tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post5648860413483280784..comments2023-10-28T21:12:52.124+08:00Comments on k0k bL0k: New Zealandk0k s3n w4ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-20052881905117823052007-06-10T18:23:00.000+08:002007-06-10T18:23:00.000+08:00Fernleaf all the way, baby! *winks*My mom was a re...Fernleaf all the way, baby! *winks*<BR/><BR/>My mom was a real sucker for those ads depicting life in good ole idyllic NZ XDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-19978255091258198682007-06-10T15:18:00.000+08:002007-06-10T15:18:00.000+08:00@michellesyNZ IS fearnleaf. Were you a Fernleaf ba...<B>@michellesy</B><BR/>NZ IS fearnleaf. Were you a Fernleaf baby like me? Or a Dumex kid? *raises eyebrow*<BR/><BR/><B>@kit sze</B><BR/>I'm sure they'd want some doctors on their staff. ppl faint and get hurt there all the time. G'luck!<BR/><BR/><B>@fuolornis</B><BR/>Yea, I was wondering where you've been!<BR/>The Mediterranean is a place I'd definitely visit - but not live in.k0k s3n w4ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-72305346389468353852007-06-10T04:26:00.000+08:002007-06-10T04:26:00.000+08:00its been a long long time since i step into hereI ...its been a long long time since i step into here<BR/><BR/>I prefer Caribbean and Mediterranianfuolornishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16125872198435714241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-34642345565005139882007-06-10T00:15:00.000+08:002007-06-10T00:15:00.000+08:00ive been to disney. what i meant was, i want more....ive been to disney. what i meant was, i want more. maybe to work in disney... be a part of it, or even own it. that kinda thing. not just go on rides and eat mickey shaped pan cakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-27340496484932716742007-06-09T13:02:00.000+08:002007-06-09T13:02:00.000+08:00LOL - yup, we've got the same taste when it comes ...LOL - yup, we've got the same taste when it comes to libraries =)<BR/><BR/>I only chose octagonal shelves because I thought rounded ones would be too challenging to craft. WTF. <BR/><BR/>I'm practical even when dreaming dreams about my dream house <BR/>*smacks forehead*<BR/><BR/>ps: The post would be riveting even without the pictures, lovely as they are. I have to say though, they certainly paint a fair picture of NZ. From what I gather, it's probably the most pristine (inhabitable) place on earth. NZ landscapes certainly look very Fernleaf-ish. <BR/><BR/>*As a narrator launches into a voice-over* The cows drink fresh water from these streams and eat the lush green grass, producing clean, fresh milk. WTF. <BR/><BR/>Too much TV as a kid XDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-50663343588269894682007-06-09T12:22:00.000+08:002007-06-09T12:22:00.000+08:00I did intro my library to you a few days ago on MS...I did intro my library to you a few days ago on MSN, didn't I XD? I still remember that you have the same one in mind (with French window as well) - except yours is octagonal and has no beanbag (sacrilege!).<BR/><BR/>About the cat, it's just something that comes out without my thinking about it. I was sort of 'streaming my consciousness' when I describe my library. Maybe I want to emulate Jon Arbuckle or something, LOL.<BR/><BR/>And of course, you can drop by! Only, it's not something that I definitely can get next time. Many things can happen yada yada and all that jazz.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Those places in the pics aren't where I want to build my home, actually. They are just there to make this post less boring.<BR/><BR/>P.S.S. Finally, someone noticed my effort with the P word!k0k s3n w4ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-52849814401866052822007-06-09T10:44:00.000+08:002007-06-09T10:44:00.000+08:00Ah, I am glad to finally meet The Library of Your ...Ah, I am glad to finally meet The Library of Your Dreams in this blog.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like it is: lovely. (Beanbags, woot!)<BR/><BR/>A point of contention though: How would a cat be sufficient replacement for a wife and two dogs? Or would a cat better fit in with a bachelor's image/lifestyle?<BR/><BR/>Random thought, I know =)<BR/><BR/>But it is a lucky person who has found his dreams personified (or in this case place-ified). <BR/><BR/>To distil that nameless longing into a place, a person and a time, is to know what it is you're longing for.