Reunited

Shawn's first bookout - 220906

That was all the pictures I took tonight.

Meeting up with them was the highlight of this week, better than getting back my TMA with relatively good results and catching PR's season 3 premiere.

I went down to Woodlands, the place with our fondest memories, after my class. We went for a spontaneous KTV session at the last minute for 1 hour (Causyway Partyworld closes at 1am, and we went in at 12mn, and the charges were still the same) before sitting down at another random lamp-post outside the interchange to just "chill", as we like to call it.

The guys were caught in army talk, and the girls had no choice but to talk about work.

Talking with Shawn and hearing all his stories brought back many memories of my BMT days. Somehow, I find it difficult to recall details. I have realised that all these time, those "memories" have been lying dormant in my head. I have forgotten how it feels to wake up to 5BX. Or to sing army songs while marching. Or how painful my chin-up regime was. Or how being "tekan" by Sgt Lawrence felt like. Or Sgt Lawrence's famous mole and his funny way of saying "f***ing Ch**B**". Until Shawn reminded me.

Perhaps this is what we all go through, getting caught up with "dailyness" that sometimes, reminiscing about the past can seem like a personal revelation. How blissful it was back then, when all that encompass "life" is training and sleep, and looking forward to meals and book-outs (at least for me). It was instinctual, almost. Early army life was all about these simple habituals that we so neglect, and when we finally get in touch with them again, we learn to appreciate them more.

This supposed "passage" that we all go through has been more than just a journey of personal discovery. I have made many friends that I am glad to keep in touch to this day. Skills that contributed to this being that is me today.

Army has made the yao-nie a more sullen person. And while I totally understood what he is going through, I could neither come up with a consolation, nor a solution for him. I tried to ask myself what it was that made me felt better back then, but I just could not find the answers. Perhaps being "serious" might not be such a bad thing after all.

It changed me. But I was never sure if it was for the better or worse. I just hope that going through all these will make him stronger, yet retain his innocence and comics.

I am glad Team CP finally met-up again. It was much overdue. And while I sigh at how the future might be for the 4 of us, perhaps I have to understand that this is just another "passage" that I have to take. We all move on. As painful and unbearable it is; as unwillingly and stubborn we are to changes; as much as I miss them.

It was rejuvenating, yet heart-wrenching.

Rediscovering Garbage

Shirley Manson makes me wanna put on gothic eyeshadow, drive a fast car, have wild sex, and smash some guitars or whatevers. all at the same time.

metaphorically. cos that's virtually impossible. but u get what i mean.

I weekly did a poll on 30 Singaporeans, asking them if they think Faye Wong sld retire altogether. 60%, which is 18 of them, felt she should retire for good. as opposed to the 40% (12) who thinks she sld resurface again.

i feel like arranging the 18 in 1 straight line and running that fast car over them.

no.... sweeter revenge wld be for the Chi pop scene to be saturated with Xu Chun Meis and Chu Mei Fengs...wannabes u feel like putting a huge watermelon into their mouth before they utter any painful notes.

then i hope they will be kissing their sorry asses and begging for Faye to sing again. or even just to hum a note wld be sweeter than anything in the world.

i dun tink it takes the deaf to hear nor the blind to see that we're running a talent-deficit here. why are the talents not gettin the rewards they deserve? the usual badingdings keeps gettin all the recognition and sales records.

hand me the guitars. i feel destructive today.

sexxxxyback

YY,
i tell u, i watched the JT vid for 5 times liao!!!(5th time on ya blog. i cant help it) haha. and as i was watching JT's live performance of Like I Love You (i tink tt's one of the best pop songs ever)at some old MTV award that day, i cant help but think tt singing/dancing in a suit makes all.the.difference.in.the.world. red tee + black shirt over red tee + fedora jus looks so amateurish n teeney-poppy. but botak and dancing nifty sharp moves in a suit? eye-popping.

either that, or we're jus gettin old and growing out of Britneys and Hilaries.

and the lightings at the beginning helped too.

screams+half-sing: "my lovvveeeeee, my lovvvveeeeee,.......get your sexxxy on!"

