That is the saddest song i've heard.
You didnt need to say a word,
i know... of this death.


gandalf: i would not say "do not cry" cause not all tears are signs of evil.

that day at tuition, a thought struck me out of the blue. "it's amazing how music connects people." it's quite an understatement, well overused maybe. but i felt it very strongly at that time. music has the power to make people of all ages paint the same picture in their heads. because any two person can so easily relate to each other, music bridges this gap between people. music moves us. and there are some songs that will always rouse my emotions every time i listen to them.

quite some time ago, i remember asking two friends what song would they best relate me to. cause i have this queer habit of labeling some of my friends with a particular song. and every time i listen to that song, i would be reminded of that person i labelled the song to belong to. now, i wonder what song is it for me...


i'm suddenly reminded of sth. that attachment joke that i cracked in an earlier entry has caused me some unnecessary embarrassment! wh, wl and abby couldnt stop poking fun of me yest ))): that gave them inspiration to come up with a whole long list of other analogies! lol. okay, it just so happened to be a pun so i thought i might just laugh about it. it was so unintended..... geex. but last night was a great sharing and h2h session at spageddies and gelare! :D we had a waitress with GEM-award-worthy service! just that it was a pity edlyn was too busy with fyp to join us!

maybe i shouldn't forget disclaimers in future... -.-

us, getting fat at spageddies


lovely abby, still as sweet as ever


and we continued to get fatter at gelare
this waffle came after much begging, pleading and a bit of flirting
they even gave us lil cups of whipped cream and one of each syrup



say, i'd like to think that the world long before our time was like how j.r.r. tolkien has told it. thanks to valiant hobbits, elves, men and dwarves, we now live in a beautiful place that is unfiithed by orcs and mean things. their adventure was so brave, so arduous, so unheard of. it calls for much envy. to have tide through countless hardships and stay bonded by friendship and love is indeed a formidable feat. this is a journey - not many can experience, not many can take.



and if you dont understand a word of my gibberish, don't be like noobie me, watch lotr A.S.A.P. you don't know how much you're missing out on.
i've decided that gandalf is my all time fav, followed by samwise gamgee! :)

This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us
It's time to make our move, I'm shaking off the rust
I've got my heart set on anywhere but here
I'm staring down myself, counting up the years
Steady hands, just take the wheel...
"Never glance" is killing me
Time to make one last appeal... for the life I lead

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare


natnat library is really pretty. it's my favourite lib, second to none! but i have to say that i like smu's and ngee ann's v much too. okay, im zoning out so i'd save the rest for tom. for tonight, just one photo will suffice. i've realised that sometimes, posting too many photos would suck the life outta long and meaningful entries, making the latter appear dull in comparison.



p.s. im really glad that rich reads my blog! :P




i had a lovely day shopping with bren :D geokies joined us for dinner and more shopping thereafter! i've been so deprived of shopping all these while. i've deterred myself from walking the streets partly cause the stuff sis bought from US is enough to last two lifetimes and im not exaggerating at all. haha. it's been two months since i last shopped so can you believe what i did? liberation made me do crazy things. i bought 5 items, in two days! HAHA! well, im still as thrifty/stingy as ever and you can check that with bren. but i have to say that shopping really makes me very happy! even shopping on my own can be really fun too! i think i'm quite a marathon shopper. lol! we walked for seven hours straight! from town to bugis and then to suntec! brenda died out first. geokies wasnt so tired cause technically speaking, she only walked for about 2hrs. it was only when we sat down after getting on the train home that i concussed! haha!

my bestie

who sneaked a picture of me while i was sound asleep


if shopping were an exercise, i would be the healthiest person ever! :D
now, guess what, i'll be out shopping with shiny shin tom! okay, in order not to feel so guilty, we have decided to mug for two hours at natnat lib first! :D i really miss that place! lovely recess week! i'm all packed, not much time left to study ) :
ah, im so worried about attachment or rather not getting attached. haha! nice pun! i meant professional attachment btw. hur


there are some days when too much optimism kills. today's one of them. it seems as though that one hand was the sole driving force. now that i've had a sleepless night, i've woken up from the dream, to say my final goodbye.




