a three year history

Doesn't Marcus look absolutely gorgeous with my bag? ;)



This was when I met up with Marcus right after work. Dinner at Rex (for 14bucks, the chicken rice was good) and then slacking at Starbucks singing and listening to music and talking cock. Explains much of the nonsense that you read below. Of which, you shouldn't really read it.



After what seemed like forever, I finally met up with my Unimates. Shaikha has a new name - Bimbo.

A telescope is the same as a satellite what! Cue insane and hysterical laughter. Never knew that it was that awesome to hang out with Bima and HaM (it's a moniker for his real name).



Sometimes I think guys are incapable of taking proper shots of people. BUT BIMA YOU OWN A KICKASS CAMERA! Haha.

The series of shots that followed thereafter, were with the guidance of Bimbo's keywords. In this order - Normal, Cute, Happy and Horny. And the reason why I'm smacking my head in the last because it's gonna be a long time before any action happens. :X









And finally, a group picture before I sped off home.





I so very want to meet up and hang out with you guys again. Bima works at ESPN. HaM, ironically, works at a freight company and the Bimbo is with Google Adwords. And the Cripple (inside joke), the one with a GPA of 3.8, is now working in MDIS. Omg. The horror. Oh yeah, they all used to be from my class, same module and everything for the advanced diploma course. But the degree modules split us all up and well, look where we are again.

A night of bitching about classmates, catching up and reminiscing. Ahh...

please ignore this. we're talking nonsense

Me: a life of celibacy until i get married!!!

Marc: you are fucking kidding me!

So we're two happy full idiots sitting at Cathay sponging off the wireless. Haha! Miss Min is somewhere in town and I'll prolly head out further into town and find her. Marcus is emo because he just took a look at his enormous penis. Erm yes. He told me to type that.

*twiddles thumbs*

MARCUS DON'T EMO!!!

It's all Sarah/Sara's fault. DIE BITCH DIE FOR MAKING HIM EMO!!! Ok. She can't die. I drug her for you ok? Then you and her can be happy together forever.









Ok. That one a bit the psycho.

Marc: For fuck!

Okla. The truth was that I wanted to upload pictures but the connection here is as stable as a confusing stomachache. I have EPIC MOVIE! Ok. Making funny faces with his macbook. I CIAO ALREADY I WILL STOP BLOGGING NONSENSE!

because they rock

I forgot to mention that school nowadays are pretty hight-tech. Almost all the schools I've called have some answering phone service. Which irritates the shit out of me sometime. But other than that they've got damn funny on-hold music. Some sound vageuly reminiscent of Mario Brother tunes or some other Gameboy-esque music.

Amusing la. Really.

I ♥ Jurong Sec because the sports teacher was damn enthusiastic about getting an athlete down to talk to his students! Score! Much kudos and respect to him man. The weekend if generally a bad day to call schools or people. I'm still gonna be stuck here for like 2 hours because of this morning's tardiness. Kinder Bueno and Redbull (Redbull gives me WINGS!) to keep me alive and awake till dinner with Mr Tung later on.

Teck Whye, you equally rock.

It should be about 2 hours till I cabut. Wanna see my work space? Pardon the fact that I look like a complete and utter ass at work.



That, would be my desk. Or rather, my laptop AND my desk.



The filing cabinet. Supposed to sort out press releases but the boss kinda forgot.



What I look like at work. Geeky and completely unglam.



Behind me is where the boss slash editor seats. So I cannot play around or talk much on MSN la when he's there. And why is he not there? Simple, boss has errands to run and people to meet and everything else. Sometimes I get creeped out because I feel as if I'm being watched all the time. :X



Finally, I have my own phone. Which causes me much grief because I don't really like making calls. It explains much why my MSN nick says that I feel very much like a telemarketer.

End of the tour. Back to work. I'm just killing time. Oh much time to kill. Sigh.

so this is what it feels like

I was just about to lapse into one of those moods when Kelly Clarkson woke me up. Of course, Jesse kinda dragged me into the sensation in the first place. But now, I feel so much better. And damn it, please stop messaging me because you're beginning to creep me out. All I can think of is gnarly hands, white hair and a toothless (yet immensely) pervy smile.

