Monday, March 31, 2008
tread softly, my dear.
"faut souffrir pour être belle", a french saying for beauty does not come without suffering. on a less superficial level, i guess the whole meaning behind it is that nothing good comes easy. i read that on postsecret just now.i think the whole overnight cycling experience has had a profound effect on me, i'm still thinking about it even now.
moving on, i had a funny conversation with pao just now (we were supposed to be studying accounting).
pao: "i want to live in a cartoon!"
me: "yeah! i wrote an essay on that before."
pao: "especially aladdin! he's like, so hot. he has a magic carpet, a monkey and even a genie! that's the complete package, man."
me: "okayyy."
pao: "really! somemore, he wears so little!"
me (shoots a look): "...okay, pao."
Sunday, March 30, 2008
like a biker gang gone engine-less.
the whole experience of overnight cycling is not something that i can sum up in words, but i'll try my best anyway. (i really should be trying to get some sleep now but even my sleep mechanism can't seem to kick in. i think it's some form of jetlag.)as sianying mentioned, for the first time in my life, i discovered that i had the capacity to care about somebody else's life more than i did my own. and that revelation actually made me feel vaguely less human. i mean, humans are supposed to be selfish by nature, no? not insinuating anything, of course.
and goodness, i learned that patience is a virtue. yes, despite this phrase being as overused as "silence is golden" and whatever other cliche phrases, patience is a freaking virtue. well, there must be some sliver of truth to something that is repeated so often shouldn't it? last night/this morning, i learned that lesson very well indeed. i won't say i'm particularly good at the whole "patience" thing, but i really, really tried.
the moment when we reached the end point was a culmination of all that we had gone through in the past few hours--our muscles burning in protest, the bicycle grease, the constant encouragement, the hoarse voice, the fear, the abrasions, cuts, aches. i'm really proud of my buddy and i, along with everyone else involved. we did it. (:
okay, the tiredness just kicked in. off to a nap, i go.
Friday, March 28, 2008
down that street, about half a mile.
music: rockabye by shawn mullins
comms presentation/project is overrr! and i'm so proud of our group, they have made the wallpaper of my computer. :D i had a great time working with the group, truly. hopefully we'll be able to do it again in the semesters to come, cause i really learnt alot from everyone. i would say all our hard work paid off during presentation (cause we kicked some serious ass there, yo.) and i'm not trying to sound like an obnoxious prat or anything (okay, maybe just a little, but for a very good reason!), but i do hope we gave the other groups a run for their money! (:(the only negative i would say about the day was the heels, and i will say it again, though i have grumbled about it just about a million times, i don't understand my species because heels are such a bitch to wear. sorry, my poor feet!)
i haven't much to say cause oh, lately, life is school and school is life, which is a rather terrible predicament. and next week is going to be one hell of a week.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
a saint once decreed.
"If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life" -Oscar Wilde
Saturday, March 22, 2008
it's easy, we all falter, does it matter?
music: adia by sarah mclachlanIT'S RAINING! and it's so heavy, it's breathtaking. i can see it pounding down on the rooftops and the trees battling the wind. and sarah mclachlan's voice is good! pao just passed me her album a few days back and i'm totally enjoying it.
comms presentation next wednesday! the last lap, come on people!
during comms meeting at weeyang's yesterday:
our group leader, sean: "i think after this whole project, we should watch the movie (Singapore Dreaming) again. you know, just for remembrance sake."
rest of the group (gives him the 'what the hell' stare): "NO, are you crazy."
i swear, i've been spending so much time with them, i'm probably gonna start having dreams about them.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
so, steal the show.
music: reason why by rachel yamagata
charli's angels by burkinafazothis shot seriously made my day. it totally cracked me up. i've been so crazily tired lately! work beckons yet again, so till next time, i'm off to save the world!
sundial dreams by kevin kern
before i go, here's some KEVIN KERN! i've liked his music since secondary school! :D
Saturday, March 15, 2008
do you remember telling me you'd found the sweetest thing of all?
