Tuesday, February 27, 2007
float
Let’s see. Ms. Puja always said: “Let the juices flow.” Did she say that? I think so. I can’t quite recall.
She looked up, in the direction of the clear blue sky.
The wind was playing with her hair,
Gently twining it into flowing streams of black.
She liked the cool gentle caress
It made her grow wings
She closed shut her eyes to enjoy the moment
Standing in the middle of the bridge
Busy, burdened people rush pass her
Yet she stood there; alone but cares-less.
If she was in the same world,
She would have felt the stares of the others
“How odd”, “Does she not have anything better to do?”
Their eyes speak harshly and critically.
However, she couldn’t hear their small talk
Simply because she was no longer there
She was soaring higher and higher
Places she visited, time she past
Somehow, it brought her back to school
Books, stationary, uniforms, teachers
Classmates, studying, friends, recess!
The time of adolescent years
She looked down at herself
To see a uniform so familiar
A white crisp blouse
With a skirt so green, like an endless field
She stepped into the classroom
Sat under the spinning ceiling fan like she used to
Smiling as she saw the scribbles on the desks
It was all the same, nothing much had changed
She turned to her left eagerly,
Glad to see her best friend smiling warmly
Joking and laughing as usual
With her friends in front and behind
Then the class hushed down
As someone stepped into the class
A person of importance,
A person they respected.
She sat up and focused
On what that someone delivered
This was not usual
For before she would always doodle
Or rest her head on the table, day-dreaming
But she had plenty to gratify the speaker for
Her miraculously amazing credits
When she saw no one responding
She decided to raise her hand to answer
Her heart beat faster
When her teacher glanced her way
“Yes Azmi?”
Why did it appear as if
Her teacher saw through her?
Like she was not there
Perhaps, she raised her hand too low
Maybe too slow
Why did it seem as though
She was invisible?
She forced her eyes open
Only to face the same blue sky
This time, she saw the sky scrappers as well
The ones threatening to cover her view
Of her favourite aqua picture
Her eyes darted left and right
And met the hostile black orbs of others
Back to reality
Back to working life
Back to work
The side of her mouths turned upwards
A smile so faint, most probably wouldn’t see
At least she still had those memories
Of that once upon a time.
-roo-
27-2-2007
=) have fun you all. i shall continue doing nth at work and indulging in really yummy new year goodies. =D PIG OUT!
Sunday, February 25, 2007
BAI NIANING
it took a mrt train ride, n 2 bus rides to get to emily's house. oh man... i really wanna whine about the expensive transport fare. it's not fair!!! BAHHH. poor momo n i had to pay like super alot of money la. each ride about 90 cents plus plus.
yay. 1st picture for the day, looking fresh n smelling nice. it changes later...
pss. look at quek's golden ribbon. i tied it!! nice right?? lilian taught me how. =)
dorea's standard phrase for the whole bai nianing session :
"hahaahah... don't make me laugh... i just did 40 crunches yesterday...."
i think she mentioned it about 10 times or more. every hosue we visited at least once. and on the bus/mrt/walking. yala. we get your point la.
second stop: marc's house!
we took bus to marc's house. it's a good thing we all live relatively near each other. all our houses are even connected by the same bus route! it's kinda cool. haha. on the bus, there were this couple whom kept staring at us and listening in our conversation. i think we were making alot of nice. but they were like so... erm. boring? they tried to act cool n are like gothic. whatever. it's our mouth n our right to speak. they were msg each other, passing the phone to each other n sniggering like worms (probably saying stuff bout us). so we made even more noise. haha. i find it fun to annoy such people. bah. act so big. if only they were as big as they acted.
we met ahmad at the bus stop. it was the first time i ever went to marc's house. he repainted his house recently so i could detect a faint fresh coat of paint smell. his sister's same age as my peng - 23 this year. actually, momo, ahmad, marc n my sister are all 23 this year. cool ei. marc's kinda like me cos he's only got 1 older sister who's 23. marc has a really neat room with a big bed n a piano!!! he's got a piano in his room!!!
