Oct 30, 2007

recently found out my jobscope from mediacorp... quite funny because i'll be the exact model of a DMC student.. doing EVERYTHING under my course. quite cool actually.

1) photoshooting for artistes
2) video production
3) marketing
4) ITB
5) designing
6) advertising
7) PR
8) maintain the library

sounds quite interesting, and im getting quite excited. i dont know.. the class has become a little hypocritical though.. i cant really stand it, but its their life. technically i cant really be bothered. when i see them all being happy and taking photos, i dont see myself joining them. i will never forget the pain of the two years. and although everyone seems happy to each other, where they can be each other in peace... they find themselves mingling amongst each other because its the last few days. even enemies are taking pictures with each other. its ironic, and hypocritical. i will never forget what they've done to me. its etched clearly in my head.

and when everyone is trying to hold gatherings, to make meetings and final farewells, dreading the internship period where we wont see each other again... i on the other hand find myself looking forward to it... because i can leave everything behind and have a fresh start.

they dont want to leave school because of the memories it held, of the friends they had. i dont want to leave school because of that one person. everyone else i can forget, i can give up... but that one person is the sole reason why i'll miss going back to school. we all have different reasons for not wanting to leave SP.. and my reason is fairly simple..

~

janice today asked me if i really declared everything to the teacher. i guess i had told her everything that i had confided in earlier. but even so... i had avoided that question. the story is too long for me to go through in my blog all over again. justice did its purpose, and even if i lose the battle, ive won the war. thats all i need.

school's changing so quickly, everyone ive worked with or under is changing. mrslim, the principal.. it'll never be the same. nothing ever remains the same, even if we wish it to be... and yet i wished time stopped. i dont want to go anywhere...


countdown, 3 days before i never see him again...
hmms. i guess its time for me to find out the truth. but im not willing to "expose" myself as of yet. ive talked to phy about this. and i still cant make myself believe that that's the way he meant it to be.

and it hurts. taking pills every hour to counter the pain. but it still hurts. i dont need the answer.. its not the answer that i need.. im willing to wait it out. ^^ ive made my decision, and im sticking to it.

Oct 29, 2007

hmm.. today was an emotional day for me, i guess. i was reading the kanazawa magazine on the train... and reading it in class while waiting for my turn to go for "mock interview"... while i was reading i stumbled on a page.. and another. each page showed me what i experienced in kanazawa... on each page, my mind superimposed me and yuka, as well as okaasan there, as we explored the place. each page, each flip, i remember the things okaasan told me, the things yuka explained to me... kenrokuen garden... the ninja temple... everything. subete mo... even pictures of the 21st century museum, i remembered doreen... slowly everything came back to me in a big blow. my phone decided to help spread the emo mood, and started playing Arashi's Itsumademo.

いつまでも
Itsu made mo
Till forever more


大好きな気持ち ホントのこと 伝えきれずもうさよなら
Daisuki na kimochi honto no koto tsutae kirezu mou sayonara

My feelings of liking you, the real emotions; I haven’t conveyed it yet we said goodbye


元気で暮らしてと いつもの場所 ふたり無理に笑いながら

Genki de kurashite itsu mo no basho futari muri ni warai nagara
Live your life well; at the usual place, we both forced ourselves to smile while saying that

未知の上はしゃぐ 踊る未来の粒
Michi no ue hashyagu odoru mirai no tsubu

Laughing above the unknown, as the seeds of future danced


真っ白な想いでを 胸にしまった日の約束

Masshiro na omoide wo mune ni shimatta hi no yakusoku

The thoroughly clear memories, keep in the heart, it’s our promise that day


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君と生きた毎日 ただ君だけを愛した日
Kimi to ikita mainichi tada kimi dake wo aishita hi
Everyday that I’ve lived with you, those are the days I loved you only


たぶん僕のすべてが君のそばにあった
Tabun boku no subete ga kimi no soba ni atta
I guess everything of me is right there by your side

当たり前の毎日 二度と逢えぬこの日を
Atarimae no mainichi nido to aenu kono hi wo
The definite everyday life, this day will never come back again

どんなときも忘れないように こうやって時を止めたい
Donna toki mo wasurenai you ni kouyatte toki wo tometai

No matter when, so to never forget, I just wanna make time stop


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んなに辛くて忘れたいよ あなたの声 優しい手
Konna tsurakute wasuretai y
o anata no koe yasashii te
It’s so painful that I wanna forget, your voice, your gentle hands

諦めたくて逃げたいほど情けなくて いつも一人
Akirametakute nigetai hodo nasakenakute itsu mo hitori
To give up and run away, how merciless; I’m always alone

音が急に鳴る 君のための歌が
Oto ga kyuu ni naru kimi no tame ni uta ga
Suddenly the music rang, a song for you


