While we're at it.. Took this at Carrefour Suntec yesterday..

The product was some bird's nest and abalone gift pack from New Moon..

In case some of you can't see.. It actually says

usual price $139,

PROMOTIONAL price $138..

Wow.. That's like a 0.719424% saving! Because a dollar makes such a huge difference when im already paying $138 anyway!

Totally amusing. Way to go, Carrefour.

An update on the sleep problem in case anyone is concerned.. I've successfully fell asleep after getting up to pee yesterday night.. Total number of hours slept is probably about 8+. Good progress.

Coming back to today's topic.

Why do people like to "tag" a title to the people around them? No, I don't mean sticking prices on them or calling them nicknames like 'fat bitch' or 'mister pretty'. I'm talking about tags like 'best friend', 'close friend', 'boyfriend', girlfriend', 'dating partner' blah blah..

Are these tags really so important? Yes and no in my opinion. Yes in the sense that it sorta marks out the territory that particular person in question takes up. In a relationship, doesnt it make u more assured of your importance to someone? And oh well, to make someone Believe that he/she is of a certain significance to you.. It works well too.. Never hurts to mix your words with some honey, does it?

On the other hand, lables don't exactly reflect on reality all the time. Ya the sweet talking with the 'dear', 'honey' and 'sweetie' may sound nice, but does everyone really mean it all the time or is it just becoming a punctuation in speech? What matters most is still how you treat each other, what you feel when you're with that person and stuff like that. Also, with my tiny knowledge of JC1 economics i remember the law of diminishing returns. Too much sweet talk becomes just talk.

So is my viewpoint to screw all the tags? Erm I'm not exactly sure myself. Maybe I will. Seeing 'dear' in every sms and start or end every reply message with the same thing will not be high on the list to show affection anymore. Tags are like candy.. They give you sugar rush, but too much of it causes tooth decay. If one must use sweet talk, words like 'I appreciate everything you do' or 'I love you' at the right time makes much more sense to me right now. Or better, show it in your actions. But most importantly, MEAN IT. Don't do things for the sake of doing them.

Ending soon..
I need some opinion.. How do you think this watch looks?

Think its beauty will grow with time or will it look boring after a while? It's a mother's day gift idea. Not sure if I should get this. But she kinda expressed interest in it. Anyway, the day is 10 days away, in case some of you didnt know.

Time to sign off.

To the most important and greatest woman in my life, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

How can I ever thank u enough? Although u totally piss me off at times.. You're still great. You won't be seeing this coz u duno how to log on to the internet, but anyhow I hope u feel it. You made me smile when I didn't have the mood to. I really dunno how to repay you. Really don't. Some facts are just too hard for you to swallow.

Moving on..
Uncles are sick. They are either super exhibitionist, or they're just plain perverts. Quote Delta pool and Queenstown pool. At each place, an uncle half a step out of the shower cubicle while hosing down. And looking at other people in the changing room. Oh for god's sakes get a life. To the one in Delta, special mention needs to go to you coz u are simply sick. (Girls u might wanna turn away for awhile) Please freaking do not raise your willie up when you're showering. Thank you for your good intentions for giving those who might be interested a free show, but I guess 99.9% of us felt totally disgusted.

I don't want to be a sick uncle 20 years down the road.

I won't be.

Oh and by the way, think I need some sleeping pills. Would be appreciative of the kind souls who can tell me where i can get some. The sleeping problem is getting out of hand.

A shooting star is really a meteoroid--a fragment of an asteroid or a comet, made up of iron, silicates or a mixture of both. When the asteroid or comet is shattered by an explosion in space, meteoroids are propelled through the earth's atmosphere, creating friction, which heats up the "shooting star" and gives it the glow we see. (taken from ask.com)

Do you wonder why people are so amazed by a piece of falling rock? I don't, simply because shooting stars amazes me too.

I've seen just one in my life. At the most unexpected time. I would've jumped in excitement, but it wasn't the time to be joyous and all.

Well to me shooting stars are a paradox.
On one hand, it is just so absolutely beautiful. What a sight. And to think all that's required to created it was rock and friction (albeit in space with a high magnitude of both factors). But wow. Something flashes by in the dark gloomy sky for a second or two. Who wouldn't be taken by its glow and seemingly rare existence? No wonder people are superstituous enough to think it's a sign of good luck and start making wishes when they see one. Ok, I thought that was totally dumb, but I secretly made a wish that night. If only the circumstances was more correct..

Now, it is able to describe my feelings too. An explosion. I'm being brave, but deep in my heart there are little pieces of broken comet. To be true, those special feelings have kind of diminished slowly too, but parts of it always remained in my heart.

