The rambling escapist with clipped wings

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Am back.....

It's been awhile since I blogged. Yes I blog for work but it doesn't count. And I don't get to ramble. Rather I still do but its just less rambly. What inspired me to come back??
I dunno really.. i was just blog hopping just now and I miss just making sense out of nonsense, writing snippets of poetry, prose and putting them in a store room.

Since I started writing for a living, I've not written about my life. But rather written about peoples' lives.
It's a lonely thing. Writing.
You're like a voyeur. Observing looking into people's life and affairs. And you hope you never get written about because people would see how empty you are.

Maybe it's just me. Am just a tugboat running on empty.

I am a commitment phobe. I am pretty sure I've said that before. Thats why i never complete things even though i know they are important or helpful to me.
Or maybe I am the sort that doesn't like endings.

Even if they are happy endings.

Is this fear of endings a result of my fear of commitment. Or are my fears a result of ending a commitment.

Simply because I don't want it to end?

Ailsa said that am Type A when it comes to work and Type B when it comes to life.

Is that a good thing I don't know. But it ties back to commitment again. I procrastinate when I need to make a decision. Not all the time but well most times.

Ok so yes I ramble. I have off tangent thoughts all the time even as I type this out.

I need to head back to real work, somehow I gotta churn it out tonight. And I have chuch tmr.

Oy vey. (That's Jewish hmmm is that considered blasphemy)

Nights to all.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Smouldering Saigon

Vietnam..Ho Chih Minh, Saigon .
To those that have been bugging me daily.. (you know who you are.. -.- ) Here they are finally. Not all up prolly just Day 1 and a bitty from Day 2

The first few shots I took there were in a temple.

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Notre Dame Cathedral

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Some shots on random people

(Yes Gab girls are aplenty..the next few is for you)


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And yes they do grow old eventually.

That's all for now till the weekend.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

tHread-the- Miles

Jason asked me just now what is it I wanted to do in future.(Thanks Bud.)

And this question I've been asked to death a million times.

And this question I've questioned myself to death a million times.

And then suddenly in the shower just a couple of moments ago...

I realised what is it I wanted.

:)

It'll be a tough dream to persue.

I'll need courage, wisdom, grace, and divine intervention.

Y'know...It seems so blur and foggy. Yet it's plain clear to see.

What I've done in the past and present are just little signposts and lessons to guide me to where I will be. Just that I've never realised it till a moment ago.

Now its just up to me and my battles. And tHread-the-Miles till I reach my destination ;)

Fightingg!

Friday, December 01, 2006

Damn Fucking Brilliant.

I gotta say this..

My brother is an effing dumbarse but I must say he is effing creative.
He wrote a bloody letter and presented it to my mom. And this letter I am gonna share with you guys. And trust me after reading it I dunno whether to laugh or to cry. He is such a irritating piece of shit I tell ya
Gosh I feel like going over to his comatose sleeping body (just cos he quarrelled with mom again after windowshopping. He refuses to have his dinner and went to his room to sleep.) I so wanna walk over and stomp on his crazy head and strangle him now.
I gotta justify this.
As strict as she is. As many things that I don't understand about her. As restrictive as she is at time (ok most of the time.)
And not just cos she has my bloglink and I am not allowed to write anything bad about her and much less swear.

My mom is the sweetest thing ever she saves like crazy to give us what we want.
Trips presents etc. We ain't rich but we have everything. I'm used to hand me downs, I eat last nights dinner for lunch or for dinner again. It's just that this dumbarse is a freaking emo shithead and thinks underwise. Effing Spoilt brat. He should be contented and be ashamed that he even thinks of such.

