HELLO LIZZIE LIZARD

say hi to Elizabeth Chia Yu-en! a new addition to my family on 26 Jan 2007 at 855am (sg time).

she's so loved by all of us. (:

Littlest Things - Lily Allen

Sometimes I find myself sittin' back and reminiscing
Especially when I have to watch other people kissin'
And I remember when you started callin' me your miss's
All the play fightin', all the flirtatious disses
I'd tell you sad stories about my childhood
I dont why I trusted you but I knew that I could
We'd spend the whole weekend lying in our own dirt
I was just so happy in your boxers and your t-shirt

[Chorus]
Dreams, Dreams
Of when we had just started things
Dreams of you and me
It seems, It seems
That I can't shake those memories
I wonder if you have the same dreams too.

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame but its so true
I know its not right, but it seems unfair
That the things are reminding me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if for only one weekend
So come on, Tell me
Is this the end?

Drinkin' tea in bed
Watching DVD's
When I discovered all your dirty grotty magazines
You take me out shopping and all we'd buy is trainers
As if we ever needed anything to entertain us
the first time that you introduced me to your friends
and you could tell I was nervous, so you held my hand
when I was feeling down, you made that face you do
no one in the world that could replace you

[Chorus]
Dreams, Dreams
Of when we had just started things
Dreams of me and you
It seems, It seems
That I can't shake those memories
I wonder if you feel the same way too

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame but its so true
I know its not right, but it seems unfair
That the things remind me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if for only one weekend
So come on, Tell me
Is this the end?

Prague trip

Prague is such a beautiful city. wish we had a day or two more to explore the place. i'll definitely go back there if i get a chance to. =D

i'll update more when i get hold of the pictures we took during the trip.

it's almost 4am now. i should get back to bed.



And just because you just don't feel like coming home
Don't mean that you'll never arrive.

feel like home

Feel like Home - Fort Minor

These days are dark and the nights are cold
People acting like they lost their soul
And everywhere I go I see another person like me
Trying to make it all feel like home

[Mike:]
Standing on the bridge in teh dark and I'm seeing my breath
Trying to make it home without freezing to death
And my grandfather's face is
stuck in my mind mind and how
Seeing him tonight's gonna be the last time I should've brought a jacket
Blowing in my hands like it's really gonna stop the chill
I buy a cup of coffee with a five dollar bill
thinking
Laying in that box people look so still
At times like these you start thinking
Your first breath in and the clock starts ticking
I'm not trying to bum anyone out
Not trying to be dramatic
just thinking out loud
I'm just trying to make some sense in my mind
Some defense from the cold that I'm feeling outside and for a minute
Escape with some rhythm and rhyme and
Get away from the grey
Just a bit at a time

[Ryu:]
Kinda funny how this world can treat you
Like a freak in a sideshow
a carnival creature
Climbing outta cans
I'm a diamond in the sand
But you cant tell the difference on a beach full of rhinestones
My life's like trying to swallow a pinecone
It's tough when you live fast
just to die slow
Talk to dial tones
my dreams are far-fetched
It seems
so I sleep underneath this park bench
I know it don't make sense
And I don't expect you to know what it's like
Smoke
drink
piss
sniffing everything in my sight
Push rocks in a pipe
Liftoff
I keep puffin 'til my lips turn white
And my chest gets tight
But who the fuck really cares
when you're
So far left behind that even death looks right
All I can do is hope for teh best and pray
That it gets a little better than yesterday

[Tak:]
Pardon me
I think I'm nect to url
Too many problems going on
that's why i left my girl
Packed my bags and traveled with a pen and a notepad
Pissed that i was broke and all the things that I dont have
But still
I try toi find a way to escape
From all teh hate planted in my head which lead to mistakes
But now I'm breaking the mold
see I was patient and calm
Many sleep in the rain
but I'm awake in the storm
Writing my life in a short film
The Rise and Fall
How I managed to scorch hills
and climb the walls
Pound pavement
aimless in the cold existence
Even thought thangs are changing
I'm going the distance
Overcoming the doubt that had controlled for so long
And put it all behind me
'cause life still goes on
Now I'm much stronger and know where I stand
While lost souls search over and over again