Project Runway!!!

it's backkkkkkk!!!!!!!! whoopeeeeeee!!!! PROJECT RUNWAY 3 IS BACCCCCKKKKK!!!

SEXY BACK!

love it.

i miss Daniel V, Chloe Dao, KARA SAUN(!!!), JAY(!!) AUSTIN(!!!!!), Santino.

and it's so hilarious. some funny cuts n edits and bio videos. Heidi Klum's laugh is infectious and she sounds like a dumb blonde today.

i cant wait for my pirated dvds to arrive to relive the first 2 seasons....kekekekekkeek.


k brainless. i'm jus rushing thru assignments again, period. nothing much to blog about. oh JP finally has a SISTEC outlet!!! whoopee!!! so now i can buy my tics at a stone's throw away. haha... JP has everything la. except mayb Chippys and Full House milk tea. haha. and i went Pizza Place with huiting yesterday and the pizza's great! rediscovering JP. wonderful.

lalalaalalalalalalaa. brainless n clueless. ache ah ache. i sound like Heidi.

PRISON BREAK TOMORROW. i tink it will be a fantastic season premiere.

sexxyback

i did relatively well for my TMA 01s. phew..... whoopee larrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......haha

68 for English, 73 for Humanities. kekekeke.

i know....still GIGANTIC rooms for improvement. and i wana do beta also. but this is definitely a morale booster for TMA 2 which is due on this thurs n next thurs!!! haha.....this time i feel more prepared. so hopefully it'll go well.

Ash helped me get Chet's Travelogue 1 from her HK trip!!! whoopee!!! so regreted not gettin it at HK last time...no $$. but now i'm 1 step closer to the full catalogue. kekekekekeke. enjoy it laters.

and Justin Timberlake's latest album is friggin fantabulous lar. his + Christina Aguilera's + Nelly Furtado's albums are the must-gets this season. serious.

JT's FutureSexLoveSound is supersonic. there's like only 1 ballad this time, with a few comin close. it's more beat-heavy than the previous album, but v v v cohesive. i love cohesive albums with a sustained/continuous mood. sounds very Timbaland-ish (Missy Elliot's long time collaborator), which i suspect he's the producer. upbeat and groovy. love. and the cool poster is hanging on my wall! haha.

Xtina Aguilera is no longer dirrty, thou she still claims so in a song called "still dirrty" or smthin like dat. a 2cd concept album tt's worth the $$ man. everything is Back To Basics, and there's clear 30s, 40s swing/big band influences. disc 1 is the groovy one, and disc 2 has the ballads (of sorts). 1 thing i did not like thou was that Ms xtina was singing almost at the same level thruout, belting and belting and belting. there wasnt quiet moments tt showcase her strong vocals to the best ability, cept for 1 song on disc 2. anws, disc 2 is produced by Linda Perry, her previous album's producer. and u cant find her name on disc 1, so it's a truely concept album. am i makin sense?

anws, Nelly Furtado. oh Nelly is jus greatgreatgreat. Maneater and Promiscuous are earworms i never get tired of. and Timbaland is wicked. very beat-heavy too, and very nifty production. nice. thou i kinda miss i'm-like-a-bird Nelly. Nelly's gettin dirrrty lar. haha..

oh well. back to work. urgh urgh urgh.

I never really thought of Junhong as just a "j1 buddy". it's just an indication of time. i've always thought that he's one of the best pals i have.

but after reading the testimonial, it pains me to see those words laid in front of my eyes. suddenly, i see. it's a revelation, and i can only sigh at wat has passed. i've been consumed by "stuff" to see that ours has become a friendship that's almost non-existent.

and as i look through my photos, the different stages, i felt a pang of sadness. suddenly, i miss Lyn. my platoon. my slackin trio. and my jc friends.

i hate this.

I want to be strong. I have to be strong. I will be strong.

For the next two months i shall be unapologetic, in the least rude way possible. I do not want to feel sorry for myself, or for anything for that matters, ever again. I will not be brought down by people who undermine me, circumstances that confine me, events that puzzle me, strangers that condescend me, and friends who underappreciate me. I'm making this promise to myself. I need to be the best that I can be.



my JJ council pals. it was a good laugh after a long time apart.

