cover this shit
domenica, agosto 29, 2004
just some strumming
mmm... i'm currently sipping a cocktail, whilst lounging contentedly in the warmth of the sun.
*pokes* heyyyyyy! there goes my daydream.(or nite-dream or wadeva, since it's 1.09am in the morn now) right, i really wish. oh well, i can wish can't i?
heh, decided to change the song. i just have this feeling tht over the rainbow's gonna be 1 of the most significant songs in my life. *sniffles* i absolutely love this version!!! they played this in 50 1st Dates, when they screened the ending credits.. and it's NOT in the soundtrack. *smirks* (resourceful me)
50 1st dates..was pretty nice. watched it twice, with bear, shaun and becks i think and on the flight home fr. germany. maybe it's just the rainbow connection.
ah..Hawaii....beautiful place, beautiful people.
i must visit it someday!!
(this is not a gd sign. chem prac's on monday and i haven't read my notes)
*goes back to sipping the cocktail*
Gemstar blogged on 8/29/2004 12:58:00 AM
giovedì, agosto 26, 2004
vibes
it's just weird. had a really bad dream last night, and woke up to this aftertaste of bitterness and hurt. such feelings are relatively unfamiliar to me, since i guess i'm pretty happy with my life? (most of the time anyway.) The details are pretty hazy tho, all i can recall was the intensity of emotions felt. darn, i feel drained even whilst sleeping. I suspect I escape into another life altogether, whenever i have such dreams. heh, kinda like an alternate life in an alternate universe? hmm. how cool is that.
i'm on my way to starting my own religion/movement. aha.
WWQS, Inc. (We Want Quality Slp)
members currently: 1
code of conduct: #1 to get more than 5 hours of slp a day.
#2 power nap whenever the need arises.
#3 have quality dreams.
#4 wait for salvation to come in the form of...
(mr sandman aka zhou gong?)
Oh, did i mention that the night before, i had this feeling that such and such would come out? And like the MANY previous times when this happened, i chose to dismiss the inner voice. -_- screwed for gp.
i shld listen to myself more often, remind me tht next time.
song dedication
Heard a sweet song lately... An oldie,by Karen Carpenter.
heh, lovely alto voice.
=)
here's part of the chorus.
When there's no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won't come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But I won't last a day without you
to all of us:
the nxt 3mnths' gonna be a tough ride ahead... but we'll survive somehow, and hopefully, kick some ass! aha. thankful 4 pple like u guyz to keep me sane.
(altho sometimes we take refuge up the wall.... frm xm!! =p lol, u know like, drive me up the wall?) heh, sry dear, just that, u take jokes well, which is why it's fun teasing ya. elisa, kel, becks and xiaomin.
oh yea, this goes out to the bear collection too, like, how can i ever miss u out?
thx =) bear^2, hunger and boo!! i can almost hear their vehement protests. yep, and the choir clique... ganbatte ne.
and to yit and hl, and carol and sy and godbro ... gosh the list just goes on.
mug hard, everyone! (those not mugging, wrk hard, earn more $!)
Gemstar blogged on 8/26/2004 01:23:00 PM
domenica, agosto 22, 2004
tabletennis
aah,dang. the match was darn close just now!!! i cldn't bear to watch the finalizing 7th match, yet i cldn't bear to leave the tv set. Both competitors were neck to neck for tht last set. Li Jia Wei was really composed throughout, as opposed to the unearthly shrieks tht came from her opponent. heh. i didn't like the aggressiveness with which the north korean lady played with, but yea, she amazed me with her determination. i mean, there was this set they played which ended 11-0 in singapore's favour.. 11-0!! and it didn't affect her playing at all for the later sets. she's got the mental strength of steel, i'd say.
Jia Wei's playing for the bronze medal tmr. *hopes, prays* all the best to her and singapore!! *waves miniature s'pore flag*
A day in the life of...... an Olympian athlete.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe were about to go head-to-head, but the money was on the other swimmers -- namely, on which one would finish last.
"Can I get the Italian guy?" asked tennis player Mardy Fish.
