Mot, Myself and Me Mot: means witty saying. Short for Mote (speck of dust), reverse of Tom (Cruise), which is in turn short for Tomato. Ashlee Simpson, Big Fish, Just Shoot Me, Red, Tomato, Blueberry Cheesecake, Rockstar
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
feedback crank it up give it to me come on crank it up give it to me come on im gonna feedback feedback! this past week has been nothing short of crazy and fun! my guitar has been strummed, and my amplifier totally blown! two orgasmic concerts, both awesome in their own right, and a great saturday of more good company and singing. it didnt seem to matter that we didnt get the marksman badge. the week was already perfect to begin with. maroon 5 was an absolute BLAST. it's been such a long time since i last let it ALL OUT and i couldnt have wished for any better opportunity to do so. everyone was on their feet, and music was loud loud loud, big pink hands in the air, and so much grooving to tunes that will truly define OUR pop era in decades to come. thank you joy for the great company, and my cousin lin! ![]() ![]() 1. bring me to life with nash 2. hold on with chengchai 3. makes me wonder with jonk/nash 4. like a virgin with zee here's to a wholesome week behind me, and many more to come!
6:02 AM
Sunday, March 23, 2008
vegas you know how you download, wait, i mean, procure, whole albums and then you don't really wanna listen to all the songs because you really only downloaded (ah heck) it for a few hit singles? well, i must say im glad i gave Sarah Bareilles the benefit of doubt! Love Song's amazing, one of the best songs ive heard on radio this year, and it's always a treat to hear that familiar piano staccato in the midst of mundane office trappings. but hell she really delivers on every other track with that "little voice" of hers. she has, as bonnie mckee would sing, "a voice that carries". i cant say im familiar with ALL her songs, but im a truly convinced fan of Vegas, One Sweet Love and Many the Miles. and that's enough! like wow. gonna sell my car and go to vegas somebody told me that's where dreams would be and im listening to this and im thinking omg yes i wanna go to vegas NOW. no i dont have a car to sell, and "i aint got no money and no red american express" as timbaland would put it, but heck i wanna go to where my dreams are, and im prepared to drop whatever i have (are you kidding me) and fly there even if it's on some budget airline. next stop....vegas please! have a deep sleep upon a sweet dream i'll never realize but then reality kicks you in the butt and reminds you that your bladder is full and you need to pee. you go to the toilet, let it all out, and wonder to yourself: is life really as simple as i need to go to the toilet, so im gonna go? or is it more of, shit i wanna go to vegas, but i just cant do it now because of a million reasons you don't even need to mention? it's a freaking paradox! it always is. i know how nature would have it. we would be free spirits and journey across the venetian sky. i hope to make my vegas one day, but i know im gonna have to put in some effort. and im determined to. there's just no two ways about it, and no whinging, as mr reeves would say. just- so- much- in- er- tia. starting tomorrow things will change. im gonna go wild at the concerts, but i'll also ensure that before i fly in april im gonna leave with less regrets and more hope for the future. im gonna come back with a newfound purpose that was never really lost, but rather, obscured by the legions and layers of Dust that ive allowed to accumulate. and i have post-its to back me up and remind me to never forget. speaking of forgetting i finally watched Memento today. it wasnt quite what i imagined it to be, but it was certainly better in some ways. not entirely confusing, and very intelligently crafted. i liked how we were made to look at things through his perspective with absolutely no clue of what was going on. imagine how the fella felt. turns out he wasnt really innocent after all eh. i guess, then, "a memory is really yours to choose". haha. i like how all the quotes are just flowing today. like ive been to places and read them faces ya'all! hmmm. im not sure whether i should pity lenny, or despise him. he chose to forget, even though he didnt. wow. teddy had such an irritating voice though, i couldve sworn he was the crook. "She's gone. And the present is trivia, which I scribble down as fucking notes." obviously i couldnt bring myself to wake up for elizabethtown but i think im just gonna get the dvd anyway. own time own target that way, which is always friendly.
