Monday, July 23, 2012

Love



Anthems of our lives :)


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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Good times



I felt 16.

Thank you, Stone Roses.

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Garage flower



Fools gold.


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Tonight!

Cause I love only me...I love only me..

Saturday, July 21, 2012

It has arrived

21st July, 2012.

Ramadan comes again. May we all have a good one.

Friday, July 20, 2012

It's out



August issue.


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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Hyperballad



by Daniel on 7/18/2008 8:48pm
Living on a mountaintop together can be seen as a symbol of being completely in love; the beautiful view from the top is how she sees the world when she's so in love. She's at such heights of emotion. Throwing off objects and imagining her death is not so much rehearsing suicide as it is testing the relationship, thinking about what it would be like to lose that love, a daily reminder of just how precarious love is. This is a private act ("before you wake up"), doubts and fears she keeps to herself. Crashing down on the rocks below can be seen as falling out of love. The line, "will my eyes be closed or open" = if she loses her love, will she have been aware of that as it was happening.


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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

I wanna...I wanna...I wanna be adored

After being a fan for half of my life, I'm finally going to see them live this Sunday.



Stone Roses!


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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

To be free but till then...

"All the concepts about stepping out of your comfort zone mean nothing until you decide that your essential purpose, vision and goals are more important than your self-imposed limitations."

- Robert White

Monday, July 09, 2012

Burst of star

Mother and I with a Malaysian actress/host/cook/writer, Sheila Rusly.



That's all.


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Sunday, July 08, 2012

After the fall...



Not meant to be happy but I was hungry and I saw a food stall up ahead.

Went to a friend's place..her mom just passed away this afternoon.

She was dressing up to go out, felt breathless, rested and never woke up. Within 2 hrs she was gone.

Inallillahiwainnaillaihi rojiun.

That's how swift You pull our lives.

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Hey



How are you, Bibik?

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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Not alone

Whenever I feel down, God has His way of showing me the light.

An ex-student of mine is feeling extremely suicidal and I, as her former mentor, felt that it’s my responsibility to snap her out of it.

Truth is, I am not feeling top of the world myself but like SpiderMan, a responsibility is like a duty that you cannot shake off. So, yes, I’ve been trying to talk her out of it.

This happened before and I managed to talk her out of it but this time round, I am not sure. Since we’re no longer in close contact (I used to teach her everyday), it’s hard to dig out the problem.

I don’t know. God, can you help me?

She and I…we both have been feeling down in the pits lately. Though I have the wisdom (not the sharpest but it keeps me away from the knife) and maturity, she may not be so.

God, should she were to do something stupid, will you save her?

Or, would you rather she leave this cruel world behind?

People may say that suicidal people tend to be overly dramatic. It’s not true. There are many things that go in their heads and sometimes, they feel that there’s no way out and death is the answer.

It seems so tempting and easy, isn’t it?
Dying?

Plus, she has no responsibility. Single, young and free. Yet oh so problematic.

Maybe…it is better for her to go?

I don’t know, God. I am sure you know.

So anyway…my light comes in a way that no matter how I feel shitty about myself, I still feel a certain kind of responsibility – if not for mankind, at least for the people I have met in my life.

It’s not like I am gaining strength from their misfortunes but in trying to understand and help them. I find answers in myself. I find the ability in myself to pick myself up, carry on and move along.

Let’s just hope I have the stamina to go far.

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Mo alarms no surprises

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Oh bella please...

"You've got the best of both worlds
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man
And lift him back up again
You are strong but you're needy
Humble but you're greedy
And based on your body language
And shoddy cursive I've been reading

Your style is quite selective,
Though your mind is rather reckless
Well I guess it just suggests
That this is just what happiness is

And what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write
Kind of turn themselves into knives
And don't mind my nerve you could call it fiction
But I like being submerged in your contradictions dear
'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your advice
Your comebacks they're quick
And probably have to do with your insecurities
There's no shame in being crazy
Depending on how you take these
Words I'm paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

And what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say
Kind of turn themselves into blades
And kind and courteous is a life I've heard
But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt oh dear
Cause here we are
Here we are...