"Dude, no! You already picked your guy!" teammate Andy Roddick said, taking a break from his Yahtzee game with a softball pitcher and a whitewater kayaker to watch the race.
In the next room, water polo players chatted on Instant Messenger. Across the street, synchronized swimmers went over their choreography in the living room. Down the block, softball players watched a "motivational movie" on DVD: Rocky IV.
It all may sound like scenes from a college dorm, but that's life in the Olympic Village, where thousands of the world's best athletes eat, sleep and chill between competitions. While some of the biggest stars have headed for the luxury of five-star hotels, Roddick says it's their loss.
"They're missing out on a pretty cool experience," he says.
This is a global village if there ever was one. The entrance is lined with 202 flags, and banners draped from the sheetrock-and-concrete buildings announce the domain of each delegation.
"I feel like I'm traveling and seeing the world just being in the village," says U.S. softball outfielder Jessica Mendoza, who confesses that she is trying to work up the courage to introduce herself to the Turkmenistan delegation at the dining hall.
The Dutch ride to dinner on funky orange bicycles. The British cruise around in golf carts painted with Union Jack designs that would make Austin Powers proud. A Moldovan race-walker speeds down the avenue, propelled by nothing more than his feet.
At the rec hall, the pool tables are filled with Spaniards and Koreans, Kazakhs and Belarussians. Iranians, Argentines and Kenyans check their e-mail. A Cuban 110-meter hurdler just captured the world record -- on a PlayStation 2.
"Only here," Yuniel Hernandez says, pointing at the machine with regret.
Every taste is catered to. The dining hall, the size of a Wal-Mart, serves everything from moussaka to Big Macs. The outdoor movie theater -- Tuesday's feature was "Men in Black II" -- has surround sound. A DJ spins progressive house at the swimming pool as a few athletes work on their tans.
The U.S. section is a block of 15 buildings in the "Centaurus" neighborhood, sandwiched between the Canadians and the Brazilians, the Argentines and the Italians. Americans flags are draped from the balconies, and training shorts and sports bras hang from the clothes lines.
The accommodations are Spartan, but that's OK. Most athletes say they don't have much down time anyway.
"We get, like, two hours of free time in the middle of the day, but we have to be in our rooms because it's 'rest time,"' says water polo goalie Brandon Brooks, using his fingers to make the quotation marks. "The worst thing is there are so many other great sports events going on and I don't get to enjoy it as a fan."
That's the main complaint among the athletes, though each also has his pet peeve about the village.
"The snacks are in a different place from the drinks," says whitewater kayaker Brett Heyl. "You have to walk across the street to get your water, and back to get your Rice Krispie treats."
Some athletes complain of boredom, saying there is little to do, especially at night. Water polo player Layne Beaubien says he had trouble getting to sleep after the team's 7-6 win over Croatia on Sunday.
"You want to go to bed but you're up and your adrenaline's still going," he says. "I walked around here for about an hour and e-mailed a little bit."
A few of the athletes have had time to venture out into Athens. Judoist Nikki Kubes said she has seen little of the round-the-clock security that athletes were expected to receive. She went into town accompanied only by teammate Ronda Rousey.
"We took a bus, a subway and a taxi -- and we were fine," she says. "I saw the Acropolis from far away -- is that it on a hill?"
As for the bet, it was indeed the Italian guy -- Emiliano Brembilla -- who came in last in the 200-meter freestyle final, more than 3 1/2 seconds behind Thorpe's gold-medal swim.
Details of the payout were not released.
Gemstar blogged on 8/22/2004 12:15:00 AM
martedì, agosto 17, 2004
no title
headache agn. =/ ah, the frustration and stress... it's killing me slowly. haix. it's so easy to wallow in self-pity and misery ain't it. chin up girl, and i better buck up too. only half-succeeded in clearing the pile of wrk, not gotten dwn to studying at all, yet, the pile just gets bigger... and bigger. i'd think a self-imposed study break wld be more useful to me.
nevertheless, read a lil smth tht cheered me up. i applaud the charming, brave, sweet, sexy(?) man who wrote this. Finally, a guy who knows how to treat his lady. =p here, go have a read. THE male perspective, Lunch on You
grin.