カバンの中あふれてる ふたり好きだったメロディ

Kaban no naka afureteru futari suki datta merodi

Filling up the bag, is the melody we both loved


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君が泣いた訳をただ探して恋した日
Kimi ga naita wake wo tada sagashite koishita hi

Searching for the reasons you cry, in the days of love


多分君のすべては僕のためにあった
Tabun kimi no subete wa boku no tame ni atta
I guess everything of you exist because of me

もう帰れない場所が こんな風に過ぎ去ってく

Mou kaerenai basho ga konna kaze ni sugisatteku
In this place where we can’t turn back, like this wind passing by

どんなときも忘れないように こうやって時の止めたい
Donna toki mo wasurenai you ni kouyatte toki wo tometai

No matter when, so to never forget, I just wanna make time stop


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離れてくなんて

Hanareteku nante
The matter that we’ll be separated


思わなかった

Omowanakatta

I’ve never thought of it


ふたりのすべて

Futari no subete

Everything of us both


いつまでも…
Itsu made mo…

(May it be) till forever more…

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ごめん僕もう先を急ぐ (Oh)

Gomen boku mou saki wo isogu (oh)
I’m sorry I have to leave now (oh)

二人共待つ街の記憶 (Oh)
Futari tomo matsu machi no kioku (oh)
The memories we both shared of this city (oh)

溢れ出る様波の如く (そう)
Afurederu-sama nami no gotoku (sou)
It’s like overflowing ripples (yes)

山の彩る秋の如く (街の記憶)
Yama wo irodoru aki no gotoku (machi no kioku)
It’s like the scene of decorated mountains (memories of the city)

現在も光って 未だ光ってしまって...
Ima mo hikatte ima da hikatte shimatte...
Now, it’s still shining, it still shining on

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君と生きた毎日 ただ君だけを愛した日
Kimi to ikita mainichi tada kimi dake wo aishita hi
Everyday that I’ve lived with you, those are the days I loved you only

たぶん僕のすべてが君のそばにあった
Tabun boku no subete ga kimi no soba ni atta
I guess everything of me is right there by your side

当たり前の毎日 二度と逢えぬこの日を
Atarimae no mainichi nido to aenu kono hi wo
The definite everyday life, this day will never come back again

どんなときも忘れないように こうやって時を止めたい
Donna toki mo wasurenai you ni kouyatte toki wo tometai
No matter when, so to never forget, I just wanna make time stop

君と生きた毎日 ただ君だけを愛した日
Kimi to ikita mainichi tada kimi dake wo aishita hi

Everyday that I’ve lived with you, those are the days I loved you only


それは現在なお僕襲う (Oh)

Sore wa ima na oboku osou (oh)

It’s invading me now


あの歌また記憶解く (Oh)

Ano uta mata kioku hodoku (oh)

That song released my memories


溢れ出る様波の如く (そう)
Afurederu-sama nami no gotoku (sou)

It’s like overflowing ripples (yes)


山の彩る秋の如く (街の記憶)
Yama wo irodoru aki no gotoku (machi no kioku)

It’s like the scene of decorated mountains (memories of the city)


当たり前の毎日 二度と逢えぬこの日を

Atarimae no mainichi nido to aenu kono hi wo
The definite everyday life, this day will never come back again

身勝手になって 胸に仕舞ってみたって

Mikatte ni natte mune ni shimatte mitatte
In my own way, keeping it in my heart

現在も光って 未だ光ってしまって

Ima mo hikatte ima da hikatte shimatte...

Now, it’s still shining, it still shining on
...

~~

this song really, like アロイ said, really portrays how we feel towards the hosts. the song is perfect.. talks perfectly about our feelings, and the mountains that i'll miss. every part of this song reminds me of the time i spent with yuka.. of the time with the takeshimas...

because of this song, and because of the memories that started flooding back to me, i cried. yes, in the middle of class. i just sat there and started crying. i couldn't take it. its been barely 2 months since i met yuka, and like the song said, its time to say goodbye. looking at the photographs made me realise how much i really missed them, missed the times i spent with them. and because of that, i cried. i cried for yuka, for okaasan, for otoosan, and of course, i cried for him. everything piled up moment by moment, and each moment i cried, more memories came back.

i ended up flipping through the report i had written, to be submitted as part of my proposal. all the more, the words that i had written, somehow affected me more than ever. we never wanted to leave... i had written... we would probably never see them again... i had said. each word true, each word meant so little now.

but each word threw a bomb on me. and i teared more than ever. the memories of kanazawa, of yuka, were all deeply implanted in me, that till today, i still dream of her. i dream of kanazawa, ishikawa, even nomi, where yuka lives. i dream of all these, because i treasure those memories.

