Matt Damon is mine!!!!

"Who's running tredstone now?!"

"The Borne Supremacy"

I caught the film with Roy on sunday - 29082004...the rushing day~
Well, its cool to see Roy again, din relise how much i miss talking to my ginger bread brother...poorthing got his ankle injured...anyway....we watched and here are my houghts about the movie:

I have "The Borne Identity" VCD at home, so i know the bck ground of th story, Matt Damon looks tired, older and more stressed at the beginning of the move than at the end of the last one...probably trying to push the idea of stress in trying to remember who you are when you know very little about yourself and that your constantly on the run from your former bosses...anyway..he's been travelling around the world and hiding with Marie...so one would think that after all he has been through, the powers that be would be kind enough to let him get on with his life....but noooooo.....some Russian money bags wants him killed because the rich guy thinks that the memory-less guy knows too much....i ask you....if you lost your memory, would you know too much about something you had forgotten?...but i digress....Jason Borne is a very highly trained operative who kills without a though and is able to make hard things look like chicken feet. The way he deals with the situations he gets thrown in to is both mind numbing and intesting. Most of them even make you feel stupid and go 'Why din i think of that?'

Anyway, actors from the previous movie make a come back and new guys nd a lady get added to the cast. Karl Urban, from Xena and TLOR, plays a very convincing Russian out to fry Borne's butt. He's a very good shooter....i mean in the movie....Then there's Brian Cox.
If one judges an actor by the amount of hate you feel for the charcter ( if he is acting as a bad guy), then Brain Cox is a VERY accomplished thespian. He's acted in X-2, Troy and the previous Borne movie, in this one, he sealed my dislike for his character...he made me want to take a gun and shoot out his eyes...i guess its the same for every show i have seen him act in...i wanted to claw his eyes out in X-2 and have his head in Troy...haha.....well, poetic justice demands the evil character die in the movie...so i guess justice was served in the movies i have seen so far....as for Sumpremacy, i don wanna spoil it for you...

The action scenes are superb. Its good to see a film where the actions scenes have meaning and are not just for mindless madness ( like AVP)...I found myself clutching my shawl and shrinking into the theatre seat for fear that Jason would be mortally wounded. The fight with **********, was very interesting, Kitchen knife vs Wad of Magazine. Who holding what? who won? Give a guess... The car chases choragraphed very well....would we all expect anything less? The only thing i would gribe about would be the filming sequences, the fighting was filmed in a very messy manner, it was successful in keeping me blur and worried about who was getting hit where and how badly injured they would be in the end...same thing goes for the traffic stuff...
Blatent product endorment. That's the phrase that comes to mind now a days when i catch a movie. The car most frequently seen in the shots was Mercedes. Why? According to Roy, its because the car is very hardy and can protect the driver when the chase calls for car accidents with a very high degree of injury probablility level. I think that that is a viable reason, but i have a feeling that endorsment is a very big part of movie making....as with ID4 and other commercial flicks.

Overall, i think the movie was good and there is more character development ...as long as one has caught the first installment.
Would i watch it again? Maybe.
Is Matt Damon good looking? YES!!!!!
Would i buy the vcd? Hmmm.......KIV....most likely lah~
Would i catch the next Borne movie? Of course.

Heart break and losing a loved one. Those are things i really hate. You'll uinderstand what i mean when you watch the movie...

Ever since i started school at SIM, i have come to appreciate radio and music. They keep me awake during the bus rides and updated with the latest news of the day. Its better than falling asleep and missing the bus stop ya?

On the topic of music, i love listening to Josh Groban and Sting.
Josh Groban has a beautiful voice and the songs he sings (when in english) are very meaningful and never fail to bring tears to my eyes.
Songs sung by Sting also have the same effect on me, the songs kinda mean more because i studied some of them while i was in JC for literature class. Sting' previous profession was that of being a teacher...english teacher i think...and that has allowed him to write songs that are not only poetical but very profound....Desert rose was partly based on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra...cool eh? I also like "Shape of my heart" that one is very anti-war...
Having written this...i must say that i do like listening to other songs by other singers. Currently i like:
Kelly Clarkson - Break Away
Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated
Switchfoot - alot
Black Eyed Peas - Lets get retarded
Jet - Fool of everyone
Those are the few which i can remember....hee....

Hrmmm....i do realise that i have been spelling things wrongly...alot....but what to do? Society's fault wad....as long as you understand what i am talking about ya? I will try my best to get the spellings more correct....den again, its not as if i am entering some Spelling Bee competition in the US eh?

