CSS Seniors' Prom 2009 - Season For Love

天不變地變

One would have assumed, that after 3 years of leading the CSS committee, and 1 year at JJ, I should be eating at the palm of my hands. The odd thing is that my confidence is inversely proportionate with the level of experience I have; a paradox that I myself find hard to believe. I feel like these few years could have been milestones. Somehow the way things are going on make me doubt myself sometimes; that I might have been doing all these in vain, due to bad leadership, poor human management, terrible life coaching. It is in times like this that I want to give up the most.

Every year during this time, I would whine about the trudges and missteps I've faced along the way. This year, I give myself credit for only writing this one entry of grievances. I feel like I need to let this go, through writing, so that I may move forward. The continuous pendulum of spurs of encouragements and disappointment is endless.

"Let go". These 2 words make me guilty, even embarrassed somehow.

But I know that through all these, I have become a better person. And perhaps that's all that matters.

2010 is already shaping up to be an eventful year. I have 2 writing assignments, an event in March, tons of gigs, and endless possibilities. i should be glad.

Instead, I seldom am.

Hallowen at St James 2009

ok. I've made a pact with the angel to refrain from clubbing. But my abstinence took a break when we celebrated Halloween at St James last Sat. it was the most fun clubbing can get: gang fights, drunk people acting stupid, and most of all, fantastic costumes! it was such a hilarious sight that it made up for the loonnnnggggggg queueeee. kudos to Shawn for getting me in =) I saw alot of ppl looking worse than ghosts, but here's the most amusing ones i've seen:

- 3 Flintstones in LOAFERS!
- and mohs + Sporean men in SIA KEBAYA!
- the joker, the number 1 halloween costume, but without the sinister. it just looks like bad makeup
- Aladdin and his Egyptian kaki with a genie-lamp
- smokers with white makeup. they make smoking cooler and more deadly than live ppl. hahahah
- a one-man shower room, with curtains and scrub. (earlier that night we saw a woman clad in bath towel and scrub! they can make a pair!)
- buff topless dude with what looks like coal stain all over his body, dancing with girls. funny show-off
- LOTS OF LEOPARD PREENS! i BOOMZ-ed so many times!
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why do good looking people club? or rather, why do clubs have so many good-looking people?! and why do some ppl think they're so good-looking they can hook up with girls and dance with them? and why do some guys think they have the coolest moves when the girl looks like she's being forced to dance weirdly?

clubs are weird places. but u'll see me at the next Halloween party for sure hahahah!

Loving Aretha

"Hearing Aretha is like seeing a sunrise. The colours dazzle; the world expands; our hearts are excited by possibility, hope, a glimpse of glory. An Aretha love song, even when the story is sad, soars with a spirit that defies defeat. Whether forlorn ballads or broken-hearted blues, Aretha draws on the highest power of inspiration. The material may be secular, but the source remains spiritual. Her message and inspiration come from the same place: the mysterious, inexhaustible nature of love."
Loving Aretha, by David Ritz





The above is an excerpt from the CD sleeve of Aretha Franklin's Love Songs compilation, which features a jazzy Aretha during her early Columbia days. There, you will find soul that belies her tender age, and a crisp clear voice without any trace of the rasp that is to come.

林宥嘉-說謊

Too moving, too sad.
I don't think Yoga has sang any better.

Aretha Franklin - Skylark

Aretha. Queen. Soul. Tour De Force.