"All we really need to survive is one person who truely loves us. And you have her. I will wait for you. Always.
I love you. "

- L O S T ep 2.24 : Live Together, Die Alone

isnt this exciting or wat?!?!?!?!

it's been a rough day. but Clara cracked me up so hard when i read this email reply she sent me:



Q: wat's the present president's name and contact number, cos i might need her help. the vice-president's contacts might be good also if u have it.

A: eee.. i think you better be careful of the new excos. i heard they do not like the president and are planning to overthrow her. i know overthrow is a big word, haha, but it's true. they said it.
anyway, president is li***** and her numbers are ******** and ********.
vice president is jo***n and her number is ********.
heard the two of them were quarrelling over liz****'s ex (al****) who is also in the exco. isn't this batch exciting? hahaha!


Clara is officially the funniest 16 yr old i know. period.

and in lec today, some Chew-bites:

"Einstein didnt comb his hair and didnt lose his job. so wat does it say? genius no need to comb hair lar."

Idol-mania

I just watched last week's result show and tonight's performance of Singapore Idol.

Gurmit was teary-eyed and surprisingly un-talkative. Jacintha pulled out 1 strand of hair and placed it across her face to pay tribute.

Paul Twohill. the life of the party. i'll miss him.


tonight's performances were almost great, if not for Jasmine's silly back-to-being-a-Carrie-wannabe choice of Some Hearts. i heard another tone in Hady's voice. and while i hope he'll win this season, Jon seems to be the hot favourite amongst the judges. just look at those bias comments. besides, i dun tink Singapore Idol wana be known for producing 2 Taufiks. it's still a very strategic and carefully marketed business at hand: whomever's got the more potential to earn the bucks shall win. of cos he's gotta have a lil decency in his singing. but that's secondary as compared to, say, looks or the "x-factor".

and tt's why my love for Jon Leong has diminished. i tink on top of his hardwork, he got lucky by winning the judges over. but still, i have to give him credibility and say i absolutely adore the Phil Collins song tonight. but the second choice of The Police's Everything She Does is Magic is jus too poppish and he's tryin hard to imitate Sting's tone. urk. but that first song left an impression so it wont matter if the 2nd choice sucked. besides, he's on a high after succesive smart choices of song. Snow Patrol was a smart commercial choice and he pulled it off well.

Jasmine amazed me last week. that Fame song? great. and Jewel's Foolish Games? one of my all time fave songs. i jus wished she cld have just sat down and SANG it to death, instead of walkin ard and all tt hand gesture. perhaps i'm bias, i lovelovelove the song to death.

i read an article tt explained why American Idol is the most important show on earth now. on the commercial $$-making side, whomever performs on the show, sales of their album will increase tremendously. after Shakira performed the electrifying Hips Don't Lie, sales of her album increased by more than 200% in the U.S. Stevie Wonder, the legend, also benefitted from the exposure. and Barry Manilow's album went to #1.

but on top of that, here's the 3 reasons why:
-it's fluff/ it's therapeutic
it's not real, and it skids away from reality based drama talkin bout law, terrorism, and what-have-u that's happening in the world today. it "transports us to an alternate universe", prob in the same way Lost keeps u entwined. temporary escapism. yet, we can remain pleasantly detached. we get annoyed at why the talents are voted out. but the bottom line "isnt anything as drastic as war or suffering, but a record contract and a concert tour."

-it's a soap opera/ it's a psychological experiment
you can still follow the plot even if miss every performance show, cos the result show plays like a soap opera tt keeps repeating tiself. as for the psycho part, "viewers absorb the visual and verbal clues from the judges and Seacrest, and pick up on the night's favourite." and because of what a judge might say, voters probably try and prove their independence and vote against a contestant.