My brother left last week for two OBS courses. One at Pulau Ubin and the other at Brunei. Its cool - he finally has the chance to ger that experience. It funny - i had the oortunity to go before him. Its great - we hve more stuff to talk about when he comes home. :D

ok...need to go do homework....*bleah*....hahaha....
C-H-E-E-R-S!

Its Official!!!!!!!!

Its official!
29 August 2004 has been the 'rushest' day of the year so far!
How come?
Well...here goes...
Had BCM, aka Bethel Children's Ministry, in the morning. Therefore i had to get u at 6.26am to bathe and stuff in order to catch the church bus which arrives around 7.30am outside my estate. Today was special because we had the chance to celebrate Teachers' Day for the teachers ( me included). Due to planning and stuff i had to meet Jiejie Elsie at NTUC at 8am to buy the 'sobo' stuff...but before that, i was placed with the task of buying flowers for the individual teachers...namely roses of different colours... i bought shades of red for the ladies and yellow for the guys....plus daisies for Elsie ^-^
We had and good time thanking the teachers and stuff, proceeded to service
1pm saw me 'piaahing' home to eat lunch and den i 'piaahed' to the MRT station in an attempt to meet Roy-roy at Cineleisure by 2.20pm to watch "The Borne Supremacy" at 2.50pm...i had to go home for lunch because the flowers burned a hole in my pocket and i haad to send my cash on the movie...so i ate at home to save....heeheee
The movie ended at about 4.50 odd...so i tot i might as well join the church gang at hougang sports hall for badminton....switch in venue due to the Paya Lebar CC being closed....this decision led me to once again 'piaah' all the way home form the station...and to the upper serangoon bus stop to catch a bus to the badminton hall...i made it there at 6.05pm...
Badminton finished, i rushed home to eat dinner and get that all important bath...so now here i am typing the 'liao' of my day online....haha....

All said and done, i am very thankful that i had fulfilling day, apart from the blisters i sustained from my shoes and all that running around....which makes me wonder how am i going to do TKD training tml after lecture?...aiyo~ I digress....i am very satisfied with my day in that i did lots of stuff and met up with friends ( expected and unexpected)...i got lots of exercise in the process as well....thats good too ya? Haha...Confirm i will sleep well tonight! Hahaha....

On the topic of 'sweyness', l always meet with accidents whenever i go for badminton. Without fail i will end up hitting myself in the leg or do something that might lead me to having an Or-cheh. Being clumsy does not help one bit...i tend to fall and drop things all the time...i am serious!
Anyway, last sunday, during badminton, i hit Auntie Doris in the head with a shuttlecork, whacked Reuben's knuckles and got i got hit in the forehead with another shuttlecork.
Today?
I got my thumb knuckle whacked by Aunty Evelyn...u should try it....its damn cool to hear your own hand connect with the rim of a badminton racket ...the sound is a reminder that we are human... now i now how Reubadn felt...His had blood...mine is internal and will probably last longer....i even messaged im during the week to find out how his hand was...i donno if i can hold a pen...yaoza~

Its a wonder i still can tye this stuff out....hahahha....ok...losing it....need sleep badly......

Cheerzy-werzy-pirzy!

Sign language ...

Quick word~
I had a great day!
i taught my church teachers sign language!
Yeeaah!
I love the idea that i was able to give something back to them...most of them in fact have seen me grow up in the church and its damn cool to be working along side them in taking care and teaching the future generation...
Dinner was great! Seafood is gooood....especially chill crab....heehee...it din hurt that it was free either....haha...

Tml still got teachers' day stuff to do...hahahaha

OK...i got to knock out now...time to go hug my pillow...how i miss it....*sigh*....my precious~
Nightz

My good week

Life is more than just breathing...

God works in mysterious ways eh?
Had the opportunity to meet up with Yingz and Joyce for gyming plus BK...den hor i also hor got the chance hor to introduce hymns to Yingying because hor it hor came out in the converation we were having...i also had the chance to talk chim-chim stuff with Joyce ....who or what we talk about? God lah! Who else?! :D
I am very happy to be able to share my love for God and the knowledge i have of Him with my buddies...although i do not know everything, at least we have a very good time edifying one another. I sincerly hope that all my friends will come to know my Lord one day.

Hey Marcus!
U know that guy u can't stand? The one who plucks eye brows and was on Singapore Idol? U know that wannabe?
Well, i don like him too...and i now i have eyesore because i channel surfed and saw him acting on Ch8...YUCK!....The only positive thing about that show is that it was the chinese verson of "Crime Watch"!!!! Haha...The downer side? I have a feeling Ch5 will show the same programme in english.....*bleah-bleah-bleah*

I guess the past two days have been very fruitful...i met the most unexected people on the buses i took and survived my lectures. Haha...

