Shopping... Again!

I have about 7 minutes to type this entry before I go watch one more episode of The OC, followed by dinner, and then finally booking in. I'll only be back on Sunday or later I think, so this entry will be have to suffice for the next 7 days!

Today I met David at City Hall MRT station. Haha, it's his birthday today, so I wished once I saw him. Arh, he saw me with my sunglasses on and said I was a poser! I've decided that the sunglasses aids me in my super unglam attempts at having naps on the train. Makes me feel less self-conscious!

Anyway, we had lunch at Raffles City and walked about a little. There wasn't much for us to see until we stepped into Levi's. There's this great hooded-sleeveless shirt that I saw and I finally had the chance to try on. It looks good on the model, but not really good on me. There's this corner that was having a 60% discount (if I remember rightly) and David picked out a couple of jeans to try. And after a few rounds of trying (while I stood around and glanced in the mirror to see how I look in my new OP T, I had nothing to do alright!), the man purchased his first ever pair of Levi's jeans! And he didn't even let me see how he looked in it! What's the point of being the shopping buddy if I don't even get to give my useless opinions on the thing?! However, the piece did look fantastic, and well, I think I should get my first pair of Levi's soon too!

We made our way to Marina and continued shopping there. I like the environment. Very shopping-conducive. Looked at a whole lot of stuff, but didn't find anything that really caught my attention. David went to the Asics shop and found this pair of casual shoes tha he really liked. However, there weren't his size, and the guy called up the other outlet, which was at Wheelock and reserved a pair for him. In the true spirit of shopping, we decided to make our way there later if we couldn't find anything that could top that. I mean, you've got to go to wherever the shopping takes you!

After that we went to Suntec, and my that time my legs were pretty much worn out! Grabbed a drink at Carrefour and then saw Yvonne! She was quite enthusiastic to meet us (I thought she was dao-ing us so we pretended we didn't see her! =P) and suggested we should meet up soon to go KBox. She was thinking of a weekday. Well, we'd have to be really lucky for the guys to all choose a day to go on off together! Ooh, and I bought a skipping rope for $9.90. The one that I have in camp is too short. Anyway, it's for Chris. I'll try it out. If it's good (which I think it is. *expert*), I'll buy one for myself.

Recently was tempted to buy a skipping video from Music Junction which costs $20. Since I know so many stuntss already, I don't think that they can throw me something that I can't handle. But I've just paid my $90 phone bill so... I think I've got to wait for the next pay day!

We made our way to Wheelock and I purposely requested David to take his time with buying of the shoes while I sat down and took a breather! Had some time to look at some of the fashion magazines too. Good stuff. He bought that pair in the end. I feel like getting a pair of RED Asics shoes too. Headed down to Borders to look at the magazines, and saw quite a few gossip rags with Spears on the cover. It's brutal, how they're bullying her and getting away with it. Bastards.

After that we headed back home. Tiring stuff. Anyway, when I'm back I hope to have lots of updated blogs to read - their like one of my best forms of entertainment (in a good way). So... enjoy the coming weekend! =p

A Run

Before I start typing anything, I realised that I hadn't posted any pictures from last week's KBox session with Jnr. We took a hell lot of photos, and well, we both decided they were kinda unpresentable. However, in order to not let them go to waste, I've shrunk them so now they look... kinda less ugly? Haha... And we had a hell of a time at KBox last week! Who says I didn't sing a lot!



Hmm, alright. Today I woke up rather early but I was feeling super lazy. But I managed to get off my arse and meet him at YCK Mrt station. Realised that recently he has been rather early! We went to the stadium and jogged 4km. Jnr's actual plan as to go for 8 rounds, but I thought it'd be nicer to finish the jog with a nice, round number! The jog was real good, made me feel more alive after that. I shook off all the rot that came from rotting at home. Oh, during the run some strange guy came up to us and asked where we were from and all that. Very weird.

Changed and then... took a photo in the toilet!



My mom bought for me this pair of sunglasses after I spoilt the one I bought from Brunei. I used to dislike it, but now I think it looks pretty okay!

After that we took a train down to AMK and had our meal at S11. I wanted to eat Western Food but the stall only starts serving at 1130! Outrageos. The both of us ended eating Banmian, for a very long time! After that we went to 7-11 to grab a drink before shopping around. Not that there was much to see though! We walked up to the fourth floor, only to see that World of Sports was closed! Bleaurgh! It looked terribly cloudy and threatened to pour, so we went back after that.

Quite enjoyed myself.

Have off tomorrow, so will be going out with David! Who coincidentally has off and... it's his birthday! *GASP*

An Insight

"Wadya think about Eminem?" she asks Kevin. Kevin gives some shitty reply about Eminem being a genius. She continues:

"He's a genius. But he complains a lot. But that's cool.
Cos it's cool when guys complain about things that girls have done to them. Their mothers."

"Cry Me A River! " she sings.

"Personally i think it's kinda pussified!" she then proceeds to collapse into laughter.

"But hey whatever gets you in the game and gets you out there.
It's cool, it's controversy.
That's what they all want, that's what they want to see.
It's how good you can play the game so...
But i dont like it when people go back and forth.
See Eminem, he sticks to his grain
He's a fucker, he's a bad ass and he stays with it.
I don't like people who are sell-outs, they go back and forth.
That's kinda fucked up
I know of quite few gentlemen that are like that, and girls."