So what do you think? Shooting stars: a sign of good luck, an omen of shattering events, or both? Your call.

Once again I couldn't sleep. Only managed to shut my eyes for little more than an hour. This is getting ridiculous. I may be seriously needing help soon.

Apologies for another rather boring entry. It's 4+ in the morning and im not in the best of moods.

Im online in MSN and someone messages me:

"Online?"

For goodness sake, if I was in the Online list when u open your msn, of course im online! And by the way, I do not know who u are.

It's not stupidity. It's just a lack of common sense. I've starting to realize that common sense isn't really all that common.. There're more common-sense-deficient people around than I thought existed.

No, im not being egoistic and have an idea that im the more highly evolved of the human specie, but I think I do have enough common sense.

'Nuff said. Monday blue's and a lack of rest at the proper time is making me rather cranky. Hopefully watching Desperate Housewives will get me out of the mood.

I might be having sleeping disorder.

Woke up at 3 odd to pee and I can't get back to sleep.
And it's the 3rd time this week.

Or is my mind preoccupied with stuff?

Oh whatever.

Ok, I'll be honest.. I didn't enjoy myself the whole evening..

No, I'm not trying to be rude to you or your friends but I would've really liked some time with you alone. I did try to show it in my expression, or I thought you would've known it yourself but it didn't happen.. What I'm trying to say is, I'm very quiet (i.e. a dao-ster) on first acquaintance..

Remember how I was the first week in school, the first few days in BMT, first day in camp? I'm not sure if all of you realized or I was just a noisy, unstoppable moronically lame person as far as you guys can recall. So now you know why I hardly opened my mouth just now.

So do you understand now? That look was not due to tiredness.. It was me trying to tell you a message too. Oh well, never mind.. It's over and I don't want to be a petty person.. We will still have many more totally exciting and non-boring outings together.. Hugs.



Ok back to something that's for everyone.. The first part was just for 1 person ok.. Hah..
Alright look at this boy.

Little Smith.

I was at YMS (Young Musicians Society) earlier for a concert put up by our young and budding violionists and pianists. Dunno him personally but he looks no older than 8 to me. And yes he plays the violin! Ok, to a seasoned violin player his techniques were nothing to brag about, but at his age I couldn't even play a recorder (that's still the case now).

So another round of applause for all the kids at the show.. You were great.

I won't be selfish.
I won't do anything.
It is enough.

Walking along town alone.

Does that sound pathetic to you? I'd probably see more than a few hands up, but thing is I kinda like to do that sometimes.

1. Because I can be troublesome when I shop.. It's not that nice to bring people round and round and walk into practically every shop that may sell what I want.. So yea that's one reason.

2. I do enjoy a moment of solitude once in a while. Away from too much noise, away from entertaining people. (Yes you heard it right.. I have periods of time when I'm tired of doing that too.)

3. I don't just go out with anyone.

4. I don't have to consider compromising what to eat for lunch or dinner or anything.. All up to me.

5. Gives me time to straighten some thoughts.

6. It's easier to for people who are interested to approach me coz I'm alone.

Ok, the last one is not a real reason but you get my drift.
Don't be mistaken, I still like to go out with friends and all.. Going out alone can get pretty boring.

And I know I'm never alone.
A mushy ending to this entry.. I love my friends.. (You who reading this) Touched? Haha..

:)

Venue: Old Airport Road
People involved: 2 uncles (one a cab driver, the other a Mercedes driver)
Activity: Biting each other's head off in the middle of the road

Yea. You heard right. 2 uncles in their 40s. Someone got in the way of someone. (I suppose the cab got in the way of the Benz.) Uncle #1 in the white and pristine Mercedes got into the next lane, caught up with the cab, both parties stopped and started arguing.
On a 2-lane road. Totally blocking traffic.

See? I told you. Bitching never stops.
Keep the ramblings comin..
I will.

Exige :: ek-sEj (ack-seech)

It is not a proper English word. It's basically just a model of British sports-car maker, Lotus. Car enthusiasts will know that this is basically a coupe version of the Lotus Elise, which is available in Singapore. I was scouring for something to replace the ancient 'crappy' which I started using since Sec3. So here it is, a cool new moniker for a pretty cool (i hope) dude.


Generation 2 Lotus Exige

Yes. I've succumbed to it. A blog. Woo hoo!
Apologies for slamming blogs as being generally crappy.. I just wanted to have a way to express and share some thoughts. Of course, I will try very Very VERY hard not to make it into like a diary. Yea I assure that..
So, with a most unapologetic tone, blogs that are like diaries suck. (Well at least most of them do.)
Enjoy.