Saturday, August 16, 2008

sloshed on nostalgia.



How can ANYONE dislike beer? Anyhow, i'm in love with black and whites. And i have a strange fascination with long dead people - dean, monroe, jfk, hammarskjold and the latest - jah rastaaaa bob. Dont know whats up with that.

I found time today to note this down in my strange online journal, whilst preparing to do up my brother's homework. These days i spent with you, wandering through old streets, revisiting old wounds and laughing at old jokes have been the best. I know you better now, than i ever did before. And thank you for that.

Apart from that, i woke up feeling like a boy for three days straight. thats not a great sign. HEY RAM is running on the telly, wonderful no? So what am i doing here?

Goodbye.

Friday, August 15, 2008

jah RASTA!


free kicks and shotgun lives.


heroes from the gutters.


all for love.

so fellas. plagued by ill fortune but surrounded by well-wishers somehow softens the blows. will prolly update next only when imma landed in VBC. so till then i would be still contactable via phone. thank god for aynu.

and dear friend, i hope i havent lost ya forever. maybe four years down the road, we could laugh about this.

see ya'll.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Ad'ji'bidji'ji

LOL. Thats the name of the main character in the latest book i'm reading. By some Senegalese french writer whose writing about the black white discrimination.

Anyhoo, i've been plagued by a string of unfortunate events. First, my wallet got lost. It has emotional value, monetary value, and time put into creating it. So pooh. Its all gone now. And its upsetting. Its frustrating. But its life. Police report's been made. Card have been cancelled - couldnt be bothered to cancel my RBC card though. I mean, whose gonna use it here?!?! Anyhow, to the phucker who took my wallet - die!

Then, my mobile phone, my beloved Moto slowly crept to its death in stages. Chronic electronic failure i call it. So its totally dead now, and i've been beyond human contact. Unfortunate. Renu said she found a phone for me, so me thinks i'll go pick it up later today. After the bank and the police station. Gotta start packing, flying in less than 2 weeks.

Oh and my dear friend, this is the last time i'll ever entertain any one of your PMS-y fits. Get a grip. Social rejects aren't people who dont waste their life pronging steamy clubs to get recognition and fame. Social rejects are people who fail to make real friends who care. So that being said..

Yes image is important. Society is important. There's a fine line (OK not so fine..) between choosing decadent role-models whom you have to emulate (and dont make me start naming them...) and deciding that you're comfortable being your own person. Walking naked in the summer is illegal by the Canadian as well as Singaporean laws - so i'm afraid i'd be unable to abide by your strange fantasy.

Oh and if literature is not cool, then i wonder why your favourite book is listed as "The Fine Balance" and why you preach about mass suicide, when hello - it wasnt you who came up with that theory. Wake up, smell the coffee and stop living this joke of a life. If this is what you call living - HAHAH.


God, i never learn do i. Anyhow, gotta run. Fieldwork is NOT coming along. Sarah and gang should've got the post-cards by now. =D Seba's coming back and making me pasta. I needa meet a coupla more people before i kiss Singapore its year-long goodbye.


edit// and i'm not afraid to admit i have bad dressing. at least i live my life my way with my rules. and oh yes, shapnem is definitely too hot to be my friend. because thats how friendships work you see.. and to you, the loser who sticks your puny head into the businesses of others - one advice; don't mess with something that doesnt concern you. and you're right, i should stop reading the dictionary. and perhaps you should start.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Heart Ware Failure.

So the router at the office has been down for the past four days and what that
means when it comes to work is that its been at a standstill. No correspondence,
no yada yada. Hence today once it was confirmed that the line was fine and that
the only weak link was the router, i set off to get it fixed. After a tele-convo
with the dude from SMC, we managed to figure out that there was a major problem
with the router and that i would need to either get it fixed or replaced. So off
to the SMC office (with $2 ERP). There the dude got me a new one, even though i think
the company warranty has expired. Talk about goodwill, it really made my day!

Ryna's moved into her hostel, and she seems to be settling in pretty well. The sleep over with the girls was great fun, watching one of my favourite sitcoms, How I Met Your Mother till 5 am and then fighting for space on the bed. I really missed my girls =)

As for work, i'm well through my second novel (and its a BOREEEEEEEE) and have researched on my EE, so left for me to do is drop by at the NLB, borrow the book. Make copies and write out my research qs for the interviews and i should be good. Fieldwork will prolly start tomorrow.. all i havta do it remember to stay calm =) Random reminder - but i havta fix my swatches soon. Two of them are dead and asleep somewhere.

Was so so so shagged last night i just flopped into bed and dozed off. Just started teaching Ashok, and what can i say - its absolutely gratifying.

So i didnt wanna air my dirty laundry in a public space, but i guess you're hell bent on it and i guess, if you're game, i'm game. Its kinda sad that you have to resort to the internet to sort out our problems, but i guess if thats all the worth you're about to give us, then your worth should be no different.

I've got a competitive thing going on? Hahah. Is that your best shot? Girl, take a look at the mirror. You fly off to Aussie, keeping your life there top secret. And people get tired you know, asking and asking, caring and caring. And when you come back, you get wrapped up in some affair not giving a shit about us. And we're supposed to stay right there, and wait for you with open arms? You always talk about harsh reality don't you. You always talk about growing up, not being innocent - well, welcome to life. You treat your friends like crap, expect them to pay it back. Not like we treated you like crap of course.

