Eric Clapton

X Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

i love Eric Clapton. who doesnt?

yes my darling, you look wonderful tonight.

Do We Even Try?!

X Josh Groban - February Song

i caught a documentary on the tv in the bus while on my way to meet Samantha and Yihong. it featured this fully devoted caregiver mother, Ms Ho who cares and loves her only son, Jonathan, 9 who is suffering from cerebral palsy.

i dont really know what that really means, but when i finally saw the logo of the association which looks like this

okay, point taken.

and so despite of blasting my iPod for a change, i focused my attention to that miserable box and tried to understand what is actually going on with this kid. the scene started with this game of "Wheel Of Fortune" with a team who answered the puzzle correctly. it went "The Face Of A Mother Whose Love Never Dies".

Jonathan loves watching Wheel Of Fourtune. he is 9 and very charming. and he has cerebral palsy.

this medical condition affects the brain and causes the child to lose control of speech and body movements. and i guess it's all fated that Jonathan so happens to be one of them. but! that does not mean that he cant live normally despite his disability.

life does go on, you know. despite the short clip, it potrays life at its worst and best. i almost cried, i tell you. when Jonathan's mother carefully fed him and accompanied him to school, doing her best to do whatever she can for her son. she takes all chances, do we?

sometimes, i'd like to ask myself this question ,

"Do we even TRY?"

and the answer is NO. do not deny or lie through your teeth. because the fact is, we DON'T. many times ive tried asking myself how hard i try to take my chances or complete something or even change. but seriously, not hard enough. not my best. not even my 100%.

so when i was watching the 20-min clip. all these thoughts just ran wild in me, charging like horses on the rich green fields. it was emotional, and we should count our blessings.

bless you too, Ms Ho and Jonathan

the love is overwhelming. i really hope Jonathan feels the love his mom carefully gives him everyday. i think he does; his smiles proves so.
sometimes i wished whats real to be unreal, because the truth hurts. it does.

i wished that life were perfect but all it was were dreams. we are human.

Tejay

X Snow Patrol - Run

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Trainspotting

Which Trainspotting Character Are You?

SOLD.

Younger Times...

as the piano played, memories came flashing back, only the beautiful and memorable ones though. as i was listening to the 10-minute piece, crazy it may seem, the memories started joining together, like jigsaws forming into a puzzle.

i would still remember the every saturdays my mom will bring me to Yaohan(aka Plaza Singapura now) for piano lessons, and right after that lovely dinner at this japanese-italian restaurant over at Park Mall.

and when i was in primary 1 till 3, we had this "keep your teeth clean" action, whereby all of us were given a cute mug along with a toothbrush and we will squat at the drains brushing our teeth after reccess.

remember the buddy system? where we were all attached with a senior and would hold hands with them queueing for food, finding a seat and eating with them. going for concerts and getting Bronze in SYF for HandBells. got 216 for my PSLE and my butt went flying to Yuying Secondary School.

in seconday school, when i was in secondary 1, i remembered i was bullied by a bunch of seniors and i cried profusely like a baby elephant. it was really embarrassing and seriously, i still dont know why i was bulied but, whatever.

there was once i hung out with JKO and yingzi and we would tuck out our uniform and hang around in Hougang Mall for nothing. i look like a tree trunk and i still think i do. then i started to hang out with samantha, yihong and aveline and then my life change forever.

when i was in secondary school, i was a leader in school, a loser in heart and another loser in studies. a bigt-time bitch and an arrogant person and i was an emo kid. life was always bad and i keep on complaining about life and whining like a baby (though i still do that sometimes but not often), sucidal tendencies and such. but seriously who am i cheating? haha

i love camps. they change me and my attitudes towards living. and 3 of them left the most impression on me and they are

• 2004 Annual Student Leadership Camp - "If We Hold On Together"
• Secondary 3 Camp- "CADDO POWER!!!"
• SJAB Anual Camp 2003- "IC!IC!IC!"

i flunked my O's but i carried on with life, because i know its not over, yet.

*shifts scene to current 2006*

im doing great in ITE, i think. well at least i know im doing my best to get my goal and i have to. I MUST. i think my best memories in ITE should be the Batam trip and the bazaar where my class and i had the most fun. sounds mundane, but actually it means a lot to us. (:

memories are meant to be part of your life. choose to keep some of the ugly and of course the best that ever happened to you. these things are kept deep inside. and will be archieves that i will bring to my grave.

Batam

i enjoyed the trip to Batam.

it was relaxing but very rushy. i definitely had a culture shock when i first stepped into Batam. it looks developing.. and still, developing. Batam is 1 hour earlier than singapore which means i feel younger? HA.

