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lunedì, novembre 29, 2004


i suppose certain things are too fragile to last the passages of time.
nevertheless, it was lovely while it lasted. =)

our reminiscences of the past, are often embellished with feelings of the present... making memories more beautiful, or more painful than they actually were.

How many of us are still affected by our past? Sometimes you are so trapped, so self-absorbed that you unintentionally build up walls separating you from those around you that really care. And by the time you realize it, it's too late, the damage has been done.

No point standing there and looking at the closed door, dearie. Many open doors in front of ya. time to move on, and embrace life/love bravely!

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i'm supposed to be in sentosa now. *pouts* and the weather's actually fine today. but due to unforseen circumstances, i'm at home now, waiting for my cousin to pop by any momment. AaaaaaH. i suppose it'll be qte impossible for the entire choir clique to meet up alr. everyone's schedules are pretty packed, class chalets, flying/flown off for their hols, going into ns.. blah blah blah. speaking of which, WHERE's shaun?? drop a tag, will ya?

to yit: aaaaaaaaaaaaah. i'm really sry, nvr meant to bruise ur feelings, guess you were really off yesterday. don't say "who cares" ? because i DO, honestly. I suppose i wasn't being very tactful, and i apologize for tht. Was telling you how my mum threatened to kick me out of the house, b4 u suddenly disappeared on me. We all hafta go through our rough patches w our parents, yea. i might hafta end up hunting for a bachelorette pad somewhere in the future. *grin* and you're supposed to share the apartment with me ok!~
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Gemstar blogged on 11/29/2004 01:08:00 PM

domenica, novembre 28, 2004


in a nutsheLL

i promised pq i'd spread the word arnd, so here goes...

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[ the most happening party of the centuRy !!]

ECP CoasTa SanDs
30 NoV, 7 pm
Live bands, food and booZe!
come in beachweaR!

cover charge of 3 bucks
further details contact peiqin =========================================

i suppose it's a party party, if you know what i mean. and i'm particularly taken by the whole beach party, live band idea. grin. well, we'll see if i can just get pple to go alg with. lol, just bring your friends, your friend's friends, have fun, and havoc! spread the word around ! =)


mmf. so lotsa stuff bn happening the past 2-3 days? for one, my bathrm was turned into a salon. welll, let's just say my attempt at dye-ing my friend's hair left the bathrm in a state tht was akin to a murder crime scene. not a pretty sight, i tell you. and my hands were covered in blood. *gasP* but the end result was pretty good, a subtle copper red that really shimmers in the sunlight. lovely what can i say? i'm.. gd. haha.

had my turn the next day, with my cousin shan helping me. it didn't turn out as nice tho, i now have different shades of brown in my haiR. we helped darylbee with his too. tht boy's incorrigible. he doesn't even COMB his haiR! gawd. And when it was time to use the hair dryer, he looked at me with that pathetic, " i dunno how to use this.." look. *sweatdrop*

grin. thn the finale was dinner at HaNaBi!!! it's at crown ctr, or izzt king's arcade. anw, just a lil walk fr my place.

manz tht was the BEST japanese food i've ever eaten. $30/head buffet. You just order what you want, as many times as you like, and they serve it up to you piping hot/ cold. everything was really fresh!! the service was great, and the waitresses are really pretty. i think i recognized 1 guy as my pri school classmate. didn't actually say hi, tho he was incredibly patient with us, and really polite too. I think my dad had asked him to check the kitchen for our unagi sushi abt 3 times, cos it was taking ages. Yep, and he was really nice abt it.

thn the guilt trip. i better cut dwn on all my expenses. atm, you go to restaurants, and you see the pple wrking there arnd your age. and you think." hey, i could be the one doing this too, earning my own money instead of living off my parents." so.. *ding ding!* it's time for me to get a job.

grin. maybe at tht jap restaurant. i'll see if they still have vacancies after i've played for 1 mth.

IRASHAIMASE !












Gemstar blogged on 11/28/2004 10:15:00 AM

venerdì, novembre 26, 2004


it's gg to rain. arGH. =(


Gemstar blogged on 11/26/2004 08:47:00 AM

giovedì, novembre 25, 2004


just. smiLe. =)

grin. and so it's all over and done with. i can breathe a sigh of relief, finally. i'm not keen abt the results tho, but will wry abt tht thn. byebye As!

time to partY!!!
haha. i just feel like going on a long vacation NOW. in the midst of all the catching up, meeting up, going out... i suddenly find myself at a loss. a nagging emptiness, to fill up all the time we have. muaha.