I can think of a few! Obviously aimed at Justin Timberlake, Pink, and most likely Aguilera. And yes, she did say all of it. I've always wanted to put this up, only that I've just rediscovered Chaotic the DVD after I mentioned it on my previous post. It's nice to know that Britney cuss and swears like the rest of us, and that deep down... there's a bit of bitterness. She didn't get to where she did by smiling and acting pretty ya'll.

Haha... she makes my day all the time. You know I love you Britters.

No Life

Hmm, I'd like to thank all of you who read my blog. It's my way of getting what I want to say out there - out to the universe. And when you reply, it's sort of like I get an answer, for my problems, for my creative energy, for my writing, for my personality, for my thoughts... whatever. Thank you.

I was thinking of going swimming in the late afternoon. Like now. But all of a sudden it turned cloudy, there was rain and everything. The crap part about it was that it was fantastically sunny earlier, but I was too lazy to get off my arse to walk there. It's a ten minute walk. I think I've to put aside some money to take a cab there, then I won't be procrastinating about exercising. Blah.

Oh, I knew I just had to get out of the house! Gr! I cannot believe I'm stuck at home because usually I'm lined up with so many programs that I've to reject a few. Although now I know how it feels to be on the receiving end but still... It feels crappy. I think this is probably revenge when I secretly laugh at people who don't make good use of their time doing something meaningful. Bah. I swear I'm going to pack my schedule so full again that no one's going to be able to get me if they don't book a month in advance! (It used to be a week.)

Or maybe I'm just saying this in a fit of...

Just on the spur of the moment. Thing.

Actually I'm feeling kind of weird. My grandma hasn't been eating. She's been undergoing dialysis. There's been trips to the hospital. My dad asked me to visit her, but I just can't bear to. It's not that I don't feel anything for her. There's a part of me that's scared to face up to all of it. The helplessness of it all. I know going there brings a smile to her face for those precious few seconds. But after that all I can do is just sit there. I don't know.

Oh and everyone knows what I do whenever I get stuck at home by myself - I watch The OC. Season 2 ended on a cliffhanger. Season 3 opens with a bang and is just so much more intense. I can't believe that it gets better. Every episode either gets me laughing out loud in front of the computer or choked with emotions so badly that I feel a weird tightness in my throat. It makes me realise that while I'm here doing basically nothing, I have to indulge in their lives to make me feel like I'm alive. When I should be out there, well, living life! Doesn't really help that I'm feeling fucking broke now. Oh well, will just have to do more low-budget stuff next time.

Oh, and I've been listening to this band called the Youth Group. I've only heard one song, which is Forever Young. You all know that song, it's a very very old song that goes, "Forever young, I wanna be forever young. Do you really wannna live forever. Forever. Forever." So I was merely watching The OC and Marissa said that the next song they heard on radio would be their (as in Marissa and Ryan's) song. It turned out to be some heavy R&B track. They laughed and changed the song. The familiar refrain popped, and it turned out to be this track! I'm aware that it's off The OC soundtrack and it's charting damn well in Australia but was taken by surprise at its use at that very moment. It was really a "moment".

I remember Britney saying something like life's made up of different moments. And we look forward to all those great moments. And something. I don't know. The ways she said it was somewhat bimbotic, but still meaningful. Ah.. I think it's in the Chaotic DVD. Might have to search through that to hear what she actually said.

This week has been kind of crappy. I mean, I feel that the bunk dynamics aren't exactly working in my favour as well. There's someone who keeps pissing me off repeatedly. I just want to sit on my bed, read my book, listen to my discman and wait for ORD. Can't possibly go wrong with that, can I?

Oh, and a shoutout to Quixoticka. His entries and replies of late have really got me thinking about life. Learnt quite a lot of stuff. And beefed up my music knowledge too! Haha...

Heck... I'm going to my maternal grandma's place to eat rice dumplings. It's the season already. YAY!

Pic of the Week

Yishun SAFRA.

X-Men 3 - The Last Stand

I can safely say that although I'm somewhat disappointed with the movie, I still loved it tremendously. Just that it fell short of my 5/5 expectations. It's about 4.5 I think! Haha... okay, so maybe I'm overrating it but still, when my favourite catoon (I know it started as a comic, but I don't read comics!) superheroes get their chance to hit the big screen, I ain't going to be satisfied by watching it on DVD!

It's bold and action-packed, but I feel that it could've used a bit more character development. Well, there has to be some sort of compromise when you're squeezing so many characters into one story! One has to be vaguely familiar with the storyline and the superbly beefed and spectacular cast to really enjoy the unique qualities of the various mutants. There's talk that the first 2 movies are better than this one, but then it is very hard to fill Bryan Singer's shoes! Can't believe he'd rather do Superman. For that - BOO! That being said, Brett Ratner did a decent enough job on this one. He's a specialist great action scenes, and it shows!



A very memorable scene for me was Angel as a kid, trying to get rid of his wings in the toilet. There was blood everywhere. He was using all kinds of heavy tools to cut them out of his very flesh. The pain must've been excruciating, but it couldn't have been worse than when his father barged in and he had the look of utmost devastation when his father saw that he was a mutant. I'm repulsed at the fact that this character had so little screen time. He has a crucial role to play, but all they did with him was mere moments of stunning flying scenes, and a short couple of lines to make Storm keep the school open.

