Sailing towards a better tomorrow...

I need to know

2009-11-15T20:45:00.002+08:00

Hi blog. It's been a while huh. I've been preoccupied with... uh... stuff. Haha.

Here to share my latest favourite sad song. So much yearning in this song, it almost makes me want to cry.

Kris Allen - I Need to Know

Life's been blinding me from what I thought I'd see
Is there clarity in this insanity yeah
What you want from me yeah

Roads in front of me taking me astray
Are you leaving me or are you leading the way
Can you hear what I'm saying

I need to know
I need to know
I need to know
I need to know

Feel like I'm trying to breathe underwater
Trying to climb back but keep falling farther yeah
Will you take my hand?

Feel so far away, want to see your face
Are you even there? Can you show me?
Can you make me believe?

I need to know
I need to know
I need to know
I need to know

I need to know

I need to know

Four Weddings

2009-07-04T18:47:00.008+08:00

Hello blogosphere!

It's been a while since I posted huh...... I've been distracted. Heh. By a certain adorable/sexy singer/songwriter/musician who may have won a big reality tv series in the past month or two. :) I haven't been this fangirly since... highschool. Terrible. Is this a quarter life crisis? Oh noeeessss! Hehe.

On the topic of age, I realise (or have been realising for a while now) that this is the time in my life when I'll be attending tons of weddings. In the past year, my two high school best friends got married within the span of 3 months, and my two ex-colleagues got married within the span of 2 months! Off to attend another ex-colleague's wedding in July too!

So here I am with pictures (and the occasional commentary)! xD

Four Weddings (and no funeral) ^^

Janenee and Sam - Nov 08

So in November last year, I flew to Melbourne to be the bridesmaid for Janenee, my old high school friend who used to live near my house, who used to say that she would get married in jeans. Haha how times have changed. She had the prettiest gown... and we braved the freezing temperature (in what country is summer freakin 15 degrees?!?!) in our strapless gowns to traipse across Melbourne city to take photos. :)

About to start the wedding procession

Drizzling and freezing... doesn't look like it huh?

Random poses at the Parliament House

Chiaying and Erik - Feb 09

Next! Chiaying, my other high school close friend, who I remember fondly for her penchant to laugh like a psycho and do other embarassing things... heehee. Her actual church wedding was in KK, during CNY, so I didn't go. :( I did go to her wedding dinner in KL though. :) Pictures shamelessly stolen off facebook.

Erik and Chiaying singing a song he wrote for her. Aww.

Fuzzy picture coz my camera sucks. o_O

Joy and Ken - April 09

Hi Joy, if you're reading this! This was held, again, in Melbourne, but she came back for a dinner banquet thingy, where Sheryl sang a beautiful rendition of "To Make You Feel My Love" with Jo playing keyboard, and we had a reunion of sorts among colleagues. Joy you looked positvely radiant that night!

Reunion!

Congratulating the bride

Cindy and Gurnam - June 09

Cindy Joon was born in June and got married in June... to a nice Indian (shoutout to Sheryl! haha), I mean, Punjabi man. Heehee ^^ This was by far the most eye-opening experience, since I've never been to a Sikh wedding before. It was cool, we donned Punjabi suits and covered our heads and witnessed her beautiful marriage in a Sikh temple.

Cindy and Gurnam performing a wedding ritual

Punjabi-wannabes ^^

Janenee, Chiaying, Joy, and Cindy - I am so happy that you found your other half, your companion down this long road that is life. Each of your weddings hold a special place in my heart. :)

And now on to my next question... are you starting a FAMILY soon? Hmm? Hmm?

Kradam

2009-05-23T11:01:00.003+08:00

A few random thoughts on AI

First of all, watch the following video:

This was taken AFTER the results show. Kris and Adam obviously love and respect each other, so why can't the rest of the world do the same? It's astonishing and incredibly annoying that there are so many Kris-haters out there, just because Adam didn't win. If GLAMbert himself has recognised that Kris is talented and said that Kris more than deserves the AI title, who are the rest of us to say otherwise? It just pisses me off so much, all of the backlash that's going on. Especially the comments that Kris has no talent at all, that Kris only won coz the homophobic portion of America only voted for him coz they didn't want Adam to win, that all the Gokey fans went and voted for Kris. How bout they stop hating Kris for just doing what he does best, and start blaming themselves for not voting enough? That said, it is just a show after all, and both Kris and Adam will move past it and become whatever it is they're meant to be.

Bottomline: Don't take away Kris's moment in the limelight, y'all.

Okay, rant over.

A few more random thoughts:

1. Adam looked like some anime fighter character during his performance with KISS, what with those glitzy shoulderpads and his awesome makeup. Pretty! Haha... half the girls in this world wish they were as pretty as him. ;)

2. KISS freaks me out. And they can't sing for nuts. They can rock though.

3. Kris Allen + Keith Urban duet = AMAZING! Both of them jamming on their guitars... such a cute, happy little duet. I would so totally buy this single.

4. Randy's "for me, for you" montage = LMAO. It was really funny dawg, for me, for you.

5. Ditto to Paula and her big words. My favourite was "visceral reaction". LOL

7. Alison got to perform with Cyndi Lauper! Cool.... the duet somehow felt a little "not in sync" though, don't know why.

9. Jason Mraz! At least Anoop got a little moment of glory there.

10. Kris Allen + Adam Lambert + Queen = best performance EVAR. They really rocked it out, and looked like they were having the time of their lives doing so. That little hug in the middle of the performance, SO CUTE! We are the champions is one of the greatest songs of all time. Also, Danny Gokey - this is how a duet is done.

11. Hate to admit it, but No Boundaries is actually growing on me. Did ya see the laugh they exchanged right before Kris had to take the stage and sing that song again? Hohoho... Bet Adam's relieved he doesn't have to sing that song. That said, the studio version is actually pretty decent. :)

12. Kris hugging his wife Katy at the end... incredibly sweeeeeet. :)

Overall, a fantastic season of American Idol, I think. My favourite Final Two ever, equally deserving, and seemingly really decent people. Can't wait to see what they're up to in the years to come. The Finale Results show was perfect. Now if only the haters would stop hating. :)

We love you Kris!

Gleeeeee!

2009-05-21T19:42:00.003+08:00

In the Land of TV

... OMG KRIS ALLEN I AM SO SO PROUD OF YOU!!! You braved the insurmountable odds (mountains and hurricanes LOL) and emerged a winner! Love, love, love. I'm just worried now... there's gotta be tremendous backlash because so many expected Adam to win. I bet there are lots of people saying that he doesn't deserve it... but he does!!! He deserves it so much... he's made it so far... I'm just. Happy. :)

... so Prison Break has finally ended. Four seasons of pain, death, conspiracies, turmoil... and it has finally ended. The ending was bittersweet.

... I wanna watch Dollhouse. Gonna start a downloading spree tonight. And no, it's not a show where little girls play with dolls. ^^

... I am here to pimp another NEW show...

Clickety-click!

Glee is a new TV series about a bunch of misfits (and a quarterback) whose love for singing and dancing bring them together. The story seems rather like High School Musical on the surface - popular guy finds out that he can sing and enjoys it... a girl with amazing talent who can't quite fit in... it is that, minus the cheesiness and goody-two-shoes vibe of HSM. It's produced by the guy who created Nip/Tuck, after all. I felt inexplicably drawn to the show after watching the trailer above and proceeded to download the first episode.

And I'm lovin' it! I love the singing - they have such a talented cast... I love the smooth production numbers... I like the quirky offbeat humour... Can't hardly wait for the next episode, which will only come out in FALLLLLLL... sometime in September/October... such a long dreary wait!

WATCH IT PEOPLE GO WATCH IT!

Off to watch the AI Finale! WOOOOOT Kris Allen!!! :)

Kris Allen FTW + Heroes Season 3 finale

2009-05-08T22:21:00.005+08:00

Be Warned: Massive Fangirling ahead!

Oh hello blog, I've been neglecting you for far too long! So the month of May is afoot, and there is more fangirling to be done!

First things first:

Kris Allen FTW!!!

I don't care what the judges say... Kris deserves to be in the Top 3. He had practically no air time during the audition rounds... yet he came out of nowhere during the semis and surprised us week after week with consistent performances, and really, just stole our hearts with his heartfelt renditions of To Make You Feel My Love and Falling Slowly. It doesn't hurt that he plays both guitar and the piano. It doesn't hurt that he has puppydog eyes and a smile so sweet it could melt the coldest heart.

Haha. Fangirling much? ;)

And as much as I know that Adam is the more entertaining performer (with superior vocal pipes), I still think (and feel) (and believe with full conviction) that Kris is the one that connects most with the audience. That emotional lilt in his voice... that can't be faked. (Or maybe it's just my hormones, hoho) .

So yes, I am completely a Kris fan. And what Kris fan would I be without posting up PICTURES???

Kris in a suit. ^^

Kris and wife - what a cute couple!

Kris and guitar... HOT.

I haven't loved someone on Idol this much since... Elliot Yamin.

Next,
Heroes Season 3 Finale

If you have yet to watch the finale of season 3, don't read the rest of this post if you don't wanna be spoiled!

I just have two comments to make and two photos to post about the finale...

1. How freaking HOT was Peter Petrelli?

I mean, I loved it when Peter was depowered - he was all earnest and brave and noble. But man... when Peter is powerful... he just radiates HOTNESS. Haha... I know, not very coherent, it's the hormones talking, you see. ;) That smirk on his face, the slight huskiness of his voice... I just. Wow. The scene where he jammed the needle into Sylar and said "betcha didn't know I took that power from you huh"... I watched that scene at least 5 times. Now... gaze upon the countenance of badass Peter in a leather jacket and fire illuminating his face... woohoo!

2. On a sadder and less hormonal note... RIP Nathan. :(

What a sad, sad, insignificant way to die. What is sadder is that he had just stopped being the complete ass he was throughout the whole of volume 4... to have him die that way... And not even to be mourned properly because the people who matter (Peter and Claire) don't even know he is dead.... and to have freaking mummy-issues-SYLAR be brainwashed into thinking he is Nathan. Blearghhhhh. Real Nathan, the one who sacrificed himself to fly his brother up into the sky in season 1... the Nathan that I grew to love, is gone.

*sniffles*

That said, I still can't wait for Season 4, Volume 5. Waiting with bated breath, as always.

Twilight

I am a little ashamed to admit that I've finished the entire Twilight book series. Haha... it can't be compared (ever) to the brilliance of Harry Potter, of course... but part of me enjoyed it. Haha. Not too big a fan of the overtly-sappy Edward/Bella romance. But I must say that there are two characters that I really really like (and almost love): Jasper and Alice!

I like tortured characters with a tragic past... Jasper is one such character. His love for Alice, or rather, their love for each other, feels the most real. Anyway the point of this is not to go into a discourse about Jasper, but to also say that Jasper is HOT! Look at this pic of the movie!Jasper.

Vampire love!

OMG I think my IQ just dropped 10 points from the sheer fangirlyness and shallowness of this post. Sheryl... think I've managed to rival your fangirly post. Hehe.

I guess approaching the age of 26 hasn't diminished my fangirlyness at all. One thing about being this age though... my metabolism is finally FAILING me. I haven't changed my diet or exercise patterns at all (that is to say, I still eat a lot and don't exercise at all)... and yet, I'm putting on weight. Sigh. What a sad, sad fact!

Ah well, life goes on. And I shall go on eating and not exercising!

Mummy's birthday tomorrow... happy birthday shoutout to the most important woman in my life! Love you!

God loves me

2009-04-12T16:39:00.001+08:00

I've done things I'm not proud of.
I have a number of regrets.
I am frequently selfish, arrogant and unlovable.

Yet, I know,
that despite all this,
however undeserving I am...

God loves me.

Today, of all days, reminds me of that unwavering truth.

Thank You God! :)

2009-04-06T23:12:00.006+08:00

Japan has...

multi-coloured Elmos!

Freaky! Haha.

Anyways, back from Japan, love love loved it. Will be blogging about my travels through another blog - http://ever-wandering-heart.blogspot.com/. Because, you know, I uh... wander a lot. Hah. ^^

American Idol Grand Ole Opry week

2009-03-18T22:03:00.003+08:00

Simple and Heartfelt, please

I love this season of American Idol!

Was so inspired by the beautiful performances this week that I just had to blog about it. Haha.

Who knew that Grand Ole Opry week - Country week, could be such a good week for so many singers.

One thing I realise about American Idol judges (especially Kara) is that a lot of them like that Climax, the Glory Note at the end of the song, the Huge, Strong, Powerful vocals. I like those powerful Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey-type songs also lah, but sometimes the quiet, heartfelt performances, stripped down to nothing but the singing voice and the raw emotion... those are the performances that resonate with me.

And this week we had many of those! I like! So nice...... *melts*

Time to embed some Youtube videos! :)

Here are my top 3 fave performances:

1. Kris Allen - To Make You Feel My Love

OMG one of the most beautiful, romantic performances I've seen on American Idol. Of course it helps that he has adorable, droopy eyes and smooooth vocals. So quiet and simple, yet so mesmerizing... I'm in love!

2. Anoop Desai - You Were Always On My Mind

Anoooooop! I've liked Anoop since the very beginning... great to see him redeem himself from the Michael Jackson week. I love this song, love his rendition of it, love the emotion behind it.

3. Matt Giraud - So Small

Wah he has mad piano skillz. Another performance that resonated with me... Really like the slightly husky tone of his voice.

Who's number 4 on my list this week?
That would be Danny Gokey! :) Could really see his faith shine through. :)

My thoughts on the other performers:

The ones I didn't quite like:

Michael Sarver - kinda bland. The kind of country music I don't like.

Alexis Grace - I remember Brooke White singing Jolene last season, and I remember really liking her performance. Alexis seemed kinda unnatural... almost fake.

Scott MacIntrye - I actually like Scott and think he's an amazing individual. But his performances kinda sound the same week after week... don't know if he has what it takes to advance in this competition, sadly.

The ones I quite liked:

Alison Iraheta - Rock chick can sing country too! I like Alison, so mature for her 16 years of age.

Lil Rounds - RnB chick can sing country too! Not as bad as the judges made it out to be.

Megan Joy - I like her quirky style lah. Don't quite like her jerky arm movements, but I actually enjoy her voice and her offbeat performances. She's quite the contradiction -- she's so pretty but she has this hugeass tattoo on her arm, she looks like a pop singer but she just marches to her own tune. Entertaining.

Adam Lambert - Haha... love it or hate it, his performance is the one everyone's talking about. He's SO unabashedly flamboyant... I was kinda entertained. It was a weird performance though... the good kind of weird. I think. Haha.

--- long-winded rambling ends here ---

Oh man it's gonna be tough to watch eliminations every week... there are so many contestants that I like!!!

Ah, Reality TV, you are my best friend. ^^

Toodles.

One week to Japan and I am EXCITED!

desktop

2009-03-10T22:39:00.001+08:00

On my desktop:

Can't Hardly Wait!

Valentine's

2009-02-14T23:09:00.004+08:00

It's Valentine's Day, and I am in love:

with...

A certain Japanese man.

Who even rocks the just-got-out-of-bed look.

Who plays guitar. I love guitar players.

*swoon*

Ryuusei no Kizuna + Ninomiya

2009-01-18T17:56:00.016+08:00

流星の絆 Ryuusei no Kizuna

roughly translated as "bound by shooting stars"

It figures that my first post of the year is about Japanese dramas and Japanese men. ;)

But I can't help it, I have to rave about something.

It's this Japanese drama I've been watching - about 3 orphans whose parents were murdered a long time ago, while they were out of the house watching a meteor shower. The kids vow to find the murderer one day and avenge their parents.

Flash forward 14 years later, the Ariake siblings (Kouichi, Taisuke and Shizuna) are all in their twenties, and the murderer has not been found. One day Taisuke sees a man who instantly reminds him of the suspicious man he saw sneaking out of their back door the night their parents were murdered. They begin to collect evidence on this man and plot their revenge...

