Closure
Being 16 was a blast.
I laughed a lot for stupid reasons and cried a little for no reason at all. I've taken a National exam and gone to a foreign country alone.
I talked to so many strangers it's sometimes difficult to remember to be self-conscious and I've (hopefully) cemented a couple of friendships.(well, I guess I'll know when they send me their wedding invitations or better yet, my 17th birthday present.)
I don't know if I'll miss sharing the same air with surly MRT passengers or the auntie at the food court who calls me "boy ah" because I have a short hair.
Everything is being packed into boxes at the moment, so the house is messy but already feeling a little bit emptier than before.
I once told somebody it was impossible to find a good story in Singapore because 'hardly anything happens here.'
Looking back,I think I just wasn't looking hard enough.
-pushes 2008 out the door-. Oh it isn't due for another 4 hrs 17mins.Drats.
31 December, 2008
Have I mentioned a need to breathe?
I need to breathe.
Hopefully once this year is over, I will be able to resume blogging kinda regularly and with more content (that content being me typing or fiddling more with photoshop and such).
Meanwhile, Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov(from the movie Wanted is doing this CGI film about rag dolls in the post-apocalyptic future. That was not an entirely accurate summary so watch the trailer.
My first thought was that I wanted to play a video game like that but I'm sure it will make a compelling film. I think.Either that or a very draggy music video.
Still, this excites me.
Till tomorrow(or the day after tomorrow)!
I need to breathe.
Hopefully once this year is over, I will be able to resume blogging kinda regularly and with more content (that content being me typing or fiddling more with photoshop and such).
Meanwhile, Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov(from the movie Wanted is doing this CGI film about rag dolls in the post-apocalyptic future. That was not an entirely accurate summary so watch the trailer.
My first thought was that I wanted to play a video game like that but I'm sure it will make a compelling film. I think.Either that or a very draggy music video.
Still, this excites me.
Till tomorrow(or the day after tomorrow)!
26 December, 2008
There is something morbidly satisfying about reading an apocalypse story on Christmas Day.
To the one day we hope we will never find ourselves working.
(They changed out of blue pinafores just for you guys. Say thank you.)
To the one day we hope we will never find ourselves working.
(They changed out of blue pinafores just for you guys. Say thank you.)
21 December, 2008
Not to disappoint, Fahrenheit enters with epilepsy inducing lights.
"HE LOOKED AT ME.OMG,DID YOU SEE?"
There is only place for caps lock at a boy band concert and I lose heart in telling the fan girls behind me that the stage light doesn't allow them to see much except darkness the moment the stereos blast.
Vanessa clicks away at her camera while I stay back in the shadows, smiling wryly at her enthusiasm.
"Are they lip-syncing?", shouts a new found companion, Zui, from youth.sg who apart from not understanding Chinese, has as much interest in the band as I do.
"No," I am surprised with my answer. It is funny because they are still kind of awful despite having,reportedly,improved from the last time I heard them.
As I attempt to explain how they were not doing a Britney Spears, I am urged to follow the band as they make their way down their runway.
Vanessa turns back.
"Flawless." she mouths. I look up and note the unfairness of the world.
Someone shoves a bouquet of flowers in front of my face and I stop confusedly.The flowers are whisked away almost as soon as they appear by a scowling, sweating guy in a black t-shirt who in turn passes it on to one of the members on stage. A kiss is blown to the crowds.
Oh.
They reach the end of the stage and I settle myself into one of the glorified seats for the media.
One of them looks down, winks and wave to someone and I wonder whose hearts was set a flutter this time and-
"Did you see that, he waved AT me!" shouts Vanessa in a mid-wave.
She gives such a hilarious little laugh before turning back to whatever she was doing with her camera that I become certain in my suspicion: Her mind has officially left the building.
I alternate between feeling undeserving to be actually be at a concert which I do not feel exceptional passion for and getting caught up with the flow of events.
Amidst the throbbing lights and deafening music,I start to feel a little less awkward about where I am and how I got there.
As the final minutes of our 'media time' ticks away, I glance up at the hem lines of the boy band who are, very earnestly, trying to dance.
"I will remember this day forever."
I think of the fan who flew in from Japan dressed in a kimono and the one from Thailand who printed 500 band badges. The crazy fans with purple hair and their attempts to make their own constellations in the stadium with their idols' name and how amazing it is that the band is not collapsing in the face of such raw energy being thrown at them.