we started playing 7-up (dorea's suggestion) which turned out to be quite fun. every time we say the wrong number/ forgot to say 7-up at numbers with the digit 7 or multiples of 7, u'll increase a level. the person who reached level 10 first is the biggest loser (we didn't even get to play till level 10)
we also talked about loads of weird stuff at marc's house erm like... this guy who underwent scientific modification so he's pregnant (it's just a very disturbing thought... a guy pregnant. i mean sure women would wish for tht since women need not be the only ones who bear the pain of giving birth, but it's still very very weird. o.O) and we talked about.... erm.... zips.... (muahahahaha. it's an inside joke.)
third stop: glenn's house
i realised sth, glenn's dad kinda looks like my dad!!! oh man. n if i look like my dad n glenn looks like his dad.... then... nvm. it's another disturbing thought..... (O.O) i shudder at it.
we tried to continue playing 7-up there. but it kinda failed. then the arrival of the queen joanne.
oh. i almost forgot to mention. emily n dorea are very attracted to glenn's brother cos he's super cute. but then... glenn's brother is erm. a kid. younger than us. haha. they've got a fettish for bald guys/guys with little hair. =S i prefer guys with hair.
on the way out, we walked pass this kindergarten with freaky paintings of diney characters. check out the peterpan with huge scary eyes. glenn kinda looks like him! haha. dorea tried posing like tinkerbell. but FAILED!
fourth stop: dorea's house
jang. group pictures!!!
fifth stop: joanne's house
glenn had to leave early, so the rest of us walked to chew's house. there, dorea started telling us some lame army stories that made us laugh like crazy. mainly stories her very funny cousin - wayne/bo nan told her. her cousin seems really nice n funny. haha. he even wished joanne n i happy valentines day! =)
dorea n i were thinking of girly names for army companies.. like now, there's charlie's company, hawk, jaguar, bravo. etc etc.
why not green tortoise, pink candy floss, red lollipop? i think we're crazy. dorea was also doing some funny actions so we mainly laughed like crazy at dorea.
sixth & final stop: my house.
aha. finally. we went to my house, up to the attic to just chill out, talk n eat somemore. it was a really fun day n i hope to do this kinda gatherings more often. =) i love our class, my friends.
emily, marc, miswan n ahmad went out to the main road to take bus, while momo, chew, quek n i went the other way. i was sending dorea to her dad's friend's house which was a few lanes down, momo was going towards the same direction n chew was accompanying me.
we pretended to be models, so we started posing with inanimate objects and other people's property eg. cars n houses. (DISCLAIMER: WE MEAN NO HARM!)
it was very fun. haha.
momo: the stylo-milo dude
quek: the sweet-chocolate girl
chew: the 40-sign tennis model
moi: the chic-car chick
bah!!! not posting the pics. they're personal! hahaa.
to end the day. trio shot. =) love this pic, love us.
OH!!! and before i forget. here's a shout out to gramps llama.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! (you're a day old.) besides. quek n i wished him already. called him at 12 n sang (ehh hem.. sorta) =)
a year older being a fogey.
Friday, February 23, 2007
for dearest samantha
samantha samantha samantha.
where do i even begin? haha
well, we've been friends for 6 years? and counting. of course there are bad times, when we fight (bitch fight! %#$%^$%^$@) haha. but then the good times over-rule the bad memories. =)
i recall some really funny incidents.
remember the time daniel chu lied to us? saying tht he was shot but he used a schoolbag to prevent the bullet from piercing
his heart? and we believed.... oh man. we're like the world's biggest toots la. he told us he was a violin prodigy, we
believed. (but at least tht part was true) he also tricked me into believing tht i killed the butterfly, n butterflies were
spirits, so the spirit will come find me and some rubbish like tht. it freaked me out big time la. u n matthew tai were super
evil la. u all were in cahoots to bluff me! evil girl. bah.
remember the time during common test, i sat beside the window cos i'm register no. 1, then this bee flew in the classroom. i
was trying to dodge it, but kinda forgot the position i was in, so my whole chair toh peng, n i toh peng along with the
chair. oh man... so embarrassing. like suddenly in the middle of the class.. "BANG!!!!" i fell from my chair.
