Monday, July 31, 2006

-he ran off to forget; i ran off to remember-

another week gone before i knew it! oh dear time really just passes me by!
lemme see:

wed- met yvonne and pearlyn to discuss bangkok trip, then finally went to watch pirates of the caribbean! its so witty, i'm looking forward to pirates 3!
thurs- met hui ying n yvonne to talk a bit abt arts fest.. which reminds me, i have yet to reply ade arghhhh. i cant decide.
fri- met bain! went to indochine after dinner. sorry i wasnt exactly good company, darl. quite a number of things on my mind eh. i'll be better company next time i promise!
sat- helped out for front of house for rummage the dance concert. the concert was pretty good, the plot though not the best is nonetheless exceedingly funny and overall, i do like it. well done gals!
mon- relaunch and itp meeting. whew it got draggy in the middle man! n darn i forgot pr training is on wed, which means i cant meet mel n sm for dinner. argh got stuffs to settle with mel! oh no not enough time!

last nite i had a totally off dream abt ed hahahaaaaa. something abt shoes. and ed, something's wrong with ur logic leh. it's off too.


grrrr i'm hungry now and i'm craving for rochor tau huay!


It was summertime, we had too much time
We got ourselves in trouble
We went to the beach, then we crashed our car
Then we crashed another
And when it hit me, I could not think
I decided I should hideaway
So I did, I did what I could
I did what I did, because it was easy
And I was surprised
Before I knew it
I was back where I was

It was wintertime, my friend dropped me a line
Said he'd pay a visit
We were gladly met
He ran off to forget, I ran off to remember
And when it hit me, I could not sleep
I decided I should hideaway
So I did, I did what I could
I did what I did, because you loved me
And I was surprised
Before I knew it
I was back where I was
I was back where I was
I was back where I was
I was back where I was

'Back Where I Was' ~ The Hereafter


3 days to bangkok!!


------ Tuesday, July 25, 2006

-i'm getting tired and i need somewhere to begin-

i've recently got hooked onto this song all over again. fantastic stuff by keane.

and though my site doesn't have high traffic, but i'm gonna help ray advertise himself anyways. our dear ray has shaved his head for the cancer foundation charity raiser. so yes, please do check his blog out here!

yipee edwin just sent me songs from grey's anatomy. great stuff!


okays knocking out. just took my meds and they're imploring me to stop for the day. nites!

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hands
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go, so why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know

'Somewhere only we know' ~ Keane


9 days to bangkok!!


------ Sunday, July 23, 2006

-and i'd give up forever to touch you-

last night, i told edwin and jeremy abt the bugger. i think i had a good laugh after it all. it just makes the whole thing more... i dunoe, real to tell them abt it. hahaha.

--> add: bugger just msged! some people just don't get it sigh.


ok that aside, thanks to ed, i remembered i have to clear about 30 hours of comm service. wah sian.

ok actually nothing much to say these few days. just that i'm starting to get a cough. more water beckons.


10 days to bangkok!!!


------ Friday, July 21, 2006

-interesting nicks-


'Dubious Gratification: coming in 4 weeks'

'argh how to set electricity tutorial'

'Love someone when they least deserve it, because it's when they need it most'

'that soothing scanner lullaby'

'I'm not afraid to love, I'm afraid I won't be loved back'

'death by jellyfish'

'twenty-nine different attributes, only seven that you like'

'You know, these clothes do not fancy you at all. It should be a dress or nothing. I happen to have no dress in my cabin.'

'your perception is not my reality'

'oral Deutsch

'i am the shadow, the alter ego and the alternative'

'what good is it to live with nothing left to give'

'to send you a plastic loveless letter'

'today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday'

u'll be starting on a new phase of ur life and pretty soon, u'll forget abt me for a long time.

some songs have really good lyrics indeed.


