sign me up!

i want to write a blog that everyone wants to read.

i want to be influential.

i want the free stuff that comes when i have achieved the above said.

too bad i am too busy (i.e. lazy) to pour my heart and soul into self promotion on cyberspace :P

ps: bruises by chairlift (better known as the song from the new nano-chromatic ad) is most catchy!

you're SO intellectual!

the new paper is the perfect newspaper (no i shall not make any puns about it being a "rag") for the five minute bathroom break. ok so it's not that new (it was launched 20 years ago actually), but I was curious about the new design revamp that they just came out with.

however, what really caught my eye was the cover story about "Sassy singles end up dating Mr Fright". That's all well and good. I am a strong believer that you shouldn't NEED to be in a relationship to satisfy society's expectations and Ms Candy Soh, a 27-year-old preschool teacher managed to give pretty decent (albeit expected) answers about what she expects out of a relationship and a potential life partner.

kudos to her.

but a quote by the second interviewee, a 29-year-old legal assistant, reduced me to a shaking ball of laughter and tears right there in my office lavatory. she's been on blind dates and dated men she trawled off IRC (great place to meet men honey!!) but didn't seem to be able to click (pun intended!) with them.

the kicker was when she proclaimed to "enjoy intellectual films like A Beautiful Mind and Forrest Gump" and bemoans the fact that "some men don't try to understand these movies." I sure am glad she's holding these men up to such lofty expectations.

perhaps she should consider speed dating to draw in better male specimens?

china: the new milli vanilli

blame it on the rain? nah, just on china i think.

it was funny how the editors sitting around the morning news meeting yesterday were astounded at how so many young singaporean-chinese were identifying with the beijing games, and vicariously soaking in the glory of china's triumphant blaze of glory on the world stage; the opening ceremony of beijing 2008.

looks like the motherland has let them down again. seems that the "glorious firework footprints" were nothing more than a high tech sham.

hey, they cite safety as an example, "We could not put the helicopter pilot at risk by making him try to follow the firework route," said an advisor to the Beijing Olympic Committee. a bit of a stretch, but an excuse we MIGHT be able to swallow.

but this?!?!?!

one of the cutest kids in china didn't quite have the voice to pull it off, and the kid with the voice of an angel turns out to have a chubby face and uneven teeth.

why choose one when you can have both?

shades of milli vanilli and ashlee simpson, not in front of a live studio audience, or even the english speaking world, but in front of an estimated 4 BILLION views across the globe?

that is a mega ouch, and no matter how you swing it, it damages your credibility no end. we wanted to believe, but i guess the beauty of china, at this stage, is still only skin deep.

you know it's a sad day...

... when the US Presidential Election comes to the WWE

wtf?

bad stuff, cannot bluff

please make it stop!

sometimes, when you have good (bad?) things to share, you just gotta do it. all i can say is that i am VERY glad that i do not work at the MDA right about now ;)

to my foreign friends, yes, this is how singapore wastes their taxpayers' money.

ps: if the link above is too slow (because everyone wants to watch the damn thing), you can try this instead

hallelujah!

good things do come to those who wait.

so what if it's 5:15am in the morning and that i've spent the last few hours fiddling with my computer?

i've finally gotten my p990i to sync with my mac, and i couldn't be happier. updated contacts and calandars?

ahhh! my life is complete!

and now, to hit the shower and enjoy a much deserved sleep.

*update - it's 7:15am and am just done manually changing some contacts that wouldn't upload. reminder to self - make sure everything is working fine before making random declarations*

getting back into the swing of things

you'd think that after being back a week, i'd be back to normal.

i thought that's how things would be.

i thought wrong.

for those who don't know, lucky ole me managed to get assigned to head over to toulouse, france to cover the handover of singapore airline's latest toy, the airbus a380 (no i did not get to fly the damn thing back.) after a nice three days with peers from various local media outlets, i abandoned them at gatwick in london, and proceeded to spend a good seven days in london with nat, and a shitload of museums.

i shot a roll and a half of film (damn the digital demon!) and about a bazillion digital (demonized) images. at the risk of sounding like a sellout, a tech nerd, or just the lazy ass i really am, i have to say that i am getting way too used to the instant gratification that digital photography provides.

that said, i'm still too lazy to upload, so we'll see just how long it will take before i get some images up online.

but i digress...

a full week after touching down, and i still haven't gotten over the "wishing i was still on vacation" phase, aside from the great weekend (happy birthday shea!!) spent with family, friends, and the crowds visiting the new airport terminal, getting myself to work hasn't gotten any easier, especially today when it took all of my self control to go in and be the night supe.

i'm giving myself one more week, and if things don't get better, well maybe i will just start planning for my next jaunt out of the country (this time with beeba.)

that should give me something to look forward to.

me, now

exhausted

adjective
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"

i so need to start writing about happier things

coincidence?

hmmm i just realized that the last post where i actually wrote something of substance, was a rant with the word "frustrations" in it.

coincidence?

i think not.

frustrated

it's been awhile since i've blogged. not because i don't want to, but because i just don't have the strength to. all these great ideas i have just seem to fade by the time i trudge home after work.

dark thoughts brew far more often and easily these last couple of months. no worries on my going ballistic and pulling a blacksburg, i'm not THAT crazy, and besides, i'm singaporean, asia's definition of meek and docile.

all i do know is that if i don't let it out soon, it'll just fester away inside and god only knows the trouble that will bring.

i'm sure that it won't be a good thing.