Thursday, April 26, 2007
Silver Linings
Been meaning to write this. Since I don't feel like studying now, I must as well blog.
Exams this morning sucked by the way...
Quite very unhappy.
But life goes on :)
Just don't make me stay one more semester and take away my honours!
*PRAY*
James told me that his friend said that
There is no such thing as a silver lining beyond the dark clouds.
There are only more dark clouds behind the dark clouds.
And we need to squeeze the black juices out from the dark clouds, just to make the best out of the gloomy days.
I couldn't agree more.
For a long time, I stopped looking for silver linings.
Because I realised that what I need is already around me.
I often wonder why I'm no longer the optimistic boy that I was.
And people wonder that about me too.
But recently I realised that I am actually optimistic.
I'm not sad that there are only dark clouds around.
Instead I wring a dark cloud til I get its last drop of juice.
Silver lining or not, one thing that I've learnt is that we all find our ways differently.
I live in a world of dark clouds, some live in world of eternal sunshine.
What matters most is that we live our lives to the fullest.
Exams this morning sucked by the way...
Quite very unhappy.
But life goes on :)
Just don't make me stay one more semester and take away my honours!
*PRAY*
James told me that his friend said that
There is no such thing as a silver lining beyond the dark clouds.
There are only more dark clouds behind the dark clouds.
And we need to squeeze the black juices out from the dark clouds, just to make the best out of the gloomy days.
I couldn't agree more.
For a long time, I stopped looking for silver linings.
Because I realised that what I need is already around me.
I often wonder why I'm no longer the optimistic boy that I was.
And people wonder that about me too.
But recently I realised that I am actually optimistic.
I'm not sad that there are only dark clouds around.
Instead I wring a dark cloud til I get its last drop of juice.
Silver lining or not, one thing that I've learnt is that we all find our ways differently.
I live in a world of dark clouds, some live in world of eternal sunshine.
What matters most is that we live our lives to the fullest.
Labels: Thoughts
Monday, April 23, 2007
Listen: Kiss You Off
Finally!
My favourite song from Scissor Sisters' Ta-Dah! album.
Very nice video also
:)
Scissor Sisters
Kiss You Off
Ta-Dah!
You say you see what's under me
That the gloss has washed away
But you're the one whose colour's gone
From love to dirty grey
Questions come alive in the middle of the day
(Over and over again)
Watch me start a fire in the middle of your shade
(That's why I'm telling you I'm gonna)
Kiss you off my lips
I don't need another tube of that dime store lipstick
Well I think I'm gonna buy me a brand new shade of man
Kiss you off my lips
It's standing room only for a piece of my pigment
So excuse me a minute while I supply demand
Kiss you off these lips of mine
Kiss you off for a custom shine
Pissed yours truly off this time
It's why I ain't just kissin' you I'm kissin' you off
Spare this child your sideways smile
That crack in your veneer
Some blue broad will spoil your rod
It just takes patience dear
They rush you for your life
But you'll never beat the game
(Older and older you get)
Cruch you like gyre
But the gimble's all the same
(Oh no I think it's happening)
Kiss you off my lips
I don't need another tube of that dime store lipstick
Well I think I'm gonna buy me a brand new shade of man
Kiss you off my lips
It's standing room only for a piece of my pigment
So excuse me a minute while I supply demand
Kiss you off these lips of mine
Kiss you off for a custom shine
Pissed yours truly off this time
It's why I ain't just kissin' you I'm kissin' you off!
Labels: Music
Sunday, April 22, 2007
My Work Day
08:45am Mummy wakes me up. "Hey. It's 9am already." I checked my handphone and thought, "I still have 15 more minutes."
So I slept.
08:58am I woke. Mummy comes into the room and said, "It's really 9am. Wake Up."
09:10am I changed and sat at the table eating breakfast. Sister bought Krispy Kreme.. YUM.
09:15am Left my house and thought, "Damn.. I'm going to be late again."
09:20am Caught the bus. I was very lucky.
09:25am Reached the train station. Information board says that the train will come in 1 minute. I ran.