thinking about it, i have experienced alot of humiliating incidents. i can't really help it u know. but it's kinda funny to
think back bout it now. =D
remember it was the last day of school before school hols officially start, matthew used the used correction tape to bundle
his books to carry home. oh man. he looked like karang guni man la. i was drinking water tht time, so the water kinda erm...
went out the same way it came in. haha. squirted water all the way to chengying's desk. hahaha!!!! luckily u were asking mrs
chan a question, cos ur whole chair was wet!!! =S darn it. it happened not only once lor. cos of tht, stupid dorea calls me
merlion.
but i still it's hilarious. =)
as wise men say, laugh along with other people instead of them laughing at you. i think it's important to know how to laugh
at yourself!
see, i can be your clown ok? [not yours alone la. i'm like feste! a licensed fool. i know u don't know who feste is. he's
this character from my literature text. it's like he's a wise person who entertains others. =) yup.... that's me! stupid chew
n quek. they say i'm just a fool. pui.]
i remember the time we were in the mrt, i was drinking my pearl milk tea happily. then there was this guy who was beside us
whom every 10 secs would say "huh?!?" then shakes his head. he does tht in a cycle. initially we thought he was talking to us
remember. haha. then we'll say "har???" back. hahaha.
both of us have bad direction sense lor. we always almost board the wrong train. now i'm better since i have to take mrt to
work everyday. =) hehehehhe.
remember when ur stupid bus card got no money n u only realised when i already tapped my card n was in the station. so i
waited there for u. u didn't have enough money, so i walked to the opposite side of the station to ask the control station
pple to help u add money. but they said min $5. so i had to dig my wallet for money for u... u went to top up at the machine
but the mchine got problem, cannot accept coins. so i had to walk to the control station again and ask the uncle to add your
card value... then walk back to pass u ur stinking card, n finally we can take the mrt. troublesome skinny girl u are..
i also remember the time u met me after work at plaza sing, and u were late!! bah. ask me to leave office n u were late. -__-we went to carls junior, n we saw our pri scho friend there (forgot her name), n we kept peeking to see if she remembered us.
another memorable carls junior experience was the refillable drinks thing. we drink tea, and forgot to add sugar... when we
realised it was refillable, we kept drinking n refilling!! haha. cheapo.
in pri school, we were very active. haha. play catching in the playground. remember we used to play with the boys. joel koh,
caile, rui wen, weixin, zhengtao and ah meng seng! remember! haha! wenjun, sarah, n (ying qi n shu zhen). very fun to play
with the guys. =) ohhh!! and wee kuang!! caile's cousin. i remember him! i remember we were playing catching at the
concourse when i tagged caile so hard, his back got red hand print!!!! haha. n not to forget barnabus *nudge nudge!* hahaha!
i remember i had a crush on iman before. he was cute n nice. wonder how he is now. =) grew taller? wanna go back to pri
school soon? we arrange ok? maybe teachers day or sth. or 6/1 gathering.
and not to forget we went to rui wen's house for his bday party, played hide n seek! we hid in the drain cannels and all.
stupid momo ratted on us! u know momo's now taller than us right? haha. anyway, we went to mr john lee's house after which he
came out semi-dressed. haha!
remember our project too? the one momo, u n i one. the puppet thing. haha. we made the qoo wayang kulit, powerpuff girls n
mojo jojo one! haha!!! i still have the puppets u know!
pri school was fun. with fun recesses, little food, skinny bodies,
where playing with boys wasn't a problem, bad hair styles, terrorized by mr khoo n mr chua, and bullying our art teacher (the
guy who looks like a monkey) and ms barbara low. hahaha! having fun during mr singh's classes, remember the name tag thing we
have to put on our tables. he always called me roo hwee. in primary school, i always though mr jonathan lee n ms angela woo
would end up together! haha.
remember we were in harmonica together cos u got no eca. so we went to alot of places to perform n all. it was really fun. =)
i also miss playing catching in the library. =)
being a child is fun. u don't have to worry bout anything. not about hair, clothes, boys. whatever. as long as u have play-
mates.
ok. i shall stop here now. i talk too much.