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do you know??
#1 today's the last day we wear tht grey uniform?
#2 as of today, we've officially joined the ranks of the unemployed
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me, el and xm kinda got lost in orchard today. ages since i last went, and i personally felt suffocated by the throngs of pple. The after As crowd was out there, in full force.

i think i'm developing pple-phobia or smth. Like today at orchard, saw my rj,acjc, hc friends all over the place, and i was just trying to avoid those awkward momments of saying hello. *grimaces* but i just had to bump into 2 of them in the toilet. ah, what a small world. No offense to them, geez, ain't their fault or anything... but when you haven't seen them for ages, and when you weren't exactly close to begin with, you really don't know wad to say. so.. it's plastic smile. a lil small talk, and lotsa awkward pauses. it feels darn faKe. not really keen on the gathering with the rg choir peepz this sat.i feel like i'm out of place, somehow. like FINE, i am anti-social.

haha.. but i am looking forward to the sentosa outing with the choir clique!!! (i hear.. wad, sentosa agn?) oh well. limited choices in s'pore anyhow. someday... we'll go on a cruise.. or some island holiday together. YOU HEAR ME? *hehz* i just wish. sorta realized that at the end of it all, they are the ones dearer and closer to me thn the rg gals. it's just different, la. ouch, the girls are so gonna kill me for this. (but i dbt any of thm reads this, muaha.)

oh, and we watched the incredibles today. great show! wasn't keen on it initially, cos the characters didn't look very appealing. Like, not the cute cute kinds. but yea, just go watch! i like the lil baby, jack jack!

and i'm gg cycling tmr!!! whee. no fear. this time it's the smoooooth paths of ECP. though i wish it'll be effective enough for me to get buttaches. i nd to get rid of all the accumulated tummy flab. tummi-trim, anyone?





Gemstar blogged on 11/25/2004 10:09:00 PM

lunedì, novembre 22, 2004


Get ReAL !

just caught an episode of get real just now. I like Diana Ser. She's such a good presenter. the topic for today? are singaporean women hard to love?

what do you think? It just gets to you suddenly when you see all these guys flocking overseas to get vietnamese/malaysian/thai? wives, because they are perceived to be more submissive, docile and... what's the word... virtuous? i have no complaints whatsoever, afterall we are all entitled to decide on what qualities we want in a lifelong partner, don't we? It's like a reversal of trends, you know abt spgs going for the angmoh expats...so now the guys go for their demure ladies, fair enough.

but heY, the way i see it, these foreign brides are no different from goods sold on the commodities market!!! They show this scene where the guy in the matchmaking agency (the girls' ticket out of poverty)talks to the prospective brides, "you must know how to cook, do the housewrk dilligently, and listen to your husband... take care of his needs" and yadda. geez. what do they take the women as? it's as though their wives are maids, except that they don't get a salary. -_-

this day and age, we have careers, we have to do the housewrk, we have to look after the kids. and... if we fail, or are unwilling to juggle all that, we're not lovable at all. all rite, i get the picture.

my discourse shall end here cos what i wanna say has more or less been expressed in my girl pal's bloggie... read it here


Gemstar blogged on 11/22/2004 10:35:00 PM

the skies are blue-er... the air seems fresher... =)
tralala.lala...

wow. it's kinda amazing, that everything's over. almost.
well, well i survived the dreaded 3 paper day. guess it wasn't that scary/stressful. it's like, once you're in it, everything just seems to pass so quickly.

first up, some rants fr. me. well. econs was easy. BUT. i didn't study for it which i totally regretted =/ and i mean it when i say i didn't study, cos like all my year 1 stuff was totally untouched for the As, and my yr 2 wrk ain't any better. guess i deserve it, cos all those came out. =( *sigh* so saaaaaaaaad. it's like maybe i shld have dropped it in the first place. oh well. just hoping i can at least scrape a C? pls pls pls. but tht bad feeling still lingers on. aaah. can i even pass? scared. don't think i wanna turn up on the day when results are out. =/

biotech was a joke.
qn1: what is a drug?
something that pple get high on.
nah, i didn't write tht. it was tough, lotsa application, stuff that you... can't really study for. but i was more prepared for it thn econs. cos i allocated all my scarce resources towards bio rather than econs. haix. bad feeling lingers too. guess i misallocated. =s nvm. there's still mcqs coming up on thurs.

i want full marks for tht!!!!! (hey, at least u'll land amongst the stars when you fall.)


gd luck to the physics peepz. almost, almost there!