<BR/><BR/>Can I visit you when you finally build that house, set like a jewel in the idyllic rolling green hills of NZ? <BR/><BR/>ps: *Stares at Sen Wai in amazement that he only read LOTR AFTER the movie was released*<BR/><BR/>pps: I think some of the places depicted in the pictures are more than an hour's drive from the nearest town. One's more like five, I think =) But no matter, you'll find the right place to build that dream house of yours.<BR/><BR/>ppps: Are you trying to wean yourself off the p-word? It's working so far =P<BR/><BR/>pppps: I say visit, because my stint here in Aus has made me realise there's a raging urbanite deep within me waiting to be released. Hence my inability to live in NZ. Wtf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-51910559804530625512007-06-08T19:44:00.000+08:002007-06-08T19:44:00.000+08:00@michellegGlad to be of service ;) . You can repay...<B>@michelleg</B><BR/>Glad to be of service ;) . You can repay me by filtering back tons of photographs from NZ using that camera of yours. Use it don't waste it!!!<BR/><BR/><B>@bevE</B><BR/>Deep inside every blogger, is a dramatist waiting to break free XD<BR/>Anyway, how do you know the portrayal I've put here in my blog is like what I see in my dream? There's always incongruity between what I write and what I can see in my mind. All I hope at least is that feeling remains intact.<BR/>P.S. I enjoyed your piece on your fantasy library. I forgot the ladders in mine XD<BR/><BR/><B>@jen</B><BR/>C'mon. Do a post on Ireland sometimes. I'd love to read it.<BR/>And yea, I know I read it <I>after</I> the flick. Don't rub it in. That was the first and last time that happened, okay. Nowadays, as soon as any interesting <I>'based on the novel by..'</I> movie trailer comes by, I'll be out getting the book before you can say <I>"Foalywearsatinfoilhat"</I>.<BR/>P.S. I gotta get a DNA sample from you one day. You might be my long lost sister or something. My <I>'real'</I> sister used to like reading, but she had recently succumbed to the evils of anime and manga.<BR/><BR/><B>@Kak Ellina</B><BR/>If I'm a good writer, I won't be in med school d. I'd be signing books and entertaining my fans in some huge mall, and giving inspirational talks on going after ones dream WTF.<BR/>Aww, c'mon. Kak Ellina suits you. Don't believe, you go ask bevE :D<BR/><BR/><B>@kit sze</B><BR/>Disney? For some reason, through my entire childhood, I've never once wanted to go there. There must be some defect in my brain somewhere.<BR/>G'luck in getting there, kitz!<BR/><BR/><B>@wan yean</B><BR/>Send me an invite when you get there.<BR/><BR/><B>@innocent^^guy</B><BR/>They should have just sent her to India and she how she likes that :|<BR/><BR/><B>@baby sa</B><BR/>Okay, but Maldives will still be my honeymoon top stop :p ...k0k s3n w4ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564727389837796019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-66393087692190276542007-06-08T17:48:00.000+08:002007-06-08T17:48:00.000+08:00okie, I shall change my future honeymoon destinati...okie, I shall change my future honeymoon destination from Maldives to New Zealand~!!!<BR/>NZ is gorgeous~~!!!Wickedsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080338351951239791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-159814246314054252007-06-08T16:28:00.000+08:002007-06-08T16:28:00.000+08:00senpai: :P hey, i've accepted the fact ok. but eur...senpai: :P hey, i've accepted the fact ok. but europe still rulez for me.. there's so much to experience there. <BR/><BR/>nz is not bad too! but still 2nd in my list. haha..mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431771689295319941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-10452049184123144562007-06-08T15:18:00.000+08:002007-06-08T15:18:00.000+08:00beve: exactly. haha! you were the ONLY ONE (that c...beve: <BR/>exactly. haha! you were the ONLY ONE (that claimed to me), to be younger than me. haha!(act, there are few younger that i know before beve but they never said so lor):Ppinksterzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683666764775070637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-76439727450118292352007-06-08T14:29:00.000+08:002007-06-08T14:29:00.000+08:00yea..just a couple of months back..someone was sul...yea..just a couple of months back..someone was sulking over the probability that she will be sent to NZ...and was bitching about how Europe rulez... -.