"What is essential is invisible to the eye"

The beautiful sunrise I caught as I attempted to finish my comparative corp governance paper...

Speaking of which, I finally completed the paper after a very inefficient 20 hours. Which consisted of lying on the bed for short rests, compulsively going to the kitchen and eating chocolate, playing with miki, etc.

Portrait shots

Daddy offered to make coffee for me at 5.50am as I was finishing up my paper. And for the first time in my life I truly felt caffeine jitters. My hands were shaking so badly, my heart was racing and I felt like my mind was racing from thought to thought without focusing ('ー'*) Afterwards, I tried to take a nap before I headed out for lunch and wine fiesta, but I couldn't fall asleep so I basically tossed and turned in bed for two hours before giving up.

Wine fiesta! (*^∇^)ノ∀*∀ヾ(^▽^*)

Big thank-you to ms sim, who invited us for the event organised by her company. It was rainy and we took a while to get there, what with Jen and I both having to buy new shoes 'cause our shoes fell apart, but it was pretty fun trying out all the different kinds of wine from different countries (●´▽｀●) (emoji that looks a little tipsy)

今日のミキ (^・ェ・^)

So there was this day we couldn't find Miki (happens very often now that she doesn't wear a bell collar) and I searched high and low. She only answers to her name when she feels like it, even though she knows you're calling her (her ears will flick towards you when you call her, but she doesn't bother turning her head #haughtykitty). Then I opened the door to my parents' bedroom and I see her like this, lying quietly inside the pillow, peering out to see who'd notice her.

For the month of November, I will work hard and I will try to stay happy.

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"So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them."

- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

忘れないだよ：肝心なことは、目に見えない (星の王子様)

Food for thought: things you can change vs things you can't