There are tonnes of underlying messages in this movie, all of them not represented exceedingly well, but they're there. Like the aforementioned father-son-expectation thing. Also, as stated in the press, a couple of actors took on the role again, because the mutant X gene was metaphoric of so many things in the real world. Then there's also a question of whether violence solves the problem - or does actively championing the cause like Magneto get the job done.


The men of X-Men at Cannes.

Essentially a testosterone-charged movie, the ladies also managed to steal the thunder (yay Storm!) a couple of times. Phoenix and Storm played pivotal roles. And Mystique looked good in person, naked. And I've got to say Phoenix nearly had me peeing in my pants (yes, I'm that into the movie) because of how awesomely powerful she was. It's crazy because I was imagining all the things that she was capable of and how it was almost impossible to stop her, especially after she killed a very powerful mutant on her own! I'm not going to ruin it for those who haven't watched it (but by this time, I think half the world has already!), so I'll keep my mouth shut. The final showdown where she was killed (oops! but it's the how that's interesting) was super dramatic too. Fantastic stuff.

Can I, once again, state that Halle Berry looked hot. Especially in that semi-see-through black blouse of hers. Woah.



And this is probably my favourite X-Men in the movie. Played by Shawn Ashmore (whom I first spotted as "fearless" leader Jake in the Animorphs TV series), Iceman had a bit of character development in this instalment, being one of the few X Men left for the final showdown as well as the fight with his nemesis Pyro. And that very romantic ice-skating scene. It's amazing how powers can be used for romance and the like too!



The guy looks like he's my age, but he's actually 27! Gosh. And he has a twin brother. Who's older than him by a minute. I am so full of useless information.

And if there was a cure, I'd help destroy it. That's my stand at least. But I think that depends on what my powers are. If I were Rogue, I'd probably take it. If I were the Beast, I might too. If I were Mystique, I'd consider. If I were Iceman, I wouldn't. So many ifs.

I'm a fucking hypocrite.

Alright, if you haven't watched it, you know what to do.

Take a stand.

JKYH Top 20 (47)

01. Wu Niang - Jolin Tsai (+1) 3

02. Get Together - Madonna (+6) 2
03. Control Myself - LL Cool J ft Jennifer Lopez (-2) 6
04. Buttons - Pussycat Dools ft Snoop Dogg (+3) 2
05. Yan Lei Cheng Shi - Sun Yan Zi (-1) 4
06. Who Am I - Will Young (+8) 3
07. Say Somethin' - Mariah Carey ft Pharrell & Snoop Dogg (-1) 7
08. Let U Go - Ashley Parker Angel (+1) 4
09. Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional (NEW)
10. Maybe - Colin's Appendix (NEW)
11. The Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance (-1) 6
12. Unbelievable - Craig David (+1) 4
13. Zhen De - Angela Zhang (NEW)
14. Lie To Me - Daniel Powter (-2) 6
15. Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae (3) 6
16. Kiss Goodbye - Wang Lee Hom (-13) 6
17. Wo Yao Kuai Le - A*Mei (-12) 6
18. A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More Touch Me - Fallout Boy (+2) 2
19. Together We Are One - Delta Goodrem (-2) 3
20. Ren Zhi - A*Mei (NEW)

Jolin gets #1, maybe from the fact(s) that a)She blew me away with her MTV Asian Awards Performance b)The song's a right blast to dance to c)I've heard the album this week and it's fab! Sounding delicious and tantalising, this single is worthy of the track to lead off the new album into a new era with the new recording company. Although I don't see it becoming as huge as Kan Wo 72 Bian (frankly, how many songs could), but an addictive track all the same.

4 new entries this week, taking highest spot is Dashbaord Confessional with Hands Down, a song that's really special to me now. I honestly thought Vindicated was an overly-squeamish heard-it-all-before kind of track and was very surprised to hear that they managed to churn out something more mellow, but nonetheless equally effective. If I'm not wrong this is a rather old single, recorded in 2001, and re-recorded with a full band in 2003. The new single from DC drops June 27th, called Don't Wait.

At #10 a fantastic track that's equal parts catchy as it is chang shang. I don't know how to put that in English! It's by Colin's Appendix called Maybe. I found myself singing along to it on the second listen. I think the lyrics just hook themselves to your brain because it's simple, yet meaningful. Check out the song, along with his other compositions here.

Likely to make a good showing in the charts next week includes Stoned in Love by Chicane ft Tom Jones, a Top 10 track on the UK Singles Charts, Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado who leaps outrageously from #30 to #9 this week on Billboard, and Yin Xin Ren by Sun Yan Zi.

Get Together is at #2, and overtakes Buttons by the Pussycat Dolls, despite debuting a little lower last week. It is rumoured that it will be the last single off the hugely successful Confessions on a Dancefloor and the video will either be live footage or some animation. This is because the woman's busy with her tour.



And I'd like to congratulate Madonna for once again stirring controversy for all its worth! Pushing people's buttons is what she does best, and she never fails to find new ways of doing it! This picture sees her being crucified and those religious peeps are really going after her for this! Oh well, if they don't like it, they don't have to watch it. Same with Da Vinci code. Tuh. This tour is extravagant in nature, which sort of justifies the disgustingly expensive ticket price. Nice to see a woman of her age still in shape! Madonna forever!