We're still here
What a beautiful mess this is
It's like taking a guess when the only answer is yes
Through timeless words, and priceless pictures
We'll fly like birds, not of this earth
And times they turn, and hearts disfigure
But that's no concern when we're wounded together
And we tore our dresses, and stained our shirts
But it's nice today, oh the wait was so worth it..."

Heard it live again at the Gardens By The Bay. Thanks to work and bad traffic, I met the rest late and we were 1 song late at the entrance. However, due to some miscomm with Pam, we got delayed 3 more songs and I only got in at the beautiful Bella Luna.

Still...it's Jason Mraz.
Nothing short of amazing.
And when he sang my..erm..theme song - Beautiful Mess - I knew the sweaty trip was well worthy.

Here we are, here we are, here we are.


Sunday, June 24, 2012

Sexy :)

One last day before a week of..depressing, morale crushing, dignity oppressing days. These will end soon, I promise.

But today is Sunday. And Sunday is like a dangerous romance - sexy, seductive and has the potential of going awry. While it's still sexy and seductive, enjoy.



..it just hit me.

My love lives have so far been bad Sundays. Haha! But it's okay. We cant move to Monday without a dash of hope and charm.

:)

Monday, June 18, 2012

Daddies' Day

To my beloved dad, I wish you a Happy Father's Day. Thank you for everything.

Thank you.

...

Few days ago, doctor told him one of his kidneys run a risk of infection, no thanks to his diabetes. What did this daughter of his do? Run to Marina Mandarin Hotel and holed up in there for 2 nights.

There, she battled emotional turmoils. Quarreled with her emotions, argued with God and eventually found a bit of peace. Then on Sunday, she went home.

Talked to him about it on the phone on Friday and he was like..it's nothing. "Trust your mother to make such a big fuss." Well, we couldnt talk anymore without him dismissing it off and me getting emotional. So yeah..we'll see.

Life.



Lihat ke arah sana
Serakan warna dan berarakan
Awan
Pabila terik panas
Segera hadirnya memayungi diri

Pabila kau dahaga
Sesegera turun hujan melimpahkan
Kasihnya
Pabila kau katakan
Akulah awan itu yang kau mahu

Begitulah awan nano
Setia melindungi diri
Tika panas mencuba menggores pipi
Dan bibirmu

Begitulah awan nano
Sering saja tak terduga hadir
Dan tak akan tercapai jejarimu

Kasihnya
Kasih tiada banding
Setia tiada tara
Bagaimanapun jua

Awan kekasih sebenarmu sayang
Walaupun tak akan tercapai jejarimu

Lihat diriku ini
Yang sekali pernah kau bagaikan
Awan
Sehingga tak mungkin terlupa
Berikan belas sedari dulu

Sehingga tak mungkin termampu saksi
Setitis pun air matamu kasihku
Sehingga kau katakan
Akulah awan itu yang kau rindu

Akulah awanmu yang sedia
Melindungi dirimu
Tika panas mencuba menggores pipi
Dan bibirmu
Akulah awanmu yang sering kau rindu
Dan tak terduga hadirmu walau tak tercapai jejarimu

Kasihku
Kasih tiada banding setia tiada tara
Bagaimanapun jua
Aku pelindung dirimu sayang
Walaupun tak akan tercapai jejarimu

Begitulah awan nano
Setia melindungi diri
Tika panas mencuba menggores pipi
Dan bibirmu
Begitulah awan nano
Sering saja tak terduga hadir
Dan tak akan tercapai jejarimu

Kasihku
Kasih tiada banding setia tiada tara
Bagaimanapun jua
Aku pelindung dirimu sayang
Walaupun tak akan tercapai jejarimu


Our favourite song.

Happy Father's Day, Ayah.


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Sunday, June 17, 2012

End



With this, my staycation at Marina Mandarin is over.

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Rest



After 2-3 weeks of heavy stress at work...which culminated in a pulled jaw tendon (no thanks to stress-related teeth grinding)...here I am having a staycation at Marina Mandarin.

Good morning.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Life

This dies for now...until I can gather enough energy and angst to type it out.

All is not rosy on the Western front.

Nothing is.


