2333hrs

Listening to:



Silje Negaard - Port Of Call (2000)


I fell asleep more than five times on the train back; its been a long, long day.

Was caught in the rain and stepped into puddles everywhere. Wet shoes and wet socks. Lunch was a small packet of onion rings and an ice lemon tea, alone at 4.30pm. Dinner was at 8.30pm. Travelled from Boon Lay to Holland Village, to Serangoon, to Tiong Bahru, to Chinatown, to Orchard Road, to Choa Chu Kang, and back to Boon Lay. My eyes are so tired, I can hardly see out of my left eye and everything is blurred.

Sounds like a really bad day, doesn't it?

Well it wasn't. :)

0725hrs

Listening to: Take That - Nobody Else


Today is supposed to be a good day.

It's my mum's birthday today. Happy birthday again mum!

It's also supposed to be a good day for other reasons... but somehow I don't feel all that great, even this early in the day. I woke up at 7am after a night of unfulfilling tossing and turning, and a lot of thinking.

Sometimes, I think it's too important to me that things are done the way I'd like them to be done. To the point that I'm imposing myself on others, not giving them their personal space, stifling them.

I sure as hell do not want to be a stifler.

Thinking it through, maybe it's unnecessary to keep seeking reassurances and bugging you about all things big and small.

So let today be the day all things change for the better. Yes, I am shaken by the things you said, 'cos I thought you fully understood why I do the things I do. But maybe that's just me imposing myself again.

Oh well. 明天会更好？就让今天也更好吧。

1800hrs

The prognosis is bad - I've been struck with an incurable disease.

Name:
PPS - Phantom Phone Syndrome.

Symptoms:
Periodic fumbling in pants pocket for mobile phone, feeling vibrations, beeps, rings and all types of sounds from mobile phone when there are none coming from the source.

Ways of infection:
Expecting messages or calls from anyone. Can be compounded if message/call is expected from person(s) afflicted with MPRMS (My Phone Rang Meh? Syndrome). Aggravated exponentially the more times mobile phone is checked for a message that isn't there.

Cure:
None.

1703hrs

Listening to:



Tanya Chua - Jupiter (2002)


This is one of my many CDs that have been missing for a long time. Like the rest, I only had the jewel case with nothing inside. How annoying is that! So imagine my surprise (I literally gasped) when I pressed the "eject" button on my sister's car CD player last night and it popped out. Yay! :)

Jupiter is local singer-songwriter Tanya Chua's last English album. Although she has released two critically-acclaimed Mandarin albums since then (Stranger and Amphibian), Tanya still sounds much more comfortable singing in English.

The album kicks off with an acoustic version of Train's "Drops of Jupiter", and further down on the track list there's also her version of Coldplay's "Yellow". The former is a highly listenable version; the latter proves that sometimes there ain't nothing like the real thing.

Elsewhere on the album, Tanya hits many highs, both with the slower numbers like "Two Of Us" (probably the sexiest song she's ever done, heheh) and the up-tempo ones like "Tell Me" and "Just Like The Movies". The penultimate song is "On This Earth", a jazzy melody with vocals and accompaniment recorded in the studio at the same time -  my favourite track on the album.

And of course, there is a hidden track which I talked about in one of my very first entries here (the fifth, to be exact).

The album can be listened through from start to finish, and it will leave you longing for more. Recommended in a dimly lit room, with lots of cushions all around you and a mug of steaming hot chocolate. :)

(editor's note: between my sis and I, we have every single one of Tanya's albums. Heheh.)

Lester's rating: 4.5/5 stars!

1622hrs

Listening to: Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes


I was happily cruising along the fast lane of the SLE towards Woodlands last weekend, when I suddenly spotted a striking figure in my rearview mirror:



Wah piang! It's a Lamborghini Gallardo! Even though I was already travelling at about a hundred kilometres an hour, it ate up the distance between us effortlessly within seconds.

Of course, I was not obliged to give way to him (sports car very hao lian issit?), but I wanted to see the back of the car. So I changed lanes and waved him through:



He was past me in a flash, and with a throaty roar; no surprise, considering it can go from 0-100kmh in 4.2 seconds.

By the way, this baby costs about S$850,000 without COE. How's that for some serious bucks! (y)

1704hrs

Listening to: Muse - Hysteria


I was cleaning out my drawers at home the other day and unearthed some interesting stuff.



Lots and lots of letters, notes, cards from friends and special friends over the years. Some of them are written a long time ago by people reading this! Haha.



These two high-tech gadgets were my prized possessions back in secondary school and JC!



A photo sticker stuck onto a phonecard, taken on October 31, 1999. I remember the date well 'cos it was Ben's birthday (hence the "18 liao") and it was the first time we went to Boat Quay and looked at all the pubs, just days before the A levels.


And finally, today is Mothers' Day, so Happy Mothers' Day to my mum! And happy birthday in advance too :)

1505hrs

Why is it that the things that make me angry are always the same things?

Now that's one incoherent sentence.