*shudder*

Everyone I've called is at a meeting or out or some random shit. I hate making calls. I sat, fixed, for the better part of 2 hours before I wrangled the guts to dial the first school. Subsequently, everythings been the same. So that sucks big time. No class gathering tonight because no one replied she-who-is-perpetually-busy. But maybe she and I will just have a simple quiet dinner and catch up on everything that has happened since we tossed our mortarboards into the air.

I did miss her. A lot.

Last night I talked to someone I least expected talking to. It felt surreal and weird and I'm glad that what's past is past and that we were able to talk normally and like friends. Still gonna try and get her out for a coffee chillout smoke-out session. Because I think if I hung out more, she might be just like Janathema. It's that feeling you know?

Redbull saved me today. Was almost an hour late for work that my boss gently chided me. :X I promise to be early next week. Speaking of which, I need to message the boss and ask him if there's work tomorrow. Because I can't seem to remember. But there's still tea, the wedding and the chocolate date with my Knight in indie armour. Before I leave today, I should take one of the company shirts for Sunday's shoot.

AND THE MAGAZINE USES A D70 WITH A SWEET TELEPHOTO LENS ARGH! Now I just need to train my carpal hands to withstand that weight and strain. Sometimes I think I ramble too much for my own good. But rambling is a good, in a way.

Thank you for last night. It meant a lot. Hope tonight goes well either. Marcus wants to watch a movie but there's nothing that appears remotely appealing save for Epic Movie. But... I kinda promised the Gamerboy that I'd catch that with him.

Think the Redbull effects are wearing off and I'm beginning to feel a tad bit sleepy. So better head out for lunch (must remind myself to stay in till 7, she won't be out that early anyway) and get to work finding gear.

♥ Lin

rolling star

My Brother said that it's not indie having pink hair. I don't want red or mahogany or brown or anything else. I need something remotely daring. I was contemplating blue but you'd have to kill your hair first, before anything else. So much for late night plans but this means that I'll have more cash and I get to sleep, latest, by 1am! Ok, maybe 1:30am.

Have I mentioned that I've been smoking way too much that it hurts to breathe sometimes? I'll need to start reading up on mountain bikes because there'll be a shoot come two weeks. So far, nothing is registering in my brain. Angles darling, angles.

I was duped. There is no part 3. At least, not yet. But still, I watched 2/3rd of it. HAH! Last stick then sweet dreams.

still, i feel the same

It feels good to know, that I wasn't the only one. And I feel so much more lighter. :D Thank you.

Sad thing to note is that SYAFIQAH CLOSED DOWN! My heart is broken. No more egg mayonaise prata. No more late night supper. WHERE DO WE GO NOW?!

Depressed. Because my favourite prata stall is gone. WHY?! Prata means so... much to me. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO! That management was by far the longest. I'm gonna miss the Shain-lookalike. The power mama and the crazy Hitler-esque one. Guess we gotta head down to Fong I-rip-you-of-your-money Seng.

:(

Gonna take a nap. Tomorrow, I'm on a calling spree. Like that of a telemarketer. All the more better. I need to learn how to find new angles to things. I'm too conventional that it's nauseating. :( Oh yes, sister's birthday update. Her fiance bought her a pink psp. I was -_- all the way. It was modded though. Next thing I know today my brother was asking if he could bring mine to a shop and 'safely' downgrade it.

Yeah right. Dream on.

suffocated

Everytime I look at it
It's as if my heart stops beating
The wind, caught in my throat
My heart feels so heavy like lead
And all around me
The world turns from light to dark.

Have got to stop feeling like a ninny. Especially at work. More things to do, though I'm not sure if I can do the whole calling thing. Feel like a telemarketer. But we do what we do and tonight, unfortunately, I'll be staying in.

My Pall Mall, tea and me.

i've got everybody singing

I am staring at my laptop. I am seated here at work. I am stoned and my editor isn't in yet. I am still staring at the screen. I've done my daily task, I'm waiting for more things to do. Overwhelmed? Far from it. It definitely beats working at that damned bookstore, I get to sit, comfortably too.

I will not sleep. I will not sleep. I will not sleep.

I need a good dose of coffee, of caffeine, of morphine and a slap to the face. Ok, scrap the last part. I kid I kid! Don't mind me by my ramblings and rues of the fact that I hate flash websites. As in websites, not shows that are flash-based. I hate flash websites if for one thing, they're kinda laggy on a shitty platform and they make me feel like an incompetent static nitwit. Then again, it was my fault to choose to not pursue actionscript as part of my forays into web design, but that's another story altogether.