If I were as self-sacrificing as her I should be made a saint now. Nuff said.
Why can't the bro see that..
Oh yea he can't see past his own GLOW.. too holy..too good for this damn family, too self sacrificing..too SELF SUFFERING.. Everybody say AWWWwww

Sorry Mom if you happen to see this and think that I am washing dirty linen in public but this work from an effing genius is too good not to share. If I were you I would be too heartbroken. (If you arent already) But you never say anything you just sigh and ask me to keep quiet and still you're defending him. Even now.
Such is the power of love.
But that arse doesnt see it.
To clarify:
1) He lost his ipod twice. Once in the loo the other time apparently some one stole it.Someone from the class but he was tooo myopic and chicken shit to stand up to suggest that they do a search.
2) Hell my mom buys stuff for us. He thinks she is rich and she oughts to buy stuff for him when they head out
3) He doesn't understand the idea of common property and sharing.
4)He doesn't understand or see that he has an expensive hobby. and conveniently leaves them out in the letter.
Overclocking his comps and getting new gadgets and stuff like headphones LCD screens what other shit he blows up.

I think he should be made President. Cos all of them are arses, selfish, stupid, selfcentred and yea Brilliantly Dumb.

I took the effort to retype this junk. So take the effort to finish it.

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Dear Greg,

Mum will be presenting you a iPOD this Christmas!
You are gonna love it! Isn’t this what you’re after?

There is nothing wrong with this note, The printer is cranky.
--Insert a box with really fine print---

Have a lovely Christmas Sweetheart
God Bless!
Your Loving Mum!
25/12/2005
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Extra notes when enlarged (Discovered on 30/11/06)

However there are terms and conditions that you will have to know yeah? They are quite relaxed in my opinion.

Terms and Conditions:

1) It is a one year contract that you have to adhere to at all times. There is no way you can break th agreement. The free gift that comes with this would be the APPLE iPOD 60GB (srp:$650) Hurray! (You will have to pay a fraction of it about 200 as I wont have enough money to pay a fraction of it, about $200 as I wont have enough money to pay the hefty cost of it but the annual savings that I will get eventually, in detail below would be more than sufficient to make up for the short term loss.)

2) You’ll be deprived of your material needs till the end of the following year, or forever.
3) The last item you’ll receive from me would be the MAMBO bad that will be present to you on Feb/March.
4) You won’t get a shoe from me this year even if the sole is totally worn out or has holes in them- go beg your brother for one.
5) Read this carefully- I wont be getting you ANY and I mean ANY clothes since your body frame is apparently a duplicate of NICHOLAS and thus you can use his.
6) Do consider that fact that you might not have the opportunity to put on the clothes NICHOLAS has as:
i) They might not fit

ii) He wouldn’t allow you to wear(rare occurrence)

iii) He wears it all the time and it’s always in the laundry basket

iv) Overly SENSITIVE you might think that he will he wearing it the day after and decide not to wear them

v) You are fearful of being known as the person who “WEARS-EVERYTHING-NICHOLAS-OWNS” including undergarments and accessories.
7)Don’t expect to have the same treatment NICHOLAS had or has as you are from INNOVA- you dumb-fuck!

8)You can only get your PROM outfit only if NICHOLAS demands it. Unfortunately, you can only dream of such a privilege since NICHOLAS has already graduated from school so you can go day-dream for all I care ;P

9) As an alternative you can put on NICHOLAS’S new OFFICE WEAR for prom night(I don’t give a shit about the theme.. what ht fuck is masquerade?) However, this is subjected to availability as
i) NICHOLAS might have worn it the day before and it stinks now
ii) It’s still in the laundry basket
iii)NICHOLAS might coax you into thinking you look awful in the outfit
iv)You might have a fight the night before over this issue and PETTY you may not be THICK-SKINNED enough to ask him again for a loan.

10) You have to get your own tie. No ties provided till NICHOLAS buys them. You can wear the school tie if you are desperate enough… and wait! The savings you have in there? You can use them for all I care yeah? We know you are never successful at saving money due to such stringent agreements.

11) Thus, window shopping will never happen to please you since you wouldn’t get anything anyway. Besides window shopping might aggravate the situation as you are only allowed to view items but not own them.

