a SLICE - of LIFE.

I heard that on News Radio 93.8fm.

Yeah. What are the things that are to be cherished in this world... etc...

Like good music. It never goes away.

"ROCK ON YEAH!!"

(30/4)
I'm going away on family vacation in HONG KONG. Bad time for it, I heard... :( The mainlanders will be flocking in during the Labour Day holiday by the hundreds... :( I expect congestion... Yet probably there's nothing to be unhappy about. I will be leaving tomorrow morning, coming back Monday night. (Yes, I'll take care of myself; you too.) LOLx! =) If you see this, YOU know where I AM. ;)

Kid A.

Here is an electronic piece by Radiohead. The title piece of their FOURTH album - Kid A - in midi.

http://www.radioheadtabs.com/kida.mid

Sounds cool? Are you already suffering from 'apocalyptic visions'? Do you feel the darkness envelope you? But it's hardly that bad! The best part has to be the chilling melody and the haunting drumbeats... =)

(17/4)
It is a scorching hot day. -_-""" The Thai Songkran Festival was from 13 to 15th April. It is the 17th today and still as scorching hot as yesterday! But the festival only applies to Thailand - I thought Singapore should be celebrating it today! Yes, awful weather. It was Temasek JC sports meet yesterday, and I wonder if some of my friends got sunburnt... I sweat like a pig. I took refuge in MPCL as usual, and waited there for the sun to set. No kidding! ^_^''

Geylang Park Connector.

(13/4)
It was a bright morning as I jogged along the western shore of the Kallang river. I was about to bring along my camera to take some pictures. But who jogs with a handheld camera? It proved an inconvenience to me, and I jogged the furthest today.

I made past the Indoor Stadium on the opposite shore and continued up the gravel footpath. I met several Chinese fishermen fishing at a corner protruding out to the river. They seemed busy handling their fishing nets. On the shore - on a weekday - were quiet condominiums with the residents outdoors working. I could hear my footsteps echo and haunt the estate.

Small trees were planted alongside the path. On the river, the coast guard patrolled the waterways in a small Gunship. A smart uniformed man stood on deck. The Singapore flag onboard flew in full glory. (Wait, this must be propaganda, ain't it? :D)

I saw the office buildings emerge on the opposite shore, which was preceded by a beautiful sandy shoreline with coconut trees (and other tree species). I could see clearly on top of one of these buildings, "SUNTEC CITY". =P

Continuing up the footpath, I could go no further. A giant highway-bridge towered above me - in full view. This was the Tanjong Rhu flyover. River vessels also accessed these waters by drifting under the bridge. Cars on the highway above sped past. "Flyover," I remarked. It seemed as if they were racing onward to the heavens...

There was also a blue signboard, which indicated that TRESPASSERS would be PROSECUTED. Thus, I went no further.

Samwise the Brave.

"It's like in the great stories, Mr Frodo..."
The ones that really mattered.
Full of darkness and danger, they were.
And sometimes you didn't want to know the end,
because after the end you'd be happy.

How can the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened?
But in the end, it's only a passing thing - a shadow.
Even darkness must pass!
A new day will come!
And when the sun shine, it will shine ever clearer!

Those are the stories that stayed with you that meant something,
even if you were too small to understand.
I think - Mr Frodo, I understand now.
Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back but they didn't.
They kept going, because they were holding on to something...

Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?

"That there's some good in this world, Mr Frodo!
And it's worth fighting!"

From The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers. ^_^ (Haha!)

Yozzz...
To all my friends preparing for their mid-year exams, whether in Secondary School or JC... Hahaha... I am calling out to you from across a distant shore... um, nevermind... As we struggle on with daily life, this should be the attitude for taking on challenges... "Never Give Up. Be Determined. Be Persistent." Check the thesaurus... :P

Hang in there, and stay cool!!

*NOTICE*

Due to my poor time management skills... Always using the same phrases, lame excuses and all those boring - incomplete entries... Due to my poor management of human relationships and lack of resources... Due to listening to too many CDs... I've decided to temporarily stop blogging. Please don't bother to check back for a week!!

I need to sort out my thinking. I will be visiting the library to go for retraining... Remember! Learn, Relearn and Unlearn! The library is a fascinating place to live in. I've been busy reading on the cosmos... Nah.

No more jobs for me (see the incomplete 'Misadventure'). My hands are full with tackling the choir and guitar course...

My loyal readers, thank you for all your support! =D (Sorry for the inconvenience...)

No Surprises.

A heart that's full up like a landfill,
a job that slowly kills you,
bruises that won't heal.
You look so tired-unhappy,
bring down the government,
they don't, they don't speak for us.
I'll take a quiet life,
a handshake of carbon monoxide,

with no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
Silent - silence.

This is my final fit,
my final bellyache,

with no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises please.

Such a pretty house
and such a pretty garden.

No alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises please.

It's amazing how they can make a melody out of such grim lyrics...