-i'm a critic/ you're a critic.
everyone's allowed a piece of the pie. everyone gets to say something. u can blog it (like me). go to forums, mags, papers, etc. in the end, u're hooked.

it's true somehow. but for me, at least, wat gets me back week after week about American Idol is the singers. it's fun rooting for someone. in season 2 i rooted for Kimberley Locke. and week after week, i got happier that she's advancing more and more, and eventually she's in top 3. i cried when Fantasia sang All My Life and I Believe. i prob said it a thousand times before already. but for me, it's about making me feel something at the end of the day. of cos it can also be waiting to see when another Josh Gracin/Chicken Little-forgot-his-name/ Ace Young make their exit, or when another William Hung will take the world by storm. and of cos Simon Cowell.

heck i didnt plan to write so much. i planned to iron my clothes to my music!!! but anyways,

I am exhilarated the Prison Break is finally here and Project Runway didnt allow me a hangover. whoopee!!! and Wentworth Miller is a Princeton Grad with a degree in Literature! gosh, like how hot is that mannnnnn.

"love it"

k lunch later! yeah!

like it? that's HOT.

i feel guilty for saying this....... but i am enjoying Paris Hilton's album. urgh. it makes me laugh so hard. there's a song called Jealousy that goes "i tot u were my best friend, i tot we'd be together till the end..." and i can only imagine how crazy berserk Nicole Ritchie will be when she hears that. haha....

and there's a song titled Screwed. i just cant stop laughing everytime she sings "since i'm already screwed...."

no self awareness? i think she's the best commedienne in ages. hahahahahahahahahaa.

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.

the way we were

the trailer went "Streisand. Redford. Together!", set to the sad music of The Way We Were. that was hilarious. it cant get any cheesier. i wonder wat kind of funny trailers they have back then.

a Sydney Pollack romance flick cant be that disappointing, i thought. it wasnt. it didnt have the premise of a typical romance flick. there wasnt any happy ending, thou no one died in the end. there's plenty of political talk. and there's no wisecracking sidekick to tell them how they sld fall in love.

so it's a story bout two people who fell in love years later after college. in the end, they couldnt get over their differences and had to go their separate ways.

honestly, i watched it for Barbra. and i now have new-found interest in Robert Redford cos he so suave in this movie. i'm so gonna watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. but anws, Barbra was ravishing. she's aged so much, but that VOICE. IMO, she's one of the best singers ever. her catalogue is marvelous. and her Essentials album is one of my treasures. her career is any singer's dream: Oscars, Grammys, wat have u. amazing. i'm in the mood to catch Yentl and Funny Girl now.

i found the movie abit long, even thou it's onli a tiny 118mins. yar. not life changing, but it's an o-k movie.

i'm gonna watch Devil wears Prada tml. come rain or shine. desperately. and after i'll prob be on a Meryl high and watch Adaptation and Prime. haha.

i didnt know wat IMF stands for...until Quinnie told me so a while ago. International Monetary Fund. yea. i'm losing touch with the world, however small some claims Singapore to be. i dun even know wat my frens are doin all around the island. i dun even know how badly injured my Tekong friend is. i dun even know how Foo is doin cos i haven got the time to visit. heck i dun even know what i'm doin sometimes.

the unknown. while it might be a realm of possibilities, it's an elusive being i'm always tryin to put my fingers on. an enigma. the what-ifs. the maybes. sometimes i get sick of it. and in a way, after shi-lar-ker's very "tiresome" entry, the fatigue has rubbed onto me.

why am i writing this anyway?

i came here to post about Goong. i have nothin much to blog about these days. i dun feel v strongly very often. perhaps only towards tv and music and movies these days. i jus feel very indifferent u know. liek, DO U TINK I CARE ala beauty-chua-peihong. i miss her saying that empowerin line.

my social circle is the the incredible-shrinking-hole, and makin new frens in school is slower than tryin to count the rice on my plate, whatever that means. on that note, channel U used a Kings Of Convenience song for a trailer. yar. such randomness.

so back to Goong. i am at the last disc of part 1. it's hopelessly romantic. not in the candlelight dinners every 5 min, with the man willing to jump into the ocean to fetch just a pearl kinda romantic. but....sweet. yes...SWEET. in the way every one envisioned themselves to fall in love with royalty, an icon of massive adoration. but it's never that blissful as it seems. seeing them fall in love gradually makes u root for them. the premise reminds me of Little Bride (xin niang 18), both couple fallin in love only after a very rash marriage, and one tt is arranged by their ancestors even b4 they met. but the female lead is sooooo much less irritating than the female lead in Little Bride. she's jus sweet, cute, adorable. easy to fall for cos she's so lovelorn lar. there's lavish sets and so many fancy costume changes.