Right from the start, you've always given others more importance and priority. The grass is always greener on the other side isnt it. You're always caring so much about people who don't really care about you. People who'd make use of you. Guess my crime was caring about you.

Image is important, clubbing is important. Sure, i understand. But don't blame me for who you have become. And don't blame me for not becoming who you've become. Image is important, i agree. But must that come with a compromise? So now, i'm not cool to be seen hanging out with you because i don't enjoy clubbing and the like? Seriously, if thats how you decide who your friends are... i have absolutely no comments. I have other priorities, and i don't share your chase for Singaporean/Australian Indian Stardom.

And yeah, i went off to Canada - you can move on with your life but we can't? What the fuck. Where's the logic my dear? I emailed you. And if you check your inbox, the last reply would've been from me. Because you're the one who didnt bother. I called you from Canada, but your phone was always switched off. Well my dear friend, don't say i didn't try.. So why do i keep in contact when i'm in Singapore? Hmmmm. Well this is almost as complicated as rocket science isn't it? My mobile phone operates in Singapore whilst it does not receive signals in RURAL Metchosin, in Victoria BC. OHHHHHHH. What a revelation! So if you were seriously wondering about why i text you from Singapore, you've got yr answer.

And so you go on your web announcing that you can't connect with us coz we're gay. Seriously, that was so beneath the belt. As if you havent been gay before. And i hope you've heard of the term - bisexuality? Coz FYI, i'm not gay. So perhaps, you might want to getta know your new friends better before making a brouhaha about their sexuality. And friend, if you are so ashamed of homosexuality, i hope you come to terms with the fact that one of your exes, the person you say is "all that you've got.." is of the same gender as you and that makes you, well.. lets see... surprise! GAY! Reality check, friend.

And as for new years' eve, don't make it sound like the whole world revolves around you. You weren't the only one with a fucked up new year, i had it too. Just because i don't kick up a fuss like you do, does not mean i didnt have a sucky day.

So missy, for the other two people you ruthlessly slandered on your blog. Here are a coupla words. What makes you fit enough to judge which relationship is practical and which relationship is impractical? Who gives you the right to judge your friends? And if you claimed that right, what even makes you a real friend? A friend stands by no matter what. Perhaps you might wanna take a beginners course on being a friend. Because, everything you listed as our "personal flaws" could be rebutted with 2 of yours. But i'm not gonna stoop as low as you have. Because, unlike you who says "i'm grown up.." i'm not filled with that much of hot air.


I've had my fill. Time to shower and forget about all of this.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Sunflower Kisses

I think i'm in a dandy mood. Having resorted to the pink stuff after a hiatus of almost over half a year - the near fatal incident was sometime round March me thinks? Ok, maybe less than half a year. But you know what i mean. I miss Jossita, i miss Claire and i miss miss miss the cold. The physical cold i mean.

Singapore is so fucken hot. Seriously. My dad says i'm spoilt for wanting to switch on the air conditioner the moment i step in - but its just that its that darn hot. But i like being home. I enjoy the smells, sights and sounds. I adore the convenience and i love my kitchen. Which reminds me about the short write up i have to do.

Incoming, i have two projects in hand. One - Project UWC and the other, Project Walk. Project Walk, of course is the more challenging of the two. Because i am still in the look out for sponsors. So if you're interested in a community project - based in an ASEAN context - feel free to contact me.

Its back to work tomorrow. And i'm just so busy its almost sad.

Things get so much more clearer when debris is out of the way. Like you almost didnt know debris was debris coz you were used to it being around. Like 12 years of debris.. or even 4. Debris is debris, and its gotta be where it belongs - in the bin. So, honestly - it is the sweetest goodbye to the once beloved 2. And i mean sweetest.

Gotta run, i'm alive. And alive.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

what friends?

rhubinik, dilraaj, sharmila.

they are not the people i wanna associate with.
its not the lifestyle i wanna adopt.
there i said it. shoot me.
i really really tried hard, but sometimes theres a limit.

; i guess its true, friends are fuck. some friends have always been fuck, right
from the start. its my fault, that i refused to see it. refused to stop
trying.

its time now; i have to learn to give people the finger.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Brain Freeze

So i've been told i've been trying too darn hard. I've been told to relax and let it come to me, naturally, like it always does. But i cant help thinkin, i cant help worrying. The deadlines are looming and somehow, its hauntin me at the back of my mind. The lack of vision, the lack of creativity and the lack of ambition. Somehow, it frustrates the crap out of me.

Anyway, a month and a half have zoomed past in tiny Singapore, and i'm seemingly settling in. A little less drinking. Only resorted to the pink stuff once ever since i got back, which of course is a good sign. Not been smokin at all, which is awesome i guess.

Spoke to Sarah today, and it was awesome, over a 1000 miles away and still being able to hold a warm, real conversation. It was about half an hour. And it felt great. But it felt weird too, like i was connecting to another life left somewhere else.

So besides these, im off for a SpaRadize holiday. Yes i note that its cheesy but dont blame me, blame the tour package! I cant wait, i need this bad i guess.

Other than that, my teeny crush has melted over me thinks. And i've finally recovered from that 2 year hangover.

say hello.