Okay, I suck at giving synopses, but that's the gist of it. The series (10 episodes only, sadly) is at once moving, suspenseful, funny, nostalgic and unbelievably sad. I found myself rewatching certain scenes over and over again coz they were just that good. I don't know why, but this drama struck a chord with me - maybe it's the strong bond between the siblings, maybe it's the constant flashbacks and the thought of what could have been, maybe I'm just a sucker for tortured souls with a sad past... I just loved every moment, every heartfelt scene, every ounce of anger and grief those three formidable actors displayed when the murderer was revealed. I was and still am very very moved. Not many dramas can tug at your heartstrings that way.

And of course it didn't hurt that the drama contained such eye candy - I mean - Ninomiya Kazunari, Toda Erika and Nishikido Ryo? So much pretty, I don't even know where to look.

Some talented person made a very nice trailer of the drama. Watch, watch!!!

What are you still doing here? Go and watch the drama already!

And the second part of this post is where I rave about a certain Japanese man.

Haha.

Kay, so Nishikido Ryo's no stranger to this blog... I mentioned him in my last post... I love him in all the shows he's in... but Ninomiya, the one who acted as the eldest brother - he just blew me away. His acting in Ryuusei no Kizuna was so good that he completely overshadowed the others. His expressions of anger, bitterness and profound sadness... intense. Heart-wrenching.

You can't deny that he has acting chops... he even played a main role in Letters from Iwo Jima (directed by Clint Eastwood).

And it turns out that he's a pretty good singer too! Please, I beg of you, watch the following video... this song is so sad and heartbreaking it almost made me cry.

Nino - 痕跡 (Konseki - Scar)
he wrote the song himself too

The lyrics are just... wow. To think that he wrote the song himself... just... wow. (Keeping in mind that some things get lost in translation... I'm sure in Japanese it's even more awesome).

消えぬ消えぬ
Lingering, lingering,
五月雨のあと乾かぬ涙の痕
After the early summer rain, remains of tears that can’t be wiped away…
消せぬ消せぬ
Inerasable, inerasable,
闇夜に浮かぶ愛しき人の影
My beloved's shadow floats in the dark of the night.

夕焼け川原を歩いてる
Strolling along the river banks at sunset,
君と一緒に笑顔つれて
Laughing together with you
今日の晩ご飯何にしょう?
What shall we do for dinner tonight?
少さなすごく少さな普通の幸せ
Such a small and normal blessing

死んでいったあなたは僕の心に沈みて生きた
Though you have died, you live on within my heart

他の人を愛しても
I could fall in love with another
他の人でしかありません
But there is no one but you
幾度となく季節またいでも
No matter how many seasons I struggle through
本当は離れては消えるのが怖くて
I’m afraid of letting it go, letting it disappear

すみれを見つめこの花キレイ
I gaze at violets, what a pretty flower
でもいつかは枯れるのね
But I know that someday it will wilt

時は夕暮れ朱に交わると
It is now evening, if I touch the crimson waters
水面に2人残して
Two of us remain on the water’s surface
影は影を重ねて
Shadow heaped upon shadow
1つになるのを恐れて
I’m afraid of being alone
気づくのが遅しと
But when I realised it too late
水面に1人
Only one person remained on the water’s surface

あの日埋めた心の種は
The seed that was planted in my heart that day
二十日すぎ芽吹きました
Sprouted twenty days later
姿かたち違えど変わらぬ愛
In appearance and form it is different, but my love is unchanged…
優しい光
A gentle light…

*cries*

I haven't heard such a sad and moving song in a long while. It is my new favourite song of 2009! I am going to memorise it!

Then there's:

Nino - 虹(Niji - Rainbow)
in which he plays the piano beautifully, tenderly...

there's these really pretty lines at the end of the song...

虹がきれいだよ
いいア、オマエのほうが...

*melts*

So yah, Nino's my new favourite Japanese actor of 2009.

Shall stop with the shameless fangirling right now!

......

Oh who am I kidding... here's another picture to end the post.... :p

二の　かわいい！！！　私は　大すき！

2008 ends

2008-12-28T14:09:00.010+08:00

Forgive the bling, felt the need to decorate my blog with some festive cheer! Heehee.

So since it's the end of 2008, I thought I'd make use of this nice long weekend to write a post about the things I'm thankful for, from A-Z. Beware! The things I'm thankful for range from serious to flighty to completely ridiculous. ^^ MOOhaha.

I thank God for the following:

Australia

That beautiful country, my home of four years.

Babies
Roly poly, cute and cuddly... Like the one that's gonna pop out of Linda any time soon! Woot!

Colleagues Thank you for making my work life that much better and richer. :)

Deep-fried food
Chicken, tofu, squid, mushrooms, cheese... *drool* Thanks for clogging my arteries!

Ex-housemates Townhouse 4 rocks! Haha. Miss you two and the crazy things we used to do!

Family I love my noisy, constantly-squabbling family. :)

God
To Whom I owe everything. Thank You God for your grace and love, and for the lessons you've taught me this year.

High school friends

For Janenee who is now Married! And for Chiaying who is about to get Married! How time flies...

Icecream Couldn't resist. Had to put a picture of myself here. Strawberry and Bailey's - Yum!

Japanese class にほんご　の　べんきょう　は　おもしろくて、　たのしかった　です！　わたし　は　だいすき！

Kakkoii anime characters They're so hot! Haha. Kei, Kyou, Kyouya, Kakashi... かっこいい！

Love
That one emotion that makes us human.

Music
The world would be much less colourful without music . Love!

Nishikido Ryo

SO hot! See what I mean by flighty reasons? Heehee. The next one is flighty too!

Oguri Shun SO hot too! Hohoho...

Potatoes!
Yummy. I love them mashed, boiled, hashed, fried, braised, sauteed...

Quarter-life crises
Oh yes, thank God that I reached the ripe old age of 25.

Red pandas OMG SOOO adorable!!! I WANT ONE!

Shopping
It's therapeutic. :)

TV series
Heroes, Prison Break, Pushing Daisies, Big Bang Theory, a multitude of Jap dramas...

UK
For a memorable trip... and the fall of a life time!

Ventimiglia, Milo My favourite actor of all time... puppy-eyed Milo. :)

Weddings So many this past year and more in the year to come! Can't wait! しあわせ...

Xtra cheese on Domino's pizzas
Thin-crust classified chicken with the special garlic cream sauce... Mmm...

You
For reading through this incredibly longwinded post. ^^

Zzzs

I love sleep!!! Moohaha don't you love this picture of my daddy? :D

So yes, that's my thankyou list this year.
Oh 2009, what do you have in store for me?
I can't wait to see! たのしみ！

See you in 2009!

2008-11-29T21:33:00.004+08:00

Of weddings and such...

So I'm back!

Janenee's wedding was beautiful, as expected. :) Don't have many pics, as a bridesmaid's duty is to carry flowers, arrange the bride's dress and make sure she doesn't trip, attend to the bride's needs... no time to take pictures, nor the space to stow a camera in my dress. Heh.

Just two pics then, the rest when I get them from Janenee when she gets them from the photographer.

Twirl me around ~~

Me and the cheeky little flower girl...

Let's write in Japanese!

わたしはしゅじんとこどもがいちばんほしいです.

Cool, I love the fact that I can now write in Japanese.

As to what I am saying... hehe... that's for me to know and you to (not) find out. ;)

じゃね!

JM

2008-11-02T21:53:00.003+08:00

The J.M.s

Wheeeeee I'm going off to Melbourne for almost 2 weeks!!!

Holiday holiday holidaaaaaaaaaaay!

Ahem.

Happy. ^^

Anyways... this post is not about that... it is about~

Talented singer-songwriter types that share:

1. a penchant for writing amazingly beautiful and uplifting songs

2. the initials J.M.

They are, in no particular order:

1. The soulful J.M. - James Morrison

soulful

man I love his songs...
his latest, You Make It Real is made of gold.

There's so much craziness surrounding me
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
All my faith has gone you bring it back to me
You make it real for me...

When my head is strong but my heart is weak
I'm full of hurricanes and uncertainty
But I can find the words
You teach my heart to speak
You make it real for me

And The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore is one of my all-time favs.

2. The smart-ass J.M. - Jason Mraz

cute!

His songs always put a smile on my face...

I'm Yours has to be the most catchy song on the radio right now. I can play it over and over again and still not get sick of it. Lucky is another cute one:

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through the trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I ave been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in everyway
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home some day

Everybody together now! I won't hesitate, no more, no more, it cannot wait... I'm yours...

3. The guitar-toting J.M. - John Mayer

hot!

He rocks the acoustic guitar like nobody can man... Very nice songs... I especially like Daughters and Say...

Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you'd be better off instead,
If you could only

Say what you need to say [x8]

Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You'd better know that in the end
Its better to say too much
Then never say what you need to say again

Love love looove their songs. :)

And I'm going and I'm gone! Byebye Malaysia... will post (with tons of pics) when I get back!

*muacks*

heroes s03e04

2008-10-08T23:12:00.003+08:00

Oh Noes what's happening in Heroes?!?!?!

Ok... before I go all thinky and verbose over yesterday's Heroes episode, I just want to say that I LOVE Sheldon from Big Bang Theory! He is SO adorably socially-challenged!

Now for Heroes. I really loved some parts of Episode 4. But some parts have such foreboding for future episodes that I am... a little scared and nervous about what is going to happen to my Precious Peter (and some other characters).

Things I liked:

1. Two Peters on screen at the same time!

*nosebleed* Haha. So super cool. And, haha. Milo had to go shirtless again in this episode. The writer's can't resist writing scenes where he has to be shirtless. :p I'm not complaining...

2. Matt and Daphne and Molly and new baby!

I thought this happy little family scenario was cute. Though it seems like Matt is WAAAY older than Daphne, I really liked their relationship and I really believed it. She's so spunky - even though she's supposedly "one of them" right now, I'm really liking her and she's definitely not evil, just misguided. Molly! Adorable. New baby! Super adorable. I liked their conversations... and the wordplay about her ability... that she needs to "slow down" and... at the end... that she "wasn't fast enough". I'm completely sold on this story line. More more more!

3. Hiro and Ando

I like how Hiro realised that he needed Ando's help and has only gotten this far with Ando's help. I like that Ando defended Hiro in front of manipulative Mama Petrelli (though Hiro deserved some scolding lah - he basically single-handedly delivered the formula into the enemy's hands).

4. Sylar and little Noah

Oh man I can't wait to find out why Sylar named his son after Mr Bennett and why he's living in Mr Bennett's house. And who's the mother?! (some ppl are speculating that it's Elle... hmm). It's kinda surreal, and I think they are redeeming him way too much, but I really enjoyed the sweet scenes between Sylar and Noah. And also, Sylar feeding Mr Muggles~! Ahaha adorable. Little Noah is a cutie!

5. Nathan and Tracy

Awww superman! Haha. I really like these two together. Tracy is more compelling a character than Nikki and the two of them have amazing chemistry together. Can't wait to see more!

Things I am torn about/don't like:

1. The revelation that Sylar was only evil coz of his power

I think this is a big cop out - too easy a way to redeem him. I can deal with the fact that they wanted to redeem him (and would've eventually redeemed him) coz Zachary Quinto is an amazing actor and coz Sylar has legions and legions of fans... but if this is completely true it implies that Peter, who is the heart of the show, who is the show's moral compass, can become as completely corrupted as Sylar. Which, in my heart of hearts I believe can never be true. It implies that essentially, Peter and Sylar are the same. This cannot be! Sylar's behaviour had to also be influenced by his own need to be SpEcIaL and also his general temperament which is obviously darker than Peter.

2. Peter slicing Nathan's head open

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. How is this even possible lah, tell me? The season 1 finale was centered around the bond between Peter and Nathan. I can conceive future Peter shooting Nathan... but I cannot conceive that present Peter would ever go as far as that. I know they are trying to show that Sylar's power comes with a "hunger that cannot be controlled"...... but still! Going way too far to prove their point man. Way too far. What are they doing to my poor Peter? Character assassination to the max!

I am so so worried for Peter right now. How is he going to deal with this "hunger"? OMG I hate that word already. GAH.

Okay. The negativity shall end here!

Just another comment.

MOOOOOHAHA Mohinder = Lizard! No longer pretty! Pretty scaly though. MOOHAHAHA.

No pic of Mo coz that's just gross!

Nite nite. :)

2008-10-06T21:48:00.003+08:00

Two blog posts in two days?

Whoa, I have no life.

Anyways, I figured that since tomorrow I"ll be getting my weekly Heroes fix, it would be good to post up a few random thoughts about Heroes S03E03, namely:

OMG Mama Petrelli is EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sylar: "What's she going to do to me?"

Mama Petrelli: *paws creepily at her beloved son and whispers* "Feed you."

BWAT?!?! o.O

Speechless I am.

Anyway, I feel a little guilty about this, but I admit that I really really enjoyed the scenes where Sylar and HRG (I love HRG and his morally grey code!) were working together. Kick Ass man! But Sylar is far from redeemable... far far from it, as evidenced by the early departure of Sound-Wave-Dude! Waaa poor poor Francis Capra... he was in... two episodes? Haha. Better than none I guess.

Am loving Matt in Africa. Love the new African dude... he's so mysterious and calm and cooool.

Peter's back! Yaay yaay yaay! How cute was it that he was trying his best to convince the cold blooded villains that they "don't have to do this"? Heehee. So so cute and hopeful and cute and adorable. Okay okay I stop gushing now. And... "we can come back at night, when there are no people". *LOL*

And the icing on the cake was that Stupid Mohinder and Stupid Maya didn't appear at all!

Moohaha.

Can't wait for the next episode,

where Future and Present Peter travel to the dark gloomy future... together!

Two Peters on the screen at the same time?!

*hyperventilates*

Wurdle!

2008-10-05T22:14:00.004+08:00

Say What?

Wordle!!!

OMG I'm so sad that my Five-Day-Holiday is now coming to an end! In less than 12 hours I will be back to work, slugging away hour after hour. *whine whine whine*

So, today, coz I am Bo-Liao, and I like pretty things, and I like words, I spent hours in front of the comp making little word clouds using Wordle: *Clicky*. It's really simple... just enter a cluster of words... and they generate little word clouds in various pretty colours, pretty fonts and pretty arrangements.

They're so pretty! Look at mine!

I crave for...

I love...

This is what happens when you insert

the entire contents of your blogpost

(as you can see, I say Haha a lot. Haha.)

In black...

In white...

On Heroes...

Waxing lyrical about Peter Petrelli...

My limited Japanese vocabulary...

On political sentiments...

Go forth and have lots of fun!

tv blabber

2008-09-29T19:58:00.004+08:00

Heroes is back!!!

My life is complete!!!

Haha, not that I need Heroes in my life for it to be complete... really. :p

Anyways,

not in the mood to wax lyrical and be all descriptive, so just some thoughts on the last two episodes of Heroes. Be forewarned! You are now entering into spoiler territory!

Random thoughts categorised randomly:

Mohinder, thou art dungufied:

You would think it wouldn't be possible for Mohinder to get even stupider than he was in the previous seasons. Well you thought wrong!!! Of all the stupid things to do, this one just takes the cake man. But then again... he's so pretty we'd pretty much almost-forgive him for it... This season, instead of starting it off with Shirtless Peter Petrelli (which would be SO much better), they started it off with Shirtless Mohinder. Haha, which I suppose is supposed to distract us from the fact that for a supposed genetic scientist, he is being incredibly S T U P I D.

Maya sleeps around:

Maya's only been on the show for one season, and she's already slept with TWO characters? Aiyoyo where are they going with her character? Is she nothing but eyecandy and the occasionally weepy death-bringer?

Future Peter/Present Peter/Weevil?:

Oooh hot brooding powerful scarfaced Future Peter is back! (No one's complaining man) A little jaded, a little dark, and that scene at the beginning with dark-haired Claire was fantastic... but what happened to my poor little idealistic puppy-eyed Peter? Stuck in the body of Weevil? Looking into the face of Elle, who just so happens to be Veronica Mars? Ahahah surreal. I worry for Present Peter... for he is about to witness evil as he has never known it before... how can his warm and fuzzy heart take it? *gives bearhug*

scarface!

