East to West, then West to East

Clearly I havent been updating in awhile. I credit my inactivity to excuses such as being too busy with other things in life.

Lavendar (East) -> Boon Lay (West) -> Tanjong Pagar (Central East) -> Boon Lay (West)

From lavendar, I took the MRT all the way to Boon Lay, then Mom called me, in regards to many things on how I am going to survive with being on a cold war with my sister, sleeping darn late and waking darn early, that $1.89 in my bank, on how I still travel, still go out…etc, and other things amongst it.

So during this deep discussion, I neglected to notice that I have already reached Boon Lay (my desired destination). So there I went, all the way back East. My cellphone was flat, depriving me of telling the time. People were constantly coming in and out of the train, when the PA annouced “Tiong Bahru” (I had been oblivious to my whereabouts all along, so I am thinking, well that’s still so darn far). Ok, if that didn’t standout enough, the MRT went on “Outram Park Interchange”. Then it occured to me that I could be in the wrong direction! So I got off at “Tanjong Pagar” and went across the platform to take my journey back west. Wow, the whole travelling thing took 2.5 hours. Muy muy estupido! Missed the 830am class.

Speaking of trains, I am sick of people who thinks the MRT carriage is their bedroom. So many times I was trying to get a good rest and people from all directions disturb me. In one unlucky week, I had commuters who obviously don’t need headphones because no matter what, people CAN STILL HEAR through their headphones and listen in on their usually pounding-to-the-head music. Then another group of students blasting their emo-chinese-soapy song, and another man finding himself a ringtone, and admist all that, noisy chatter, annoying Indians/Philipinoes/Malays/Hokkiens who talk across the train like nobody’s business. Is it because they think nobody/minority of the people will actually understand them? Or are they just plain uncivilised and inconsiderate? Ironically, “Eating and Drinking is not allowed on trains and stations… *yada yada*… for the comfort of all passengers”. OKAY? I actually see no problem in eating as long as it is in discreet amounts, discreet aroma, and not sugary or full of crumbs. Because you don’t want ants crawling under your seats the next time, or spilt drinks to slip and fall down on. In that case, if the passenger’s comfort is valued, then why isnt LOUD MUSIC and LOUD CHATTER prohibited on trains??? Anyhow, it’s me against the world again. Therefore, I came prepared everytime. I got myself EAR PLUGS. Bright Orange Ones! How prepared!

Well one thing that was worth it during this long trip from a phone conversation, and other things factored in, is to… Shut up the F up (at all the time if possible). I’m emphasizing on that word, so that I can learn faster.

Disclaimer: I am not racist.

Condom Lubricant as Acne Cure

A condom lubricant designed for sex workers and gay men has become a popular acne cure among Cambodian women.

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You’re So True

Alright, I realize I haven’t updated in a long while! All I can say is that many things happened and many things didn’t happen. Whatever came my way, I am thankful, I feel I cannot bring the events that happend over my summer vacation with a few words nor a few pictures, so I decided to put my long entry on hold for now. I am just too lazy!

By the way, I really love this song. And the lyrics too!! The song is my kinda song, and the lyrics is so me. Lols.

Artist: Joseph Arthur
Song: You’re So True

I’m strange
And you’re strange
Don’t want you to change
No way
Ah ha ha ah

Why can’t I explain
Flying to the sun
Without a plane
When you’re here
Ah ha ha ah

And don’t you worry
’bout me babe
Cuz I’m right here
For you to say
Hope you know
You inspire me
You’re a flower
And I’m a bee
I need you
Ah ha ha ah

All this
You do for free
Give me hope
And I can see
You’re so true
Ah ha ha ah

And don’t you
Worry bout me babe
Cuz I’m right there
For you to say

All the day
All the time
You and I know
You’re the waves of my ocean
Here’s my ring and my devotion
All the time
All the time
You and I know
You’re the waves of my ocean
Here’s my ring and my devotion

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
You’re so true
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
You’re strange
And I’m strange
Don’t want you to change
No way
How can I explain
Flying to the sun
Without a plane
When you’re here
Ah ha ha ha

And don’t you worry
’bout me babe
Cuz i’m right here
For you to say
Don’t you worry
’bout me babe
Cuz I’m right here
For you to say

All We Can Do Is Keep Breathing

I think I may have watched this a couple million times, the Season 3’s finale of Grey’s Anatomy never fails to bring my emotions to a turmoil. Every single character has problems that I can almost sympathize with and put myself in their shoes. Their pain, the struggles, their hopes, the joy, it’s all putting a knot in my throat.