Everyone has television commercials which they like ya?
Mine happen to be (in no particular order):
#The Swatch commercial sung by Five for Fighting
#The Rugby World Cup 2003 Carlsberg commercial...the one with fans charging the waiter...heehee
#Beer commercials...except Adam King ones and any that flaunt women in small swimming costumes...
#The elephant-Peugeot-Indian-guy commercial
#Almost every promo for F.R.I.E.N.D.S
#Trailers for "Acha!"
#Syncro V.I.S.A swimming
#The Olympics swimming commercial....the one where a swimmer dives out of the water..
#"What's the colour of the human spirit?"
#"Have you ever wondered how much it takes.....to concentrate.....when the whole world's watching...for that life changing moment.....there are no short-cuts...no guarentees..."...u know that one?
#....ok...almost every commercial for the 2004 Olympics.....
#Hugo boss commercial- that extremely handsome and drool-worthy guy
#Nike Commercials...ur faster than you think...football...minus David Beckham...the Brazil vz Italy one in the stadium before the match..heehee

I know ive got others but these are the only few that i can really recall at the moment... ;p...If and when i remember the others that i like i will put em' down ya?

Cheers!

Tell me coz i need to know...

When is Jay Chou's birthday?!?!?!
i wanna know!!!!
Why?
Coz i just read an issue of and they claim that his birtjhday is 18th January!!!
I don't believe them!!!! I want the truth!!!!!

My daddy knows that i have a blog and i have a feeling that he might be reading it...he's not very happy that i have one coz of the privacy issue...so i have to cut down on the stuff i publish on the net...more restrictions...hai~ i guess its for my own good though....

Why do I have feeling that the education system is going to get more and more messed up?...and that more innocent young souls are going to get screwed by changes in texts books, teaching methods, etc ?....poorthings....my heart goes out to them....

I just caught a glimse of the Hilary and her sister MTV.....all i can say is....yuuuuuuuuucks......*bleah* I have a think i know why they appeal to children.... because kids have a sweet tooth ..for me i guess i am losing my sweet tooth....if i consume too much of their kind of sweetish stuff, i think i might end up getting diabeties.....yikes!

Hey JY! Long time no hear from u! How u been? Army now doing what?

Ok...gotta run...gyming time!

Cheers!

P.S : ANYONE GOING BACK FOR TEACHERS' DAY?

Do you know who you are?

I strive to be more than i can be but i have no idea what i want to be or could be, for that matter i have no inclination of who i am.

I can't believe that my Dad reads blogs!
What's the possibility that he has stumbled across my blog?!
Alamak! Does that mean i have to edit the stuff i at my site?!
Imagine what he would say if he saw that entry where i have all the $*@&@^ and &*&*%$*....sure kanna scolded xia~

Two years ago when i had the oppotunity to go to OBS, i played my first game of Pool with my SRJC OBS friends. During our second outing after coming back from OBS, i played my second game of pool and from then on i had not had that game...till Saturday that is.... :)
I played a few games with Marcus and Daniel.
They are very good xia~
Considering how often and for how they have been playing, should i be surprised?
I must admit that the game is rather additive, its nice to get the ball to roll in the right direction and into that particular pocket which you have been aiming at...sadly that does not happen more than half the time for me ... how? Practise lor...but when ? With whom? Where?

After the first week of the 2004 Olympics, i have decided that if there are any sorts which i would like to try my hands on to represent Singapore, they would be :
Shooting or Archery.
Why?
Hmm..... i like the double trap...i think that the guys are very cool....same goes for the archery... i would like to think that i am pretty good shooter, seeing that i represented PL and SR in shooting... I had considered fencing but i don't think that i am agile enough to do the thrusts and parrys... i might also get my eyes poked out...yikes!

My Auntie just bought the "Lilo & Stitch" VCD!
Since there was nothing to watch on the tube tonight, we all sat down to be entertained. I love the drawings and the theme of family, as with many of Disney's cartoons. I found myself on the verge of tears at certain points, have a feeling my aunts also wanted to cry but the funny thing about my family is that we don't like to cry infront of the tv when we are watching it with others... back to the cartoon... i like the character of Stitch and i think that the aliens in the cartoon resemble characters in Stargate :SG1 and either elephants or whales. :D
I predict that i will be watching that show alot in the future... haha...