Speaking of Elle:
I heart Elle! Without her emotionally distant father, she might fare better than she's had all this while. She's just a lost little girl who wants attention/affection/some form of reciprocation. I hope she finds a father figure in Mr Bennett (coolest daddy in the world!). Aaah all these Vmars characters! When will Jason Dohring be roped into Heroes too? As Elle's love interest! Hahah that would be the perfect conclusion to VMars that never gave us a perfect conclusion. *gripes*

Mama Petrelli:
WHAT. THE. HELL? Mother of SYLAR??? She sure was busy in her youth! This is just sad coz... hello.... Nathan = pretty! Peter = pretty! Sylar = PSYCHOTIC DELUSIONAL KILLER of DOOM! She balances so precariously on the thin line between good and evil... occasionally the cold delusional control freak, occasionally the concerned mother... I don't geddit.

Claire's brains:
OMG I literally stopped breathing during the cat and mouse chase scene through the house. And Sylar poking at her brains like that. Eww eww eww. And the detached scalp? Eww eww eww. But these scenes also allowed for the funniest line in the episode: "eat your brain, Claire? That's disgusting." Ahahaha that's an answer to a long-unanswered question... Now we know that Claire can most probably live forever. Cool beans. But SYLAR? Sigh sigh sigh.

The Hiro and Ando arc:
Waaaa they're not tearing that cute little friendship apart?! I think in the future, Ando is the good one and Hiro has somehow mistakenly "gone to the dark side". Who knows? Twists abound! I like the Speedster... she's cool. Though she's kinda bad at this moment. Who knows? Twists abound!

fascinating.

Ali Larter will never leave the show:
She will just keep dying and coming on as an entirely different character, because, apparently, in Heroes, anything can work. Not sure how to feel about her new Ice Queen-ish character... seems like she's cut out to be one of the "evil" ones, if Mama Petrelli's prophetic dream is anything to go by...

I hate Linderman:
I don't know what he's doing here. Does Nathan have some sort of Psychological disorder too? Man I thought he was gone for good. Stupid whitebearded crap-spewing old man. Bleargh.

Level 5 arc:
Really cool arc, and the villains are possibly creepier than Sylar. Right now I really hate the pyro dude... he was just burning someone to death for no reason man. At least Sylar kills for a purpose - to gain powers. This guy just does it in the name of sadistic fun. I'm interested to know what Peter can do in Jesse Spencer's (sound manipulation dude) body.

I still love Nathan:
He completely won me over in the first season finale and my love for him will never die! Haha. And I really hope he doesn't have some sort of psych disorder, and I really hope he doesn't veer off the path of being the good man and brother that Peter needs him to be.

A turtle saved Matt's life!
Heehee, too funny, when Matt was talking to the turtle. Poor Matt, he's always getting himself into all sorts of situations. Now Africa?! Hehe. I like the African painter-prophet much more than I liked Isaac. This is interesting. Whee! :)

badass!

Can't wait for the next episode, which, if my Internet decides to cooperate, will be ready for watching by tomorrow evening! *squee*

I love Heroes with the fire of a thousand suns!

Haha.

Byebyenow.

Who am I

2008-09-21T22:44:00.004+08:00

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth

Would care to know my name

Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star

Would choose to light the way

For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am

But because of what You've done

Not because of what I've done

But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

Vapor in the wind

Still You hear me when I'm calling

Lord, You catch me when I'm falling

And You've told me who I am

I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin

Would look on me with love and watch me rise again

Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea

Would call out through the rain

And calm the storm in me

Not because of who I am

But because of what You've done

Not because of what I've done

But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

Vapor in the wind

Still You hear me when I'm calling

Lord, You catch me when I'm falling

And You've told me who I am

I am Yours

I am Yours.

tripdown memory lane

2008-09-13T18:06:00.005+08:00

Let's take a little trip down memory lane...

Four years in the land down under

Scenes that take your breath away

Shades of blue

Toys that have travelled far and wide

The crazy things you do after completing your thesis

Friends that have grown with me throughout the years

2002-2005

A golden era of memories that will be with me till I'm old and gray.

September loves me!

2008-09-01T16:42:00.008+08:00

Hello, September.

You know why I love September?

Four Reasons:

More Peter! More Nathan! More Hiro!

More angst and suspense from Michael Scofield and co.

More neuroses, funny quips and geeky love

More deathly resurrections and silent pining

Aaah can't wait for Heroes, Prison Break, Big Bang Theory and Pushing Daisies.

It's been a long time coming!

*whee*

*flounces off*

25 years

2008-08-25T20:18:00.005+08:00

Twenty-Five.

Wow, I've lived a quarter of a century.

Wow, I sound so old, saying that.

Time for a quarter-life crisis!

Heh.

I feel like I've been veering on two ends of the extreme since August 21st.

Went from stuffing my face like a glutton to fasting for 30 hours at the 30 hour famine back to stuffing my face like a glutton again. :) No more fasting though. Gonna break the cycle!

On Thursday, mummy, bro and I went on a binge-fest at Bubba Gump Shrimp & Co. YUM.

Mummy looking pretty, Wen Shi acting cute

And ze food, behold ze wonderful, amazing, scrumpleecious fooood!

[Clockwise from top left]
(1) Grilled barramundi fish and shrimp in Bourbon sauce, served on a bed of mashed potatoes and tortilla chips - Amazingly good. I'm not usually a big fan of fish, but this was fan-freaking-tastic.
(2) Cajun shrimp and garlic bread - My favourite dish - the prawns are succulent, salty and spicy. Best garlic bread I've ever had. And I've had a LOT of garlic bread. Especially good when dipped in the cajun spices/chili oil in the pan.
(3) Shrimp scampi - Linguini tossed with lemon butter sauce, shrimp and capers - MMM. It's like aglio olio, with lemon butter as the substitute to olive oil. Oily cheesy buttery goodness.
(4) Strawberry lemonade and mango sparkler drinks - Perfect antidotes to a heavy meal.

Just a note: Scrumpleecious = scrumptious + delicious, as coined by a French girl in an Enid Blyton book. Heehee don't know why I remember that...

Run Forrest Run! I heart Bubba Gump!

Then we went to 1U and shopped. For some reason, both mummy and Wen Shi bought more stuff than me. No fair! Haha... At night we ate at Izzi, Damansara Uptown, with daddy in tow. More pizza, pasta and lasagna!

Now for the other end of the extreme... the 30 hour famine.

This year was harder than the previous two years... I wonder why. It could be that I ate a light dinner the previous night, and only ate 1 fried egg and 1 hash brown in the morning before the fast began... but I had a headache the whole of Saturday (partly due to the screams of the crazy hyper participants and booming speakers), and felt quite weak parts of Sunday morning. Or maybe I'm just growing old! Hehe.

We fasted, walked barefoot for 6 hours, slept in a lecture theatre, sat huddled under an umbrella stand in the heavy rain, and watched Guang Liang (insert fangirly squeal here) sing beautifully.

And when I got home from the famine I stuffed my face with MORE garlic bread! WoOohOoo garlic bread rocks my socks! :D

So that's how I spent the first few days of my twenty-fifth year of life.

I shall now end this post with a very simple but nonetheless meaningful saying by Forrest Gump, as posted on the wall of Bubba Gump:

It's been an interesting year... Some mistakes made and some lessons learnt.
But God has been good!
I have been blessed with a whole lot of love from my family and my friends. :)

Many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.

Lee Chong Wei rocks!

2008-08-16T19:13:00.005+08:00

Allow me a fangirly moment to say that...

Lee Chong Wei ROCKS my SOCKS!

The man in action

FUAH my heart almost stopped during Round 2 when Chong Wei started making mistakes and losing all those points to Hyun il... but then he pulled it together and played an AWESOME rubber match and HELLO Olympic Medal!!!

Collapsing in relief

There's something incredibly HOT about badminton players... I can't explain it. It's the grace with which they leap from one side of the court to the other, it's the amazingly nimble footwork, it's the way they jump up high into the air and execute flawless, breath-taking smashes. Wow. Breathless, I am. Watching that badminton match was exhilarating.

I don't know, but basketball players, swimmers, football players, tennis players... all of them just can't compare to the strong yet graceful and incredibly versatile badminton players. Lee Chong Wei is hot! Not so much when he's off-court, but in-game, every leap into the air, every flawlessly executed move, every gleam of victory in his eyes...... *be still my beating heart* Hehe.

Badminton is definitely my favourite spectator sport. I'll be watching the Finals!

Pure joy. Cho Kawaii!

And even if Chong Wei doesn't win, he still has won his way into the hearts of many Malayians, including mine. :)

Emo Songs Des!

2008-07-20T23:05:00.002+08:00

Once in a while I feel the need to wallow in Emo Songs.
So I'm here! To share!

They're not in any way related to my current state of being lah. Might have been once... but not anymore. :) Still, it's nice to indulge and wallow.Once in a while.

The Click Five - Empty

Maybe we're trying
Trying too hard
Maybe we're torn apart
Maybe the timing
Is beating our hearts
We're Empty.

Mika - Happy Ending

This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory
No happy ending
This is the way that we love
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our lives
But not together.

And this is where the entry will come to an abrupt end! No mood to blog liao. Haha.

Samishii yo...
Nande?

Maple!

2008-07-09T22:42:00.005+08:00

Juvenile Pasttimes

I have a confession to make.

I am, and suspect I will always be, a little kid at heart.

I like playing cute little kiddy computer games with cute little kiddy characters that I can dress up in cute little kiddy clothes! Because they are oh-so-freaking adorable, you can't not play with them laaaah. So this shall be a totally short and gratuitous post so that I can show off my pretty little Maple Story characters. Wheeeeeee!!!

I defy you to say they're not cute!!! They're practically ooooozing cuteness.

The first one is going to be a shadower. So pretty, so princessy, so cute!
The second one is a night lord. Played her till Level 200 and then she morphed into...
The third one who is currently a Level 191 bow master. Glam hairstyle eh? Heehee.
The fourth one will be a bishop, and the lollipop is her wand. Hoho.
The fifth one will be a hero. She's a rock chick with an electric guitar!

We have this uber cool program called BannedStory that allows you to design characters of your own with all the clothing and weapon items that are available in-game. So bro and I decided to design little versions of our little family.

Behold our amazing creations!!!

The Lee Family:
1 grumpy dad
1 pretty mummy
moi
and 1 act-cool brother

This is the only way we get to poke (lol pun intended) fun at our dad.
MOOHAHA.

Haha I'm getting carried away with all of this.

^^
Tara!

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

2008-06-11T16:31:00.006+08:00

Tales of Old

Once upon a time,

On 9th June, 1992,

A little 9 year-0ld girl went with her daddy to the hospital to visit her very pregnant mummy, armed with a bag full of grapes and KFC to cheer mummy up. Her mummy had been in and out of the hospital for the past 7 months, thanks to the naughty kicking brat of a baby in her womb.

As they got there, all this little girl remembers was her mummy being wheeled into the operating theatre, and daddy rushing her home to stay with the babysitter so he could rush back to her side. And so little Lee Wen Shi (small and premature and pink and rather blotchy) entered the earth and the little girl's life was no longer the same.

She had a brother!

To bully!

MOOHAHAHAHA...

Or so she thought.

When this little Lee Wen Shi was growing up, he inflicted all sorts of chaos in her life:

1. He bit her

2. He dropped her favourite toys and broke them

3. He drooled everywhere

4. He pooped everywhere

5. He peed everywhere

6. He cried everywhere

Haha.

And now that Wen Shi is all grown up (FUAH - 16!)... let me introduce you to him:

Hair-obsessed Cam-whore of a Vainpot

Happy Birthday Bro!

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for:
1. being a really sweet brother (most of the time haha)
2. always sharing stuff with me (food, stories, frustration with the parents ;))
3. being a good companion
4. being a willing listening ear (as I rant on about one thing or the other)
5. all the little little things, and everything else in between. Haha.

I think I should also take this opportunity to take some credit for your wonderful upbringing, because, without me you would:

1. have significantly less nice clothes to wear
2. have significantly less movies/series to watch
3. have significantly less computer games to play
4. have significantly less joy and laughter in your life (MOOHAHA)
5. have significantly more scoldings from papa (coz I share the load, yo!)
6. have significantly more nagging from mama (coz I do the nagging, yo!)
7. have significantly more angst in your life (coz of my wise, sage advice. MOOHAHA)

See how significant I am in your life?!

Moohaha.

I love you!
:D Moohaha

fall from grace

2008-05-30T18:21:00.005+08:00

You know how I said that I left my heart in San Francisco last year?

Well this year,

I left my tooth in London.

Haha, that's funny. Except that it isn't. Except that it is. Haha.

Actually it would be if much funnier if my tooth could magically grow back and I didn't have to pay more than 2000 freaking bucks to get a replacement. Ah well, such is life.

London!

London was great up till the point that I tripped like the clutz that I am and fell flat on my face and skidded face first across the bricked pavement and emerged with my favourite jeans torn, my specs broken, with a big gap where my tooth used to be and my lip swollen to the point where it was much much thicker than Angelina Jolie's. In a really grotesque way. Anyways, more on that later. ;)

Highlights of the trip (before my great fall of DOOM)

1. Shoppingggggggg - I know the exchange rate was a horrible 6.28, but I still managed to get cheap deals! My best buy was a cool t-shirt for my bro that cost a measly 1 pound! You can't beat that - you can't even get a nice RM6 t-shirt in the Pasar Malam man. Bought working pants for 5 pounds, a t-shirt for 4 pounds, and a pretty dress for 10 pounds. Cheap, even by Malaysian standards. :)

2. Fooooooood - the pictures say it all:

Left to Right, Top to Bottom:
a. English Breakfast - For three glorious days, I had an unlimited supply of sausages, bacon, sauteed mushrooms, hash browns, waffles, eggs, baked beans. *drool*

b. Curry Laksa Lookalike - SO NOT GOOD! Supposedly some sort of Japanese fusion food - looked like laksa but tasted like crap. The restaurant was called "Wagamama's". I'm pretty sure that's not a Japanese word. Bleh. Sakae Sushi and Sushi Zanmai reign supreme!

c. Ravioli with Porcini, Ricotta and Prosciutto - Haha fancy words that actually mean mushroom, a type of cheese, and a type of ham. DAMN GOOD. Had this at Zizzi's, which our nice English host Kathryn brought us to.

d. Hotel Chocolat - YUM. I could only afford the stuff on half price. Honey-infused chocolate pecan canapes and a block of Strawberries and cream. YUM.

e. Bacon Burger and Curly Fries - Haha, more American than English.

f. Thornton's - best chocolate in UK. Their pralines and truffles are to-die-for. *drool*

g. Mussels in white wine and garlic sauce - Cheryl brought me to Belgo's, a Belgian restaurant. I had a bowl full of mussels man. Yummy garlicy goodness! 5 pounds for so much seafood is quite worth it yah...

h. Mushrooms and cream in a puff pastry - it had some fancy name, but that's pretty much it. Cheryl's choice at Belgo's. DAMN GOOD! 5 pounds too!

i. Raclette - okay I know this looks like crap, but it is AMAZING. It is apparently a Swiss/French dish of crispy-brown small potatoes and oodles and oodles of high quality CHEESE. It comes with pickled onions and gherkins too (yuck), but you can easily avoid eating all that. But the CHEESE. I want to own a 100kg block of that CHEESE.

-- I didn't get to eat the classic Fish and Chips with salt and vinegar out of a newspaper wrapping! :( There's always another time I guess.

3. Sightseeing - most parts of London are really nice. Such a wonderful mixture of historical stone buildings with wonderful architecture and statues. And it didn't rain at all!

a. London Eye
b. King's Cross station - I was at Platform 9 and 3/4!!! Harry Potter dream come true. :)
c. St Paul's cathedral
d. The tube - I love the tube!
e. Aslan! Haha.
f. Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. I think.
g. Dragon statue silhouette
h. Tower Bridge
i. Big Ben against the Big Blue Sky.