magnificent.
i cant seem to find another fitting description. gosh. it started like someone was telling a horror story on a dark stormy night. i was fearfully intrigued. but never a moment did my eyes leave the screen. i took in every word, trying to remember the beautiful phrases and the way each character spoke, evoking a different pathos. it was thought-provoking and i had to take time to digest. somehow, i feel that i can never bring out its goodness with any description but this definitely calls for a rewatch!


just when i was about to blog about how i am becoming more cynical, being extremely negative today and about how i no longer believe in nor see true altruism in myself..
i read an email joanne sent and it dawned on me that i've been complaining too much, expecting too much. it's high time i look beyond the small petty things and appreciate the other good things around.

i'll share this inspiring message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.



nikko's flying off to melbourne tonight. she'll be there for three years! ): it seems like everyone's leaving spore..
we met up last night to bid her farewell and she treated jeremy and i to ichiban! we ate heartily. each of us had a full course meal, several platters of sushi, chawanmushi and momo icecream even! we also shared saba fish and we were so bloated that we had to cancel the softshell crab!

it was only when nikko exclaimed, "i'm 20 already!" before i realised that we've known each other for three years. my, how time flies and how everyone has grown and changed over the years. i can still vividly recall how we first met. it was ac's post-alevels party at chinablack and they were crashing. nikko was 17 then and she couldnt enter. i lent her my bus pass, totally unaware of how big a trouble i would land us in. and so, we were chased out after a stern warning from the bouncers. that was when the night started! we went fullerton for drinks before club-hopping and roaming the streets like stray kids. i was brought into their world. everything that happened that night has never left me. how nik faked a thai accent and she can still do it very well now, how they introduced me to tim as michelle, how we were so mean to jeer at tim behind's his back cause he was just sucha show-off, how i first heard jeremy play the piano and he played "if i ain't got you" in the club, how jeremy and i were so shy about dancing cause we were so new to clubbing whereas hafidz and nikko are naturals on the dancefloor...

many things have changed now and even chinablack has closed.

now, i'm only looking forward to visit my sis in europe after pa in july. maybe, i can meet up with nik then and maybe, visit joanne in london even! :D

geex, im feeeling damn lethargic now. it's 214 quiz today and here i am, blogging...




A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect
every action in this world will bear a consequence
If you wade around forever you will surely drown
I see what's going down.


it's a fairly good day cause school's supposed to end at 1730 but we finished at 1030h instead! had some good lunch before heading home (: it's double happiness cause 202 presentation is finally over too!





the above photos were taken with impromptu ah lian monday in mind! if you've read geok's blog, you would know why we had ah lian monday! us at tiong bahru, sakae :D





find the reflection you see to be so damn unpretty
i'm just tripping..

you can buy your hair if it won't grow
you can fix your nose if he says so
you can buy all the make-up that Mac can make
but if you can't look inside you
find out who am I, too
find the reflection you see to be so damn unpretty
~TLC


we chatted a grand total of three hours! (((:
see, we can even take screen shots with skype! better pictures soon! (:




the stinging in my eyes
the kind of flawless i wish i could be



i feel like, this song now! (((:
lady luck, please stay for a while!



anyway, i just noticed this! haha!
striking resemblance no? :P






i was supposed to post this before i left home:

"i just lost my phone ):
okay, reality hasn't really sunk in cause being way too optimistic, i believe it's in the theatre..
i'll just keep my fingers crossed. hopefully, i'll find it when i make my trip down later!

i caught Jumper with my cousins last night!
first things first, they have an awesome cast!
just look at them!
hayden christensen is sooo cute! gorgeous name there!

and rachel bilson is so hawt too!

the movie had many entertaining parts and it successfully protrayed the good and bad sides of being able to teleport. the only thing is that this movie is a bad one to seat at the second row cause at certain parts when the scenes change really fast, we got kinda dizzy. but the take home lesson from this movie can be summed up in one word- equality. it made me realise how important it is that all human beings stand on one common ground, else the world would be a very messy place to live in."