and because of that, i cried. i cried for almost half an hour before i could stop. but even when i stopped, i still couldn't forget about it. the feelings had reappeared.

it was worse when i had gone to the Isetan at Shaw, which showed me everything, once again, that yuka had shown me. the Sanma, the Soba. each one bringing back memories. even the dango that we shared, i thought of yuka.

i miss them so much... and i feel stupid crying only now. the day i left i had held back my tears, but now it seemed like the right thing to do.

takeshima family - oniisan, + me. =)

yuka and me at kenrokuen.

its these memories that pull me further, but also these memories that leave me behind. yuka, takeshima family, thank you for taking care of me all these while. all those days. i know you must have spent a lot on me. thank you so much. i cannot repay your kindness...


Oct 28, 2007

the planning all paid off.. it was all worth it... but now my worry is nothing of that sort.

what should i do now? its a mingling of worry and of hope. should i tell him? i know the answer is no different whether i tell him or not... but if i do, there's only two ways... we have no option of friendship... we have no option of remaining friends.

because i cannot think that all that was a game, all that was nothing more than anything. and because of that... we were to either remain as friends, if i were to keep my secret... or if i chose to tell.. nothing... or everything.

it hurts knowing i might never see him again, and knowing that i will probably never get to see him again hurts. tomorrow marks the start of e-learning week. and because of that, i might not see him at all this week.

sad, really. but nothing i can do but miss him more as the days go by.

Oct 27, 2007

haii its been 2 days. no news for 2 days. its worrying and yet at the same time, its testing my limits. i find myself finding the reason stupid.. why do i care so much? why do i bother? but the truth is that i do... because if i don't tonight, tomorrow i wont either...

its sad because i miss that feeling.. its stupid.. but i do. i dont care if nothing comes out of it.. but i need it now. i need him more than ever. アロイ has told me, indirectly, that the answer he has might not be the answer i want. but if thats not the answer i want, will i be okay, knowing everything was just a game? will i be okay, and be able to continue like that, knowing nothing would come out of it? ... the honest answer.. i think i will be.

its stupid. but its true. ive fallen too hard, ive fallen too fast. head over heels, and hell over heaven.

Oct 25, 2007

where is he? where is the one? i've seen him a few times recently, i've seen him every now and then.. bumped into him here and there.. but yet... i need to know one very important question... does all these mean anything? everything that happened... does it mean anything? does anyone know? is there anyone that can give me the answer that i need??? any clues???

Oct 24, 2007

u know... its true that you really dont realise things that you've lost, until they're wrenched away from your grasp.

i still remember back in year 1, when i was embarking on miyazaki... serlyn, janice and i would always make fun of her. because of her theory of "must stick together" and "as a team"... we would make it so that everything was "as a team". at that time i hated her, because i thought the trip was all about freedom and being able to roam around on your own.

now thinking back, i think i'll really miss her. she's been the teacher i've looked for for almost 2 years now, the one who i will look towards for information and guidance. and although i've probably stepped on her toes many times, i now know she means well.

SPSEC wont be the same without her... its her leadership and her guidance, as well as patience that has brought us this far. It was with her assistance and help that we were able to survive this long as well.

now looking back, i understand why she wanted us to stick together as a team. and in a sense, we did. the miyazaki team, till now, is still closely bonded.. and although we havent met, we still keep in contact.

i'll miss going to SAA and sitting in her office... knowing that she has less than a few days left in SAA breaks my heart. i never thought i'd see the day that she would leave SAA, or that she would leave our club behind. i guess it was predicted the moment she left SP BP mentoring... but still it is a blow to us.

everything seems to have changed this year.. for me at least. new principal, new teacher in charge. they've really dragged everything out from under my feet and thrown it against us.

we'll miss her loads... its almost impossible to think of SPSEC without the handling of our "Dr Lim" as said by アロイ。 but at least, she'll still be in school..

mrs lim... i'll miss sitting in your office and chatting with you about random club stuff.. you were a great delegation leader during the miyazaki trip, and a great leader during my positions in SPSEC. it's a loss we'll have to bear with. i'm just glad that i got to meet her first hand, and that i knew her.
its funny, because i thought id be losing feeling by now... that i would have given up and moved on. but what's happening now is that ive given up everything else... and still havent moved on. because its become that he is the one thing i cant give up. now it had become that i had given up everything BUT that one thing...

yeah so we havent known each other too long, but still... its there somewhere. haiii.. its stupid really, but its a stupid kind of worth it. even to know its never going to happen... waiting is just enough for me.

i guess you can say im sad because of internship.. because once i leave the school, im taking all my memories with me. i wont get to see him anymore, nor will i get to see any of the rest. i hope that we still manage to continue holding outings ... i dont want to miss any of them too much.

its stupid. i should be on the way home. and yet im still here.

something's obviously wrong with me.

was bored and upset... so i decided to do the one thing i knew would cheer me up. i ended up surfing KTC's school website, and came across this: their calender. it took me some time to translate...

on the 2nd of September... マイルプログラム (which is pronounced, mairupuroguramu)... it took me like 5 minutes to realise that i was actually translating MILE PROGRAMME... hahaha.

and below that... on the 8th of September... loosely translated is 4th Year Internship Presentation or smth... thats the thing that almost everyone had to come back to school for on that saturday... with the exception of me, siusiu and aloy.

although it really seems so long ago, but it still is a wonderful memory.. one i promise i wont forget..

