~ A minute to indulge ~

You looked for it, and yearned for it.
Thought you could be without it.
But always kept looking for it.
You were just such a fool.

Thought you were above it,
Yet you were always within it.
When you stopped searching.
It found you.

You questioned it, yet enjoying it.
You went beyond and perhaps lost it.
You still couldn't fully understand it.
But you tried to embrace it.

When you finally made a decision in the heart.
It said good bye, and it's for the best.
Yet now, that decision stays.
Knowing logic says one thing, yet...

The words said good friends,
Wonder why it hurts so.
You should've known.
You asked for it, you thought too far ahead.

Growing to be much too dependent...
I wonder why you didn't see it earlier.
I wonder why, it's so easy to say those words.
I wonder if, there was anything to begin with.

Step by step...
Hoping to be released once again,
But hoping still, to be chained down.
You are so ironic.

~ Finally my mousie pictures. ~

Ahhh. Finally.. about 1 week plus after my DDP.
Managed to upload my pictures of the micro mouse that i was working on.


*Click on pictures for full size*

Our completed mousie... lots of 'hair' sticking out.


Dear mousie's 'eyes', lights up whenever he sees black lines.


See the white thing over there? That's our crystal oscillator.
It was silver at first, then we gave it a nice wrap of tape.
Gave me lots of headache figuring how to make it work.


The sensors. The black ones emmit Infra-red and the purple ones detect.


The belly of our mousie, messy ain't it...looks like intestines all over the place.



A man made out of wire... done in times of lostness. :)


The team that i spent my holidays working with.
Nice bunch. And that's my partner in orange.