Talking about movies, i sooooooo want to watch " The Bourne Supremacy"!!!!
I have the first movie on vcd at home and i have skimmed through the firts two novels so i kinda have a jiss of the plot should be like, minus the alterations that movies always make to books. I am also looking forward to watching Matt Damon in action. I am sooo taken by him! He's such a combi-jock and has the brains that make the package complete...*sigh* ... plus i like his fighting style...very fluid and quiet unlike the Bruce Lee "Wah!" ,"Wah-pa" ,"Sa-sa", " La-la-her-her-her-haa-hee" type of sounds that are stero-typical off action scenes...( YES, i know, i am affected by Jay Chou's music...he does not have talent for nothing you know....)

Oh well...tomorrow's another day and there are lots of things to do...so exciting...but before i sing off:
Happy 19th Birthday to Adelyn and Parveen!
Hope you gals have a blast of a day and may your rooms overflow with presents!
God bless!

Cheers!

Poetry : What i know to be true

The Lamb
Foresaken so that i could
Have the chance to
Enjoy life
Not die
Feel love, mercy and
Undescribable peace
Among other things

Set me a blaze O Lord
Send my body to ashes
For its the only thing
That keeps me from
Being united with You

I don't belong here
I'm just passing through
So many things to experience
Oh a sinner am i
What love and mercy i have felt

Bite me! I'm organic
Soon i will be gone
Carbon back to the third rock
My soul?
I know i'm no highlander
For others share my eternal elation
Jubilation, Mad happiness
The honour of praising God
In the place He has created for us

Will I see you there?

Dash-the-board-of-con-fession-als!

I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along

That song's been going through my head for teh past 36 odd hours. Why because i have decided to keep the book. I don't think that i am ethically wrong because i have gone through all the possibilities of what might and might not happend from the various oints of view . I have along done my best to see what route the book would go through if i were to give it to the office. I somehow had the notion that keeping the book would not make me any different from anyone else, but i realise that my over intense thinking about the subject of my honesty is already what sets me apart from others. I feel that i have kinda made a storm in a tea cup but that is what i am like...what to do....i very like that one mah~ its called : Being Sharon. An extreme in being sensitive over the probable wrong stuff...

PRAISE GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS!!!!
Congrats to Yingying on accepting her passport to heaven!
I am so happy that i will be able to see her in heaven...i wonder what we will be able to do together up there...besides praising God :D

I visited FCBC on Saturday mostly to support Yingying in her decision of becoming a Child of God. Once again i must say that i m very very very very very very very very very very very happy for her ... I pray that she will grow in the Lord and soon we will be able to edify one another.
I realise that i am a rather lousy Christian.
I think i am getting abit shaky in my beliefs... i hve been questioning the exsistence of God...yes i know its not right...i have been thinking about the power of sin in life...the materialistics of life and what they mean in my life...what things have been making not believe in God being there for me...etc...
I have been a Christian since i was a very young child, so unlike others who have to see the light first before making that important decision, i have taken many things for granted...i struggle to find out who God really is in my life and am trying to find out what the hack is my reason for being her at this time, this place, with all the people around me , etc...
Then again, although i have been having so many doubts, there is this place inside of me that knows full well that there is a being bigger and greater than anything i have ever known. And that this particular omni-present-potent and powerful God loves me and is all around to protect me whatever, whenever, where-ever, however, whoevery i am. Its that childish art of me i guess. That's oart of the reason i have no desire to grow up. I am terrified of losing that childish part of my being.
Being close to children is one of the reasons i became a church teacher. I enjoy being around those who have faith that does not question and desire to learn more with each passing day.
I pray that i may grow positively to be able to bless others with my gifts (God knows what they are) and be on fire for Him every single day of my life.

On Friday night, i called Yings and she finally read my blog... she read back to me some paragraphs that i posted....honestly i can't believe the things i write down in my blogs! i suppose i should not be surprised that i can't remember what i put down in my blogs...i am rather shocked that i am able to write such stuff down on a weekly basis.....take that anyway you want....it could have negative or positive connotations... i also not very sure what i talking about....the main thing is that i always forget what i write about but thankfully i do not repeat what i put down....i hope.....

Here's a major shout-out to Marcus:
THANKS FOR THE SWITCHFOOT CD!!!!!!!!!
Its been a great source of energy when i am down and thats been pretty alot in the last 24 hours...Thank you!

There's a theme that has been running through my head for the past few days : The fact that i have a mortal body but an immortal soul.
I believe that God is reminding me with various methods that i do not belong here. Sounds rather suicidal ya?

I fumble in my confidence
And wonder why the world has passed me by
I sincerly hope that i am meant for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

I dream about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe i’ve been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe i am bent and broken, broken

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

i want more than this world’s got to offer
i want more than this world’s got to offer
i want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live

Okok, cheesy ....but seriously... Those words run through my mind and i feel that way....apart from that emotion of being vindicated lah~

To my friends who are mugging for their prelims:
All the best!
Studying is our job and we should all strive to do it well, whether or not we like our lot in life. Remeber that you just need to do your best and God will do the rest.
Then again if all does not go as planned, you can always blame society for putting you in that predicament. Why? Sociologists believe that individuals are puppets of society and are subjected to social problems created my sociological problems... :P
God bless my friends and don't ever give up hope. My moto for my exams was : Try, ask and never give up! I pray that you all will do better than i did.