"There are worst ways to spend a Friday night."
_________________________________
There are friends and then there are kick-ass friends who are the Internet definition of AWESOMESAUCE.
To Vanessa, who totally fought her way through to get what she wants and proving that seriously, nothing is impossible.
"HE LOOKED AT ME.OMG,DID YOU SEE?"
There is only place for caps lock at a boy band concert and I lose heart in telling the fan girls behind me that the stage light doesn't allow them to see much except darkness the moment the stereos blast.
Vanessa clicks away at her camera while I stay back in the shadows, smiling wryly at her enthusiasm.
"Are they lip-syncing?", shouts a new found companion, Zui, from youth.sg who apart from not understanding Chinese, has as much interest in the band as I do.
"No," I am surprised with my answer. It is funny because they are still kind of awful despite having,reportedly,improved from the last time I heard them.
As I attempt to explain how they were not doing a Britney Spears, I am urged to follow the band as they make their way down their runway.
Vanessa turns back.
"Flawless." she mouths. I look up and note the unfairness of the world.
Someone shoves a bouquet of flowers in front of my face and I stop confusedly.The flowers are whisked away almost as soon as they appear by a scowling, sweating guy in a black t-shirt who in turn passes it on to one of the members on stage. A kiss is blown to the crowds.
Oh.
They reach the end of the stage and I settle myself into one of the glorified seats for the media.
One of them looks down, winks and wave to someone and I wonder whose hearts was set a flutter this time and-
"Did you see that, he waved AT me!" shouts Vanessa in a mid-wave.
She gives such a hilarious little laugh before turning back to whatever she was doing with her camera that I become certain in my suspicion: Her mind has officially left the building.
I alternate between feeling undeserving to be actually be at a concert which I do not feel exceptional passion for and getting caught up with the flow of events.
Amidst the throbbing lights and deafening music,I start to feel a little less awkward about where I am and how I got there.
As the final minutes of our 'media time' ticks away, I glance up at the hem lines of the boy band who are, very earnestly, trying to dance.
"I will remember this day forever."
I think of the fan who flew in from Japan dressed in a kimono and the one from Thailand who printed 500 band badges. The crazy fans with purple hair and their attempts to make their own constellations in the stadium with their idols' name and how amazing it is that the band is not collapsing in the face of such raw energy being thrown at them.
"There are worst ways to spend a Friday night."
_________________________________
There are friends and then there are kick-ass friends who are the Internet definition of AWESOMESAUCE.
To Vanessa, who totally fought her way through to get what she wants and proving that seriously, nothing is impossible.
14 December, 2008
Beengonetoolongwise
I've finally started learning the language of Xhtml. Hopefully, it does not require 2 years to pick up.
In the mean time, the site is messed up. Until I figure out how to manipulate all these boxes, the layout will just have to tide me over Christmas.
Oscarwise
In other news, some Oscar movie scripts are out. I love fact that we have a chance to look at the original scripts to compare to how it's acted on screen or to find out what the heck is going on. Either way, power to the Internet.
Randommoviewise
It's a slow movie month. I found a copy of Hana and Alice while clearing up my shelves.
In a nutshell, it's a coming of age story of two best friends. They both all in love with a boy from a train and one of them convinces him he has amnesia when she witnesses him colliding into a wall and then fainting. According to the blurb, hilarity ensues as they try to keep the lie going.
I'm not so sure about the hilarity part because I didn't laugh at all. There is also something to be said about shooting in HD. It seems like you can't avoid the 'home-video' quality which fortunately worked for this film. The object of affection in this film is played by this guy, who gives the most peculiar sqeaul whenever he encounters something strange. He also monologues a lot but its pleasant to listen to.
Hana and Alice compliment each other in the way best friends do. Their delivery/acting was so sincere it almost felt like I was watching a video I had randomly picked up by the road side(why yes, there are a lot of forgotten cameras by the road).
Overall, the film was artistic photography coming to life. To get a sense what the heck I'm trying to tell you, here is my favourite part in the entire film.
I think you should watch it. On line.
Twilightwise
I think the movie is coming out next week, it would explain the pillars at the Douby Gaut which are plastered with the posters
I've finally started learning the language of Xhtml. Hopefully, it does not require 2 years to pick up.
In the mean time, the site is messed up. Until I figure out how to manipulate all these boxes, the layout will just have to tide me over Christmas.
