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Bossa Nova Soothes The Soul
9:12 AM 20080218
It's 1.30am in the morning and am listening to my old Bossa Nova songs (which I was a fan of b4 making the switch to pop after listening to 91.3). And my opinion of Bossa Nova, just one: Soothing.
It's been a hectic start to February, the whole of last week filled with outings culminating into the "biggest" which was St. Valentine's Day Massacre at Bee-One Club at The Marriott Hotel.
I won't divulge much on the "biggest" event of the week other than that I was ps by my guys.. zzz, thx dudes... Didn't happen on the "other side" though... Once again, thx dudes...
Being a Monday I had to get out, organized some employment stuff of ours (ours being the usual 4 of us, ws,gladys,wyn,me). Took up the offer at Sim Lim. And went on a walking spree... Walked from Paradiz to Sim Lim then walked back to The Cathay to watch Jumper.. Nice action flick with gay plot.. Seriously seriously gay plot la.. But the damn nice action sequences will drown you and make you forget of the damn gay plot..
After that my boredom nature got a hold of me so I had to drag the other 2 (ws,wyn) up to fort canning just to explore.
Fun 7-8km "trek" across. Took a few pics and I found out that a trip to the battlebox costs $8.. knn..
The Fort Canning Centre.. Damn Old Bldg, we thought we stumbled or "Jumped" into somewhere else..
The headstone marking the Brits tt passed away here.. Most date back to Mid-1800s. And the 3 of us foolishly walked all the way up to learn that the path is a DEAD-END.. darn
9-Pounder Cannon spotted near the peak of Fort Canning. Used to defend S'pore against the japs sea invasion.. hehe.. Judging from the state of the gun, it's most likely an OVER-PAINTED replica.. Paint on it was so thick that the cannon is "de-magnetized"
This is straight away going to be submitted to sillysigns.blogspot.com ..
View of clarke quay taken just b4 sunset. We 3 sat there till no more sun liao.. LoLz
Haiz...
It's now 2am and am still listening to Bossa Nova songs (coz it's on loop), in 2 mths time, it's been a year since this heart of mine bled, and it bleeds still.. But I shan't forget the words my buddy told me last sat: Better to have a good friend then to have lost a lover.
Thanks dude, I won't forget those words..
Bossa Nova to me is music about the most painful kind of love, the love of a stable boy for the princess, the love of the regular joe for the supermodel, the unreachable love,
And that's why Bossa Nova Soothes The Soul.
Trying..
9:32 AM 20080211
Rmb I said I took out a job offer from my fren last week? Turns out it's an MLM job, from a notorious MLM called DW Group. Am really having doubts rite now on the job, can't help but feel for my fren who's working there.. Life's not really a bed of roses. More like a bed of thorns.
It's 1am plus, can't sleep, i think ws's insomnia has passed to me.. zzz I'm juz a regular joe trying to make ends meet, need $$$ like anyone else, trying not to waste time whilst waiting for results. People say: Once Bitten, Twice Shy. From 1st hand experience, I've met ppl who claim to be your best friends, ur "brudder", and they can still turn on you, backstab you, etc. I keep wondering, if that "best friend" can do that, what about a total stranger.. Right now, all I'm thinking is of making some hard cash before I enlist, with the ulterior motive of helping my ma and pa since after sis has moved out, there's fewer support for them.. Seems to me that I'm incurring more debts than revenue.. I feel like f***ed man..
Damn..
I tried.. But I guess, I'll try harder..
Trekking across sg's malls
1:54 AM 20080204
Went out with alwyn, gladys and ws today to find work after 1 week hiatus >.< Since I spent most nights awake (esp. during weekends), I only came to at 10am the next day, wondering what time I had to meet them (which is kinda bad for me coz it was my idea in the first place, D'oh!)
Feels kinda weird that my sis had already moved out, the house feels kinda empty even though only 1 member had moved out. (Began with a total of 9, now down to 5)
Quickly went to the mama shop to get a copy of the paper before noon and tmk, there's not that many part-time jobs available. Was abit late when I met the rest of them and we headed to food court to see what job we could take.
Fortunately, I rmb tt Yat has some opening at his company 'coz they expanding; with that being the best opportunity (other than flower arrangement for V-day), I took up his offer and we headed to the office at Kelantan Lane..
Little did I know tt e company is called: DW Company.. DW sia.. Lol, the s2 guys are soooo gonna ROFL when they see the name..
Insider jokes aside, I learnt that they are a biomedical-biomagnet company. Tmk, it's something of a bohemian idea of using magnets to prevent stress related symptoms.. Basically it's a damn good working environment (where I can still work during NS), friendly boss and staff. Just hoping that the other 3 will get it too.
Our impromptu interview ended at around 6 plus and being the hungry, starving ppl that we are, we made our way back to Bugis. Ended up eating western food at The Banquet in Raffles Hospital.
With our bellies full and time on our hands, what else, go walk walk singapore la.. (or just parts of it)
Walked from Bugis to Esplanade; Whilst detouring at Suntec's Carefour to play Vista Chess and detouring again at Millenia Walk.
Finally reached The Esplanade at 10 plus, went up to the roof terrace and took pix of the nightscape.
I realised that it's been 2 long years since I've been up there and seriously, alot of things have changed.. The open-air stage is gone, being extended (presumably) into a larger one. The Marina Bay side is full of floodlights as construction workers struggle to keep in demands of building the new IR.
As I looked out towards the almost stunning scenery, I can't help but reminisce about the days with my OG, with my CG, with my SAS buds.. Where are you guys now? For one thing is certain, I missed you guys and your company.. All I have left are pictures and good memories. May They Last
Pic of Millenia Walk's ceiling, hopefully glady's cam turned out to be a better shot than this
Pic of CBD area
Panoramic view of the Nightscape
City Nightscape as it was 2 years ago, nth much changed
At least I'll have program tmr: prepare for V-day Massacre at The Mariott
10:26 PM 20080203
Yesterday was my sis' wedding ceremony held at potong pasir CC. Prep for the event was hell due to clash of venue all thanks to the "excellent" service provided by the ptp town council.. (who btw has yet to rid of the 3 dozens or so rats which have plagued this estate ever since the elections)
Thanks to ys, tongliang and tl for coming! Those of you who missed it nvm la, at most is you've missed the great food.. LoL
Some pix of the wedding (not much though..)
In purple is my bro-in-law, Izhar. Being presented silat.
The kompang drummers, damn good percussionists
The flowers I bought for my sis.. Thx xing yi for the arrangment!
Panoramic View of the hall BEFORE the ceremony.. 4got to take one DURING the ceremony.. D'oh!
Hmm.. Now must wait for the upload of the pics from all the cams yesterday.. zzz..