Cheers!

Killing and being messed up...

"I thought you were a cool guy..."
"I am a cool guy..."

Finally got the chance to meet up with Adeline and Siya for a movie. :)
We were not very sure of what to catch partly because there aren't many nice movies out at the moment and the ones that i want to catch are not going to be out for another 2 to 3 weeks. Siya wanted to watch 'Catwoman' but according to Adeline, who has already watched the show, is sucks big time. What to do? Spend cash on some other movie lor...so we decided to watch 'Collateral'. Got Tom Cruise mah~

The whole story is very cat and mouse-ish.

Max, played by Jamie Foxx, the taxi-driver is the best American cabby i have ever seen in any recent movie. I bet Singaporen taxi uncles could learn a thing or two about helping their clients save money when they are in a rush or not. He is the so called good guy of the film. Its a nice turn to see him doing some serious acting. I've read that he acted in 'Ali' but i have not had the chance to catch that movie. A few years back, Ch5 showed his comedy, sadly i due to my frequent watching of that show in the past, i was kinda stuck wondering whether and when he was going to crack a joke. I give him props for making that transition from trying to make people laugh to making people think.

Vincent, the resident killer cum bad guy, is portrayed by who else but Tom Cruise. The last time i watched him turn on the evil stuff was in 'Interview with a Vamnpire'. Boy was he good that time! The only thing that turned me off Lestat was his eyes...totally gave me the creeps....Haha. Thankfully this time round Tom has short hair and his eyes are a normal colour...not exactly drool worthy but he still is good looking. Anyway, Vincent is a killer who has done some very deep thinking about how significant we are in the whole web of society. He kills in the blink of a eye, ok maybe three blinks, whether it be with his trusty silencer or in hand to hand combat. I found it really cool when he killed that particular guy in that particular club. His fighting and running style is not all that bad for a guy old enough to be my father. He is still in good shape as is Brad Pitt :)... Adeline, Siya and I all agreed that his butt is very nice to look at especially when he was running...but why is he so short?! Then again what do i care if he is a tripod?! Haaha...i digress...Vincent strikes me as a rather sad individual because he has made a career of killing people he has never met before. I guess it a good thing that he is contracted to kill people he does not know because he does not have to deal with the emotional espect. Put yourself in his shoes, how would you like to kill someone whom you have know for , say, the past 2 years? He did make a point when he chided Max for freaking out after the death of the first guy. Why should he care about a guy dying when hundreds die everyday in some remote country? I asked myself the same question. Weellll, honestly i don't think i would be bothered by the deaths of so many people because i do not know them. I have a feeling that if i did not see the news about deaths i would never know a thing. How about you?

The two major scenes of the show were successful in bringing in the tension and suspense, however there were times where i was very confused with what was going on and wondering where the characters were in the whole get-up. Other than that i must say that the method of character deveopment and plot direction was well done. For a person as blur as i to know what was going on in the small and large pictures, i believe that the director deserves a big round of a applause.

All in all, i would not consider this particular movie a mega hit but it would rank as one of the movies that made me want to make more of my life. I might buy the VCD when it comes out but i would have to see how much cash i have saved and make that choice again when it hits the stores.... -.-; On the hand, i am so going to buy the Troy VCD!!!! Hee heee...

Before i sign off, here's a serious thing that has me messed up and very pissed to the extreme.
Imagine yourself in this situation and tell me what you would do.

*You are studying for a particular subject and need a certain book for extra reading.
*You don't wish to spend money on the text because you are short of cash and don't want to bother your parents with the extra burden of paying for texts since they arae already going to be forking out 24 grand for your education.
*You have toyed with the idea of borrowing the book from the library to photocopy the pages you need but you can't seem to find the book anywhere in the bloody library coz everyone else has already borrowed it.
*You find that very text underneath the table your sitting at during a lecture.
*It is brand new and has no name or marks linking it to anyone except the writer and publisher.