12) I will try to make you feel better by saying that you might be doing better than NICHOLAS for A’s though it will never be the case as you are from INNOVA! Dumbfuck!
13) I will be adopting the used-and-proven tactic of pleasing you only after you are deprived of certain things you want. For example, I will try to make you feel better by saying that I’m more than willing to sponsor you to UK for an overseas EDUCATIONAL trip when the trip is over as I, apparently, never heard of it.

14) You’ll be coaxed into signing another year of contract by the temptation to have a PC upgrade of which you might not be interested in since you are going to be enlisted soon in January 11 2007. Even if you do, please do that whine that you won’t get to use it- everything is catered to NICHOLAS who will be reaping the benefits of the new PC eventually/
15)To make the bitter pill easier for consumption, I will put up with your rants and complaints. I’ll treat you to a luxurious meal once in two months too.
Total Value=$999,999,999)

This is a computer generated contract and no signature is required to authorize this agreement. Besides
I know you are foolish enough to fall into this trap.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

speechless

Have you ever been quoted and being grossly misrepresented and taken out of context...
Leading to a host of events that you never knew precipitated untill it's over. Leaving behind remnants of carnage that you never ever thought an utterance out of goodwill could cause.

Like a captain of an army ship waving his hanky at a fly.. he launched an attack that costed him the lives of his crew.. and him being demoted one legged and scorned.

Am never gonna use Rhethorics or play Devil's advocate ever again.
In fact people.. Don't ever speak to me again about your problems.

To be honest am so so sad and disappointed that people should think me such.
I think am gonna shut up. :"(

I need a hug.

Friday, October 27, 2006

A song of the poor, lazy, quick tempered lassy that lives down the lane

A song of the poor, lazy, quick tempered lassy that lives down the lane...

Spending like a rich girl but am as poor as a pauper.
I haven’t much to give
I haven’t much to show
I haven’t much to offer
I haven’t much at all

Wasn’t born with beauty
Wasn’t born in riches
All I have is a quick tempered mouth
And a head full of nonsense

I dream of roaming the streets of Spain
Barefooted and careless
Running free in the Black Forest
Drinking by a river with the horses

Weaving romantic Istanbul
Perfumed Scents embraces
Sweaty Sticky in San Paulo
Tall Iced Tea in chilled glasses

Having a bagel in Manhattan
Tall boots, couture and Calendar dates filled
Combing the alleys of Lahore
Discovering flea markets and cool trinkets

Staring into the Nectar pool of Amritsar
Feeling the Marble neath my skin
Kissing the soil in Jerusalem
Singing a song in my heart


I dream of singing to the masses
With all my heart out with no stresses
Going to work in the mornings
With no jam and mad rushes

Having a decent boss or two
That I can give respect due
Walking down the halls of a campus
Notebook pens and tassels

But now I see me
And then I see you
Reality is what it is to be
Am aloof, alone, scared and strengthless

I wish I had the power to make it all go away
All pain and suffering just happiness in it’s place
I wish I had done more to get us out of this
And all time passed has been wasted.

I hate when I am rude
I hate to see you sick
I hate that I am weak
I hate that I don’t help much
Not ‘cos am busy but am lazy
And I wish am not too late

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

It's gonna be an expensive month

Oct is gonna be an expensive Month for many people.
Did I ever start my Theory for Oct Babies?
Human Gestation pediod is 9 months and about nine months back it be Jan/Feb..
And what in that month Valentines Day..
The New year new resolutions New fevour, New whatever
So the birds and the bees get buzzing..
And in temperate countries Winter and its freezing..
So people need some activity..

Ok so that is my Theory for the large numbers of October/Nov babies..

My MCS groupies within the 5 of us, excluding Gab (technically not MCS and not girl)
Angeline 11 Oct
Peiqi 21 Oct
Mel 23 Oct
Cherisse 27 Oct (*coughs*)

And then there is Mcs/Wls Grace 16 Oct, Cousin Timothy 21 Oct, Pal Sarah 28 Oct and then the few in early Nov.