9:51 AM
Saturday, March 22, 2008
i don't have a future figured out this is very bad because instead of doing the important things that are supposedly on the top of my priority list i feel the compelling need to fulfil my facebook and blogger obligations first. i am hopeless! and i no i dont wish to remind myself that i woke up at freaking 6pm+ today to once again realize that more than half my day has gone on without me. and then i called victor only to find out that all bunk plans have once again 'fizzled out'. bah humbug. mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: i hate myself mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: i just woke up mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: and im alone at home on a saturday night mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: ]: Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: hahahahahaahaha Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: I love you Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: don't feel lonely Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: anyway when this happens to me mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: oh i dunno THINGS happen Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: I always feel like the world is so... still. Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: it's like nothing is happening. Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: oh. what things happened mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: yes! but i also feel it has moved on without me mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: oh no i mean shit happens you know mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: nothing specific haha Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: that's why you must remember to catch up with it Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: haiyah i feel so cheated really... Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: all the world is waiting for you sam jo mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: i actually had plans with my bunk tonight but they fell through AGAIN Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: why? Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: we all love yu Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: don't feel aloe Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: it's silly Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: would oyu like to come out tonight? Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: I'm going clubbing Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: anyway all you have to do is call someone Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: and you'll know they didn't leave without you mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: who are you going with mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: haha i have half the mind to stay home order in kfc and watch a movie on HBO Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: a mishmash of friends Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: li ching Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: and her friends from rgs mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: alrite then it will be awkward if i went really Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: abel and his friends Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: a couple of law friends I will run into Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: hahaha nothing is awkward with alcohol Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: social lubricant Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: anyway you have me! Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: ok you have a choice Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: kfc and a movie Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: or come out and maybe make new friends mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: hahaha oh christine Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: just know that you're not alone and we're all waiting for you even though it seems like we've all gone off on our own lives mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: i am gonna crawl into my shell and choose the former mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: thanks Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: oh I do wish you'd come out to raralala Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: let's meet soon though Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: with joy! Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: and let the singing commence Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: I met her last night Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: jolly good singing Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: we did down orchard road mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: haha really where did u go Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: she's only back on a 2.5 week holiday so gotta catch her soon mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: haha i have enlisted her for full time singing before maroon 5 on tuesday! mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: oh and i just saw ur wall post....i found joy the macaroon haha Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: have fun tonight sam jo Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: don't hesitate to call me Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: I will go off now Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: remember you are NEVER alone Christine 'All our love is true, and blue is just blue.' what-a-thrill.blogspot.com says: I love you so here i am about 5 hours later, very full from downing a kfc couple meal (the irony of it all...dinner was really spent alone, but i was so hungry) and watching the rather uninspiring black dahlia. either i didnt get it, or it didnt get me. either way, i think i wanna watch elizabethtown at 5am! my sister prides herself in being the coffee connoisseur in the household, and of course the occasional kitchen wrecker, much to my mom's annoyance and wrath. today miss coffee bean turned down my offer of ordering in kfc and attempted to toast some baked rice for her dinner. when we watched ratatouille, i swear she saw herself as remy, she being born in the year of the rat after all. anyway, while waiting for my couple meal i decided to pit my culinary instincts (not that i have much, but i work the toaster and microwave pretty well) against hers and came up with this: i must admit im pretty proud of it :] my very own DIY pizza haha. blogger is dying on me but since the hate is mutual im gonna make it work and keep this going. random thoughts surface in my mind at times, and it just occured to me that ive not actually met new people this year. not many at least, not those that will eventually become friends. i wonder if it's true that past a certain point in someone's life, he will have to stop making friends that actually matter. that's excluding the love of his life, whom i guess he will love no matter the huge gap of history and memories that they dont share. what's important, then, between two people who meet, is whether they actually see a future with the other. for me, the future is never clear. i just let things happen, except on the occasional whim when i feel like im suddenly in charge and my horoscope says it's okay to take that leap of faith. Nash says: actually i have no idea why you like taking chances so much? Nash says: i'm more inclined to ehr other songs mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: haha i dunno why mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: i guess it speaks a lot about what i try to believe in mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: "i dont have a future figured out" mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: but "what do you say to taking chances?" mot it wont be soon before drastic fantastic says: it's so uplifting and inspires confidence im suddenly reminded of the conversation that cc jonk and i had at delifrance yesterday. it was heavy but i was detached in a weird way. like now. i hope we all get our heart's desires.