09:30am Reached Somerset MRT Station. Damn I'm late. I walked towards the shopping center and saw no one inside. weird.. the whole world is late.
09:36am Arrived at 6th level of shopping center. There was no crowd.
09:37am The punch card machine ticked. Damn. Now I'm late for 7 minutes rather than 6 (because I was looking at which side I should put the card in.
09:37am The children's department is empty. Strange.
09:40am The level where I am working had only 2 other people.
09:45am It hit me! My work day starts at 10am. Not 9:30am.
I'm so stupid...
hee...
So I slept.
08:58am I woke. Mummy comes into the room and said, "It's really 9am. Wake Up."
09:10am I changed and sat at the table eating breakfast. Sister bought Krispy Kreme.. YUM.
09:15am Left my house and thought, "Damn.. I'm going to be late again."
09:20am Caught the bus. I was very lucky.
09:25am Reached the train station. Information board says that the train will come in 1 minute. I ran.
09:30am Reached Somerset MRT Station. Damn I'm late. I walked towards the shopping center and saw no one inside. weird.. the whole world is late.
09:36am Arrived at 6th level of shopping center. There was no crowd.
09:37am The punch card machine ticked. Damn. Now I'm late for 7 minutes rather than 6 (because I was looking at which side I should put the card in.
09:37am The children's department is empty. Strange.
09:40am The level where I am working had only 2 other people.
09:45am It hit me! My work day starts at 10am. Not 9:30am.
I'm so stupid...
hee...
Labels: Life
Monday, April 16, 2007
Death
Last friday, I got the news that a good friend's mother just passed away.
She is the unfortunate whom many of you should have read or heard about in the accident up Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
The first thought that flashed across my mind was how my friend had always talked about her mother.
Aunty's joyfulness and silliness.
And I worry for my friend.
Especially because now is so near to our final examinations.
I saw her on saturday, she was calm and she laughed a lot.
She told us to not worry and she will be strong.
My dear friend, I know you don't want people to worry.
But don't keep everything in your heart, k?
Do take care.
Death is a very strange thing.
It changes people.
My cousin passed away when I was a child.
He died in Malaysia too; a result from the fall on his mountain climbing trip.
To be honest, I don't know him well.
But everyone cried.
So I cried too.
But that seemed to change my life a bit.
Maybe not directly, but indirectly from the changed lives of others around me.
Then my grandmother passed away.
She was nasty.
And quite suffering.
So I think it's a good thing for me and her.
Then my eldest uncle passes away when I was in Thailand.
I didn't know it til much later.
He was a very kind man.
And I hope he has went to a better place.
I guess the death that affected me most directly was Lucky's passing.
I remember when I saw him on the hospital's metal table, he slept there quite quietly.
And I cried and wanted to say so much more to him.
But I decided to just whisper "I love you, baby" into his ear and gave him a kiss.
When Lucky was alive, I refused to feed him junk-food.
I hugged him whenever I can.
I brought him out whenever I can.
And I tolerated his bad breath.
I loved him in those ways.
To some, it may be incomplete.
But I loved him fully.
Everything that I want to do to love him, I did.
Maybe this is how we prepare for death.
Not for our own, but our loved ones' death.
That when it is time for them to leave us to another place,
We have already loved them in everyway that we want to love them.
So don't leave your loving til tomorrow,
for our shoulders are too weak to carry so many regrets in our lives.
She is the unfortunate whom many of you should have read or heard about in the accident up Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
The first thought that flashed across my mind was how my friend had always talked about her mother.
Aunty's joyfulness and silliness.
And I worry for my friend.
Especially because now is so near to our final examinations.
I saw her on saturday, she was calm and she laughed a lot.
She told us to not worry and she will be strong.
My dear friend, I know you don't want people to worry.
But don't keep everything in your heart, k?
Do take care.
Death is a very strange thing.
It changes people.
My cousin passed away when I was a child.
He died in Malaysia too; a result from the fall on his mountain climbing trip.
To be honest, I don't know him well.
But everyone cried.
So I cried too.
But that seemed to change my life a bit.
Maybe not directly, but indirectly from the changed lives of others around me.
Then my grandmother passed away.
