♥ walk, don't run

no surprises

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 @ 6:53 PM

i guess i now have the luxury of doing this without the guilt trip. i just met someone that was incredibly attractive. not in a typical good-looking way, but in a quiet, interesting sort of way. now, that we don't know each other at all, it's the best time to think about what kind of kisser, nibbler, lover and partner he would be. as my friend, s, would say, i would really like to jump him now. mmm.

blackout

@ 2:10 PM

i've been living the past two weeks in a blur. i can't work and i can't sleep. i eat too much. i don't go for my yoga classes. i'm just so tired everyday. i watch too many movies and i have permanent eye bags. i can't wait to climb rinjani in july because trekking is just one of those things that make me happy in life. i have enough money to last me 3 years without working a regular job. i think i should run and fly away. people run away all the time right. i feel tired.

i heart money! guess who else does?

Monday, March 30, 2009 @ 11:14 AM

so some pastor gets paid 1/2 a million dollars a year. big deal right? it would be quite acceptable if he was a banker, a shipping tycoon, a property agent, a businessman, a hollywood actor. so really, what's the big deal? he's just a really good salesman and he ought to be rewarded for all his hard work. shouldn't he? i mean, he's only human and i've always said that whoever ever says that money is not important is a fucking liar. that's why prosperity theology is so popular these days.

religion is not free you know. it's one the most expensive country clubs in town. it literally screams "need some space in heaven? buy your salvation!" and of course the classic george carlin, "but he loves you... and he wants your money!" apart from the 10%, you drop a couple of fifties in the bag every week. don't forget the special limited edition cds, books, dvds, pencil sharpeners, magazines, and all that stuff you will need to save your soul and fill your life with meaning. it's an amzing franchise that i should get my hands on. doesn't money makes us super happy? so don't crucify the poor pastor. don't hang him out like that on the front news. we all know he just loves money as much as the rest of us. =)

No one forgets the truth Frank, they just get better at lying.

Saturday, March 28, 2009 @ 4:10 PM

revolutionary road (9/10) - two main things: (1) how the fuck did slumdog millionaire win? to me, rr is one of the if not the best film i've seen in 2008 and it didn't even get nominated. grrr. (2) if this was married life, then i'm glad we broke up. it was quite likely, knowing both our characters that it would descend into some sort of "hopeless emptiness". when i first saw the trailer, i immediately knew that my life would be that if i got married. i thought i could settle but i guess i could not, not for him anyway, and i hope, i'm different and special.

kate winslet plays april (her acting here is stronger than the reader, should have been nominated for this one) and leonardo di caprio plays frank (leo is so awesome and honestly, i think this is his best show. somehow he just came off as very believable, and real. how come he didn't get nominated??!! i hate the oscars...), a couple living in surburbia america in the 1950s. mendes is the right director and eventhough it smells so much like american beauty, i like rr so much more. why aren't they releasing it earlier! i hate the distributors, i had to get the pirated copy but be sure, i'll buy the bluray. cinematography and direction are very good. MUST-watch!

"Look at us. We're just like everyone else. We've bought into the same, ridiculous delusion."

tetched

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 @ 6:11 PM

my hormones are whacked and my eyeliner is smudged but i feel damn happy. i was angry and damn selfish today, but it's worth it. i feel good. sometimes, one needs to be really really selfish. damn you!

of course, i would love to be adult, rational and generous about these things. but today is just not one of those days.

god is john lennon

Sunday, March 22, 2009 @ 8:18 PM

one of the nice things about having your own place is blasting music. i remember going to a tuition teacher's house in laguna park. she had the most beautiful apartment with a sea view and antique furniture. she blasted classical music all day, all throughout our lessons. and i've always wanted a house like that since then. anyway, i'm working through my ex's john lennon collection now. here's my current anthem of choice...

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Working Class Hero - John Lennon

As soon as your born they make you feel small
by giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religon, sex and T.V.
and you think you're so clever and classless and free
but you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be

There's room at the top I'm telling you still
but first you must learn how to smile as you kill
if you want to be like the folks on the hill
Working Class Hero is something to be

Yes, A Working Class Hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
If you want to be a hero well just follow me

once upon a time

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 @ 9:03 PM

H for Hong Kong ::: 13-17 Mar 2009

@ 2:31 PM

Mak's Noodles on Wellington Street. Must-try beef brisket noodles and dumpling soup.