Gemstar blogged on 11/22/2004 06:16:00 PM

giovedì, novembre 18, 2004


Ain't No SunshiNe
"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She's gone much too long
Any time she goes away..."


i guess it's bye bye to sly.. taufiq's gonna be THE singapore idol!

time for me to return to the world of.... saccharomyces cerevisiae, streptococcus thermophilis and lactobacillus bulgaricus, agrobacterium tumefaciens... and goodness knows what other microscopic critters we share this world with. and THAT'S just the itty bitty tip of the iceberg.
argh. =/


Gemstar blogged on 11/18/2004 09:00:00 PM

giovedì, novembre 11, 2004


KaTriNa
katrina, I cant stop looking in your eyes.
but my words don't come out straight.
I don't know what to say.
On Monday I tell myself u gotta wait, Dave.
don't rush it. don't anticipate. take it slowly,
it's ok. it's ok.

I just want a chance
to know you to know the woman deep inside,
yeah yeah(and) I don't wanna look back on life
to see this missed opportunity.
yeah yeah even at the risk of looking like a fool to you,

on Wednesday I casually wawlk on by to find
that you're not there,I act like I don't care.

but on friday I catch a glimpse of you
I tell myself don't hesitate,
you just walk up, and say hello.... say hello !
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Happy Deepavali everyone! or izzt. happy diwali?!
damn. my attention span is just sooo short.
bad girl, baaaaaaaad! i ended up watching a bit of an indian drama just now, can u believe it? i. am. so. not. your. average. A. level. candidate. shit.

but bollywood's really fascinating !!! i personally feel those bollywood actresses are really really gorgeous, like godesses or smth, and their saris are absolutely beAuTifuL. it's all about the colour, and action when you watch the shows. heh, always this lead hero vs the villian and yea.... THE girl. okay, although i admit i find those singing/dancing scenes a lil cheesy at times. *cringes* it's still fun to watch, yep.

kk. sly's singing katrina tonight! one of my favourite songs fr. black tangerine. a song david tao wrote for his demo tape, before he became an artiste i think. gs i like it cos it has this personal feel to it.

hope sly doesn't screw it up, but i've faith in him. =) am listening to the album now. Somehow, this song always reminds me of one of my rg snrs. her name's katrina too, and she's really pretty, and sweet. heh, and she had a french boyfriend. they got to know each other when she went for the third-lang immersion programme in france back in sec3. like, wow.. it's how their relationship managed to survive the distance tht was pretty amazing. gs sometimes it's abt taking chances, like the song says? tht was back thn la, not sure if she's still with him tho, and we jnrs used to bug her to tell us more. =p yep, and the last time i heard of her was when she participated in the new paper new face contest last yr.. or wazzt last last yr? grin. i really shldn't have dropped jap, shld i? i mean, at least having a takuya-look alike for a penpal wld've been fun too.

damn. i'm so gd at digressing. aaaaaah. 2 wks away fr. freedom. back to econs.
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Gemstar blogged on 11/11/2004 02:38:00 PM

sabato, novembre 06, 2004





heh. i've totally no idea abt the progressive part. but indie... sure sounds fun. =)(i practise music discrimination... techno, u say?? get away from me. )


Gemstar blogged on 11/06/2004 08:41:00 PM

giovedì, novembre 04, 2004


Superwoman
Early in the morning I put breakfast at your table,
and make sure that your coffee has its sugar and cream...
Your eggs are overeasy, your toast unlikely,
all that's missing is your morning kiss that used to greet me...
Now you say the juice is sour, it used to be so sweet,
and I can't help but to wonder if you're talking about me...
We don't talk the way we used to talk, it's hurting so deep,
I've got my pride, I will not cry, but it's making me weak...


** chorus
I'm not your superwoman...
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down,
and think that everything is okay...
Boy I am only human...
This girl needs more than occasional hugs
as a token of love from you to me...

I fought my way through the rush hour trying to make it home just for you...
I want to make sure that your dinner will be waiting for you...
But when you get there, you just tell me you're not hungry at all,
you said you'd rather read the paper and you don't want to talk...
You like to think that I'm just crazy when I say that you've changed,
I'm convinced I know the problem, you don't love me the same...
You're just going through the motions and you're not being fair,
I've got my pride, I will not cry, still I can't help but care!!!

**chorus

Look into the corners of your mind,
I'll always be there for you through good and bad times,
but I can't be the superwoman that you want me to be!!
I'll give my everlasting love if you'll return love to me!!
I'm not your superwoman!!!!

**chorus

Oh!!! If you feel it in your heart and you understand me,
stop right where you are, everybody sing along with me!
I'm the kind of girl that can treat you so sweet,
but you got to realize that you got to be sweeter to me!!!
I need love, I need just your love, I'm not your superwoman
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this song's so sadd, it made me cry.
i'm in need of a gd cry now, anyway...*hug?*
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Gemstar blogged on 11/04/2004 09:15:00 PM