4. Wicked - Wicked was Awesome! Definitely the best part of the trip. I was in the 5th row man. All for 20 pounds - so worth it! I could see their faces so clearly - every expression, every emotion. I spent the whole time gaping in awe at the dazzling costumes and dances, laughing out loud at their hilarious jokes and puns (which were plentiful - tinged with sarcasm, poking fun at pop culture), cheering wildly along with the rest of the audience as the protagonist defied gravity, gripping my seat in suspense during the dramatic moments, and sighing like the wide-eyed romantic that I am as they sang incredibly touching and heartfelt lyrics to wonderfully composed melodies. I wanna watch it again! Kinda impossible. Haha. Oh, and did I mention? The leading male character is HOT! His name is Fiyero. What a fiery HOT name. HAHA.

5. Hot Badminton Players - I know what you're thinking - WHAT? Haha. On my way to London, I was seated in between two ENGLAND BADMINTON PLAYERS. As in, they were just returning to England from the Jakarta Thomas Cup games!!! The one on my left was really hot, as was the one sitting across the aisle. The one on my right was the typical pasty and freckly Englishman. Haha. How do I know this? 1. They were wearing Thomas Cup shirts. 2. They were reading the badminton section of the newspaper. 3. They were talking about their training and future tournaments. 4. I remembered their faces and googled them and voila! Hot badminton players!!! Haha. I won't put their pictures here... but if you're curious and wanna google (if you've read this far anyway) - try "Dean George". ;)

Highlights of the trip (after my great fall of DOOM)

1. The fall itself - Part of me will always be in London... haha. I was walking back at 11pm from the station to Cheryl's place (which she kindly let me crash at for 2 nights)... still on a Wicked High, I guess. And I tripped. It was quite an awful fall - definitely the worst I've had in my life. Damn my freaking slow reflexes. My hands were virtually unscathed! Ah well. Thank God my scars have almost fully healed... all that's missing is a tooth. Thank God I didn't lose an eye or fracture something. I have much to be thankful for, still. :)

2. Waiting at the hospital for 5 hours - UK's emergency healthcare is free. Thank God! Before treatment though, we had to walk to a clinic nearby, which said they couldn't treat me and referred us to the Guy and Thomas hospital instead, where we spent some time waiting at the Minor Injuries division (and saw a guy with a broken finger o_O), and were then referred to Dental Injuries, where a couple of student-dentists poked and prodded at my face/mouth while their scary supervisors questioned them on what to do with me. Haha. They all have really nice bed-side manners. They always tell you before they do something that might hurt... and in the end it doesn't actually hurt, whereas the dentists in Malaysia never warn you and it always hurts. PLUS! the dentist gave me a good dose of anaesthetic, so I was happily numb and oblivious to all the drilling and filling. ^^ What a novel experience.

3. Getting stared at like I'm either a domestic abuse survivor or a terrorist - I've never gotten stared at so much in my entire life. I did look like quite a freak show lah, so I don't blame people for staring. I had to resist the urge to growl at the kid who kept staring rudely though, just to scare him off. Haha! And I say terrorist, because I borrowed a couple of masks from the dentists to wear... and in the tube they made the regular announcement "If you see any suspicious-looking people, please notify the relevant authorities". Some dude looked at me and then hastily looked back and then looked at me suspiciously again! Haha.

Hours before the fall, with my teeth still intact

R.I.P, little tooth.

May you turn into dust and travel far and wide, wherever the wind blows you! Haha.

Mummy dearest

2008-05-10T09:01:00.002+08:00

She is beloved

On this day, in between her birthday (May 9th) and Mother's day (May 11th),
I dedicate this post to my beloved mummy, who:

1. Is everything I want to be when I grow up ;)
2. Is the exact kind of mother I aspire to be to my children (If I ever have any)
3. Exemplifies unconditional love
4. Gives the best hugs in the world
5. Has never pushed me to be anything I didn't want to be
6. Is all that is good in me
7. Inspires me to weed out all that is not-so-good in me
8. Is the brightest star in the darkest night
9. Is the greatest comfort when all seems lost
10. Is the person I love most in this world

:)
Happy birthday and happy mother's day, mummy.

I hope we make you happy.

papa

2008-04-29T19:49:00.001+08:00

My Old Man :)

This post, I dedicate to my Papa, who turned 54 yesterday!

Hmm I started this post wanting to spew a lot of interesting crap about my beloved daddy, but I seem to have lost the inspiration.

How now brown cow?

Waa.

A simple thank you dedication, then.

Happy birthday daddy, to whom I owe:
1. My sharp wit (moohaha)
2. My death stares (I learned from the best)
3. My biting sarcasm (only for students *evil glint*)
4. My political awareness (haha though I fail thoroughly in this area)
5. My hot temper (yes I blame you!)
6. My anal-retentive grammar tendencies

Okay. I should probably stop here since the list is starting to sound more like I'm praising myself than thanking my dad. Moohaha. Self-praise is no praise Jueying... remember that.

Oh noes and now I'm starting to talk about myself in Third-Person.

---

I love my papa!!!
Though sometimes I want to strangle him.

:)

Savage Garden

2008-04-21T20:51:00.003+08:00

Savage Garden

I took a trip down memory lane today, when mummy and I listened to the hailed pop duo Savage Garden on the way to the moon (i mean, workplace) and back.

Man. What an era.
Those were the days.

It was the first concert I attended - pure adrenaline, way back when pop was catchy and melodious and the lyrics meant something (unlike the hiphop-infused monotonous crap they have nowadays e.g., Party Like a Rockstar, Umbrella-ella-ella-what-on-earth-are-you-singing). I remember seeing Darren Hayes from afar, sashaying up and down the stage-walkway, oozing style and confidence. I remember hearing the crowd scream as Daniel Jones made wonderful music on his guitar, and then threw his guitar picks into the crowd, much to the fangirls' joy.

Daniel Jones was my very first pop-star-idol. I loved him. Haha. I just amazed me that he could write such beautiful melodies that could compliment Darren's lyrics so well.

To the Moon and Back

She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends, well they've been trialed for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith is
It's like a journey I just don't have a map for"

Tears of Pearls

Is love really the tragedy the way you might describe?
Or would a thousand lovers still leave you cold inside?
Make you cry... These tears of pearls

All these mixed emotions we keep locked away like stolen pearls
Stolen pearl devotions we keep locked away from all the world

We twist and turn where angels burn
Like fallen soldiers we will learn
Once forgotten, twice removed
Love will be the death...
The death of you

Santa Monica

But on the telephone line
I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the difference
On the telephone line,
I am any height
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or space invader
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?

I'm not that girl

2008-04-14T21:57:00.001+08:00

I'm not that girl...

I really want to watch this musical called Wicked. It's about the witches of Oz (that's right, not the wizards of Oz, but the witches). It's about Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the East, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North - about how they were friends, and how their paths diverged and how they ended up where/who they are.

In there is a song that I love. Some excerpts here:

Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl

Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
I'm not that girl

Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in

Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart

I'm not that girl...

I read a quote - that ending a relationship is like having a really bad nightmare after having the most wonderful dream. That's how I feel.

How can someone who made me so incredibly happy now make me so horribly sad?

I guess I'm not that girl...

this is how it ends

2008-04-04T23:45:00.005+08:00

清明时节雨纷纷

Today, 清明节, a day to commemorate the loss of loved ones, to pay respects.
Also, the fifth-month mark that we never reached.
I guess it's fitting.

さよなら

A few words from a 張學友 song, and a Lord Byron poem...

幾許愁幾許憂人生難免苦與痛
失去過才能真正懂得去珍惜和擁有
情難捨人難留今朝一別各西東
冷和熱點點滴滴在心頭
願心中永遠留著我的笑容
伴你走過每一個春夏秋冬

Fare thee well -
and if for ever,
Still for ever,
fare thee well.

Eviscerated, I am

2008-03-26T22:12:00.004+08:00

Eviscerated, I am

Recently I watched an episode from a show called The L Word... where one of the characters, heart-broken, wrote a poem that struck a chord with me. Excerpt:

For you, my heart...
Ripped from my chest
Eviscerated, I am.

Such powerful words, all emotions laid bare, words of one who has been completely stripped of everything. Lovely, morbid, but lovely, and painful and painfully apt.

Eviscerated, I am.

Those words are gonna be haunting me for a while. Can't explain why... they just will be. Let's just hope that I will never be in such a situation to feel the magnitude of those words.

I'm in an emo mood.
Let's talk about emo songs.

One Republic - Stop and Stare

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be
Oh stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're here not there
You'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Can you see what I see?

Augustana - Boston

In the light of the sun, is there anyone?
Oh it has begun
Oh dear you look so lost,
Eyes are red and tears are shed
This world you must've crossed

You said...
You don't know me, you don't even care
You don't know me, you don't wear my chains

Essential yet appealed
Carry all your thoughts across an open field
When flowers gaze at you
They're not the only ones who cry
When they see you

Remioromen - Konayuki

This song, though I'll never be able to catch the full gist of it, induces tears.

分かり合いたいなんて上辺を撫でていたのは僕の方
I wanted us to have rapport but I was the only one who touched its surface
君のかじかんだ手も握りしめることだけで繋がってたのに
The only thing that was holding us together was my hand squeezing yours
粉雪ねえ永遠を前にあまりに脆く
Fallen snow, in front of us - Eternity, too fragile
ざらつくアスファルトの上シミになってゆくよ
It becomes a stain upon rough asphalt
粉雪ねえ時に頼りなく心は揺れる
Fallen snow, this heart that has transcended time is faltering
それでも僕は君のこと守り続けたい
And yet, I want to continue to protect you

My bro and I just went on a piano-playing/guitar-strumming/song-singing spree.

Catharsis at its best.

When flowers gaze at you, they're not the only ones who cry

amazing grace

2008-03-23T15:36:00.001+08:00

Amazing Grace

How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost

but now am found

Was blind

but now I see

Malaysia Boleh

2008-03-08T20:33:00.003+08:00

Go DAP!!!

I have been caught up in a wave of post-election hope. We have a chance.

The opposition actually has a chance!!!

Can this be true? Unofficial reports are coming in that Tony Pua won. That Teresa Kok has won both Seputeh and Kinrara. That Koh Tsu Koon (MCA Penang Chief Minister) has lost. That the opposition has captured at least 17 out of 40 state seats in Penang.

Wow. I feel goosepimples. Could this actually be happening???

Vote for change!!!

Slightly high. Woohoo! ^^ Too high to blog coherently. Woohoo!

Vote for change!!!!!!

pot calling kettle black

2008-01-24T19:44:00.000+08:00

Pot Calls the Kettle Black

Woe to our poor long-suffering neighbours. I cannot count on my fingers and toes the number of times we have given them an earful (and more!) during our loud loud family arguments.

Yesterday, in response to something Daddy said,
my brother the smart ass retorted "Pot calling kettle black".

UHOH.

This, of course, led to a FURIOUS TIRADE which included these sentences:

"You're calling me a POT AH????!?!?!?!"

"You're saying that I'm just as BLACK AS YOU?!?!?!?!"

*ROAR ROAR ROARs the house down*

If you take away the shouting and menacing glares of DOOM and the vein-in-the-temple threatening to pop out, and actually examine those two sentences, it's actually quite funny. Heh.

You see where I get my crazies from???! ^^

I love my dad and bro, I really do.
Despite the fact that they are crazy, hot-tempered loud-mouths. :)

Slices of life

2008-01-16T22:20:00.000+08:00

Slices of Life

I don't know why I've been feeling so compelled to blog lately. And here I am, yet again, blogging!

Dearest brother of mine has started school again, and is now in Form 4. We have this nice little daily routine where I rant and complain about my day at work, and he does the same about his day in school.

Mid-way through our conversation:

Best-sister-in-the-world: So what did you study in Biology today?

Little-brother-who-is-spoilt-silly: We're learning about cells, you know, nuclei, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, chloroplasts, yadda yadda yadda [insert lots of biology gibberish here]...... bulgogi......

*I proceed to laugh my head off*

Why, you ask? Sounds like a part of a cell, no???

Bulgogi, for those uninitiated in the splendours of Korean Food, is a yummy grilled beef dish. See picture:

OBVIOUSLY NOT PART OF CELL

What was my brother actually intending to say???

He was talking about the Golgi Apparatus lah, which, by Dartmouth College's definition is: "a part of the membrane system within the cell that works closely with the endoplasmic reticulum. The Golgi Apparatus modifies proteins and brings them to the cell surface where they can be secreted. Secretions include hormones, enzymes, antibodies and other molecules."

See picture:

ALIEN LIFE FORM

My blog is educational and not just full of mindless ramblings. Seriously.

Ahaha, my brother is so cute.

We're very similar that way, in that we are quite preoccupied with all things FOOD. What to do, deprived at home mah.

In other news, American Idol has started!

My whole family watches with varying degrees of interest.

Me: almost obsessed, picking favourites, would vote if voting was possible
Bro: very interested, picking favourites who usually are HOT girls
Mummy: interested and comments on singers occasionally
Daddy: interest slightly piqued but more interested in airing his comments over the sound of their singing and thus disturbing our viewing experience.

Haha.

Reality TV, our only past-time to tide us over this barren desert of tv shows due to the writer's strike. I support the writers! Give them more money, stupid network people, and give us back our shows, thank you very much. :)

Say hi to the newest additions to my ever-expanding-softtoy-empire:

So cute horr?!?!

Toodles. ^^

Hey There Delilah

2008-01-11T19:54:00.000+08:00

Hey There Delilah

Love songs should be written like this:

Hey there Delilah

What's it like in New York City?

I'm a thousand miles away

But girl tonight you look so pretty

Yes you do

Times Square can't shine as bright as you

I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah

Don't you worry about the distance

I'm right there if you get lonely

Give this song another listen

Close your eyes

Listen to my voice it's my disguise

I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me

What you do to me

Hey there Delilah

I know times are getting hard

But just believe me girl

Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar

We'll have it good

We'll have the life we knew we would

My word is good

Hey there Delilah

I've got so much left to say

If every simple song I wrote to you

Would take your breath away

I'd write it all

Even more in love with me you'd fall

We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far

But they've got planes and trains and cars

I'd walk to you if I had no other way

Our friends would all make fun of us

and we'll just laugh along because we know

That none of them have felt this way

Delilah I can promise you

That by the time we get through

The world will never ever be the same

And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah

You be good and don't you miss me

Two more years and you'll be done with school

And I'll be making history like I do

You know it's all because of you

We can do whatever we want to

Hey there Delilah here's to you

This one's for you

---

I wonder who Delilah is, if she actually exists.

To inspire such a beautiful, earnest song... she must have been someone special.

It is written so simply, yet you can feeeel the yearning in his voice, and the hope he harbours - of making it big someday, for her; because of her.

*melts*

Haha... really, there need not be grandiose lyrics of walking to the ends of the earth for someone, for it is sweet simple songs like this that touch the heart.

Singapore Roars

2008-01-09T22:32:00.000+08:00

Singapore Roars but Malaysia Boleh!

For the past 6 years, without fail, I have journeyed via the Nice Bus to meet up with my many many friends living in the pretty island set in the sea.

Most people visit Singapore for two things: Shopping and Food.

I did both!

But not in the conventional way that people do it.

Instead of shopping for clothes, we went to the Wet Market to shop for Groceries.

Instead of eating out, we cooked up a storm.

So Domesticated!!! someone give me a pat on the back. :)

As the glorified Kitchen Hand, I was given the EXTREMELY important task of...

Washing Crabs.

I spent TWO HOURS washing crabs okay... the crabs were STINKY and full of GRIME and I spent two hours scrubbing away at the toilet sink (coz Singaporean kitchens are super duper small) to get the crabs squeaky clean and thus fit for eating.

This was the end result:

Super Spicy Chilli Crab

Apparently it was good. After two hours of being intimately acquainted with the crabs, I couldn't bring myself to eat them. Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that it is extremely unworth it to cook/eat crab. First you have to kill it, then you have to wash it, then you have to cook it, then you have to peel it... and what do you get? Less meat than the meat on a single chicken wing. I'd rather eat chicken wings all day. Speaking of chicken wings, behold, with awe, my favourite food of all time:

Super Salty Shrimp Paste Chicken

My once-a-year delicacy and constant craving. No one makes it like my ex-housemate Esther makes it! Deep fried to crispy perfection. Amazingly succulent and tasty. I miss it already!

