Some Nights

boo. i'm back :)

since i have a date with masha tmr and i'm probably gonna come home really emo and depressed, i'm gonna take this chance to let out whatever positive energy i have left in me. 

my winterbreak / euro-trip was f*cktastically awesome. will blog about that in detail in a few posts to come. i loveeeee europe. pretty people to see; prettier places to go <3 

thanks to moscow, i have no problem walking around and that's great, because in my opinion, that's the best way to discover a city :)

as a malaysian, it goes without saying that we love food. 

i'm so grateful that my mom parents sent me for dance and piano lessons since i was a kid, so i could really appreciate that as well. one memory that stands out was during a pipe organ concert at the St. Stephan's Basilica. they were performing a piece that i wasn't familiar with. however, i could try to guess which era it was from by its style and dynamics etc. going so far as to venture a guess as to who the composer might be, i checked the program listings, and Boo-YAH! i was right! wham bam double slam baby! Okay fine, so Bach is probably the first (and maybe only?) prominent composer that comes to mind when you think of baroque music, but i havent touched anything piano related in years, so i count it as an achievement that i still remembered some things ;)

three things that i really need to brush up on though. 

1. world history and geography. seriously, it's not funny how little we learn about the rest of the world. we spend so many years learning over and over and over again about malaysia and yes, i do agree it is borderlinely important-ish and it instills patriotism and all that nonsense but at the end of the day, i'm embarrassed by how little i know of the rest of the world.

2. architecture. SO many pretty buildings and sculptures. all i can do, is go "ooooooooo. prettyyyyyyyy." i know realistically i wont be able to learn about architecture as much as i would like, but i'd like to at least be able to know some distinguishing features from different eras etc. like how i recognized my music ;p

3. art. there are tons of museums Everywhere! alas, art museums aren't really malaysians' cup of tea, so i dont think i entered any. just saw a few exhibitions here and there i guess. i dont wanna turn into a pretentious hoity-toity snoot, but what's the harm in visiting a few galleries and looking at a few art works? even though as of now i know zilch about art. i know we learnt about art styles and stuff back in form 3, but who remembers that anyway? after this trip though, i do know that a fresco is painted on a wet surface, whereas a secco is done on a dry wall. 

oh and glass stained windows? they blow my mind away every. single. time. one good thing about being ignorant is that each time i enter a church or building or whatever, i get blown away easily. like some of my friends that have been to the vatican city says that everthing else pales in comparison. but i'm glad that in my naivete, i get to have my breath stolen over and over again ;)

wow. that was long. and here i was, hoping to just write a short blurp about my euro trip. moving on. happy chinese new year everyone :) yes, i do realize that it's already the second day of CNY, but please excuse my blur-ness. my whole family is off for a vacation somewhere in thailand, so my connection to CNY is pretty much gone. dont know when i'll be able to start celebrating again though. when my paternal grandma passed away, we were told that we couldnt celebrate CNY for three years. no word on my mom's side though... if they're not pantang, then i guess we can start celebrating the following year.. 

i am loathe to put away my laptop and go to bed because 1. i cough like a decrepit old woman whenever i lie down and 2. that means i have to prepare for tomorrow :(