I'm so... in love!

Good Vibrations 2007 @ Fort Canning Park

Good Vibrations happened on the second day of Chinese New Year. All of us looked forward to the event, in a rather relaxed mood, knowing that we won't have to go back to work the day after the event. The weather didn't hold up in the earlier part of the event. Sweetie and I got there just in time to watch 'I am David Sparkle'. We watched their set, under an umbrella, in the drizzle. We headed to the merchandise store.

We caught Cutcopy's set after dinner. They weren't brilliant during their set at the event but with better sounds from the audio systems, they might have sounded better. Their songs got alittle too predictable after a while and there weren't much stage presence.

Jurassic 5. The guys I have longed to watch. When I heard Beastie Boys and Jurassic 5 are playing at this event, I almost fainted. I listened to their stuff two years back and I digged what I heard. Due to the faulty audio systems, Jurassic 5 took an hour to appear on stage and their set was cut short. Jurassic 5 has earned themselves to be an awesome and incredible live act. The faulty sound systems obviously didn't do them any justice. Within that short set of theirs, they did manage to do some songs from their latest album, Feedback.

Beastie Boys was up next after Jurassic 5. It was midnight when they came on stage. Their set would definitely be one of the most memorable set I watched in 2007. The Beastie Boys, known for performing in matching suits, awed the crowd with their energy, stage antics and their selection of songs, with songs even from their early year's Ill Communication album, showing us the punk band origin. They greeted the crowd with 'Intergalactic' in their enchored set. I remember the music video of 'Intergalactic' in which a giant robot goes into battle with a giant squid. Heh. The crowd went mad with their last song, 'Sabotage'. I moshed with the crowd, not feeling any pain at all, when I had people hitting me in the head when they jumped and people stepping on my toes when they landed on the ground. All in the name of good music. I left the event with 'Brass Monkey' stuck in my head. ... "Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey... Brass Monkey, junkie... That funky Monkey..."

FLEA.FLY.FLO.FUN @ Home Club

Spent the Saturday evening at Home Club @ the flea market event, chilling out at Saiful's store. Was supposed to bring my stuff down to sell as well but in the end, I didn't cos I had to run some errands so it was rather inconvenient for me to bring my bags of stuff around. We were just chilling out, watching the limited number of people walking in and out the club so in the end, we ended up playing charades and entertaining ourselves. I must say it was an awesome place to chill with good friends and just people-watch.

I LOVE my Canon 400D

I got a DSLR camera for my birthday this year. He bought me a Lomo Action Sampler camera for my birthday 2 years ago. Then he bought me a Nikon digital PNS S1 camera for my birthday last year. This year, for my birthday, he bought me a Canon DSLR 400D camera! I love it. In his own words, "this thing is endless hours of fun". The present came alittle early this year because we will be away in The States (LA and Texas) for 2 weeks in the month of March. We will be back for 2 weeks before we head to New York. I am really excited thinking about the lovely pictures of the sights I am gonna see when I get to those places. And of course, the amount of things I can learn from the camera gurus, Song and Fandy. I can't wait. I can't wait..

my 2 adorable nephews

I am a proud auntie of two adorable nephews (Ryan and Royce) whom I love to bits. Ryan is turning 8 and Royce will be 1 this coming March. Ryan wants a skateboard. In one of his school assignment on wishes and dreams, he wrote, "I wish to be a skateboarder." When he was 3, he wished to be a bus driver. When he was 5, he wished to be a professional racer. And now turning 8, he wants to be a skateboarder. I thought to myself, that's perfect! Get him a skateboard and I have someone to go longboarding with. =)

I want Mitch Albom's "For One More Day"

The wedding of Wan from Astreal

Attended Wan's (from Astreal) wedding at Tampines two Saturdays ago. I like the decor. dreamy, just like a scene from a fairy-tale. I think the entire local music scene was there. The nasi byrani was yummy. So was the black pepper prawn. So was beef rendang. The food was simply delicious!

stargazing night at The Muse concert (Fort Canning Hill)

The weather was great on that day. It had been raining for weeks, before the concert. Most of us brought along our raincoats, just in case it pours during the concert. Muse rocked a jam-packed audience at Fort Canning Hill. Beautiful stage. Everyone had a great time. Before the band came on stage, the crowd was getting impatient as time ticked away. Everyone was in high spirits. I feel that the band did deliver and bring the crowd to the "high"that most have been awaiting for months since the news broke out that they would be performing in Singapore. However, not for slower songs. The acoustics might have been better if Muse played at the Indoor Stadium instead. Well, that's just how I feel. I did enjoy myself a great deal. As always, in the company of good friends, anywhere will be awesome.

What a day!

I had a bad day. Day at work went from smooth to disastrous, with the thought of the SXSW event at the back of my head. The thing about me is that I can survive every inch of setback as long as I see the end in sight. The wait for the approval of my leave for the event is menacing. Whatever happened today at work makes me feel like being in a cage, without a key.

Some famous person ever said that when one is happy, possibilities are boundless and when one is depressed, all one can do is sit around and be miserable, paralysed by despair. That is so true. Optimism is the most astonishing value I can achieve right now; the crucial “mind over matter”.

We live in a dark and cynical world. The only thing that awaits us at the end of the rainbow is a leprechaun with a pot of shit. No carebears. No pot of gold, that’s for sure. Whatever happened today just reaffirms it.

The red tapes and grey zones are so palpable. People who sits in their office, answering emails, sneaking up at you while you work, hoping to catch you off guard, drafting letters and memos, in their “flowery” and most “politically correct” standard format, proclaiming whatever they do at work, which would probably include changing the empty toilet rolls with fresh ones and replenishing printer papers at the printers. These people make up majority of people who live their lives like normal people, sleeping before midnight and waking up in time for work in the morning. They are too busy in their so-called “purposeful” pursuit of life to participate in any kind of sideshow or any form of “nonsense” that will eventually leave them crazy, sad and empty.

These people reminds me of parents who tell their children that freedom of speech gets you into trouble, learning art and music is a waste of time, watching too much tv instead of doing your ten-year series three times over will make you end up, sweeping the streets. The matter of fact is that we are all meshed up together, all a reflection of one another, as if we were of a pot of stew in which all the ingredients affect the flavour. I watched the air-con repairman came into the office to do his work. I watched the cleaner clear up the trash in the office everyday, at work. I salute these people. Without them, we won’t be as efficient or even have a proper, clean and comfortable environment to work in.

Okay, im digressing as usual. I should learn to get to the chase and talk to the point. This whole Tony Buzan’s mindmapping skill is not doing me any good. Anyway, I had a rough day at work and this will go on till 2010, when I waved my sweetest goodbye. Till the day the curtain drops on all these melodramas. To a place with no “boxes”. To a place where people really mean it when they asked you to “think out of the box” and are able to accept disruption to their daily “normal“ routines. I wonder if I cash in my experience gathered here at work, I will even be able to afford to get myself a copy of “The Straits Times” to look at the Jobs Classified.

pictures of that beautiful night with the beautiful people. Thank you Anne for sending me these pictures!