Congested

My head's so full now, it hurts.

Breathe in for luck breathe in so deep this air is blessed you share with me this
night is wild so calm and dull these hearts they race
from self control your legs are smooth
as they graze mine we're doing fine we're doing nothing at all.

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me, so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst or break or bury or wear as jewelery,
which ever you prefer.
The words are hushed lets not get busted,
just lay entwined here undiscovered.
Safe from the earth and all the stupid questions..
"hey did you get some?" Man, that is so dumb.
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close they can't hear, so we can get some.

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me, so I die happy. My
heart is yours to fill or burst or break or bury or wear as jewelery,
which ever you prefer.
Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember,
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo,
the dim of the soft lights,
the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers and
the time on the clock when we realized
it's so late and the walk that we shared together.
The street was wet and the gate was locked
so I jumped it and let you in and you stood at the door
with your hands on my waist and you kissed me,
but you meant it and I knew that you meant it,
that you meant it, that you meant it,
and I knew, that you meant it, that you meant it.
-
Dashboard Confessional
Hands Down

No Topic

This is mainly a post where I rant. No topic, no nothing.

To begin, I passed my Basic Theory Test. I felt really lucky. It's true that I've passed the Highway Code Test when I was learning how to drive the jeep, but that was 3 months ago! I could hardly remember anything when I flipped through the booklet again last night. I ended up reading for an hour, before falling asleep. I blame Mariah's Greatest Hits CD! When I woke up, it was already midnight. Disgusted by my lack of discipline, I decided that it was no longer feasible to be studying, and I dragged myself to bed. It had really been a very jam-packed and fun-filled weekend, that I had to take the whole Sunday to recover from it! Anyways, I took the test today and was relieved to pass it.

When I return to bunk today, I'll just collapse on the freaking bed. I just want time to pass quickly, and I think there's no better way than to sleep through it. There's IPPT tomorrow anyway, so I think it's a perfect excuse to for me to get all the rest I can get. I hope I manage to grow wings tomorrow, because I think the best I can do for SBJ is to barely pass it. Pathetic.

It's raining. Just makes booking in all the more sickening. Will I be able to step into camp, dry?

Oh and I've finished watching The OC Season 2. I've decided to try my best to stay away from Season 3 till June. I don't want to finish it all that quickly. And from all the hoo-haa that's going on about the show recently, I know who's the major character who dies at the end of that season. Terrible stuff. I don't think it'll ever be the same again. They've got to find really good characters to replace that person! Oh, and I have DH Season 2 to conquer as well!

I've decided to stay home during June because I've spent too much this month. I've only managed to save $170 bucks, instead of the $200 that I wanted to! And the freaking Thailand trip is only one month away. I plan to get stuff for some people too, so I've to save up even more. It's torture to not be able to go out. Especially since I take off so often nowadays. I've got to restrict that too, so I won't spend money. Hell, maybe I should go buy some weekend duty. At some rotten prices. That way I'd be able to not spend money, have my food provided for, and on top of all that, earn a few bucks!

But I don't like being in camp!

I've been skiving on my workout. I need to make the most of my free time in army to do it. Or else! I've not been to the gym. I'm feeling scrawny. I've to get in shape for the photo-taking event of the year! My Thailand trip! Luckily the people I'm going with are quite the cam-whores too, so there'll be no shortage of trigger-happy people! Haha... it seems that I've been brainwashed or something. Now, my entire life revolves around getting ready for it. Actually, I just need something to look forward to, something to justify all my suffering in army. Oh, I'll have to deal with this horrible haircut before I leave. As well as my face. Hmmm, I'm being self-absorbed/obsessed again.

Doesn't everybody, once in awhile?

My social life is sort of working itself out now. I'm happy. Fulfilled. Even when it's in bad shape, like it was a month or two ago, I still have other stuff to entertain myself with. I guess life's like that. It has its highs and lows, with change being the only constant (how cliche is that!). The feeling of getting to know new people is great. Interacting with them develops different parts of my character, some parts I didn't even know existed. They say that the company you keep reflects who you are. I believe that, and at the same time, they bring out different parts of you. It's crazy but I feel myself becoming a little more talkative, extrovert in nature, more senstive and caring... Things that I never thought I'd be in the past.

Maybe I used to take more than I give.

I cannot believe I'm growing up so quickly. Yes, Harry Potter learnt the hard way that when you're looking forward to something, time starts to crawl. When you're fearful or reluctant for the event to happen, time has a habit suddenly speeding up and before you know it, you're facing it! For me, one of those things would be facing my 20th Birthday! I'll be like damn freaking old! I thought I'd experience a lot more partying, a lot more nastiness, a lot more maturity before I turn the big 2-0. It'll be like I spent my youth creating the most havoc and getting the most out of life!

All I've experience this year, is how slowly time's passing when I'm waiting for 6th Nov to come.

I want to ORD!!!

Jalan Kayu

So I reached home, showered and changed to some really casual clothes before making my way out again. Luckily for me, the bus came immediately. Boarded 168 and made my way to camp before changing to 103. Can't believe I actually passed by the camp before alighting at Jalan Kayu. Actually I realised that I stopped one stop too early, so I walked down. I was 30 minutes early, so I sat at the bus stop, listened to my B In The Mix CD before falling asleep!