stay strong like u usually are my dear. don't let little things bring down your bright smile. u look nice when u smile
flashing ur teeth, so smile colgate smiles ok?
loving you. =)
i wanna be in school
I MADE THIS BLOGSKIN (shamelessly boasting =P)
AND THE 3 PPLE ON THE BIKE IN THE PICTURE ARE CHEW, QUEK N I. YUp. (to chew: done the shoutout.)
at office now. nth much to do. bah. i'm not supposed to do this!!! but i anyway, disguising myself, as though i'm working when i'm not. typing this on notepad now at 11.21am. later got consort prac.
i was reading chew's blog, saw her very entertaining conversation with momo. (recommended to read. click the 'touch' botton on the left of your screen, n click 'chewster' yup.)
darn. i'm missing so much, n miss so much.
i actually miss going to school! =S
slacking in class, laughing, drawing random things on dorea's books with her drawing something random back.
i miss writing letters to cheng, quek n chew.
i miss sitting directly under the fan in the 4c classroom, shuffling between the chem lab, physics lab n audi.
i miss the excitement of almost being late for school every morning, having to run before the bell rings, and reaching the assembly plaza panting n singing the national anthem. (AHAHA. tht happens every morning. yet i've only been booked once. amazing right)
i miss mrs chee, mrs quek n mr kang's lame jokes. ("be careful of the dragonfly! later it breathes out fire!" -math; "do you get my point here?" -chee's standard phrase)
i miss ms puja's lit lessons where she teaches us to express what we think yet get off point, writing out krishna & susila's love relationship, krishna's change, what caused it on the transparent sheets with michelle, rachel, quek n i (we're always doing lit projects together!) i miss lit club.
i miss crazy talk (Esp during physics n math lessons) with lilian, rache, quek n i. (it's the morning blues n hungry stomaches i tell u. we talk about all kinds of random things like pokemon??!? what to eat later, and erm *ehming humqi* =D
i miss blending in class! (FYI our class is musically inclined. everyday, we go back to the classroom before recess is over, n someone will start playing the guitar while the rest of us there start singing, blending etc. what'd u expect from a class with so many people in band n choir. the malay guys can play the guitar, bass n drums. so we're the 4C BAND!!)
i miss going for recess at 10:30 (lunch break is at 1 mind u. but we can snack in office la. haah) with a canteen that good food at STUDENT PRICE!!!!)
FOOD GUIDE!!
stall 1) assorted grab-and-go food (don't buy the sushi! it's kinda gross. but the bread and siew mai are really good!)
stall 2) malay noodles (mmm. nice food! but sometimes they dun really wash the cutlery properly. so it's like oily n all. ewww. i love the mee siam. not too spicy, yet spicy enough. and the mee soto. i bet they add loads of msg)
stall 3) chicken rice!!! (yay. food is good n clean. i love the he bao tan/semi-cooked egg. u know the kind with cooked egg white, but the egg yolk's still liquidy though cooked. mmmm... they used to have lemon chicken, but school didn't allow the selling of it cos it's deep-fried. does tht make sense to u?)
stall 4) western food! (the food's good. not like those u get outside at food courts and stuff, but it's reasonable priced. and the uncle's really nice. sometimes he gives u stuff for free. wedges! yay.)
stall 5) chinese rice (the same as economical rice stalls la. i love the curry veg stew n the lu tan/boiled egg. the toufu n potato dish is nice too.
stall 6) malay rice (the auntie's super nice!!! i love the nasi brani! every thurs during chem which is before recess, we always beg mrs chee to release us early so we can go eat nasi brani. =D the fried rice and nasi ayam is nice too. and the nasi lemak! aiya. everything's nice. the auntie likes to give freebies too. =) i miss her.)
stall 7) drink stall. they sell quite alot of drinks. standard drinks pple buy include 40cents lemon barley packet drink, 60cents ice lemon tea/ice peach tea/ice apple tea can drink. they sell tau huey occasionally too!)
food court food may have a larger variety, but it's so expensive!!! i prefer food from market places. but it's so hot n stuffy there. sadness overwhelms me. ='(
now i'm hungry. n lunch isn't even here yet. this is a superbly long post. ok shall stop here n yak more later on.
counting down 45mins...
