{Underneath the Stars.

Monday, July 26, 2004

1:04 PM

Okie today was an odd and possibly never to happen again experience. I started my

tenure as tuition teacher to this Pr. two kid in guess wat : English Math and CHINESE!!!

Shocked huh?

Yes, hopefully, after this the child's chinese will not be mortally destroyed.

Thankfully, I didn't have to demonstrate my 'prowess' in Mandarin today.

It might have deemed lethal, deadly and equate to instantaneous sacking. Haha....

Well, in case you all are wondering why I'm doing such a 'selfish' thing. I'm NOT.

This darn agency called me up to teach this apparently, permanent combo of Eng, Math and Chinese outta the blue. Apparently this guy has been bugging me to take on assignments since my SGH days. But I have always refused due to work and utter detest at the sweatshop fees he was paying. Okie so the pay aint that great now, but who cares, it takes up the hours

and I get to meet new people. Haha...

Yah, so I desisted furiously in teaching chinese saying that I just wasn't qualified to do that.

Wat did he say? He told me to just concentrate on Eng and Math.

Geez....

Tution Agency...you know wat I think of them.

Ok, so this afternoon I was poring over the street directory only to discover that

the house in question was just across the street.

Geez.

45 minutes to lesson time, the phone rings. The agent on line. Tells me that the kid doesn't

even have assessment books and has conveniently left textbooks, and workbooks

in school. So she asks if I can go buy assessment books. I ask her wat the budget is.

She doesn't tell me coz she doesn't know.

She says that she would have gone and bought them herself if she had the money.

Sorry...that's not answering the question and it sure is a sucky lie.

Now I'm wondering who's gonna pay me.

Geez...

Forget it....if I have to go pro bono I will. Not gonna waste time and strength

tracking down pple.

So I drive down to the mall and spend 15 minutes locating the darn Popular.

There, I'm blown away by all sortsa assessment books, each professing their excellence

and guaranting sure success. All, priced at exhorbitant prices.

Geez...and I don't even know the family's budget.

YEa, so I arrive home, change and just make it to the flat on time.

There I meet Y. ( sorry name to be withheld)

Tuesday with Y

Maybe...I've spent a bit too much on the assessment books.

So we start with the introductions and she, thankfully, decides to start with Math.

Phew...

So there's sullen and awkward silence as we go through the chapter on Money.

a couple of sums and the erasing gets more furious n adamant.

Sigh....

A poignant and apt illustration on

Money being the root of ALL evil.

So 40 minutes into it,

I call it quits with math seeing that she hasn't completed the chapter in School.

Next up English.

the miracle happens.

'Oh English, every thursday I stay back long long after the school to learn English.'

she smiles.

My heart soars.

Potential discovered.

So we read a passage and with each hard word she opens up more.

Joy

'Best friends? Like me and shimei. Everyday we play together after school'

'Ar....g..ue. What tat? OH....like in kindergaden when me, owen, X and Y shout and scream at each other and then friend and don't fren'

'What is make up? Oh....like today I shout and quarrel with you then tomorrow I ok ok lah friend you.'

Forgiveness.

Picture description.

Danger.

'that man looks like sad. Like he know his wife got other boyfriend'

Fear.

'eh...why no grandfather? Oh...maybe the grandfather....cannot say that word otherwise mouth get hit. '

' The father like very angry at the baby for make dirty. He like want to hit the baby. ....

Why cannot hit the baby? When I small time...my mother also hit....'

Pain and confusion.

Innocence lost

It's amazing what you can learn if you're willing to listen.

It's strange.

It's sad to think that sometimes you are so alone and there's no one to listen

or talk to you that you are forced to open up to a stranger.

' Life is like a Rose

Beautiful but painful'

~The Muse~

Sunday, July 25, 2004

7:27 AM

Alright everybody, I've turned red. Pinkish red. Haiyah...to me that's a disaster with the sun. Can't help it. The curse of the fair. Ok, so today decided to have a little family excursion to Sentosa. HAd to fully max out the usage of our Funseekers cards, before they expired in August. To add an extra pizazz to the outing was the fact that in an insomniac fit, I suggested that we go there.