NOW, guess what?
i'm really in a streak of good luck!
I FOUND IT BACK! ((((:


despite feeling highly disappointed with myself for skipping lessons today, i had a fabulous time! ah, if i were to backblog about too outdated stuff, i would probably just bore everyone else out. so i shall talk about my first vday spent with my bestie! been sticking around tog for the entire week and she stayed over for two consecutive nights - tue and wed! tues night was cause of 202 proj and wed was after she went mambo! i was good enough to stay home cause there was IT tutorial to complete! and so, the good girl was treated to a hearty meal at soup restaurant with her folks! :D

vday was out of the ordinary cause g came up with a brilliant idea of dressing up like a boy! we didnt dare to venture to the extremes for fear of being misunderstood if we were to bump into friends! haha. it was a fairly good attempt i would say. i'll let the pictures take over!

slogging for 202project, all conquered in a day!


and we had time for a little dressing up too! now, doesnt this look and sound familiar geriberi! fashion parade :D


on top of sleeping past lesson time, we went to amk for pool! spank us will you :\




our vday!






we still crack each other up with the sillyest things that we do (:




to end the day beautifully, i skyped with sistie! first time since she left on feb10 :D and seeing jo online made me extra happy cause i could share my joy after talking to my sistie!
the gohs are still very upset about the six months separation but we're coping. i'm thinking, this gives me a chance to learn and be less reliant (:





and when good things happen, good stuff just keeps rolling! today's chingay was an eye-opener! most of all, i'm really glad we met up after these two months and that all's going so well, better in fact. (((: this friendship has gone through so much that i'm sure we'll never take things for granted again. (:



shin's surprise phone call to gossip had me rolling too! heh. this brings back many fond memories of those late night sharing sessions back in hall. i still dearly remember one of the first few nights after we shifted in, we wanted to sleep on the same end of the bed such that we would be facing each other, also because we thought that bren and wendy did that intentionally. we found that v sweet and so we wanted to follow them! only later did we find out that they slept that way just because it was less warm. heh!




"hello people, are you ready???"
"this side, singapore, are you ready?!"
"once again, welcome to Chingay 2008!!!"
"Come on, Singapore, make some noise!"

for the past two hours, this has been blasting over the speakers and what we've seen is only one show. LOL!
ta da da da da da (some random rnb beat repeats over the system)

actually it isn't all so unexciting though there is too much waiting time.
for now, i'm just thankful that there's Wifi!
i've always wanted to catch Chingay live, so i hope it doesn't disappoint! -hopeful smile-



25 years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
And I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
-4 Non Blondes, What's going on



it has been an eventful week since cny! today, i'll be treated to an eyefeast at chingay preview! many thanks to shiqi for the tickets! :D meanwhile, you can ogle at my very adorable cousin! (((:

i feel so deprived of blogging! can't wait to get home tonight!


while waiting for g to be done with her project discussion, let me share a nice song on this v happy day.

You came and gave to me
a heart and helped me breathe
Like the ocean and its tide
you gave me life


Beneath your weary eyes
though hardness tries to hide
But a child could recognize
your love inside


Maybe its going away...
Your heart, your heart...
Maybe its going away now...



okie, i really think joshua tan is v cute! :) :) :)


it's a lovely day!

on the way to school, g and j saw the huge outline of a heart in the sky! g says it must have been a proposal from a pilot guy or maybe the pilots just happen to be doing some trial flying. i choose to believe it's the former and gosh, it was so lovely a sight.

i swear it looks exactly like this just that our skys are much cloudier, less blue.


and i'm rather glad that the test today is postponed till after cny. though it means that post-cny would be studying again but now, there's ample time for preparation. it's like being given a second chance. and that marks the last lesson for the week! we're breaking for cny! =)

g and j are off to catch 27 dresses! smarty g brought her golden ticket along =))) -pats your head- tonight'll be castor's reunion at crystal jade!

we're both as happy as happy hotcakes today and we just kept singing "I believe the world's burning to the ground, oh well I guess we're gonna find out, let's see how far we've come, let's see how far we've come..."


sigh, there wouldnt be elective this week so we wouldnt get to share and hear about how everyone else had spent their weekend. okay, that's not the main reason i go for electives. heh. either way, it's past my sleeping time and im wide awake now so i shall blog about my weekend here!

