What would you do if a beggar were to ask you for money?

I was walking home last night when I saw an elderly lady who was selling tissues near the escalator at the MRT station. She seemed to be begging for people to buy tissues from her, at 3 for $1. She was always at the same spot, be it day or night, sun or rain.

I must say, the citizens of Singapore are either too busy or just damn bloody rude. Most of them simply ignored her, or shunned her away, as though she was some pest. Though she was rejected a couple of times, the lady never gave up, and continued to beg, exclaiming how poor she was, that she had no food to eat and that she needed money.


" 我没有钱吃. 请你们可怜可怜我 "(I have no money to eat, please pity me) was what she said when I passed by.

I took out a $5 dollar note from my wallet, and handed it to her, together with some biscuits that I had bought earlier on. I rejected her offer of the 15 packets of tissue, but I told her this: " 我觉得每个人都是穷的. 所以我们去做工. 您已经不年轻了, 所以应该好好照顾自己,而不应该在这里求人给你钱.你的孩子们应该给你钱. 难道他们不心痛吗看你在这里求人? 虽然我们穷,但是我们不应该放弃, 对自己没有信心. 我们应该继续努力 , 来让别人知道我们不会那 么容易被打败的.

(It sounds nicer in English, because my mandarin is THAT BAD: "I think that everyone is poor, that is why we get a job. You aren't young anymore, and should take care of yourself, not stay here and beg. Your children should be shameless for letting you beg here, they should support you and not let you suffer like this. But overall, even though we're poor, we should never give up on ourselves, and we should prove that we can actually live on without having to turn to the worst, begging. We should prove that we tough enough to not be put down easily.")

I don't know if she understood what I was saying, but I think she did, as I saw her eyes getting watery, but she smiled and thanked me.

I don't know if she had misinterpreted my Bad Mandarin, but I hope not. I was not trying to pick at her, or make fun of her, but rather hint that she should expect better care from her kids, as they should return the care she once had for them.


It's been a day, and I've not seen her yet. Maybe she took my advice? Or maybe she shifted to some other place to beg. I don't know. But what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Reviews on 12 Lotus and 4bia

Yesterday was Teachers' And Staffs' Appreciation day in my school. My class celebration went well as we enjoyed the Movie: Ratatouille and the food sponsored by Gek chong (chu) and some others. The performances for the concert was rather interesting, but I still preferred last year's performances although there were major cock-ups. But overall, it was still splendid.


Met up with YiLing and Lena after school as the rest had their own meet-ups too.

We decided to have our lunch at MacDonalds and after since none of us had any plans whatspever, we headed to Cathay to catch a Movie. We initially wanted to watch 4bia at 5pm but YiLing had to be back before the movie ended. And so, we chose another Movie: 12 Lotus, at an earlier timeslot.



Synopsis : "12 LOTUS" tells the story of singer Lian Hua (Mindee Ong) and the heartless men in her life who use and abuse her. Spanning over 1980s, 1990s till the present day, this film will play out against the backdrop of poignant hokkien songs, which will touch the audience with their resonance with the lead character. Movie starring Qi Yi Wu, Liu Ling Ling and Mindee Ong; huge household names following the success of the previous film "881".

(taken from "sg.movies.yahoo.com/")

Trailer:





I did not check out the trailer nor synopsis before I caught the movie, but I did read some reviews of it. The remarks were surprisingly bad, and so I did not expect much from the movie.

However, after watching the movie, I don't find it That bad.

My Review:

12 Lotus is about the life chronicles of a little girl, who was aspired to be a successful Getai singer. Her father was her coach and he thought her through the hard way, by whipping her whenever she was out of tune. His words to her were : When there's no Pain, there's no Love. When there's no love, there's no Pain.

That was the start of her horrendous Life, where each stage of her Life was marked by each Chapter of the song "12 Lotus".



I could not find the movie's version, so I took the Karaoke version from Youtube.



This Movie showed how tough the world of Getai was, and that people are vulnerable when it comes to dealing with money, and Lian Hua just so happened to be the "toy" where people conned and passed her here and there, just so that they could earn cash in exchange for her.


I wasn't that attracted to the storyline, but I was more intrigued by the songs performed in the movie.


Here are some of the songs which I like, Ji pa ban is the Top Favourite for now. Hahah.
These are the best versions I can get from Youtbe.


Teaser of Movie, and Ji Pa Ban!




