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Blessings and battle.
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The chinese new year mood is coming close to an end. Last battle tomorrow and then it'll be over. Parents invited my paternal relatives over, a huge family, so we're all psyching ourselves up for the expected mess. Tonight, i'll be clearing my room of any breakables, pullables, rippable, playable stuff. Somehow, thanks to my huge mirror-ball, my room never fails to captivate the kids' attention.
On a happier note, i've got three unexpected angbaos today! Despite the money spent on cabfares, i recupperated my lost through these angbao blessings. Hohoho. Don't we all love CNY? All the adults are just giving away money?! haha. It's all gonna add up to my krabi-fund!
Yep. Flying off for a weekend holiday this coming friday. To sunny krabi, Thailand. For those who doesn't know, it's about two hours away from phuket. The place is said to be less touristy and populated than thailand and is a complete retreat from the city. Two full days of basking in the gorgeous glowing sun while lying on white sandy beaches or lounging in crystal-blue waters. Yum. Can't wait.
Alrighty, back to the fyp. Yikes, did i tell you how much i can't wait to get it over and done with?!
posted by alienresident at
1:44 AM
Arghhh...ouch.
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 Arghhh....ouch.
posted by alienresident at
1:55 AM
A lil' more each day.
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 Happy Vday dear! Our second together. Just remember: a lil' more each day. You could be that perfect pair of jeans.
posted by alienresident at
1:40 AM
The ugly people.
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Now now, let's admit it. Everytime you log onto my blog, you half expect to see some pretty gorgeous pictures of me and my beautiful friends. But oh wells, in case you haven't realised, there's an ugly side to everyone on this earth. So today, i've decided to unveil the faces behind those gorgeous facades!
Enjoy!
 Hello! It's me and i just wanna say: "Gosh! me and my friends are so gorgeous!"
 Being black and white.  Life was dark but still pretty colorful then suddenly..........  Screams! why do we look like this?!  The three-in-one!  The pretty ugly side of life.  Whose retarded kids are these?!  That's all folks. Happy V day!
posted by alienresident at
3:34 AM
Crunch those abs, baby.
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OH MY GOODNESS!
I think my ab-roller really does work. I woke up this morning, checked myself out in the mirror and goodness, i had like the vague-gess of abs. YAY! Shall keep keep keep at it and before you know it, i'll be an arnold look-alike. Ok, yikes, that might be overdoing it a little, but oh wells, you get my point.
Haha.
Anyways, rare day where i don't have to do visitation this afternoon, so i'm gonna go swim! The sun's like so gorgeous, gonna bask in it. Tata everyone. New year's next week!
posted by alienresident at
12:18 PM
Different perspectives in life.
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I can't stop pondering: What is the true meaning of giving?
If someone were to stop me on the street and do a survey on how i would define the "true meaning of giving", i would probably say: "Sacrificing something i treasure for someone else".
But, as the surveyor go around asking different people on the same crowded road, he could get rather different definitions:
"Doing an act that would make someone very happy"
"Taking what extra i have to buy something for someone"
"How Jesus died on the cross for us"
"Giving something without asking for anything in return"
Yes, and this list is non-exhaustive. And honestly, there isn't a right or wrong answer in any of those definitions. It's like one of those GP essays, if you debate it well, it works.
So out of curiosity sake, i looked out the dictionary definitions of these words :
Give - to present voluntary, without compensation OR to hand to someone
Sacrifice - to surrender something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a higher value.
So, from these two definitions, a line is drawn. What exactly is giving then? My latest epiphany: You give differently to different people for different purposes.
Yes, for example: we all chip in $10 for a birthday present for a classmate. So, we voluntarily gave $10 of our pocket money to bless this person.
OR it could be
You sacrifice $1000 of your hard earnt money to bless your parents with a holiday overseas. Yes, $1000 is alot of money but hey, i am making my parents happy.
Both acts, are acts of giving.
So, when it comes to this topic, there really isn't a conclusion we can come to. So, why did i spend this whole time typing a bunch of crap?
Because sometimes, we just gotta learn to accept that different people have different attitude towards life. Yes, perhaps it's true, it's the diversity among us that makes this world beautiful.
posted by alienresident at
1:36 AM
The ugliness.
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By now, most of us should know that chinese new year is round the corner.
There are always signs and symptoms around you, just take a closer look. Walking towards jurong point last week, i was greeted with the remix version of "zhen yue chu yi tou yi tian". Yes, if you're familiar with boon lay, you'll know that walking through this rural part of the island is no easy feat.
This year especially, an increasing number of people are throwing themselves along the walkway towards the ever busy JP. As you walk from the interchange towards the shopping mall, everyone of the people along the way simply look worse than the one before.
First, it'll start with the blind karaoke aunty ( the one who sang the new year song) which isn't too bad cause she's still pretty entertaining. Then, you move along to the old aunty selling tissue, which still isn't too bad because they are all over the place these days so we're kinda immune.
Then, the guilt trip starts official.
Walk a few more steps and you see a man without a leg, clad in dirty brown clothes lying with a paper cup in hand. Feel guilty that you still aren't taking out your wallet? Walk a couple more steps and you see his almost twin sprawled on the concrete pavement, this time round this guy's missing two legs. By now, you'll be compelled to take out your wallet or at least those change tinkling in your pockets. The last thing you want is to walk a couple more steps and find another guy with more missing body parts begging you to spare him that $1.40 you were planning to spend on breadtalk's pork floss bun.
So now, i avoid walking towards JP. It's hard to imagine that while i chomp down my favorite $1.20 kaya waffle from prima deli, some guy out there missing some body parts can't even afford a slice of bread.
To me, that's a pretty ugly sight of singapore. While financial advisor loiter the same pavement trying to get people to invest their spare cash, these folks are sprawled there begging for cash.
posted by alienresident at
1:20 AM
The miles between us.
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Suddenly, i am reminded of how sucky long distance relationships can get.
I pray and i pray and i pray, that i will never ever have to be in a LDR again. How do people cope with it?! Dearie's only been gone for three days and i already hate the distance between us. Blah.
The weird thing is, i never thought i would miss him this much. In the first place, we don't usually meet on wednesdays and thursdays, so it doesn't really make a difference. If only he didn't tell me he was away on business, simply call me at our usual talking time and i wouldn't even suspect that he's away! But the thing is, when you know that the person ain't by your side (or anywhere nearby), you start to miss him. Arghh. Now i know what they mean by "absence makes the heart grow fonder".
My heart really goes out to all those friends in LDR now. Namely, sim, a and P. Seeing each other a couple of times per year, flying halfway across the globe to meet the other person, arghh. Too tough. But hang in there my friends, remember, whatever doesn't break the relationship, would only make it stronger.
Anyway, i can't wait for sunday to come. And think dearie's gonna scream when he sees his hp bill this month. I just checked the rates after we talked last night and it's SCARY. shoots.
Hurry home my love!
posted by alienresident at
1:52 PM
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Lyric of the month |
Travis - Flowers in the Window
There's no reason to feel bad
But there are many reasons to feel glad, sad, mad
Its just a bunch of feelings that we have to hold
But i am here to help you with the load.
Wow look at you now
Flowers in the window
It's such a lovely day
And i am glad that you feel the same
Cause to stand up i'm in the crowd
You're one in a million
And i love you so, so lets watch the flowers grow.
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