Protest outside Citibank. Angry people want their money back!

OMG it's Margaret Atwood. I'm so star struck. Plust she's the loveliest, sweetest thing. And so funny too. I'm truly inspired. Haha.

Math students at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Luk Yee Tea House on Stanley Street.

Skip the lotus wrapped rice and go straight for the char siew paos!

Breakfast at Lan Fong Yuen at Gage Street. Macaroni and ham with sausages and eggs. Super yumms. Opposite this place is a roasted meat restaurant which is damn good also. Anthony Bourdain apparently recommended it as well. You get the most succulent char siew and roasted pigeon.

Bohliao tourist picture at The Peak. This is my third trip to HK and my third trip to The Peak. Meh.

Exhibition by the Society for Community Organisation, highlighting the homeless and the poorest in HK. These people live in partitioned cage homes. All they have is a space of 15-24 sq ft. Behind HK's tall buildings and glittery facades, the poor and impoverished lead another life. Tons of galleries and exhibitions along Wyndham and Hollywood Road.

We went to one of those designer sales and I picked up my first ever Diane von Furstenberg. I know... she's more famous for her wrap dresses but I couldn't find one or was just too lazy to try them. So, anyway, I love this jacket! Now, I need white trousers, huge ass sunglasses and a holiday to the Carribean.

middlemarch

Saturday, March 07, 2009 @ 3:59 PM

i love these afternoon thunderstorms. i sit in my dark home and listen to mendelssohn's piano trios, seeping through the fearless rain. thunder rolls and at times, a flash and crack of lightning, setting off the car alarms in the carpark, a chorus of peew-peew-peews and other tacky combinations. mendelssohn competes with the rain and thunder, one a furious infusion of musical expression and the other, a force majeure upon our saturday afternoon heartlands.

secret passions of a copper-haired girl

Thursday, March 05, 2009 @ 9:23 PM

thanks to my now ex-fiance, how i detest that term - i'll stick to ex-bf, since i always thought that the engagement process was silly, you're either married or not. anyhow, yes thanks to the ex-bf, i've become sort of a food whore. i can't say i'm exactly a gourmet since i have a terribly numb palate and all sorts of subtle tastes escape me by. but still, i'm slowly becoming some sort of experimental, open to food type of person.

i even bought the miele guide, a guide to asia's finest restaurants, in anticipation of my upcoming trips to cambodia and hong kong. oh yes, and thanks to the ex becoming an ex, i've become sort of a travel whore as well. 3 trips this year and it's only march! if i was really getting married, i would be slavishly starving, slimming, scrubbing and scrimping for the wedding.

and wow, hong kong now has 22 michelin star restaurants! ooh la la. i had my first taste of michelin in goteborg, sweden last year, where i ate at the the basement restaurant. goteborg itself has 5 michelin star restaurants, so i'm definitely looking forward to them, if i go back this year.

so i'm planning at least two meals at michelin star restaurants in hong kong. yung kee is at the top of my list now. it's got an affordable tasting menu at around $65 and how can one resist the best roasted goose in hong kong??!! haha. it's got one michelin star and it's ranked eighth in the miele guide. can't wait!

rourke should have won | rourke is jesus!

Wednesday, March 04, 2009 @ 1:04 PM

the wrestler (8.5/10) - i must admit i wasn't looking forward to the show. another friend called it predictable. but in the hands of a good director, a simple story gets told in the most touching and realistic manner. aronofsky (requiem for a dream) takes a simple story and turns it into powerful storytelling. mickey rourke is so awesome; he's not acting at all, he's simply randy, the ram. i'm now terribly irritated that rourke didn't win the oscar. damn it... and there was an interesting insight into the wrestling world. you come out of the movie actually respecting these guys and their jobs. they're basically regular people trying to make a living. great ending - it ended where it should have. we don't know what happens next but we all know that death is a less cruel fate for some. as someone on imdb said, "the last shot will leave you speechless". a MUST-WATCH.

happiness is cheap

Tuesday, March 03, 2009 @ 5:53 PM

i heart h&m. here's my personalised spring favourites. i'm so bimbotic and i don't care. and i'm still angsty so fuck you, fuck you and fuck you!