the pace's very slow thou. but i like the slowburn. very peaceful like as if i'm really watchin in the palace. the niang-niang is so funny. but the best part is of cos the love triangle lar. slowly the characters develop, and slowly the plot thickens as the lovers fall in love. the aloof prince that rarely speaks of his emotions, but is so heartfelt when he does. the princess who sacrificed for love, and whose cheerful facade masks her sorrow. the prince-that-was who fell in love with someone he wasnt supposed to, and revenge is a slow process. and of cos, the jealous ex-lover, who desires to be not the Princess Diana, but the next Carmela, the one waiting in the wings, the one that the prince will run to, even in the presence of Diana.

i sound like a sec school girl lar. so enuf said. i will watch smthin intellectual soon tankewverymuch.

next up, The Way We Were. ar-haha. snigger.

i tink this is so blissful i jus have to put it up now. sometime ago at PPP concert. yes, i COPIED it. i cant wait for u to send.

sigh.

i documented Shawn's "deflowering" ceremony a few hours ago.....

1st look.

2nd look (gasp)

with some helping hands to create 3rd look....

the mohawk.

and the eventual.

i feel sad (for him). i'm gonna miss him.

good luck in the army buddy.

implode

my monitor has suffered a breakdown. it's tryin to cause a rebel. and so i had to dig out my old monitor(tank gosh for tt). luckily it works. so here's how it looks like...

i'm now closer to the monitor. almost too close for comfort. approx 15cm away. any further i'd have to stretch out my hands to reach the keyboard. the font's so much smaller. everything is jus so darkkkkk i cant even see black. i dun even wana see Goong now. urgh.

i suspect my sister turned on the pc for so long tt it jus poof! and stopped workin for us. usually she'll retaliate if she's accused, but she didnt just now. hmmmmmm...

so i cant wait to spoil my eyes. great. it's times like these i learn to appreciate even the non-living and its convenience and contributions to our daily comforts.

it's Sandy, humming to Incomplete.

Tony the Tangerine Tofu man.

脱掉!!!
Mosquito and Ash.

the cats.
centre partin, no partin, show tt forehead. possibly the last ktv for a while - 040906

王菀之 - 手望

手望

歌手：王菀之 作曲：王菀之 填詞：王菀之 編曲：Alex@The Invisible Men

落葉上要寫字　願望是讓眼睛只看到善意

我要我的天使同情我廝守一輩子

花不開也看成奇蹟　枯乾的世界漫延

不要問我那故事難過極了

#寂寞夜裡出現　是為著讓曙光消散了便算

我已害怕光線　停留漆黑中等變酸

天多灰也當是藍色　深居於新生樂園

軀殼在這個世上零度裡探賞

#途中花瓣結霜　連手心都凍傷

又再妄想　連呼吸都灼傷　求天賜我膽量

若意識裡沒法看穿這個下場

期望你空中拖著我歌唱

手捉不到　在透明異國共舞

#寂寞夜裡出現　是為著讓曙光消散了便算

我已害怕光線　停留漆黑中等變酸

星星粉碎了留痕跡　一早知願望樹絕情

不要亂碰那次傷口太深　越痛越要分心

#只可惜當回憶統統結霜　連真心都凍傷

就怪我的求生聲音太響　難擁你到天上

若有天你望見世間我已著涼 原諒我不小心或太緊張

屈膝禱告　為我們下世預告

來生比你走得早　好想你擁抱

#落葉上再寫字　願望是共你於天國裡遇見

昨日未了的事　靜靜讓你知

Everwood, again.

i wrote a nice entry but somehow it got lost. am so pissed. here's tryin to recover it.

it's another sad episode of Everwood today. Amy and Bright learnt of their mom's cancer, and Amy had to receive another terrible piece of bad news that Ephram might be going away to Europe and never coming back. the episode ended with Rose tellin Harold that she cant feel her legs. Chemo has taken a toil on her physically.

the cliff-hanger in the end jus makes me cringe. the recent episodes all have such endings. not in the Lost kinda ending, but in the same way, u want to find out wat happens next to the characters, except in this case there is more emotional involvement for me.

seeing Amy and Ephram makes me fall in love, however painful it might end up.