>>guyz: inspired? volunteer on standby to do QC. =p
>>gals: i wonder if it's only me, but yea. wldn't u love for your guy to be able to whip up the occasional decent meal?
that being said, i believe in equality btw the sexes. aha. will brush up my culinary skills.
>>kelllllly: arg. when oh when can we have our cooking/baking session?
Gemstar blogged on 8/17/2004 12:45:00 AM
sabato, agosto 14, 2004
incoherence
time check: 3 minutes more to tuition
i'm having a bloody headache. gah. been losing a hell lotta blood too, but let's not go into tht. =/
i better cut down on my carbohydrate consumption. it leaves me half aslp aftr each and every meal.
Flunking another econs paper, yet agn. weirdest thing is, i cldn't be bothered to try anymore. gave up even before the paper. hmm. sadly, i just don't get economic analysis, i end up writing gp essays each time. *smacks myself* arg, tht's not the way to go.
Having the best of both worlds: been combining cliques each time we go out for makan these days, like the choir peepz plus my class peepz. weird combi, but everyone just gets along, somehow. today it was kel,xm, me and becks, plus honseng and hc.
*waves* hello honseng! i figure u'll pop by soon.
okay. time's up. tutor's here... till thn.
Gemstar blogged on 8/14/2004 02:00:00 PM
martedì, agosto 10, 2004
fooling arnD, heh. 
Gemstar blogged on 8/10/2004 11:13:00 AM
loveLy.
Gemstar blogged on 8/10/2004 11:11:00 AM
Zzap
Gemstar blogged on 8/10/2004 11:11:00 AM
riverside bbQ
Gemstar blogged on 8/10/2004 11:10:00 AM
sabato, agosto 07, 2004
snr's farewell
Never Had A Dream Come True
Everybody's got something
They had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday
That just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering (or wondering)
How it could be now or might have been (or might have been)
All this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
Chorus:
I never had a dream come true
'Till the day that I found you
Even though, I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
(never found the words to say)
You're the one I think about each day
(you're the one I think about each day)
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you
....
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listening to this song always made me feel sad. It's like you've been trying your best to forget, but you realize at the end of it all, it's still kept in tht lil corner of your heart and the only thing you've been doing is running away from yourself. the darling jnrs sang this song for us today.
After watching them on stage today, i know they're gonna go far. Their batch definitely has more spirit than ours, and i guess the entire germany experience did well to bond everyone together. I especially enjoyed the self-arranged, choreographed songs they sang... "the lion sleeps tonight" was damn funny to watch! grin. and i never knew chung had sucha nice voice.
silly tenors wasted soooo much time giving out flowers, i had to rush off for tuition without my dinner *sob* at least i managed to get there in time. harrowing experience tho, walking out on my own in the dark -_- bah. hate it, when pple give u the lookover, like, you know fr. head to toe and back to head agn... $%^&** leery construction workers... had to walk past this grp of thm, so i was walking damn fast and totally looking straight ahead and not making eye contact, it was just me and thm, and no-one else on tht dark path. ~erk.
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Am pretty disappointed by some stuff. Like pple who claim they care but actually don't give a damn abt u. it always happens doesn't it, and i've had enough. i'm not even gonna bother reaching out to thm anymore, cos i realize, i've always been the one making the effort to do so.
On the other hand, i've got to stop taking those who are really dear to me for granted. i'm guilty for tht, i know. Was kinda apprehensive cos i had to walk back home by myself fr. tuition when it ended at arnd 1030, but when i walked out of the tutor's gate, i saw my mum standing there.. and boy was i relieved and grateful. i wasn't expecting her to do so in the first place. i gs mums will always be mums. =)
and yea, lastly , tmr's outing. i have this feeling it's gonna be cancelled. sigh. i was really really looking forward to it. disappointed. =/ to say i feel otherwise wld be lying.
gawd. i shld just stop caring, bothering abt others and having fun. rite now's not the time for fun anymore. got to mug hard... and get those 4 As.