Batam looks like singapore 40 years ago. with busy cars and little traffic lights and i guess, rules too. the common races found in Batam are the Malays and the Indo-Chinese, seldom see Indians though. communication wise are simply Malay and Mandrain. however, the national language is Malay therefore all kids in Batam learn Malay as their mother tongue. and that means i cant really communicate with these people except for my broken Mandrain and using the simplest English i can to do my shopping.

and their currency are like banana notes. -.-

and so i went shopping with my girls and it was fun. elizah brought her 14 yr old cousin, candice whom i cant believe i would get a long so well with and not to forget lijing, the love of my life (hahaha)

my first stop was at a Ralph Lauren shop. okay now people, a little something that i know in Ralph Lauren in Batam is that they look fake, however its authentic due to the fact that the RL in Batam is registered under Ralph Lauren. so what im trying to say is that the RL looks fake but its actually the real stuff, if you get what i mean.

then off to this mall BCS mall i think! and i got two bottles of perfume, both fakes but smells real. and off to another mall, DC mall and got myself another two bottles and some freshly made keropok and kueh lapis. seriously, these Indonesians are really good at this shit and they taste shittily yummy.

oh and if you are wondering which perfume ive got, they are

• Ralph Lauren Polo Sport
• Burberry London
• Escada Paradise
• Davidoff Woman

all 4 smells spanking real, i tell you. even the bottles look real. and guess how much i got them for? you will kill me if you'd know the price. its 8SGD and its REAL DEAL okay.

speaking of branded goods, Batam has TOOOO MANY fakes. fakes as in real fake fake, not looking fake but real. from LV to VSL to GUCCI to PRADA. seriously, TOO MANY.

my last pit stop was at the hypermall which i fergot what its called. i got myself a rusty trucker cap and a rusty wallet for my sis. also, got her a adidas tee and guess how much it costs? SGD13!

conclusion : we need more doses of shopping in Batam.

Batam is not only a place for sex trade, its also a place where everyone is familiar with, many cultures and colours. people though less fortunate, enjoy whatever they have instead of us singaporeans still complaining. just dont get it haha

the children, they look so happy. oh do you know kids attend school on saturdays as well? and they have field trips too. though people laughed at me when i squealed, "oooohhh! look outside! kids having field trips!" which made me blush la. singapore kids should know how lucky they are with what they have. its just an hour trip and stepping into a foreign country who are not so lucky is quite depressing.

ive learned a lot in this trip and i was happy. happy with shopping with girlfriends, of course!

5 A.M

its funny. i woke up at 5 in the morning and yet i could not take the earliest train. okay maybe i spent more time in the bathroom thats why.

oh im beginning to like the mac in harbourfront. they provide you with internet services, just like the one in changi airport! and i know that doesnt really matter either.

i could smell pancakes and the burgers and its making me really hungry. its really tempting though. but i know if i wait, im gonna enjoy more than i expect in batam. they always say, "leave the best later" and now i know what it really means.

so random. shall stop typing. will talk about my trip later when im back. have a great day ya'll folks!

much love.

Ferry Me

im going to batam. (:

Daydreaming

you know how funny it feels to be alone in the class when everyone else is busy doing their thing? thats why ive decided to blog this entry.the mouse clicks are so irritating i swear i will burn down the computer lab. okay, that would be arson but i guess nobody cares either.

okay i guess im pretty alone now - with alicia being in korea enjoying skiing and kimchi and samantha hanging out with same name and the harajuku kids. ugh, so tempting. nevermind i still have my batam trip haha -.-


whatever.

oh guess what! i bought grey's anatomy season 2 and seriously you dont know how wide my eyes were opened when i see the DVD set laying on the racks in HMV. my face glowed with joy, most definitely. you dont know how long ive waited for this and now it finally got out from the hands of the censorship board. i wont be surprised plentiful of scenes were cut. ya'know what i mean. though it cost 10cents less to 80bucks, im still overjoyed because i am really intrigued by this drama. from how its directed, the scripts, the casts, the music..everything is just so cool and addictive! like poison. i wont mind being poisoned by grey's anatomy, really.

guess i wont be lonely anymore with this duing november. pray for me folks. (:

BORING!!!

i was invited to a private party. it was nothing, really. so unglam, no cocktail, no good music, no groove or vibes. one word : mundane.

the only things they had were :

• popcorn


• movies * tenaciousD, casino royale, step up


• e-gaming


• x-boxing


• goodie bags.
  

AND

• NO CUTE GAMERs/ PARTYGOERs
  

miserable. and so i ended up playing some e-games with my sis. and seriously you should just see the look on our faces. its as if the mummy has sucked our souls and our blood to replace his rancid meat. right that was disgusting but still, okay whatever.

and the next few hours we were still playing those e-gmaes and we finally waited for the hour for step up to be screened. and so i caught Step Up. it's pretty okay. nothing beats You Got Served and Take The Lead seriously. haha

okay nuff said.

Cry And Laugh And Cry Again

i would like to do a review on this book im currently reading. and i think it's the forth time i have been reading this book. you might think im crazy and yes i am beacuse the fact is, this book made me cry and laugh and cry and laugh and cry again. (oh you get my gist)

so what is so amazing about this book? let me tell you.

as many of you might have already heard about this author, Nicholas Sparks, has the flair for writing especially book genres of romance and more romance. and oh i am so going to get his collection of work because i believe his books are not only written with a spoonful of wit, a bowlful of humour, a tinge of sadness and not to mention, love.