Haha.....14 hours without sleep brings out the madness in you.

Haha....so at 7.30 am in the morning, out the motley crew trooped...onward to the sandy, sculpted, artificial beaches of Sentosa. First stop, Maxwell Road food centre. Waited 30 minutes, for the cheap, famous and exces sively huge bowls of Fish porridge. Man....I've never been able to finish their porridge. Not that it's taste horrid, more like the amount is equivalent to the amt of swill fed to pigs.

( hmm....pigs swill....seem to remember an article where we were called that....pigs swill or pigs will??? Dunno...same thing)

Yeah, so after the morning top up, headed to Sentosa. Man....was it hot hot hot. Carparks were full, and half way through navigating the twisted lanes had to hand the wheel to pops, lest the sunday outing turn into a disastrous run into some old ficus tree

. So in the end, managed to squeeze into an empty lot at the resort. Haha...you sure do learn a lot from taxi driver. All the squeezing and agility techniques.

yea... so headed down to the beach. The long walk down to Palawan Beach was the beginning of sun trouble. It was HOT HOT HOT.

The sun was up high and scorching. And there were so many construction sites around, the dusty smell of concrete and sand just didn't go well with the sea breeze. Talk about major vit D synthesis going on. Probably for my on good really. These days, I've become like some sorta vamp. It's rather rare to see me out under hot sunlight. I might just shrivel up and die when exposed

.

SO, let's see beach scene...rather usual. DHL family day, camping families, posers,....blah blah blah. But it's rather interesting to see that people these days are no longer afraid of showing their bodies in every possible state of flabbegation and gravitaional droop. Adds, to the the whole experience I guess. So after strolling to the Singaporean supposed southern most point in asia and walkind in the brown, warm waters, I decided to take the monorail ride around the island.

Point to note: My mom is a real stickler for personal hygiene and cleanliness and has warped ideas on sterile conditions, so it's rather strange to hear her consistently bugging me to get a dip in those kinda murky waters. Sigh...thankfully, adrenaline infused and sleep deprived me was capable of desisting the urgent persuasions

.

Okie...monorail ride.

HOT!!! in every literal sense. At least on the beach there's open space and the breeze today was cooling, strong and continuos. In the little cab cloistered with three others, stiffling heat, and I guess you oughta start panicking when the darn train starts to slow down to a crawl at each sharp bend. I almost felt like climbing out, and dangling myself from the roof. Alright, so along the route, these two jap girls came into my cab.
My goodness, if you thought the view outside was cool (figuratively), the type of cool gadgets they were drawing outta their bags were more eye-catching. the latest digital video cameras and recorders and ultra mini cellular phones. geez....it sure is great to live in a country where you're one of the first to get your hands on the latest installments in technology. yeah...so travelling with foreigners brings new perspective to the sights and sounds you're used to. In this case,it was kinda interesting to hear the merlion, beach, fort siloso, and ficus and coconut trees being described in a bevy of 'Sugoi sugoi!" and 'KaWAAAIII...' Man....I need new glasses.

yeah....well after the beach, headed back to the resort. There I passed out in the reading room for three hours. Heat and lack of sleep are a pleasing cocktail for insomniacs. the chilling aircon was a pleasing delight to burning skin. Awoke at 3.30...headed home. I was still too exhausted to drive. sigh....hate the heat.

Nights everyone....still kinda sore. Darn.

Thursday, July 22, 2004

10:06 AM

          Alright so today was the proposed Laptop hunting day. Went with ol' pops down to Sim Lim Square to hunt around and scavenge for the best prices. Aargh...can't stand it when everyone is having such a fun time twiddling with their laptops and I still have to deal with this slow , overrunned desktop.

             Well, anyways, there we were running a little errand for kor(brother). That twit wanted us to get some RS 232 to USB converter. WEll, I'm actually kinda glad that I ran that errand coz I got to know which shops in the labyrinth of Sim Lim to avoid. Man, if you were a shopkeeper and all you did was to sit at your stool in an empty shop and DIRECT your customers around from your post, then you're just asking for some major losses at the end of the month. yea..so I predict that at least 5 stores on the 6th floor are gonna go bust. Haha..so we managed to find a shop where the price was right and discussible, and the guy was kind enough to give some pointers on lap top purchasing and intrduced us to his pal.