[Mike:]
These days are dark and the nights are cold
People acting like they lost their soul
And everybody's trying not to cry
trying to get by
And trying not to feel out of control
And if you look hard enough
Sometimes you'll find a place that might just remind you of home
But if it doesn't feel like home
You can do what I do
Just pretend you don't feel so alone

saying things that i cant quite put in words

i rememeber reading somewhere that we spend most of our lives pretending to be someone we can never be. i think there's some truth in it. cos it has something to do with the insecurities that we inevitably carry around, in large or small packages. its not so much about leaving a better impression in others. Rather, it's more like hiding behind a facade. tucking that inner self away, protected from the (intentional or unintentional) judgement of others and the disappointment when it is unraveled.

i guess we can never be as good as we'd like ourselves to be, can we?

quote

I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.
- Voltaire

i must say that i really agree with this little quote of the day i ripped off my sis and bro-in-law's blog. well, i guess it works vice versa too, right?

hurrrr, back to my ethics essay and exercise on plagiarism.

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iPhone

iPhone

iWant.

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suddenly i see

Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall

Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
What you heard
She likes to leave you hanging on her word

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

And she's taller than most
And she's looking at me
I can see her eyes looking from a page in a magazine
Oh she makes me feel like I could be a tower
A big strong tower
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see

Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me

blessed.

i think i'm quite an eccentric person.

sometimes, i just lie on my bed at night imagining how billions of cells in my body functioning as a whole unit, complementing each other in synchrony. like how millions of minute neurons firing electrical signals to each other to inhibit or excite, creating resopnses in my muscles or just a random thought like this. it's amazing how the seemingly "dead" processes, such as diffusion of neurotransmitter down a concentration gradient across the synaptic cleft, come together to make you and i unique individuals. it's simply too beautiful for me to put down in words.
[okay, i think i got all the key words to "Explain how the neurotransimitter reaches the post synaptic membrane from the pre synaptic membrane. 2m" But thats not the point.]

on the other hand, it is fragile too.

when any one of the processes ceases to work properly, no matter how "trival" it seems, the result may be detrimental. if you look at cancer, the underlying principle is simple - the continuous, uncontrolled division of cells. see how it devastates people's lives and baffles the researchers finding a cure. as much as we sometimes don't want to admit, we just can't beat nature. period.

so be thankful that you are alive and kicking. stop lamenting about life.

we take too many things for granted, only to realise it when its too late.

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i feel like

going home
eating my mum's ai xin maggi mee for supper
watching csi/law and order/grey's/24/alias
having my summer holidays NOW
going home
hanging out at home, doing random stuff
catching a movie at cine
walking down orchard road
going home
suntanning
having Singaporean food
being there for the arrival of my baby niece, lizard Lizzie
going home

but i know i can't.

well, not for another 6 months.

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first entry for 2007

i guess it's about time for an update. i never blog enough, as usual.

anyway, though it's laggy, i still wanna shout
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
may it be better than 2006. [it has to, doesn't it?] ((:

i had a wonderful, wonderful christmas dinner with Manhon, Zuthur and Sarah at Sarah's kitchen. i took like tons of pictures of them stuffing the poor turkey with potato, bacon, stuffings (some 3-in-1 sauce from the supermarket) and butter. it was hilarious and very fun. i even took a video of them at work. too bad theres no sound. ):


operation turkey.

my London trip was fantastic too. the post Christmas sale is really fabulous! virtually everything is on 50% sale or more. i'm not gonna shop anymore during anytime of the year except christmas and new year sale. =D right, maybe not.

no worries, i managed to keep to my budget. i'm a real miser at heart. hahah.

well, i have 4 more days before school starts. better have a head start with my ethics essay. cos i'll be going to Prague with a few friends on the 18th.

yay!