Gosh Am gonna be so darn broke.

Friday, September 22, 2006

"There is something very attractive..."

A guy-friend said, "There is something attractive about a woman doing the dishes"

"No way, her hands are soggy, she's probably harrassed and messy. Washing dishes is a boring task. It' s chore for goodness sake"

I had to eat my words today, as I was buying Papaya and lemons(w00t!!) after borrowing some DVDs to have over dinner that "theonlyonethatrilesme" was preparing at home.. (He is actually still preparing it now in the kitchen.)

Anyway back to topic..

"There is something very attractive about a guy buying groceries."

Selecting fruits in particular. Makes him seem more.. what's that word.. not domesticated.. not real..ah yes more humble.

Perhaps that's cos the guys I know rarely step into a supermart unless uber-necessary..other than "theonlyonethatrilesme" of course cos he is either a closet-case or making sure that Place A is cheaper than Place B..And they are usually just waiting to be served.(OKOK My control and observation group is perhaps tooo small, so just don't scream BLOODY FEMINIST at me.. Am Bloody not.)

Well that statement above holds.. the attractive bit that is.. "if he doesn't have a ring in one and a pram on another."

Not that the lad I saw had. :)

EDIT: Ahh Chef-genes run in the family. Was pretty tasty I must say.

Sunday, September 03, 2006

RSAF Open House

Gab insisted on us heading down to the RSAF open house. Wasn't too keen intially wasnt feeling too good. Well it's better than I expected and very crowded too. Fiona Xie was supposed to head down on the next day, that do good for recruitment.. But laddies she aint gonna be there when you slog and train. I swear his cousin, Yasushi is hyperactive. His aunt was really into celebrity gossips and his uncle, a Jap being the shrewd businessman was thinking of development plans at Paya Lebar. Puahah.
But dang my phone got killed at Casaurina Prata Shop when we headed over there for dinner..argh. Heart pain..damn pain. ARGH.

Boo to trade ins no one has spare phone no more. Good thing N is loaning me his.
Having a phone is crucial in times like this when am waiting for calls and me can't afford any more luxuries or expensive purchases like new phones because am officially UNEMPLOYED.

Enjoy the pics.. am tired of words hence the pic posts instead. And that's bad for a writer. Hating words. Sigh.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006

Hot date on a cool night ;)

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Onion Salad..Yes Pure Onion Rawness

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With the Tangy sauce

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Wasnt as good as the last time..Beef Stew

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Grilled Onigiri..Yum!

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Yakitori..not too bad

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Naturally Oily greasy sweet

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Burbur Hitam

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Smiley eh...LOL

Sunday, August 27, 2006

WOMAD

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I never had so much fun.. never knew that I would ever party..as in dance scream drink(water and oolong tea)

lol now i know why..
They can't be discos pubs or clubs. They gotta be outdoors under the stars, with loads of music, happy people, picnic baskets, jelloshots(i just had one), barefooted if you can tolerate having your feet trampled, full of energy, sweat, singing and just moving to the flow, even though this irritating french dude beside me was smoking, for once i did not mind the passive smoking.. not at all.. But the lady in front of me sure did, cos she got singed.
If this was crowded..i can't imagine Woodstock.
It's gonna be marked in my calendars again next year and the year after......
I so feel like a bohemian hippy chick lol..

By the way the above was Chalk Street Art. Pretty eh

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Womad entrance

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Deedee


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Workshop-Brazilian Capoeira

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Korean Drums and brush painting

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Susanna Baca

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Jimmy Cliff

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Crowds.. there was barely room to dance

Next... Shiny Happy People....... Literally with our faces all glowing

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Rubin Deedee Me

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Leo Me Deedee

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Deedee me and abit of Leo

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Deedee me


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Leo Me