8:54 AM
Friday, March 21, 2008
saving my face this past week ive been feeling like the hoax of the century with all my blatant ignorance and lack of substance but you know what? i thought i'd be pretty bothered by it, much more than what im feeling now in fact, but i guess i was wrong. i am after all a genuine gemini. then again so much has happened since then to warrant any remnants of feeling like a lousy louse. i am, actually, very excited about what's gonna happen in the not so distant future. and why i say that, because the very distant future is still scary, but if we're only talking about next week, then that i can deal with. and why is this so because announcement to everyone around the world people you better lock your eyes on this screen and hold on to your seat because!!! : cheng chai that wizard of words has won two tickets to KT TUNSTALL! i am extremely estatic and proud of him! and he gets to meet her in person! and all her music and stuff in a hamper! who wouldve thought? i guess it was all fated ever since the day he asked me over the phone if i wanted to go! woo hoo! so that makes TWO concerts next week! MAROON 5 and KT. which i cant say im a true blue fan of either BUT i live for the concerts...so what the heck! i'm still gonna have fun and there'll be great company to boot! on that note- welcome back joy to the sunny shores of singapore! you have been and always will be my best singing partner :] damn right we're gonna be famous! haha wow so much for oozing with excitement i hope you can tell that after next week i will probably just drop dead from the subsequent boredom that will ensue. but i dont care! it's about living for the moment, and right now, "this moment is bigger than me", much more than i can comprehend, so im gonna take it all in without any inhibitions. "drink in the moments that take your breath away" disturbing revelation today that there might actually be someone out there with the same name as me. which shouldnt bother me as much if my name was robin or lysander, but heck! i have never in my life prepared myself for this. ive always wanted to meet an evil twin of sorts, but i guess sometimes i draw more of my identity from my name than from my looks. facebook search has yielded negative results so far, but google has sprung up with a few new entries, which irked me even though they turned out to be unsubstantial coincidences. but whatever will be will be. i may be nobody's long lost friend, but i can still be myself and know that somehow or rather the world has just shrunk in on me again. i think im beginning to like this now. at this present moment i am hungry but there is hardly any food in the kitchen. i tried the lemon biscuits but im not gonna eat more because i feel they should be saved for proper tea time consumption, complete with the nice cuppa camelia sinensis. plus ive already brushed my teeth, and i dont dare to touch the leftover chinese new year goodies. i only lose the sentimental attachment when i see mould or other miniature organisms try to cash in on our humanly abundance. I HATE IT WHEN BLOGGER THINKS IT'S OK TO KEEP DELETING THE BOTTOM HALF OF MY ENTRIES. GOD DAMMIT. so yes i forgot what's supposed to come in after this. something about how i love this long weekend blah blah blah and how im gonna make the best of it and this will be the beginning of a new day for me when i will wake up later and swim away my wordly worries. and i will try my utmost to make liy's audition next week in hopes of finding fun and possibly fufillment. at the very least i will have nothing to lose by taking the first step in a very long time towards the stage again. and then i had a lot more to say but blogger decided to be a bitch so here i am sounding like an incoherent fool because my memory really isnt that good and who wants to listen to me ramble when they have youtube and facebook anyway. argh. see lah. mood totally ruined. i am only the blanket because someone poured dirty water on me. ok anw i picked up the book back when we were grownups which i really loved as a movie so hopefully i will be able to feel as much about it as i did before. it's almost impossible, you know, experiencing the same kinda emotions again after so long. but sometimes it happens. ok it's all coming back to me now. memory retrieving data slowly but surely. but you see im too lazy to craft them words all over again. so im just gonna summarize by declaring that i do like watching movies alone at home sometimes because then i can be truly honest with my emotions and not be affected by other people's opinions or reactions. it's only then that i can truly immerse myself in the nuances of the show. and then when im done with it i can only wish that i can recreate that kinda magic with whatever little talent and capacity i possess. sigh. this being the easter holiday i will