let's start with...
hot yoga with stephie on friday
She had this invitation from True Yoga (a very atas place :S ) to go for a free one hour trial and she could bring two friends along so brilliant her made that our date :D naturally, ulu me was extremely excited and when we met at about 5pm, we talked, gossiped and yakked for two hours straight. there was so much to catch up on. and steph sweetie bought me vs body spray from the states! the scent's a bubblegum kinda sweet ((: uh, about talking... it was rather tiring cause of the explosive news that saps a lot of energy when you gasp and gesticulate and then, spring twenty questions at a time. and you know, steph can be soo humorous. i loved her patronizing look whenever we talk about things she cannot stand ie. girls saying goodnight to their stuffed toys! LOL!! i agree that talking to your toys is indeed a tad too girlish and we're kinda overaged for that. oh wells.
and so we just kept talking, over clam chowder at the soup spoon and continued at true yoga. hot yoga was a fun way to workout. yoga on its own is a great exercise cause every part of your muscle from your neck to your toes would be stretched. and since hot yoga is conducted in a 36deg room (akin to walking into a humid bathroom), i felt it has a dual effect on losing weight cause i did sweat damn a lot. eeks. but i enjoyed myself v much. part of the fun was derived from watching lazy steph do some of the moves half-heartedly. i even caught her yawning once! i dont know how she dared to do so in front of our coach who's the grand yoga champion of 2006. (it's a he by the way) she's just so adorable la! we really wished we had brought along our cameras tho. ) : well, there would be a next outing (: this time, im supposed to come up with a better date idea than yoga. it was sucha great idea and im sure to have difficulty coming up with a better one. actually, i suggested laser quest and we thought of asking the whole bunch of castor peeps! hope they won't find it too kiddish to run around a maze and shoot each other with laser guns. that was what my ac gang did back in j1 and those were v v v fond memories! :)))

rainbow saturday, hall two production
yay. saturday was my second rainbow session and this time my kid was a p6 girl, peiqi. she's quiet, focused and diligent. it was a joy teaching her. (: but i admit that i was a lil upset that i missed the earlier session and couldnt get to see douglas. next next week it shall be!

after rainbow, i went to meet geok and bren who had met earlier for shopping. they took a zillion photos and stashed some great deals! the rest of the gang (ie jo shin mark amily) came and we trotted off to jubilee hall for hall two's production, secrets. qi was the female lead in the show so our gang was there full force to support her! her entire family, even her gong gong and her maid, came down too! qi was a natural! and we thought the role was quite suitable for her! haha!

the hall two girls, including our squatter geokies




shin and i celebrating the mousey cny in advance


then it was their turn to be mice


this life-size teddy belongs to a really friendly shop that has labels reading "choose me" and "carry me" on its shelves instead of the usual hostile "do not touch" tags.


family sunday
i met natalyn for tuition and visited grams till late. it was practically a sleepy day cause i slept on the way there and slept another two hours at gram's place. didnt manage to go msia for seafood nor catch nutty chesty bang bang.
ohoh, i've got to say this - i'm a notebook freak!
a good one cause i resisted all temptations to buy even though i saw so many nice ones today. you can hear the tinge of regret in my words but uhh, i know i still have a few that are still unopened and unused. still, more wouldnt really hurt right? :X


i'm supposed to complete my assignment before i can touch my blog but i can't resist this. it'll be selfish of me not to share something i've just replayed five times over.

"People and spaces" by The Fire Fight


on our way to supper after hall prod on sat, shin geok and i were drawn by good music playing at esplanade. so POOF, we found out about the fire fight! all three of us were really happy. partly cause the lead singer is really cute but it was mostly because the song they sang was great, the atmosphere was right and we felt a lil like we were at a concert. :D i wish we were, really.




i really like this song.
Do you remember when we were just kids
And cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss
Schoolyard conversations taken to heart
And laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not
inevitable, anberlin

and i like mornings like these, just listening to the beat and tapping along.
there are some things that i've come to terms with. maybe they're so important to me that i shouldn't be trying to push them away. they were so beautiful. i reminisce with a smile.
now, let's listen to this.



I believe the world is burning to the ground


she loved the wardrobe of dresses, one for each day of the week!


and i loved today! looking forward to more electives, really ;))) ~flutters


beautiful songs for tonight ( :


And when the cold wind's blowing
Snow drifts through the pine trees
In houses lights are glowing
Likewise in your eyes that find me here
`all that i want

Unless it's to cry your name out the open window
To a sky that looks right back
And says it's never seen rain
Sometimes you gotta start clean
You gotta begin not begin again
~can't steal happiness
`happiness

this is so random cause i'm sleepy. BUT i'm so excited! tom's true HOT yoga in a 36degrees room with stephie! HOT STUFF :D