Nuff’ said, particularly, I’d like to put forth something so beautiful, that it makes me flinch in a good way…

“Cristina, I could promise to hold you, and to cherish you. I could promise to be there in sickness and in health. I could say till death do us part. But I won’t. Those vows are for optimistic couples, the ones full of hope. And I do not stand here, on my wedding day, optimistic or full of hope. I am not optimistic. I am not hopeful. I am sure. I am steady. And I know. I am a heart man. I take them apart. I put them back together. I hold them in my hands. I… am a heart man. So this, I am sure, you are my partner, my lover, my very best friend. My heart beats for you. And on this day, the day of our wedding, I promise you this. I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands. I promise you… me.”

-Preston Burke’s Wedding Vow to Cristina Yang:

This is heartfelt love. I just want to tear now.

[Update: An Oldie For my Lovey Mood]

Don’t Cry Joni

Jimmy please say you’ll wait for me
I’ll grow up some day you’ll see
saving all my kisses just for you
signed with love forever true

Joni was the girl who lived next door
I’ve known her I guess 10 years or more
Joni wrote me a note one day
and this is what she had to say

Jimmy please say you’ll wait for me
I’ll grow up some day you’ll see
saving all my kisses just for you
signed with love forever true

Slowly I read her note once more
then I went over to the house next door
her tear drops fell like rain that day
when I told Joni what I had to say

Joni, Joni please don’t cry
you’ll forget me by and by
you’re just 15, I’m 22
and Joni I just can’t wait for you

Soon I left our little home town
got me a job and tried to settle down
but these words kept haunting my memory
the words that Joni said to me

Jimmy please say you’ll wait for me
I’ll grow up some day you’ll see
saving all my kisses just for you
signed with love forever true

I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
I had to see Joni, I had to explain
how my heart was filled with her memory
and asked my Joni if she’d marry me

I ran all the way to the house next door
but things weren’t like they were before
my tear drops fell like rain that day
when I heard what Joni had to say

Jimmy, Jimmy please don’t cry
you’ll forget me by and by
it’s been 5 years since you’ve been gone
Jimmy I married your best friend John.

 

Random Rant

Ooh check out my horoscope outlook! Uncanny! Yes my attitude is quarrelsome. And I have problems with my neighbourhood, I will have to straighten that out, does that mean I go over and give them a good lashing out (as discussed in my previous entry) ?

Beware of your present emotions, because they’ll induce you to adopt an ambiguous attitude, which will prove to be a source of problems. You’ll make projects with your friends and you’ll sparkle like fire in their company. You’ll have to straighten out certain problems of neighborhood; try to minimize the divergence grounds and show diplomacy. If you must ask for a loan or make a financial transaction of utmost importance, this will be the perfect moment; your chances of success will be greater than ever before. Better luck in gambling, too.

The minute Michael Owen scored a goal for Newcastle, he instantaneously soared an 20% extra hotness in my eyes. Boy, I think I sound crazy now.

P.S. Good luck to Linda and my sister for tomorrow’s exam! May the force be with you! Don’t forget to wear your red undies! Speaking of which, I must go invest in one right now.

P.P.S. Oh, noise at night too. I don’t know it it’s an Indian Wedding or funeral. Whatever it is, at least it isn’t annoying a noise.

Pissed Off

OMFG! Drilling work going on diagonally across me about two houses away. I can’t see it close enough to have a picture of that, but I can hear it. What a monster! Disturbing my peace and quiet at broad afternoon.

I am so pissed that I just had to come online to write this entry, because nobody at home has the patience and mood to hear me whine. My darling blog is static, it listens to me and does whatever I want it to do. What a good boy. So here goes….

If it isn’t already bad enough, Yes, I am attributing my pig cycle (as defined in this diagram of my previous entry) to those noise. I mean my friend says, “If you really wanna study, you can study anywhere.” I guess that means, I am suppose to be able to filter out noise. BUT I AM TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY PIG CYCLE and the noise isn’t helping. Yes, IT IS ALL ABOUT ME. Isn’t it what the exams wanna test? What do I Know? What the heck did I learn this past semester? ME ME ME! Why don’t they just test me what time construction work near me starts? Approximately what time will one large vehicle start reversing in with ultra loud beeping sensors? What colour their machines are? What does that little white board with red words say? “DANGER – KEEP OUT”. What is the time interval between their drilling noise and un-drilling noise? TEST ME! I should be able to ACE it.