Would you ...
1. Keep the book?
2. Pass it to the school office?
3. Burn it?
4. Give it away to someone who needs it more than you do? aka bless someone with the text...
5. Sell it? It would get you cash from practically nothing except maybe your scruples...
6. Listen to your father who tells you that you have to do the right thing because his children are to follow the morals they were brought up with, on the the other hand, you bloody well that someone else would probably never do the same thing if you had been the one to lose the text. And you have a very strong feeling that passing the book to the office would mean that the library would get another text FOC.And no one would ever know that you spent hours trying to make up up your mind about whether doing the 'right' thing. Yet you know that assing the book to the office is the only thing that is 'correct'.
Fuck the concept of people knowing! You know darn fucking well that others would never give up 50 bucks worth of texts if they needed it and found it...but you know that you are different from other people and are programmed to listen to your parents.

Now, put yourself on the flip-side...
*You've just bought the book.
*You realise that your brain does not like you when you realise that you left the text in the LT after the morning lecture.
*You have that sinking feeling that the person who was fortunate enought to find your new book will most likely not return the book because that is what any critical thinking person in the kiasu society of Singapore would do.
*You resign yourself to the fact that you hve to go spend another 50 odd on that same text and blame yourself for being so muddle headed. Meaning that extra cash is your punishment for having a fucked-up memory.
*You don't bother trying at the office coz you know that no person in their right mind would return the book.

Pop quiz hot shot! What would you do?! WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

I would love to have an answer to this situation. Does anyone have any idea what to do?

Here's mine.
I found the book and am now in that big huge mess of deciding if i should do the ethical thing when i know that doing it would make me feel like a fool for being the good girl. I also know that i could never lie to my dad and tell him that i returned the book when i actually kept it. Small lie, white lie, black lie, its still a sin.
i know that after all this bitching, i will still do whatever my dad tells me to do and return that blasted book when i go back to school.
So why do i still feel so fucking lousy when i am supposed to be elated that i am going to do what is ethically right?!

WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME !

Cussing is bad, i know, but can you blame me?
ok, i am sorry for the cussing. I'll try not to do it again.
I'll try.

A book review?

Have you every wondered why you are where you are with the people around you and the situations your in?
I bet everyone has, Its just that we don voice our reasons for doing so. Maybe for fear of something or other...or maybe we're just too lazy to open our mouths to say so...okok...i think i'm losing my head...on to more bor liao things... ;P

I am getting used to life at SIM. Its nice to know that i am not alone studying at such a far place. There are alot of SRJCians and PL lites studying there...i kinda get pissed at the fact that i travel half way across Singapore just to meet people i've already known for the past 2 to 10 years...well....bor bian lah~ Call it God's will i guess..but i've made it a point to make friends where ever i go... i have a vision that one day i will walk into a lecture and know everyone there... one day man! One day! Haha...

Getting back to studying after a break of more than 7 months is kinda hard coz my mind is still in the mood of 'whole day do nothing but slack'. It is a jolt to know that life is going to get harder by the units that i will be studying and sitting for at the exams in the new year ahead...
I see my J2 friends cramming for their up and coming Prelims lus teh dreaded A's. I see them with their heads in text books and fingers acheing from practising their maths, econs, geog, phy, etc. I find myself trying to rememebr what i was doing at the same time last year. I sometimes wish i had a second chance to o my A's better but then again i feel that i was given that one and only time, so now i must make the best of what i am given. Sound familiar?

I recently read and reread a particualr book entitled: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marllier. I am not sure if i spelled her name correctly. Anyway the story is an in depth take on The Wild Swans. I remember loving that tale when i was young because i was memorised by the idea of swans being able to carry their sister across the ocean... had not learned of physics at that time...
The novel boosts elements of adventure, magic, politics, fantasy and most importantly (for me anyway...) love. I admit that i am a sucker for sweet love stories.
It does not seem for a long time that the main character will be able to have her 'happy ending', but somehow she does. Then again, the novel does reflect the fact that life is not fair and so there are deaths in the story. Both the bad and good die in various types of ways. I bawled my out eyes on more than one occasion.
The novel is part of a trilogy where Daughter of the Forest is the first book. I have had the opportunity to read the whole series. The subsiquent tales tell of the lifes of the main character's children and grand children.
Every story is told from a first person perspective. On every occasion, the main character is a girl and she has to go through many trials before she is able to have a level of victory over her problems which are complex and be united with her other half.
I personally prefer the first book to the rest of the stories. Why? Because i am me that why. :p

So much for writing a book review... time to get get bach to reality...
Cheers!

What's the colour of the colour of the human spirit?

If weird things happen everyday does it mean that after a while they aren't weird anymore?