Joan of Arcadia. today's episode is meaningful. through auditioning for a musical, Joan made a difference to the people around her. she got a few surprises of her own, and one of them is the terrible realisation that Adam and her might be separated when the time comes for them to go to college.

Joan - So more surprises?
Johnny - Oh, yeah. There's always more surprises.
Joan - Yeah.
Adam - Jane. Hey. Hi. It was all falling apart.
Joan - I know. I'm sorry.
Adam - And then it was burning and then, I know, it got foggy, but then when, you know, you sang that song, Jane, that amazing song... (he kisses her) you know what would be the perfect school for us? North Carolina school of the arts. Ok? Y-you can sing, and I'll do art. And... what?

Joan - I don't know if I want to sing.
Adam - Oh. Ok.
Joan - I'm mean if you wanna go there...
Adam - no, no, no, no, no, no. You know, we're picking a place together.

Joan - Adam... are you really gonna be happy if you don't go where you want because of me? We wanna control this because we love each other, but that's-- that's exactly why we shouldn't.
Adam - But if we go to separate places...
Joan - I know. We won't know how things will turn out. Just like tonight, but... tonight turned out to be pretty amazing, and... I want that for you. Don't you want that for me?
Adam - Yeah. It's scary.
Joan - I know. You know, I could never get into Berkeley. And California is just... way too beach boys for me.
Adam - You might like it.
Joan - I'll visit.

in case u're confused, JOA airs Sundays at 4.30pm. it's a very well written show. Joan lives in Arcadia (hence the title). she talks to God. and each week God has an assignment for her. God appears in various forms: from the janitor, to the little girl in the playground, to even the punkiest person in school. and thru these "assignments", Joan changes the "bigger picture" and causes a ripple effect for the good. each week, she learns about faith, more faith, friends, family, life, and herself. the world doesnt jus revolve ard her, and she sees her purpose in this world.

it might sound like some heavily religious stuff, but it's actually not. if u like nerdy talk (last week the geeks were tryin to explain rock-scissor-paper with algrbra, science, psychology, math, and all rolled into 1!), u'll love this witty show.

and then there's Veronica Mars, the best new show on tv now. thou set in a high school, it's surprisingly un-teenagy. in fact, it's wickedly smart, edgy, fun, and witty to the bone. part Nancy Drew without the girly factor, mixed with Sherlock Holmes skills, VM is growwwiing on me. highly addictive.

here's wat it's all about:
In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, the rich and powerful make the rules. They own the town and the high school, and desperately try to keep their dirty little secrets just that.secret. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell), a smart, fearless 18-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town's toughest mysteries.

During the day, high-school senior Veronica must negotiate the halls of Neptune High like any average teenage girl, alongside her friends Wallace Fennel (Percy Daggs III) and P.C.H. Bike Club leader Eli "Weevil" Navarro (Francis Capra). By night, Veronica helps with her father Keith's (Enrico Colantoni) private investigator business, sneaking through back alleys and scoping out no-tell motels with a telescopic-lens camera and her math book in an attempt to uncover the California beach town's darkest secrets. And in between, Veronica frequently helps add to her college fund by tackling a variety of problems for desperate classmates.

After discovering that Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring) movie star father murdered Lilly Kane, the now-vindicated Mars family finds themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home, following a new local tragedy. Meanwhile, after a summer of surprises and sordid murder trials, Logan and best friend Duncan Kane(Teddy Dunn) find themselves at odds, while Veronica must deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year with familiar and surprising fresh faces, including Logan's carousing buddies Dick and Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas (Ryan Hansen and Kyle Gallner) and Jackie Cook (Tessa Thompson), the fiery, flirty daughter of a professional baseball player.

pardon my indulgence. i jus feel that good tv has to be shared. instead of watching brainless ch8 dramas, watch smthin smart and heartfelt. enjoy.

sk8terboi

2E CLASS GATHERING - 020906

i was a sk8terboi again todat at ECP. i'm falling in love with ECP. strong gusts of wind, kites, clouds, lovely sea view. i guess it's the windy weather that made me fall for it. but it's such a beautiful sight to behold, and to just skate the afternoon away. albeit only for an hour. i want to go there more often. and i can only imagine how romantic it'll be when night falls.

skating's an expensive hobby. i shall skate on weekdays next time. or cycle.

