tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78857768027018537542024-03-14T10:04:42.190+07:00Eat, Laugh, Livejust a photo-blog of things in my life :) Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-22852011585706770702016-07-07T03:02:00.002+07:002016-07-07T03:02:55.895+07:00The Big PictureHaving started getting into photography just a month ago, I decided to enter a recent picture I took in Germany into the Telegraph's The Big Picture photo competition. Much to my surprise, I won this week's competition!! <br />
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0Neuschwanstein Castle, Neuschwansteinstraße 20, 87645 Schwangau, Germany47.557574 10.74980040000002622.035539500000002 -30.558793599999973 73.0796085 52.058394400000026tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-84073352924758437892016-01-01T21:14:00.000+07:002016-01-08T21:20:30.488+07:00First Dawn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
My dad and I got up at 5am to cycle to a nearby reservoir where we could watch the first sunrise of the new year from a long bridge. I suppose any other day of the year I would not have been at all inclined to wake up so early (5am doesn't really exist in my normal daily schedule..). However, the first dawn of the year can be given meaning if I choose to deem it special, so why not? It's a new year. It's the last year of my second decade on earth. I'll have to savour my last few teen day! </div>
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I thought 5-6am would be super early, but it turns out that there were many people already camping at the bridge waiting for the sunrise by the time we got there. Hardcore, keen photographers! Many had their huge cameras and tripods all ready to go. I was impressed by the turnout of people and their dedication...!</div>
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Spent a short but awesome weekend in Seoul eating and doing touristy things. Sometimes a simple food-filled getaway is all you need! </div>
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0Seoul, South Korea37.566535 126.9779691999999637.1637645 126.33252219999996 37.969305500000004 127.62341619999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-85284531070616253062015-07-16T23:34:00.000+07:002015-07-16T23:34:30.658+07:00StanleyIf you get a chance, visit Stanley Market in HK. :)<br />
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-10579026502692269002015-03-24T01:05:00.000+07:002015-03-24T01:05:36.988+07:00Missing homeI made the decision to stay in Cambridge over Easter to study and I don't regret it. But I guess I miss Hong Kong a little.<br />
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Hong Kong is a beautiful place, and people often only see or imagine the skyscraper city part of it, but in reality there is much more to Hong Kong than the vibrant city life. There's this side too, the quieter natural beauty, away from the noise and lights of the big city:<br />
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These are some photos taken by my dad / myself along a biking trail:<br />
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-10774530794193950862015-01-03T16:17:00.002+07:002015-01-03T16:18:02.610+07:00Cambridge MichaelmasMichaelmas term was amazing at Cambridge. I met so many amazing people and had a lot of fun despite the challenging academic life.<br />
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-79755862634050404632014-09-03T14:39:00.001+07:002014-09-03T14:55:17.154+07:0020 Facts About Me <div dir="ltr">
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1. I once almost swallowed a bee, it was in my can of ginger ale and naturally I only realised when I spat it out. <br />
2. I own more than 100 pairs of earrings. It's the best present I could ever receive, earrings. <br />
3. I intend to join my uni's Quidditch team. <br />
4. I wouldn't mind being a Slytherin. <br />
5. I've never lived in my hometown, KL. <br />
6. I was in the newspapers when I was 6 for an advertisement, I used the money from the photoshoot to buy a Casio watch that I still use.⌚<br />
7. I have in my possession a fake cockroach, itching powder and stink bombs. It would be wise to not be my enemy. <br />
8. I'm better at cooking Western food than Asian food.<br />
9. I have a vampirish body clock. <br />
10. Which is why I rarely voluntarily open my curtains. <br />
11. So it's not unusual for me to go running near midnight when there's no sun. <br />
12. I have K-Pop, J-Pop, French, Mandarin and Spanish songs in my phone besides English ones.<br />
13. I love Snoopy. <br />
14. I still love Pokémon for that matter. <br />
15. I can tell a zucchini from a cucumber.<br />
16. I bring mints and gum to exams, once I brought 4 flavors of gum and 3 types of mint in a plastic bag and earned a bewildered look from the supervisor. Needless to say, it was a math exam that required so much ammo. <br />
17. I actually got away with eating lollipops in my IB mocks.<br />
18. My close friends know me for my sarcasm. <br />
19. I laugh at all bad puns and jokes. ALL. I appreciate bad humour to the max so more often than not my friends are face-palming at ME, not the bad pun. <br />
20. I have recurring dreams of flying. I was totally born to play Quidditch. </div>
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Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0Langham Place Shopping Mall, 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong22.3179137 114.1687441999999922.316077699999997 114.16622269999999 22.3197497 114.17126569999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-42206756713521992902014-07-01T11:12:00.001+07:002014-07-21T21:39:42.122+07:00Dimsum <div dir="ltr">
You simply can't go without eating dimsum in HK! </div>
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0 The Ritz-Carlton, Kuningan, Jakarta-6.2297012 106.82723720000001-6.2375937 106.81715220000001 -6.2218087 106.83732220000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-5206293449213957372014-03-18T18:31:00.001+07:002014-03-18T18:31:18.257+07:00Share some love, share some hairThis little 3 year old is amazing. Period.<br />