Cheryl, my school mate from SIM and SRJC, invited me to her church today for a 'Traffic-light Party'. At first i was supposed to attend the event with Hui Ru but she had to pull out at the last minute. Resultantly i was left to my own devices when i arrived early because Cherly had to do admin stuff. I had no idea that she was one of the planners! But they did a good job. They started out dead, then as everyone warmed up, things got more fun. There was free food and the table games were interesting if not extremely lame. One could literally see crows flying all over the place! Haha~
From this experience i have learned that small communities have the luxury of being impromto, but larger ones have to follow more protocall...yikes1 i just learned that in IMB! -.-;
I have also been reminded that i am getting older by the day and in less than half a year, i will be 20!!!!!! i was reminded so because of the people i met today at the party. They were all younger than i! The only individuals older than me were the organizers~ =.=; Shesh... so how?

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you have tried.

I just watched the opening of the Olympics on Ch5. It was spectacular and over all full of feelings. Somewhere in the back of my mind i was wondering what China will be doing while watching the games on their cable television. I bet that they are going to make the 2008 games the best ever. I foresee much lion dancers, drum beating, ribbons and plenty of fireworks...afterall, the Chinese are the ones who invented fireworks are they not?
I can't wait to catch the swimming, gymnastics, shooting, athletics, etc....haha....i love em' all....especially the diving ones! Its total poetry in motion! The games are an all round celebration of the human spirit and the extent to which the body can be pushed to.
Sadly the live stuff is all at night and i hve to get my beauty sleep! WAH~ oh well...that's what repeats are for i guess....

Cheersy weirsy~

Remember ... hope is a good thing...

We can live to die, or die to live. There is always a choice.

I have had a rather interesting week. National Day 39 and et all. It irritates me that my lecture group for Intro to Biz and Management will be behind teh rest of the students taking the same subject due to that holiday we all had on monday. Oh well...what to do~ Maybe if we're lucky, Mr Nageb will do an extra lecture with us so that we will not be behind time.

Having a new computer is a life changing experience. As i have mentioned before, my previous pc belonged in the 19th century...as such, i find the speed of the new computer very 'un-natural'...i guess i will have to get used to it....muah hahaha....

Singapore Idol is a force to be reckon with.
It shows that societies all over the world have people that belong in the same catagories. Namely the good, the bad and the really can not make it be refuse to accept reality. Its the people in the first and last groups that make the show worth watching. We all get a kick out of watching dreamers go on infront of the camera and make total bambinos of themselves. Those of us who know them personally might end up having to sever ties with them or resort to wearing a paperbag on our heads when we go out with them. The fact that Singapore is sooooo bloody small makes all things worse ... i have a feeling that those who are very sensitive might end up becoming hermits. Don't get me wrong, the whole idea of taping on Singapore's only natural resourse for entertainment is a good idea, but once again, Singapore being soooooooo bloody small, i have a sinking feeling that the future idol to be crowned will probably not be a resident of our island nation.

I've fallen in love with "Vindicated'!
I just donno why that darn song keeps going through my head...its like a 'not so lost cause' it kindaa reminds me that there's still hope...haha...donno lah~ Actually while i was in Perth, i got hooked onto Jet and Black Eyed Peas...alamak~

I just watched a programme on the Olympics. What makes it totally awesome this time round is that i have visited Athens! I visited Turkey and Greece when i was in Primary 5 with my elder Aunt and her friends. I had a very good time. Sadly the peaceful environment i experienced in Turkey has been disruted by the natural and man-made disasters of late. I would love to go back and visit though...
Anyway! Back to Athens! Have u seen that comercial where there are lots of kids running with flags of all nations...they are taken running toward the cameras in a particular stadium. Weelllll, i've been in that very stadium. Honestly, it ain't all that big at all. Haha, but its the history of the lace that's breath taking. There are statues of greekmen in sports positions all over the city and they are kept in very good condition. Yes, they are all sculptures of naked men. :P Very well toned naked men i might add. :p
Anyway, i went all over the city and i have proof in my photos that i have even been to the Greek temples. The ruins i was blessed to view have that all that history behind them and you have no choice but to stare in awe of the long way man has come to reach this day. The Olympics 2004 is the biggest sporting event so far, yet to be eclipsed by the Beijing games in 2008..but whatever it is, i am proud to have been able to touch the place which many Singaporeans will be watching on MediaCorp for the next 14 days.
Overall, i feel that the games are a symbol of peace, unity, strength, commitment, pride and most of all hope. Remember... Hope is a good thing. :)

Cheers!
Sharon ^-^

Back to the fast lane of Singapore...

