quote. unquote.

If having things turn out the way you wanted them to
is a measure of a successful life,
then some would say i'm a failure.
The important thing is
not to bitter over life's disappointments.
Learn to let go of the past,
and recognise that everyday wont be sunny.
But when you find yourself
lost in the darkness of despair,
remember,
it's only in the black of the night
that you can see the stars.
And those stars
will lead you back home,
So dont be afraid to make mistakes.
To stumble and fall.
'Cos most of the time,
the greatest rewards come
from doing the things that scare you the most.
Maybe you'll get more than you ever could've imagined.
Who knows where life will take you.
The road is long, and in the end,
the journey is the destination.

- Coach Whitey Durham

mid-autumn fest

"Lack of sleep may be deadly, says study. People who sleep less than five hours are twice as likely to die of heart disease."

- Life, The Straits Times, September 26 2007

shit.

ANYWAY. yesterday was the mid-autumn festival(or mooncake/lantern festival, whatever you wanna call it). so anna and i decided to head down to the little park behind our house for a little walk under the moonlight.

with our lanterns. paper lanterns. old-school style.

and boy, was the park filled with people, all right. people and lanterns everywhere. families everywhere. teens and kids playing with candles and little ones walking with their mini lanterns, while parents strolled along behind, chatting among themselves. the park was beautifully lit up by the lanterns people hung on the bushes and trees.


christmas lightingslanterns on bushes.

then these 2 losers showed up...


...with unlit lanterns(that had no sticks), 2 big and 2 tiny candles, and a matchbox.

took us aeons(hey, we havent done this for around a decade) but we eventually managed to light those babies up. after going through a series of windy ordeals, that is.

tadaaaa.

our lanterns.

we managed to find some sticks(branches) laid on the ground. and for some reason, anna decided to make fun of my fishing rodlantern stick the entire night...after accidentally breaking the perfectly straight one that i had found earlier.

she's lucky we're blood related. hah.

so here it is:

my faithful fishing rodlantern stick.

what a blast.
time for some mooncake.

The Daughtry Experience (20 Sept 2007)

they came.


and i was there. :)

so Daughtry came. and thanks to anna's friend(melvin) who had extra tickets, we(anna, keith, and i) managed to go for the exclusive showcase as well. St James Power Station. now who would've thought that my first time at a club would actually be at St James? and that i was really only there to catch a live gig? heh.

funniest thing i heard while inside the bar.
"some guy called Chris Daughtry performing. i dont know who he is laah."
some dude on the phone.

the gig turned out to be pretty awesome to me. it was, in a way, more acoustic and toned-down, even though i still thought that it was kinda electrifying. one thing's for sure, Chris had great vocals and it showed. in other words, it was live and it rocked so that's all that matters to me.

i only have 2 complains to make about the show.
1) i wished they had performed my favourite song, "Used To".
2) i wished they had thrown some picks over to OUR SIDE! aww come on you guys! i lost TWO of mine! pfft.

so anyway, i tried taking pictures but all i had was a camera phone against what i call "gig-lights", a.k.a. coloured lights, so the pictures turned out looking, uh, "photoshopped". my bad.

we were standing by the side of the stage, so in one way, we were pretty close to it but the guitarist blocked my view of Chris.


just an idea of what the rest of the crowd looked like.


performing.


shaking fans with the fans infrontofthem.

okok. at least the super pumped-up drummer(Joey Barnes) was facing us. and the bassist and Chris did wave to the us. so i'll let that pass. besides, the drummer with his crazy drumming, in his fitting yellow shirt and flip flops? hot. :)

oh. and just to prove that they were drinking in the middle of performances.

and by drinking, i meant BOTH water and beer. how very "rock-star-like."

i took some videos too. dont mind the bad quality(i TOLD YA i was using a camera phone. plenty of good videos on youtube!) and um, the shaking. my hand was raised thiiiiiiis high. oh come on, you guys. that's what happens to vertically-challenged people at gigs.


It's Not Over


Home


Over You

just so you wondering what he was saying in the middle of that song, he said, "hey, can we do it again? i didnt realise you knew it that well so let's do it as loud as you can alright?"

okay. guilty of light headbanging. and swaying. and cheering. and singing. oh, and shit guilty of doing the "rock" sign with my hands in the air a couple of times.

i'm going home.

i'm ready

"my life has become a boring pop song and everyone's singing along."
- Jack's Mannequin


i've been studying(in school).


i'm addicted to The Office.

it makes me laugh.out.loud. really.


i still miss my picks.

