Sick

what’s playing::The Riddle – Five For Fighting::
moodflash:: sick::

Sick in the literal sense. Though sometimes I think it’s literal. I hate feeling bored. I hate being stuck at home. I hate having nothing to do. And I know I have hit the ultimate of bored when I am bored of sleeping. And there’s nobody around. Bloody virus.

I wanna go back.
♥
[I want to search for a rainbow]

Long Due

what’s playing::The Riddle – Five For Fighting::
moodflash:: perky::

Been sitting on a load of photos from Vietnam and doing what I do best since I came back – bumming. Vietnam is an interesting place, it’s undeveloped, pretty such like Singapore in the 60’s. Everyone seems to travel on motorbikes and even though the sun is blazing down, women there cover every inch of themselves with cloth so as not to get tan. Food is of an odd mix of sweet and salty. And almost all the dishes include mint. Shan’t yak on any more. Let pictures do the talking.

The only group picture taken this whole one week. Hearty and many thanks to you for your hospitality.

Fruit Fair! Where there was a durian eating competition amongst other events. Pity though, the fruits there are not much sweeter than those my dad buys.

The durians there are HUGE! Take it from someone who eats 6 seeds at one sitting and only stopped when there weren’t any left. How can anyone not like this fruit? It’s not that pungent, and it’s certainly delicious.

In Vietnam, traffic lights are almost non-existant. When you want to cross the road, the key is to have blind faith and just step out onto the roads, praying that no motorcycle plows into you. Makes me feel reckless, this does.

Their wet-markets aren’t much different than those here. Except they are wetter and sell food of a different variety. Including out squirmy fat yellow friends here. YUCK! These were alive and wriggling.

Pig Brain – Check. Pig Intestines – Check. Pig Blood – Check.

And this trip is made even more wonderful by the company I kept.

I love you dear. And I hope there’s more, more to come.
♥
[wanderlust]

Of Japanese Dramas

what’s playing::花ざかりの君たちへ::
moodflash:: happy::

And this is why I say that the Japanese always do a better job of turning a manga into a drama. Love this adaptation. Unlike the absymal joke of the taiwan version.
♥
[tv junkie]

The Riddle

what’s playing::The Riddle – Five For Fighting::
moodflash:: anticipating::

This song caught my attention when I was absorbed in a particularly sad episode of Criminal Minds. I quite liked Five for Fighting when their second album came out. I must confess that I fell in love with Superman when I watched Smallville. And when I heard the radio friendly Something About You I was won over. It wasn’t until I listened to the whole of the second album, The Battle For Everything that I fully appreciated the lyrics and tunes of John Ondrasik. Hauntingly beautiful. And now I’m captivated by The Riddle

There was a man back in ‘95
Whose heart ran out of summers
But before he died, I asked him

Wait, what’s the sense in life
Come over me, Come over me

He said,
Son why you got to sing that tune
Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
Then you will see… You will see

Then he said,

Here’s a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There’s a reason for the world
You and I…

Picked up my kid from school today

Did you learn anything cause in the world today
You can’t live in a castle far away
Now talk to me, come talk to me

He said,

Dad I’m big but we’re smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well we’re nothing at all
Still every mother’s child sings a lonely song
So play with me, come play with me

And Hey Dad
Here’s a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There’s a reason for the world
You and I…

I said,

Son for all I’ve told you
When you get right down to the
Reason for the world…
Who am I?

There are secrets that we still have left to find
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time
There are answers we’re not wise enough to see

He said… You looking for a clue I Love You free…

The batter swings and the summer flies
As I look into my angel’s eyes
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me
Something comes over me

I guess we’re big and I guess we’re small
If you think about it man you know we got it all
Cause we’re all we got on this bouncing ball
And I love you free
I love you freely

Here’s a riddle for you
Find the Answer
There’s a reason for the world
You and I…

After having teenybopper pop playing on my iPod, Five For Fighting is a breath of fresh air. Like on old friend welcome home.

Leaving on a jet plane come Saturday early morning and I cannot wait. Here’s to a fantastic trip, hopefully not marred with too much rain.
♥
[One more for love my love.]

You Really Know How To Wreak A Day.

what’s playing::The High Road – JoJo::
moodflash:: angry::

I had a nice day planned out for me. And what did you do? You just had to spoil it for me by putting me on an uncalled for guilt trip. So now my plans are messed up because I am in a royally bad mood, and I have no intention of passing this mood onto anyone else. Because unlike you I’m not that selfish.

You manipulate me and I know it. And I’m this close to disliking you for manipulating me. Screw you.

[you just don't get it do you?]

Awesome

what’s playing::Rendevous – JoJo::
moodflash:: cheerful::

I still cannot believe what a lousy review Transformers got from ST and Today. Sheesh. I ain’t one of those geeks who grew up watching Transformers and knowing every autobots and decepticon’s names, but I was sure as hell swept away by the graphics and *ahem* transformations in the movie. I mean, car to massive robot, plane to robot? What more can a blockbuster ask for? Even if I ain’t into robots, the beauty of the sleek cars and the graphic transformations has left me slack jawed in the theatre.

So big! Apparantly it takes about 6 months to shoot the sequence of one transformation. The animators work magic man. Magic.

♥
[I am a girl. Girl.]

A Little Bit Of Random

what’s playing::Grace Kelly – Mika::
moodflash:: sleepy::

Past week has been a bit of a fast blur. Met with the ladies, watched Transformers, went for a birthday party, had a family dinner marred by horrendous service, had my daily overdose of Criminal Minds. As you can see, my life is absolutely un-interesting.

Daryl has been going through a crying phase of late. His wails have reached all new records of pierce-worthiness, and his tears have nailed the Best Crocodile Award. He’s such a handful, a mini cyclone tornado-ing around the house, clambering up chairs and dancing on tables. Oh, and he throws bowls, spoons, bottles, you-name-it as a hobby. How nice, my 30-month old nephew has a nephew. All hail the maid who cleans. But besides being the natural disaster that he is, Daryl is adsolutely cute. He’s such a manipulative bugger, knowing that one cannot resist his toothy grin, he grins toothily when he knows he’s done something wrong.

I present, Daryl the lady-killer. Oh, he is an outrageous flirt.

I have never seen such an expensive laksa in a coffeeshop/food court setting in my life. I assure you, this sets new heights for exorbitant street food prices. Alright, not necessarily street food but you get the point. But to their credit, the laksa was good, albeit tasting a tad too much like curry. It’s a pity the $2/bowl laksa from Sungei Road beats this $6.90/bowl from Food Republic Vivo City hands down.

Now doesn’t that make you want to dunk some french toast in it?

On a completely irrelevant note. Not exactly irrelevant because I’m still thinking about food.

I love these green things. Other kinds of peas – no thank you. Only edamane does it for me.

Oh, and the bimbo residing in me forgot all about the camera sitting in my bag. Again.
♥
[I could be brown, I could be Blue, I could be violet sky..]