Too much senseless dialogue if you ask me, its one of the rare shows that I actually wished they shut their traps and just fight it out.
The National day parade was quite a smash this year, I was guilty of arriving at the time that renders me VVIP because the parliament members were already seated and probably the NS ushers were ready to curse me for being haughty already.
Encounted a lady who tried to pique me into passing her a ticket by saying in mandarin " you got so many tickets , give me one to see my _____ who's in there" . I'm not sure how credible is that , but lady I have no extra tickets? . I brought my brother and his gf there :).
Also , I was given tickets to sing fest but it clashed with the NDP so I passed it on to my friend Keane! Obviously singfest was kick ass. We need more of these!
as much as i've been studying hard , I realised how much time I've spend on leisure lately . Lunches at crystal jade, a KTV session and movies.
Which happens to be about Corruption in Politics . I've chosen to write on Russia, the 2nd country would either be Indonesia , Thailand or something.
Some half an hour ago I was playing Busybody - my granddad was watching Tv and I decided to check out what was showing too. Lo and Behold, I was greeted by my polymate and his girlfriend's face on the googlebox. They were 2 out of 12 contestants on this particular show. His girlfriend bears an uncanny resemblance to my brother's gf. haha
sure I was a little tickled about the things they did on tv, such as 'taping an MTV footage', then the horror set in.
I couldnt help but think that Singapore was just too small, I couldnt even watch tv without seeing someone I know?
I had some 'satay beehoon' for dinner in a portion so minute, an additional 'goreng pisang' was required to reach satisfactory levels on my hunger scale. I've been reading Jancis robinsons wine course. Ice wine and dessert wines are my favourite. Of cos there's alot more for my sweet tooth to discover. Laughs.
and there's is particular wine im after, Muscat from Domaine de montahuc, It was sold out at vivocity and the next best place to get a hold of it would be siglap.
Which reminds me my brother's coming back tomorrow :) wonder what he's gotten for me from Bangkok.
you're not too faraway. Just 4 months!
Received a piece of good news this evening, my God brother Steven said I could bunk over at his Los Angeles home this November .
till then can I'll be singing the tunes of phantom planet " california here we come!". Maybe there's a closet Hippie in me that wants to relive those days of 'make love not war' hahha. I'm yearning for a taste of skiing or perhaps snowboarding! I want to build a snowman, to ice skate on a frozen lake, to have wine straight from a winery. Bliss awaits
To say I felt awestruck would be understatement as these 2 spectacular personalities happen to have served in the Iraq war.
ye brave souls. Chang was injured in the the war. To say the least. Should the same have happen to me, I probably wouldnt be able to live my life or something. By God's grace it is.
a thing or two i noted about those two boys - bourbon coke was not bourbon coke. It was refered as " JACK and COKE". Next, anything that offends you or your tastebuds you say - "OHHH thats Nasty!"
We got those 2 home by 5 or 6am, chilled a little since it was pouring. Tried to fix Chang's fallen camera, watched Larry sing his heart out, peeked at the pictures we took and then we said our goodbyes.
The Raoul Shirt. You can hardly see it!
The nice 'R' sewn onto it
I spent 199 on a Raoul shirt, and while trying in , I inspired this china girl (who was obviously a mistress of this uncle) to try it on too. Laughs. Too bad the uncle didnt wanna buy it for her after looking at price tag.
well, I didnt mean to sound so shallow. However that certain uncle couldnt take his eyes of my girl friend. - certified Dirty Old Man. yikes.
and yes and why this is a paradox. It's because I spent 12 bucks on a tee.
Not just any t-shirt tho. It's a special one. I'll post pictures! :)
makes me long for the yummy seafood, all things chilli, buying street food, trying to speak thai, dodging those crazy tuktuks who try to bring us on a detour!!
Have a great trip all of you ! Dont forget my gifts. hehe
Anyway yes, hurray for the DS.
:)
Shintia- see you on Thursday. Thursday is special. For special peeps like you *wink*
my lunch pickings this afternoon- Katong Laksa and a delectable coconut. Woo. I love the east!
love it.
Just a fun fact: I had tom yum soup 3 times this week in 4 days. hahaha
Most appliances, when plugged in to the wall, consume energy even when the product is not in use. These appliances include cellphone chargers, DVD's, TV's and washing machines. Consumers believe their appliance is off, when it is actually standing by and still consuming power. Test your cellphone charger - feel the charger whilst it is plugged in and not in use. It will be warm to the touch. Those are wasted watts! They are often referred to as "energy vampires" because they have 2 teeth and suck electricity continuously!
well. I'm sucha kid.
Anyway loved the LIVE EARTH movement, i guess nevermind that one day of splurging on electricity to raise so much awareness. For that, maybe I'll forgive them.
The messages are strong this time. Answer the call.
I'm really wondering where can I watch Al gore's The inconvenient truth. Word has it that GV got rights to screen it during the recent Cannes. So I hope somewhere soon.
Anyway we should all learn- to unplug our plugs from their sockets. They're like vampires, they continue to use energy even if your appliances aint switched on.