小雨傘 - Little Umbrella




买石头 - Buy Magic Stone & Ji Pa Ban remix



There are alot more songs, but I could not find them on Youtube. Here's the whole track list:

1	12 Lotus (2nd Verse) - Lim Bao En
2	12 Lotus (3rd Verse) / Steady Already! - Liu Ling Ling
3	Ah Long Ah Hua - Liu Ling Ling, Sun Wen Hai Kelvin, Damus
4	Little Umbrella - Liu Ling Ling, Royston Tan
5	One Million (Mandarin Version) - The AMPs
6	12 Lotus (Full Version Emo Mix) - - Liu Ling Ling, Lim Bao En
7	Royal Flush - Jim Lim
8	Console The World Song - - Liu Ling Ling
9	Steady Already! (Duet Version) - - Liu Ling Ling, Xiang Ping
10	Home - Liu Ling Ling
11	The Five Drums of Jail - Liu Ling Ling, Hao Hao
12	I Have A Dream - Karen Lim
13	Money Money Money - Liu Ling Ling
14	Magic Stone - Royston Tan, Wu Jia Hui, Hiao Leh Leh Sisters
15	Stranded - Wu Jia Hui
16	Bad Times/Good Times - - Liu Ling Ling, Hao Hao
17	One Million - Royston Tan, The AMPs
18	Console The World Song (Acoustic Version) - Lim Bao En
19	Nobody Knows My Heart (Duet Version)/Fight to the End - Liu Ling Ling, Sun Wen Hai Kelvin
20	Nobody Knows My Heart - Liu Ling Ling
21	Nobody Knows My Heart - Damus, Lim Bao En, Liu Ling Ling, Sun Wen Hai Kelvin
22	12 Lotus (Full Version House Mix) - Liu Ling Ling
23	Love Fools - Carrie Yeo
24	One Million (Media Broadcast Mandarin Version) - The AMPs

I don't why I love Getai, maybe it's because of the flashy costumes, the dazzling lights and mist.
And even though I have I have no idea what some of the songs mean, I do enjoy watching to Getais. But after watching this Movie, I had a better understanding to the lyrics of some of the songs as there were English subtitles!

I still remember a time when I posted some videos Here

The songs from the Getai performance was definitely a unique one!



Anyway, after the movie, the three of us got bored and so we decided to take a bus to loop around Woodlands. After which, it was time for YiLing to head home, and so it was down to Lena and I. We returned to Causeway Point and walked around aimlessly. I then suggested catching 4bia, and we were just in luck. We arrived just in time for the show. At first I didn't believe when they self proclaimed "Thailand's top horror movie", but boy, did the movie change my mind!






Trailer:




Synopsis:

4bia or Phobia (Thai: สี่แพร่ง or See Prang) is a 2008 Thai Thai horror film in four parts, directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom, and Paween Purikitpanya.

The title is a pun on the word "phobia". The number 4 is in reference to the film's four short stories.

Happiness (Thai title: Ngao/Lonliness; directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun) : A young woman, stuck in her apartment thanks to the cast on her leg, communicates with the outside world via cell phone and text messages. She begins receiving text messages from a stranger, who seems friendly enough, and there’s no reason for her to read between the lines when he mentions that he’s currently dwelling somewhere “cramped.” After sending the mysterious stranger her picture, things become spooky.

Tit for Tat (Directed by Paween Purikitpanya) : Imagine a childish payback like writing a joke about your friend's parents on the blackboard. Then imagine a payback of vocational schoolboys who curse people they hate on a deadly charm. Let's see how excruciating these curses will bring to the table and the bloody time is on to kills everyone who fact this event.

In The Middle (Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun) : On a remote camping trip through a lonely jungle, four teenagers begin to tell ghost stories to entertain themselves. Eventually, the young men become frightened by their own stories and fight over who gets to sleep in the middle of the tent which they believe, is the safest and most secure spot to sleep...or so they think.

The Last Fright (Directed by Parkpoom Wongpoon) : Flight attendent Pim, goes aboard an airliner on a charter flight for the Princess of Khurkistan. What was supposed to be an ordinary flight turns into something tragic when the princess forms an allergic reaction to something she ate. After the royal house of Khurkistan requests that her body be sent back immediately for cremation, Pim (Chermarn Boonyasak) is required to remain on the plane and escort the body - the only passenger - for the return flight.

My review:

This movie is the scariest movie I've seen so far. Lena and I were still giggling when the girl in "Happiness"was scared and crying because she was actually texting a dead guy who infront of a car after his girlfriend broke up with him. His dad left a handphone in his coffin so that he could call or text when he was lonely or homesick. His spirit finally decided to pay her a visit and she was "pushed" out of her window, landing just when his crematorium van passed by. It was later shown that she was in the car that hit the guy when he ran infront of it.

And after that part of the movie, things started to get scarier. In Tit for Tat, there were this group of 5 hooligans who always bullied this boy. This boy was pissed at the constant picking at, and so he decided to fool around with Black Magic. He used a black book that had a "spirit" in it, and the person who stares at the words "I see you now" would die a horrible death. This part of the movie had the most gore as there were scenes where the showed the person's head going through the fan, a metal piece that flung and got stuck halfway through another person's head, a girl who had metal rods penetrate through her neck, and how a guy burned alive. The final one was how the last hooligan, gorged her eyes out so that she wouldn't die, as she could no longer see the "I see you now" that the "spirit" forces them to see.

