Saturday, January 22, 2005
Saw another film that truly provokes u to think abt your life and the world out there. Somewhere out there in the heart of Africa, millions of people died and we continued living our normal lives of watching tv, studying, eating without batting an eyelid. To tink that it occured barely ten years ago..Fancy 800 000 slaugthered to death in over 100 days. THat averages to 8000 heads per day, 333.333 per hour, 5.5555 per minute. That's 10% of the population for you.
Strange my heart still aches for those who have died while the so-called world powers stood unmoved and watched on silently. To confess a truth, i was one of those ignorant people in the world who barely knew wat happended then.
Extreme points in the movie really rendered it heart-wrenching...
when the UN colonel commented that the world namely the super-powers viewed the Rwandans as nothing more than dirt, even lesser than a negro.
when you are labelled as a cockroach and wherever you escape, you leave a scent trail that's stench to many.
when heaps of bodies, young and old, female and male, piled and scattered all over the dusty road and the only way to get across is to run the tires over those dead bodies.
when your husband has to request that you and your children jump from the buidling should anything happen so that at least the deaths will have been more merciful.
when you hear some sociologist on the radio busily trying to define the definition of genocide while the killing rages on.
Catch Hotel Rwanda and i truly believe it'll leave you a different person when you walk out of the theatre.
Somehow, whatever nonsense i had to bear in my work seemed a tad lighter and non-to-serious to mention nor r worthy to comment on this blog.
Took a rare walk from sch back hm on thursday evening after clocking in a 12-hr day. In heels.
Big Guy does have a humourous way to brighten up a gal's day. Truly.
Jay's live concert cd's finally out and urs truly is a proud owner of that.
Rediscovered U2's power after buying their best collections album for a mere 9.95 @ Borders.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Weekends always end all too soon.Before i know it, it's sunday and i'll be up early the next day getting redy for sch. sigh.
Had a radically different weekend though. Met up w Darren again for dinner. Very sweet of him to pick me up fr school so i didnt have to rush off w a bag choked w worksheets waiting to be marked. Alfie's one cool movie which i'll highly recommend so if there's nothing to catch right now, Alfie's the one. Jude Law....how can u resist that? so wat are you waiting for? Warning though for those girlie girls, this is a male flick..written from the perspective of a roving male raging w testosterone and sex. Thinking show nonetheless and yes, please make sure u r above 18. Strangely british feel through and through...
Been a long while i get to be treated like a lady. Got driven around, dIdnt have to pay a single cent...I almost wanted to insist on paying. A voice juz came across my mind....strangely sounding like mich which warned me not to. So...i didnt. The quaint cafe's a nice place to sit and chat. Can't rem the name but it's next to Les Amis (the muchmore expensive one) round the corner of Shaw and the two are somehow connected.
Headed to this small cafe selling Turkish food along Arab St. Quite cool. Not usual will you get to see young people and yuppies puffing away on shish all around u. The fragrant smoke sure masked the deadliness of passive smoking. Even my hair didnt smell like the usual malboro whiff. Not that all these will tempt me to smoke shish but i was fascinated all the same. CAn imagine a wide-eyed gal semi-staring at the shish contraption, wondering how that worked. Hard to describe it but the entire equipment's made of metal that could stand like those champagne coolers and comes attached with a rubber tubing and a sucker-like object. Sincerely hope these suckers are clean..imagine the number of people who could have puffed and sucked it b4 you.
Wide-awake after the potent turkish coffee so headed home to grab the guitar and off to changi beach. Cant rem when was the last time i was there but it realli looked gorgeous. Perhaps even better than east coast. Sea breezes were strong and conversation's good. Finally crashed at 5plus in the morn and woke up to shower for lunch date with shirley in town.
Good meeting. No awkwardness though its been a while since our last meal together. Got a treat for my bday @ nydc. Hav to return the kindness so we headed to olio for coffee on my count. Service awaited and seriously dozed off a couple of times in between calls to dream big for God. well, i rather like to tink i m taking it literally and putting dreaming into action. Faith without works is dead yeah?=) haha.
Grateful to jeremy for passing me his usb plug so no more straining to plug in my thumb. Shall bless him w amos cookies next week.
Rushed off straight after service for dinner w leanna and gang. Dharma's kebabs were still awesome. Always...i repeat, always...order the beef tenderloins. You can never go wrong with those. This time, my treat. Think dicky's bday coming soon..and he mentioned seafood. Hmm..
Got flip flops from the gang..comfy balck and sparkly...maybe i'll sew some beads on..lol...still cant bear to chuck away the old pair.
Realised i m be kicked out of AA soon enuff. Had a mug of kilkenny and was rather dozy after that. Had a hand at pool but couldnt last beyond 11pm.
So here i m, bright and early and chirpy. Managed to burn all the em3 resources in a disc..praying and hoping that all errors were corrected. Shall turn to my think pile of worksheets soon.
Hope Big Guy knows what He's doing. It's been real stressful handling high-C jobs. That explains the shopping sprees and low spirits now and then. trying to stay on up...and stick post-it reminders all over my cubicle. In other aspects, am praying my heart's covered. Be safe, not sorry. haha..somehw this tagline came to mind.
what was it for?
oops...
AIDS?
Oh well..dun matter.
Monday, January 10, 2005
Can't believe i'll spend my birthday in karaoke. *Gulp*ThanK God Darren was around to share in the horror of being amist the cheena songs. Thank God again that He brought dis dear fren back to my life again. Didnt know we could chat fr 2 till 5 over lunch till we were late for service. Rare indeed to have someone who knows Del Amtri! Got that buzz after engaging in a music guru exchange.
Dav juz called a day late to wish me happy bday. Sets me thinking abt how frens r suppose to stick by u despite the decisions that they make. Wonder if i will make the same decision should it have happened to me. Was quite confident when i spoke to him juz nw on the phone but on careful thought, i m realli not sure.
Geez..now i m stuck in this contemplative melancholic mood.
Strange Ps Khong shared abt the book i m currently reading : The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. He gave the story away. Now i have to pretend i dun know anything and read on anyway. Still tinking abt the supposed dream He has set for me.
Anyway, the pressies dis year are real interesting.Got a T-back fr cell...lacy one too..hmm. Pouches were fr cyn and si de...real sweet ones esp the kimono fr de..deb told me it looked expensive and i went to check it out. *Gasp* $48plus..i will seriously consider using it in case it gets dirtied.
Current Playlist: Bread...kenny loggins, stephen bishop..welcome to the cheesy 70-80s!
Sunday, January 09, 2005
Truly Madly Deeply BlessedIt shall be my name dis year. Spent a simple birthday w cyn & gang in the cinema watching The Aviator. Excellent movie. Riveting. Leo's up it dis time round again. =)
Didnt expect so many msgs at the stroke of midnight...i am so loved.
Thank you Lord!
Sunday, January 02, 2005
ThanksgivingI have been very blessed. Truly as I looked back to 2004, I could hardly count them.
Here's a big Thank You to my blessings, namely Big Guy, chums & buds...
It's because of all of you that I am here, happy and healthy. =)
Thanks for the hours, minutes, seconds listening to my grouses, nonsensical babble, irrational professions of love to Jay...bad ktv style sining of his songs too.
Sorry abt that department...sad to disappoint u but he's staying..yeah!
See, the way u all tahan me...i feel so loved!
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