Besides these, we also ate: Sotong Balls, Yau Char Kwai with Fish Paste Filling, Fried Noodles, Curried Eggs, Lamb Curry, some cool vegetable wrap thingy... SO MUCH FOOD! To think that we used to do this almost every weekend in Adelaide. It's a miracle that I didn't become obese. :p

Singapore was great and meeting up with old friends made me feel all nostalgic and sentimental about the four years I spent there, in that cozy little corner of Townhouse 4, Adelaide.

The old friends

The old married couple (who are in denial)

The Speech Pathologist and The Dietitian say:

Eat Vegetables, as they are Good For You!

And on that note, I wish you happy new year and bid you adieu. :)

Snapshots of 2007

2007-12-29T23:43:00.000+08:00

Snapshots of 2007

As the new year dawns, thought I'd recap my wonderful 2007 in the form of a few pictures.

Langkawi, Dec 07

My beloved family -
Mummy, my best friend and confidante
Wenshi, my companion in computer games/tv shows/unifying-against-parents
Daddy, our tireless provider and reason why I have such healthy arguing skills *haha*

Despite the nagging, squabbles and differences - I cannot ask for a better family other than that which I have been given. I am blessed.

Workplace, Dec 07

My dearest colleagues -
Thank you for your support, camaraderie, and thank you:
Lin, for your kind heart and beautiful personality
Win, for all the things we have in common and your delightfully sarcastic humour
Jo, for your always cheery disposition and listening ear
Cin, for your unique worldview and many sacrifices
Joy, for your adorable moments and hilarious comments
Joal, for being a laugh every minute and a joy to have around
John, for your very-dry humour accompanied with such a straight face
Joel, for being a big brother even though you are younger than ALL of us!
Steph, for your infectious laughter and poking ;)

You are not only my colleagues; you are my friends. You make working life bearable and *gasp* even enjoyable! To those who are leaving, you are dearly loved and will be dearly missed.

Korea, March 07

Holidays/Adventures -
Travelling, I think, will always be my favourite hobby. Korea, US, Singapore, all the little little places around Malaysia... slowly but surely I am seeing different parts of the world!

Because someone is camera-shy, here is a random picture that vaguely represents someone very important to me. Heehee. ^^ For the first time in my 24 years of life, I have a boyfriend! Ahahah... I am content. You make me so very happy. :)

All in all, 2007, you have been good to me.
Or rather - God, you have been good to me.

It's been a wonderful journey, a rollercoaster ride of unique experiences, and I look forward to a 2008 full of hope, joy and love!

Sun, Sea, Sand

2007-12-24T18:15:00.000+08:00

Mmm I love long holidays!

My family, being the holiday-loving-family that it is, decided to go on our last family holiday of 2007 to the sun-soaked Island of Langkawi!

The last time I visited Langkawi was when I was 7 or 8, so you can imagine how much it has changed. Among other things, we:

* Sat on cable cars

* Walked on a suspension bridge

* Visited a bat cave where there were thousands of bats and lots of guano (thankfully none on me)

* Sailed via boat under a formerly crocodile-infested cave

* Went to a fish farm

* Watched eagles getting fed (which is very ecologically unhealthy for the eagles, who have lost their natural ability to hunt)

* Ate at The Loaf (opened by Mahathir and some Japanese dude)

* Saw monkeys and baby monkeys and monkeys attacking humans for food. GANAS!

* Swam in the sea

* Swam in the "Lake of the Pregnant Maiden"

* Swam in the swimming pool :p

* Went Island hopping

* Took a lot of speed boat rides, SO NICE

* Went to the Mahsuri Mausoleum (have always remembered the tragic story of her spilling white blood coz she was innocent and falsely-accused)

* Got browner and browner under the glaring sun

Yup, that's pretty much it. I'll let the pictures do the talking!

This is my stupid brother attempting to pull me down... Hence the awkward pose.

What do you do when your parents are sleeping and you're not supposed to make any noise? You make silly faces and act Lala in front of the camera, of course!

Way above sea level. Such a pretty view.

Pristine waters at Beras Basah Beach.

That's all folks. Christmas tomorrow! :)

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be bright
Soon all of your troubles will be out of sight
So have yourself, a merry little Christmas night...

thank God

2007-12-03T19:59:00.000+08:00

Thank God

What a weekend I had. Long story short, we were enroute to our Young Adults Fellowship camp, of which I was part of the organising committee. On the way down from Genting, there's this really dangerous and steep turn where road signs warn you to slow down and switch to a lower gear... we were running late, and my friend was driving a bit too fast...

She lost control of the car and it started skidding to the left... she couldn't break (and we were dangerously close to the side and dangerously close to plunging down the ravine)... and so she swerved right and crashed into the concrete divider instead, causing the car to turn 180 degrees.

Talk about freaking scary. I don't remember whether I was saying anything/screaming; I just remember the scary feeling of total loss of control... and I remember thinking "WHY OH WHY is the car not STOPPING?!?!!?"

But really, truly, Thank God. So much worse could have happened, and we survived completely intact - friend with a slightly twisted wrist and me with a slightly sore neck. Thank God that there were no cars behind us, thank God that my friend had the presence of mind to swerve right and crash us to a stop, thank God that no one was hurt.

The camp was also an exercise in faith, where I experienced the feeling of being out of my comfort zone, after I haven't experienced it in such a long time. All I can say is, "many are the plans in a man's heart, but God's purpose will prevail". :) God is good!

Thank God for old friends...

And new friends...

And family...

And all that I hold dear.

Whoever you are, if you're reading this - thank God for you!

to watch or not to watch...

2007-11-24T18:22:00.000+08:00

To watch or not to watch...

Long time no see, blog. :)

I am here to wax lyrical about a movie! A movie that is a Must Watch! A movie that is so nice that I watched it twice in the cinemas, that I wouldn't mind watching again, because it is THAT good. I haven't loved a movie like I love this movie in a looong looooong time.

It has alllllll the elements that I like in a movie - a dash of romance, an epic adventure against all odds, deliciously evil yet comical villains, a touch of darkness, a pinch of folklore and fantasy, oodles of hilarious moments, snappy dialogue, wonderfully endearing protagonists, and a happily-ever-after.

I am talking about the whimsically-named Stardust.

Seriously, with a cast like this, how can you be anything but AMAZINGLY AWESOME?!?! :) And Amazingly Awesome it is. Robert De Niro is awesome as a flamboyant pirate who is extremely concerned about his reputation. Michelle Pfeiffer is awesome as the evil Witch Queen who is obsessed with youth and good looks. Claire Danes is awesome as the slightly grumpy but amazingly beautiful 'star' that falls from the sky. The guy who plays the male protagonist Tristan is awesome as the slightly dorky dreamer who is transformed into a HOT and gallant hero. There is nothing that is not awesome. And I think I hold a record for using 'awesome' for the most times in a single paragraph. Awesome is me! Woohoo! You get the drift... :p

Watch it. I cannot stress this enough. Watch it, and you will know what I mean. Watch out for the scenes with the goat-turned-human. 'S all I'm saying. ^^

Meanwhile, do NOT watch The Last Legion. You would think that anything with Colin Firth in it would be somewhat good... that is NOT the case. It had such a contrived, unbelievable link with another legend at the end.... I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. And moments where it tried to be dramatic and epic... I laughed. This is... the movie that tried to be epic but failed. Really. Watch it, though, if you fancy Aishwarya Rai and would like to see multiple scenes of her fighting off a bunch of bad dudes, speaking in an exotic accent, and rising all-sultry-like from a pool of water. Bleargh.

And I shall leave you with an incredibly adorable picture - the creation of an artist by the name of Jeff Thomas. Characters called Pon and Zi.

Cho kawaii ne? And apt. :p

warcraft

2007-10-23T22:10:00.000+08:00

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Oh blog! Long time no see!
I have been preoccupied lately, you see...

Susceptible as I am to shiny new computer games, I have now been lured into the enchanting and addictive World of Warcraft.

There are endless places to explore, numerous FREAKING SCARY monsters to kill/avoid/run away screaming from, adventurous quests to embark on, pretty characters to inspect/flirt with/dance with, and of course, the tempting, addictive, all-consuming need to attain the next level. I can soooo understand how this game can become too addictive to people who lack self control. And who lacks self control? Certainly not me... Haha. :p

The previous game I was playing, Maple Story, is veeerrry veeeerrrrry different. It is a land full of cute monsters, adorably cute characters, cute little pets, and cute 2D terrains to explore.

See for example, Exhibit A.

My cute little Lvl 30 warrior in Maple (wearing a cute Japanese hat) vs. my noobie Lvl 16 Night Elf druid in WoW (wearing clothes I obviously can't afford and am not high enough in level to wear)

Exhibit B.

My brother's cute little Lvl 75 crusader in Maple vs. his ugly ass Lvl 19 Orc hunter in Wow (again wearing too pretty, too ex, too high level clothes)

Exhibit C.

Monstarrrrs! Maple Monsters come bouncing towards you and make cute little sounds when they die. WoW Monsters, on the other hand, come at you snarling, and THEY DRAW BLOOD. Man... are they scary. So I spend a significant amount of time hiding, or running away in fear. Ahahaha...

My Heroes Ep 5 download is crawling slower than a snail. Only 20% done and it's been downloading for 8 hours!!! o_O

byebyenow... time for WoW!

Heroes S02E02

2007-10-03T22:24:00.000+08:00

Call Me Delusional, But...

Sometimes I think that Heroes is tailor-made for me.

Why?

Reason 1:

Peter Petrelli - I don't think there's been another character who's been created on TV that I have loved this much. Such an inherently good person, that even after losing his memory, his identity, he still says righteous things like "I'm not a thief", and seeks to save a girl who's in danger. That he, who has lost everything, still seeks to establish relationships with the people around him. He can't help it, it's just who he is. And Milo is such a phenomenal actor - he brings such depth and emotion to a characer that needs to be exactly that - full of emotion, always hopeful, always a dreamer, always good. *Swoon* And of course it doesn't hurt that Peter's played by an actor with the most amazingly heart-rending puppy-dog eyes in the industry. And of course it doesn't hurt that he's now spending the first few episodes of season 2 shirtless. No, it doesn't hurt at all. ^^ And it doesn't hurt that he has the coolest power in the entire collection of Hero-powers. I can't wait to see him reunite with the people he loves most, I can't wait to see him grow into his own and develop more control over his powers (which I think this amnesia and isolation might help with), I can't wait to see him act with Kristin Bell (oooOoOH what a hot couple they'd make)... I just can't wait for any storyline that remotely involves him.

Reason 2: Mohinder speaks French

The writers are smart, they SO know how to get the fans all-swooning and crazy... It's no secret that Mohinder is widely popular because of Sendhil's beautiful chiseled features and his hot British accent.... now they have him speaking French? The language of romancing... I bet all the Mohinder fans melted at that particular moment.

Reason 3: Mohinder and Matt play daddy to Molly

It's like Two and a Half Men, except that it's Two and a Half Mutants. Or something. So heartwarmingly adorable. I love that the writers can find time in the midst of the "OoOoOoH Shiny SuperPowers" moments to show tender little family scenes like these, because this is what makes the show tick. I am attached to these characters, I am invested in their lives, I am rabidly awaiting every Tuesday so I can hang on to every word they say, every emotion that flickers over their faces, every connection they forge as their lives intertwine with each other's. Yes, I know I'm addicted. Yes, I know it's probably not very healthy. Am I gonna continue with this? Absolutely! :p

Reason 4: Epic Sagas Spanning Generations

Mystery, drama, intrigue! I bet Kensei is one of the 12 Elders. And, and, since Kaito Nakamura's death scene had so much blood - I bet it's Kensei who jumped off the building with Kaito, healed, and left the death scene. But the thing attacking Angela Petrelli was freaky. Are the attackers the same person? I dunno! Am I intrigued? Very much so! Am I waiting with bated breath to find out more? Hell yeah! I can't wait to watch their story unfold. What is this horrible thing that they did? Why does someone want revenge? Who are the 12?! (We know Charles Deveaux, Papa Petrelli, Linderman, Angela Petrelli, Kaito Nakamura... that's 5. Possibly Takezo Kensei, possibly Bob the company man. Hmmmmmm... mystery, drama, intrigue!

Lalala, tonight's post is boring coz I'm tired.

I blame it on the lack of sleep!

Prison Break is downloading... more puppy-dog eyes in the form of Wentworth Miller! Yaay!

Waiting...

2007-10-02T22:29:00.000+08:00

So, I'm bored.

BitComet is uncharacteristically slow today, so I'm waiting for the kilobytes to slowly trickle in to form my beautiful Heroes Season 2 Episode 2.

13 kb per sec? What is that?!?!?!
What a long, painstaking wait.

o_O

In the meantime, what better way to wile the minutes away by blogging?
And what better things to blog about than... my favourite things?

I solemnly swear to be as random as possible. :p

So here we go!

Favourite...
Male TV Character: Peter Petrelli.

Female TV Character: Veronica Mars

Futuristic Male TV Character: Peter Petrelli in Episode 20 of Season 1. With an extremely hot scarface. And trenchcoat. And awesome powers. :p

Futuristic Female TV Character: Max from Dark Angel

Male Anime Character: Hakkai from Saiyuki

Female Anime Character: Tohru, Fruits Basket

Male Fictional Character: Sirius Black from Harry Potter

Female Fictional Character: Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

Sad Movie: Life is Beautiful

Romantic Comedy: Love, Actually

Comedy: Miss Congeniality/My Best Friend's Wedding

Serious Movie: Shawshank Redemption

Animated Movie: It used to be Finding Nemo, then The Incredibles, then Ratatouille. Now I'm undecided.

Cantonese Movie: Infernal Affairs

Mandarin Movie: Hero

Japanese Movie: Death Note 1 & 2

Singaporean Movie: I Not Stupid. I Not Stupid Too!

My download is SO slow I want to spew blood.

Animal: Cheetah.

Type of Food: Pasta!

Soft Drink: Fanta Grape

Chocolate: Dove Hazelnut, Nestle Double Blend (Aussie chocolates, all)

Seafood: Prawns! Preferably deep fried or glazed with garlic butter

Chicken: Shrimp Paste Chicken!

Dimsum: Cheesy Prawn (wrapped in Foo-chuk)

Vege: Mushrooms! Shitake, button, Swiss, yum...

Cheese: Camembert

Odd Food Combination: Philadelphia Cream Cheese with Soy Sauce. Second place goes to Meidi-ya Pandan Cake with Salt. I am not a lunatic. These combinations work. Don't dismiss it if you haven't tried it! Go ahead, I dare you to!

Potato Chip: Pringles, Original Flavour

Malaysian Dessert: Chendol!

Western Dessert: Creme Brulee

Japanese Dessert: Ice Fruit Balls, Sakae Sushi. Yum!

Malaysian Noodle Dish: Pan Mee. Specifically, Restoran Gembira Pan Mee.

Japanese Noodle Dish: Tempura Udon!

Chinese Noodle Dish: Esquire's SzeChuan Vegetable Noodle Soup with Pork Chop. Yum!

Italian Noodle (er I mean Pasta) Dish: Aglio Olio (with lots of olive oil. And bacon)

Korean Noodle Dish: Japjae! (Potato Noodles. Yum!)

Potato Dish: Hash Browns. Yum!

Card Game: Chor Dai Di

Touristy Place: Venice

Place to Live: Adelaide

Holiday So Far: Italy

Roadtrip: Yorke Peninsula, Australia

Are we there yet?!?!?! Apparently not. And so the list continues...

Phrase to use: Oh Fine! That, or Cool Beans!

Accessory: Earrings.

Place to Shop: Bangkok

Place to Eat: Malaysia. I'm not picky.

Desktop Wallpapers: www.jimmyspa.com

Weapon of Mass Distraction: www.facebook.com. Used to be www.google.com.