Fuck I give up. I'm taking a nap and I got busted. Time to get to work. Roadshow in March!

spam!

I did warn picspam. ;)

You remind me of a time
When we were so alive
Do you remember that?

i'm definitely lovin' it

Hangout session went really well.

Internship, even more so. I've got my own email account! And soon enough, I'll be getting my own namecard. Whoa. Finally, something of substance. All I did the whole day was to stare at a computer that kept dying on me though. Bloody viruses. Everytime IE boots up, in 30 minutes everything closes and I have to go back to square one. Grar!

From tomorrow onwards I'm bringing my laptop. Covering some vertical marathon thingamajig this Sunday. So cool so cool! I'm also gonna start training (running that is) because I wanna take part in the Women's Outdoor Challenge in March! SYKED!

I got a weird message from someone which kinda creeped me out. Fortunately though, that didn't dampen today. :D So yes, happy happy joy joy. And the kebab I had for lunch was not bad though it was a little too pricey to my liking. Ne'ermind. Time to bring along home-cooked food.

I'm all stinky and shit and I need to shower and have dinner. Pretty tired, was trying to stifle my yawns, didn't want to appear rude nor bored. I liked the conversation and maybe we'll have more lepak sessions eh?

Paramore's still got me trippin'. I can't wait to work longer and get to go out of the country to cover events. Whee! Oh yeah and I forgot to mention. This Friday the whole team is gonna go rock-climbing after New Year lunch. Cool or what sia?!

happy birthday!

I call her Sisteeboo. I don't know why I do. But in anycase, Happy Birthday! Yes I know this is a super old photo of us.

I feel happier now that I can talk to you.
I feel happier that we all can talk to each other.
I love you loads.
And especially for all the goodies you bring back! ;]





But you know I love/sayang you many many. I'll keep killing roaches for you. I promise.









♥ Lin

here we go again

I wonder.

I feel like altering the shade of my hair. But I've no idea what colour. I remember the girls helping me dye my hair back in OKC. First time, virgin dye. The colour turned out incredible for a box that cost me USD4. Inclusive of tax and everything else. Now over here in Singapore, 100plus for a dye? Yikes.

Watching Little Miss Sunshine can result in embarrassing heartaches. But damn if it doesn't show you what family is. Despite being dysfunctional, estranged and completely not in sync with each other.

Here We Go Again - Paramore
And here we go again
With all the things we said
And not a minute spent
To think that we'd regret
So we just take it back,
These words and hold our breath
Forget the things we swore we meant

I'll write you just to let you know that I'm alright
Can't say I'm sad to see you go
Cause I'm not. No I'm not. Well, I'm not.

And here we go again
With all the things we did
And now I'm wondering
Just who would I have been
To be the one attached
At all times to your hip?
Forget the things we swore we meant.

I'll write you just to let you know that I'm alright
Can't say I'm sad to see you go
Cause I'm not, no I'm not.
Well, I'm not. (No, I'm not, no I'm not).

I'll write you to let you know that I'm alright
Can't say I'm sad to see you go
Cause I'm not (no, I'm not)
Well, I'm not (no, I'm not)
I'm not, I'm not.

And here we go again
With all the things we said
And not a minute spent
To think that we'd regret
So we just take it back

*

Am so hooked to that now. Can't seem to watch anything else now. Boo sucks. Nevermind. Gotta have an early night. I'm nervous about work, I don't know what I'll be doing. New experiences. Hell yes, this is a very new experience. My mom's friend was telling me that when I get my first article published, I should laminate it and post it on my wall. Hehe. I'll definitely be doing that. And when Neverwhere cuts our EP, the first CD is going up as well.

Sayang you all banyak banyak.

Now who wants to have dinner with me tomorrow? I finish work 6ish!









♥ Lin

and to jb we went!

Rukia, Brother, Ah Beng and Capman. Person missing (who is actually the one taking the picture), Adik.

I am so damn stoned.

2 hours of sleep, stayed up all night till morning to be sure I wasn't late in meeting the guys. Turns out I was the earliest, even when I had to go to Woodlands to draw money and come back. First came the Capman then came Adik and finally the Brother, who ironically, was the one who lived pretty much closest to Kranji. Ah Beng joined us much later after we were done waiting for an hour to get past JB's checkpoint. Whilst waiting for time to pass and not to be reminded we were in a stagnant moshpit, we took turns playing miniature golf on Capman's mobile phone. First stop once we passed through was FOOD and WATER and of course, the forbidden (which will not be named).