2E gatherin was quite fun. it felt very 4/1-ish cos the usual suspects were there. but it was nice to see Ris, Suriya Shazi Wenhui Zhenjia Jieren after such a long time now. pity i didnt talk to them much. even towards Ris, we didnt catch up much today.

i guess i do feel a lil anti-social nowadays. i dunno. perhaps i've ran out of lame jokes to tell.

. i had to leave early. i fell asleep while standing on the train. am pretty zonked. went to my workplace hoping to collect my pay, but it wasnt ready. false alarm.

.blanked.

Everwood 3:19 - "Acceptance"

[Cut to the Brown kitchen. Ephram is pouring him a glass of orange juice, when he sees Amy walking up to the back door and knocking. He walks over and opens it.]

EPHRAM: Hey.
AMY: Hi. I know it's late, thanks for letting me come by.
EPHRAM: Yeah, of course. Uh, come on in.

[Amy walks in and they both sit at the kitchen table.]

AMY: Can I ask you something??
EPHRAM: Sure anything.
AMY: Do you remember when you gave me this? (holding up the necklace he gave her)
EPHRAM: Uh, of course, we'd just gotten out of the movies. Uh, it was when that whole stupid STD test was happening.
AMY: Oh, right. Forgot about that. I was so mad at you that day.
EPHRAM: I know. I remember.
AMY: But I remember is you telling me that the circle represented infinity.
EPHRAM: Yeah, I remember that too.
AMY: I guess, I just don't know why you said that. I'm a little bit confused.
EPHRAM: Uh, why? Uh, exactly. I mean, how so?
AMY: Well, to me, when someone says infinite, it means forever. Y'know, not like a promise of forever, I didn't say that, just more like the possibility of a forever. I guess that I thought you thought that it was possible. You never did, not really did you?

[Ephram just looks at her.]

AMY (CONT'D): You bought the necklace after you wrote the essay.
EPHRAM: I don't know. Uh, maybe, I don't remember. Look, when I wrote that essay,
AMY: You didn't think we'd work. Remember that conversation too. And I remember feeling so confident that we would. I had no idea you were so not confident.
EPHRAM: No, it's not that. It's just I wanted you to have every possible option. When I said infinite, I meant it. I did always want you in my life, I still do in whatever way possible.
AMY: You mean like friends.
EPHRAM: Maybe. (beat) I mean, as friends, is better than not at all. Right?
AMY: So you never really thought we'd wind up together.
EPHRAM: You mean like married?
AMY: I know, it's crazy, I'm just asking.
EPHRAM: Umm, I-I don't know. Uh, I mean, it seems kind of unlikely, right?

[Amy nods tearful in agreement.]

EPHRAM: High school sweethearts. Kinda...
AMY: Small town?
EPHRAM: Yeah, I guess, it's just not the way that I grew up. Not what I'm use to. I don't know, maybe, uh, maybe part of me never did really believe that..
AMY: Believe what?
EPHRAM: I don?t know, uh, that you'd ever really love somebody that much, y'know, en-enough for forever.
AMY: You know what's funny about that, Ephram, is that I really did. I believed that. (beat) And what it is, this whole time, you've been thinking about me, always making sure that I'm okay, no matter what.
EPHRAM: Is-is that wrong?
AMY: No. No. It's just that I was always thinking about us.

[Ephram finally gets where Amy was going with the conversation and sinks his head. Amy holds up the necklace for Ephram to see and places it on the table.]

EPHRAM: I'm sorry.
AMY: Yeah. Me too.

[Amy gets up and kisses Ephram on the top of his head and walks out the door. Ephram just sits at the kitchen table]

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Everwood is one of my favourite shows of all time. it's the best family drama there is. it's so well written it pains me to see it being snubbed every year at the Emmys. and finally, the series is comin to an end after season 4. it's one of the shows tt suffered after The WB(home of Buffy & Smallville) and UPN(home of ANTM) merged and timeslots werent enough for all the shows. there's the "save everwood" online petition goin on, but i doubt it will make a difference. i jus hope all 4 seasons will be out on dvd.