          Yea so round and round, narrowed down to wat brand and model we wanted and started to circulate to get a feel of the general market. Then pops decided to head back to homebase to make final calculations and decisions. Eeeeh....hope to get my lap top soon. *fingers crossed*

         So drove to fetch my mum home after the sim lim tour. Man....I had drivin during rush hour. You get these utterly retarded taxi drivers squeezing into impossible or non-existent spaces and banging that horn like everyone's dead. My driving instructor once told me about this weird thing with taxi drivers : When there ain't anyone in the cab they go at hell's speed, but once they're assured of some prey they crawl along the streets, holding up traffic and basically upsetting everyone. *sigh* .....how stressful.

         So after picking mum up went for dinner. That's when things started to go downhill.
To all of you out there, raise your hands and twiddle them. Do you see those stick like things extending from your palm? They are called fingers. Do you know what they are for? Well, sure they can be used for many purposes, but you know wat, they can also be used to press lift buttons! Can you imagine how 'pleasant' the situation is when everyone is in a packed lift and you are stuck right at the back and the pple in front are just unwilling to (literally) lift a finger to jab the 'close' button so that we can all get on our way, instead of waiting for the auto mechanism to kick in. ( in this case, it never did) SO after, a minute of shuffling, and surreptitious grunts and coughs, the lady in front of the panel finally decided to end her conversation and jab the damn button. As I got outta the lift, I just couldn't resist yelling, "Don't you all have any fingers?!" as the door closed in on those impassive faces. Geez..............

       Well, after dinner and buying bathroom slippers (another foreign errand, BTW kor if ur reading this, sorry to get girlie bathroom slippers!!!! NOT!) we headed home. And then I had to mark assignments and prepare for GP tuition the next day.... sigh....

          NiteZ..............!

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

8:36 AM

       Hiez...today was appointments, appointments, appointments.

        HAd a late night and woke up just in time to head down to SGH for a meeting regarding the paper. Janise, we still have the end of the month deadline. Trying to get the paper into the Annals ( sounds rather vulgar but,...): Academy of medicine Singapore. Must use some kinda 'catastrophe' technique on Dr. Chua : Load him with multiple emails regarding the stats. hehe...this was the explanation and suggestion from Dr. Howe. (Hi Dr. Chua, if you're reading this....Stats Analysis please, really need it to complete the paper by next week. Thank you! :))

           Yup, so after the meeting went for dinner and drinks with my UN khakis plus liqin (mimi yan) and 'ohlium' (sorry, didn catch your real name as jiahui kept calling you ohlium) had dinner at Scotts food court, where we discovered that wretched 'germany' Lilian had played us out....well....let's just say that lulu is probably headed down to paya lebar to have it out with her....haha....battle of the swimmer and the lian...how fascinating. Yeah.....so dinner was the usual gossip and jokes. hehe....with newcomers to the group we have to repeat old gossip in exchange for new 'news'.

         After that we headed down to China Black for Ladies' Night. Here, I have to blame Lilian for not coming with us as she was supposed to bring us to that darn place. Well, anyway, we ended up in the stupid queue outside, which I must add queues are not my forte and having to stand in line with Ah Bengs and Ah Lians are not exactly wat I would consider as 'fun', thankfully, I had my khakis to 'entertain' me. After 20 minutes, we entered to discover that every table was reserved, but anyways, we just plonked ourselves down onto a reserved table. haha... Yeah, I actually, didn't like the place, partly coz we were seating behind this bunch of bengs who were smoking away! ( I HATE SMOKERS!!!! GO STICK YOUR MOUTHS IN EXHAUST PIPES AND BREATHE DEEPLY! IT SURE BEATS SUCKING WISPS OF PATHETIC SMOKE!!!!) But yeah, it's good that the drinks were free and the company was good. Soon discovered that there were a lot of SN gals there. Haha....and it was kinda nice that we remembered each other....at least the rest did, not so me. Hehe....I've got bad memory. hehe.