There was a girl in the cinema who got so freaked out by the frightening bits and the look of the "Spirit" that she kept crying and begging her partner to bring her home.


Moving on to the next on, In the Middle.
These four boys were camping in the jungle, and when night came, they decided to scare each other with Ghost stories. One of the stories was about a Lady Ghost who would haunt the person sleeping in the corner, and would sit at his feet. They fought for places to sleep, and continued with their ghost stories. The topic slowly drifted off to Death, and one of them actually said if he died, he would haunt the person sleeping in the middle. The next day, they went white water rafting, and unfortunately, he died after trying to save one of the friends who was drowning. Therest could not find him and so they headed back to their campsite. In the middle of the night, he returned! All drenched and shivering, he changed and slept. The rest could not sleep as they felt that something was wrong. They were freaked out when one of them saw his body in the river.

In the end, they found out why he returned. It's because he wanted to tell them that they were dead too. They were too busy running away from him that they failed to listen to what he wanted to tell them.

The face of the dead guy was damn scary.


And last, The Last Fright.

A stewardess was asked to be the personal attendant for a Princess. The Princess was very mean, as she was rude and choosy. She even pushed a cup of coffee away, which scalded the stewardess's arm. The stewardess then took revenge by giving the Princess her meal (Which she wanted), which contained shrimps, which the Princess was allergic too.

The Princess died that day, and the Royal family ordered them to fly her back so that her body could be cremated within 15 hours. The trip back was hell for the stewardess as she was haunted by the dead body which was wrapped up like a mummy.

This final part was the scariest for me, and the movie actually showed the body sliding off from the chair, entering the cabin where the stewardess was, and it jerked when she tried to touch it. It also lay in her arms, when she tried to sleep. And the last part was, when she about to go crazy, the captain tie her up an mae her sit infront of the corpse. The corpse slowly opened up, and the corpse's face was rotting and black and her eyes were red and she looked vicious. And she slowly came towards the stewardess, vomitting the meal infront of her.

It was a horrible sight, which is still etched in my head.

But it soon came to light, why the Princess personally chose the stewardess, and did mean things to her. It was because she was having an affair with the Princess's husband!

The stewaress died as how the Princess wanted her to. By begging for forgiveness by kneeling infront of the Princess, but she was in a distorted manner. Freaky.


Beautiful movie, I must say.


But like what Lena said, why pay money to freak ourselves out? Hahaha.

Good night! And Happy Birthday Malaysia!!

Mums always have the best advises

It's been a while since I last blogged, and apologies for that, as everyone should know, Preliminary Exams are here. Yes, this is the time where all the Youth bloggers at the age of 16 would rant on and on about how pathetic their papers were, and how disappointed they were as they did not get the questions that they had prepared for. It's funny yet annoying sometimes to see how people exaggerate on how much they are going to fail, yet the results are contradicting as they score one of the highest. Are they trying to blend in with those who seriously feel that they are going to fail just so that people would not think that they are show offs?

But I'm not going to touch anymore on the papers, because it would definitely dampen everyone's mood. No?


Moving on.

I met up with some old friends yesterday and we were thankful that we finally could meet up. We just sat around and reminisced about the past, from our childish and playful act to our nerdy dressings back then. And the realization of how time passed soon dawned upon me.

Most of us back then had the "Wah lao, secondasry school faster come, then after that work, then work got money then marry". Yes, most of us had the same typical misinterpretation of how easy Life was going to be.


But now, we're split into two. One, are the people who are still stuck in the Primary School mindset where they go around saying "wah, faster study, then go poly, then work. Got gf/bf, then enough money then marry".

Yet on the other hand, there's Two, where most of us fall in ;
"Wah lao, go back to Primary School better. Now Secondary School like shit loh, study study, then so stress, so many homework. Go poly sure die, no need to even talk about JC. Then no further studies = no job, so how to work and marry? Bf/Gf now everytime fight here fight there, say no time for them, so how to marry? Mother, father also one kind, either work and work don't want to rest, or everytime ask us do this do that for them. Wah lao, sibei stress ah. Die liao lah".


Don't you agree?


I went home that night deep in thought and poured out everything to my mum once I reached home. If you haven't noticed, my mum is like a best friend to me. I open up to her not only about school issues, but family, BGR and friendship too. I don't know how or why, but my mum always has the best advises to everything, and I confide in her even for the littlest things like having the courage to overcome the Mother Tongue O'level Examinations.



Anyway, I told my mum about how stressed out most of my friends were, which puts me in a difficult position as I have no idea on how to help them, at the same time, I fear for myself as I might be one of them to fail the Examinations too.


I wouldn't be disappointed but I fear that it would be a setback to my dad who had pinned high hopes for me, and even made arrangements for me to study overseas. And then, it would also be a disappointment to my mum as I had promised her that I would lead a successful career. But like what I mentioned earlier, no further education = no pleasant career. So how?