------ Thursday, July 20, 2006

-my heroes had the heart to live their lives out on the limb-


mon- first day of newfound freedom! had a great time bumming around at home!

tues- new tv came! wah its so big and clear! the tv should have broken down BEFORE world cup started la! then went to sch for sound training. not too bad.. then had rochor tau huay yay! i love tau huay!!

wed- 02s64 class gals dinner.. chengsi's back in singapore! then mambo with the BE peeps.

thurs- lky global biz plan competition awards dinner. was at the same table as prof low and shirley and friends. ooh this pretty hot thai guy. haha! but dinner was enjoyable i guess. at least it wasnt awkward or what.

fri- gym? then sound training part 2.

sat- mpa info session, then bumming ard most prob.

sun- mum's bday!


ok that's it for today. super brief. not really in a mood to say much.



--> add: just spent some time chatting with jeremy seah. feel better already. nothing beats trading gossip haha.

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place
Even your emotions had an echo in so much space

And when you're out there without care
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

Does that make me crazy, does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy, Probably

An I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice that's my only advice

Come on now
Who do you, Who do you, Who do you
Who do you think you are
Ha ha ha Bless your soul
You really think you're in control

Well I think you're crazy, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy Just like me

My heroes had the heart o live their lives out on the limb
An all I remember is thinking I wanna be like them

Ever since I was little, Ever since I was little it looked like fun
It was no coincidence I've come And I can die when I'm done

But maybe I'm crazy, But maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy, Probably

'Crazy' ~ Gnarls Barkley

13 days to bangkok!


------ Monday, July 17, 2006

-fly away-

this afternoon B1 asked me something which takes me a bit by surprise. unknowingly, she touched on the topic of the disrupted sea. it's.... scary to see it in words, asked by someone close to me. i gave her a response that didn't really answer her question. it leaned away from the affirmative but did not close the door. hmmm forget it, no one will understand what i'm trying to say anyway.

not that i want anyone to understand either.

and everytime i say that, i get reminded of this sentence that tries to describe a scorpion trait: "An important clue to understanding them is to realize they trust no one, not even themselves. And because they mistrust, they become fanatically self-protective and secretive about their feelings."



alot free-r now that internship has ended. and here, i must give a huge thanks to esther for that old school notebook she did up for me. it's downright creative, funny and very thoughtful. especially the '20 reasons why i like jiahui'. some include: 'Jiahui spins her pens when she sleeps in the office' (i really achieved that! my new record!), 'Jiahui has big and ugly handwriting' (yes i'll admit to that) and 'Jiahui refuses to admit she needs my help reaching for the files in the highest shelves' (NO i do NOT!). and of cos some downright sweet ones of which i'll savour them privately. at any rates, thanks dearie. i kinda miss not seeing u every weekday!

it's actually a bit weird not having anything to count down to heh. oooh have! countdown to when i leave singapore! yes that's it!


17 days to bangkok!!


and yes, i know i'm slow, but grey's anatomy rocks btw =p


------ Sunday, July 16, 2006

-sunny days, where have you gone?-

completed my internship.. and got a not-too-bad appraisal i think. yay. now to write that darn report (something tells me i'll procrastinate and never get started).

nothing much to write about, really. just that i've confirmed my timetable.
mon- adv mgmt acctg
tues- business processes, tax planning
thurs- finishing touch
fri- fiim, mpw
5.5 mods after all, and it'll be a 3 day week after the first 7 weeks.


weather updates: as expected, the sea has calmed down and it's back to idyllic mode on the beach front.

back on the island, the village chief is a bit pissed because of 2 reasons: 1- some island inhabitants have developed a habit of breaching their word, and this pisses the chief to no end. the chief feels like slapping them actually. but of cos the chief is a master at diplomacy and tact and so, the chief remains very calm n composed on the surface. 2- some intruder has begun calling the chief again. firstly the intruder called at unearthly hours and then, called when the chief wasn't in a good mood. the chief has considered and tried making friendly contact with the intruder but finds that there's too huge a communication gap to be cordial with the said intruder.

other than that, everything is fine and dandy on the island. the shore is soft once again, the sea is smooth and the weather has cleared. what can be better?

just that... someone change the piped music please.


