샤이니 누난 너무 예뻐 nomu yeppo.

this is an english cover for a cheesy korean song by a group of underaged boys. basically, the title means "Big sister you are so pretty" - just think stacey's mum and you get an idea. but this girl made this one sound so good. if you like corrinne may, olivia, joanna wang... this one's for you.

friday cds nights.

realized that hanging out with the drama peeps on friday nights has become a lifestyle pattern for me and tonight, i crashed the boys' band practice.

besides the recorder, the triangle and the tambourine (ktv at taiwan!), i havent pretty much played any other instruments. so i am super happy pia taught me how to play the bass today. He probably had regretted saying "come, i teach you something brainless", because i sure took awhile to learn. but so happy! thank you!

i hope such friday night meetups continue! be it a big group gathering or just the girls or just the tampines gang!

on weekends.

life definately gets easier when there's something to look forward to, and in today's instance - the weekend!

last saturday was spent at the flea market at homeclub, central & ending it off with fireworks viewing. my very romantic date with ganann - watching the fireworks in the rain. sunday was breakfast with dad and then the rest of the day in front of the tv watching the Olympic Games.

as for this weekend, I've gotten tickets at a discounted price to catch 12 Lotus with my mum. Baybeats is on and i'm keeping my options open about catching My Little Airport there on Sunday.

Meanwhile, I decided to reward myself with...

the much raved about Sodagreen's concert dvd.

so, i'll organize an 'openhouse' to watch this together when i get the dvd. (well, i know there's at least 1 friend who is with me in this, right yieng?)

adios.. enjoy your weekend =)

Beijing Olympics 2008

and today marks the closing of the Beijing Olympics 2008. 17 days of sports entertainment and the moments of glory - the Singapore's Table Tennis Silver, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps. I was glued to the tv today watching the final matches for Basketball. Personally, I enjoyed the Argentina VS Lithunia basketball match over the fight for gold match between USA & Spain! Perfect way to end off the last day of the games.

Michael "8 Gold" Phelps

Argentina's celebrating their bronze win.

Luis Scola & Andres Nocioni! (I was rooting for them)

Rudy Fernandez (Spain)

chest-thumping Usain Bolt.

.....

ending off with something funny,

"No Foul!" or "Must Protect at All Cost"?

flee in thrift

in anticipation of some good cheap fun.

after dark

The ground we stand on looks solid enough,
but if something happens it can drop right out from under you.
And once that happens, you've had it: things'll never be the same.
All you can do is go on living alone down there in the dark

...

Korogi speaking “‘Memory is so crazy! It’s like we’ve got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things we just keep forgetting, one after the other.’

Korogi stands there holding the remote control.

‘You know what I think?’ She says. ‘That people’s memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn’t matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They’re all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of then-thousand-yet bills: when you feed ‘em to the fire, they’re all just paper. The fire isn’t thinking, ‘Oh, this is Kant,’ or ‘Oh, this is the Yomiuri evening edition,’ or ‘Nice tits,’ while it burns. To the fire, they’re nothing but scraps of paper. It’s the exact same thing. Important memories, not-so-important memories, totally useless memories: there’s no distinction-they’re all just fuel.”

.... Haruki Murakami :: After Dark

choux

chou creme by delfine & eunice.
thank you del for everything.. spanks!

string

all it takes is for a friend to find you, even if the hand reached out was in virtual reality. like even though its lost in sight, the string has never been let go.

"I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.


I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?


Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Lord My God

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (Timothy 1:7)

Perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18 )

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6)

And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed (Deuteronomy 31:8)

the beautiful you.

i think about you everyday. in my thoughts, you are always beautiful as how everyone remembers you. and in these memories are the scenes of family gatherings, with the children, gossiping with the aunties, and the food, chinese new year and card playing., your smile and your voice. i remember you everyday and you are beautiful as always and smiling, in these everyday memories.

BALANCE

life is about balance, just like your music list.
...gan ann

my music playlist needs some balance, gmail me your recommended english songs! :)

OS

如果留在记忆的，只有快乐
那该多好。

home innovations.

color by color is the second fixture series at monodelphia.
sine qua none is my favourite out of the first series.

world's best

it has been quite some time since the last time i asked my brother about the prices of mp3 player selling at simlim as i was intending to replace my old cranky one as a present for myself on my 1st payday. i later decided against simlim and to wait for another month when i found out the comex fair is at the end of this month. i was all ready to brave the comex crowd to get it. but when i woke up this morning, i was pleasantly surprised with a new mp3 player hanging right on my door. this santa claus is none other than my brother.

it doesnt matter that its a 2G player, or that he was impatient and grunted when i thanked him, or even if he decides later to demand money back from me - it is still the *world's best mp3 player simply because he remembered.

*world's best is a hyperbole often used by goh binghui.

August

23rd :: flea mkt @ Home Club
28 - 31st :: Comex Fair

music.

my space from tanya records acoustic covers of song from the likes of jack johnson and demos she wrote for other artiste such as karen mok, yang zhong wei. i really love this entire album - the guitar, clean cut singing, claps of simple appreciation. i hope there will come a chance to sing like that too.

条件都已放宽 精采又怎样
爱情的使用量 尽量减半
睡得太晚 梦太频繁
别来烦 帮个忙
独自呢喃 天都快亮
又回想
无尽无尽的夜晚
不打烊的小酒馆
没有人急著回家
没有人想各自回家
无尽无尽的夜晚
爱在舌尖上打转
测试他对我有 多疯狂
原来只是精神上
对爱渴望 那么向往 那么困难