Gemstar blogged on 8/07/2004 11:30:00 PM
venerdì, agosto 06, 2004
"don't just get a job, get a career"
tht was the cheesy title of a talk tht this guest speaker gave back in rg.
hmm. realized i have never seriously considered my options yet. i've always been going with the flow, and being aimless doesn't get me anywhere i guess. no discipline, no motivation, no drive. shldn't have slacked off in the beginning... gs all i can do now is find tht back and revv those mugging engines.
right now... wad i'm interested in is the biz management course in smu- i like the smu style, it's really more flexible and yea, the overseas stint as well as internship. tho tht prob means u hafta be gd to be selected for those? like i don't think everyone will get the chance to do so. hmm. i wonder if i'm cut out for the business world tho. i'm too... nice. heh. *shrug* just have this impression tht u have to be pretty cold, manipulative, and really outspoken to really get ahead. or maybe i'm just generalizing. but thn agn one can't be too nice, or you'd be taken advantage of?
hmm. or study finance. and wrk for a bank? (which means i shld pay more attn to econs!!!)
wad other options do i have? i'm pretty sure it's bye-bye to science, i think. i can't imagine working in a lab. *shudders* and since i don't take phys, tht closes off all options of engineering too, cept the biotech stuff. hmm, tho tweaking with genes of orchids sound like fun.. i mean ha. i guess i watch too much tv... u know like glow-in-the-dark orchids? pretty! i'd sure like to find out wad silver mist orchids are too. (xm, reme?) yea, but the past few days of learning agri biotech wasn't tht enjoyable. hmm. in fact, i can say the same for the entire biotech syllabus. gah.
psychology's interesting, but not much career prospects in there. i mean in singapore if u study tht, u only get to do social wrk? hafta get a degree overseas to be truly recognized.
yupz, i agree with yit's fashion stylist thing tho. shopping for a living sounds gd to me. =) gotta be really established for dept stores to employ u? but y wld they when they have those pple studying fashion and design to choose from.
hotel management and hospitality? tht's smth tht i'm pretty interested in. but in s'pore, the only place offering courses on such is shatec if i'm not wrong. i'd rather go to an overseas U tht is recognized for smth like tht... thn i'd wanna go wrk in a lovely resort, like the banyan treee kinds. great working environment manz. *smile* although well, just like anything else... one's gotta start rite fr. the bottom. which means serving others = being a waitress for eg = and yea, since a certain someone has been calling me a prima donna.... hmm. tht's a holiday job i'll hafta consider.
study music instead? currently i have a piano, a guitar, a mini guzheng and an erhu at home. (mum loves them la) *sweatdrop* loooong way to go if i wanna accomplish smth in music. i've always been putting academics first, so it's been neglected totally. so yea, not much skills to speak of. if i'm gonna pick up where i left off.. it'd mean a further drain on my parents' financial resources. and dad's retiring pretty soon-
another scary thought. i'd be the one they'll be depending on to "support" the family? wow. i gs entering the working world is not wad it's all cut out to be aftr all.
oh, gs wad my mum said? marry some rich guy. gawd, like they're tht easy to find nowadays. i want my guy with character, not some pampered spoilt brat. though tht's a different matter altogether. grin. at this pt in time my dad sorta advertised himself, "someone like me's the best rite?" haa, my mum leads a gd life la.
Gemstar blogged on 8/06/2004 12:57:00 AM
martedì, agosto 03, 2004
inner conflict?
i just feel a vague sense of emptiness these days.
unmotivated. unwilling to try. restless.
don't feel like talking much.
or typing much here either.
it's abt time i deny myself access online. it's too unproductive. yet, it seems this is the only place where i can channel my thoughts to these days. sr's feeling anti-social but she still wants to go out, and watch them fireworks. aaaaaaaarg.
how long is the road, how long is the ride? how long is the darkness till we get to the light- go easy on me, cos no matter the distance, i'll stay on the rd.....
to your heart.
Gemstar blogged on 8/03/2004 01:26:00 AM
domenica, agosto 01, 2004
fiRewRks... nday preview.
Gemstar blogged on 8/01/2004 08:28:00 PM
setting the sky ablaZe.
Gemstar blogged on 8/01/2004 08:25:00 PM
