2359hrs

Listening to: Travis - Be My Baby




The latest addition to my extended family... introducing my one-month-old nephew, Joshua.

Isn't he cute? Awwwww...

1003hrs

Listening to: John Legend - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing


Where has the weekend gone? (w)

Anyways, Saturday is truly the most precious day of the week right now... and I'm glad the one just past was pretty fulfilling and action-packed (in all senses of the word), haha...

We went cycling again! Haha... it's becoming quite fun once you know how to, well, cycle. Heheh. I'm not sure how far we went though... from the Big Splash to the Fort Road exit of the ECP, turned back and pedalled all the way to Bedok Jetty, then back to the Big Splash in just under two hours. Was a great workout (no morning-after aches and pains this time, yay!) and a nice cloudy day...

Oh, and I must mention that we witnessed three teenage boys jumping repeatedly from the jetty into the sea. They would take a short run-up before leaping over the railing gracefully... was quite a sight! One of them even did a somersault before hitting the water, hahaha.

After that, we rented Episode IV from one of those vending maching thingies! It's really quite cool haha. Watching it was kinda surreal though... it's the DVD quality Special Edition, so the images were crisp and clear (not so much the sound though). The movie is 28 years old! Wow...

And it shows, really. C3-PO and R2-D2 look like the Tin Man from The Wizard Of Oz and a dirty dustbin respectively... haha. The first 20 minutes were really boring... most of the "dialogue" (if you can call it that) came from C3-PO talking to R2-D2, who only beeps annoyingly all the time. Haha. :X

The fight sequences were pretty okay for a 28-year-old film, and Harrison Ford was the real star of the film for me, with his wisecracks and debonair attitude... no wonder he was chosen to be Indiana Jones in later years.

Hope to watch the rest of the episodes soon.

After the movie (which took quite long to get through, had to pause a couple of times 'cos someone couldn't stay awake :X), we had a late dinner of Teochew porridge near my place, and an even later supper barely two hours later at Chomp Chomp with my bros. What really struck me about the day was how quiet everywhere was... guess a lot of people were out of town for the long weekend.

So yeah, it was a Very Good Day again. Wish every day was Saturday...

1736hrs

I am spending my precious Sunday:

1) channel surfing like crazy (2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 51, 52, 52, 54, 2, 3, 6, 9...)

2) looking at my mobile periodically (still suffering from PPS)

3) Vacuuming the house (mum's in JB over the weekend)

4) Waiting for... dunno what leh


There's got to be a better way to spend Sunday.

1232hrs

Listening to: Tyler Hilton - When It Comes


This Tyler Hilton guy looks and sounds like a young John Mayer... take a listen at MTV.com.


On Friday, yann and I met up for dinner and drinks. Being lazy asses, we decided to go somewhere really happening: Compass Point (she lives in Sengkang) and the cafe at Punggol Park (I live in Hougang). Heheh.



Yann's gotta be the most geeky girl I know by a mile. (agent s., you're off the hook :P) No matter how we tried to steer the conversation towards topics like old flames and college days, it would inevitably return to stuff like...

me: "eh what are the specs for your iBook?"
yann: "1.4 gigahertz, 12 inch screen...."

And do you know anyone who has already watched Episode III twice as of Friday? I do. :X


We also talked about Tomorrow.sg, Wordpress, personal domain prices, blogging in general, and her chance meeting with mrbrown the night before.

And of course, there was good beer:



I had both. (y)(y) The jury is still out on which is the better beer. ;)



Really crap lighting, used the flash :O

Was a good night out... :)

1011hrs

These memes are taking the blogosphere by storm, aren't they?

from agent s.:

1. Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Hmmm not that many, though I'm trying to expand on my collection of all time favourite films. Say about 10 for now?

2. The last film I bought:
That Thing You Do! and Maria Full Of Grace (still unwatched, yikes) back in March.

3. Last film I watched:
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (Special Edition) yesterday [more about this in a later entry]

4. Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:

* Back To The Future I and II - I taped both movies from the telly and rewatched them until the tapes spoilt (w)

* Jerry Maguire - the "you... complete... me" scene was something to remember.

* Motorcycle Diaries - beautifully filmed, absolutely memorable, and only cost $6.50 to watch.

* About A Boy - Hugh Grant is my favourite actor! And his Audi TT Quattro totally rocks this movie.

* Forrest Gump - one of the few movies that a) I watched alone, and b) made me cry, ha ha. *uncomfortable laugh*

5. Tag five people and have them put this in their journal:

a) kay lii
b) rie
c) ash
d) meddymoo
e) max


[editor's note #1: none of the five people I tagged in Musical Baton have taken it from me. :@
 editor's note #2: why the heck is this thing called a "meme"?!]

0200hrs


The song came onto the radio.

I said: "Hey, I love this song!"

Her eyes seemed to be closed, but she probably wasn't sleeping.

She must have been thinking: "You always say that."

I started singing softly, into her ear. I always marvel at how song lyrics come easily to me, unlike stuff like names or mathematical formulae.

Her eyes remained closed. As I continued into the bridge part, I wondered if she was listening.

But I knew, deep inside, that she was. 'Cos this song couldn't have been any more appropriate.


"In the still of the night
I held you held you tight
Cause I love love you so
Promise I'll never let you go
In the still of the night

I remember that night in May
When the stars were bright above
I'll hope and I'll pray
To keep your precious love

So before the light
Hold me again with all of your might
In the still of the night."

1046hrs

Listening to:



U2 - Zooropa (1993)


yann has passed me the popular musical baton! And here I sprint with it furiously...



Total volume of music files on my computer:

10.75GB, 2352 songs and 6.1 days

The last CD I bought was:

Techically speaking, F.I.R.'s "Wu Xian". But I only paid 99 cents for it 'cos I cashed in my HMV voucher.

So it should be the Swing Girls OST!

Song playing right now:

U2 - "Stay (Far Away, So Close!)"

Songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:

Wah piang, too many to mention lah. But just a few:

1) Extreme - "More Than Words"
- Always will be my favourite song, ever.

2) Southern Sons - "You Were There"
- Second favourite song.

3) Better Than Ezra - "At The Stars"
- Very, very special, this one. :)

4) U2 - "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
- I listen to it when I'm feeling down.

5) Oasis - "Live Forever"
- I recently told someone this is my theme song, haha.

Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:

1) agent s.
2) olduvai
3) pei fen
4) pea
5) ying

(editor's note: why.. it came out in alphabetical order without me arranging it! Cool...)


C'mon let's go! :)