Idiosyncrasies Aside

On a rainy day like this,

xinful — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:18:28 +0000

On a rainy day like this,
I gave my closet a good squeaky clean bath, and sneaked its vomitus off to the ends of wilderness. Bit by bit I got good riddance; beating the watchful eyes of my wary parents. Ah, shure was I beeming at the clothes when they transformed in character and fold.

On a rainy day like this,
I listen only to songs that pitter-pat with the weather. no puff diddy. no saccharine pop princesses. no cheery berries.

On a rainy day like this,
What are you doing? Have you been toiling hard at work, are there battalions forming at the office? Have you got your own platoon and comrades at work? I have so many questions for you, but life’s like that isn’t it? There’s only so little time and so much more knots to tie and untie. Drop me a text msg if you have time for me, I’m embarrassed for the missing act thrown. Let’s go for tea.

On a rainy day like this,
i have returned.

Are you back too?

An Era of Consequences

xinful — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:05:49 +0000

用冷气 caused 热气

这是一个爆发性的年代，是一个karma pays back的世纪。

思想成理论成理想成实践

我们躇在关键性的岔口；

一个”anything is possible”的internet explosion age

一个”every minute of thought creates better existence”的时候。

我在一步一步地照着全盘计划摸索。

每一步都会有friction;每一脚都会被accompanied by关心我的声音。

所以今天很重要，我要切记：

这不是一时兴起的冲动，这是谋算已久的深思熟略。

我要记得这一切是为了谁；

为了什么；

要怎么慎省在不会半途deviate from objective.

我要清楚自己在Rat Race里的位置，

这样的关系要怎么sustain，面对别人异样的眼光我要对自己的计划有最基本的信心。

我要记得。

Cut, cut, cut, Burn.

xinful — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:12:22 +0000

Under Prof Ian’s influence/okay, his continual reminder that we’re news-retarded, I have been making daily attacks at all the free news sites I can find. You name it. I even drafted out a basic cabinet organization chart so that I wouldn’t look like an idiot the next time an ‘oh i make 3k a month part-time’ NUS quasi-elite tests me about it.

Today’s terrible. I was happy the day we had to ‘bring your own bag’, but today’s not cool. So the story began when I was excitedly rumaging through the SIFF webbie, trying to decide what to watch this time. Then I realised an acquaintance is an enormously talented filmaker! I ran a google and I realised it was a must-watch and I was all prepared to get him to loan me earlier works. Ah, all that adrenaline and I see this on yahoo news.

Saturday April 21, 6:17 AM

S’pore-made film “Solos” withdrawn from S’pore Int’l Film Fest

SINGAPORE: – a Singapore-made film – will not make its international debut on home ground.

The film is about a relationship between two men and was originally scheduled to premiere at the 20th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) on 25 April 2007.

But festival organisers and the filmmakers decided to withdraw the screening. This decision was made after the Board of Film Censors gave an R21 rating with three scene cuts. The SIFF has a strict policy of screening films in their entirety, without any cuts.

Nonetheless, will still be allowed to compete in the festival’s Silver Screen Awards.

It is the only Singapore entry in the 11 films selected for the competition.

- CNA/so

The neighbour’s maid is quite adorable

xinful — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:38:03 +0000

I evesdropped on the neighbours’ feverish discussion as they passed the corridor

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boy (excited about maths he learnt at school today): “Whaat is 1 x 1?

maid: “one lah.”

boy: “4 - 1?”

maid: “Three! you think i don’t know this kind ah…. i got study mathema…”

boy: “4 x 4?”

maid: “What, what you say?”

boy: “4 x 4?”

maid: “You think i bother?”

Yes one of these pls.

xinful — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:42:27 +0000

[Source] Modern tots: http://www.moderntots.com/go_play/product.php?productid=16714

Picks for the Week!

xinful — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:12:48 +0000

Favourite Voice of the Week - oh I love youtube too. Found this gem on Arie’s blog.

Favourite Ad of the Week - not sure whether it’s still Gary Oldman’s voice but I hope this ad makes it.

Favourite Gimmick of the Week - makes a non-runner excited. or maybe just non-runners?

Favourite Podcast of the Week - ah the comments are amusing.

Favourite Website of the Week - Life explained. On Film.

Favourite Instructional Guide of the Week - make this your practice my lalas.

Yea, We need the heat to feel Arrhenius.

xinful — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:46:41 +0000

This is an odd week, I actually got a much better version of TIME than FORTUNE.

Everybody’s finally talking about it, or should I say, PANIC PARADE. TIME belates, “The Global Warming Survical Guide - 51 things you can do to make a difference” Click here now if you have time for World of Warcraft.

I’m the ultimate heat sinner I realized. Forget trying to manage all 51, this is what I have committed myself to do from this second (and so can you!):

1. Pay your bills online

M1 has this value added service that allows you to replace your hardcopy bills with electronic billing. You don’t need that letter, comon Click! Direct Link

2. You don’t need that plastic bag.

Hah, yes! this I do do.

3. Just shut it down

It’s not energy saving when you let it hibernate. Just shut it down. la

Ok, other rules like switching to take the bus I really cannot accept. So anything else you’re convinced I’d be able do now, tell me.

Why I’m not liking Wordpress very much now,

xinful — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:27:28 +0000

I can’t post pictures.

I can’t link to youtube.

My fonts are as capricious as the weather, and

I can’t even paste in a decent html code for my widget.

—

so my x-site has been converted to be my media playground.

and its been given a superlative too, hee.

Bookshopping

xinful — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:41:12 +0000

hah yes it turned out that the Borders ’student and teacher’ sale was only 20%, not 30.

Anti-climax yes. But it was all worth it, cause i got to buy my kinsella!! ahahahaa this time its rebecca and the baby!! Have been eyeing it since it came out but i thought trash books should always be borrowed. and then again, nah i’ve got discount!

In order to balance off the trash i got myself karenina. Way at the end of the spectrum of non-trash. i remember telling myself to get it someday, but i didnt know it was so soon. I　hope i’ll get to finish it, i hope.

Somehow Im noticing a schema change within, and it’s exciting discovery.

About American Media

xinful — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:23:47 +0000

1) Visa has great ads.

Besides “the soup is too salty”, the “richard gere in india”, and “Mr Brosnan?” there is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVdfeSxJ2nM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7rm-yadkGY&mode=related&search=

2) ‘300′ sounds good. Brown town has a super duper podcast review on it, Brown is a good critique. http://www.seewhatshow.com

3) Tyra will never take over Oprah’s reign because she has no brains:

In a pampering-theme show just now, she called in everyday life superwomen and single moms to reward their hardwork in life. So this lady with something similar to polio comes onto the show. She’s pretty amazing, she has no hands (shrunken arms) and she has to single-”handedly” take care of a baby. Imagine picking up diapers and making milk all with your mouth. That’s not the dumb part, here comes. To reward her, Tyra gave her:

- soft hello kitty T shirts: hmm ok, i was expecting some mouth guard for the disabled since she has to carry a baby using her mouth.

- a “super-popular” handbag that apparently Tyra carries too! wao! :pleease, the poor woman doesn’t even have shoulders! I saw her anticipative face drop with mine.

-the last gift, im pinning on the last gift to take back my criticisms. And what did she give her? They show a scene of Tyra slapping her thighs with scrubs and cream and she exclaims, ” the best set of cellulite zapping cream ever, all for you!” She has no hands, somebody holler to Tyra pls.