------ Wednesday, July 12, 2006

-Oh what good is it to live with nothing left to give-

i have got 16 more hours to charge and then i'll be done with my internship. to simplify matters, i have to finish my current computation and i'll be done. good luck to huimin and elaine if they have to amend my computations (esp the dua zhong FEP).




lately the shore has experienced some form of disruption. the calm sea has started to rumble in the not-too-far distance. the sea has rumbled before because of this exact reason but the rumbles, like all others before and after them, had died down. but because of recent events, the sea has reacted somewhat, especially in the heat of the moments (although nothing monumental happened).

weather forcast: cloudy days ahead, but the sea should return to its new-found (that is, until before this recent interruption) state of calmness rather quickly. after that, it should be sunny days ahead with the occasional light clouds.

for the record, the island and the shore did not expect this sudden interruption and they are a tiny bit surprised by the sea's reaction. they wanted to demand an explanation but later dropped the notion as they did not want to be so harsh on the sea. the poor sea has had enough.


You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me
and that's what made me see where I was going wrong
You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me
and I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
and I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found or swallowed in the sea

You put me on a line and hung me out to dry
Darling that's when I decide to go see you
You cut me down to size and opened up my eyes
Made me realize what I could not see

and I could write a book, the one they'll say that shook the world
and then it took, it took it back from me
and I could write it down and spread it all around
Get lost and then get found and you'll come back to me
Not swallowed in the sea

Oohhhhh Ahhhhhh

and I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
The streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
Oh what good is it to live with nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see
Oh the streets you're walking on a thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea

You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea
Yeah you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea.


'Swallowed in the Sea' ~ Coldplay


------ Tuesday, July 11, 2006

-SENSATIONAL COLDPLAY-

just came back from coldplay's twisted logic concert. one word: AWESOME!

it didn't matter that the concert only began at 9pm, it didn't matter that chris martin didn't hit perfect pitch throughout the whole 1.5 hours (hey who can?), it didn't matter that i was in killer heels that had me feeling like my toes are broken and my heels erupt in blisters; it didn't matter at all. i enjoyed the concert very much.

all my faves were played - yellow, speed of sound, in my place, trouble, clocks, the scientist, fix you... n the rendition of till kingdom come was really good.

...

i'm still basking in the post-euphoria i'm feeling. there's none other than coldplay.


------ Sunday, July 09, 2006

-realities-

as things begin to change, do u wonder- what became of us? what might have become of us?

as dynamics change, do u wonder- what's going to become of us?

cos i do, and i think about them once in a while; wondering how we met and got to know each other, wondering how things got to where they are, how things are presently, how things might go from here. i can't proclaim to say that i hope that we had stuck and become that ideally close cos i understand that people come, people go. over time, new faces came amongst us, some more sticky than others. and as new faces emerge, our dynamics shift. it's all fine, i'm not wishing it's anything else. just that a tiny part of me wonders why i haven't caught on too. is it because of the age-old question- that i'm not good enough? it tires me just to think. and when i get to this point, i stop wondering and i move on. maybe i'll never know.



anyways on a lighter note...
rarrr i'm torn tonight. i wanna support ITALIA but if france wins, my dad's gonna have a high chance to win a TV, which is a good thing, cos our TV has broken down. rarrrr. i have nothing against the aged superstars. i really think zidane deserves nothing but the utmost admiration and adulation, that thuram is one of the best defenders in the tournament but... i used to 崇拜 the italian defence! buffon, nesta, maldini, cannavaro... my heart says ITALIA but i guess i wont be all too sad if france won. at least i'll have a new tv. my dad will be happy. charles will be happy too!


i think i'll be damn tired out by tomorrow night but i cant help but feel extremely excited... i'm seeing COLDPLAY at last!!! RARRRRR!!!!


Come up to meet you, tell u I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, ask me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails, heads on a silence apart
Nobody said it was easy, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start

I was just guessing, at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me, come back and hold me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing tails, coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy, oh it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start


29 hours to twisted logic!!