This episode was shown last Sunday. Ephram broke up with Amy some time ago when he found out that his ex-girlfriend was pregnant and gave up the baby for adoption. he wanted time to re-think his life. now he just wants to start things slow with Amy again by being friends. but Amy wasnt thinkin about that. she was confident that he's the one. and after an epiphany, she confronted Ephram and the above happened.

it was so painful to watch. especially when i was havin my head phones on and each word was comin through. especially when Emily VanCamp looked so heartbroken. i tink she's a talented young actress. together with Gregory Smith, both of them made teenage heartache look so real.

i guess u're probably confused by now. but it's seriously underrated. and it doesnt deserve the Sunday 10am timeslot either. it kills the mood. and it made me miss so many episodes. so go give it a try in a few hours time. u might not like it upon the first view, and think it's jus another 7th-heaven sorta rip off. but it's far from that. and if u've been watching as much as i have, i guess u'd prob agree with everything i said.

it's the weekend! so chill!

I received a call from Vijay about 2 hours ago...

"PROM NIGHT IS ON THE 23RD NOVEMBER."

I had butterflies in my stomach immediately. gasp gasp. I have been caught up with my school work and MJ that Prom has been idling alone at the back of my head. Now is the time to get to work and find space on my wall to pin up that huge mahjong paper. I need to assemble a TOP NOTCH team asap. I need to start making calls and meeting people. CSSSCA!! please don't run away from me.....stand beside me!

On a brighter note, IT'S THE WEEKEND!!! I cannot explain how estactic and relieved I felt after handing in those assignments. I swear never to wait until the last minute cause rushing and travelling's a bitch. I love snail mail.

On an even brighter note, I'm looking forward to Dr Chew's lecture every alternate week. Every week, I get a truckload of Chew-bites. Her political humour and eccentricities are just so farnieeeee. Her wisdom and observations so true. I shall make it a point to quote her as much as I can here.

here's this week's Chew-bites:

- "If you want good service, you better speak the best English."

- "My niece was very trendy, and I was surprised she wanted to be a teacher. "

- "'Cause u know why? teaching is the best way to get PR."

- "Boys don't speak correctly. They purposely use bad words so that they are more masculine."

- "so don't call them crippled la. any physical deform just pretend you never realise it."

- "sum-ple" (sample)

- "dart-tar" (data)

might not sound funny when read here. You've got to see for yourself perhaps.

and from my dart-tar, here's some words that display political correctness:

avoid terms which smacks of racism, ageism, sexism, ethnicism, creedism, physicalism.

cripple - physically challenged

refugee - internally displaced person

Association for Educationally sub-normal children - Association for people with special needs.

Blacks - African - American

Chairman- Chairperson (genderism)

Fireman - Firefighter

broken home - dysfunctional family

bum - homeless person

short person - vertically challenged

ghetto - economically challenged area

mad - mental illness

Jane Devan writes an open letter to SIM(Singapore International Media) on accents over radio and tv.

"Dear Sir,

I wish to inform you that I have ceased listening to 90.5FM. The last straw was one of your announcers reporting a traffic jam at Care-lang. If you have difficulty, sir, guessing where Care-lang is, you will understand my fury. (Care-lang is what you and I have known all our lives as Kallang.)

This was not an isolated incident. Fifteen minutes before I learnt of the traffic accident at Care-lang, I discovered our Ambassador to the United States was Mr S. R. Nay-then (Nathan). And about a month ago, I was told that China's paramount leader was Mr Dank Shopping (Deng Xiaoping)."

(The Straits Times, 21 October 1994)

Ironic how we always assume that the grass is always greener on the other side eh.

On the brightest note...

I'm amazed I've listened to 林忆莲's 本色 album for about 15 times through over the past 4 days. I am really looking forward to 9th December 2006.It will be 夜色无边 and a magical night for me I am sure. I am all psyched up. I am sure I'll be able to remember all the songs by then at the rate I'm going. =)=)=)

gorgeous pictures from her brand new album. =)