Oscarwise
In other news, some Oscar movie scripts are out. I love fact that we have a chance to look at the original scripts to compare to how it's acted on screen or to find out what the heck is going on. Either way, power to the Internet.
Randommoviewise
It's a slow movie month. I found a copy of Hana and Alice while clearing up my shelves.
In a nutshell, it's a coming of age story of two best friends. They both all in love with a boy from a train and one of them convinces him he has amnesia when she witnesses him colliding into a wall and then fainting. According to the blurb, hilarity ensues as they try to keep the lie going.
I'm not so sure about the hilarity part because I didn't laugh at all. There is also something to be said about shooting in HD. It seems like you can't avoid the 'home-video' quality which fortunately worked for this film. The object of affection in this film is played by this guy, who gives the most peculiar sqeaul whenever he encounters something strange. He also monologues a lot but its pleasant to listen to.
Hana and Alice compliment each other in the way best friends do. Their delivery/acting was so sincere it almost felt like I was watching a video I had randomly picked up by the road side(why yes, there are a lot of forgotten cameras by the road).
Overall, the film was artistic photography coming to life. To get a sense what the heck I'm trying to tell you, here is my favourite part in the entire film.
I think you should watch it. On line.
Twilightwise
I think the movie is coming out next week, it would explain the pillars at the Douby Gaut which are plastered with the posters
Now you too can sparkle like Edward for USD$9.99
I don't even have to make this shit up, seriously.
Only in America.
Otherwise
What are you doing this holiday?
11 December, 2008
Apologywise
I 'm sorry, I didn't actually mean to take a real sabbatical from blogging. A lot has been happening and I just spent the last few days breathing (translation: lazing around until I have to go to work)
Ihaveajobwise
It shocks me that I have a job.(Okay,an internship with minimal wage) An actual 9am-5pm desk bound job complete with office passes and cafeteria food that tastes like standardization.
Walking into the sun at lunch hour (12pm!) I already feel like a disillusioned youth who has lost herself in the humdrum of corporate life. It's kind of funny because it's such a boring stereotype to be stuck in IRL.
You got all that in two days of email training? Oh,dramatize.
Oh hey guys, Dilbert would know what to do.
Koreawise
Today would mark one week since I've been back from Korea. Sometimes, I like to sit on my window bay and wonder why my parents allowed me to go alone.
It's extremely surreal although my habit of taking out the calculator and seeing how much more I have to go towards actually paying back the airfare itself ruins the whole 'blessed is me' effect.
Did I mention I lost my camera in Korea? I lost my camera in Korea and IT IS THE WORST TECHNOLOGICAL MALFUNCTION I WILL EVER HAVE. DESPAIR DOES NOT EVEN EQUATE.
Our conversations throughout the trip was punctuated with "at this rate, we will have enough conversations to fill a book."
What do you know, subtlety has never been one of my strengths. More experiments in print and typography as I blog about the trip over the next few posts.
Otherwise
Let me get back to you.
I 'm sorry, I didn't actually mean to take a real sabbatical from blogging. A lot has been happening and I just spent the last few days breathing (translation: lazing around until I have to go to work)
Ihaveajobwise
It shocks me that I have a job.(Okay,an internship with minimal wage) An actual 9am-5pm desk bound job complete with office passes and cafeteria food that tastes like standardization.
Walking into the sun at lunch hour (12pm!) I already feel like a disillusioned youth who has lost herself in the humdrum of corporate life. It's kind of funny because it's such a boring stereotype to be stuck in IRL.
You got all that in two days of email training? Oh,dramatize.Oh hey guys, Dilbert would know what to do.
Koreawise
Today would mark one week since I've been back from Korea. Sometimes, I like to sit on my window bay and wonder why my parents allowed me to go alone.
It's extremely surreal although my habit of taking out the calculator and seeing how much more I have to go towards actually paying back the airfare itself ruins the whole 'blessed is me' effect.
Did I mention I lost my camera in Korea? I lost my camera in Korea and IT IS THE WORST TECHNOLOGICAL MALFUNCTION I WILL EVER HAVE. DESPAIR DOES NOT EVEN EQUATE.
Our conversations throughout the trip was punctuated with "at this rate, we will have enough conversations to fill a book."
What do you know, subtlety has never been one of my strengths. More experiments in print and typography as I blog about the trip over the next few posts.
Otherwise
Let me get back to you.
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