ironically lose the religion that i never had. because i think life's too short to compromise whatever time i have with the things that i do not enjoy doing. unless i dont have a choice of course. but for this i do. and to be honest ive never been a fan of religion, especially not after unnecessary evangelism that verges on inexplicable indulgence. i do not appreciate having beliefs imposed upon me, and how can one possibly know that what makes life better for him will necessarily do me the same good? it's preposterous! it's not even advice based on personal experience. it's like oh youre sick like all the rest of them unwashed masses so you need this medicine to cure you and make you come to your senses. bloody xmen antidote. except the injection's in the form of joining the ranks of what might possibly be the biggest mother hoax of all and buying the albums of a talent-less skank and fuelling her contrived career in the entertainment industry that honestly doesnt need another gimmick to pollute its integrity. but hell, i cant be bothered, and for the sake of my good friends who are self-respecting in their faiths, i will let it be right about now. cant wait for timbre with victor and the guys. and cant wait for a new day to do things my own way. i can do it, not always alone, but i know i can. leave it all to mei will do the right thing
10:48 AM
Saturday, March 15, 2008
too much phantom punch for judy something about saturday nights that makes me want to stay up and do nothing. there must be a thousand things going through my mind right now, but because they're in their hundreds i cant seem to put my finger on any, except the keyboard, which, computer screen and everything as we know it aside, really feels like a typewriter when you're editing html in the courier new font. the week went by pretty quickly. got a little surprise on tuesday when i met rolly at too much punch for judy. as things would have it his daughter was acting in the play...which was more of a moralistic tale of caution than a work of art, but not without fine acting from a group of young teens. there's something about that youth that screams out to you: what have you done with your life so far? how long more before your chances run you out? everyday has been a rainy day but i cant say ive been disappointed with the weather. in fact, although i hate the cold, i also love the melancholic feel of it all. the sound of them droplets, smacking the floor and tapping the roofs, relentlessly, sometimes leisurely, as if to remind us that nothing could be so important to warrant getting out of bed from under those warm cosy sheets. this i say, but by thursday my nose was dripping uncontrollably. storm clouds up my nostrils. so it didnt begin well on friday, for i woke up feeling chilly and clogged up in the lungs. until i ran like i never ran before. i think im very lucky- it's not often that many actually improve after commissioning but well, i guess i do things my own way. and for the first time in a longest time (maybe since december) i felt a sense of validation. like i actually achieved something ive been working towards. solid gold baby. and supposedly two hundred bucks more. personal reminder: count ang bao money for chinese new year is many yesterdays ago and it's about time to smell the cash :] then i'll either spend some or save the rest for more of those rainy days. sondre was another surprise in my week. thanks to cc's introduction, and of course my dad, i can say ive attended one of the coolest live acts this year. i cant say im a huge fan of his slow songs, but his phantom punches and them guitar rifts are too awesome to deny as pure strokes of genius and talent. it was a great way to spend a friday night and the wee hours of a saturday morning. there's something about being engulfed and consumed by the music at night that's irreplaceable. i enjoyed settling down at glutton's bay, just eating and chatting with cc. there's nothing like catching up with a long time friend, because the conversation's easy and never pretentious. very stupidly, i took the wrong nightrider after that. and i shouldve known. i couldve sworn i was more angry with the entire east region of singapore than myself, because why should it exist at all if its only purpose was to get me hopelessly lost in its godforsaken magnitude? ended up cabbing the rest of the way, and felt incredibly lousy, but also happy to know that i was finally on my way home, after yet another long week. i enjoyed beef steak with my family. and holland v. i pray that there'll be more of those, even if i can't see the humour in life all of the time. i just want each day to be better spent. and other than that, there are a few things that im looking forward to right now. maroon 5. we will rock you. and of course, another timbre outing with songs and company that make me smile.