Weellllll....i'm back! haha...Technically speaking i came back on the 24th of July but i had lots of stuff to accomplish offline...like starting school at SIM and getting used to the bloody weather... the fact that my computer was not working also played a very big factor in my inability to do any updating to my blog...so there! I can't be blamed for everything... :P

OK, now i have to make a choice of what to write down first :
My life since my return or My diary of Perth...hmm....lets flip a coin shall we?
HEADS - the lastest stuff in my life
TAILS - the dairy.
* Attempts to flip huge 50c coin*
* Coin gets thrown out the out the window*
*A flock of crows fly by...*

I would try again but i'm kinda running short of cash at the moment, so i think i'll run though the week i started school...erm...as far as i can remember lah~

I started my classes at S.I.M on monday (02/08/2004) and the first lecture was Introduction to Business and Management, the guy teaching the class is kinda funny but the whole point of the class is to get students to be aware of their environment and be ready for the business world where ups can become downs and lows and get even lower...Any-o-how, i took a grand total of two hours to get to the campus that day and i honestly do not want to have a repeat performance of that time that i wasted in the bus. Two hours to school and two hours back to my home and shower is not time i would liek to spend in a non-aircon bus in the middle of the day. No sireeee. I would rather be sleeping at home, wouldn't we all...but i guess with trial and error i will be able to cut down my travelling time and find the best route that fits my needs :) i have faith that time will tell.

Tid bits of Sharon and Swearing :
There was a period of time in JC when i would cuss at the drop of a text book. The colourful dialects and combination of abomininations that came out my mouth made even my Ah beng classmate cringe. I'm serious. Then one day i decieded that a dirty mouth was not going to get me anywhere, so i made a concious choice to cut down on my foul language. I would count the number of times i swore in the course of one day and try to cut down everyday. It was tough at first, as it is when one tries to get rid of a habbit, one day i found that i no longer felt the need to count my f***s and @$$%% and what-have-yous-or-your-family-members. That is one of my accievements which i am kinda proud of.
I honestly think that swearing is not becoming of myself and it would show that i have a limited vocab, but sadly there are times when the only word that can express my emotions is that of a vulgarity. When i do let my mouth go swearing, i let it go on over drive and when its foul, its foul. When the flood gates open, everyone close to me will feel the force of my swearing and that includes my up-tight and anti-cussing father. What to do? i can get very full of feeling wad~

Having given that history of me and strong language, i confess that monday was the day i broke my record of not swearing for the second time in two years. The cause of my explosion was a particular individual. Since i don't want to drag up the past or flame anyone at this poitn of time, i will just limit myself to say that God is sending me a very confusing message and is remind me that i am not as strong i think myself to be. I believe that His overall message is that i have to cling to Him for strength. i guess i'll just have to do that won't i. :)

Tuesday to thurday i did not have to attend any lessons as none were reflected on my schedule. i spent tuesday reading my IBM notes, preparing for my lectures on friday and trying to pack up my shelves. Note that i put 'trying', i din really succeed, they are much cleaner but not as empty as i hoped they could be. -.-; Wednesday, i went for my first Tae Kwan Doe class at the PLCC.
i've always wanted to take u some form of marshal art but my family has always been against me doing all those rough stuff. Weirdly enough, when i asked my Dad if i could take up TKD as a CCA in SIM, he agreed. So did everyone else in teh family except my mum, her stand was that of anti-roughness. Oh well~ Majority won anyway. To my first TKD class i went and boy were the butterflies in my system working over time. Thankfully, i did not break any bones on my debut. i even to got make new friends. ^-^
Thursday, with my aching legs, i went to get a haircut. Its kinda different now, Asked my hair dresser to change my hair style but so far, not many people have noticed that my hair is different.*sigh* The result of staying at home too much i guess :p
Friday i had to get up real early to take the bus to SIM, mainly because i had never gone to the camus at that hour before. My first morning lecture mah~ Sociology is cool but the down side is that the subject takes God out of the equation. Economics followed lunch. I was reminded why i do not exactly appreciate carbonara. Too much cream, adding cheese is a very big mistake. The result is a very bloated stomache and feeling uncomfortable for the rest of the day. Yuckz~ I met up with Sheena in school and we had a good time comparing Mr Ting to the Econs teachers in SRJC. Mr Ting mentioned that whatever we learned in JC will not be of any use to us in the UOL exam. *CRAP!!!!!!* In summary, the lecture was not bad and i relearned all that i had forgotten from JC, which was not very much considering the type of teachers the school had. *bleh* :P
The highlight of my day was having dinner with Ivan. i don get to go out much and my dad almost wrecked the evening, but i still managed to have a good time. Thanks Ivan :) * Muak*

Saturday, my first mathematics lecture. Can lah~ not too bad. Only thing is i was bloody tired the whole day ah! Kept yawning during the first part of the lecture. Too much exercise the night before. ;)

Sunday - The usual lor~

Happy Birthday Singapore!

Tiger beer cheers!