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Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Itch

5 more days to the first anniversary.

Yay to me.

Now...what?


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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Waiting for Mama



At 2000hrs...still waiting for Gaga.

Wrap

http://instagr.am/p/LN66uXFds-/

It's done by 2245hrs.

I had great fun, Gagaloo!


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Going strong

At 1920hrs



Off to the arena.

Monday, May 28, 2012

My Queen

Happy 44th birthday, my lady.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_P2IoH2ak&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Love, your most loyal subject.


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Friday, May 25, 2012

Oh by the way...



After many many years...

... I succumbed.

La Sardina.


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Faint cakes



This was for breakfast & lunch.

Since it's still somewhat stuck in throat, it'd be for dinner too.

$11 well spent.

Gyeah!

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Primadonna

You're singing about me, Marina?



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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Remember?

One of my most favourite local ditties ever.



Ah..13/14. To be young, robust, nubile and in love.

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Testing

Testing.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Homeland



...and we're back on familiar grounds.

I miss my bed.


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Mania



Talked to these Malaysian celebs. Main reason of being in KL.

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Home bound



Met my cousin and her kids in KL.

You always love family.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Selamat pagi sayang



Good morning, KL.


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Where am I?

Here I am...in KL.


Crazy day tomorrow.


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Friday, May 18, 2012

KL-bound

Leaving for KL now from office.

Omaigart..so rush.

Belum mandi.


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Enough is enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI3yG1NfFro&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You'll be missed, my great disco queen.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Landed



And we're home.

Memories are just 2hrs away.


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Landed...



...and we're home.


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Goodbye Ao Nang



See you next time.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Greetings...



...from Phi Phi Don.

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Found love...



...in a hopeless place.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Trying to sleep

At 7pm



Ready to call it a night.


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At noon today



Krabi...safe and sound.


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Monday, May 14, 2012

Mania

Spate of "good luck" hasnt ended.

Have been activated to teleport myself to Kuala Lumpur this weekend to do an event coverage and a couple of interviews.

Need to settle travel plans by today because...ta-da...I am on leave tomorrow.

When you want to go, the whole world conspires with you.

Thank you.


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Volcanoes melt you down



And What I am to you is not real
What I am to you, you do not need
What I am to you is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I'll ask for the sea


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Hey...

...got a problem?


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Saturday, May 12, 2012

I run

Two months after Hong Kong, I will be running away for 3 days to Krabi.
It's just 3 days...or rather, 2 nights.

Doubt I can do much, but I plan to rest and swim as much as I can.



I'm staying at the Mercure Krabi Deevana and true to my goal of to just space out, I've got the pool access room...

...probably something like this.



Asked my sister to join me and well...I'm paying. Would have been alone otherwise. I could, but really, I'd love to share moments with people. Even if I have to buy their moments. What to do...singleton.

Stop short of asking my parents cause they will bug me incessantly when all I want is to rest. Something which they cannot understand. Why would one pay so much to just...rest?

Well...cause good rest is expensive and hard to come by.

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Monday, May 07, 2012

Second-class technocrat

I have always been a techie...since I got my first walkman. I've had a gazillion of them cause I always messed up those bloody things by ripping them apart and not being able to put them back. Then there were discman and all sorts of tape rewinders, radio transistors, pagers, various headphones and all sorts of gadgets courtesy of uncles and Bank of Daddy.

Then when I started to work, it all ended because I couldnt afford all those and Bank of Daddy ceased to exist. So now...when I'm finally more financially-able (just a little bit more only), I can slowly indulge in my passion for techno-ware.

But, I'm still too stingy/cautious (whatever you want to call it!) to buy top premiums and best sellers so I resort to buying used stuff like my black Macbook aka Mandela. And with that spirit, I've got another toy...

...an old DSLR camera.



It's just an old Olympus E420 but I've got it at such a good price and well, I've always wanted a freaking digital SLR (I have a normal SLR...who uses that nowadays? Films? Huh?).

It's an entry-level DSLR but it's all right with me cause I can play with lenses and playing with apertures will keep me occupied for many happy hours. If I am not wrong, this camera is one of the smallest DSLRs around so I can stuff it in my handbag or something.