It was heartening to hear from her as she encouraged me to do my best, and even if I failed, there would definitely be a way to get through it, be it repeating the Exams, or getting a career elsewhere. She said, promises are often broken, and so long as I did my best, she would be contented, and I shouldn't fear the disappointment of my dad as this would only pressurize me. She said that she believes in me reaching my ambitious goals and would definitely be all out for me. The last few sentences she told me, left me thinking deeply. She said "The reason why we want you to do well, is so that you won't fall in the same footsteps at us. We want you to be better, but it doesn't mean academically, but improve as a person. Results on a paper doesn't mean anything if you got poor attitude. So take a step at a time, and you'll soon find success knocking on your door".


While she was talking, I had my English Composition in my head. I talked about a low self esteem girl who gained confidence after saving that day. And the topic I talked about was, of a girl who came from a intellignet, royal family but was often patronized by her relatives for being the only stupid one. But she soon showed her worth as she saved a girl from drowning in the strong currents. She was a hero. This incident spurred her as she was asked to join the National swimming team, and she has become successful ever since. Nt only did her realtives shut up, but she gained her confidence and opened up her circle of friends. She showed that being successful does not necessarily mean you have to do good in academics.

And the song "Take A Step At A Time" by Jordin Sparks kept playing on and on in my head.


Is this a sign? hahah.



Anyway, tomorrow's Teachers' Day and I would like to wish all Teachers and Staffs,
A VERY HAPPY TEACHERS' AND STAFF APPRECIATION DAY!



Oh yah, my mum who's a Tuition Teacher, received a few gifts today, and it was interesting to see her, yet again in her child like manner, opening the gifts one by one, exclaiming at how cute the little key chains were, and stuff like that.

Oh, and her water babies are growing well, they're big and swollen? hahaha. And she still does pop into my room every now and then to touch the water babies and to check if they "have given birth". Hahaha.



By the way, any kind souls willing to lend me a Pink outfit? Apparently, Omy.sg wants the finalists to appear in Pink on the night of the revelation of the results.




Pink, being my least favourite color, is of course an unlikely color to appear in my wardrobe. And so, I have no Pink outfits at all! Help!!!!

Good night!

Quiz

A little break from my revision for S.S papers tomorrow.


Quiz Time!


1. The person who tag you is.
Ho Yi Ling

2. Your relationship with him/her is.
She's One of the Greatest Friend for 5 years straight.

3. Your five impression of him/her.

• She's someone who seems real goofy, but can be as deep at times
• She's not feeling well if she's not hungry. hahah, Goddess of Food.
  
• Someone who may be in trouble but never seems to show it
• She's an all-rounder and can make you laugh wherever you are, the best companion to bring out with, anywhere
• She can be as clumsy as a klutz, but with a personality like hers, no one can get enough of her.
  

4. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you.
Tripping and landing on her butt, while saving a ball for me during one of the basketball matches? hahah.

5. The most memorable thing he/she had said to you.
I'm hungry. That's memorable to all her friends, I guess.

6.If he/she become your lover, you will...
Bring her to a place to dine, and let her eat all she want.

7. If he/she become your lover, the thing he/she has to improve on will be...
Be less clumsy? hahah

8. If he/she become your enemy, you will...
Befriend her again. No good friend deserve to be on the "Hate" side.

9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be..
This does not really apply to her, but to everyone out there. People become my enemy because of their lies. They're lie so much that it has become a daily routine to do it, and that they fail to realize the hurt and devastation others feel when they know the truth.

10. The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is.
Do something to let her be as happy as how she was back in Primary School.

11. Your overall impression of him/her is.
Goofy Klutz

12. How you think people around you will feel about you.
Loud, annoying, arrogant, snobbish? I think it's normal that we think others would feel negatively about us.

13. The characters you love about yourself are.
*Time to be thick-skinned*
I love the stubbornness I have in me because this shows that I'm not easily put down and would fight for my rights.
I like the Dare-devil character in me because it shows that I'm not afraid to try new things, in fact, I'm dying to try them.

14. On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are.
I think I have a rather short temper accompanied by the "No means No" attitude. I guess I'm too "tough'' built-wise and mind-wise that sometimes I fail to acknowledge the sensitivity in others.

15. The most ideal person you want to be is.
An all-rounder I suppose? One who's willing to go all out for their dreams, a risk addict, yet able to be sentimental at the right time.

16. For people that care and like you, say something to them .
Though it may seem like I don't care, deep down I do. And I'd like to thank you guys for being there for me and accepting me for who I am, and not be judgmental about the littlest mistakes I make.

17. Pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wished to know how they feel about you pass to people that have blog only.

1. Lena
2. Syuhada
3. Jeanice
4. MusFirah
5. Wei Cheow
6. Shera
7. Roy
8. Alex
9. Stephanie
10. Syafiq

It's typed randomly, no preference whatsoever.