Bought tickets to catch Ghost Rider (which was pretty awesome in a cliched blockbuster kinda way and rekindled my love and adoration for Nicholas Cage all over again. omg, his body is incredible la) at 3plus and waited for the Ah Beng to rendezvous with us. We ate, at Secret Recipe where we had the most sinful of desserts ever. The brownie (with token vanilla ice cream) was incredibly moist and warm. It literally melted in our mouths. I had Chocolate Indulgence which was a very sinful indulgence. I can see the pounds inch their way back on me. The Brother ordered his own moist chocolate cake which was... mmm... very moist.

Lunch aside, time to catch the show. Capman advised me the night before to bring a jacket because the cinema was freezing. Thank god I heeded it. I looked like Kenny tucking myself into my hoodie and trying to stay warm, if not, remotely alive. We walked around the complex (no idea what it was called) after the show, dropped by the arcade where we raised eyebrows at the youths (and their odd fashion sense) and did a little bit of window shopping.

Then DINNER!

For RM120, it was worth it. So worth it that we couldn't finish it. Steamed fish, lemon chicken, butter squid, kailan in oyster sauce and tom yam soup. All the while we were discussing Star Craft, Battlefield and Warcraft. Random anime and manga also appeared in the discussion and I know more spoilers about Bleach than I would have ever bothered to look up on wiki.


The trip to JB ended with more unmentionables and we settled to meeting up with the rest for a match of hot lead and C4. I liked the maps this time round but twas a pity I had to head back because my body was crying out for rest. So here's where I am right now.

It was an incredible experience and I hope that we get to do more of this in the future. Movie, food and good company. Nothing beats spending your day than with friends. :) And thanks guys, for inviting me along.

On a final random note, the lady at the Singapore immigration checkpoint asked if I was 16. It's the hair la. Must be the hair. Shaves off at least 4 years my actual age. ;)


Adik and I.

Ah Beng and Capman.

Rukia and the Brother.

And that was how big the Indulgence was as compared to the brownie.

Hurray to brownies!

Chocolate Indulgence. I want this for my birthday cake.

I'm not kidding when I say the brownie was damn shiok. Just look at his face.

And the game that saved our lives.

The crowd, that killed us all.

Adik and I.

Capman and the Brother. Today (or rather yesterday) was the Capman's birthday! The ironic part of finding out his birthday was when the Brother was writing down his birthday on the card and Capman said "Feb 4th!" and mentioned something else about LT's lead's birthday. After which we kept guessing Capman's birthday and then finally found out it was 19th Feb. Cue in a second pause and then we realised it was his birthday today/yesterday!

"Eh guess what, I went to JB on my birthday last year too!"
Keep the tradition alive yo!

2 hours of sleep, you can already see how shacked/tired/dead/stoned I look.

I can't remember what Adik was doing, waving the immigration card around. Haha but so cute like innocent little boy. Awww.
This, was part of dinner.









♥ Lin

when there's nothing left to do

I don't watch TV. And the reason why I don't is because there's much more goodies on the net than what the black box can provide me. Although... I don't think they have Jamie Oliver. Everytime I catch his show I'm so tempted to whip up a storm in the kitchen (and leave a mess like a hurricane).



Naruto. Bleach. Random Youtube moments. So they say that Starcraft 2 is slated to release this year but there's no official demo or trailer out yet. It'd be interesting if they made a movie based on Starcraft. And no, Starship Troopers does not count. That was cheesy and B grade. Ought to check out the sequel, it's like zombie porn. Disturbing and just wtf-ish. I did spend the whole of last night reading up on Starcraft. Wikipedia is your best friend. I shouldn't have named my pet Aldaris, it was supposed to be Artanis; after the young Praetor who idol-worhsips Tassadar.



This weekend is going to be the most hectic ever for me. A wedding, followed by high tea with the family and then a gig at DXO. Taking photos for my guitarist who's co-organising it. About time I got back to polishing my photography skills (or lack thereof)



Chris said that if I've nothing to do then just blog randomly. Or was it something else? Hmm... Can't wait for tomorrow. :D



















lin

over out!