           But, anyway, we left really early, around ten plus, I actually was kinda glad coz the the party was about to start and the music was getting SUPER loud, and all the mist and stuff was making visibility equivalent to tat when the PSI is 75. ANd the worst thing was that I couldn't here wat everyone around me was saying....that sure did kill the fun of it...so we left. Haha....I noe you true blue clubbers will think we're crazy but....to each his own. YEah so Jiahui's mum gave me a lift home and I started to do research on laptops and plowing true my lib books. I seem to be contributing a great amount to the library fund with all the fines I'm paying for my overdue books.....sigh....thank me when you get a community library at your neighbourhood.

          Cheers!

Monday, July 19, 2004

10:43 AM

Bear Spirit Calls To You ~Bear is spirit keeper of the West, the place of
darkness, maturity and good harvest. Bears are
active during the night and day. This
symbolizes its connection with solar energy,
that of strength and power, and lunar energy,
that of intuition. The bear holds the teachings
of introspection. When it shows up in your life
pay attention to how you think, act and
interact.
Bear's Wisdom Includes:

*Introspection
*Healing
*Solitude
*Change
*Communication with Spirit
*Birth and rebirth
*Transformation
*Astral travel
*Creature of dreams, shamans and mystics
*Visionaries
*Defense and revenge
*Wisdom

Animal Spirit Guides ~ Which One Calls To You?

Did I mention how accurate these quizzes were in my special on them? Haha...
Well, let's see....Introsepection: The habit of looking into your own thoughts and feelings . Hmm...do seem to have a lot of time on my hands to do this. Quite interesting really.

Active day and night...that's rather true too. My biological clock is a mess. Sleep has slowly withered in it's importance as a necessity. hehe. but that actually means just more hours not knowing wat to do. *sigh*

Blah blah blah about the rest... some are quite true, some depend on time and mood, some are downright outrageous.

cheers!

9:42 AM

HI Again! Went out once again today. SIgh....getting turned off by orchard already. Today, discovered through guidance from Gen that my problem with orchard regarding disgusting sights and sounds have now graduated a further step to disgusting smells. Yes, I'm sorry to report this to you breadtalk loving pple but, 'Breadtalk probably uses something like stale cheese' You can smell it. And it isn't pretty. note highlighted word, I'm not giving a defammatory remark. Should have guessed something was going on, what with those ridiculous bread talk advertisements that have been going on.

We went shopping around at wisma's Isetan, and the full effect of the loosening purse strings and the devil's call was soon felt when I purchased a pair of funky, brightly coloured, sneakers. They're probably the brightest coloured pair of shoes to date, but guess wat....I think the fever really went to my head....but......I DON"T CARE!!!! I love them, I'm goin' to wear them to school. hahaha.....finally freeing myself from humdrum colours and conservation. Hehe...move over pointy bronze shoes, got myself new funky shoes!!!

SO we were all set to watch.......

The King has Risen

I like this show. To me it's better then Troy. I dun care what the critics have to say about it. It's got more gore. More fighting. Less sex. Less fags. A lot of dirt. Better MUSIC. More cool people. More sharp comments and wordplay. Their voices sound more authentic and raspy. And they're so messy. Wat can I say.....just watch the damn show and if you like it you like it. Sigh...this sounds a bit like why I decided to buy those sneakers. haha.

One thing about the show though, had to spend time calming Gen down and telling her that it was a movie we were watching and tat we were not exactly observing the battle. So Gen, 8 pple against an army of hundreds, no sweat. It's prob just hair spray. ( Get it? Prob not.....) Hehe....remember LOTR???? Corner seats for Gen, so that she can remember that's a movie she's watching. hehehe.....the advancements of movie magic. ( Sorrie for the digs ol' pal.....hehe.....)

Yeah....so it was a good movie in all. Loved the music. Probably will hunt the soundtrack down in cyberspace....hehe.....(it's best u dun get my drift) Yeah...so we had dinner and then Gen decided to go home and be sick, so we went off home.