Constructions work of noise exceeding certain decibels should STOP during the month of April and November. Because university students who do not live in school residence, have no other refuge but home. They have EXAMS. E-X-A-M-S. That’s how you spell exams. If they can’t even stay at home for peace and quiet, where else can they go? Going out to study is expensive. Costs me ~$30 bucks per study trip out. Where else can they go? Maybe they are just better off drowning themselves in water so they can’t hear anything. I must sound crazy at this point. I AM FRIGGING PISSED OFF!!

I blame the drilling noise for not being able to hear anything. Apparently, my whole family has been shouting for me to go down for lunch, and I didn’t hear anything. My family believes in eating together while the food is fresh and hot. So when they left me food, just because I didn’t come down for lunch. It means something, NOT GOOD! Just that no one said anything about it, thinking this is the period of time they should be more understanding, etc etc etc. So I went and started complaining about stupid IRRITATING drilling noise. And before I could stop myself, I started tearing. MOM hates it when I tear, so she starts getting pissed off, and said something along the lines of how I should be thankful people are drilling at that time of the day and not midnight. Why don’t I just go across and tell those construction people off, instead of just complaining to her ears? And other stuff, I don’t think I have the heart to just repeat them out. Basically she is just being sarcastic on how I like to wake up past noon. Anyhow, I have a very good mind to just walk there and just tell them off. But walking there is sucha feat that requires much effort on my part. So I just sit here and endure the noise. Wow, another step closer to PIG lifestyle. Anyway I have already vented out, I have screamed at the construction site for 5 minutes telling them to SHUT UP and DRILL after my exams! Yes again, it’s all about me.

But you know, perhaps the night is just much more peaceful. LIKE I SAID, I can SLEEP WITH NOISE. Because I tune them out when I sleep. Analagous to my friend’s comment on “If you really wanna study, you can study anywhere”, I say this, “If you really wanna sleep, you can sleep anywhere”. That means, I REALLLY REALLLLY REALLLLY WANNA SLEEP, OKAY?!?!?!??!

Anyway, I hate being the last one at the table. You know what this means? It means, if you can’t finish up the food, either you bear the guilt of throwing food away, or you feel obligated to keep the food away nicely. Usually, I am just too lazy to keep the food, so I just eat it up, that settles everything

Just an aside, check this out, I WANNA LEARN this pickpocket technique. So cool!

Unscrew Myself

Tell me again, how do I unscrew myself?

Do you know what it is like to live like pig? Wasting your life away, battling your wits against Lady Luck on every exam? Just how many times will Lady Luck be there to save you, through every pitfall?

How many times have I immersed myself in this unruly cycle, stuck in this vortex that I can never get myself out of? It literally and metaphorically sucks shit out of me. No one likes living like pigs, even pigs aren’t this lazy. Everyone’s a little kid all grown up, they have conscience. I am a little kid, still too young. I should have known better than to give myself this shit with this kinda procrastination.

I guess I wanted to have a good noon’s start. You know, prepared my books and like start flipping a page or two, but then, noise pollution gets in the way. Noise, noise, noise at annoying frequencies!

Noise from the Lawn Mower

Noise from the Construction Site

Makes me want to lock myself in my room, turn down the room temperature and sleep. I can tune noise off when I sleep. Sleeping is so easy. Plus, the bright sunlight never fails to make me feel sleepy. Am I a pseudo vampire?

Dear Kids, I fear McDonalds & Exams. Do You?

“To keep myopia away, go outdoors and play!”

How about, “Keep myopia, Ace the PSLE.”?

What a scam to con kids! Speaking of kids, I was studying at McDonald’s yesterday. It was Day #1 hardcore mugging for me. 2 more days to Paper #1. I am too slow. Horrible me. Why am I still relaxing? Will getting myopia help me ace my exams? Anyway, I noticed lotsa kids, and I thought about the pictures my friends posted online of their cousins, their students, their nieces, etc. Boy, kids are getting prettier and and more handsome these days. I am sure they will grow up well. Are the genes getting better in Singapore?

“Who fathered that belly?”