Eric came, but I didn't know where we were supposed to meet. When I found him he was on the phone. We ordered cheese prata, ice cream prata and Milo dinosaur. Unfortunately we were both too busy talking and the ice cream sort of melted! The cheese prata was not bad, although Eric said it has seen better days! We finished our drink before starting on our prata so we went to 7-11 to get a few. We were walking a couple of metres on the way to his house when he decided to take a taxi instead because his leg was hurting. I managed to pay for the cab fare! Haha... I realised that it was a lucky thing we didn't walk - it was freaking far. It wasn't to him, but it was to me!

Anyway, his place has furniture which is surprisingly quite like mine! Rather unique. I saw last year's NY yearbook and must say that the cover was very badly done. However the photos were very well taken. In a commendable effort to move away from the conventional rigid phototaking poses, the teachers and students posed seperately with cool actions and props, instead of standing upright facing the camera in rows with benches and all! After that got to watch a bit of Naruto, an introductory episode! I was really interested to find out why everyone's so crazy over it! It's not bad, just that it's not the kind of stuff that I'd usually watch.

After that it was kind of late already so we both went to sleep. Woke up the next morning to have breakfast at Mcdonalds, but not before taking an entire hour of lazing in bed before reluctantly leaving the comforts of the sheets and air con to walk out! Enjoyed myself a lot!

Got to go watch The OC. And study BTT! Oops.

Over the Hedge

I just can't seem to get started on this blog entry. I've been staring at the freaking screen meaning to update about yesterday for about 2 hours already. I think I'm too overwhelmed by sleepiness. Maybe not. I've taken a nap already. Just that my brain isn't functioning too normally despite the nap!

Met Jnr yesterday at 1030AM and I was there on the dot! It's amazing how I haven't been late yet despite all odds! Haha! We went to buy tickets for Over The Hedge which was housed in a freaking small cinema. I think the last time I went into that was to watch Volcano High, which is a bloody good movie.

We sang KBox but I was kind of intimidated at the start because Jnr was bloody good. And he singing those very serious, technic-ish kind of songs. I sang okay at my usual bimbotic/uptempo kind of songs. With Everytime, I was doing more humming than singing. I don't know what's wrong with me yesterday, but I was more on key than previously! Haha... Played around a lot with the # and b! Also sang a lot of great SYZ songs. I've been influenced! Oh, and I've so totally given up on singing Kiss Goodybe. No more! Jnr sounded great all the time, as expected!

After that we went to watch Over The Hedge. And from what I've heard, I think we made the right decision, choosing it over The Da Vinci Code. First of all, there's a bit too much hype for me to watch it. Secondly, I haven't even read the book yet and was told that I wouldn't understand it. Last of all, it one hell of a long movie, and that it was draggy. Faced with such facts, it was decided that watching Over The Hedge was the movie to watch as it'd most certainly be entertaining.



And Dreamworks never fails to deliver! It was a hilarious movie. Every stunt in the book and outside of it was used. I was very impressed with the creativity and the dialogue. Amazing stuff. Also, although the interaction of the creatures and their characters mirror other animated movies (Jnr thinks Finding Nemo), this movie offers a fresh perspective with its wittiness and honesty. There were really moments where I just had to laugh out loud.

After that we went to have a meal at some Jap place. The food was bloody good. In fact I think I want to go back there again. It's at B1 of Cine.

Then we had a mass shopping session, hitting every shop in town. From high end to the classless, we saw them all. Went to The Heeran (for the first time I didn't enter HMV) and then to Taka and Wisma. Last of all we went to Far East, and it was insane! Didn't see anything particularly special that I wanted to buy. It did give me some ideas for what to get in Thailand though.

The Levi's tops are bloody good.

We had banana split at Gelare, bloody good stuff! I'm not too impressed with the expensiveness, but it was good. We went home after that because I was going to Jalan Kayu for supper.

I Think I'm Ready Now

Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic

It's taking OvEr me.

Intoxicate me NOW
With your love NOW
I think I'm ready NOW

A guy like you
Should wear a warning
It's Dangerous
I'm Falling

You're Dangerous
I'm lovin' it

I took a sip
From my Devil's Cup
S l o w l y
It's taking OvEr me

Too HIGH
Can't come Down
Loosin' my head spinning rOUNd and rOUNd
Do you feel me now

I'm Addicted To You
Doncha know datcha Toxic

Random Nightmare

I was in my bunk, teaching 4 guys harmonica. They're from my platoon alright. I've got my team members, 2 of them are buddies, and one is a very good friend of the other. Go figure (I think that's pretty easy.) Anyway, after that for some reason I got really angry. I can't even remember the situation. Then one of Britney's songs remixed popped up on radio. I believe it was Touch of My Hand. I started trashing the cupboards, punching and overturning everything in sight. It was really violent. And I was angry. As the intensity of that emotion escalated, I was shocked awake.

For some very weird reason I know that this has got to do with some pent-up frustration that I haven't let out. I didn't know that I could be that angry. I'm not a person who usually blows his top. In fact, I don't really remember doing it (except for one really embarrassing moment in camp, but I'll leave that for another time).

I know I was on off on Wednesday, but when I went back for 2 more days, it felt as if it was a week! Luckily I have off on the coming Monday for Basic Theory Test. I haven't even started studying it yet! I really hope I pass the silly thing!