マイルプログラム 最高! i hope yuka gets better...

Oct 23, 2007

in a few days time, it'll all be worth it. in a few days time it'll all make sense.


i hope.

everything seems to have suddenly sped up, and it feels like a speedboat losing control. it's funny, because ive started to get used to the slow, never ending pace. but suddenly, someone steps on the pedal, and pushes it forward. it's exhilarating...


hope i get my answer soon~
funny... suddenly these days i feel so elated... even for something that happened yesterday night... i still feel the aftereffects... the happy feeling is still there... i know its quite stupid, because although im not thinking too much, i dont want to think too much, i cant help but be happy. each day becomes like a countdown to me... because once my internship starts, im afraid of what will happen.. =(

so should i hope? should i want it to go faster? or should i not even think about it, and let nature take its course? i dont even know why im thinking so much...

ive been confiding a lot in weiting recently... i think its because she understands... and because of other reasons. its just easier to talk to her because she listens and because she knows.. ^-^ thanks weiting!

*yeah i know progress.. =p hope for more progress, ne?*
you all would have heard by now, but i still thought i would post it now...

DUMBLEDORE IS GAY! apparently its not a phrase, its a fact... =X i cant imagine dumbledore gay... and yet... i guess him being gay makes no difference to the story: he was a great wizard, and a very wise one at that.

i guess indirectly you can say its got something to do with phy's Code 377A... its like this open statement that goes to show it doesnt matter whether they are or not.

claps for rowling... even after the end of the story, its really true.. harry potter never will end.. at least not for us..

Oct 22, 2007

the smallest things in the world, somehow make me the happiest.

only one can ever make me happy again.
recently even the smallest things are making me the happiest person on earth. i cant divulge much, but the feeling, that elated feeling, is really becoming a common obsession.

will be meeting my new principal this thursday... probably marks the most important event ever for me as the President of the Student Exchange Club. However, meeting him in MILE already sort of makes this meeting a little redundant, unless he cant remember me, of course.

recently everything's going crazy: i dont know how to hang on. one more week... hoping for more progress. everyone's been telling me how it's a good thing all these are happening. that its considered progress. (thanks weiting. himitsu, ne?) but still i wish to not be too "happy" about things.. one step at a time is perfectly okay for me. ^^

now on to planning bigger and more amazing things.. and after that.. more planning.


*sorry to the girls, who have to see me being EMO all the time.. who have to hear my emo-ness at its peak. but you girls understand, only certain people can bring me out of that emo mood into an elated happiness.*

im willing to give up everything. i have given up more or less everything. but is the end result worth it?

Oct 19, 2007

i guess you can say my fuse is lengthening. yes i find things i cannot bear to become more obvious, but i can no longer stand the times where i had to hold it in, pretending that everything was alright. it's like i'm suddenly holding a magnifying glass, that suddenly i can see everything around me clearly. i used to think there were things i needed, things i had to hold on to. but now i realised: i didnt have to.

i dont have anyone to answer to.

i dont have anyone to listen to.

all i have is myself, and the friends i consider close to, those i can talk to. i used to think that those i could talk to were those that had a physical contact with me, those who met me everyday. but now i realised: its the other way around. maybe because i see them too often, that i find they're always on the back end, always able to see me, and yet i have nothing else to say to them.

i guess its ironic because of different reasons... maybe internship will do some good after all.. maybe through internship we can forget everything, and i can let go of what's happening to the class. maybe i can just classmates behind, and take things as they go. take my club, take my feelings, and cherish whatever i have. throw away what i dont need.

i think maybe ive gotten used to being alone: ive found an independence that i never used to have. and now that ive found it, am i pushing everyone else away? am i pushing my class friends away? or does my club friends really mean more to me?

i honestly dont know. i cant give the answer in my heart. blogging has already lost its purpose: i can no longer give away my feelings like that. it's just to make me more confused than ever before.

i think everyone's feeling it: the hostility, the pain and the suffering everyone is going through. even now... when i look back.. i dont see much.

あああ。。。

金沢!!!石川~ 能美!!! ゆか! れな! える! おかあさん!おとおさん!

