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Tuesday, May 1, 2007 11:20 p.m.

birthday dinner with the grandparents;
chilli crab, black pepper crab, butter prawns and baby squid make for one VERY HAPPY CAMPER.

Monday, April 30, 2007 01:47 a.m.

today was all about mass and lunch with janice and charmaine;
i can't decide if i like indian or japanese curry better.

before a birthday post that i'm going to put up when i feel less lazy, maybe a pictorial summary of april;
the month i had so much free time on me i was game enough for almost anything.

# oily, contemplative suppers at newton circus.

# latenight mustafa centre shopping.

# twice at pow for little band gigs.

# jo's birthday meetup with the class girls.

actually, these are purely the things i did with weiyan present, since these are her photos after all.

# many impromptu suppers.

i'm too lazy to upload photos from my own camera, and right now, way too lazy to prepare for an interview that i want to ace so badly.
sigh.

when panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird
raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse
all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse
every reassurance just magnifies the doubt
better find yourself a place to level out

Saturday, April 28, 2007 01:14 a.m.

just got off the phone with sarah the chemical-engineering nerd in america who skipped class to do homework (but i still love you!), sab, michelle and tricia - conference calls, i like!

Friday, April 27, 2007 06:37 a.m.

we put this up at island creamery for the juniors yesterday.

sherelynn frightens me sometimes.

needless to say my body clock is screwed beyond measure and reading haruki murakami this time of day is not helping particularly when so much is mentioned about the twilight zone;
i'm not an exceptionally big fan of his novels nor the very genre for that matter but that is what i do - read things i don't particularly like or know how to appreciate just to put myself out of my comfort zone and try to taste what it is people find so appealing.
i would much rather read lolita, dracula or east of eden (love the characterisation and language in these books) and i've quite a dominant mother hubbard within me so i don't suppose contemporary works are to my taste (though i love arthouse film!)

getting back to my point, it sometimes makes me feel stupid not being able to understand why it is people enjoy certain passions and interests - this would encompass chinese wayang and contemporary dance, and to some extent sculpture and other three-dimensional art forms.
certainly i can see the skill and craftmanship involved in all but they never really struck me as breathtaking or mind-blowing;
i broke it down and it's my belief that what you're weaned on since young is largely the creative compass in your later years.

take chinese wayang - it's more ear-piercing than anything but i love italian opera and musicals (i can memorise les misérables!) because my parents brought us up watching these shows.
my younger cousin can sit for hours watching chinese wayang but i doubt i'll ever acquire that habit.
i don't understand contemporary dance (it puts me to sleep really) possibly because the freeform nature of it contrasts so starkly with classical ballet and its staid constrictions, which is a discipline that i've been trained in since i was 4.
sculpture has largely remained a mystery to me - this i discovered during art excursions back in the day - and the only projects i chose to undertake in mr foo's classes were always the two- dimensional etch-printing, painting, drawing and collage-making.
i mean i suppose there must be some significance behind abstract displays but if it isn't as pretty as this, i can't appreciate it all that much.

wish i could appreciate them better though.

i just grabbed supper haha.
anyway i started off with a point but dawn breaks (enter the sun) so i guess in summary all i have to say is people need to be more open-minded about the interests of others and quit criticizing based on shallow opinions.
i mean has anyone read the forum page in the straits times dated 27th april on gay rights in singapore?
it's a diversion from what i've been saying so far but honestly...

Are homosexuals truly born gay?

please read it;
it's the singularly most preposessed and jaundiced piece of writing i've ever come across in the straits times forum (and believe me they often are).
i may be exaggerating, but honestly!

okay, this is definitely the lack of sleep talking - time to scoot.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 05:46 a.m.

dinner today was awesome!
pictures as soon as malorie uploads them...
anyway it's nearing 6 in the morning but that's okay because my ipod is nicely packed with new songs and albums for the month ahead.

hey now now, they'll find you when you're sleeping now now
they'll reach in and grab what you're dreamin' now now
cut it up and slip it back in, and i know, and i know, and i know it

hey now now, the smallest things are crushing me now
the crush crush crush is so comforting now
did the earth just slam in the sun, and i know, and i know, and i know it

won't undo their past by walking and talking backwards

Sunday, April 22, 2007 11:59 p.m.

this weekend's borders sale has got to be one of the best deals yet (buy 4 items and get a 25% discount off everything);
it was a little tricky shopping in multiples of 4 but i managed to get stuff like bright eyes' cassadaga and mika (can't resist pop sometimes) and many many paperback novels and magazines for the coming month of freedom i give myself before summer school and university take over.

good-shopping-friday was followed by saturday brunch at ps cafe with the girls.

as usual, i spy on kids (this one's an adorable australian);
harding road has got to be one of the most untouched places in singapore save for expat-frequented restaurants setting up shop in big and airy colonial houses - i want to live in one!

some of us left for jiaying's place right after;
this one was my best hand early on in the game before the luck kinda ran out.

this weekend has truly been all about good food;
after mass today, the family had lunch at da paolo il giardino in cluny court and i spied on french kids running amok!

endnote: my photography sucks doesn't it?
i figure it's also because i always take pictures on the sly. :D