Yesterday I did something that made me really happy, because making someone else happy makes me happy. Did a rather torturous route march (mask and helmet = headache), followed by a mask run. I ran together with Shawn and it was a really breathtaking (literally) 10 minutes. When we reached the finishing line and took off our masks, we were smiling insanely at each other, with the feeling that we've kind of been to hell and back. Relieved. Accomplished. And he said something nice.

Which makes me realise that personal victory, without someone to share it with, is meaningless. Taking a step back and making things happen with a friend, and achieveing the goal together increases the satisfaction a hundred-fold.

Haven't felt that way for a really long time.

JKYH Top 20 (46)

01. Control Myself - LL Cool J ft Jennifer Lopez (+3) 5

02. Wu Niang - Jolin Tsai (+4) 2
03. Kiss Goodbye - Wang Lee Hom (2) 5
04. Yan Lei Cheng Shi - Sun Yan Zi (+3) 3
05. Wo Yao Kuai Le - A*Mei (-4) 5
06. Say Somethin' - Mariah Carey ft Pharrell & Snoop Dogg(-4) 6
07. Buttons - Pussycat Dools ft Snoop Dogg (NEW)
08. Get Together - Madonna (NEW)
09. Let U Go - Ashley Parker Angel (+1) 3
10. The Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance (-1) 5
11. SOS - Rihanna (-5) 7
12. Lie To Me - Daniel Powter (+1) 5
13. Unbelievable - Craig David (+3) 3
14. Who Am I - Will Young (+5) 2
15. Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae (2) 5
16. Thunder In My Heart Again - Meck (+1) 3
17. Together We Are One - Delta Goodrem (+3) 2
18. Savin' Me - Nickelback (-10) 5
19. What's Left Of Me - Nick Lachey (-7) 5
20. A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More Touch Me - Fallout Boy (NEW)

Pic of the Week

I'm sure this shirt looks familiar to you guys because yes, this is another photo taken during the Karoke Marathon I had on Labour Day! It seems that I've got an endless number of them to post! This is by far one of the most iconic pictures I've taken that day. The humungous poster of Jay at Kster caught our eye immediately and even in our excitement that we were getting a good deal singing at K-ster, we took time out to take a photo with this huge image of Jay!

He used to be my favourite male artist. Now it's Lee Hom. =p

Something's Up

This was on her official website for a couple of hours. And after that she took it down. Very scandalous. And I love the photo of her pointing the middle finger. Posted it once before somewhere. And this is very obviously a take from the vid (or making of) of Do Somethin'.

It might be about her husband, which I think is high likely. It might be about her record company even. However, I see from this poem that she's still got some fight left in her. I really hope that she gets her act together after the delivery of this kid. Okay, it's unfair to place my expectations upon her like she's some robot or entertainment factory, but it's been too long! I know she's taking this time recording in her home studio and all, but how long do we all have to wait till she releases some decent stuff. Okay, I loved Over To You Now, Chaotic, Mona Lisa and the likes, but I want an album. Gosh Britney.

I don't know what to say any more. Come back!

Just Can't Live Without

Well, here's another wordy entry! I've already had a narcissitic, photo-filled entry before this one, so here's one with a lot of writing.

Okay, I'm possibly writing just because I don't want to finish watchin the whole of The OC. I think I finished off 6 episodes today, and that's a whole lot. Watching it gives me a sense of escapism, but at the same time, makes me reflect on what's going on with my own life. The lead characters face very real issues, despite having just a little bit more drama than normal people. I mean, I don't think I could go to Chicago for the weekend or something with the snap of my fingers. I have money and time constraints. Which the kids at The OC obviously don't.

With so many themes running throughout the series, it's hard to pintpoint a favourite moment, or a favourite episode, because it seems like every single one reaches out to me, and is trying to tell me something. There's the morale of every story. Like Julie Cooper, who got haunted by something she did in the past. Regrets. Money-issues. Etc. I'm not going to spoil it for people who haven't watched it yet (but I think mostly everyone has got through Season 2 already!), but the whole thing is just fantastic. Scandalous. Turmoil.

And apart from that there's also the packaging. There are lots of beautiful people in the show. Countless actually. Being easy on the eyes does help when you're going to be staring at those same people for a couple of hours. Yep. Oh, and I'm already at Episode 18. In a season where everyone was experimenting new things and trying to find a better way for everything, this is when Summer and Seth finally get their act together (poor Zack!) and Marissa and Ryan and trying to take things slow again. Earlier in the season there was also this scandalous thing with Ryan and his "aunt". Very complicated stuff.

Essentially, the show's what makes my life meaningful when I'm not out and about. I think I should stay off it a bit; I think I'm rushing the season a bit too much. Also, it just makes me want to buy the DVD. It's at a rather reasonable price now, but I just don't have the cash.

Saving up for the Thailand trip is just hard.

I went out with Mak this morning. We were supposed to go for a swim but as it turns out, the pool as closed. We had Mcdonalds' breakfast before shopping around at Causeway Point. There wasn't much to see really. I think we're going to have a trip to Kent Ridge next Sunday. Hope that'll be fun.

I Can't Believe

I can't believe how bored I am during my off day. The swimming pool was closed etc. It's freaking boring. So I ended up doing this photostrip of the Karaoke Marathon that happened at the beginning of the month. Bah, I'm going to watch The OC now.

