[ [contentment is a fickle transient] ]
-Wednesday, July 27, 2005-

do you sometimes look at your shadow and wonder whether they have lives of their own?
(like Gotanda strangling KiKi subconciously.)
its rather peter pan thinking. but we do have our moments.
today was another day of shoveling. i like that term alot. its from a book. ask me if u want to know what book. that was blatant wanting of people to tag my brand new board.
so there is nothing much to blog about. but i started on
a new book. micheal cunningham's latest specimen days.
its pretty alright so far. the writing is set out in typical
cunningham style a style i admire greatly. the story is abit
of a drift from his normal storyline. but we'll see what
happens.
ok shall end here. let me pose this question.
through all this "graininess", can u see a picture?
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[ [naima naima naima] ]
-Tuesday, July 26, 2005-

she is one hell of a beauty.. and she deserved the win...
one of my favourite shots of her..
i personally call this..
beauty in its grand morbidity..
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[ [somwhere in another land] ]
-Sunday, July 24, 2005-
certain circumstances has landed me across a great divide binded by a bridge to which its term is a causeway. days since has been pretty bland, this has been because of the crying of mother nature otherwise known by me as the breaking of clouds. but the upside of all this was the chance to do what i call "necessities shopping".
what do i mean by that? well this is a kind of shopping where i shop for daily necessities i lack in my everyday life. this can only be done by walkin through giant aisles and pushing a cart around. this kind of shopping is mighty fun if i must add. it brings retail therapy to a whole new meaning in my dictionary.
and because of the breaking of clouds roads everywhere were flooded. and i mean really flooded drains were overflowed. and this is something u do not get to see everyday.
snake in the urban heartlands! ok let me explain this. whilst driving back from "necessities shopping", we were at a junction where a drain had overflooded. cars were carefully drving across the the waters that had poured out into the streets. and as our turn came to drive across the flooded area, we saw a "creature" slithering in the waters. then i shouted "snake!!!". we were dumbfounded. that snake was slithering away in the middle of the road! it was quite the sight to behold i must say. a snake in the middle of a road. try to imagine it.
one of the pluspoints of going over was the chance to indulge in DVDs that are; how do we put not very original. and there is a credible collection of movies over here that overtime my brother had collected. so over the weekend i had picked up the movie Vanity Fair. I meant to watch the movie in a theatre but had conveniently forgone the chance to. since it was hailed by indian director mira nair, i kind of expected it to have tinges of indian flavors in it. and right i was. but the it was at a delectable taste. i think they call it an epic drama, no doubt about that. but what i was surprised at how surprisingly good the movie was.
the plot though abit draggy in spots, was nicely covered by the visual spectacle and intellectual banters the costume designers and scriptwriters had concocted through toil. and reese whitherspoon (playing Rebecca Sharpe) acting chops were how shall i put A-grade? Yea i think that is it. owing to the fact that she was pregnant then, she being able to belly dance is quite appalling. but her character though smart and devious, was too wrapped up in her own greed and wanting to move up the social ladder, thus boosting her self image and need to wash away her peasant past. in the end, what goes around comes around. u know what i mean.
now i'm not one to take interest in victorian novels, having been enthralled by the movie enough to want to pick up the book. its a major haul of a book but i will try.
oh i have said too much in a entry. shall say my goodbyes and see you soon.
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[ [hallway of nothingness] ]
-Thursday, July 21, 2005-
i have no one here. do you want to trade places?
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[ [citylight birds.] ]
-Tuesday, July 19, 2005-
i call this citylight birds. i do not why. something about those dancing neon lights. i had intended this to be a post purely just for the pictures cos i have nothing to say off. i was contented. but now i come back with excess feelings.
sibling rivalry was never a thing i was fond of. sometimes i wonder the detachment from all these would make me better off or not. my family seems to be in a mess. its just very calculative of a person to expect something from someone when that person does something for you. i do not understand how someone supposedly mature can habour so much inside him. he is think he is right, who does not i know. but still. we can never communicate and i choose that. you can't always think that whatever we are doing is wrong. you will always pinpoint. always shout out be rude. whats the point of practicising so much faith when all u are is a two-faceted person. aren't you lying to yourself and more importantly your religion? do not drown yourself in prayers just to wash out your sins. please u are one of the reasons why i choose not to believe in a religion. for fear of becoming a carbon copy of you. there i was talkin about my brother. i have no shame and no qualms about what i just said. that is how blatantly i feel towards him.
other than that, separation has dealt us a huge blow. i did not know a class of 90 odd pupils can so unitedly stand against such a brutal separation. lucky for us, no blood was shed in the process of our protest. but with peaceful confrontation we have reached a sound agreement upon the issue. so all we can do is just wait and see if our plans works. at least they were willing to compromise. so in this instance, this is a win-win situation right?
just the other saturday, i was introduced to this paticular music. mighty pleased i am to be introduced to such a music. that genre is called drumbass. its an acquired taste i must say. but i think it suits me just well.
my cartharsis has been spread out through wordplay. thank you for reading. do come back again.
