Don't plug in

Singaporeans need to take time, slow down and people watch. We need more cafes, open spaces and art. We need more avenues for people to take interest in what others are doing, or heck even for that matter, just to take interest in each other. We are so wrapped up in our little ipod worlds in public. It's terrible! Sometimes, I try to resist plugging in whilst on the train. But there's this incredibly TENSE atmosphere. Everyone's trying to desperately escape contact with each other. Of course there's a level of quiet and harmony to be maintained....we dont want yakker trains. But shifty, tense, forced, fake sleeping silences are choking. A sneeze, shuffling of feet and a message ringtone are the loudest sounds to pierce the air. So many people squashed together and all being forced to look at each other (owing to how the seats are constructed). MRT as a form of social interaction? Yeah right. It could very well be.... but people here are so wary of one another that it's suffocating. Not that I go up to any random person and shout HOW YA DOIN but sheesh.. lighten up!

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I've always had problems with averting my gaze. I do it too often

life is as bright as my floves

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP.

Friday was so beautiful. finished cls paper, did well for prop midterm, had a fun-filled night.... feels like the holidays already. boomz me outta here

Dear God

I'm finding it so difficult to focus on my studies now. Like that CLS paper that is due this Friday... zilch started.

week 10 has just ended and i really don't know how to characterize this term. can't quite put my finger onto it yet. drats. my sentences are becoming shorter ... . .. .... today I went to The Substation (there's a taxi stand right next to it) and bumped into two photographers walking around town. I want to do that too. Devote one entire day to photographing all the interesting people, nooks and crannies.

Treat time! check out the chorus from my current favourite song - Dear God by Avenged Sevenfold (thanks glo). Google the rest of the lyrics...

Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
To hold her when I'm not around
When I'm much too far away
We all need that person who can be true to you
But I left her when I found her
And now I wish I'd stayed
Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired
I'm missing you again
oh no Once again

Dear God, no more selfish ways.

one after another

i used to like drama
in fact i still do
but when life becomes too dramatic
i start getting a little blue

i thought that week was over. seems like another crazy week has begun. Life has so much in store for us, why not space it out instead of have everything come in one cruel shot? haha.

Oh well. Everything has its purpose. Wish I was in the beautiful house by the beach now with whoever wants to come along. When i think about my impending summer internship, my heart sinks. When i think about what i love to do, my soul sings. I think the lines are becoming clearer. Perhaps my calling in life is not that blurry after all. Just perhaps.

=.=

PROPERTY LAW IS RETARDED

some ado about something

Midterm break has ended and the studying has not been going that well. Too much non-academic stuff has occured and I.am.bushed. I've gone back to school every single day this week despite it being the holidays. Hardcore mugger mode.... as if man. haha... there were just many other things that i had to do as well. btw, have u guys seen the siberian husky dog - mishka - 'i love you' video ? it's incredibly cute! after seeing it, i sort of made some space for dogs in my cat-dominated heart.

i am not heartless

Seven weeks of school left! and after that, it's our much-awaited Dec break! Let's all go for holidays together yeah? cant wait to get outta singapore again.

missed it, messed us, miss you

don't let me down
don't let me dooownnn
if i let somebody love me like you did
sweep me off home ground

So let me ask you, how can i dance happily in the moonlight in this state?

what a tiring week. what a tiring, tiring week. it was pretty eventful. but mentally and emotionally draining. good thing i'm a fit chick.

imma be nice

"People are often nice when you get to know them".

I came across that quote as I was reading my favourite book for the 3rd time. Language has certainly evolved. How has 'nice' evolved from having an understated meaning to one that is so overstated today? Without even getting to know the person, we go "nice dude" and "she's quite nice, lah!" are such commonplace sayings now. And when you do get to know the person, we still pepper everything with nice i.e. "she's actually really nice!" How has 'nice' become the all-encompassing word for someone's character or personality? That aside, 'nice' has also become a slang. We like to leave comments which are short, sweet (and hopefully, witty) and going by 'naaaiiice' or 'very nice..' or 'nice haha'. They suffice! Is it because we really think its just nice and nothing more. Are we thinking and feeling less? Are we losing touch with other forms of vocabulary?

Consequently, I would think that we love using NICE because its non-threatening. It does not confer too much niceties which can be perceived as exaggerated or fake, and on the flipside, does convey enough social goodwill which is after all, essential (even though you don't believe in it).

However, i think 'nice' will slowly fade into oblivion as we've got boomz now, courtesy of Ms Ris Low. I can't wait for the day when I see Boomz being used in magazine spreads. Or we might get a new shopping mall in Orchard christened under it. Or we might come up witha Boomz Street. Its really such a cute word and denotes such positive and cheery energy as compared to 'nice'. I think it's the double O and Z that does it. Drats..my name only has the Zs.

Right now, we can take any word and twist its spelling and pronounciation and those on the same wavelength would understand. I think people use alot of Zs in their language cos its hardly used (come on, Z letters are the WORST to get during scrabble); its absence makes it cool for it to be present.

keep on smiling

So here I am, trying not to be worried over weeks of unfinished property law readings, a research paper, preparation for lobo, preparation for cls presentation and for my FA midterm test this Friday. Everything's cool!

And my sleep cycle is ruined as well.

My life is peachy-keen!

dedication

Happy birthday celest, I am so glad we met:)

this is a significant photo. heh. and the rest will be said in your card.I started writing in a journal again. Yes pen and paper. It has been 1 long year. I write when I see the paramount importance of keeping track of life's changes and the need to etch in stone, certain memories that I never want to forget. I become more assured with each letter I spell, with each word I coin and with each sentence marked with a fullstop. Where solutions spring to mind but remain fuzzy and uncertain, writing on paper makes it all invariably clearer. My Google homepage now has spelling bee, hangman, dictionary, word of the day and Match up (where u match diff words of the same meaning together). Thank God for the literary digital world. and omg i am such a word nerd.

Got my Ipod touch 2 days ago. The story of how I got it is rather interesting. hehe

school wears on...a crazy load of work still. but more manageable this term. will be venturing out to the surrounding attractions more often. let's all go :)