Nothing Special

Alright, I'm on off. Again (yes Sidney!). I know everyone's pretty tired of hearing me talk about army and all, but I really can't wait to ORD. I don't want to stay around any more. I can't believe that the training's getting worse with each passing day. Okay, so it sometimes helps me stay fit (and being in the suit is like free sauna, burning fats), but seriously, it just makes Civilian life seem so damn far away. Hell, I can't even maintain my sanity if I'm in there for 5 days straight. However, I'm using up too much of my off already. Thanks to the good man who's my PS. For that I'm grateful.

With everybody going in and out of camp everyday due to off and duty and being attached out, it seems like I hardly have constants in camp any more. It's disgusting. Well, at least it doesn't feel right. Luckily I have two people I talk to to not make me lose it. Although I can really see my phone bill escalating, but it's worth it. Also, I realised that the people who weren't originally in our platoon are the people I get along rather well with too! Must say that they make a difference by being around. I'm glad for that too.

Oh, there's this guy in my section who doesn't talk to me. And I don't know WHY. My patience is waning. I don't know what's going on, or how long I can contain my temper, but knowing me, I should be able to prevent my emotions from bursting out like an overriped pimple being squeezed. At least for the time being. 6 more months.

There isn't much for me to talk about, I mean, these are the things that happened in the past few days. It's ARMY. There isn't supposed to be anything worth mentioning. Er, I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It's bloody good! I'm not behind the times; it's the second time I'm reading it. Ooh, and I'm using a photo of Esotism and his band as the bookmark! =P I've started on HP and the Half-Blood Prince. Realised that I've forgotten most of what I've read before.

I haven't started studying my Basic Theory Test, which happens next Monday. Maybe I'll fail on purpose so I'll have the chance to take off to take the test again. No, that's retarded. I'll die of embarrassment. Bah.

Going for a swim with Mak in the morning and dinner with Jie Yu. Hope it'll be a meaningful day. Don't want to waste my off!

Sleepover for Movie Marathon

I'll try my freaking best to update this on 4 hours of sleep. It has been a rather crazy day yesterday and I enjoyed myself a whole lot too. Zhenhui just messaged me that I left my yoghurt in his fridge! Damn. I have a very bad craving for it now. Absolutely terrible.

Yesterday we met at 1030AM and went for KBox at Hougang. The best thing was the fact that we all got a mic each. That's so fantastic because David told me that some places offered additional mics, but so far I've never been to one that gave us more than 2, even when we asked. However, this time round we were ushered into a room with 3 mics straightaway.

My singing was a tad worse than usual, other than the usual bimbotic songs, which I once again, outperformed myself! Haha! Also, I got reminded of a song I loved a lot back in the days. It started with the very Ah Lian songs by the likes of Sammi and then Shuming exclaimed that Leon Lai had a song like that. And it was none other than Hu Xi Bu Shuo Huang, which I havent' touched in years! To my surprise this time round I managed to reach the notes, although I was left severely out of breath and at times straining my voice already. But it was real fun to sing. Hu Xi Bu Shuo Huang! Powerful stuff!



We extended it for another hour. Ended up singing all those songs which are easy and entertaining, with one of the culprits being Jie Mao Wan Wan. I cannot believe that Cao Ge actually wrote that song! Oh yeah, did plenty of SYZ and Angela's songs as well. Boo to Kiss Goodbye for being so range-challenging. I can only sing 4 lines of the song decently!

After that we went to Shuming's house to get her stuff for staying over. We looked through a couple of the photos of our old class outing (AJC-x-1103) at Sentosa, and were amazed to see how different we looked back then! All I can say is that there was definitely some improvement! After that we went to rent 3 DVDs - Mean Girls, Walk The Line, and something starring Matt Damon as a cojoined twin. It did look interesting. The cover I mean. We bought KFC back to Zhenhui's house to eat, and it tasted damn good. Probably my favourite fast food restaurant ever.

We kicked start with Mean Girls. I've watched it before, and I think I'm really obsessed with Lindsay Lohan. She looked absolutely fabulous. Fantastic. Oooh... I don't understand what's the attraction, but she sure has got the WOW factor for me. It was as hilarious and hear-warming as the first time I watch it, but I don't think I'll be able to watch it a third time.

Okay, for the sake of Lohan, maybe.

Walk The Line has gotten rave reviews, but still I was rather sceptical! However, it turned out to be another great movie. I loved the music, the acting, the drama... There was plenty of tension, a bit of violence, sex, drugs, everything! And for the first time I actually have respect for Reese Witherspoon. I hated her in Legally Blonde. That was terrible stuff. But this is absolute class. I could see every expression come alive in her face. And Joaquin Phoenix is fab, as always. He's a real actor, that man! A thick plot and a good script serves this movie well. It would've been even more fantastic at the cinema though! Although Zhenhui's widescreen TV and surround sound closes the gap on cinematic experiences!

After that we had a break. Shuming wanted to watch TV while Zhenhui and I went shopping at Cold Storage. It's really shocking how close the MRT station and Compass Point are to his house. They're literally at his freaking doorstep! That's when we got green tea, yoghurt and potato chips. All of them untouched even when we left this morning, except one 1.5l of green tea! We took a 3-4 hour break till our next movie.