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[ [but here] ]
-Thursday, July 14, 2005-
hence i am back here again typing out recent happenings.
the day i was pushed out of my mother's womb has landed for awhile and departed in due time. everything was fine and dandy. spent the day not very distant from the any other days. it was spent taking care of my out-of-hospital mom and making sure everything was workin well.
but the days before were spent on a night of hard clubbing. i must say getting all drunk on vodka was not on the agenda. and i must also say, rav seems to be becoming our favourite haunt huh. but that place has grown on me significantly. throw out preconceptions that will naturally make u go "ew". the fact that it turns into a gay bar after three tends to have that effect on the supposedly straight crowd. but oh well. it is still a credible hang out spot with close frens. the music however replays. so hmm. that could be the downside.
i am going back to job i left behind. picking it up again would be a task not to be easily juggled. but i am willing to put one foot in to see how it feels. if not for the perpetual need of chasing monetary funds, i would not need the job. let's put it point blank: i need the money. its not that they do not give me enough, its just that i need the extra cash for the amount i spend outweighs what i get. and i do not like raising my bowl out for more soup. get it?
it could be said that a failed attempt to giving love a chance is gravely looked down upon. but i wish not to fall in love. love entails too much. do not force anything upon me. who likes to be self imposing?
i do not like that fact that batteries goes flat when u need something so badly.
on saturday. going to rav once again. a weekly visit to that place seems very in fashion. but oh well. its a nice sight to see those gays making their rounds. and i won't intoxicate myself with those stickly wrapped tobacco leaves that turns the lungs black.
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[ [study as not landed yet.] ]
-Friday, July 08, 2005-
i try but i cannot. oh well. will cramp everything in on the last day. last second realisation.
the cold and sorrowful wave has came and went. and my time spent in the hospital was quite nice actually. but the first day was one that was spent being on tenterhooks. what with mom just coming out of the operation and not coping well with the anesthetic. but she went through the pain and i am glad that she is doing much better today. its seems like when u spend time in the same place you expect time to fly by fast. but that was not the case. my head was constantly propped up against a wall and a book on my lap. i would go into spasms of sleeps but would awake shortly. and i look at my watch and realise its still early.
and today some amusing things happened. i was on my way to the hospital and i got on this cab. this weird taxi man, once i stepped into the cab, he kept talkin to me non-stop. it was almost reminiscent of a timebomb. he was just waiting for the right customer to go off on. and unlucky for me, it was me. he went on and on about useless information that was irrelevant. but thanks to some higher power up there i made it through the taxi ride. my amusing taxi escapade.
ok i am too tired and listless. wonder how tomorrow will turn out.
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[ [limitation scars] ]
-Wednesday, July 06, 2005-
i sit here. nothing seems to enter the mind. u need a juxtaposition. all information and scrap metal are all jumbled up in the brain. i bent down the other day and took a picture of a dead house lizard. death in all its grand morbidity.
somehow i think and think. being blogged by someone so dear is shocking. distance is a terrible thing. words gets lost in all technology men ever created. happenings has been going on over here. and i know being alone in a foreign land was never a bed of roses. firecrackers do go off unexpectedly if a meagre amount of fire is set to it. betrayal is such a strong word. things are sometimes typed in the heat of the moment. this i know. but how could you. we are facing things here that sometimes even i myself can't falter. you are going through things i know we can't understand. and me going off on you was wrong. that i know. but still u can't use the word betrayal. it weighs too much. betrayal has a thousand meanings stuck to it. its like daggers to the heart to not only me but many others. i may speak for myself only afterall. this may turn out another way. this i know too. but right now this is how i feel. and i have typed it out. the ball is in your court. take your pick. to contort is fine with me. sometimes even you would be happy that you are not here to experience these things. 'tis how i feel sometimes.
my legs are kinda sore. "is misery made beautiful right in front of our eyes..." sarah sings in the background. somehow her soft crooning calms me down.
did a spot of shopping today. despite the fact that i should be at home drowning myself in words or just being with my mom. but nonetheless it was fun. i had fun. going across the causeway was somewhat a good idea. i had fun. thank you's are in order. so yep. thats all i can say right now. somehow my mood has been dampened. but i will survive. we will how tomorrow goes. fate be.
things get "draggy" sometimes.
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[ [matches back and forth] ]
-Sunday, July 03, 2005-
its been pretty exciting reading about the ongoings of another. wordplay can be rather oragasmic. i was really and truly excited about the gigs ping got for some underground magazines. all i could do was gasp in awe and admiration. sometimes patience pays off and of course a few good connections at hand always comes in handy aye. but a spa ad. wonders what that'll turn out into.
ok time to report my ongoings. thats why we all here for. went to watch the aviva singapore open on a saturday at the singapore indoor stadium. i went last year and this year. its not that i am a ardent fan, i just go there for the atmosphere and to accompany one of my goons joey. last year's open was rather bleak as i was down with the sniffers and had a temperature. but this year's open was one that i will never forget. ok i have a closeted passion for games involving rackets. but what i did not get was the high influx of china players in the tournament. let me explain my case. i went there hoping to see some real action between different countries. thats what we all want. but i went there only to here chinese name being called. there were certain redundant matches that went off unnoticed cos it was china versus china. how assinine is that??!! no offence to these chinese players they are good. but enough already. they are trying to dominate every sport. its almost like opening a can of worms and never being able to gather all the worms. but at least some of them were defeated. that made me a sadistically happy camper. after that i went home to watch the finals of the wimbledon. see my reference now? and the tennis was for more exciting. thats all i can say. it was intense and tantalizing around the edges.
ok i have said too much in one paragraph. sorry to the readers who gets irritated.
the crowd will never cease. everyone is everywhere. but today's sunday crowd was very much plesant. what a sweet thing it is to do, to comb the streets of orchard without feeling as if we were stuck in a sardine can. i had good company with me. i was happy just to walk town with jess dear. we had friendly banters and a mini shopping spree. sometimes u hate to disappoint. but what can u do when u are such a accomodating person. all i can offer is just compensation, compromisation and a bountiful of sorry.
recognition is delightful. attention is delectable. fashion is a killer to the pockets. morbidity is the fundamental basics to leading a fulfilling life.
some random thoughts. will kill my pockets for fashion on wednesday.
thank u for patronizing. do come back and leave your humble comments.
shall make that call
shall change the undies soon.
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