Thursday, February 22, 2007
girl talk.
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oops. took me so long to write this. ahaha. have been busy at work peng. now got nth to do again. gcc work is so inconsistent. my colleages say i look older with this hair style. really meh? i dunno. but i kinda like the short hair. just that in the morning when i wake up, i look like a toot cos the top part will look like a mushroom. can u picture it? i tried to style my hair the way guys style theirs using wax yesterday. haha. not very successful. but it wasn't tht bad. from the back, i kinda look like a guy. =) why am i trying to look like a guy u ask? dunno for fun. cos i'm curious how guys style their hair. now i understand why they take so long doing their hair la. vain pots.
been caught up watching dramas during the chinese new year period. haha.
hana yori dango aka meteor garden (the JAP VERSION!!!) so sad. i could only watch till ep 4 cos the person never upload on mazooki already n tv is only gng to show only ep 4 this sat cos of cny tv programme. i think the jap version is alot nicer than the taiwan one. cos they act more realistically. afterall, the original is jap ma. hanazawa rui is kawaii! =)
next show, which star are you from? it's a korean drama. i thought it was a stupid show initially cos of the cliche title (casted by the love in harvard guy n the samsoon sub female lead)
she acts really well n the show's kinda nice. it's cliche here n there, but i think it's better than stairway to heaven! haha! (suan ee grace) [finished watching it with mommy throughout cny hols]
currently, i'm watching hana kimi (taiwan drama adapted from jap manga. the guys are cute, tht's why i'm still watching the show. it ain't tht bad la. i think if the japs were to remake it like they did with meteor garden, it would be nicer. ahahah!)
my fav kdrama list
1) my girl!!!!
2) full house, dae chang guem & goong
3) the hotelier & which star are u from?
4) save the last dance for me & autumn story (i would have rated this higher if it had not made me cry so much & have such a stupid ending)
5) beautiful days & all in
yup. i think i like those. what about u peng? what's your list?
look! check out my hunk list!!
my hunk list (hmm. asian dudes)
1) daniel henney (i seriously think he's super gorgeous)
2) lee dong wook (he's really cute with his gong chan hair but he doesn't look good all the time. it's only human)
3) lee junki & wuzun (i like lee junki the most even though he kinda looks feminine. but he's so cute when he smiles. =) colgate teeth! and wuzun, he looks kinda pretty, yet boy boy cute! they both have nice smiles n nice noses)
4) kim jeong hoon & jiro wang (i love jeong hoon's voice. n he's got a cute boy boy kinda face. jiro's the dude from the taiwan drama. he's like this badboy n i think it's kinda cute. bahah. he maybe related to us!!! his chinese surname's the same as ours!!!)
5) kimura takuya & won bin (they look similar don't you think.)hmm. other pple whom are cute, Matsuyama Kenichi (acted as L in death note. i think he looks cute in the show!) erm. hitsugaya toshiro, kuchiki byakuya (anime characters in bleach), edison chen. oguri shun(hanazawa rui). lee syaoran! (anime character...)
i know ur list is different from mine. cos u like manly guys, not boy boys.
bAH.
so sad... at this rate, i think finding a boyfriend would be very difficult. but i'm still young!!! =)
how is you peng? i is ok. everyone home is ok. popo is miss u alot.
oo. i injured my feet peng. 2 blisters from the shoes dorea gave me. then yesterday at office. sit so long to do the interview list to be submitted which i printed like 7 times or sth cos it wasn't perfect (tht's what they strive for. ). my leg became numb, so when i rushed to collect the printed materials so i can go home to watch hana kimi, i squashed my toe cos i couldn't move it, then i moved my leg n my toe rubbed against the rough carpetted floor, blister 3. the worse part is, it was bleeding n i think my toe's twisted or fractured n all, but i couldn't feel it then. so i limped all the way home (mrt and all), n limped to office today again. now my toe's bandaged cos it hurts. mom says tht i cannot be irresponsible n come to work just cos of a minor injury. lame excuse she says. literally. darn it. i wouldn't if i actually had work to do. u know what i mean?
