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	<title><![CDATA[have you ever got drunk?]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[met up with someone yesterday, who had a favour to ask of me, and got very turned off by the things she said and her attitude. as a materialistic person, she chases branded goods and the high life. in her younger days, i guess you could say she was a party animal. so we were ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:36:51 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[have you ever got drunk?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[met up with someone yesterday, who had a favour to ask of me, and got very turned off by the things she said and her attitude. as a materialistic person, she chases branded goods and the high life. in her younger days, i guess you could say she was a party animal. so we were ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:36:51 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[my goals for 2012…]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[are very simple. just 2: wwoof in korea northern lights (again) i think the northern lights trip will join korea and become one of my yearly trips. as long as i can make these two trips every year, i&#8217;ll be happy. it&#8217;s true. the northern lights are addictive. HEH.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:04:54 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[signs]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[it seems that, of late, i have been doing most of my writing in the dead of the night. it&#8217;s already the first of november. 1/11/11. i&#8217;ve always thought of myself as a traveller &#8211; not so much in the usual sense of the word, but more towards the i&#8217;m-only-visit ing-earth, earth-is-not-my-home -planet sense. and i&#8217;m the ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:34:32 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[steve jobs]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[just finished reading the highly-anticipated biography of the man who has become synonymous with Apple, written by walter isacsson. this post is not meant to be a review of the book; it will be more introspective, maybe even random and incoherent, as reading about one of the most passionate businessmen of the century unexpectedly prompted ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:04:08 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[late night thoughts]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[lying in bed and typing this on my ipad&#8230; for some reason so many thoughts are running through my head, hijacking my journey to dreamland. perhaps i&#8217;ve been reading so many tributes to my ex-boss (though i never met him in person) and his quoteworthy words of wisdom, that this question popped into my head: ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:10:46 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[seeking the dancing lights]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[since i arrived in fairbanks, it rained every night, depriving us aurora-hunters of the clear skies that are needed for optimal aurora-viewing (apparently the japanese are quite the aurora fan too! have a few of them staying in this hostel). but no matter, i thought. i have a tour booked to see the aurora out ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:02:02 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[seeking the dancing lights]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[since i arrived in fairbanks, it rained every night, depriving us aurora-hunters of the clear skies that are needed for optimal aurora-viewing (apparently the japanese are quite the aurora fan too! have a few of them staying in this hostel). but no matter, i thought. i have a tour booked to see the aurora out ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:02:02 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[40 hours of flying and waiting…]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[yesterday, i just completed a 40-hour journey from singapore to fairbanks, alaska (5 flights in total). it was the first time in my life that i attempted to do something like this, but i really wanted to fulfil my dream of seeing the northern lights in person. the thing about travelling for 40 hours is ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:20:39 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[40 hours of flying and waiting…]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/40-hours-of-flying-and-waiting--2</link>
	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[yesterday, i just completed a 40-hour journey from singapore to fairbanks, alaska (5 flights in total). it was the first time in my life that i attempted to do something like this, but i really wanted to fulfil my dream of seeing the northern lights in person. the thing about travelling for 40 hours is ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:20:39 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[pending.]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[i had planned to stay in singapore for a bit longer, like say maybe 1 or 2 years more, but something happened a few days ago that has pushed me to seriously consider leaving again. ever had it happen to you where you keep helping someone, and not only do they not appreciate or recognise ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:52:41 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[pending.]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[i had planned to stay in singapore for a bit longer, like say maybe 1 or 2 years more, but something happened a few days ago that has pushed me to seriously consider leaving again. ever had it happen to you where you keep helping someone, and not only do they not appreciate or recognise ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:52:41 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[the photographer’s dilemma]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/the-photographer-s-dilemma</link>
	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[&#8220;taking pictures all the time turns you into an observer. it automatically takes you out of the moment. for our trip to venice i wanted to be in the moment, with jack. but instead of kissing on the gondola, jack took 48 pictures on the gondola&#8230;&#8221 ; - from 2 days in paris (movie) one of ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:12:31 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[the photographer’s dilemma]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/the-photographer-s-dilemma-2</link>
	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[&#8220;taking pictures all the time turns you into an observer. it automatically takes you out of the moment. for our trip to venice i wanted to be in the moment, with jack. but instead of kissing on the gondola, jack took 48 pictures on the gondola&#8230;&#8221 ; - from 2 days in paris (movie) one of ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:12:31 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[한국에서 했던 진 days10~12]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[day 10. itaewon. lunch buffet at IP boutique hotel with jean, daohuay, jihye, hannah. hannah brought us to look at high quality imitation bags, where they brought you to a backroom and closed the door. super under-the-table, but the quality was really good. a chanel lambskin classic handbag costs 280,000 KRW (about 260 SGD). and ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:46:43 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[한국에서 했던 진 days7~9]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/-days7-9</link>
	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[day 7. rain. organic vegetarian buffet 한과채 at insadong. dinner with hakyung at edae. pink makgeolli day 8. hongdae. ann house cafe. dinner with luke and sup at sinchon. dongdaemun till 4am …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:02:21 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[한국에서 했던 짓 days4~6]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/-days4-6</link>
	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[day 4. myeongdong. 비빔밥 dinner with jihye. 노래방. streets of myeongdong.   day 5. 사당에서 채식. 신사동. 압구정. 로데오. sinsa-dong bought more strawbs from apgujeong. heh. day 6. 북촌. 인사동. 또 압구정.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:47:20 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[한국에서 했던 짓 days1~3]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[day 1. new plane! bigger screens, more leg room. <3 reached hostel at 6pm. went out to get some stuff. dinner with jean and roy. homeplus with roy and fel to buy necessities (blankets!!) reached hostel at 2.30am. woke the security guard up (oops &#8211; curfew is actually 12mn). thanks to roy for all his ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:26:57 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[light and love]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[in this world, there is only light and love; everything else merely arises from an absence of either. darkness is due to the absence of light. hate, anger, fear, jealousy&#8230; all negative feelings are born from a place without love. as long as we are capable of loving, we have it within us to chase ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:01:56 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[in loving memory]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>idyll</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[my dear grandfather left us today. i spent most of my childhoold years around him, and in my heart, we are there, frozen in time. i remember going to his shop so often, watching the fish in his office, fascinated by one of the fish that goes around sucking on the sides of the glass ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:17:12 +0800</pubDate>
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