12:15 PM
Saturday, March 08, 2008
nunchuk i keep making mini comebacks on this page without enough patience to explain what 'a lot has happened recently' really means, but as much as i believe in the importance of writing for posterity, i also want to know that im not just living with my autobiography in mind. i am, simply, living for the moments that count. february was quite an interesting month. i always look forward to the lunar new year and this year was no different. the usual relative stuff, with the not-so-traditional visit to junyi's and dinner at a veggie restaurant, complete with dessert at haagen dazs. it was all good fun. and that nice little quiet outing at vivo last week proves that im not always searching for a crowd to drown in. sometimes i just wanna lean back on a couch, sip my tea, inhale the warm vapour and seriously, just chill with those who matter. to slow down and to rewind, as paolo would sing. "no sleeping at night, but i'm going from bar to bar. why can't we just rewind?" i need to start working with words again. i dont care if it's reading or writing or speaking, but everything's coming out in a mess right now. i think im losing focus. no, practice wouldn't be the right word, since it aint some motion that you can memorize, but rather, it's about making conscious split second choices that can set apart the eloquent and the vocabular-damned. i am in search of linguistic salvation. tonite was some excellent time spent watching the superbly scripted (and directed and acted...and everything twas just great) black comedy and light tragedies. i just cant help but marvel at how witty a play can get- it never fails to impress and entertain all at once. speaking of plays i'll have you know that christine aka xtine me love has made it to the grand finals of theatre idols! everybody go support numb now! haha so happy for her. stayed over at different places for two friday nights in a row- not always accomplishing things that im proud of but last night was particularly fun. mike's party, and the ever inviting Wii! i cannot get enough of it. if not for all this typing my hands would be itching to play some more virtual tennis again. haha. the little players bobbing on the court. cuteness. ![]() word of the week: nunchuk i am THIS close to getting my gold at last. i didnt think that it would matter much to me, but for once it's actually attainable, and im hoping all my hard work won't go down the drain. haha, without the army context, i'd say i sound like silas marner. anyway, things are getting better in office, i really hope it stays this way. i can safely say that on wednesday we enjoyed some good measure of success, based on the general response (and thank god for the kind weather)- i really dont know what i'd do if it were otherwise. and im saying this not for myself, but for the rest of the committee who have worked so hard all this time- good job guys. for now, it's back to the mundane business i guess. unless, of course, victor decides to pop in :] vic says: WE ARE FREE SPIRITS vic says: FREE SPIRITS!!!! anyway i think i've lost sight of who im supposedly waiting for. i will just do my own thing and not let this affect me anymore. it's just too much trouble and not worth the time. im gonna dedicate more time to self-development and growth. gonna learn them skills and work those juices. why have i been waiting all this time? the music world is really heating up, which is really good! if i had to summarize it with what excites me the most, it'd go something like this: pop chanteuse ashlee simpson invades the local airwaves, at long last, with her smash timbaland-produced hit outta my head, just as she turns into little miss obsessive on the internet with her second single of the same name. michelle branch looks set to return solo this summer with a brand new album, about time after her brief stint in the country genre with jessica harp. meanwhile, sara bareilles and flo rida climb the charts with love songs and low jeans, while ex-sugababe mutya buena cruises in with her take on the all time chapman classic, fast car. gotta love music. i almost forgot how amazing the grammys were this year. hats off to alicia keys and amy winehouse. and i cant wait for maroon 5 later this month. looks like im going after all :] ouch look at the time. im gonna go now, esp after blogger threatened to abandon this entire post. dust? anybody? no?
9:10 AM
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