Happy Birthday Blog!

On April 30, 2004, I created this blog.

Forward 3 years later and I'm surprised I'm still going strong and posting every now and then.

Happy Birthday!

Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,
or listened to rain slapping the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight,
or gazed at the sun fading into the night?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,
time is short, the music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly,
when you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,
with the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,
time is short, the music won't last.

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow,
and in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch, let a friendship die,
'cause you never had time to call and say hi?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,
time is short, the music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
it's like an unopened gift thrown away.

Life isn't a race, so take it slower,
hear the music before your song is over.

David L. Weatherford

Despite hearing this so often

My hair still stands on an end and tears just flow down.

This is so wrong..

First impression was "Huh?"

And then it hit me...

And I thought I was emo

This guy takes the cake

Well I do feel better after reading that. At least someone is worse off then me. :P

Was asked

who I thought were beautiful women.

I therefore present to you:

No. 3 Sienna Miller



No. 2 Scarlet Johansen



No. 1 Kate Beckinsale!

Some how I found this funny

What does DNA stand for?

National Association for Dyslexia

PS: No offense to people with Dyslexia.

Tired is when

you swim 1.8km and then go for a 3 hour plus bouldering session.

It's been years since I last did rock climbing, the last time probably being in secondary school. I had a blast this time as I think I am slightly fitter this time round and could manage to have more strength to last longer throughout.

You don't really feel tired during the whole session as you're running quite a bit on adrenalin, but after the whole thing, I realized I was aching in places I didn't even realize existed.

Another thing that I learnt: Don't lean against a rock wall, it hurts.

I am

Always loved R2D2 the most anyway. Too bad I don't have l33t force powers. :(

Super proud

is what you are when you go to Borders and realize the book you bought a few days back for $3 actually costs $31.45 at Borders.

I love this picture

You know you're a Geek when..

there's a clearance sale at Carrefour and you end up buying 2 books.

You know you're proud of it when you blog it for the world to know.

I don't want to sleep alone

A friend once told me that everyone is essentially alone, no matter how many people he surrounds himself with. I think the picture above seems to capture that.

Another film by Tsai Ming Liang, whose previous film "Wayward Cloud", was so abstract, I still can't understand the fixation with watermelons.

This film has another fixation, a mattress and considering the title, seems rather apt. It provides comfort and support to the people lying on it. But how much more of it come from the people lying there with you?

This film isn't for everyone. Make no mistake, this is art fart (I give this one to your Eu, but the rest of the shows I watch are not art fart!). I won't even try to say that I understand even half of what was going on. When the opening scene is of a invalid person sleeping and the sound of the radio blaring in the background and it doesn't change for 3 minutes, you know you are in some pretty mind bending stuff.

This film is so filled with symbolisms that is boggles the mind. The plot is difficult to understand cause there is simply no dialog. A review said that this 2 hours plus film had dialog to fill 2 A4 size sheets of paper. That is exaggeration. It probably only fills one. But it was very ..... interesting. No other way to describe it. The plot moves along slowly. There is no back story, and you are left to figure most things out yourself as the details are slowly filled in. And even at the end of the film, you are probably none the wiser at a lot of things.

This isn't about the plot, but about the feelings and emotion generated when watching it. I didn't understand it, but deep down, I felt it. The loneliness, the longing, the need for companionship, the betrayal, the caring, the absurdness of everything in life.

The parting shot was of said mattress floating in water with lead male and his girlfriend and the Indian who has been taking care of him to homo-erotic levels. It was absurd, but you can't help feeling envy for them as they won't be sleeping alone tonight.

Twas raining today

And I ran.

In the rain.

And I laughed.

We sometimes grow up too much and think and analyze everything, when sometimes, it's just best to let go and follow you heart and be happy.

Almost forgotten how much I love

snorkeling

and a certain someone

Will you be able to tell

if music was thrown in your face?

Saddening social experiment conducted by The Washington Post

This is wrong on so many levels

More from here

Oh Fark. Not for the faint hearted.

Cookie for...

Who ever can guess what

Chekeraccho

means without Google.

Pointless picture post

Eu: How can you say not cute?

On a side note, anyone notice that she has JCC and Gold in IPPT? I know it's for a drama, but...