18.Who is no.6 having relationship with?
She's very much single,waiting for her dream guy, I suppose. Hahah

19. Is no.9 a male or female?
Female

20. If no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
The cutest gay couple in my class

22. What is no.2 studying about?
She's still in Secondary School

23. When was the last time you had a chat with no.3?
Friday

24. What kind of music band does no.8 like?
We've got an opposite taste in Music. He likes the ones I don't.

25. Does no.1 have any siblings?
Yes. a brother, I think

26. Will you woo no.3?
She's the noisiest Mak Nenek I know. And she's a girl, so NO.

27. How about no.7?
He's my pollen grain. Hahah, no, he's more of a brother to me.

28. Is no.4 single?
Hmm, I don't really know. yes? no?

29. What is the surname of no.5?
Wong!

30. What 's the hobby of no.10?
"Studying" at 656?

31. Does no.5 and 9 get along well?
I don't think they know each other. But I think they would.

32. Where is no.2 studying at?
Woodlands Ring sec

33. Talk something casually about no.1.
She has beautiful long hair

34. Have you tried developing feelings for no.8?
Hahaha, No.

35. Where does no.9 live at?
I have No Idea, really.

36. What colour does no.4 like?
Hmm, colors that make her art piece nice? hahah, I'm guessing Red.

37. Are no.5 and 1 best friend?
They don't know of each others' existence I guess

38. Does no.1 have any pets?
Yeah, Dogs!

39. Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?
The sexiest pollen grain

40. What is no. 10 doing now?
Watching the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics?



Good night

There's no need for a Title

First and foremost, I'm not on a hiatus.

It's just that I've been feeling ever so down lately that nothing could bring me back or rather, motivate me to blog.

If you know me well enough, you would know that I'm the type would never share my problems, unless it's really that bad. But even if so, I would not leak everything out. All I can say is that, a lot of things have been bugging me lately and I apologize if I have/would be quiet,cranky and moody. It's just that sometimes I need to zone out and wander in my own zone for a bit.

And to those out there, I really appreciate your concern, but I guess, I would feel really awkward if you were to go around telling me or people that you would take care of me, listen to my problems, or give me a hug. I know that to others, it's a sweet gesture. But for me, it's different. Because since the past, out of 10 who told me that they would be there for me, only one was actually there when I needed someone. The others, were not only busy with their lives, but even complaint about their "busy" lives to me.

It's disappointing sometimes to hear good words from your friends, but in the end, none of them meant what they said. I don't know whether to trust you, or not.
So please, don't give me empty promises.



What an opening.. Let's move on to HAPPIER events.

First, I would like to congratulate my school's representatives who took part in an event which was hosted by Omy.sg called 'Kusong'.

In this event, contestants had to do a remix, or rather replace the lyrics of Chinese songs, and cat a Music Video of it. They were then judged based on their creativity. My school managed to sail through to the finals, and winning a merit.





Here is their song:




Surprisingly, my school actually congratulated them in front of the whole cohort. I'm anxious to see if it would be the same if I were to appear in the Papers after the results of the Blog Awards are released.


Moving on...


I came home early from school on Friday, and my mum was in my room admiring the water babies, Junior was sleeping soundly on my bed, and my brother Jason was busy rummaging my dad's room.

Curiosity got the better of me, and so I went in, to "help" him out. He was actually looking through the photo albums of the past. And I too wanted to reminisce in the past, and so I "plopped" onto my dad's bed, and flipped through, album by album.

Before I end off, here are some of the photos that I really liked, so I "took" them from the album.

My Precious : Fox & Shandy, after their bath





Fox and I, after her haircut. And yes, I'm in a dress, with long hair.







I don't look rather happy in this one because my dad brought me on a trip to the Goat's Farm, and I was embarrassed to take a photo there, with so many people staring at me. But instead of putting the idea of taking the photo aside, my dad scolded me, and embarrassed me even further. Oh well.









I remember back then when my parents hated bringing me to the Toys' Department because I would always go around hugging each and every soft toy there. And when I had my eyes on a toy I really wanted, I would hug it, and never let go, saying that I did not want to go home without it.
Thinking back, I kinda' think it was actually a smart move to "threaten" my parents to buy me toys, coming from a 5 year old.








And the last two.. I always loved playing with lanterns, and would carry one around the house, with ever-so-much delight. There was even once when my Aunt had to come all the way from Tampines to Woodlands,just to pass me a lantern she bought me.


And yes, that's Jason, back then





And that's my dad.




People have often mentioned that secondary school is the best period of Life ever, and that all of us should treasure it the most, because Life would be different once we advance into the (working) Adult's World.

But for me, though I have not yet completed Secondary School, I dread the feeling of heading into the unfamiliar world of Work, where we have to adapt to the rapid changes around us, and fight for ranking.

I would love to be 5 again, where I could just squeeze through the MRT panels without having to pay for it, where I was always getting sweets whenever I go to the doctors or dentists, where I could sneak away from my mischief with just a smile, where nothing mattered except when Barney and Friends was going to be on, on TV.