-" You know who I'm talking about don't you? Ha ha...Innocent^^Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897217050631714882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-1205830290101651522007-06-08T13:51:00.000+08:002007-06-08T13:51:00.000+08:00my dream is playboy mansion.my dream is playboy mansion.Wansterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507707362882672393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-66526369729526869902007-06-08T03:51:00.000+08:002007-06-08T03:51:00.000+08:00i forgot a p.s. ! footnote 1 reminded me of a conv...i forgot a p.s. ! footnote 1 reminded me of a conversation with pinksterz, and what she said in reply about her being the youngest of most of the bloggers she met. <BR/><BR/>your description of your fantasy world makes me think that it's very victorian - almost like something from Beauty and the Beast? My library sounds like yours too ! I wrote about it in a little short story form of a few paragraphs some time ago. I'm going to go find it now! xD =S i hope.<BR/><BR/>the library i envisioned in mine was more of something out of Beauty and the Beast than yours though I think.févrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255612481903720670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-17445039042956318042007-06-08T02:43:00.000+08:002007-06-08T02:43:00.000+08:00"Being a doctor was never my dream.My dream is New..."Being a doctor was never my dream.<BR/><BR/>My dream is New Zealand, and everything I imagined to be waiting there for me."<BR/><BR/>loved that<BR/><BR/>"being a doctor was never my dream too. my dream is Disney."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-62452069317638074852007-06-08T00:50:00.000+08:002007-06-08T00:50:00.000+08:00your p.s sounds scary to me.and you are a good wri...your p.s sounds scary to me.<BR/><BR/>and you are a good writer ok? no need to be that down to earth lah bang!<BR/><BR/>note: if you happened to be a junior at my skewl, (and if it's in my society some more) you sure would ended up with 100 of detentions because of that <I>kakak</I> title you are giving me. because i hate to be adress as that.<BR/><BR/>but what can i do now? <BR/><BR/>regretting the day you happened to know my name lor.*sigh*pinksterzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683666764775070637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-52206729649105127572007-06-08T00:27:00.000+08:002007-06-08T00:27:00.000+08:00its always been ireland for me. sure, not much stu...its always been ireland for me. sure, not much stuff is based there but artemis fowl sealed the deal (leprechauns/LEP-recon's, faerie folk, and the like have always been a fascination since whenever). those rough rugged hills are just chock full of limitless possibilities in my mind's eye. gah.. a measly comment wouldnt do it justice.<BR/><BR/>great writers, moviemakers, our imagination. all are absolute, pure magic. to be able pick one single spot on earth and turn it into a fantasy land so believeable, its an escape. to be able to touch and see all those scenes that we've played over and over in our heads with ourselves as a character, watching safely in the wings but still in the thick of things; magic.<BR/><BR/>and i read the trilogy before the movie came out. hah! *smug look* must find the time to read em again. took me ages back then.<BR/><BR/>p.s. you hit the nail on the head with your library description. thats how mine looks like (i mean, how i've always imagined it to be)! i wouldnt have it any other way =) though i forgot the beanbag. damn. how could i miss out the beanbag.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15872630377986924893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-52893132594766969672007-06-07T23:56:00.000+08:002007-06-07T23:56:00.000+08:00If I should ever die suddenly, please help me to t...<I>If I should ever die suddenly, please help me to tell them to have me cremated, and scatter whatever is left of me across that country. I must get there, one way or another.</I><BR/><BR/>Omg. Drama much? xD<BR/><BR/>New Zealand looks breathtaking. A little random, but good. =D<BR/><BR/>Your first paragraph of how you see NZ as suddenly reminded me of the Sound of Music. xD<BR/><BR/>And seriously. How can you say your lack of talent in writing can't portray dreams and fantasies well? You write better than I do ! (Not that I'm that good lah, but I wouldn't say I suck either.)févrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255612481903720670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246194140200675056.post-13488386033981589592007-06-07T23:38:00.000+08:002007-06-07T23:38:00.000+08:00i would love to visit ur "home/library" like what ...i would love to visit ur "home/library" like what u mentioned. sounds really magical to me. haha..<BR/><BR/>oh, u make me appreciate nz more now. =)mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431771689295319941noreply@blogger.com