I seriously dun understand why I take the MRT. I wish there was a straight bus to town. But not exactly. I really hate the crowds. I hate the people who stroll and literally crawl in crowded malls, etc. I hate it when people play, toll master on escalator landings. IF you have a sudden desire to hug your beau or pose for the world to see, one word of advice, escalator landings are an absolute NONO!!!!!! About the MRT, DUN EVER SHOVE YOUR WAY PAST SOMEONE ALREADY CRAMPED AT THe DOOR!!!! It's rude and it's selfish and it's DOWNRIGHT RETARDED!!!!! 2 seconds is NOT a matter of life and death. DAMN YOU!!!!

(*Warning*.....limit reaching.........)

GRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Sunday, July 18, 2004

8:42 AM

Hiez everyone! Looks like I keep on going out these days. haha...at least the spending urges cramped by sickness have now risen from the recesses of sickness. *tsk tsk* that's not good.

Anyway, so went out for lunch and shopping with my long time pal Zhu today. She's leaving on tuesday for suzhou and then onward bound to Toronto to study bio chem. haha...that's nice. So guess this was our sorta last trip out together for a long time to come....*sigh*

So in true, ET and Zhu fashion, we had to have lunch at Swenson's. Haha...her last taste of ice-cream delight for some time. (her home town dun have swensons. hehehe) *sigh* had to foot the bill for the regular earthquake. Rather disgusted with that PS outlet of Swenson's though: They were clearly trying to cut back on expenditure by not stocking up on favourite flavours. Face it! I got really irritated after being told that all the flavours that I had selected were not available. In the end I just asked the woman " SO wat flavours do you have?" She gave me an unsatisfactory answer and had the cheek to ask me to select double scoops of flavours. *tsk tsk* BAD BUSINESS PLOY!!!!

After lunch had a shop around PS, nothing nice at all. Too used to that place. Decided to check out on watches. Haha...planning to get a new one. All you guys please give me suggestions for watches!! Nothing too interesting, was contemplating on a Fossil watch, but then decided that the battery expecnditure and distracting changing displays, was something that wasn't too appealing or needed. So the search goes on....*sigh* Plan to charge this to college fund. *hehe* hope I can slip it past the two heads.

SO we moved down to orchard. *sigh* been there like so many damn times the past week. Can't be helped when you're cooped in a place with only one prime shopping district. So shopped around, got a little tote bag, a gift for my mum and walked around a bit. Then we went to Far EAst...again. I guess that was where the highlight of the trip occured when we went and took neoprintz and those card like thingies. Haha....yea yea....kinda overexagerated you may think but then again, you're talking abt two unphotogenic pple, who can't read jap, and rarely waste money on slot machines. haha. yea so $14 dollars later found us with stickers and a card each. It was nice coz it was a pictorial representation of our friendship and a means by which we could possible remember our youth by twenty years down the road ( really pushing it here....I really have to keep it in a safe or something. Little things usually get lost in my collection of rubbish. youth.....I dun think I have it anymore. SObZ!!!) Oh another thing, that a neoprintz retard like me didn't noe: With the newer machines (i.e those which you blow $9 on *sigh*) they actually help you touch up on your skin tone and add an 'incredible' shine to your locks. They actually make you select your prefered skin tone prior to everything. haha...much like selcting the foundation for your make up, except that you have only four shades and 30 seconds to make a decision. SO....just imagine the flustered pair cooped in that stall. Haha....dunno why but taking a neoprint is like a super difficult and stresssful event. Doesn't really help when there's this damn jap bimbo squealing hysterically at you and bugging u to hurry up and select. *sigh* Jap innovations. ( The good thing about this 'experience' was actually the cards which were a bargain at $5 for 2 . With free lamination. haha...sorry, just had to use my liberty to be kiasu. Hope you haven't forgotten about the liberty business......)