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So, throwback to our SEASAC Basketball competition held in UWC East Singapore back in January. This was a <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">dream team</span>, everyone gelled together and helped each other out. It was my first SEASAC Basketball; for the past years I've been doing SEASAC Football but because that clashed with my SATs this year, I tried bball out.<br />
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Bball has always been a favourite sport of mine and I'm glad I got to be in the team in my last year of high school. (Gosh having to actually admit that still feels unreal, my <i>last </i>year?! Well. Aren't I aging.) My first and last SEASAC Basketball with a beautiful and fabulous team. We may only have won one game and all, but we played our best and didn't lose without a fight. The scores were close and in the end, clic<span style="font-family: inherit;">hé</span> as it is, we had fun. :D We won't look back on this trip as a failure but remember the hilarious moments we had instead. Like when the opponent scored a basket for us because she forgot which way she was shooting. >.<<br />
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Merry Christmas everyone!! :D</div>
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Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-86862217505033922502013-12-02T22:18:00.003+07:002014-02-17T02:08:59.278+07:00Gratitude and HappinessWatching these two TedTalks made me seriously reflect on my life and what I have. Yes it's totally cliché and yes you experience this reflection many times in your life, but still, I think it's important.<br />
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Every once in a while you must, as the following TedTalks say, "Stop, Look and Go". We should stop to appreciate what we have in the midst of our fast-paced lives, look for and take opportunities to be grateful and then go share our good fortune with others. </div>
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Yup I'm totally preaching what the TedTalks said but it's something I'll remember so as not to be spoilt and all. IB CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) at my school is great and I believe we give back a lot to the local community around us. The students who really engage in CAS have a wonderful capacity to cultivate an attitude to challenge the untried disposition to put the wrong right. </div>
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We have an eco-school built by CAS students 2 years back 10 minutes away from my school. This school, called Sekolah Bisa!, educates 25 young children from the nearby local shanty area. For these kids, begging on the streets is their norm, but Sekolah Bisa offers them the foregone access to education as a restoration of their Children's Rights as UNESCO dictates. </div>
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'Sekolah' means 'school' in Indonesian, and 'Bisa' means 'can'. It's symbolic of enabling the children, instead of their circumstances immobilising and ensnaring them. </div>
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Everyday, they can wake up and go to this amazing school where they learn Maths, Science, English and Indonesian. They paint, draw and do various stimulating activities. These kids who previously could not read, now can. These kids who hadn't an inkling of the multiplication tables, now have. These kids who had never been cared for, now are. </div>
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We may not be able to change the lives of all the kids in the surrounding shanties, but at least for these 25 children, they have a part of their childhood restored. </div>
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My CAS group is involved with Sekolah Bisa through sport. We have a football team comprised of Sekolah Bisa students that we enter into the local Jakarta Schools Football Association (JSFA) League, otherwise known as the Coca Cola League here. Last year we entered an U12 team, when the league starts in January 2014 we will be entering a new U10 team with a few new students. </div>
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I have a Facebook page for my CAS project here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jsfacas">www.facebook.com/jsfacas</a><br />
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We call our football team Bintang Bisa. 'Bintang' meaning 'star' and 'bisa' meaning 'can'. These children, with some care and fostering, have so much latent talent and capacity. They are stars and they <i>can</i>, with some guidance, be integrated back into society and be proper Indonesian citizens. </div>
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My CAS group and I have never been so proud of an achievement in our lives. Seeing the children run carefree in their jerseys, playing football happily with smiles on their face - they throw off all the heavy burdens of their harsh lives in those moments and embody childhood. </div>
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I know full well I am still young and may not understand life's harsh realities, but at least through this community service and caring for these shanty children these past few years I have somewhat shared in their harsh reality, and in the process, deepened my compassion and empathy to some extent. </div>
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I have not elaborated thoroughly on what my CAS group does or accomplishes, but the point is that gratitude and happiness can go hand in hand if we allow it. I never want to forget the lessons of the afore mentioned TedTalks and I hope to always carry out my community service with kindness, so that even if the extent of my reach is only 25 children, it is still 25 children more than before with better lives each day. </div>
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I now express my gratitude to you for taking your time to read this post. Thank you! :)</div>
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<br />Michelle Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339242235492066750noreply@blogger.com0Bali, Indonesia-8.4095178 115.18891600000006-9.4146568 113.89802250000007 -7.4043788 116.47980950000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885776802701853754.post-79015105859201034302013-10-10T19:59:00.001+07:002014-01-19T18:55:12.909+07:00Nasi CampurLovely local Indonesian food in Bali!! <<u>3</u><br />
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