She was nasty.
And quite suffering.
So I think it's a good thing for me and her.
Then my eldest uncle passes away when I was in Thailand.
I didn't know it til much later.
He was a very kind man.
And I hope he has went to a better place.
I guess the death that affected me most directly was Lucky's passing.
I remember when I saw him on the hospital's metal table, he slept there quite quietly.
And I cried and wanted to say so much more to him.
But I decided to just whisper "I love you, baby" into his ear and gave him a kiss.
When Lucky was alive, I refused to feed him junk-food.
I hugged him whenever I can.
I brought him out whenever I can.
And I tolerated his bad breath.
I loved him in those ways.
To some, it may be incomplete.
But I loved him fully.
Everything that I want to do to love him, I did.
Maybe this is how we prepare for death.
Not for our own, but our loved ones' death.
That when it is time for them to leave us to another place,
We have already loved them in everyway that we want to love them.
So don't leave your loving til tomorrow,
for our shoulders are too weak to carry so many regrets in our lives.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Story So Far
I've been meaning to write something here for quite some time.
About some of the things that happened in my life.
Maybe it's because I'm busy.
Maybe it's because I don't know how to say it.
Life recently is just about catching up with work, meeting project deadlines and work.
Exams are coming in 9 days time.
I think my projects will be handed in by the end of this week (phew!)
And interesting things happened at work.
(A customer who stood there listening to me telling La Mer's history, how the creams are manufactured, blah blah blah.. she's really free..
And another whom many friends at various counters agree that he bought a product just to talk to me.)
Then there was the couple's breakup.
I'm sad for one, disappointed in the other.
Disappointed about what she said and how she dealt with this breakup.
I wish the best for both of them.
I think that we all have many things that we want.
Some we get,
Some we don't.
But my experience with not getting something that I want was that I lost sight of what I already have.
Sometimes, losing something may not be a bad thing.
But to not appreciate what we have got til it's gone,
is always the saddest thing.
So smile everyone!
for we have much love to live for.
About some of the things that happened in my life.
Maybe it's because I'm busy.
Maybe it's because I don't know how to say it.
Life recently is just about catching up with work, meeting project deadlines and work.
Exams are coming in 9 days time.
I think my projects will be handed in by the end of this week (phew!)
And interesting things happened at work.
(A customer who stood there listening to me telling La Mer's history, how the creams are manufactured, blah blah blah.. she's really free..
And another whom many friends at various counters agree that he bought a product just to talk to me.)
Then there was the couple's breakup.
I'm sad for one, disappointed in the other.
Disappointed about what she said and how she dealt with this breakup.
I wish the best for both of them.
I think that we all have many things that we want.
Some we get,
Some we don't.
But my experience with not getting something that I want was that I lost sight of what I already have.
Sometimes, losing something may not be a bad thing.
But to not appreciate what we have got til it's gone,
is always the saddest thing.
So smile everyone!
for we have much love to live for.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
It's That Time of the Year Again - The 2 Films I've Already bought Tickets For
Aachi & SsipakWildly inventive and irreverent, this superb Korean animation is destined for cult status. The hilarious story is set in the future where the world's energy sources have run out. Consequently, human faeces have to be used as fuel for engines. Each time a person defecates, his government would reward him with an addictive drug-like candy known as the Juicy Bar, which soon becomes the root of crime and warfare. Absolutely wacky and unforgettable and a sure sign that Korean animation has arrived.
Director: Joe Bum-jin
Country: Korea
Duration: 90min
Year: 2006
Rating: M18
29/04/2007 11:00 Lido 3
The Boss of It AllThe master of Dogme returns with a black comic form of his early days. Ravn, the owner of an IT firm, wants to sell out. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a non-existent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with the "Boss" face to face, the owner has to take on Kristoffer, a failed actor, to play the part. The actor suddenly discovers he is a pawn in a game that goes on to sorely test his (lack of) moral fibre.
Director: Lars Von Trier
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100min
Year: 2006
Rating: M18
29/04/2007 19:00 Lido 3
quick links:
20th Singapore Film Festival
Sistic
Labels: Films
