empty out the cup of eternity

6 hours of sleep is the new normal (y)
So it's only appropriate to listen to a song named Coffee.

edit:
Oh woah, staying up for BC was worth it... In total shock over my mark. The PDF for marking better not have screwed up again...


The lyrics are awesome too :D

It’s already the fifth cup of coffee.
With no particular destination
I walk as if I’m in a hurry, endlessly.

I’ve already emptied out my wallet.
With no special wants,
Pretending to be all busy, endlessly.

It’s too early for us to fall asleep.
Please stay up a little longer.
Please, don’t miss out on the cup of eternity.
You and me.
Me and my coffee

It’s too early for us to fall asleep.
Stay up a little longer.
Please, don’t empty out the cup of memory
You and me.
Me and my coffee.

I miss the warm lips, so I drink a cup of coffee
Alcohol is hard on my body, so I drink second cup of coffee
To keep my empty hands warm, I drink third cup of coffee
Coffee became part of a daily routine.
Walking through time.
Memories of wandering through long dark night might be painful, so I poured another cup of coffee.

It’s already fifth cup of coffee.
Walking through time.
Memory within the black aroma,
It touches my hardened tongue but not my heart.
The cup that once held my habit,
Became a drawer of memory that unfolds like a photo album,
And drifted away like leaves.

It’s easily emptied out.
Move the cup away without regrets.
Falling in love, it’s so easy unlike meeting face to face.
So that’s why I can’t quit it.
I can’t let my hand off the cup.
The aroma is already inside of my head, now I can taste the bitter poison at the tip of my tongue.

With a cup of black coffee and the book I always read.
I flip through the book page by page thoughtlessly, with my eyes closed.

To kill some time, I have abandoned myself.
The coffee that I drink everyday,
Is bitter today and I miss the sweetness from yesterday.

I’ve already emptied out my wallet.
With no special wants,
Pretending to be all busy, endlessly.

It’s too early for us to fall asleep.
Stay up a little longer.
Just, me and my coffee.
Me and my coffee.
Me and my coffee.

It’s too early for us to fall asleep.
Stay up a little longer.
Please, don’t cry.

cream cheese & .09

I think food photos has replaced music posts as my fillers for when I have nothing better to say.

Edit: nevermind, seems like I do have something interesting:
My conclusion of having almost complete first semester is that the derivatives of hot water can solve anything university throws at you: coffee, tea, and steaming showers.

But anyways, food!

From Spring Sushi:

Las Vegas roll (soooo goood)


Spring roll


Black Dragon roll


Beef Tataki sushi (this was suppose to be the highlight, but the vinegar in the rice overpowered the taste of the beef D: )


...yeah not such a great idea posting these before lunch

force swap

So no work was done over the weekend, this is probably the first (and sadly last) time that it'll happen this year. Finals are around the corner...summer research application is still not done, and then there's the last assignment for calc...

Oh well :D
Had an awesome time this weekend. Playing card games with friends (Resistance with highschool crew Sat, Monopoly Deal with UT mafia just now) is always loads of fun.
And defininetly today, I will sleep early.

...and by early I mean before 12.

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k promise I'll go to sleep after this:

After ordering from Jetpens,  my current collection of black pens:

 From top to bottom:

• Lamy Safari with J.Herbin ink in perle noire (nib is not the smoothest, needs to write at a particular angle for the pen to work the best. But it'll always have a spot in my heart for meing my first (and only, as of now) legit fountain pen).
• Uni-ball Signo in 0.28 (I'd say the Jetstream is smoother, but this has a thinner tip)
• Uni Pin 01 (this may just become my everyday notetaking pen. Seems more durable than the Micron, and cheaper than the Staedtler)
• Pilot Hi-Tec-C in 0.25 (thinnest tip I've ever used, this will be what I depend on to cram tiny writing into even tinier spaces)
• Staedtler Pigment Liner 01 (best fine liner, in terms of quality, I've used. Also the most expensive out of the bunch)
• Ohto Graphic Liner in 005 (the tactile of this pen against paper doesn't feel as nice as the others, but that's probably because the nib is meant to be more durable)
• Sakura Micron in 01 (my current everyday notetaking pen, requires a light hand and be held upright. I've ruined the nib of one already within 2 month ha..ha..)
• Knock off of a Uni pen (forgot the exact name of the original, but it's a rollerball. Nib is too thick for my liking, but it's sthmoooooooth)

The use freqeuncy goes like this:

• Lamy for when I feel fancy/need to write special occasion stuff. 
• Gel inks (Signo & Hi-Tec) for writing good copies of study sheets
• Fine liners for normal note taking, I go through a looot of these. Sadly they're not refillable @_@

dasher

Still in recovery mode after BC...or rather recovering from BC starts now since I decided to stay up yesterday night too.