Online Game: Maple Story

Mobile Phone Game: ERIX on my Sony Ericsson phone

Old Computer Game: Bubble Bobble!!! Does anyone have it? I want to play but can't find it anywhere...

Not-so-old-but-still-old Computer Game: Super Mario!

Colour: Baby blue

71.9% Done... Almost THERE!

I'm sick of making lists.
Byebyenow!

Heroes Season 2 I love You!

2007-09-26T22:03:00.000+08:00

Oh, Heroes.

How I've Missed Thee.

It is back!!! After a gruelling, torturous three-month wait, where I pined and pined away and experienced withdrawal symptoms only slightly mollified by the hilarious home videos made by Adrian Pasdar on youtube (check it out @http://www.youtube.com/user/buckshotwon), I finally have Heroes back in my life.

And it's chockful of new characters!!! Hot new characters!!! Hot new characters with mysterious powers!!!

Oh, Heroes. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways:

1. Matt and Mohinder and Molly under one roof

How amazingly cute is it that Molly gets to stay with her two favourite people in the world? The guy who cured her from the disease and the guy who saved her from Sylar? Molly's so adorable. And her banter with Matt Parkman? Adooooorable. Although the creepy man who continues to give her creepy nightmares continues to be freaking creepy. "I can seeeeee yooooouuuuu..." o_O *Meeep*

2. Goodlooking Hispanic Twins with Mysterious Powers

Maya and Alejandro! Firstly, they speak with such beautiful accents... and they seem to be going through so much and are hiding such a tragic ability... plus I'm a sucker for close siblings who would do anything for each other (much like Peter and Nathan). And it doesn't hurt that they're both very goodlooking. Haha.

3. Another Flying Man!

I like the fact that powers are not exclusive to one Hero... How cute is it that Claire's new love interest can fly?! And he's really cute...... in an unassuming, non-jock, adorable kinda way.

4. OooOoH Mystery Surrounding the Older Generation

In the beginning, there were Thirteen (or was it Twelve?). And they founded the Company. And they wanted to make the world a better place for Heroes... and things went horribly wrong and now one of them is turning against the remaining few... and POOR PAPA NAKAMURA!!! I liked his character, I didn't want him to die. :( *weepyface* Or maybe he's not dead yet? You never know, with this show. And we haven't even gotten a chance to see his POWER. *sob* Angela Petrelli continues to be mysterious in a scary way.

5. OooOoH Mystery Surrounding the Disappearance and Supposed Death of Peter

4 months gone... and poor poor Peter is chained inside a container half naked (I'm not complaining) and has LOST HIS MEMORY?!! To top that off, he's wearing the Haitian's necklace, which suggests that this memory loss is the Haitian's doing. And assuming the Haitian is acting under Angela's orders..... what on EARTH?! Poor Wide-Eyed Confused Lost Little Boy Peter...... But he does that whole wide-eyed look sooooo well. See below! (And try not to drool)

6. Poor Drunken Pining Nathan

Okay, not digging the abundance of facial hair. Oh, but it only serves to show how completely lost and distraught Nathan is without his idealistic little brother, that he's living in Peter's apartment, drinking his life away, consumed with guilt, waiting and wondering if Peter will ever return.

7. Hiro's Hilarious Escapades

Ha! Can't believe that Takezo Kensei is an ang-moh. A drunken no-use ang-moh. :) Could things get any weirder? Can't wait to watch his adventures unfold in ancient feudal Japan.

8. The Blissful Lack of Sylar

How nice is that? I suspect this won't last long though. Blah.

Things that Give Me The Creeps

1. "I Can See You..."

The Season 2 BigBad... ARGH... I'm already freaked out.

2. Bald Company Man

The guy with the Midas touch... He's irritating. And creeeeeepy. I don't like him already. BLEARGH. Maybe he's one of the Thirteen from the older generation. Is he the killler?!?!

My brother's only comment was: "Why is it that they keep introducing so many good looking men into the show and not GIRLS?!?!?!!" Ha, typical. All I can say is... Neh-neh-ni-booboo! :) Anyways, I don't know why he's complaining. Kristen Bell is appearing from episode 5 onwards... with electric-manipulation powers and a slightly off-kilter and flirty personality! Can't wait... Now if only Jason Dohring would appear in Heroes toooooo... that would be the very sweet icing on an already amazing cake.

Next Monday/Tuesday come fasteeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! :)

Oh, and tomorrow, I'm going to watch the first two episodes of Prison Break Season 3! Woooooohooooooooo I love American TV.

HUNGER

2007-09-01T22:30:00.000+08:00

Give Me My Food Now, Please

I'm hungry. :(

But I've been having some weird intermittent form of diarrhoea (screw the spelling) so I decided to stay off dinner to let my poor abused stomach rest and now it's 10 something pm and stomach acid is burning a big gaping hole in my poor abused stomach lining.

I need my stomach! I like my food! I want my dinner!

And now I sound like a petulant child. Haha. Well I am a petulant child, so get used to it. And this is my blog, which nobody reads anyway, so I can be as petulant as I want.

And as verbose as I want, apparently.

Okay end of cranky crabby whiny phase.

You know, I really don't know how to deal with hunger pangs.

I have been, for the past hour, reading Malaysian foodie blogs. And man, there are about a dozen restaurants that I want to go to right now, and more than a dozen foods that I am craving right now, and all I have is a big empty stomach churning with acid. GAH.

Okay I mean it. No more whining. Sorry!

I think one of my great ambitions in life is to be a food critic. I mean, imagine. You get paid to go

to expensive yummy restaurants and stuff yourself till you feel like throwing up. But of course, that would require:

1: really good writing skillz, and;

2: the ability to eat large quantities in one sitting without throwing up

BOTH of which, I do not possess.

I have really good whining skillz - many people will attest to that. But the ability to wax lyrical and sell food and give a good critique on the food I'm eating? I don't have that. Coz I most probably find EVERYTHING nice, and call everything "yummy". So much for my descriptive skillz huh? And... yeah, last time I realllllly stuffed myself: strands of puked-out angel hair pasta strewn across a grass patch in a parking lot. At least I didn't puke on my friends. Haha.

So food-critic career? Out! How do people start this kinda career anyway?

I can, however, post pretty pictures of the pretty food that I had the pleasure to sink my teeth into in the US of A. Yum.

Behold!

And Drool!

And Crave coz I am Craving and I want to spread the disease!

Droolworthy Decadent Delightful Desserts

Left to Right! Top to Bottom!

1. Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse Cake - Rich and creamy, melts in your mouth. Decadent, I tell you, decadent! I only had a few bites, as this was Win's dessert, and I was a little preoccupied with my precious little creme brulee (see point number 3!).
2. Caramelised Cheese Cake with Berries - Oh MAN! I love all things caramelised. This! This rivals my all-time favourite Secret Recipe Caramel Cheesecake. Ren's choice, and a good one.
3. Creme Brulee - I know all you see is whipped cream but MAN was it yummy. Melt-in-your-mouth I-want-to-keep-eating-it-till-I-drop-dead kinda yummy. Even Eddy (our very very nice and accommodating LA host), who eats less than us and proclaimed he was stuffed even before he finished the main course ate a few bites and proclaimed it GOOD.
4. Triple Chocolate Cake with strawberries - Best Molten Chocolate Cake Ever. I feel the need to Capslock everything coz it was THAT GOOD. Chocolate at its best.
5. Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge cookie dough icecream - we ate this in San Fran. While it was freezing outside and gusts of wind threatened to blow everything away, we sat in the nice cozy Ben and Jerry's restaurant and indulged. Indulgently.
6. Burger King's Hershey's Sundae Pie and Butterfinger Creme Pie and Cheesy Tots! - Okay I know the last one isn't a dessert but I ran out of pretty dessert pictures. MAN. I can't believe they make icecream pies out of CHOCOLATE, but they do. Yaay for me! And cheesy tots are the best fried-cheese thingies I've ever eaten. I miss it I miss it *drool drool drool*

Pretty Plethora of Pastas

1. Shell Pasta in Creole-Mustard sauce - Win's dinner - Spicy like hell but REAL GOOD. But REALY SPICY. So obviously, being the lousy-spicy-threshold person that I am, couldn't take much of it.
2. Grilled Shrimp Caprese with Angel Hair Pasta at Olive Garden - aaah mixed feelings. The prawns, so succulent and flavourful. The garlic butter sauce, so utterly delicious and pleasing. The pasta, so stringy and chewy. And yet... and yet, I puked. This meal. It was yummy while it lasted. REAL yummy.
3. Four-Cheese Penne Pasta at Olive Garden - Win's dinner. Cheesy and Rich and Yum!
4. Mushroom Ravioli at Olive Garden - Ren's dinner. It looks little but boy is it filling! The mushroom insides were delish. But filling. Waaaay too filling.

Other Gastronimical Delights

1. Crab Cakes and Sweet Potato Fries - Crab cakes, I tell you. Food for the soul. And sweet potato fries, surprisingly yummy.
2. Sumptious Starters - Fried Mozarella Cheese, Stuffed Mushrooms, Fried Calamari - YUM!
3. Hugemongous Pizzas - Yes, US is pizza heaven. Win and Ren WERE in heaven. :)
4. Chilli Cheese Dog - YUM! I love US chilli more than Malaysian chilli. It's this slightly spicy tomato and bean concotion that works amazingly well with cheese and hot dogs. YUM.
5. Stinkin Garlic Pizza - Ate this in San Fran. Yes, those are actual garlic cloves. And let me tell you, it is YUMMY! And it causes garlic breath. Haha. My poor travel-mates.
6. Denny's BREAKFAST FOOD with BACON GALORE! - No blog post is complete without mention of BACON. Salty oily fatty BACON. I love bacon. I miss bacon. This came, of course with buttermilk pancakes and yummy eggs, and heavenly hash browns and sausage and ham. But the BACON..... *drool*

Evidently, blogging about food does nothing for your hunger pangs. Oh well, screw hunger pangs. I'm going to go off and drool at more food photos. Toodles!

Birthdays

2007-08-22T19:44:00.000+08:00

Twenny-Four!

Lalala, I just turned 24.
The birthday was nice, full of unexpected surprises (okay I guess all surprises are unexpected), very nice presents, yummy Italian food, big helpings of caramel cheese cake, and many firsts.

First time working on a birthday.
First time receiving flowers.
First time being surprised in the middle of a serious conversation.
First time having something specially delivered to me.

Lots of firsts. :)
All of them good, all of them happy. Well, except for the working on a birthday part. But I guess the rest wouldn't have happened if I hadn't worked on my birthday, so it's all good!

Maybe I should resolve to work on all my birthdays. :)

I realise that I am blessed with a lot of really great people in my life. I realise that I have been blessed with an amazing amount of love all these years. I have so many people around me who love me. People who forgive my shortcomings, many as they are. People who bring out the best in me. People who are always affirming, supportive and warm. People who actually love me more than I deserve. In every place I've journeyed to, in every important phase of my life (high school, uni, work), I've met amazing individuals. I have never felt alone.

A big thank you to all of you, though you may never read this.

I feel so loved! Heehee :)
It's been a very happy birthday... and a great start to a promising year ahead.

2007-08-15T21:21:00.000+08:00

And So Life Resumes...

Picture! Daddy left my camera in India (!!!) so he bought me a new one. Haha. Which is good, since the old one was dying. Muahaha. Anyways, this new Nikon camera can take multiple shots every 2 seconds! Hence, me playing around with this COOL COOL function. Hence, the pic. Mummy and I, making silly faces at the camera. She's sporting YAH? I love my mummy. ;)

USA was good. When I feel like it, I shall Picasa-fy all my pretty pictures and post some of them up here. The FOOD, the DESSERTS, the BACON.

*drool*

Hahaha.

Oh, also - I left my heart in San Francisco.

something sweet and something sad

2007-07-01T23:46:00.000+08:00

Hello people of the world!

Time to share stuff again, this time a pretty poem, a sweet picture, and a sad song.

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
-- W.B. Yeats

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths,
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread upon my dreams.

How beautiful is that?
I mean, this man wanting to give the one he loves the very cloths of heaven - and then admitting to not being able to do so - yet still so vulnerably exposing himself in the last 3 lines... an admission of love, and a plea for reciprocation - AAH, gets me everytime.

Grandfather and grandson, quiet companionship.

So sweet yah? :)

And lastly, the bittersweet song.

All the Same
-- Sick Puppies

I don't mind where you come from
As long as you come to me
I don't like illusions
I can't see them clearly

I don't care no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
You've shown me eventually
What you'll do

I don't mind...I don't care...
As long as you're here

Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same

Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
And in between it always seems too long
All of a sudden

And I have the skill,
yeah I have the will
To breathe you in while I can
However long you stay
Is all that I am

I don't mind...I don't care...
As long as you're here

Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's always the same

Wrong or right
Black or white
If I close my eyes
It's all the same
In my life
The compromise
I close my eyes
It's all the same

Go ahead say it: you're leaving
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
Do it all over again
It's all the same
Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same

This song is so sad. "Go ahead, say it. You're leaving!" At one point the angsty singer shouts this out and you just feel all that bitter resignation, that everything is repeating itself again, that the girl will just keep on running back to him after having her heart scarred or broken by another. Ouch. And coz he loves her so much, so painfully, he'll just take whatever he can, he'll take her for who she is, whenever she comes to him, when she does choose to come to him.

I'm not saying that what he's doing is good though. It's so completely destructive.
But it makes for SUCH A SAAAAD, HEARTWRENCHING song.
And you know me and sad, tragic songs. :)

lonely

2007-06-22T12:37:00.000+08:00

It's so quiet in the office today.

I should stop being so Emo right? Almost 24 already...

Long time no blog

2007-06-13T20:04:00.000+08:00

Pretty song lyrics!

Am currently listening to two songs ad nauseum...
Just thought I'd share...

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
- really sweet, without being sickly so.

My favourite parts:
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Have said too much
But not enough

and these:
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I love Snow Patrol. They have such a lovely melancholy lilt to their songs. And the guitar-playing, just, whoa.

James Morrison - The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore
- this song is incredibly sad. And I love sad songs. They tell of emotions that you would never be able to express any other way.

I've been twisting and turning,
In a space that's too small.
I've been drawing the line and watching it fall,
You've been closing me in, closing the space in my heart.
Watching us fading and watching it all fall apart.

(chorus)
Well I can't explain why it's not enough,
Cause I gave it all to you.
And if you leave me now, oh just leave me now.
It's the better thing to do,
It's time to surrender,
It's been too long pretending.
There's no use in trying,
When the pieces don't fit anymore,
Pieces don't fit here anymore.

You pulled me under, I had to give in.
Such a beautiful myth, Thats breaking my skin.
Well i'll hide all the bruises,
I'll hide all the damage thats done.
But I show how I'm feeling until all the feeling has gone.

So sad horr?!!! *weepy face*
And James Morrison, he's a crooner, so you literally feel all the emotion that's pouring into the lyrics, pouring into each note of the song.

These songs, they tell stories, they do.
They unite people in their love, in their grief.
How many people listen to these songs and think of the love they once had?
How many people are hurting out there?

R.I.P V Mars

2007-05-28T00:28:00.000+08:00

R.I.P, Veronica Mars

I thought your story was epic, too. :(

It was fun while it lasted - and you will be missed.

Heroes Finale MADNESS

2007-05-22T23:33:00.000+08:00

I love Heroes
Yes I do
I love Heroes
How bout you?

Awesome moments of awesome proportions

1. Nathan's sacrifice
I love you Nathan I love you!!! In many ways the decision you had to make was the hardest - you had to choose between your mum and your bro. You had to choose between a life that was paved out of you and a life of uncertainty. Heck, you could've possibly just walked into your own death! I seriously hope you don't die. Please writers find a plausible way to explain his not-death?

2. Peter and Nathan love each other!
WAH. Sweetest brother scene EVAR! I mean Lincoln and Michael also have that "I would go to jail for you" thing going on, but the LOOK on Nathan's face (illuminated by the glow of Peter's uncontrollable Nuclear powers)... DAT is unconditional love. And the look on Peter's face always kills me...... And they flew into the sky. And he exploded. WAHWAHWAH *Flails around helplessly*

3. Sylar/Peter face off
Loved the black/white contrast - Sylar in black and Peter in white. Good and Evil meet and Good prevails! At least for a while. : (See not-so-awesome moments below).