Cant wait to bring it to Italia and shoot from the hips while rolling down Tuscan grass. It's going to be awesome, though it's just 4 months away and I havent gotten even a single accommodation covered.

Gonna start searching for the next electronic device...

...an all-in-one turntable :)


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Saturday, May 05, 2012

What's your worth?

I may not lead a perfect life nor am I the most happiest person on Earth.

However, I do believe that you should always do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

That means:
- Stay away from other people's property
- Be kind to other fellow human beings, not just to animals (yes, this reversal is intended)
- Don't be a hypocrite
- If you want to be selfish, then others can too
- Be empathetic
- Have a clean heart. Life's easier that way.

 Simple rules...
...so hard to undertake.

Take away your worldly possessions, and well, who are you really? Are you someone who is proud of yourself? Are you a good child? Sibling? A good friend? Or are you a parasitic creature who just takes and takes but seldom gives, if at all?

If you don't know your worth in kindness, others wont know too.

So, how much are you worth?

For if it is low, how can you not expect others to treat you cheaply?

So again...just how worthy are you?

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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Safe and sound

I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, Don't leave me here alone
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound...




P/S: I am experiencing the lowest period of my life. So yeah, excuse my melancholy and sadness.


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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Shakespeare in the Park



It's raining but that wont deter my annual ritual of catching Shakespeare in the Park here at Fort Canning.

It's Twelfth Night this year...last year was Macbeth and the years before were Much Ado Abt Nothing and Midsummer Night's Dream.

Hope it's a good one.

Later.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

May!


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Saturday, April 21, 2012

New phone part deux

Hello?

Just got back new phone from service centre. Speakers were faulty.

Back now.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Bathe

Throw that water away.


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Monday, April 16, 2012

Love it!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Don't know why

As I sit here watching Manchester United trying to gain an upperhand against Aston Villa, my mind seems to take me to a place far, far away - down at Seaford, East Sussex in southern England to be precise. Though it has been 7 years, it's still my most melancholic place on earth and whenever I feel blue, the mind takes me there.

Maybe one day, I can take you there and you can see it with your own eyes. Maybe one day you'll understand why standing on the Seven Sisters' cliff, facing the British Channel can be liberating and depressing at the same time.

Maybe. One day.

I waited 'til I saw the sun
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come


When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone


My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come



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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Testing

Writing this on a new phone.


Samsung Galaxy S2...


...still not an iphone.


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Monday, April 09, 2012

Tolong ingatkan aku

The father turns 61 years old today (Monday).

So just now, I brought him and the mother to Aquamarine @ Marina Mandarin for lunch.


We then took a hike to Marina Bay Sands, where we chilled and also checked out the Titanic Exhibition down at ArtScience Museum.



Hope you had fun.

P/S: I'm always emo whenever a parent turns a day old. I'm happy that I get to celebrate another year with them, but I am utterly depressed cause I havent got a clue how many more birthdays will there be. Never mind. Let's not even go there.


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Thursday, April 05, 2012

More to come

...but in the meantime, it's just going to be this.

Have a blessed marriage, Liah!

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Sunday, April 01, 2012

Liah's Day I

It started last week when we had our get-together to see Liah off to her marriage.

The Marrieds

The Unmarrieds and Clara

Complete
5

Then, a few days later, on 28th March, the excitement kicked in.

The on the eve of her solemnisation, chaos went slightly overdrived, where at 2200hrs, Bride decided she didnt have enough 'gifts' to give to the groom. Came Noreen to the rescue. She and her fruit basket.

Happy

Sireh Dara

31st March: Liah's Hitch Day!!

It rained at dawn and we had a wet situation going on.

Coffeeshop

Teh Peng!

Noor came at around 1330hrs and the ceremony started not long after.

Legal: First meal

Then at 1645hrs, in all stickiness and washed out make-up, we all followed the couple to Punggol Waterway to take photos.
Emily, me, Bride, Noreen, Clara, Weiling

Ended around 1900hrs. Went home to shower and I was back at Liah's place by 2130hrs.
Tomorrow's the reception.
More fun to come.

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