YEa so after all the hustle and frantic tapping managed to finish the keepsake formation activity and all to soon we had to bid goodbye. For a very long time. *sigh* ....but then again there's this chinese saying .....tian xia you wu bu zi yan xi. Sorry you have to go decipher it yourself coz I SUCK at han yu pin yin. yea so anyway, I understand that it means something like 'goodbyes are not forever' ( I hope....hehe)

YEa so Zhu, as goodbyes' are not forever, here's me saying " See ya again ASAP!!!! and All the Best!!!! Remember to inform me about your blog! ( if you ever get down to doing it....hehehe)"

Cheerio!!!!

Saturday, July 17, 2004

11:14 AM

"Through me the way into the suffering city,
Through me the way to the eternal pain,
Through me the way that runs among the lost.
Justice urged on my high artificer;
My maker was divine authority,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.
Before me nothing but eternal things were made,And I endure eternally.
Abandon every hope, ye who enter here."
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
The Divine Comedy

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very High
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Moderate
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Test

Look's like there's still hope for someone like me.

Cheers

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

1:31 PM

Hi everyone! Been days since I updated. Been down with fever and the chills. Hyperventilated yesterday. After yesterday, I finally had a glimpse of what it means to 'die of cold'. Sigh....so here I am today, out of bed and raving to do my bit for the conservation of one of my most loved animals : The Snow Leopard

The Elusive Phantom Majesty of the Himalayan Mountains

Snow Leopard
Genus: Uncia Uncia ( not related to other members of the pantherine group. only member of this genus)

Location: Mountainous regions of central Asia, ranging in the north from Russia and Mongolia down through China and Tibet into the Himalayan regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

General Facts: Solitary hunter except maybe during mating season (3 mths a year) when they might actually pair off. May reach 2m in length from nose to tail tip when mature. Thick woolly coat to fight the cold. Furry tail about 1m in length, acts as a balancing pole. Considered as one of the more gentle of the Big Cats.
Can bring down prey 3X its size and weight. Has been on the list of Endangered Species since 1972.

Well, for other nitty gritty details you can do a bit of research on the subject. Truly fascinating. However, the truly 'fascinating' thing is that a creature as beautiful and majestic as this is losing its place in the wild and has been deemed capable of surviving only in captivity and not in the wild. Another sad reality of the dominance of homo sapiens. After we have robbed them off their habitats and prey, we proceed to humiliate them in our cages. Talk about adding insult to injury.

A breath of Freedom

Hanging by a thread...

Perhaps education and conservative measures may assist in desisting the above mentioned selfish behaviour but I believe impossible changes have to be made to prevent this...

Immortalized beauty

from becoming this...how vulgar

Eventual fate?

How do we sleep at night? I still don't know why I can't sleep at night...

Restless Slumber...

I bet a lot of you didn't know that such a creature existed till now. No blame there. They're too rare to be seen in the wild anyway, and only a few zoos keep them. well, maybe in a couple of decades, the only place we'll be able to see them is in cyberspace.

Vision of the past

Saturday, July 10, 2004

11:53 AM

Hiez...today just consisted of sleeping and eating.

After having endured going through 48 hours with only five hours of sleep I finally, conked off at 6 am yesterday morning and remained dead for the next 11 hours. Sigh... eternal rest. Was literally dying for it yester morning.

So anyways, I woke at around 5 pm this afternoon and had to get ready for dinner with Deborah and her dad at Hyatt(Deb's my tutee for GP). Midway through preparations received a call from Rach, haha, if it hadn't been for dinner I would have been at an SYO concert cheering on me pals!

( So Rach how did it go? It was great to hear from you anyways.

)

Well, so met up with Deb and her dad at around 6.45 pm as planned. (I was early...for once). Mr Wee is a dapper old man, with old and refined manners and etiquette of a gentleman from the west. Had to remember all the rules of proper dinner etiquette my mum put me through years ago for tonight. I guess it's kinda strange after having interacted with JC boys , to have a guy actually stand up each time you excuse yourself from the table and help you with your chair. Haha...but I enjoyed being treated like a lady. ( which of you ladies wouldn't want to be treated so?)
YUp, so like a proper host and gentleman, he led me throughout the buffet layout, soups, appetizers, main course etc. Haha...another strange experience. Well, the spread was good, the prawns and oysters were fresh, clean and succulent. The beef was done just right, the salad spread was delectable and the deserts....YUMMY. Actually the only disgusting item was surprisingly the ice-cream. pistachios should not be made into a flavour for ice-cream: it has such a medicinal taste....bleargh!