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-bits and pieces-

tues- t&d meeting, which i thought had nothing much to do with me and i wondered what i was doing there. at the ctv testing session though, i think i discovered another talent in timothy. hooray one more option. bless my little bogged chottled harried life.

wed- BE chalet. thanks jem for the ride from office to chalet and from chalet home at unearthly 5am. chalet was pretty alrite. spent some time playing with the football with shane, paik and melwyn. ha ha ha. discussed boss with jem and hui ying for before i took a shower and then unexpectedly spent some time sitting outside the chalet and talking to shane for quite some time. rather nice, i must say. watched soccer with the whole gang and i thought the game was so-so only. france won by 1-0 but i lost to singapore pools. gahhh.

thurs- took mc, woke up at 1+pm, saw the doc's at 2+pm, and then spent the afternoon reading and replying emails, and what else, discussing a bit here and a bit there about boss.

fri- had an impromptu comp law gathering with wei jian, jing en and yvonne. had some really superb ramen at this kyu-nichi japanese restaurant at china square. then strolled to boat quay with yvonne and jing en, sat along the river and talked some more, updates and all. i love my comp law mates, i really hope for us to meet up more than we are doing so now.

sat- cousin's wedding. like all wedding, sappy and freezing. but great food thou, at grand hyatt hotel. the shark's fin was delicious and i liked the green tea pudding too hahaha.

now awaiting germany vs portugal. for once, i am rooting for germany, but only to beat portugal. my uncle, a lifelong man utd fan, commented this at the wedding: 'i have never hated any man utd player before in my life, except for cristiano ronaldo. he can look as though he's dribbling here and dribbling there, but the ball goes nowhere'. how true. germany.. hmmm as long as lehmann doesnt make a silly mistake, they should win it. portugal really has got a bad name for diving after this world cup.


sun- mj at edmund's place then adjourn to somewhere to catch the world cup finals. ole ole!



ONE DAY to twisted logic!!!


------ Thursday, July 06, 2006

boss

a week once again.. this week's main highlight is BOSS. yes bidding online system. or whatever it stands for. after much thought and consideration, this is my (hopefully) finalised timetable:

mon 8.30am: advanced mgmt acctg (with jem soh and leonard)
tues 12pm: business processes (with edmund, ray and ln)
tues 3.30pm: tax planning (with hui ying, jem soh, pearlyn)
thurs 12pm: finishing touch (with yvonne and esther lau)
fri 8.30am: fiim (with jem seah and joyce)

not exactly the best of timetables considering i have itp on wed 7pm for the first 7 weeks but hey i'm not complaining. had thought of doing mpw with esther on fri too but i think i'll stick to 4.5 this term and do 5 the next term instead. something tells me i'll be free-r in term 2 as compared to term 1.


yeah world cup is reaching the final match already. the teams i take are out. england is out and netherlands is out. why oh why did netherlands lose to portugal. netherlands the great under-performer. nvm, there's always euro 2008 to look forward to. and as i repeat every 2 years, let's hope the netherlands can finally play up to their potential the next time around.

i'm unhappy that england went out too. i know england has many critics this world cup and trust me, i was one of them too but deep down, i have a soft spot for eng-er-land. who doesn't?? for one, i think that the press and the public has been too harsh on beckham. he did create 2 and score 1 at the world cup after all. he may not have played the best games of his life, but people were too harsh to say that he has become a burden to the england team. all that hatred and dissatisfaction targetted towards him.. c'mon give the man a break. u think england's exit all boils down to 1 man?
secondly, i do agree that it's right that england lost cos they didn't play up to their potential, they don't deserve to win. but then again, did portugal deserve to win? no i didn't think so. yes if u cant even score your penalties in the shootout, u don't deserve to win. but if u cant score against 10 men for most of the 2nd half plus the entire extra time, u certainly don't deserve to win too. those diving scums. and for that reason, i supported france last nite.

the final will be italy vs france. italy is another country i have a soft spot for. i adore paulo maldini like no other when he was still playing. and del piero too. and for this reason, i am going to root for italy in the final. calling players out of retirement to help u play the world cup (great players as they might be) just doesn't cut it for me. it's like england calling alan shearer or netherlands calling bergkamp to play for them. it's a sign of weakness. so yes, ITALIA!



damn shack.. took mc today and slacked at home. how shiok.


4 days to twisted logic!
=leaps around=


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