Recount of past few days:
Wednesday: BC
Thursday: BC
Friday: Submit BC, and then the fun starts :D

Rui came to visit (on a mission from the rest of the loo kids to meet Lionheart), so we had dinner out & strolled around Eaton (because J.Crew had a sale and it made me miserable seeing others on the street, who did not have to do BC, holding shopping bags from Black Friday).

Dinner was at Kinton Ramen, the other super hyped ramen place aside from Sansotei:

Fried Tofu as appetizer, t'was delicious. The tofu had a crispy shell, while the interior was still soft. The accompanying sauce was good too, kind of like a tangy mayo?


(Aside, I really ought to turn my screen to full brightness when ps'ing)
Onto the ramen itself. Ordered a Shio Ramen just so I can compare the two restaurants. Both places had the eggs boiled to the perfect doneness :D Verdict is that Sansotei has the better broth (juuuust the perfect saltiness) and meat (the shoulder at Kinton was slightly tough, but it's not truly comparable since I had belly meat at Sansotei), while Kinton has the better noodle (more springy). Atmosphere wise, Kinton is reminiscent of Momofoku with the communal tables and louder noise.

The portions at Kinton were huge, so gotta walk all that dinner off in Eaton. Conveniently all the Christmas decorations were up:

Too bad the Swarovski crystal tree wasn't up, or is that being replaced by the tree above?

Subwayed back home with Rui at the end of the night, it's nice to be home :]
In the spirit of American thanksgiving, I am super thankful for homemade food and the company of my mom.

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As a side note, here's proof that my phone has the better photo editing capabilities. Pfft instagram cannot compare to VSCO cam and Camera+

Original, VSCO, Camera+


Now to finish the night off with a much needed episode of Suits :D

qft

Edit: DONE BC. ahahahaaaa.
Only ever stayed up late to cram for ESP assignments...
Looking forward to tomorr... later today.

Truth from the F!rosh handbook, under the heading of "Before coming to university, I wish I had known..."

That ESP requires more time than all my other 20 credits combined

Email...
PR... (k these 2 weren't nearly as bad)
CDS...
BC...

Goal is finish BC tomorrow and go shop on Friday :D
(generously funded by UTAPS, honestly my day got so much better).


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Though I must say that 最近很有口福, been eating out at a lot of good places (thanks sweetie :]). Today's lunch was at One Hour:

小锅米线,  三鲜wonton (lol I only know the sichun way of saying them in Chinese), and  银耳汤.

The portions are just right, enough to be filling but not too much. Food is fresh and most importantly tastes authentic! It reminds me of eating 小吃 with my aunt back home this summer. Mann can't wait to go home on the weekend to eat my mom's food *u*

fish cakes

I've found my means of surviving the finals!
Thank the deities for jazz versions of Ghibli songs.



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Count down to finals:

• 2 assignments: BC and calc writing assignment (this will either be lots of fun or pure hell).
• Summer research application: research proposal (...I am so clueless as to how to write this) and edit resume again. 
• Lots of chem chapters to catch up on
• ESP readings: 5 more chapters of Human Factors.
• ESP seminar readings and presentation, the seminars have actually been pretty fun (and chill). Just wanna get presentation over with this Wed.

Semester one is almooooost done!

stacks

I had the goal of not stepping into Robarts for the sake of studying, but that was broken today and it wasn't all that bad. Was decently productive and managed to finish off ESP seminar stuff. BC on the other hand...hahahaa "orz


I was surprised to see a vending machine selling stationary supplies, overpriced ones too. 

But before making way to Robarts, saw a glimpse of the Santa Claus Parade!




Civil engineering at work :D
The third pig obviously did his truss analysis correctly.


LEGO! :D
(there was also one with Sack Boy, but the image file is corrupt D: )




And afterwards, a nice dinner out :]
This time at another restaurant on Baldwin called Vegetarian Haven. The atmosphere was really nice and the food was delicious too :


Tofu claypot with purple rice in the front, and Bali styled rice noodles (?) at the back.