We spent the time making cup noodles and updating each other on our lives. All the cool stuff. These guys can really make me open up to them. And of course there was a huge dose of cam-whoring. It's unfair how people who have better cameras than me don't use them that often, while I put mine to high usage every single weekend despite being a tad inferior. Hmph.



That's me with my Mean Girl Lindsay Lohan at the top left and the rest of our narcisstic photos! Gasp... we are good with the camera!



A major hour or so was spent waiting for Shuming to update her blog, which she hasn't done for 12 days or so. Terrible stuff. The woman's been suffering froma bit of writer's block, bad internet connections and well, perfectionism! Haha... It's kind of weird watching her type. For every 4 lines she types, she'd backspace 2 lines! After that we took photos with the mere turtle that was hanging innocently off the hook. Zhenhui got it from some gift exchange session with his class last year.



The photo of me in the mirror is really out of point and random, BUT I just wanted to show the world how gorgeous the mirror looks. I want it! Uniquely oval! Poor turtle though!



And here's all of us with the turtle.

Okay, after all the rubbishy things that we did, we watched the Matt Damon movie. Zhenhui fell asleep right at the beginning. I slept for 15 minutes somewhere in between. It was a snooze-fest. Okay, so the idea was pretty unique, showcasing the lives of the cojoined twins. There were some comedic moments as well. However, none of them managed to save the movie. Utterly weak. I was about to go to sleep after that. However, they wanted to stay up a bit more. Put in the SYZ MV DVD and I fell asleep after about ten songs! They watched all the way till Ben and then they couldn't take it any more, and we arranged for nice comfy places to sleep.

We were supposed to go for Mcdonalds breakfast but there wasn't enough time. There was Mothers' Day to be celebrated! So, here's wishing all mothers a Happy Mothers' Day!

(abrupt ending, but that's how it was!)

AJCO Concert

Alright, where do I begin? I was late yesterday and that kind of pissed everybody off. So I'm not going to be late for KBox later today! Haha... Then why the hell am I still at home! Nah, I've still got an hour or so to go, but I've got to pack my bags for the stayover at least.

Well, it's an AJCO concert, so Shuming and Zhenhui met a lot of their CO friends there.

In short, the concert was really good! If I wasn't feeling a little of my stomach rumbling, or my eyes so freaking dry from the stupid contact lenses, I might've enjoyed it more. As usual, it was as educational as it was enjoyable. Zhenhui is like almost the encyclopedia of all the CO songs that are, and er, Shuming helps look out for the good-looking people on stage? LOL! Nah, joking! The whole performance wasn't as perfect as the one I saw 2 years ago, but still, it was worth every dollar, and more. The Beijing Theatrical School also came by to perform and they were really awesome. The girl who played the erhu was so freaking amazing (and so was the other girl who played the yang qin) that she could command every beat of your heart just by tugging on the string! Also there was Opera, and the lady could really sing. Her control of volume, tone, emotion was... really amazing. Could see that every note that came out of her was perfectly what she wanted to express. It's insane.

The AJCO fared rather well too. I particularly enjoyed the opening song, plus the very entertaining soloists. The Suo Na guy was a bloody pro, and probably the most memorable act. The flute guy looked like he had a cold, but did decently well. Then there's this girl who played four movements (I don't know what the instrument's called), and that was technically impressive too. The Sheng ensemble was something I've never seen before! The last piece (and the encore) was a combined effort and both were really stirred the atmosphere! There was audience interaction (clapping along and hey-heying!), there was drama (so the conductor points from left to right and left again and everyone blasted their instruments) and of course a solid ending to end it all with a bang. Powerful stuff. I'm honoured to experience the whole thing.

Well, while watching the whole thing, I was rather overwhelmed by nostalgia and a lot of thoughts. The erhu zhu xi looked a lot like my best friend in Sec 1 & 2. It was half-way through Sec 2 that he dragged me to join choir. That was where I learnt a hell lot of stuff that allowed me lead the Harmonica Orchestra rather competently in the musical sense. (With disregard for other random stuff like cohesion etc.)It also made me thing of the times when I was with the Harmonica Orchestra, how I practised with them, and of course my fantastic juniors. For the first time ever in my life I was treated as a senior, respected, listened to, joked around with, inspiring (to a certain extent) and it was great. Then there was the Gu Zhen which reminded me of Jun Shen. How damned good he was. How he came from a neighbourhood school (like me!) and he was really like a rolemodel, balancing studies and his duties as the Gu Zhen prez. Music has always been a huge part of my life, except now I'm listening more than I'm making it! I thought of how I made it so far to pass my Grade 8 piano, but now I've totally neglected the skill. How long has it been since I felt in control and at one with an instrument? How long has it been since I felt that I could make good music? (Other than some very nice supportive claps in KBox recently, I love those people.)

Too long.

I know, as well as anybody with a musical background, that the skill only comes from lots of practice. You have to be obsessed with mastering the instrument. Kind of like playing WOW or DOTA or Maple, working at it to make your level higher. I've to go find that kind of drive and enjoyment to be able to make it work. The worst part is now I'm of the standard to at least learn songs by myself, analyse scores and all, but I'm too lazy to do it! Hell, if I got on the piano now, the only thing I could probably play is my Grade 2 exam piece! Well, and Gymnopedie (which I got like 29/30 for).

Okay, I'm such a showoff, but now, I'm only a shadow of my former musical-self. Bah.