“Mr McDonalds”

I hate McDonald’s. I have had it almost every day of alternative weeks. I am sick of it. Do they have anything new? And healthier? I go for McDonalds only coz it’s easier to eat on the run. And I am sucha busy woman sometimes. I eat McDonalds because I like the fries. But sometimes I get disappointed at the fries texture and taste. I like the Oreo McFlurry too. Boy, I must be getting heavier, unhealthily heavier. I remember when a random stranger at a park asked me if I was pregnant. Omg, my bulging tummy. I am not even being humble or pulling your leg. I am serious.

“The absence of fear is the scariest thing of all,

Even scarier than fear itself”

— Cheryl

Now back onto studies. I am the biggest procrastinator/ slacker. Everyone says that about themselves until they met me and gave me my well deserved title. Wow, I am so proud of myself, NOT. It’s not that I am a good for nothing or what. I do have goals. I do wanna graduate. But… sigh sometimes I just can’t help myself not doing work. It’s like everyone fears some time or another, even at the last minute. People panic on an average of about one month towards the exam, while I panic like a day before or an hour before. What’s wrong with me? I don’t think I lack motivation. I lack perseverance and I lack the fear of exams. People buck up at the last minute, and they start cursing themselves about 2 weeks into the exam. While they are mugging the whole day, I am on holiday mode. Is the problem the fact that I lack fear? I fear almost nothing. Ok gimme a minute to think about something I may fear… Hmm… *insert time lapse*… ok, I don’t like insects, I don’t like foreign workers. They creep me out. But fear? Nah.

Author’s Notes:

• Bias view towards McDonalds is a result of frequenting McDonalds too much. Note, it is not McDonalds fault if it is your choice to eat all that.
  
• Watching kids is a bad habit of mine, but no ill intentions. Not a pedoF. Guaranteed!
• Exams are on 16th to 29th. Wish me luck!

Baby Steps to Salsa

Well, thanks to Cuixi, I have learnt maybe like one basic step and one style move. She really can Salsa groove to the music and my favourite part was watching her twirl from one guy to the next. All on cue and on style. Very nice. Stylo and Sexy. Gosh, it’s damn damn hard to be sexy. I wanna be sexy! Anyhow my heels were killing me again!!!! I went home with bubble-looking blisters in my toe knuckles. ARGH! Really hope she had a wonderful time. But since her love, dream and passion are fulfilled on her birthday, I am pretty sure she had fun. Happy 21st once again.

[Updates: New Pics Added Below]

Nine Very Nice and Beautiful Ladies

P R I N C E S S E S

Our 15th Year Reunion, Birthday Parties 13 years Apart

This is my favourite pic of both of us together. Well, that’s it for the nice pictures of myself. There are more but I find it too unglamorous. Let me put myself looking in the best light I can find myself in, okay?

[Flashback Picture: My 21st Bday, January 2008]
P.S. I would kill for a picture of my 8th Birthday Party at KFC.

迷路的中国女士真爱说话！

她：请问 ________?
我：我不清楚, 应该 ______。
*She referred to her scrap paper and starts giving me Singapore Road Names in Chinese*
她: …你也是中国人吗？
我：不是。
她: 哇！你那么白！我以为你是中国人呢！
我：不是！但是我有很多中国朋友！

In case you cannot understand/ see the above, let me translate it for you.

Her: Do you know where ____ is?
Me: I am not sure, but it should be around….. (I asked if she knew any road names/ landmarks that are major and not just small road names, and she gave me some unknown Chinese road name)
*insert more random talk here*
Her: Oh are you from China too?
Me: No.
Her: You are so fair/ white (or what have you), I thought you are from China too.
Me: No, but I have lotsa friends from China.

WHAT DID I DO WRONG? I NEED A TAN. SERIOUS TAN.

So she continued to keep asking me question. And told me how could I not know where this temple is… apparently soo famous. No one’s ever heard of that temple, even my Dad and my friends don’t know of that place’s existence. I bet she got scammed. And how come I know so many Chinese friends, oh wow scholars, so impressive. etc etc etc.

So I continued, and told her I really don’t know, why don’t I get home and find out for her since my house is just nearby? I asked if she had a phone number, I could tell her where then, after I do my online search. Or I kinda told her to go search it up online. She asked me how much internet cafes were and where…. stuff like that. And oh, I live nearby, how could I not know…. so anyway, she kinda made me call up people and ask them where that temple is. And I really couldn’t turn her down could I? She is so strong and forceful. And Im kinda a weakling who just couldn’t say no to being nice and helpful. She was like “快点打电话给你父母！问清楚!” (Translation: Quick, call your parents and verify!)