Back then, I could sense the worry my parents had on their faces, despite trying to cover them up with fake smiles just so to entertain us.
But now, I worry, for everyone's future. Are we going to face the same worry as our parents did?

Exams are not the one that making me worried, it's seeing the people being stressed out for Exams, that worry me.

Good night!

Little Monster

I came home slightly earlier than usual today, and the moment I stepped into my room, I was greeted by a little monster.

It was lying so "shiok-ly" on my bed, with it's head on my pillow, and little body outstretched on my bed.

It was startled at first when it saw me. But soon after, it had the cheek to closed its eyes back, to go back to its deep sleep.

I left my room to take a shower, and I think the little monster was hoping that I would forget about it, and leave it there to enjoy the rest of its nap. But it was wrong, and returned after my shower, and jumped on to my bed, and all this while, the little monster never opened an eye to peek.

I tried tickling it, but it did not respond, but rather rolled over,to give me space to lie. I gave up and collapsed on my bed, only to notice later that it actually wanted warmth and pranced on the chance to snuggle up to me on the bed.

After awhile, my mum caught us snoozing and she yelled at it to leave my room. And the cute thing was, it immediately opened its eyes and dragged itself off the bed, by using its front legs to pull itself forward, making the hind legs totally paralyzed. This was definitely a smart move to buy time.

And once the monster reached the tip of my bed, it starred innocently at my mum, not batting an eyelid at all. My mum shook her head and the monster pleaded by lifting its paw up and down, as though it is begging to not leave the bed. My mum sat at my computer table and as soon as the little monster saw that my mum was not looking, it immediately dragged itself back beside me, poking me by the nose, "to help it out".

My mum and I could not resist bursting into laughter at how adorable the monster was in feigning innocence.


If you have no idea who the little monster is, it is actually my dog, Junior!


I only have pictures of it in the past, but it still sleeps the same way!













I respect it's privates. hahah.










More recent ones








Junior is really mischievous yet adorable at the same time! And it's these pets (Junior, Shandy and Fox) that I can't live without. It's amazing sometimes to see just how much they can understand you without even speaking a word. And how much their presence and company can actually brighten your day.

I miss Fox and Shandy. Shandy especially because she has been my companion for 10 years. She was always there for me be it when I happy or sad.

She was the shoulder for me to lean on whenever I cried, and she was also the pillar of strength and motivation. She could tell when I was down or happy and has never failed to bring joy to me no matter what.

I know it sounds emo,corny and stuff, but she really means alot to me and I do love her so very much. Though it's been months since Shandy left me, I still think about her day and night.

It's really nice to be deeply in love with animals, especially dogs, but once we lose them, it's really like losing bits of our heart.


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But I promise myself, that when I grow up and have the riches, I would go at all cause to stop ALL Animal Abuses especially in China and Korea.


Good night.

Water Babies are Mum stealers!

After I returned home last night, I showed my mum the Water babies that I bought for her. She had been asking me to buy her some as she was really interested in it, watching it grow or something like that.

She quickly took the packet and went to the kitchen to place some of them in a glass of water. She returned to my room to ask me how my day was. I happily talked about the events for the day, and even showed her my gigantic blister on my toe, but I soon realized that I lost her attention, because despite her nodding continuously, she was staring wide-eyed at the glass of water baby.

I stopped talking, and could not help but grin at the child-like behavior in my mum. I guess there's a child in every one of us, and that mums especially, are so busy being mums, that they often neglect, and thus eliminating the child in them.

And instead of asking my why I stopped talking, she actually shrieked in excitement, pointing to the glass of water babies "Look, they're growing already!".

She placed the glass in my room, and ever since, she's been popping in and out of my room just to look at them. Putting her hand in to touch them, squishing them. And she's been asking the same questions "How come they so big? Why they so soft? When they're going to burst and come out more?"


I love my mom, and I've been treating her like a Best Friend, so much that sometimes I actually forget that she's my mum!


Good night!

FATS

I LOVE THIS SONG!



Passed through Main Street yesterday and, oh, this town just ain't the same
Looked in the window and it was gone
All those tables I'd written on
Were vanished as if I had never been there
Like the poets and prophets who can't find the words so they stare
And all that made sense has somehow turned askew
I missed my chance with you

There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breathe
In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone
Now I've bartered and begged for what I believed
And I saw that the name engraved was my own
Now there's nothing so peaceful as when I met you
And there's nothing so lonely as when it was through
And the words "I'm not here anymore" echo into: "I missed my chance with you"

Had love play so many tricks on me
I've always felt cheated that you'd make me leave
Like taking my sight after letting me see
I found out love had something up it's sleeve
Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew
When I captured the starts in the palm of my hand it was true
I'd just give them back
To you

I was seventeen, but just for one year
I always knew one day I'd end up here
And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon
I was always so ready to stay and always leaving to soon
And I don't want to think about it now, but I do
And my spirit is restless, 'cause I know it's true
I missed my chance with you

[ Missed My Chance Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/]

I could not find any videos or even the song online, so I decided to upload it on imeem. I really find this song unique. I not only like the meaningful lyrics, but also the style of the singer. I feel that the way he portrays his songs are rather much through a laid back atmosphere, very much like Bob Marley. This song gives me an impression of being a great song to listen to, while chilling in some vintage shop sipping some coffee. Hahaha.