むかい せんせい! じゅじ せんせい! おはら せんせい! おみ せんせい! みんな!

i miss all the people i've met there, all the memories we've shared. the neoprint now means even more to me than it ever did before: of how much fun we've enhjoyed there, how much beauty we've seen, the friends we've made.. i'll miss the times we've spent in kanazawa...

and here i'm making a solemn promise... 1 year from now.. 1 year. i will go back.
ぜったい に かなざわ へ かえります。

the relationship is never over. it lasts even longer than anything else.

this will be what i remember SP as: the chances that they gave me, the opportunities given to me. the friends i've managed to make through all these.. it all makes it worthwhile..

thank you.

Oct 17, 2007

originally i planned to write an entire post about how pissed i was, explaining why i walked off, explaining why i refused to talk today. but i decided, for the sake of the BETTER good, i'll keep my mouth shut. another 3 weeks...

Oct 15, 2007

im pissed. freaking pissed now. ok so i dont consider them friends anymore, but still its pissing to know so many things inside me, and yet i cant say anything about it. i dont want to mention it, because there's too many things to be said. so i cant care less.

too many things have happened, which im one by one getting rid of. one by one i'm becoming more and more upfront, telling things as it is to the people who need to know. ive come to realise one thing: if your friends cannot stand the truth, and expect you to feel the hatred, hiding for them and lying for them, and when you admit the truth, they turn on you, then they're not really friends after all. ive planned to do what im going to do, and one step at a time, i will eliminate my enemies. i dont need enemies in my presence.

what started off as a fine day now has become no more than any other day. i dont care: these trival things should not, and no longer will, make me feel any better, nor will it make me feel worse. they will just be a part of life, and a part of my life. it is no longer the purpose of mine to make friends, no longer my purpose to make friends i dont need. my true friends are the ones i can trust, the ones i can trust my life to, to know they have my back.

and after defining that, ive come to a concensus... i dont need people who i have to lie and disturb and think to myself for. i want a true friend, even if its just one, rather than a few whom i have to control myself with.
ok firstly, this is a stupid day. but this time its my fault.

i was getting out of the house.. nothing wrong at that point in time.. ^^

then i met xiuzhi at what i thought was at the... ehh.. california fitness. i was crossing the road across at the junction (at cine), when it started raining. imagine this: i was listening to sorafune (airship). the MV looks like this:



IT RAINED AS BADLY AS THAT!!! OMG I WAS DRENCHED FROM HEAD TO TOE!!!

nevermind, only after i reached there i realised that... oh my god... i was in the wrong place. i had to walk back to taka! OMG! i ended up taking an advice from xiuzhi, and took an MRT from somerset back to orchard.. yayyyyyy.. =) still wet (and damn cold), xiu and i started discussion after a short lunch. i managed to meet her BF... hahaha didnt look anything like i expected him too xD

anyway, after that, we went for the fashion show!!! pretty pretty fashion show! it was quite interesting.. but a little short!!!! but still, the first fashion show, so quite amazing nonetheless.. I EVEN MANAGED TO SEE SOME JAPANESE!!! =D

after that, we went to have lunch, and spent some time talking about redundant information such as... well... stupid stuff. xD hahahaha. i must remember all the stupid stuff we said.

xD FUNNY!!!

Oct 14, 2007

yes today i met kristy.. just came home slightly before 12am... hahaha. talking to her felt great: havent seen her in so long! hahahaha. we talked about personal stuff, funny stuff, and even did some stupid stuff. xD hahahahha. talked about a lot of stupid stuff, thought back to when we were in secondary school... all the friends we've met, and lost (by lost i mean not meeting them again)... then thought back to our lovely trio... she, me and jodi. we were three peas in a pod. so to speak.

but firstly, today i consider it an unlucky day. when i was going to j8 to meet her, i got "ambused" by this big guy. how to explain it in simple terms: i was getting off the bus. suddenly this big guy attacks me from nowhere, slamming his hand right at my neck. i don't think it was an accident, because after i stared at him, he continued to glare at me. i dont think i did anything that could offend him, nor do i think i SAID anything to offend him (being i never said anything). maybe he mistook me for his worst enemy or something... what could i do? weighing my options, he was too big for me to attack back (and obviously i didnt intend to attack back), and his size intimidated me a little (ok a lot), so i did the only wise (keeping myself alive) thing, walking off faster! thank goodness i managed to lose him once i entered j8.

it hurts, even now. feels all swollen and red. =( and im quite upset about it. get whacked out of nowhere.. =( haiiiiiiiiiiiii...

~~

anyway, talking to kris made a lot of things go into perspective. in a sense, she gave me the side that no one else gave me. i understand that, being that she has been the longest friend i ever had, she knows me the best. and similarly, i managed to give her some advice on her situation..

