Filed under: daily, random, reflective | Tags: movie, random, reflective, tired
it’s 1.34 am
i’m alone by myself in the living room
and all i can hear is the the bubbling of the fish tank
the whirr of air-conditioning from under the neighbours’ windows
the cpu buzzing away
the laguid tick-tock of the clock
people returning from where ever they were, car doors slamming downstairs
and the occassional person in his car speeding along the road outside
it’s times like this, all these combination of sounds that make me think the city is sleeping, like a giant in slumber. it’s funny how in other places, like while vacationing in hk or staying at my aunt’s place in shanghai, the traffic never seems to stop in the middle of the night, and people are honking away randomly like nobody’s business. it’s barely 2 and everybody’s all sleeping! even the neighbour who screams at her children late at night sleeps at 11, haha.
anyway and it’s the first time in a while i’m not in bed by 1. heh. that’s cos was trying to finish an essay! my shoulders feel cramped and sore from being hunched over fore the past 2 hours from doing them on the comp. :( i needs a massage guys, i feel like the hunchback of notre dam with a right big lump on my shoulders now.
hmm i saw the paranormal activity trailer on youtube! well, technically speaking i saw it but didn’t watch it because i didn’t dare to, LOL. if not i wouldn’t be sitting here calmly typing this – i’d probably be hiding under my covers in bed and listening to the radio to block out the sounds of the room creaking and all that jazz, which seem more frightening when you’re in that heightened state of paranoia for some reason. heh. gosh i hate the after effects of getting spooked out. that’s why i stick to watching b-grade, retrotastic b-grade horror films: because their “horror” is a bunch of zombies that look like they came from the set of Thriller, moaning ‘brains!’ and staggering around town, and ain’t no scary dead girl coming out of a tv screen or a stupid well, haha. and above all b-grade horror films are super funny, especially when the protagonists are all scared shitless and running away from zombies and you’re laughing your ass off at the one dressed like a character from Dynasty circa 1980, complete with ugly pearl necklace, shoulder pads and shoes to match. (not that i watch Dynasty though, soz for the stereotype) with that said i caught a bit of return of the dead on max before i was chased back to my room and i laughed more than i was scared (which was none). wish i could’ve finished watching it though, i wonder what happened to all those zombies…
right better go sleep now, toodles!
Filed under: random, reflective, videos | Tags: friends, life, random, reflective
love this song so much. i wanna watch 500 days of summer :)
and i was thinking how the universe is a metaphor for life. see, everyone’s a planet in this vast, inter-connected expanse of darkness. everyone’s held at an arm’s length of light years from each other, and the universe is at equilibrium, all the planets orbiting precariously within the status quo of gravity.
there’s you, you’re earth, you’re surrounded by the 7 other planets in the solar system.
there’s jupiter, the friend who you gravitate toward, the largest planet in the solar system.
there’s saturn, the friend you’d like to be closer to but can’t cuz he/she’s surrounded by a gazillion moons.
there’s neptune, the friend who’s always in a state of emotional flux, whose moods perpetually swing from stormy to acrid to lukewarm, just like the weather.
there’s venus and mars, the pair of friends who always seem to be at loggerheads but whom you know will get together eventually.
there’s mercury, the hot-headed friend who’s the closest to the fire, and who sticks up for you when you need it the most.
and then there’s the sun; that’s the most important person in your life. it keeps you warm, it keeps you alive. too close and it gets unbearably hot, because he’s just too bright to stare at for too long.
well. we hope for the best for asteroid belts to keep away, for the sun to stay sane and to keep the solar flares in, for the supernovas and black holes to remain at light-years’ distance away. so that the balance isn’t disrupted. sometimes i wish i were a star right up there in some far-flung and lonely galaxy, like one of those tiny stars that float around doing nothing but speeding on it’s orbit the whole day. but that’s kinda sad you know? being a star. cuz stars are so pretty yet they’re slowly dying from inside, that’s why they shine.
haha this post is so monumentally geeky and cheesy. whateverrr! btw guys remember to check out the song, you’re bound to fall in love with it. (too bad the band’s broken up; the lead singer has a real nice british accent)
Filed under: daily, reflective, videos | Tags: brother, dad, exams, family, life, mom, money, music, school
the weekend’s been really productive. hopefully i’ll be able to retain all that info though! seems to be a stretch but hopefully it happens. and my goal for the prelims is to get at least a 6 in all HLs and 7 for chem and 6 for physics. i got 5 for chinese a2 but since we’ve gotten the score for our written papers for ib back already and have already submitted the ias, i hope i get a 7!
suddenly i have this real urge to go study in the uk, just seems like such a great place to be. even though i know it’s selfish because it’s sooo expensive and i should just remain in singapore and go to nus (because well, given the job climate now if i do get into law in the uk i’ll probably stay there after i graduate). well but my long term goal is to buy my parents a house by the seaside (lol mom i know you’re reading this) and then pay for my bro’s uni tuition fees so i guess anywhere’s fine as long as i get a job. cus you know, confucius ranks high on my list of life’s philosophies (after maybe say… uhhh)
haha. i know right? and if i have enough money left i’ll save up for my wedding. HAHA!
but since i’m so bad at saving i’ll prolly be a perpetually poor student even after i graduate. boohoo.
and i’m spamming a lot of indie music in my itunes recently. idk the stuff they sing about’s catchy and laid-back at the same time. and it’s cute how a lot of indie bands name themselves with the article “the” at the start of their names:the red jumpsuit apparatus (hmm is that an indie band?), the crib, the pigeon detectives, the ramones, the scientists… aaaaand this band called the kooks whose music i really like recently!
this song’s pretty good, and i used to be really crazy over their song ‘naive’, except then i didn’t really know which band played it. except half the time i can’t understand the lyrics, hm. maybe sometimes things are made to be appreciated, not to be understood.
p.s. this is random, but i’m suddenly craving that sweet, white and thick chinese hot dessert. rahhh