Anyway, I went out with Shera today to catch her brother, Ej in action. Playing soccer of course.



It was my first time seeing such a unique event taking place because I was expecting it to be just a normal soccer match like we see in TV. But I was wrong. The football field was split into two, one for the more senior team (Ej's school and some others), and the other half were for the smaller kids(around 5 or 6 years old)! It was really cute seeing all the miniature future soccer stars in action.

But apart from that, there was actually a "concert" going on in the center of the stadium! Drums, guitars, microphones, speakers, everything you would see in a concert. And while the some matches were about to start/delaying/ongoing, a Malay singer actually sang different genres of songs to entertain us all.

And on top of all that, bikers were actually present in the stadium! I think there were up to 40 bikes parked in the stadium itself, each in their own clique. What caught my eyes were the Harley Davidson. I don't know much about vehicles, but based on looks of a bike, I like the Harley Davidson (but it's bulky) and definitely the Chopper, very "bike classy" look.

Very interesting event.

Anyway, throughout the event, we drifted in and out of our conversations, from future plans to certain people. And a topic actually left impressions behind. Yup, the title of the post says it all, FATS.


It's irritating and amusing sometimes to hear friends (who are fit, with flat tummy and all) say that they are fat.

To me, everyone has fats,and if I were to say that a person is really fat( which is rare), that person would most probably look like this, an obese.



And I think it's really ridiculous, to say that you're fat just because you can pinch your skin off your tummy.

Let's make it simple.


Who looks nicer? A or B?





B of course.



Now what about this? Who looks nicer? A or B or C?













Definitely B lah.

What's so fat about B?

What I'm trying to say is, to look around you before you actually call yourself fat. Sometimes, you may unconsciously hurt someone by calling yourself fat,because that person would definitely by thinking "wah lao, she fat then what am I? She trying to say I'm damn fat is it?"

It's this kind of people(the 'oooh I'm damn fat' kind) that deserves the "rolling eyes" treatment for being too "nothing better to do". I think if this goes on, the future generations would start saying that being anorexic is fat, and you have to be as thin as a skeleton to look Hot. pfft.



Before I end off, here's another song that I like, by Griffin House.




Good night!

No Journey too tough

This week had been one with mixed feelings.

To begin with, I spent the National Day holidays with the my mum. Although it was just a "under void deck" sort of thing, it was interesting as I sat there with my mum who was deeply engrossed in her ice cream that I treated. We spent many hours reminiscing the past, from her childhood memories, to her dream, to the present.

It's only moments like this that can actually changes my Life.

Then, the O' level MT examination results were released. I'm actually really proud of myself for attaining a C5. I know,C5 still happy ah?

But I guess from an F9-er to a C5 is a really big thing to me. And it would not have been possible without my Chinese teacher. For the first time in my Life, I came across someone so passionate about MT, despite attaining good results for her Mathematics. She told us that the reason why she chose Chinese instead of Maths was because she realized how little MT teachers there were, and how the present generation took little of their second language.

This Chinese Teacher is so special because she never gave up on us, and used different methods, like her "bo liao questions", "Sorry I sabo-ed you", "Guess the word" and her picture animations that she finds online.

She even go to an extend of translating the Chinese words for us in English, and she always has something up her sleeve to entertain us whenever she sees us almost half-dead just from the first period of Chinese.

THANK YOU MISS TOH!

Lastly, this event came as a shocker. I was one of the lucky 11 from the cohort to receive "No Journey Too Tough" (with a personalized message and autograph by the author itself, Dr.William Tan) from my Principal. She mentioned something about "not doing well in term one, but teachers have nominated these people (the 11 of us) because they've seen changes in you".

It was really surprising because everyone, including me, thought it would be Yi Qian.

Anyway, I've not yet started on the book, because I'm afraid it'll be too shiok to put down. I've been wanting to read books badly, and have recently run out of books. I'm afraid that if I finish this book, I'll have nothing to read. And I can't borrow from the Library because my card got stolen and the idiot who found it, used it and never returned the books, now I'm stuck with a $60 fine. So yeah..

Anyway, here's the sypnosis or rather review of the book taken from Youth.sg.

You've read about his amazing feat of finishing 10 marathons in seven continents in 65 days. You've seen him embarking on ultramarathons to raise funds for various charities. You've heard his inspirational talks about achieving peak performance and maximum achievement.

Scientist, medical doctor, accomplished sportsman, world record holder, fund raiser, inspirational speaker and now, author. Dr. William Tan has achieved it all, putting most of us to shame.

With a new book, No Journey Too Tough, the NUS Alumnus hopes to inspire individuals to chase their dreams with courage and persistence.