For office workers- plsplspls switch off your computers, Dont put it on stand by till the next day. Not cool.
thats all. A little bit goes a long long way.
:)
Well It's great because I had a long afternoon all to myself thereafter, so I brought my little doggie for a walk and then I went for a swim. Probably my 1st this year, If you didnt count those moments in the water durinig wakeboarding haha.
I FEEL GOOD.
that about sums it up.
However feeling so good has made me lazy that I'm reluctant to read my textbook...for tomorrow's Quiz.
HOLIDAYS NX WEEK. hurray.
My present nail color has already been chipping off since day 3. :(
PRESENTING MY SUPER PATRIOTIC PICTURES! LOL
Shuffling between school, work and some leisure time equated to a super dazed student.
I will
1)work less next week
2)Shop less
3)Study more
Oh, Im planning to run in the morning tmr, we'll see if this materializes.
Attended the NDP preview this evening with Mom, the Apache and F16s bought me over. They even showed off their different types of speedboats used by coast guards and more. There was even this segment with naval divers diving into the water from a copter.
Lovely week, apart from looking like a Panda half of the time. :) I even managed a trip to dempsey road with Mervin only to have him think that I ate like a mouse since i dined on salad only . Finally got to sit in a land rover Defender!
Timbre the following day with my girls. Pity the performance by Timmy band was sub standard that night. .
Did I mention getting a cab this days is like sieving for Gold in the river! The hell. I spent 20mins tonight trying to call a cab from 4 diff cab companies . The results for those calls- I STILL DIDNT GET A FREAKING CAB.
annoyance.
Either the Esplanade is cursed of the cabbies are just too rich to do biz.
Ill post pictures of the NDP once i load them :)
check back!
And Hubert if you read this. HOW COULD YOU FORGET :( hahahaa ok im kidding! at least you made it on time!
Had a chat with raymond (another raymond )awhile ago, I've got to give a hand to this typographer extraordinaire, Art director of an intergrated communications firm and snake wrangler rolled into one. Firstly for working 9am to 11pm ever so often because someone holds a teaching job in the evening and possess certain charms that make his students hit on him hahaha.
And for encouraging me to stop talking and get back to my project .
I'm done with my project finally, cept for the summary. darn
BUT before i start rejoicing. Theres revision to be done and my last paper this sat!
on a random note: I'm listening to U2.
I've squeezed a little time out of my schedule to fit in Jeremy Monteiro's Jazz concert tomorrow :) A pair of Tickets sponsored by the National Arts Council.. schweet!
Oh and staring at my neighbour's bicycles all the time has lead to the resurrection of biking days I had as a kid. "MOMMY I WANT ONE" doesn't work anymore. Or at least I'm to shy to do that.
Before i lay my hands on a bike tho, there are certain things to clear off that wish list ! such as the DS LITE (can'twaite) and a nice pen for daddy.
notice Dads are always discounted for their part in raising us up? so If you forgot it's really not too late to buy him a gift or express your appreciation. hee
night all
Just uploading one out of 3 pictures.I'll post the other two after the magazine is published incase there are some issues :)
Thats a real snake by the way! A ball python to be exact.
A big thanks to Mervin the photographer, Steven the stylist and Raymond who gave some art direction .
Today's like family day for me, my dad was back for 8 short hours in Singapore, so had brunch with him and spent some time talking. Then in the afternoon, my brother and me sent Dad off.
Went for an early dinner at suntec's ichiban boshi, shopped like mad. We bought 4 boxes of royce, 4 cheese cakes and 3 tops from Lacoste.
The Big brother got me a sweater! yea!
Then we whent to church to pick Mom who just returned from Malaysia. Drove her home, unpacked all her things.
Then i received word from two of my friends who were abroad. Its so nice to hear that your pals are doing well! One of my friend teaches art to japanese kids in Bangkok now. Another is making her way to Aussie to study English .
As for me, Im loving SIngapore, anticipating the States, dying to visit the Zoo, craving for cheese cake, starving for sleep.
that sums up today. :) Im gonna get my craving fix and then head to sleep early!
here's the fun part, wearing a watch that cost 300K on my ankle for one of the shots (which prompted Steven, the stylist to barre me from walking around since a watch valued to be a big HDB flat was sitting on my precious ankle). The shot was done with a small python crawling down my legs.
And wearing one of my Company's Chopard watches and another's on my both wrist , arms posed against my arms and chest once again with the snake curled around my wrists.
the photographer's gonna send me some copies so I might post them up. Can't wait to see those up on the magazine!
