Thursday, June 29, 2006

sometimes in life, you find a large chasm you have to leap across in order to progress into the only future you know exist. or you can show your adventurous self, make a detour into the unknown, and see what life throws at you. sometimes your ego chews away at your heart and soul, challenging you to dare yourself. but your logical self resists. you tell yourself to make that cut, to pain yourself, knowing that your future as you've envisioned it will come true with this sacrifice of flesh. of dreams. of ideals.

sometimes you think you know everything there is to know. on how to live your life, how to lead others in living theirs, how to soothe the pains of the world. but sometimes you wonder if your arrogance hath blinded your sights, dulled your senses, soul stolen and eaten.

and you soon realise that this stepping away from youthful ideals into the practical world is a necessary gateway into a comfortable future. the only future you;ve been taught that exists. that an escape from the Matrix can only last a youth, not a lifetime. that this is what the knowledgable ones have called a growing up rite, an initiation ritual, a maturation, to be who They want you to be.

to struggle alone is never easy. many have tried: some may succeed, most have failed. havent you heard? democrats turn republicans when they start owning businesses. ideals are lost in the practical face of reality.

ive prided myself on my strong faith in my ideals. that i know whats right in my life, and whats wrong in yours. many have seeked my guidance, and ive gladly opined. but ive come to realise that ideals remain ideals. my ego have not obstructed the glaring fact that im not the first to discover these ideals. the simple truth that they still remain mere ideals and not the guiding principles of most pple's lives clearly show the depth of issues that ive yet to comprehend.

i hope ill never regret that moment when i said that ive given up. but the struggle is too painful to continue, and there's more important things and pple in my life than the ideals that i possess. but ive tried my best. i really did. and ill never regret for ive really tried.


i hope those before me will forgive me. and those after me will understand. for another has fallen because of his weak heart. so here lies a warning and apology to those before and after. for the elders have spoken.



im sorry





my family moved from sembawang to yishun, just a train station away. its now right smack in the middle of yishun central, making transportation and shopping utter delights.

took some time away from the Outside to clear out the junk from my luggages and from the numerous boxes of my stuff which my parents had packed for me. for the second time in my life, i decided to clear out another part of my past. out went a motherboard, packaging for kingston ram, an Athlon XP processor, for numerous other records of my misbehavior.

for a man without a destiny, hath no need for a past.


dedicated to the first man without a destiny, whose name has been erased by the winds of time...

Monday, June 26, 2006

Flight Plan @ July 6, 2006

the darlings will be on the following flights:
United 838: SIN 7.20am -> Tokyo 3.25pm
United 890: Tokyo 4.55pm -> LAX 10.52am

fm will then take UA 6096: LAX 12.29pm -> SAN 1.18pm
while jas takes US Airways 8008: LAX 12.45pm PST -> Phoenix 2.05pm MST
then US Airways 5137: Phoenix 2.59pm MST -> SAN 4.09pm PST

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

darlings reporting: touching base back home, over.

so dear dear is finally done with his quarter and he's home! me got home on friday midnight, been lazing ard for the wkend, resting and adjusting to SG time. and fm got back yesterday nite! finally, the darlings reunite in SG! we'll be back for about 2, 3 wks before flying back... so catch us before we leave! =)

so my mummy flew over to california to meet me and these last 3 wks, we were travelling along the west coast... SD, LA and SF. it was definitely a lot of fun! hit the beaches, the theme parks, climb hills and twirl around in the confusing streets. =P glad that she enjoyed herself in sunny california! (haha, yes, it super hot, esp in LA and i definitely got darker. haha) photos will be up soon, bit by bit.... enjoy!

Friday, June 16, 2006

last night of studying...

tmr is friday, philosophy finals at 11.30am. ethics and society.
judith thomson is the most unclear writer ive read in this philo class. her essay "a defense of abortion" simply jumps frm one argument to another without coherent common thread. i wonder why her essay is so widely popular in philo classes.

two essays to write and six more authors to read by end of tonight. sigh. im losing steam in this long drawn struggle to get into the mood to study. even my blogging standard today is just plain lamentations.

one more (long) night of studying... one short sleep (hopeful to get some)... 3 long hours of furious writing... and im done with the academic year.

not perfect, of course. plenty of flaws to be found on my transcript for the year, or for the quarter. the big Incomplete will stare at my Incompetence in essay writing. long summer of work, study, TAing, playing (???) which i happily embrace when it comes....

my tots are blebbing... dna laddering... cranial apoptosis... must..... s.t..o....p.....

Saturday, June 10, 2006

I'm in a champagne supernova...

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you while we were getting high?

Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?

Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky

Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye

Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?

Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the land slide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova

Coz people believe that they're
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world's still spinning around
We don't know why
Why why why why

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you while we were getting high?

Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?

Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova

Coz people believe that they're
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world's still spinning around
We don't know why
Why why why why

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you while we were getting high?

~ "Champagne Supernova" Oasis

Thursday, June 08, 2006

fm is a kid without a destiny

walk beside me, don't get lost, hold on.
walk behind me, got what use? fuck off.