Documenting his world record attempt of ten marathons across seven continents in 65 days, the 208-page book will also feature his story in overcoming life's challenges resulting from his childhood poliomyelitis and living life to the fullest beyond the wheelchair.

Despite breaking several world records, the Olympic wheelchair athlete another world record in the later part of the year. is not resting on his laurels. The 50-year-old wheelchair marathon champion told this reporter that he will be attempting to shatter

No Journey Too Tough is also accompanied by many high resolution colour photographs and illustrations capturing his journey in life. To order, you can visit www.willpower.com.sg.

Good Night!

Do you believe in Magic?

I have always interested in Magic. When I was younger, I was always glued to the television whenever David Copperfield was on.



My eyes always went wide whenever he did his famous "Death Saw" trick.




The programme would end and I would leave the television area in disbelieve, often pestering my mum with the youthful innocent questions "How come he never die? Why no blood? Not pain meh?" I think back then, my mum felt more pain than him, the pain was my questions.

My mum never liked David Copperfield, because of his flirtatious act with his assistants. But no one can deny the "power" he had to be the only one who never got lost in the Bermuda Triangle.


Years passed and I followed the television closely, observing all the "magicians wannabe" who time and again got exposed. One of the notorious person to expose "fake magicians " is James Randi, who offered cold hard cash (US $1,000,000) to any magician who could do tricks on the spot, demonstrating evidence of any paranormal or occult power under test conditions.

James started his career as a stage magician but after retiring at the age of 60, he decided to investigate paranormal occult and supernatural acclaims.

Here's some of his exposing act.













I soon lost interest in David Copperfield, but was soon hooked onto another magician, another David.

David Blaine.





Somehow, he reminds me of Paolo and Leonard. hahah


Anyway, David Blaine was a remarkable chap. I admired him not only for his scary acts(and weird expressions, damn emotionless), but also his high endurance in the things he do. Watch his videos, and you'll understand what I mean. By the way, he's has set a few world records already.







Now everyone can be rich!














And of course his famous "Drowning Alive"





I also got hooked on to one more Magician, who apparently isn't another David, but he's actually Criss Angel. He's my favourite so far, because the illusions he does is plainly whacked!






Don't believe me? Just check out his videos, especially the last one!


























Good night!

Chee-ko-pek

I think the present generation has seriously abused the proper usage of both Friendster and Facebook.

I thought the sites were used as a way to re-add people whom you've lost contact with, or to befriend new people, so as to start a new entrepreneur/business deal.

However, there are bound to have people who literally go all out, to "start their business".


For example, this guy


Self-claimed Ultraman who has the power to make girls wet.

He owns a blog, and declares the type of girls that turn him on. Click


Chee-ko-pek or what?

The reason why I'm pissed is actually because I've received friendster mails from him (which I suppose, he sends mass mails) about what type of girls turn him on, and stuff like that.


It's really disgusting lah!

Omy! Olivia Thai!

I have been a great fan of Youtube. The reason why I love it is because it puts people into the limelight just by merely posting a video of themselves either singing, dancing or acting.

I think that Youtube is a very good stand for becoming-artists as they can literally publicize themselves by gaining fans, before the enter the respective industries.

Many have been made famous with the aid of Youtube. From Marie Digby, to Boyce Avenue.. And now to.....




Olivia Thai!



I happened to have viewed one of her videos, and boy, was I blown away! Curiosity got the better of me, and so I went further in search for all her videos. I was not only rewarded with all her videos from Youtube, but I even got her mypace!


About her:

Taken from her site: http://www.myspace.com/OliviaThai:

random facts about oli:

i just turned 19 last december.

i am not Thai, and yes, i was born with the name Olivia Thai.

nationality? USA, baby.

i am a third-year history major at UCLA.

i'm a very blunt person, and if you can't handle the truth, go away.

i like people that are down-to-earth.

i hate mess and dirt, and contrary to popular belief, i don't have OCD...

i've been singing since i was two years old.

i like to be very independent, so don't try to help me move the couch! hehe.

i'm not interested in dating anyone i have never met in person, so stop with your messaging already.

besides singing, i play piano, violin, and guitar.

i work hard for things i want in life, and i forget about the rest because in the end, the rest won't matter


To know or rather, to hear more of her, Click Here



And now, on to some of her videos. All of them were really good, but I'm going to upload some of them, that I really liked.




Sorry (Original)









We All Look The Same










You Know I'm No Good












Run To You












Gravity












Bye Bye












Take A Bow








Bleeding Love










With You

I think the brother was very cute! He kinda' reminds me of my primary school friend, Nicholas!












For the Guys,







Touch My Body




I think that all the future singers/actors/dancers should start using Youtube to help advertise your talents! Go Now!!


Anyway,a quick one.

I recently took part in Omy.sg Hungry Ghost festival post Here
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And I managed to be one of the lucky bloggers to win their magnets. And they are really cute!




















Good night, Love all!