Kowloon with love

Heading to Hong Kong in a bit.

This time round, hope to catch a bit of the 'countryside'.

But it is thunderstorm season.

So...lepak, it will be.

All the way to reno...

...vations.

House is undergoing toilet upgrading work and boy, this sucks. Mother and sister have gone to stay at my uncle's but I am staying behind to accompany Father who wants to stick around to supervise the place...and to clean it up at the end of the next 10 days, of course.

Gonna be so tiring on him physically and financially. The contractors hacked part of our cabinet because of some piping work. Our wash basin area seems somewhat ruin too. There's only so much I can contribute.

Anyway, the kitchen, due to the layout of my 'island', does not have enough space for the contractors to place a portable loo. That means, Father and I have to utilise the communal loo downstairs. Again, that sucks balls.

Think tomorrow I have to bring dirty laundry to work and air them there.

Shower before I get home too.

Boo.

Timeout

Here.

To absorb some light.

Whatever that is left for today.

My song

Party girls don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, push it down

I'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, they're ringin' my doorbell
I feel the love, I feel the love

1,2,3 1,2,3 drink
1,2,3 1,2,3 drink
1,2,3 1,2,3 drink
Throw em back, till I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

And I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight

Sun is up, I'm a mess
Gotta get out now, gotta run from this
Here comes the shame, here comes the shame

1,2,3 1,2,3 drink
1,2,3 1,2,3 drink
1,2,3 1,2,3 drink
Throw em back till I lose count

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

And I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
No, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
No, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight

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Flava flav

Weather has been a little unbearable and on top of that, the hair has been getting a little annoying. Not forgetting it has been 'shedding' a lot.

So just now, on my way home, I stopped by the nearest salon and ordered the lady to cut.

CUT!

Added a little hair treatment...so here's presenting my $35 hairdo.

My cheapest haircut so far.

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Sweat(er) Weather

As usual, I am late to this. But, oh I love this tune.



"Sweater Weather"
All I am is a man
I want the world in my hands
I hate the beach
But I stand
In California with my toes in the sand
Use the sleeves of my sweater
Let's have an adventure
Head in the clouds but my gravity's centered
Touch my neck and I'll touch yours
You in those little high-waisted shorts, oh

She knows what I think about
And what I think about
One love, two mouths
One love, one house
No shirt, no blouse
Just us, you find out
Nothing that I wouldn't wanna tell you about, no

'Cause it's too cold
For you here and now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

And if I may just take your breath away
I don't mind if there's not much to say
Sometimes the silence guides our minds
So move to a place so far away
The goose bumps start to raise
The minute that my left hand meets your waist
And then I watch your face
Put my finger on your tongue
'Cause you love to taste, yeah

These hearts adore
Everyone the other beats hardest for
Inside this place is warm
Outside it starts to pour

Coming down
One love, two mouths
One love, one house
No shirt, no blouse
Just us, you find out
Nothing that I wouldn't wanna tell you about, no, no, no

Head Ache

Survived 3 sessions of oral examination.

My head is going to split open any moment now.

So...let's stone.

Soy un perdedor

I am here. Still here. Still trying to make sense of what is happening around me.

Still clueless, apparently.

5pm. After school hours. Just about to mark. Almost chugged down my perfume instead of my Ribena.

Man.

Besame

A long and thankless day made comfortable by this.
Now if only we can all snuggle.

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Run run runaway baby

Sleep happy

:)

 
 

Meet Mr Mars

After waiting for 4 months, the day is almost here.

Gonna meet Bruno Mars tomorrow.

Bang bang...GORILLA!

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Two big hearts

Love love love LOVE this.

It's like doing the waltz on a cobbled sidewalk in Vienna on an lovely spring evening. With a Malay man.

Cause...you know...the song is in Malay.

Good Sunday, guys.




:)

Me, myself and selfie

Weather has been awesome here in Krabi.

Going kayaking tomorrow.

Bring on the sunblock and aloe lotion.

Tanning is never my past time though I love the great outdoors.

Life and its ironies.

The ghost of Mass Comm past

Abby, Irda and I.

The former Mass Comm lecturers down at TMC.

Abby is for Media Studies.

Irda is for Public Relations and Business.

I am for Journalism and Film.

Good times.

Friday blues

Am setting exam paper.

And my godmother is accompanying me on the record player.

Come
Come
Come into my world.

5 more days...

...and it will be screw you, lesson plans, cause it is school vacation.

One week.

Then of course it is back to work again.

But now, let me deal with my Monday blues with old records.

Dust the vinyls.

Time out

Just a quickie.

Golden Man Named Oscar

The annual cinematic excitement is back and hey...this season, I am happy to say that I have been quite an active 'participant' and (armchair) critic. So, here are some of my predictions for...

The 86th Academy Awards

Best Picture:
American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Ed's Choice: Gravity

Most likely to win: 12 Years A Slave

EDITED:
Actual Winner: 12 Years A Slave

 

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Ed's Choice: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Most likely to win: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

 

Ed's Choice: Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Most likely to win: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

 

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

Ed's Choice: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Most likely to win: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

June Squibb (Nebraska)

 

Ed's Choice: Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)/ June Squibb (Nebraska)

Most likely to win: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

 

 

Best Cinematography:
The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)

Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)

Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)

Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins

 

Ed's Choice: Nebraska

Most likely to win: Gravity

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Gravity


Best Directing:

American Hustle (David O. Russell)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Nebraska (Alexander Payne)

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

 

Ed's Choice: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)

Most likely to win: The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)

 

 

Best Original Score:

The Book Thief (John Williams)

Gravity (Steven Price)

Her (William Butler, Owen Pallett)

Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)

Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

 

Ed's Choice: Gravity

Most likely to win: Her

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Gravity

 

 

Best Original Song:

Happy (Despicable Me 2)

Let It Go (Frozen)

The Moon Song (Her)

Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

 

Ed's Choice: Happy

Most likely to win: Let It Go

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Let It Go

 

 

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)

Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)

Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)

12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

 

Ed's Choice: Captain Phillips

Most likely to win: 12 Years A Slave

EDITED:
Actual Winner: 12 Years A Slave

 

 

Best Original Screenplay:

American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)

Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)

Her (Spike Jonze)

Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

 

Ed's Choice: Nebraska

Most likely to win: Blue Jasmine

 

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Her
 

 

Okay.

That's all.

Till tomorrow

 

*cross fingers*

EDITED:
My actual predictions came quite close. Guess it is another year of non-upsets. Bleargh.

 

 

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Bang bang...gorilla!

Down with heartburn. I guess it is only a matter of time.

Oh this sucks so bad.

Plus, I must be getting really old.

34 hits like a tonne of bricks.


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Volcano

Was at Mt Merapi yesterday. A beauty.

Headed to Borobudur and Prambanan temples earlier as well.

Tired.
























Good times.

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