this was from the namsan tower, which really has a staggering number of locks hanging from every corner. some people even resorted to hanging them from pipes because there wasn't any more space left on the grills. there's a similar place in florence as well but i must have misplaced my camera cable so i can't upload the picture (actually i do have that memory card usb reader somewhere but that is missing too i should pay more attention to where i put my stuff).

on a side note, i couldn't remember exactly where i'd seen the locks -- i knew it was either rome or florence or venice -- so i googled it and the auto-complete function came up with "locks of love" and "love padlocks". brings cheesiness to a whole new level, seriously. before seeing that i'd been quite fascinated with the whole idea, but seeing it encapsulated in words like that completely killed my interest. i know the basic idea is about locking up love and all but the idea itself to me was so much more than "love padlocks". sometimes words are just so lacking.

anyway because i can't find my cable i can't upload pictures of my cousin's wedding, but it was all really good fun. it was strange to hear from her friends because in all honesty i've never been very close to my cousins at all so i basically don't know them very well. it was like getting to know someone all over again even though you've essentially known them your whole life. very strange feeling, that.

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because i'm too lazy to organize my thoughts, abrupt change of subject.

my dad's having surgery at the moment, hopefully everything turns out well. life sure has a way of making fools out of everyone by taking away the things that matter the most. but hopefully his leg will heal nicely so he can go run/jump/do all the things he's been doing for his whole life.

and dawn's stuck at the airport because of snow. first time i've ever resented snow really, when all my life i've been hoping and wishing to really see snow. i hope that clears up fast too, and we get to meet up because it's been too long really.

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and abrupt change again.

i went to kinokuniya yesterday (bad choice, really bad choice because it was a sunday and there's no where else to go in singapore other than town) and finally managed to get my hands on a passably decent illustrated version of the snow queen. i wish there was a version that let the pictures do more of the storytelling though, because like i said above sometimes words are so lacking. which is strange because i usually place more more value on words because i'm hopeless at all things picture-y (i almost failed art) but recently that's beginning to change as well. anyway i felt kind of dumb for loitering around the children's section -- why can't non-children have picture books as well -_- -- so i tried to hurry up the process as fast as i could. but being dissatisfied with the english versions i ended up traipsing around the store i-don't-know-how-many-times shuffling between the english and chinese and japanese sections to find one i was happy with. in the end i went with the english one because i couldn't find any in the chinese and japanese sections anyway.

and in a ridiculous and completely unfounded show of confidence in my japanese ability i went and bought the japanese version of the little prince. i've always wanted to get a copy of the book for myself after lydia let me read hers, but right now i'm regretting it. the book says it's suitable for children in primary school and above, but i still have bits that i don't understand in it.

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and in other news secret garden is really working up to be one of my best-loved dramas. okay i know what you're thinking it's fangirl-mode all over again. but it's really a nice drama and hyun bin is so perfect in his role as kim joo won. okay it's not like any of you would know what i'm talking about so suffice to say that it's a really good drama. plenty of priceless moments! i'd find a clip of it and put it here but it's not sufficiently well-known enough for people to make clips of it and put it on youtube. i'd do it myself but i'm a little lazy and anyway they're really coming down hard on youtube clips of unlicensed stuff so...

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ohhhh i remember what i really wanted to put up now.

i love foxtrot. usually i like peter more but jason just kills in this one. anyway i didn't understand the comic at first, but my brother (could you be a bigger geek hahaha) explained it and it was really funny. go wiki it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_(character) and you'll understand.

now i'm an ever bigger geek than ever, sigh.

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sorry this is so disorganized but i was closing the pictures folder and saw this one and thought i'd share it.

it's not very polished, if you get what i mean. the way it's phrased and all isn't very poetic (i don't know if that's the best word to describe it) but i liked it enough to take a photo of it anyway. and it was in a fried chicken joint. speaking of fried chicken, i am sorely missing korean fried chicken. if i get to go to korea again i'm going to eat fried chicken like crazy because now i know there really isn't an alternative for it available here. kfc doesn't even come close. it's thaaaaat good. and the franchises here aren't the same either. i know bbq chicken has outlets in singapore but the menu is different and the chicken tastes different too.

okay strangely enough this entry kind of degenerated into an aftermath-of-korea-trip entry. told you my thoughts were disorganized.

music: keu yeoja; baek ji young