~~

meeting the girls tomorrow... better get some sleep xD
going to MILE made me reignite my love for the japanese language.. ^^
くるしい 。。。 わたし の こころ 。。。 がっこう へ みんあ いつも 。。。 わたし に わすれた。。。 でも。。。 ともだち が ある。 ひりゅ くん と てずか くん と 。。。 みんあ。。。 ありがとう。。。 くらす わ。。。 ともだち が ありません。。

わたし ひどい だから。。。 でも。。。 こじま の 「 そんなの関係ねえ 」 て。。。 good excuse...

ありがとう。。 ほんと の ともだち 。。。 ほんと に。。。 ありがとう です。

あたま が いたい です。。。

Oct 13, 2007

hahaha. i just uploaded my chalet pics for my belated bday~ hahaha. u know where to find them!!!

P.s. posted a few more pics from MILE too... haii... many more days to go! will slowly upload xD

Oct 12, 2007

i got hikari back! thank you so much アロイ... you u added things that even i never bothered to add~ hahaha. thank you so much!!!
haiii. dunno whether to feel happy or not. sometimes im on top of the moon: quite happy and satisfied with whatever it is going on. then suddenly, like a roller coaster, it plunges to the depths of hell.

something is really wrong with me. or maybe something is wrong with something else. it just pisses me off at some point to know certain things, things that i cannot live with, but i have no choice to. wl has given me some advice when it comes to that field, and ive realised that he's right: there's nothing wrong with taking back what's rightfully mine.

i mentioned earlier that i will not stand for friends who talk about someone without knowing them, or badmouth someone without understanding, or even meeting them. im one who will stand up for my friends, and i feel that if someone badmouths my friend, i will stand up for that friend. its just like if someone says something bad about you, you can expect me to stand up for you.

HOWEVER

i would find that reasons for reasons, if they dont make sense, and you mistaking or openly suggesting something that doesnt make sense will never make me feel better. when i do something, i go all out for it. i consider all the possibilities, and i weigh the pros and cons. and my final decision, if i really go ahead with it, it means that ive made up my mind. it means that i already know what i plan to do, and that i'll sacrifice anything to do it. that way, threats like "if you do this, i wont be friends with you anymore" which sound so passe and childish, are already considered: the moment i execute my plan, it already means that i no longer consider you a friend, or someone that i think is worth saving.


a lot of things have been going through my mind lately, and i find the missing of my hikari a big setback. suddenly it reminds me of what i mentioned during "NCT"... technology has become so much a way of life than we can never expect to keep up with it. we've taken it for granted, and one day it will destroy us.

Reading the Machine Stops has made everything into perspective, and made me realise that if this goes on, in the future, it will happen exactly as the machine predicted it would. after reading that, im a little afraid of technology, of how it would destroy our lives, taking over it completely. it is a story worth reading, and worth thinking about: what if... in time to come, the world really became that essentially? the story revolves around Kuno and Vashti. kuno is the mind of man, who can think independently, whereas Vashti is the majority, simply following technology, or The Machine. in that time, there are no more houses: everyone lived underground. video conference is used to speak, technology pumps air into our houses, pumps food into our systems. they ran everything, leaving man to become a lazy homo sapien as the years grew by. simply put, at that time, the Machine had become religion, they had worshipped it for everything it was, but they were blinded by what they were missing. "let your thoughts be second hand, or if possible, tenth hand". the machine even did the thinking for them.

its sort of like what's going on now... really puts things into perspective. how technology will continue to evolve and progress, leaving man behind. Ultimately, we are the ones that have created it, but we are the ones that are destroying ourselves.

The end of the story? The honeycomb crashes, and man dies.

PORTION OF THE STORY!

'We have come back to our own. We die, but we have recaptured life, as it was in Wessex, when Ælfrid overthrew the Danes. We know what they know outside, they who dwelt in the cloud that is the colour of a pearl.'

'But Kuno, is it true? Are there still men on the surface of the earth? Is this - tunnel, this poisoned darkness - really not the end?'

He replied: 'I have seen them, spoken to them, loved them. They are hiding in the midst and the ferns until our civilization stops. Today they are the Homeless - tomorrow----- '

'Oh, tomorrow - some fool will start the Machine again, tomorrow.'

'Never,' said Kuno, 'never. Humanity has learnt its lesson.'

As he spoke, the whole city was broken like a honeycomb. An air-ship had sailed in through the vomitory into a ruined wharf. It crashed downwards, exploding as it went, rending gallery after gallery with its wings of steel. For a moment they saw the nations of the dead, and, before they joined them, scraps of the untainted sky.

interesting, isnt it?