4. Molly and Micah
I bet! They are a future couple! So cute, Micah impressing Molly with his amazing technopath skillz. And Molly just rocks in general! Her sad/scared face is so convincing and the look she gets in her eyes when she sees "Officer Parkman" is adorable. Now Mohinder can go on a crusade with Molly to find people with special abilities and protect them from EVIIIILLLLL.

5. Ando and Hiro are BFFs!
"You look bad ass!" Ando, best line in the show, ever. :) I'm glad you lived. Hiro! Awesome.

6. Charles Deveaux
Aaaah I knew he had a part to play. So he can transcend death and communicate to people in his dreams? Guess that's where Peter got his dreaming powers from. I love his little speech about Peter and his compassion and the hope he has in his eyes.

7. The general hotness of the men in this episode
Nathan was really hot! His last scene was breathtaking. All the angular lines of his face softened with love. (WAAAAAAA don't die please?) And Mohinder minus the facial hair is starting to grow on me. And Peter is still hot, will always be hot, even when he's on the verge of exploding. And he looks really good in white. And the whole Nuclear vibe thingy gave him this sort of angelic glow. Haha I should really stop this shameless fawning over them. And you know, Hiro's cute and so is Ando. And I suspect that Sylar didn't look half bad even though his EVILNESS just takes over and all I can think when he is on screen is DIE SYLAR DIE.

Not so awesome and downright scary moments
(Sigh, I guess they're necessary for furthering the plot)

1. Sylar YOU IS NOT DEAD!!!!!!
Sigh. I sword won't kill Sylar! He couldn't even die when infused with all sorts of incapacitating chemicals by The Company. Even after being pronounced dead! Now if I were Hiro I would take that knife and chop his skull off and take out his brain and burn it and scatter the ashes in 4 different parts of the world. That would probably be the only way to off him permanently. Can't believe there's someone worse than him, which leads me to my next point of:

2. Scary foreshadowing of scary villain!!!
He can SEE YOU when you're looking for him? VAT?! Major creeps there man. And I thought I couldn't hate anyone more than I hated the dumbass who named himself after a watch. Yeah yeah still not over that.

3. Mama Petrelli is controlling and EVIL!!!
Or maybe she's just horribly deluded. Or maybe it's both. Aiyah I don't know her deal. First you call Peter weak (my poor Peter, sayang sayang) and then you convince your other son to let him be the one to kill millions? Terrible terrible mother. What is it with the mothers on this show?

Out-of-this-world theories

1. Mohinder's potential powers
Shanti had powers right? So high chances that Mohinder has powers too. I had a crazy thought after tonight's episode... His blood can heal the disease that deblitates our heroes. Who were the people dying in this episode? D.L. and Matt. Yet at the end of the episode both of them are still alive - Matt took 5 bullets but was not dead yet. D.L. took a bullet but at the end seemed to be in less pain. Does he have some sorta healing power ala Linderman? Except that his powers work in a different way? Or maybe it's minimal? I dunnno tell me whatchu think.

2. Kiddy heroes
I read somewhere that Linderman intended that Niki and D.L. "procreate" to achieve the maximum potential of human evolution. It is possible, that as this particular genetic strain gets passed down, that it gets more pronounced and more powerful right? I mean Peter and Nathan discovered their powers in their 20s/30s. Claire discovered hers as a teenager. Micah and Molly (aww those wee little things) seem to be in really good control of their powers already! Hmmmm...

3. Nathan isn't dead!
Now there's an online theory that Nathan could've flew Peter high up enough and dropped him before he exploded and flown to safety. Possible? I sure hope so coz Nathan can't die like that, not after his awesome display of awesomeness.

Oh, show. I love you.
You answer our questions.
You give us closure.
You produce cool characters we know and love.
And then you throw in a little teaser of the next season which sounds like lotsa fun! Ancient Japan! Coooooool... I can't wait to know what you have in store for us for season 2. And don't kill Nathan!

And with that thought I leave you in peace. :)

2007-05-15T20:54:00.000+08:00

*FLAIL*

This show is made of awesome.

NEXT MONDAY NEEDS TO COME NOW.

Don't read if you haven't watched Episode 22 of Heroes. This will be short, because I am incoherent and I'm too busy SPAZZING about this episode and the PREVIEWS OF THE FINALE. o.O

Candace: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I liked you in this episode. I think underneath all those illusions you're just a poor girl who was teased coz you were not pretty/not thin... and all of this is a cover up. It's sad, the amount of faith you put in a delusional psychopath.

Mr Bennet: You can't possibly kill Molly! She's a cute little girl! She's a cute adorable little girl who doesn't deserve to die! Bennet 1, Thompson 0. =p

Linderman: HA. HA. HA. End of crazy-delusional-heal-the-world talk! I couldn't be happier.

Mohinder: You should totally adopt Molly. :)

Molly: Mohinder and Matt are your heroes? So cute! *HUGS YOU*

Niki: Yaaay! You back!

D.L.: R.I.P. You were never my favourite, but you know, killing Linderman was the BEST use of your powers so far.

Ted: R.I.P. Terrible way to die.

Papa Nakamura: YOU ARE SO COOL.

Hiro: YOU ARE SO COOL.

Ando: NOOOOOOOOOO I don't want the 'future' to 'repeat itself'.

Sylar: BOOM YOUR HEAD. I hope you go BOOM and the only person who dies is YOU.

Claire: You're still awesome.

Thompson: "What am I thinking?". "Your last thought". HAHAHA you is DEAD.

Heidi: YES talk some sense into your wayward husband! I hope it's enough to prevent him from turning to the dark side.

Nathan ah Nathan: Don't go bad... please? Now that the dumbass old man is gone you don't have to go through with it......

Peter: Yaaay so all the Invisible Man's teaching did help! You're on your way to becoming super cool! (And you're already super hot).

Previews are here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9T0GlrOyw&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm3qnea9aU4&eurl=

Pasta!

2007-05-14T19:09:00.000+08:00

Pasta!

You'd think that only pregnant women have cravings, but apparently this is not true of me.

I have been craving pasta for about 2 weeks now.

It all started off at Pizza Hut, where we had this yummy shitake mushroom shell pasta thingy that I quite liked... and this constant craving for pasta started.

So I went back to Pizza Hut again, this time with Serena In, and ordered some patethic carbonara pasta which just wasn't fulfilling. :(

Then on Saturday I convinced my mum to go to Pizzera Bella Italia, where I had this dismal Tagliatelle Alla Bella Italia dish (basically with garlic, chicken, eggplant and mushrooms), and was sadly disappointed and unfulfilled again. :(

Then last Wednesday we went to Delicious Cafe and we ordered 3 vegetarian pastas, the Mushroom Mascaporne Angel Hair pasta was amazing, the Mac and Cheese was rich and cheesy and yum, and the Spaghettini with Eggplant was okay-okay only.

AND I AM STILL CRAVING PASTA!!!

Tell me how I can get this craving to stop!!!

Looking at these pictures doesn't help:

Tell me you're not craving pasta now.

And now I'm all hungry and all I get for dinner is lousy vegetables! BOOHOOHOO.

P/S: Colleagues of mine! We need to go to Jogoya FAST! Agreeeee??? Heehee.

Ho Ho HeRoes!

2007-05-10T21:22:00.000+08:00

Question:

What do you do when you really really really want to watch the next episode of a show that hasn't been aired yet? *strangles self in anticipation* (Woe is me, next Tuesday seems so far away!!!)

Answer:

You go online and surf for random silly pictures of the cast, of course!

Have a look, they crack me up. :p

The green man! Adrian Pasdar at his finest. And what's up with Milo's expression? Heehee...

Peter and Mohinder swap clothes! Hilarious.

I imagine that it'd be great, working as a crew member on the production of this show. I would gladly quit this job for a job on Heroes! Then again, which Heroes fan wouldn't? :)

TUESDAY COME FASTER!!!

Yesterday was my mummy's birthday and we celebrated at Delicious cafe 1 Utama: 3 different types of vegetarian pasta (yes vegetarian pasta can be nice) and 2 types of dessert. I love the Mushroom Mascaporne with Lemon Zest pasta. It has this really unique taste and the mushrooms are plentiful and huge! Mushrooms = my favourite vegetable. Are mushrooms considered vegetables?

Anyway you know you're a loser when you talk about the categorisation of mushrooms on your personal blog. Tomatoes = fruit! Avocado = fruit! Avocadoes are YUM! Especially with garlic salt. Anyway I digress.

Happy birthday mummy! Some say she looks like my older sister, which is a compliment to her but could be taken as an insult to me (VAT? I LOOK ALMOST AS OLD AS MY MUM, a 50-SOMETHING YEAR OLD?!?!?!). Hehe.

Some pics of my mum -

My mum in Korea, posing Winter Sonata-style.

My mum loves food and so do I!

And I love her. :)

Heroes Episode 21

2007-05-08T23:23:00.000+08:00

Beware of Long, Rambling Heroes Post!

Episode 21 spoilers: don't read if you don't wanna be spoiled!

ARGH if only, you know, I had Hana's ability and could infiltrate NBC's network and download unaired episodes of Heroes! Coz seriously... waiting for two weeks to see whether New York explodes/whether it is Peter who does it/whether they can change the future/whether my favourites live or die IS JUST TOO MUCH!!! I am totally unable to delay gratification. GAH. If only the remaining episodes could be transmitted from the writers' brains to MINE.

Ahem. Anyways.

Things I loved:
1. Claire and Uncle Peter
Waaah how sweet are they? At least in all this confusion these two lost souls manage to find each other! And they're family! Awwwww... Peter's been living under his brother's shadow all his life - it's good that there's someone who looks up to him and cares about him.

2. Claire and Mr Bennet
Yaay reunion! Now maybe Mr Bennet will know what to do with this mess.

3. Claire and Nathan
"You can fly?" ... "That's cool". Hehe. You can tell how much Claire actually hangs on to every detail she knows about her biological dad/anything he says... it's adorable! I hope Nathan doesn't go down the wrong path. I hope they have a chance to bond!!! And they can be a big happy Petrelli family! (provided Peter doesn't blow up boohoo)

4. Mohinder and Little Molly Walker
Adorable! Every scene they had together was adorable. Molly's abilities are cool plus she called Sylar the boogeyman ahahahaHA. And I love that Mohinder is the antidote. And his sister had abilities... I wonder if he has any. Cool beans!

Things I Didn't Like:
1. Sylar and Mum
The writers actually want us to sympathise with a twisted mass-murderer by showing us his sad past? Yeah, sure, he's all delusional and he's murdering people left, right, centre, and you blame it on his mum's expectations of him. Man goes wrong, blame it on woman. VAT?!?! How Freudian can you get?

2. Angela Petrelli
What was all that crap about faith? How can any good come out of so many people dying? She does realise she's talking about (possibly) allowing her poor poor overlooked son Peter to explode? I'm confused - I want to like her. But she's manipulative and she's manipulating Nathan and these good boys always listen to their mother... Wah. What is it with this show and MOTHERS anyway? Guess I just have to watch the next two episodes to see what happens - which brings me back to my original point - why can't they be out like NOW?!?!? >.<

3. Candice
She's scary! Her ability to create illusions is really dangerous - it's bad now that she's working for the company... but what if Sylar gets her brain? Nathan's life is in danger HELP!

Petrellis at work.

Theories/Speculation/Worrisome Thoughts
1. Can you really change the future?
So far all the drawings that Isaac painted - they've all come true. The drawing of the cheerleader - a blonde cheerleader did die, just not Claire. Isaac painted his death, and he died. Whatever Isaac paints does happen - it just happens in a way that we don't expect it to. But if you subscribe to this theory... then New York will blow up! And no... they can't do that to us! And if you can't change the future, it means that Nathan is gonna die! And Peter is gonna blow up! And the scary future we've seen will happen regardless! oh noes......

2. Angela Petrelli's speech
Do you think something worse could happen if New York doesn't explode? Linderman is psychotic and has weird ideas on the concept of 'healing', but why would Angela also want for this to happen? Does she know something we don't?

3. Health defects
Hmm. So far, three people with special abilities have had diseases - Molly Walker, Mohinder's sister Shanti, and Charlie (Hiro's girlfriend with the good memory - she said she had a brain tumour). Is this something that will manifest in all Heroes? If so, let's hope Sylar contracts it and DIES!

4. Niki/Jessica
Oooh Jessica seems to be mellowing. I guess that's how she eventually gets back to her Niki persona (like we saw in the future).

Creepy fella

And this is the part where I talk to the characters of the show:

Mohinder: Yaay I'm liking you a lot better now than in the earlier episodes. Now's your chance to BRING DOWN THE COMPANY and save Molly Walker from the clutches of ambiguous EVIL!

Sylar: DIE BOOGEYMAN DIE!!!

Claire: All my brother had to say after this episode was that you look prettier with straight hair than with curly hair. EEK you are impairing my brother's reasoning ability - oh who am I to talk... Peter has the same effect on me. ^^

Nathan: NOOOOO do not go over to the DARK SIDE...

Hiro: Keep fighting the good fight, yo! And save Ando - he is your BFF! And seriously, just kill Sylar already. Don't be all noble about it. Sylar does not deserve your pity!!!

Ando: You are totally the Sam Gamgee to Hiro's Frodo Baggins. Remember, he can't save the world without you!

Candice: I wish I could wipe that smug little smirk off your face.

Claude the Invisible and Missing: Where on earth are you? I kept expecting you to turn up when Peter looked like he was gonna lose control of his newly absorbed nuclear powers, you know, to PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE! Heehee.

Molly: *pinches your cheeks* you are such a cutie! :)

Peter: Yaay the wide-eyed-innocent-hopeful-you is back! Listen to Claire, don't keep running to your brother, not when he's thinking of allowing you/Ted/Sylar/whoerever it is to blow up the whole of New York. You're still my hero, regardless of what happens. :)

Okay I should probably stop, though I think I could probably go on for about 10 pages more. Verbose I am!

Win, if you're reading this, I think you're probably the only one who understands my long insane ramblings. Hee! ^^

ONE more week till my next Heroes fix. Sigh.

Heroes heroes heroes, you have made such an addict out of me.

The Pretty Petrellis! =p

2007-05-04T21:16:00.000+08:00

Long-overdue Korean food Photo Post!

I love Korean food. Lookie at what we had in Korea!

Clockwise from top left:

1. Seafood pancake - there's eggs and prawns and squid and asparagus in this YUMMY pancake. *drool* Ate it with lots of soysauce.

2. Bibimbab - yes that's what it's called. :) It comes in this sizzling stone bowl... all you need to do is stir and mix the ingredients. It's like fried rice! Except you do the frying in your own bowl. Heh. And the ingredients are already cooked. I loved the slightly burnt rice at the bottom. Also ate it with lots of soysauce.

3. Some chicken and rice noodle thingy - What's so fun about Korean food is that you get to cook most of it yourself! Apparently this dish was made famous by Winter Sonata. It was yummy! After you've finished half of it, they add rice into the sizzling pan and you get to fry rice again. Haha... look at how innovative they are.

4. Sizzling pork with cabbage! - this was the highlight of our trip. I don't know what seasoning they use. It was slightly sweet, and salty, and spicy at the same time. Best eaten when wrapped with lettuce and SEAWEED. YUM.

5. Emperor's meal - Four people to a square table that was LADEN with food. It looked so so impressive when it first came out, but sadly, only a few out of the 15+ dishes were nice. I liked the steamed egg though. But they had RAW CRAB (still in the shell) and raw octopus! Eeek!

6. Seafood steamboat - Whoa. You name it - prawns, mussels, crab, la-la, MUSHROOMS (okay not seafood, I know I know)... Hehe. Yummmmy tooooo...

Oh and have a look at Adelaide at night -

Pretty horr?! And the place where you look at it is called Windy Point. How cool is that? It is really windy... and the road that takes you there is windy too! Double meaning! Heh.