bathing is a torture with 3 darn blisters. make that 4, cos the one on the heel of my right foot has 2. BAH!
poor mong peng. poor mong!!! ='(
just after the first 3 days of lunar new year. oh man.
btw, i'm gonna be performing at the hua yi festival thing cos of consort. can't wait to watch phantom of the opera! =) it'll be cool. gng bai nian with a bai kah on sat. to my friends' houses.
love, mong. @(( ._. ))@
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yup, tht's pretty much what's been happening in my life.. i can be girly at times. oh well. still working on the blog skin. darn it. sth's wrong with this thing.
ja ne!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
NEW YEAR NEW POST! =)
"nag nag nag nag nag." --> words disperse in air --> filtered through my ear by ear hair and ear shit --> passes through nerves --> message to brain "silence.."
the chain of nags.
btw, HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!
★┤ 賀新春吉祥如意 ├★
╰───────╯
╭┴╮ ◢◤// ╭┴╮
│年│ ◢◤ //◣ │歲│
│初│╭◤ //◥◣ │末│
│迎│ ◢// ◥◣ │恭│
│春│ ◢◤// ◥╮│祝│
│發│ ◢◤ //◣ │行│
│大│╭◤ //◥◣ │大│
│財│ ◢// ◥◣ │運│
╰卅╯ ◢◤//。‘◥╮╰卅╯
☆ 。‘◢◤ //◣╲︵╱★
╲︵╱◤。 //◥(☆)
haha! can u read the words? it says "welcome the new spring. may all you be lucky and be granted all your wishes.""beginning of a new year, welcomes prosperity" "may the new year also bring you very good luck!"
ya.. sth like that. direct translation.
hmm. since, pictures speak louder than words, i shall post pics!!!
coming to screen soon... (i'm trying i'm trying!!!)
Monday, February 05, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
running the race
i'm sorry for sounding so emo for the previous post. yucks. emo.thanks all who comforted me. =) --> peng, quek, sam
now, here i am in office, with more things to do. =) so that's good, cos it means at least i'm occupied.i no longer have my backaches and stomach aches like yesterday. i think today is a better day.
i read something very inspirational yesterday.
go to this web to check it out, note! *you will not be wasting your time! turn on your speakers for the beautiful melody that plays as you watch the movie.
http://www.the-race-movie.com
when you have finished watching the movie, then continue reading this post..
DO NOT TRY TO CHEAT. SERIOUSLY. IF NOT YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
finished watching?nice right? doesn't it make you feel so encouraged to carry on with whatever you are doing in life with confidence and happiness?
life is exactly like a race. only you can run the race for yourself. no one can help you run that race.
life is fun of ups and downs, it's never a smooth field of green pastures.so even if you fall down at times, remember that you're not the only one who have fallen.
when you fall, pick yourself up again. do not mind what others think, because this is your race, not theirs.
do not give up half way, because your ultimate goal is to reach the finish line. it's not about being no. 1 because there can never be 2 people who will emerge as 1st.
it's about completing the race, giving all you've got as you run. running like you want to win.
it's about picking yourself up from a fall, and continuing your run.
do not regret the route you have taken, but if you happen to make a wrong turn, it is never too late to turn around and run on the right track once again, and head toward that finishing line.
ultimately, all of us are running toward the same place. isn't it the same for life?
we are all pushing ourselves to be successful people in life. and eventually, we will all pass on, hoping to go to heaven.
so, run with all your might. run with all you've got. always remember that there will always be someone watching over you, proud to see you run with such courage, determination, such potential.
shine my friends, yet when you are running, take time to admire the view around you. take time to know the others running the same race as you.
life is a very long race. take your time to run it, just never stop running until you reach that finishing line. =)
why have i become so philosophical recently? (o.O) this is freaky. i'm speaking as though i'm some old wise person.hmm.. must be working. it makes you wanna appreciate everything around you cos you're stuck in the office n wish to go out n have fun. =)
maybe this is also why older people crack very lame jokes. hahah! not all la. not all. don't sue me.
i shall be good n do my work now. remember what i said before, the work piles slowly. it's true. today i seem to have quite alot to do. write articles, transcripting etc. =)
ahn nyeong.