it's been 5 years since the Sept 11 attack on the World Trade Center in NY. i remember seeing it on tv by chance, past 12 midnight, or was it before 12, just confused at the images i was seeing. i was unsure if it was a scene from a movie, or if it's just another random news clip. but the images were haunting. it wasnt until the newscaster spoke that i realise that was all real.

terrorism has taken on a whole new meaning since then. the fight against it is still very much ongoing. there's war, and there's the public awareness. just today, my train ride was delayed because someone pressed the emergency button to speak to the MRT driver. over the broadcast, i can hear the driver speakin to whomever, "hello did someone press the emergency button? how can i help?" and for the next few minutes, nothing happened. everyone just sat in their seats. it happened at another cabin, and from where i was sitting, i saw a couple of ppl gettin off the train, and another few scrambling themselves and shifting their bodies to see if anything was goin on. my paranoid mind imagined wat i wld do if something exploded. flames will gush through the cabins and i, on alert, will exit as fast i can.

everything went back to normal after that. it wasnt until i got off the station that i remembered tt it's the anniversary today.

and as i was watching Meryl on screen, i kept hearing 'boom' noises in the background. at first i tot it was part of the soundtrack. den it came at an offbeat moment and i tot it was thunder. the next time it was a long boom and i tot it was one of the airplanes tt so frequently fly pass my estate. and i thought wat if the end of the world was happening outside. i squirm comfortably in my seat, thinking that everything is just fine.

if i were living in another country, i dun think i wld feel the same way i did. i wld not be safe. i wld be paranoid. i'm fortunate to be safe here in Singapore.



The Devil Wears Prada. i finally caught it. Meryl didnt disappoint. but i expected more. she's getting old, and if only she had lesser wrinkles, i tot she'd have nailed the role. but the divine M has a knack for magnifying a pout's effect. even a single turn of the head makes me sit up and watch. that calm collected tone, and that killer stare. "that's all". heck it if i didnt see more heart. if she's the devil, i have no regrets selling my soul to her.

Anne Hathaway was v pretty. drop dead gorgeous. and those outfits are to die for! and i miss seeing Simon Baker and that Entourage guy whose name i forgot.

and KT Tunstall and Azure Ray's in the OST! the opening track is set to the credits is KT Tunstall's Suddenly I See btw, in case anyone is interested.

i received my relief teaching letter. whoopee. now everything's jus cramming in my head: work, studies, MJ, work, THE PROM, relief teaching, blablabla. i need to get my butt to work. urgh.