L.O.S.T.

argh.

i came home tonight only to realise that something was missing.

my necklace. my favourite necklace.

i had it on before i left home this morning, and it was still on me before i went out in the afternoon. but when i came back, i looked into the mirror and was horrified at what i saw. nothing! that's right. mamapookanas. the necklace came off me! dropped into the middle of a vast ocean. how? how can you search for a needle in a haystack? or orchard road to be exact? it's gone! dammit. how could i have not realised that it came off?? damn, i'm lousy. dang it!

pfft.

now the chain, i dont give a crap. but my favourite 2 guitar picks on it... GONE. forever.


my poor babies. :( noooooooooooooo...

i cant find the same ones anywhere now. especially the purple one. and the white one was my absolute favourite. TSK. mamapookanas! so much for being a mutant and owning superpowers. pft. dammit. *slams chin on desk*

time to watch The Office for some cheering up.
please, the people of Dunder Mifflin. work your wonders!

the golden pair.

my friend surprised me with this yesterday.


a pair of golden flip-flops from novo.

i had accompanied her to the store to collect her heels but i had no idea she actually got this pair of flip-flops as well. ok, so the pair that i own right now...not exactly very safe. it has lost it's friction, well, almost entirely. that's right. i've had tons of slipper troubles before. the affairs of the cursed feet. yes. how cursed, you ask?

hm. i landed on my butt once, right in the middle of the entrance of TM, much to the amusement of my friend and everyone around, including myself. that would've been the perfect ohmygodshedidnt image. mmhm. and i fell once right outside school(wearing my old pair of black sneakers which i had complete faith in), just before my friend could finish her sentence of warning me to "be careful." yea. call me queen.

anyway, i tried on this golden pair(wow i like how that sounds) while we were out the other day but i ended up not getting it because it was kind of expensive to me. so apparently, this girl decided to get it for me. and she REFUSED to accept my money when i offered to pay her back for it. said it was bad luck or something. hah.

whatever it was, thanks alot, babe. i was really surprised. thanks for being so sweet! :)

i took this right outside the expo, where i went to with my mom today. it was around 4.30pm.


and so, the wind blows...

thank you for the invention of camera phones.

anyway, mom and i were talking about Gilmore Girls while we were out today, and i thought i had an epiphany. so i went, "hey! we're just like the Gilmore Gi.. i mean, we could be the Teo.. uh, wait. i mean, the Lim.. eh? no. um. nothing." *cough* oh well, we tried.

at least we got home in time to catch the real show. heh.

updates

my hair's wet so i cant go to bed yet. a chance for an update.

i've been attacked by major headaches over the past few weeks. the kind that makes you wanna bang your head against the wall several times before shooting it twice and then taking some panadol. bloody throbbing headaches. it's definitely the long hours of staring at the computer screen but i dont have much of a choice there.

low immune system + crazy, unpredictable weather + long hours of school =
one very sick and delusional person. who has a fugging annoying headache.

seriously, do i have a tumour or what?! sheesh. you're not only driving me insane, you're out there to kill me!

oh, joyful, glorious school. it's been awesome, really. i mean, what else is new right? i practically own that seat. that entire bench in fact. you know what? just give me the damn PC when i'm done(if i ever do get done). students of the next batch shouldnt have to use that piece of crap anyway. i could use it as a back-up in case the one at home fails. or i could always sell it to the karang guni man and get some money for it. nono, dont act like you love it, now.

i am skeptical about the help that was being promised. the help that hasnt arrived. afterall, who wouldnt be after 19 weeks huh? week 20 would be a good week to start, sir. thanks.

gosh, we are stupid. no we're horrible. in so many amazing ways...related to this project. and you nod in agreement. i nod with you.

but dammit, i will survive.

and you. thank you for telling me. really. you know you'll always be one of my bitches.
botak, or not. :)
oh come on. POSS! heh.

finally. time to sleep now!transfersomegamesintomymobilephonenow.
ah yes. i have become one of those people who actually bother to do that. sigh. it's the 20 weeks, i tell you. *shakes head*

by week 22, i'll probably jump for joy at the idea of being able to study and understand the logic of a microchip retrieved from a mobile phone.