"She smiled at me and I smiled at her and all I could do was wonder how I'd ever falen in love with a girl like Jamie Sullivan." - Landon Carter

he never thought he would, but he did anyway. this story potrays a romance between Landon Carter, the guy who claimed to have been in love but never thought he would ever fall for the daughter of Beaufort's Baptist minister, Jamie Sullivan.

"There was a time when the world was sweeter...
and something happened to a seventeen-year-old boy that would change his life forever." - A Walk To Remember

his life changed. he learnt about the joy of giving, the pain of loss and, most of all, the transforming nature of love. being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood...

a great book like this shouldnt be missed. the writer sets you into the story perfectly, as if its just happening right in front of your eyes. its simply amazing. you will laugh and cry, and even better, learn something in life. well, what say you?

Vibrancy

i wish for a vibrant life this christmas.

its really funny to say this but : i wonder what it's like to truly like and to be liked by someone

i guess it will be a great feeling or otherwise? so anyway, pardon me for sounding so..lovey dovey these days. am going to samme's place in a few moments and i just cant stop thinking. its like too many things running in a frenzy. and sometimes you just stare in the blank like what i did today earlier on my way home.

i dont really know what is going on, either. its just running - like mice on the threadmills, going on and on and on and on...as i feel the future nearing me, i just felt a surge of force sucking me; so hard that i can hardly breathe.

what's going on?

White

i had a dream.

everything was white. where are i? am i in heaven?
everything was vague and definitely blurry. i felt a tap on my shoulders and the hair on my arms stood. that hand seemed some sort of familiar; clammy, shockingly translucent and very frail looking. i tilt my head a little towards the arm..then to the shoulders..

the image started flickering, like those dim lit lights in an old hospital. i thought i heard something. however the sudden zephyr breezed past me, taking the image away and into the horizon. and i thought i saw a smile.

a smile.

Twitchy Guts

it started off with a twitch in my guts. then it completed with more squeezing and kneading. it paused and then continued in that cycle for the whole day. and thats my tummy for the day.

my tummy hurt so bad my head starts to hurt too. the suck-iest part were the unprofessional bus rides whereby the buses i sat in jerk to and fro, up and down like a lively carousel in the fair. and i swear i almost hurled what i ate and i would really pity if that hot babe had my barf all over her. imagine, Ralph Lauren's Ralph with my throw-outs? lovely.

well my day wasn't so well and so was my dad's. shit what is wrong with me today? ugh wish me for a speedy recovery. i will be just fine. *grits her teeth*

and therefore, i will survive.

Cocky Mofo

whats with all the cockiness man?

Takopachi

gee. town has nothing new. perhaps the trends and the crowds are ever changing, but the rest stays constant. so i went town with my sister and it was really exciting cos we are going to get a new phone! and well if you are wondering which phone she got, i'll tell you later in a bit.

we caught The Convenant earlier on and well, hot guys that you can never get your eyes off, cool stunts and magic. if you are more of a storyline person, seriously the show would not satisfy your needs in fact, it bores you to the core. however, if you go for a show that is packful of hunks and babes then yes, this is the right show just for you. and if you are those who love action-packed ones, this is just mediocre. its a 2 out of 5 unless you are rich and really, and i mean REALLY bored.

before that, we were roaming in HMV and i got my sis a Le Coq Sportif shoulder bag. i love it so much that i have decided to buy it for her due to the outstanding results she produced. no doubt she loved it. (: well, she deserved that bag ( and i deserved it too cos i bought that pretty bag for her ) will wear it on monday. ^^

speaking of which, shopping somehow made me real happy that day, though the shopping wasn't for me. i got myself 3 VCDs namely The Last Samurai, JarHead as well as Dead Poets Society great flicks and i just cant get over good films. i think good film makers make life so enriching and colourful with all these and i thank them.

we had lunch at sakae sushi. sakae sushi was good as usual but its the same food that we eat. BORING! and we ate takopachi for dinner. how nice. *shakes head in disgust*

okay nuff of that. in conclusion,
the day ended just like that. with all the crazy shopping and eating. we were happy. :D

The World Is Such A Funny Place

caught Million Dollar Baby earlier on and i think its one of the best ive caught so far. clint eastwood is the bomb baby. he is old and sexy; directs, acts and composes for this film.

so anyway, had this conversation with a friend earlier on and we were commenting about the politics of the common countries we know. and we come to a conclusion that the world of politics is nothing but a fucken screw-up. recalling what my dad always saying this to me:

"The world was created by men and eventually will be destroyed by men"

well how true. well, think again!

by the way, my friend switched the topic about environment. being a strong supporter of environmentalist, he stongly advising me to catch this film called An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore, if you know who is he. seriously upon browsing the website, it looked so good and convincingly convincing that i wanna catch that myself.

the world is such a funny place. haha

Destress, Friends!

ANNOUNCEMENT :

TO ALL A LEVEL STUDENTS, YOU GUYS HAVE COME THIS FAR TO COMPLETE THIS TASK; WITHOUT A DOUBT, ALL EFFORTS AND STRENGTH PUT INTO. JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR PAPERS. KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU! YOU ARE THE CHAMPION!

anyways, a little something for you to destress

MUCH LOVE,

YEONG