Haha....so I suppose the most interesting thing about the evening was the conversation. Nope actaully another interesting thing about the evening was when outta nowhere a waiter came bearing a mud pie choc cake with a candle stuck in it! Geez....it was Deb's birthday and I was there without a present. Man....at least drop a couple of hintz...*sigh* nvm, i'll get her a belated gift on friday (tuition day).

Yup, so back to the conversation. I'm impressed. Here is this old guy, who has concepts and opinions on many matters that are similar to mine. The world is truly small. Thankfully, all three of us were on the same side politically. haha...not gonna tell u which side that would be. But I must say that the evening was truly, educational and fruitful. Sigh...it's really rare that people are open minded, and willing to talk about personal matters and be critical about politics and business. haha...it was also quite fun when we had to cast furtive looks around us before we began a discussion. Hey...we are after all very considerate when discussing 'sensitive' issues.

yeah..so yak yak yak, all the way till 1.20 am. I'm amazed by this record. My bladder was absolutely bursting by the time we finished. Haha...the staff were probably wondering 'when are these conspirators gonna leave?!'

Yup so that was the end of a rather successful night I must say. Yes! Two great nights in a row!!! We're on a roll!

Cheers!

Friday, July 09, 2004

9:56 AM

HEYZ everyone! BAck again...these pages have been quiet and neglected...a mirror of my rather mundane and over-indulged boredom. Well, so finally had some real great fun this everning! Yeah!

Met up with my secondary school khakis this evening for dinner. Jiahui(France) , Lilian(Germany), and Louisa(Singapore), all members of the infamous UN group in SNGS. ( YOurs truly was USA...haha, goes to show you wat an ignorant dumb fool I was back in Sec sch, but well...somethings never change)

Beginning to see a consistency in the success of these meetings. They're always fun, not stressful, and natural. Sigh....why can't all my outings be just so. SO we had dinner at Magic Wok in Far East (supposedly authentic Thai food..passable for an episode of Faking It). Alright, so the environment and surroundings wouldn't be exactly considered as bearable by my standards ( but then again....my standards are unachieveable. *sigh* the ideal world...), but with these great pple, heck those other inconsequential, irritating pple in the background, together we are a contendable irritating force. haha!

Yup, so basically had dinner than walked around and did a spot of shopping, went into major earring purchasing craze! So I bought a couple of pairs to top up my current collection of studs. I dun care what anyone says, I LOVE dangly earrings. To me the ultimate reward after weeks of painstaking care and infection prevention of newly pierced ears is the fun part of filling up those miniscule holes with ornaments. Hah! Vanity, the devil's favourite sin. But rest assured, I dun think I'll be indulging in any more piercings. My skin's just too sensitive and I dun think I have the patience to tend to new mutilations. Haha...

So after having indulged in real shopping after a siesta of around 3 weeks, we headed to Starbucks for coffee and chit chat. Haha....the gradual decrease in customers at that place was not subtle at all, half an hour after our arrival, pple started evacuating the place. Well, couldn't say I blame them, just picture this : 4 gals, all outspoken, all vocally dominant, all prone to hysterics. Not a pretty picture I must say. I think the other customers ought to be glad that we weren't there in full UN attendance: Our critical Japanese ally, Cai Lin, had been absconded by some damn NUS camp.

Well, so we were just hanging out there, reminescing about our past. Man, did we do some CRAZY SHIT back then. Talking abt those stuff really makes me wonder how we managed to escape the clutches of straitjackets. It's actually kinda amazing how you can remember stuff form yesteryears. Somehow, you forget the important tests, the excellent or horrible grades, all you remember are the stupid, insane stuff you and your mates partook in. That's so good. That's why I LOVE hanging out with them. It's pure FUN. It's pure FRIENDSHIP. ( Well, sometimes not so pure, I admit...but tat's another story) IT's PUre JOY!!!!

