Compact Discs.

Ear candy.
Greatest addiction ever. Awesome E s c a  p  e. It'll take you places. Without the side-effects.

Delicious. 

And exactly what the doctor ordered.
*mischevous smile*
 
Well, here's a list of newly acquired musics, finally! Long longed-for, let me assure you. Some..okay, most of which I may have procured from Erik ;O, thanks again man, and also, A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT FOR THE 14th!!
And while I'm at it: A very very Happy Birthday to my Dad for the 10th. You're actually pretty awesome 爸；I love you <3!

Anyway, here they are; 27 whole new albums on my iPod! It's a little overwhelming, really...

Angus and Julia Stone - Heart Full Of Wine
- Chocolates and Cigarettes

                        -A Book Like This

Arctic Monkeys -Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Evermore - Dreams

                - Real Life

Florence + The Machine - Lungs

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

The Gossip - Music for Men

Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young

Kasabian - Empire
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks

Katy Perry - One Of The Boys

The Killers - Hot Fuss

                 - Sam's Town

                  - Day & Age

The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out

                  - Konk

La Roux -  La Roux

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Muse - The Resistance

Owl City - Fireflies

Paolo Nutini - These Streets

Passion Pit - Manners

The Script - The Script

The Temper Trap -Conditions

Intently yours, Miriam.

V is for...

VALENTINE <3.

Despite this day having become, like Easter and Christmas, quite commercialised; it's true meaning and origin clouded, a Happy Valentine's Day for..half an hour ago my friends ^^". Because really, who doesn't love love!?
I must say though, flicking through the pages of MX last week, this quote made me smile:

"I hate Valentine's Day... On Valentine's Day, you should get to tell whoever you hate that you cannot stand them. There would be one day of hating, and 364 days of love"

-Ashton Kutcher

I mean, although I do not believe in hate, I do believe that EVERY day should be a day of love. Yeah yeah, fetch your buckets, but somebody's lyrics in their personal message on msn today made me realise just how important it is to not only love or be loved, but to know it. You can never say or hear it too often, right!? ;D

So tell that someone that you love just what you're thinking of, if tomorrow never comes.

Stop. Motion.

Okay..so I started this yesterday and didn't quite finish :P

So it's the Eve of Chinese New Year, and who should be dining at my humble residence aside from the Campbell's and Mr & Mrs Loi?

After an epic feast of amazing food. But mostly just satays, um, satays, and more satays, (a kebab-esque traditional Malaysian chicken-threaded-through-a-skewer-bunged-on-the-barbie, served with peanut sauce.)

The Gazzness showed us his latest hobby: stop motion videos!
Armed with a laptop, webcam and a program (I forgot the name, sorry, but will update soon as I know ;) ) He demonstrated the kids the basic how-tos.
Shall upload Gabrielle's soon as I receive it.. :P

But just like in the world of TV cooking and such, here's some he prepared earlier:

Crazy eyes

Fox | MySpace Video

Go check out his latest, Tomato Attack on his myspace and while you're there do pop on your headphones and give his music a whirl :L.

After his little lesson though, my appreciation for stop motion has simply skyrocketed, and my admiration for the time and effort involved is just...wow.
Here's some that I particularly enjoyed ~_~..in order of production..
(Click for youtube linkage!)

Oren Lavie -Her Morning Elegance
Coldplay - Strawberry Swing
Target ad: Every Colour You can Dream Of

And I must say I am quite a fan of these ones by PES, so so clever and creative!

and:


Amazing, yes?

And who can forget the five minute fillers on ABC Kids!? ie: The Trapdoor, Plonsters, Gogs and such? Oh claymation how I love thee. Heheh.

04:04

He called me last night.
Technically, this morning at 4:04 am.

I wondered what he wanted to say. I wondered all day. 
In fact..when have I actually NOT wondered about anything to do with...him

Should I ring back, or perhaps sms... but;
asmuchasi'dliketosomethingholdsmeback.
Call it intuition. Call it a gut feeling. Call it..Fear.
What you never know won't hurt you, will it?
And ignorance, bliss?
But I guess I'd rather confront whatever knowledge I'm needing to be confirmed. By him. Because he's who I trust. He's who I believe in.
Every. Time. 
Even though...I only get hurt.
Call it naivety. Call it stupidity. Call it..Love.
All I know is, the sooner the better.
If he has something so important to say, he'll call again, yes?
It can't be true though..can it?
Honesty? Policy?
He said it would never..that he would never...

But. He said a lot of things.

Escape.

It's one of my re l e  a  s e  s 

ie: On a Monday at work... yes, it was that quiet ;O!

 

drawn on 1/4 A4 sized scrap paper in black biro.

 

closer; cropped. That's a bird by the way, yes -in case there was some confusion. =/

...

Tonight, I attempted to draw her on a somewhat larger scale,  in my A4 sketch pad...

 

 I quite like how her hair turned out, especially the right ends. 

Definitely need to fix the hands, amongst many others, though -eep! 

Click to enlarge if you dare; and please do not hesitate to critque!
(c) Miriam 2010.

Mentality.

it's everything.

In the entrance to the staff cafeteria of IKEA Logan, a communication board greets staff members daily with words to evoke 'positive thinking.'

This is today's:

"Even with GOALS, passion and a purpose in our lives, we're all still faced with adversity...and HOW we react to diversity will dictate our success or failure."

-Mac Anderson.

Well, what thinks you?

~Miriam

Paper Aeroplane.

One of my favourites...

I spilled the ink across the page trying to spell your name
So I fold it up and I flick it out
Paper aeroplane
It wont fly the seven seas to you
Cause it didnt leave my room
But it awaits the hands of someone else
The garbage man

  gotta say mmm mmm mmm

So he opens it up and reads it out to all his friends

Amongst the crowd a heart will break and a heart will mend

He walks on home tired from work

The letter falls from his hand

He reaches out only to catch the sky

Its gone with the wind 

gotta say mmm... 

I spilled the ink across the land
Trying to spell your name
Up and down there it goes
Paper aeroplane
It hasnt flown the seven seas to you
But it's on its way
It goes through the hands
Then to someone else
To find you, girl

  ...got to say mmm.