On another note Ive a new found love for snakes. The way they feel when they coil on you, the pure strength of their muscles, they love for the dark and warm places. And how they dont need much maintence and care , makes a good pet! hahaa
I'm a major nerd now , clocking at least 12-15hrs the past 6 days on my computer. My eyes feel dead and so does my mind :(
talk about torture.
anyway I've been thinking about the two personality/trait tests administered to me by a friend 2 nites ago over the phone. Its more of a career test, turns out i got couple of questions wrong on my ability because i equated things to God. Therefore I do not belief 1) Fate is in my own hands and 2)Every thing can be achieved by hard work. Because to me, things are God given and we have control over ourselves yes but not total control!
thats about it, night all! I really need to sleep
Anyway here's another picture from my rehearsals for the arts festival. ELEVATION!
kudos to Khomi who passed her 1st bike practical! looking forward to hitch your red vespa ride babes!
I was reading a girl friend's blog, she's facing a breakup and it seems all those postings mirrored how I felt since that fateful day some years ago. That rush of emotions when you left me, how I waited for an sms from you. How nighttime was the worst time. Its funny I guess the way sometimes a person could mean everything to you at one point and none all the same at the other.
But of course I'm fine now, but seeing this girl have to go through it all brings me silent sadness. Well I wish I could be there for her , but we're not exactly good friends and I wouldnt be appropriate if I even spoke about this to her. I guess most of the time when people face a break up, they mostly feel alone. It's as it no one feels the unique pain you're going through..
AMIGOS!
Me with senor Kohl eyes, the man whos got the beatles look, roundest eyes, and doll-iest face :)
more pictures coming up!
The La Fura group
us performers
PRESENTING ! the HUMAN NET! yea baby
my glamourous name was on Straits time's Life section yesterday too. hahahaa I did Mdis proud by quoting i was a student there! laughs.
Okay so the performance starts tonite! how exciting and thers' gonna be fireworks! Only for tonight.
Its interesting to see the 40 of us performers came from all over. From a medical student, a journalist, a dj, a news reporter, dance instructor etc :)
i hope to get some pictures posted up soon. Performance pictures that is. so stay tuned :)
Being up in the air with the breeze, having an entire view of the surrounding area of the padang. is a once in a lifetime experience :), unless you're from La fura dels baus haha.
The instructors were speaking a mix of spanish and english. It's funny because mistakenly called our legs- arms. And all I could comprehend was phrases such as Holla! , chickas, donitos. Perimo, quattro and so on.
There was even one performer from La Fura that looked like he belong on set of Pirates of the Carribean, Mostly because he looked so sharp in his shaven head and his beard was obviously painstakenly shaven to perfection to create some fierce waving effect on his jawline. He was the craziest of the lot, making out a barrage of sound effects as he went along his act on the wheel.
and goodness gracious that CNA wants to interview the 3 of us later on, worst of all its in Chinese?...Now i sure need some help!
ps performance will be friday thru sunday . Starts at 7pm. Free for all! however I'll be running around in some space suit thingy which is slightly laughable. I doubt i can be spotted / differentiated.
Featured for being a Singaporean based in San Fransisco who holds a rather prestigious job- Special effects animator for spiderman 3. :)
His Daddy's gonna be really proud!
anyway guys if you guys could help me with this 6 qnestion short survey on portable game consoles.
http://www.createsurvey.com/c/53031-e0cUtf/
many thanks!
it's for my projecT!
one of the days of rehearsal for the Arts fest is the 23rd and!!! I was suppose to be briefed about my ocu campus residency programme to the US.
I didnt realise the other day when Dr Matt said , looks Like I've got to inform the in charge now.
I caught spidey 3 last night. Guess the only highlight was the gorgeous James Franco. Ken was obviously trying to re-live his childhood. with the help of a lolly. hahahahaa .
anyway i frequently forget to say this and since you (KEN) read my blog. thanks for sending me home. Dont say that i do not update my blog !
anyway FYI guys. Im performning with the group La fura dels baus from spain.
Abit on them
Established in 1979, "La Fura dels Baus" in Spain is an innovative theater with constant improvements in performing arts. Since the debut of "Accions" in 1983, "La Fura dels Baus" astonished both audiences and critics internationally and conquered over 3 million audiences throughout their more than 2,500 shows all over the world. Through years of creating experiences, "La Fura dels Baus" has formed their own unique language, style and taste which just like a label.
Performance runs from 25 to 27June. 8pm at the padang :)
thru a spate of events.
1)losing my card holder which contains my IC, my licence, my student pass and more
2)then my HP slipped out of my pocket on the bus ride to work
3)This afternoon after checking my bank statement - 2 fraud transactions done on my debit card at soo kee jewellery. the damage done to me... 500 bucks. boohoo
the bright side of things, I got my IC back from some man at dempsey road where i dropped it, so i gave him a red packet.
my Hp was returned to me by some negro guy who alighted with me at the same bus stop. awesome!
the Bank situation ..pending.
but losing 500 is not the end of my life. However thru the first 2 events. I feel like God placed all these lovely people in my path who helped me along the way. My mom's a darling too for always telling me not to worry , cuz worry doesnt help. I think prayers do a great lot ! :)
Sometimes I wished I was wendy in peter pan, or alice in wonderland. I'm a huge burton and depp fan, and I reckon the only anti-aging methodology is to have dreams, gun for them, and believe that disneyland is still the happiest place on earth.