Well, so I guess the only point I'd like to make with this entry is:
HAve fun with your bosom buddies. Make crazy memories. When you're together, be creative, talk about stuff other then, the test you took 5 minutes ago. Life's too short to spend time complaining and worrying about the past (it's taking me a long time to understand that) Don't be afraid to do stupid things in front of your friends: If they're really your friends, they'll act stupidly along with you. AFter all, a good fren should be laughing with you and not AT you. If they don't, a good fren won't mind if you trash them for that.

Bottom line: Make good friends. YOu'll meet assholes along the way but hey, once your bitten continuously, you'll gradually grow numb to the sting. Hopefully. Have fun with your mates! DOn't take them for granted! Socialise.

Right, so to you great people, you made me have a helluva great time tonight. So thanks alot! The cloud of boredom was lifted with the excessive hysterical laughter you brought tonight. Here's to many more GReat Times!!!! CHeers!

Sigh...I really should get down to writing a book. Probably will give the comic MAD a run for it's money. Hey....au natural jokers and comedians don't come everyday you know.

Cheers!

Sunday, July 04, 2004

3:24 AM

Hi everyone! Welcome to the new sanctuary!

So regardless of whether you know why we are all here, welcome back.

So for those of you who received the email invite, the rules have been clearly stated. For those whom I invited through your blog, here are the rules. Very simple. Actually there's basically only one. Can't be too hard to remember right?

As you should know, this is a personal blog where I have the liberty to publish my own personal views and opinions. If you're here to read what I write, good for you. It's basically my take on things. If at any point you think that I may be making references to anyone or if you take offence to any issue, you may discuss with me personally. If you choose to air your misconceptions online...well, you all should know me better then to do that. I'm open for discussion but I don't take nicely to maligning or frabrications. If you just can't take the 'strong' material here then you are welcome at any time to leave. Thank you.

Please respect the fact that I do not wish for this site to be forwarded or spread around. Thank you.

Welcome Back.

Saturday, July 03, 2004

11:17 AM

Watched 'Hello Broadway' this evening at the Esplanade. Had some rather interesting seats: Gallery Seats. Haha...so basically 70% of what I heard was the orchestra ( compromised of members from the SSO ) and the other 30% was a smattering of voices.

Well, I must say those seats were rather cool coz we were able to observe the orchestra at such close quarters and the butts of the performers. hehe. But the best thing was that we were part of the performance. Nono! the best thing about the evening's performance was that I was blocked by the blasted chimes. Yes....that's how close we were to the orchestra. Too close for comfort. Literally.

Well, but I must say that although the orch was kinda like a distraction from the main focus on the singers it was rather nice to get that feel of being on stage and making music with pals once again. The percussionists were really feeling it man! rock on! Unfortunately, there were onli a couple of songs where the audience too were feeling it.

The performers were ahem...good in every negative sense. It wasn't an exhilarating experience. The asian singers had accents that were too affected. Dina Morishita totally killed 'On my own' from Les Miserables. She sounded as though her girdle was so tight she just had to squeak. Welly Yang, humiliated Phantom of the Opera. Judi and the other guy just managed to save the show. Sigh...A handful of people seated at the gallery came in midway through the first song. I have nothing to say. Pple if you wanna noe wat I think abt such pple...go look at my previous articles.

yup so all in all it was a lukewarm performance with tepid response. No encores were requested so if I were the performer i'd feel devastated haha....wat with calling the audience 'the most good-looking audience' in the world. guess with the Singaporean audience you have to give more in the bribe. yup so the orchestra forlornly sat there waiting for cries of encore and bravo but well....all they got was the dissipation of the audience. So in the end the performers had no choice but to come back on stage, thank the orchestra and lead them out. Sad...and they were so much better than the performers. Well, granted, the pianist cum conductor was cool. He sure had magic fingers, really working it across the keyboard. He could sing too! Never thought I would like be-bop and rag time so much!

haha....yup so well that was the performance. To me the limelight fell on the wrong people. Then again....it's not too unusual.