Byebye now!

HEROES!!!

2007-05-02T22:51:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer:

Only read if you have watched Heroes Episode 20, or have no intention of watching, or if you don't mind spoilers. Lots of incoherent babbling ahead. Because, because...

OHMYGOODNESSME. THIS EPISODE OF HEROES KILLS ME DEAD.

5 years into the future man. 5 years. And what a bleak, bleak world that is.

I think it takes great vision for these writers to think up the plots that they did. They seriously weren't exagerrating with the tagline "friends becoming enemies and enemies becoming friends".

Now, if I could talk to the characters in this episode, this is what I would say:

Matt Parkman: Can you ever do anything right? I was sympathetic; your life was full of crap and it was getting crappier... but now you're actually AIDING the WRONG PEOPLE and turning against your OWN KIND?

Mr Bennet: I love you. I loved you since the "Company Man" episode, and I hope you get to live in the alternate future that our Heroes create.

Claire: My brother really likes you. He thinks you're hot as a blonde, and hot as a brunette too. The world is unfair. And you have a father who loves you. And Peter "freaking hot" Petrelli is your uncle. Jealous I am!

Claude aka Invisible Man: Where ARE you? I miss your snark and sarcasm and your British accent.

Hana aka Wireless: I knew you were cool. I hope you live too.

Niki: I like you so much better now that Jessica's gone. And PETER?!?!?! Totally unexpected. Jealous I am!

Sylar: WHY WHY WHY can't you just die off the face of this earth? If you talk about being special and chosen one more time I will choke and die. And seriously, you named yourself after a WATCH? How dumb is that?!?!

Nathan: *cries* :'(

Hiro: Waaah I still love you. The future you scares me too..... he's so world-weary and sad...

Ando: I'm quite fond of you too... Don't die?! o.O

Mohinder: Finally, FINALLY you did something right. ^^ And you're called "The Professor" huh? Cool beans!

Peter: If you have Claire's healing powers, why couldn't you regenerate? I'm not complaining, the scar still looks hot on you. No one can make angst look as good as you... no one except maybe Michael Scofield. Okay. Wrong show. Anyway where was I? I thought present you was cute, you know, all doe-eyed and altruistic and hopeful...... BUT! The future dangerous-jaded-powerful you is SO HOT. You're in total control of your powers and on top of that you fight WITH FIRE and in a TRENCHCOAT. I'm a sucker for trenchcoats. It was like Neo from the Matrix, but better.

Okay. You know you're obsessed when you start talking to fictional characters.

I shall wait with bated breath for next Tuesday to arrive.

In the meantime I shall watch that episode for the 1956322382th time. =p

Happy Birthday Daddy

2007-04-28T22:20:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday Daddy! I love you.

In sleep he sang to me...

2007-04-25T21:10:00.000+08:00

In sleep he sang to me...

in dreams he came

that voice which calls to me...

and speaks my name

If you ever feel inclined to go for a musical, you should start with no other but The Phantom of the Opera.

Word of caution - going for this first might cause you to be disappointed if you watch other musicals, simply because there is no other musical as breathtaking and heartstopping and fantastic and haunting and unforgettable as this!

Their voices are still ringing in my head. The hauntingly beautiful music and lyrics... I was mesmerised. Transported into a different time and place, even. Starry-eyed and gawking, mouth-wide-open, and probably looking really stupid. But no one in the Esplanade theatre that day would've noticed, because they were doing the same. These songs, especially Music of the Night, All I Ask of You, and Phantom of the Opera, were composed to touch your heart and stick in your head. I've been humming these songs silently these few days (Ha! Betcha didn't notice)... That is the impact they've left on me.

And the sets! Allow me a moment to rave about the sets (hmm I guess no one has to allow me to since it is my blog, and you could just choose to stop reading. But please don't! Hehe. =p Okay end of crazy self-talk). Where was I? The SETS! There was this scene, this unbelievable scene, where the Phantom takes Christine to his lair, set in a candle-lit underground lake... You almost don't believe it is a stage - you think it HAS to be a lake, for the 'water' seems so real, and the light from the candles reflect so beautifully off the 'water'... and the boat just seems to glide right through. Truly magnificent. And the CHANDELIER! Hey how cool is it that they have an interactive stage? The rusty old chandelier morphed into a brightly lit one and was transported from the stage UP to the ceiling of OUR theatre! It's like WE were in the Phantom's theatre, that the Phantom inhabited this very theatre, with voices coming from behind us, and the chandelier later FALLING from our ceiling...... WAH. Sheer amazement.

Okay, enough raving. Pictures! (Not mine, since we weren't allowed cameras)

In his lair: Phantom and Christine. Passion, mystery and obsession... oh the drama!

Masquerade! A myriad of colours, I didn't even know where to look.

No more pictures! :(

Go watch the musical. You have to be there to experience it. It's still showing in Singapore till the end of May! Speaking of Singapore, my family and I had quite a unique experience. After arriving in Singapore, our first stop (after driving blindly for dunno-how-long) was Geylang, the infamous red-light district (don't ask me why we ended up there). I went to top up my dad's cash card in 7 eleven, and had the weird experience of seeing a middle-aged prostitute with a HAIRY EUROPEAN MAN! UGH. Dirty. And then, the day after that, we watched Phantom. And after that, we walked the streets of Little India, among lots of Indian men, looking really out of place coz 1: We were Chinese. 2. We were in formal clothing! Haha. Anyway we were looking for dinner lah. And had some very yummy cheese and garlic and butter naan from the Banana Leaf restaurant. Yumyum! Diverse experiences huh? :D

I have babbled on for too long. Shall leave you with pretty Phantom song lyrics! This is Music of the Night.

Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation,
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour,
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender,
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before!
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar!
And you'll live as you've never lived before

Softly, deftly, music shall caress you,
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you,
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind,
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night

Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world!
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before!
Let your soul take you where you long to be!
Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night!

You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night

masquerade!

2007-04-19T21:32:00.000+08:00

Masquerade!

Hello hello!

It's been a while... lately I've been keeping busy with work and watching all sorts of tv and playing computer games. Yaay! Life is good when you have a lovely set of coping skills: tv, computer games, internet, a comfy bed, FOOD! These are all the things you need to be a well-adjusted individual. Heh. At least I like to think that I am well-adjusted. Do my colleagues think otherwise? *glares at you if you dare to think otherwise* >.<

Well I talked about how much I love Venice in the very first post in this blog... and how I want to participate in a Masquerade... we had that last Saturday, in a much smaller scale and with much cheaper masks that made us look like our heads were on fire.

But it was fun! Dressing up is always fun. Hehe. So is taking photos! lookie lookie......

Pretty little ladies, all in a row. :D See what I mean about heads on fire?!

Satnam! What's wrong with wanting World Peace? ^^

We want FOOD!

Speaking of food, everyone needs to eat at Paddington's House of Pancakes. They have a huge selection of both savoury and sweet pancakes... and MAN. The PEANUT BUTTER and CHOCOLATE SYRUP pannekoeks (dutch pancakes) were the best pancakes I've ever tasted in my life. Oh and it comes with maple syrup, blueberries, chocolate icecream and fresh cream! Yumyum! *drool* See what I mean about food being a coping skill? Food should totally be everyone's coping skill.

Byebye now. It's time to drool at Wentworth Miller on Prison Break. ^^

Dear God

2007-04-06T23:51:00.000+08:00

~* Good Friday *~

Thank You Lord, for loving me and redeeming me by your death on the cross. Greater love hath no one than this. Thank You.

How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure

That he should give his only son, to make a wretch his treasure

How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turned his face away

As wounds which mar the chosen one, bring many sons to glory

Behold the man upon a cross, my sin upon his shoulders

Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held him there until it was accomplished

His dying breath has brought me life; I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything: no gifts, no power, no wisdom

But I will boast in Jesus Christ; his death and resurrection

Why should I gain from his reward? I cannot give an answer

But this I know with all my heart: his wounds have paid my ransom

le couch potato speaks!

2007-04-05T21:33:00.000+08:00

Yaaaaay the internet is finally back on and I feel connected to the world again! I've been so deprived. o_O So anyway, I've been inspired by Linda (Hi Leenda!) to start blogging again... and I think I shall resume this madness by blogging about my current obsessions:

Prison Break! Heroes! Veronica Mars!

Waaah so many tv shows, so much to love and obsess over! :)

First up... Prison Break!

Words cannot express how much I love this show right now. I basically went through the whole of last week SLEEP DEPRIVED because I was trying to watch as much as possible in the shortest possible span of time.

Storyline:
The premise is interesting - Little brother Michael (hot!) 'breaks' into prison to break his older brother Lincoln (not as hot as little bro but still considerably hot) out of prison... government conspiracies... intriguing prison culture... a protagonist as smart as he is hot (I cannot emphasise this enough)... sweet forbidden romance between doctor and inmate... the conflict that rages within an essentially good man as he has to make sacrifices and wrong some people in the pursuit of his brother's freedom... I LOVE THIS SHOW!

Eye candy:

Gaze upon the HOTNESS that is Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller)! You could drown in those eyes. Really.

Random fact: He was in Mariah Carey's video for "We Belong Together". We know who's prettier. Hee ^^

Romance:
Michael and Sara... After all they've been through, if they don't end up together at the end of the last season of this show (whenever that is), I will spew blood.

Next up... Heroes!

This is the show to watch. 'Nuff said.

Storyline:
Not the standard superhero with cape type story! This show is about ordinary people who discover that they have extraordinary abilities... and different characters react and adapt to these abilities in different ways. Creepy antagonist Sylar, with his delusions of grandeur and psychotic ambitions to reach his 'evolutionary peak', decides to go on a murdering spree as he attempts to add more brains (eew!) to his already extensive collection... some try to fight back and their lives intertwine!

Eye candy:

Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimilglia)!
That poor thing has so much crap going on in his life right now (SYLAR!!! 0_O)... I just wanna give him a hug. And I hope he doesn't lose all that pretty hair...

Romance:

There's not much romance in the show... not much that I care about anyway. But Hiro.... Hiro is LOVE! He's adorable and innocent and he spews random Japanese words all over the place... his English is hilarious and he's the only comic relief in this oh-so-tense-I'm-gonna-pee-in-my-pants show. LOVE!

Last but not least, Veronica Mars!

It's only coming back in May. Boohoooooo...

Storyline:
The life and times of Veronica Mars, private investigator extraordinaire. I love this show - the mysteries are cool, but the relationships are better. I love the show's focus on developing/highlighting the relationships in this show - Veronica and her dad, Veronica and the love of her life (no one but Logan!).

Eye candy:

Wheeee Logan! Possibly one of my favourite male tv characters of all time. Not the conventional good-looking type, but the way he EMOTES... you just feel for him. I read on a blog somewhere, someone was saying "no one will love me like Logan loves Veronica". Sad, yes, but quite possibly true. His dedication to her is like no other. They need to get back together... NOW!

Romance:

My favourite TV couple, bar none.
In Logan's own words... their love is EPIC. Spanning years and continents, lives ruined, bloodshed...... they belong together!!!

Oooh I'm tired. This is such a long post! Hope you (whoever you are) haven't been bored to tears reading this. Whatever the case, it must be painfully obvious that I'm a TRUE BLUE COUCH POTATO!

Nightnight... time to sleep.

Food glorious food!

2006-09-13T19:45:00.000+08:00

There is something wonderful and exciting and fun about trying new foods.

Not that I'm particularly adventurous, but most of my "trying new food" endeavours have resulted in long-time LOVE affairs.

Take for instance,
EXHIBIT A.

Shrimp Paste Chicken.

Not that this is particularly novel, but man, if you smelt it while the chicken was marinating, and looked at the actual marinade, you wouldn't be that impressed. You wouldn't be that tempted to try. But man is it rewarding. I love this like I love chocolate. The crispy oily deep-fried aromatic skin and the succulent chicken-flesh within (yaay I rhyme!)... this is food you could sing about.

Con: After frying, your kitchen/house will stink of prawnpaste for days. I don't really mind, but some people find this disagreeable. And it attracts flies. Those irritating specimens. :)

EXHIBIT B.

Foo-chow Fish Balls.

These are not typical market variety fish balls. These chewy fishballs have PORK in them! Lovely marinated minced pork, wrapped in chewy fish-paste-thingy-whatever-you-call-it. MAN. And then they stew it in soup...... When you bite into the fishball the soup comes out and it is just so flavourful and awesome.

Con: Beware of scalding! These fishballs collect soup. HOT soup.

My lastest fancy,
EXHIBIT C.
Mayonnaise and Ketchup Flavoured Mister Potato.
No picture, sadly...

I know, it sounds weird! Mayo and Ketchup on a POTATO CHIP? But man is it yummy! I can totally taste the mayo in powder form and it's just so delicious. It's one of those odd combinations that work, just like MacDonald's frenchfries with their soft serve icecream. I like! And I just ate a whole can of it today, glutton that I am. ^^

Con: After eating a whole can, you get quite sick of it. I speak from experience. Heh.

For the past half hour I've been looking at various online cookbook-type websites and drooling. There is a puddle on the flooooor... Now for my dinner of fresh vegetables and unprocessed rice and more fresh vegetables haha...

Sail away to beautiful places...

2006-09-06T22:21:00.000+08:00

New blog! I suppose what prompted me to get a blog @ blogspot.com is that there are SUCH BEAUTIFUL skins around. Doesn't matter that no one reads this - the prettiness makes me happy. ^^

In the spirit of my blog title... let's sail to some beautiful places that I've been to in the past. If I can, these are places I want to return to in the future. These are places of many fond memories, places of God's amazing creation, scenery so beautiful it takes your breath away...

My favourite place of all time:-
Venice.
The city of history, intrigue and romance! They call Paris the city for lovers, I think Venice trumps it. It's so steeped in history... the magnificent church buildings, the dating back to Crusader times; heck, even Shakespeare wrote two plays set in this city (Merchant of Venice, Othello). And then they have masquerades, where people dress up, wear masks and revel around Piazza San Marco...

If you ever went there, you would understand what I mean. This place is unforgettable. I want to spend days and days discovering every nook and cranny... I want to eat hearty Italian lunches in their quaint little restaurants... I want to take numerous Gondola rides through the winding river-roads... I want to watch the sun set on the church buildings, casting everything in a fiery red hue... I want to witness and participate in a masquerade...

Venice once was dear
The pleasant place of all festivity
The revel of the earth
the masque of Italy.
- Lord Byron, famous poet.

Second favourite place of all time:-
Australia, my second home.
Having spent four years studying there, I have come to love this peaceful country set so far away from the others, in its little corner down under. The natural rock formations, the beautiful coasts, the wildlife, the starry night sky, the lush flower fields... There is so much to discover; there are so many places that I have yet to explore. I have too many beautiful pics of Australia, so here are some snapshots, summarised in the collage below...

Left to right, top to bottom
1. Christmas Tree, Melbourne city.
Yes it's called a Christmas tree. And it's red! I want one for myself.

2. 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road.
This is world-famous. And extremely beautiful. Mum didn't want to leave when we went there.

3. Rhino Rock, Mount Gambier.
Yes it's a rhino-shaped rock! Sunset and the great ocean - magnificent combination.

4. Dolphin Bay, Yorke Peninsula.
The most beautifully blue ocean I have seen as of yet. Bright blue sky, equally blue ocean - magical.

5. Tree with pink leaves, enroute to Adelaide.
Chance discovery when we took a wrong turn - what a great reward! The leaves are all pink, and there are rows and rows of them.

6. Field of yellow flowers, enroute to Adelaide.
Many years have passed since those summer days, among the fields of barley. See the children run as the sun goes down, among the fields of gold - Sting. Enough said.

7. Beautiful sunset, enroute to Adelaide.
Shades of pink and purple and blue and a risen moon.

8. Little sailboats, Melbourne.
Inspiration for 'little ship of hope', maybe? The escapist in me wants to sail away in them...

9. Carnival ride, Adelaide.
Aren't the lights lovely? I went on that ride, once every year.

Really, the pictures don't do these places justice.
I love these places.
I miss these places.