Oct 11, 2007

^-^ HIKARI'S FIXED!!!! =D thanks so much to アロイ for fixing it for me. i know it probably took some hard work and a lot of trying to get it done... thank you so much... i really appreciate it a lot!!

THANK YOU!

im so glad hikari's fixed... even if the files are gone its worth it. =P i miss hikari a lot... tomorrow i'll get it back from アロイ.. =) hikari's okay!!!!

once again thank you アロイ..
poor poor hikari. i hope アロイ can fix my hikari... T_T i cant imagine life without hikari... i dont want to use this museum-era dinosaur heavy laptop for the rest of my life. PLUS I CANT GAME WITH THIS LAPTOP!!! its very irritating... HIKARIII!!!! please be okay hikariii...

today im in a bad mood. i guess its to be expected: so many things are pissing me off right now. i dont know how the hell i can get rid of it: heck i dont even know what started it. but its going to get me on a mass rampage of anger and violence if it goes on like this.

if you want to say anything about me, fine. i dont care. but if you bad mouth my friends, i will not stand for it. even if you are my friend, i will not allow you to badmouth another friend. just like i would fight for you for another friend, i would fight for him too. its a battle im too used to fighting, and now its become a way of life. simple statement is that, you say something bad about my friends, at least know him well enough before saying it. Dont say things before you even know him, heck before you even meet him.

i've spent a lot of time thinking about what's happening lately, and its getting me really confused as to what's going on. i know what i want, and im willing to work for it and make it work, but it takes two hands to clap. thats all i can say.

even blogging seems to have lost its interest now adays... damn. i feel so upset all the time. got to be happy. got things to look forward to. BE HAPPY!

Oct 10, 2007

found out more about my internship place today... its at mediacorp tv. i dont know what's my reaction to it: im not one who will go "OMG I GET TO SEE ARTISTES!" hahaha. but i am curious about how the next three weeks will go, and how internship will be. yes, its starting to set in to all of us, that we're going to be leaving SP soon.. leaving all the friends we've made behind. i'll miss walking along SP, and catching the SPSEC people along the way. SPSEC has given me the opportunity to meet many people, and now i feel sad knowing im leaving soon. guess good thing is that i now know why sze always comes back.

on a sadder note, my new laptop (dubbed fujitsu) is spoilt. i gave it to .. hope he can salvage it. i trust him. but my dad figures its a ... erms... logicboard problem or something... i dont know what's アロイ's extent of repairing it... but if it cant it seems i might have to bring it back to fujitsu again... =( im not a computer person. xD

Oct 9, 2007

it seemed so long ago, and yet i can never forget them. it seemed almost like a dream. one month ago exactly.. i was at yuka's house. we were up on the mountain. even looking at the pictures, wondering about so many things, made everything else insignificant. ever since i came back, i never stopped thinking about her, about how she was at this point in time. one month ago today, i would be in yuka's car, driving to karaoke with hikaru and haruka. really seems like a dream how fast time flew. seems inevitable that i have to go back, whether alone or not.

hard to imagine that the first day i met yuka... i was so speechless for words. i had met her before in singapore, but i didnt say much then. i knew what i wanted to say, what i learnt in singapore, but the moment i met her, all the words escaped from my mouth. my japanese just didnt seem good enough suddenly. it was a thrill and an unforgettable experience to be with yuka, around her and her family. i'll never forget 19th MILE. even through all the problems and the chaos, and all the people i've stabbed in the back. all the people i hated when i was there.. who i'd consider nothing but acquaintences... who i'd never understand why they were there.. i knew that it was meant to be. the point of going over was not to make friends with singaporeans. yes, i feel i did make friends while i was there... i got to know people like aloysius and ruth and joseph better... i got the opportunity to meet weilong and weiting.. both of whom i consider good friends, and best of all.. i got the blessed opportunity to meet yuka.

i write this now, knowing fully well i'll never forget this experience, knowing even if i never get to see her again, she'll always be there. those 14 days seemed to have flown by like an arrow, and here i am back in singapore, though my mind and my heart wishes i was back in japan. i wish i could have kept on living those 14 days over and over again... there with my friends and my family, where i didnt have a worry.

suddenly everything else in life seemed insignificant... as i remembered the times back in kanazawa. i had left with happy memories, i hadn't cried, i refused to tear. ok i teared 1 or 2 tears. kanazawa will now forever be a part of me. i hope i left enough behind for them to remember me by... at least until i go back again.

yuka... until then, until we meet again...

it hurts, being so far away from them, away from the family i called home for 10 days. each day i dream, i miss them more than ever.

Oct 7, 2007

haha forgot one more thing: thanks アロイ for the BoA compilation!