music: see the sun by didoI FINALLY FINISHED MY COMMS PORTFOLIO! i feel awesome. hahaha.
and i finally got super overdue photos from last year's camp!
us, the pioneers of the camp. i can't believe it's almost six years since we organised the first camp ever. we're much older now but still as crazy. (:
see, case in point. this couldn't be a more accurate description.
everyone looks happy and smiley here, but me. i have no idea what i was trying to do, looking as if i were trying to clobber kailun.
shaky camera. hahaha. i love the times spent with them.
us old ones along with the young ones!okay i'm done with my pic spamming. :D
Thursday, March 13, 2008
FALL, CRY, GET UP, AND SMILE.
music: simple as it should be by tristan prettyman
just breathe by glassmoonlightCause time will go
And we may be
Far apart I know
But as far as I can see
This is so good
There’s no need for change
It’s alright with me
It’s as simple as it should be
Simple as it should be
i'm feeling an amazing sense of lightness! as happy as the piece above could make anybody, which is very very very happy because daisies are such wonderful organisms, they light up my life. too bad they had to watermark it or it would've been even prettier. and oh, simple as it should be by tristan prettyman is totally making me even happier, i can't get it off repeat. the rain is pouring, roaring and i simply cannot get over how beautiful nature is today.
late nights and food fights.
rylynn by andy mckee
tzungsiang has totally distracted me with candyrat videos such as the one above. i'm not particularly talented in music but i do enjoy good music. i really should get back to marketing but oh, i can't seem to stop watching more videos.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
swept away by a tide of nothingness.
She stood defiantly still, because the way he looked at her demanded an angry escape. She stood, as she always did, straight and taut, her head lifted impatiently. It was the unfeminine pose of an executive. But her naked shoulder betrayed the fragility of the body under the black dress, and the pose made her most truly a woman. The proud strength became a challenge to someone's superior strength, and the fragility of a reminder that the challenge could be broken. She had met no one able to see it.from the book, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand
e-fei has gotten me absolutely hooked on the book. today was good, a big cup of mocha frap along with a healthy dollop of whipped cream on top, coupled with a wonderful book and amazing weather plus a quiet spot to devour the contents of the book. therapeutic.
the rhythm of a line of idle days.
music: great indoors by john mayerjust another one of our ridiculously mundane conversations:
Dinosaur! says:
ohhh
can i lament over something
i had to create new itunes
because of new com
now my 1035 hits for lemon tree is gone )=
STINKY. says:
wow
that must be devastating
Dinosaur! says:
yes!
don't ask me why she has over 1000 hits for "lemon tree". something about her sister only knowing that song and thus playing that song on repeat everytime she uses her computer.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
he was so crazy about me, i couldn't breathe.
"how do you say 'goodbye' to someone you can't imagine living without?"tired eyes, mosquitoes and flies.
mid terms are finally overrrr. screwed up history wayyyyy bad, but life goes on!most memorable stuff from yesterday:
- new york new york. playing with the cotton candy machine. and pao says, "sean! keep going! make it as big as your head!"
- sampling cotton candy water
- awesome jazz performance by a local band (i forgot their name again.)
- discovering that ngiam consumes food/drinks at lightning speed. seriously, it's gone before you know it.
- tzungsiang prancing across the front of the stage with an umbrella when the band performing for mosiac was performing the song, "umbrella". unforgettable.
- pao's fun fact of the day: "did you know if guys use lavender soap, they will have a tendency to grow moobs (man boobs)!"
oh, and to add to the previous post. THANK YOU SIANYING FOR THE WONDROUS KALEIDOSCOPE.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
lonestar, where are you, out tonight?
I NOW OWN A KALEIDOSCOPE THAT ALLOWS ME TO SEE THINGS NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE!BE JEALOUS, BE VERY JEALOUS!
NYAHAHA.
Monday, March 03, 2008
come with me, my love.
music: sea of love by cat power
to be alone or not to be alone by zeliguethere is something vaguely reassuring about this piece, for reasons that i can't quite seem to fathom. maybe because i know i'm not alone, unlike the man in the green hat.