0944hrs

You Are "Joy to the World"

Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing, It's not about what you get under the tree But sharing love with family, friends, and strangers

What Christmas Carol Are You?

Christmas carols. You start hearing them in shopping malls by early November, and they'll be haunting you relentlessly until Boxing Day at least.

Yesterday, I wrote that I don't feel anything for Christmas this year... today, I still don't, haha. To me, it's not a time for exchanging gifts or wild parties... heck, you can do those things all year 'round. But it's perhaps a good time for reflection on the year gone by.

I just realised that I'll be 24 years old next year. God damn!

Anyways, here's a few lines from one of my favourite songs for this time of year. Just because I don't like Christmas doesn't mean I hate the songs. ;)

John Lennon wrote this in 1971... the words are still quite relevant today.


Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

And so this is Christmas,
and what have you done?
Another year over,
and a new one just begun.

And so this is Christmas,
I hope you have fun,
The near and the dear ones,
the old and the young.

A very Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year.
Let's hope it's a good one,
Without any fear.

And so this is Christmas,
for weak and for strong,
For rich and for poor ones,
the war is so wrong.

And so happy Christmas,
for black and for white,
For yellow and red ones,
let's stop all the fight.

A very Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year.
Let's hope it's a good one,
Without any fear.

2151hrs

Listening to: Live - Lightning Crashes


Christmas is in three days... but I don't feel anything whatsoever. But I'll be going to watch yann and friends carol at the Hilton tomorrow night! It had better be good... haha :)

It's Wednesday night... hmmm. The other day, Justin was telling me about his trip to Zouk on Wednesday... "I was expecting to see you there." Hahaha. Not anymore dude.

Tired as hell today... no mood to write too much. Later guys.

2036hrs

Listening to: Spandau Ballet - Round And Round


On Dad's birthday this past weekend, we went to Cafe Vienna at United Square for buffet! Here are some drool-inducing pix:



Why is Buddha Jumps Over The Wall named as such?



Wah piang eh. I wanna eat this all over again! :X

We gave Dad a picture of our family in a nice frame for him to put in his new office. It's been quite a while since I actively got something for him... he was suitably surprised, heheh. :)

 

That's my ol' Dad on his 59th birthday. :)


Last picture of the day: spotted on the floor in my sister's room:



It's a Mr Men stuffed toy (can't remem which one). He must have jumped off the bed and sat on the floor! Wahaha ;)

1437hrs

Listening to: Barenaked Ladies - Pinch Me


I have decided to stop being obsessive meticulous about posting an entry every day, haha. Anyway, how many of you out there stop by : the cool blue submarine : daily?

Really sleepy... zzz. Afternoon naps are nice. Waking up from one makes me feel really sedentary, heheh. Think I'll take one now... nothing much to say at this time.

1756hrs

Listening to: U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)


It's Dad's birthday today... and also pris' birthday! Concidentally, her mum's birthday is on the same day as my sister's, lol. Happy birthday to them both. :)

Despite going to bed at the late (for me lah) hour of 2.30am, I woke up bright and early this morning to attend an introductory course to floorball! It was held at Hougang CC, which is within walking distance to my place lah.

The course was conducted by a member of the national women's floorball team... she taught us how to do basic dribbling and passing, before we started playing a match proper. I must say that the game is not difficult to play, but quite hard to be good at. And it's also damn tiring, lol. Was seeing stars and panting like a dog after a while. But it's quite fun and I scored two goals. :P

I'm just not looking forward to waking up tomorrow, immobilised by a strained back/arm/leg/whatever. :S

2359hrs

Listening to: Electrico - So Much More Inside (acoustic)


Went to develop some digital prints yesterday... was really cheap! Only 30 cents per print, no processing fee for more than six prints. The shop is at Far East Plaza second level, opposite Guardian Pharmacy. Thanks to pat for the lobang :)



Even though digital photos are really convenient and all, there's still nothing like looking at real pictures. ;)


Anyways, I was at the Singapore Art Museum last night to attend this acoustic gig called Quiet: The New Loud. There were four local/regional acts performing acoustic versions of their songs.



The gig was held inside the old SJI chapel... with reddish lights all around, it was quite a surreal environment. (It also made for lousy pix (n))



Kelvin Tan started the gig off... wasn't a very good idea. His peculiar brand of country/rock/whatever kinda alienated the largely young audience. All his songs seemed to be about being angry with God.



Thankfully, Force Vomit was much better. The three-piece of two guitars and a bass sounded really tight... but somehow, I couldn't stop thinking about how mat their songs were, even when sung in English. Heheh. ;)



There was also Shelley Leong, a singer-songwriter from across the Causeway. Sounding a little like Tori Amos (or, according to agent s., Jewel if you will), her music was easy to listen to... but a little too forgettable.

It was quite obvious that most of the audience had forked out $16 each to see the closing band...



... who were in the audience watching Shelley Leong, haha.

Yup, who else but Electrico again lah!



Despite claiming to have only started rehearsing two days before, the band sounded damn bloody good unplugged (I swear I'm being objective here!). Dan was playing a Martin (omg) and he also had a mandolin, lol.



Amanda was playing the marimbas (something like a xylophone I guess), but she looked kinda bored throughout the set. Desmond sang backup!

2359hrs

Listening to: OMD - If You Leave


Was at Blue Moo to watch B_d_k P_ntai*! It's been quite a while since I was there. The weather was a little threatening all night but luckily it didn't rain.

Saw some familiar faces there last night I think... was quite funny 'cos I was quite sure who the person was, and I think she was too. But didn't talk as never knew her that well in JC anyway. Haha.

ash and rie, I didn't see you girls :(



It was a packed house as usual... the stage has shifted since the last time I was there. The guys were very good as usual!



The Oreo shakes were yummy...



The winds were blowing quite powerfully... the clouds were moving very quickly! Here's a particularly large cloud, illuminated by the Blue Moo lights. Heheh.

I took a video of the funny song where Gordon does a running translation of a Hokkien song. Anyone wants? Anyways, thanks kay lii for having us along yeah :)


Didn't feel like heading home straight after, so we took a short walk from YMCA to Somerset MRT. Along the way, we spotted this:



Located just opposite the Istana gates is this thingie (I have no idea what this is). Quite nice at night...



Finally, the pic isn't that clear but there are red and blue blinking police lights on the road. Thought it looks quite nice and Christmassy, muahaha. :)

*I have not spelt out the name of the group in full, as Singapore's Brainiest Lawyer (aka one of the members) has been known to Google the name. Haha. So there. ;)