Oct 6, 2007

the past two days have probably been the best days of my life. the guys celebrated my birthday for me. and i would like to thank all those guys.

puvan, ruth, weilong, アロイ, joseph. ok originally we meant to watch the KTC video, but we ended up doing weird stuff.

well at first we met at school to head over to wl's house to camp while waiting for ruth. at 5, we headed to botak jones for dinner. i didnt eat, but its a good thing: the chicken was spicy.

anyway, after that we headed over to the chalet/hotel. we were told that it was meant to be a couple room... haha it was lor! the toilet got extra door so they can watch TV and ... i guess do some weird stuff. aloy likes the hotel though... (maybe can room with saya, he mentioned xD)

anyway, after the guys camped out for a while, they decided to cut the cake. yeahhh the nice guys actually bought a cake for me. (and thank you puvan for not using the mousse). puvan stuck the candle into the cake so deep, and expected me to use my mouth to pull it out. luckily i managed to do it without much hassle (or cream on my face).

then we were watching the video, and suddenly weilong grabbed my shoulders from the back. FORTUNATELY, i had seen puvan take the last piece of cake, so i pushed myself forward. thank goodness, i prevented it.

then it happened again. Aloysius pulled me down from the back, and instinctively i pulled my legs up to cover my face. but this time i didnt get away. someone grabbed me (i suspect weilong), and puvan slimed the cake over my glasses. all the hell for fun la, but my hair smells like cake. =p but it was fun anyway. hahahaha. thank goodness the bed didnt get any cake on it.

after ruth and puvan left, the guys decided to go swimming. amazingly, aloy cant swim. (i didnt know that). jo kindly took a pic for me... and it turned out pretty nice.

UNFORTUNATELY, my laptop screwed me up, so now i cant upload any pics using my old computer. =( sighhh.. will upload once i get the lappie working again. xD hahaha. anyway, it was funny to see the three guys in their various swimming trunks. hahahaha. =p we talked quite a bit as i sat on the bench watching them. (not to mention i got wet because weilong splashed me T_T)

then after wards we watched some transformers (jo and aloy fell asleep halfway). some stuff happened, i shall not elaborate. but all it all it was a fun time to be spent with those people. this morning we got up and went home. my lappie still not working. but i had fun yesterday. ^^ those guys mean a lot to me now... their definitely good friends to have. for that reason, and for my host Yuka, MILE was definitely worth going for. the friends ive made there made it all worthwhile..

also because of that now im clearer of what i want... and because of that now i can decide how to move on in life. ive found the answer i need... and now i just need to wait it out. xD

Oct 3, 2007

thanks to those who actually remembered my birthday, and wished it for me.

1) xiu
2) sze
3) ruth
4) puvan
5) kf
6) my mom
7) my dad
8) aloy
9) jo
10) phy
11) san

this year marks the saddest birthday ive ever had. i got all i wanted, but it cost me too much. remembering my last year birthday, now i know who i can truly call my friends. my friends are the ones that remember my birthday, the ones that wished it to me, not the ones that walked off without saying so much as a word.

its the first time im home for my birthday, usually by now i'd be out, celebrating it. but here i am, at home crying my eyeballs out.

i hate today. but i will remember it. because today is the worst birthday i'd ever have. but from this i learn, from this i know. from this i have figured out who my friends really are.

its quite amazing really, if you look at that list. a few prominent friends i expected were missing. but yet in place of that, were a few friends that i didnt know too well... thanks guys.

thank you guys. even for saying those 2 words, for saying just that, is enough. thank you.

Oct 2, 2007

the girls celebrated my birthday with me today. kind of felt quite surprised. ^^ i dont know how to express this in words, but im glad that the girls were there for me. though there were things left unsaid and words left unheard, im glad they were there for me, and because of that, im glad that they were always there.

the scrapbook they made for me, meant more to me than anything they could have bought or done, because i can see the work thy put in for me. yes it was a simple thing, a simple project. however, the effort that you guys put in mean more to me, and i'll forever remember that. ^^

thank you~

Oct 1, 2007

haii.. reading my last few posts made me realised how emotional and dysfunctional ive been lately... but i cant help it. im an idiotic dysfunctional person who cant seem to forget certain things. ... WEIRDDD..

weirder things happened to me today...
its stupid... stupid stupid... really dumb. because i feel sick. i think its emotional sickness. after talking to the girls, ive decided to take their advice, which is to wait it out. keep the same distance, and if it doesnt work out, forget it.

im being too emo. must revert back to my happy self. i guess tomorrow if i can draw some time out i'd talk to the girls about it when i see them. i need to get everything out. something's still stuck in my head... and i cant get it out of my head.

but whatever's inside, its making me sick... literally a sick feeling in my esophagus... i cant breathe properly, i cant eat properly. its worse than falling out of love. its almost a feeling as though im dying.