Absolutely always avoid alliteration

2006-09-28T06:18:00.000-07:00

I'm really quite disappointed. What when wrong?

I Wish You Love

2006-09-01T07:08:00.000-07:00

I wish you bluebirds in the spring,

To give your heart a song to sing,

And then a kiss,

But more than this,

I wish you Love.

And in July, a lemonade,

To cool you in, some leafy glade,

I wish you health,

And more than wealth,

I wish you Love

I wish you shelter, from the the storm,

A cozy fire, to keep you warm,

And most of all, when snowflakes fall

I wish you Love

You Belong To Me

2006-08-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

"See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember, darling all the while
You belong to me"

My brother sings this every day now. Every time he plays the piano, he'd be playing this. And he'd ask me to play along on the violin.

"See the market place in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me"

This song has this distinctively mediterranean flavour, doesn't it.? Think: Sun-drenched beaches, Moroccan bazzaars, classic 1930's Casablanca.

"Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me"

This is quite romantic, the notion of a silver plane gliding over the shimmering expanse of ocean. I want to fly away in a silver plane too. As I have said many, many times, I need a holiday!

"See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember, darling all the while
You belong to me"

And that's what I really want to say to you.

A polite conversation.

2006-08-20T08:41:00.000-07:00

Trusting as the moments fly says:
hihi

to the ends of the earth says:
good day

Trusting as the moments fly says:
good night you mean

Trusting as the moments fly says:
so how's your day?

to the ends of the earth says:
ok

to the ends of the earth says:
how wad urs

to the ends of the earth says:
was
Trusting as the moments fly says:
ok haha

to the ends of the earth says:
thats good

to the ends of the earth says:
how are you?

Trusting as the moments fly says:
fine thank you

Trusting as the moments fly says:
you?

to the ends of the earth says:
fine thank you

to the ends of the earth says:

haha this is a very weird conversation

Trusting as the moments fly says:
yea so polite

Trusting as the moments fly says:
i must blog about this

to the ends of the earth says:
...

to the ends of the earth says:
you blog about the weirdest things

There's no doubt about it - I'm weird. WEiRd

Note to self

2006-08-19T22:49:00.000-07:00

Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by,
Trusting Jesus what e'er befall,

Trusting Jesus that is all

2006-08-10T07:14:00.000-07:00

The Man In The Bowler Hat
by A.S.J. Tessimond

I am the unnoticed, the unnoticable man:
The man who sat on your right in the morning train:
The man who looked through like a windowpane:
The man who was the colour of the carriage, the colour of the mounting
Morning pipe smoke.
I am the man too busy with a living to live,
Too hurried and worried to see and smell and touch:
The man who is patient too long and obeys too much
And wishes too softly and seldom.

I am the man they call the nation's backbone,
Who am boneless - playable castgut, pliable clay:
The Man they label Little lest one day
I dare to grow.

I am the rails on which the moment passes,
The megaphone for many words and voices:
I am the graph diagram,
Composite face.

I am the led, the easily-fed,
The tool, the not-quite-fool,
The would-be-safe-and-sound,
The uncomplaining, bound,
The dust fine-ground,
Stone-for-a-statue waveworn pebble-round

I just suddenly thought of this poem we studied during Lit lessons in Secondary school.

Am I to become the shapeless face of the masses. shuffling to join the ranks of the pariah?

Perhaps I already am.

Blind Ends

2006-08-09T09:40:00.000-07:00

Blind Ends

Lead me along Blind Ends.
You don't have to hold my hand,
Because I can see through the dark
I can see through the blindness,
The bright blindness.

Should I be excited,
As I amble along Blind Ends?
For Blindness can be my shield,
Behind which darkness I need not yield.
Blinding light.

So you can lead me along Blind Ends,
For I won't fear the unknown.
Brightness that transcends the dark
Be wih me,
As They lead me round Blind Ends.

Playing Haydn by the Underpass

2006-07-30T00:21:00.000-07:00

Thanks bro, for taking photos of these. These pieces of my memory.

How did all this people get into my room?

2006-07-30T00:02:00.001-07:00

And it was all Blue

2006-07-29T08:39:00.001-07:00

When I was young, the world was younger than I
As merry as a carousel.
The circus tent was strung with every star in the sky
Above the ring I love so well

But now, the young world has grown old
Gone, are the tinsel and gold

No use, old girl!
You might as well surrender.
Yours hopes are getting slender!
Why don't somebody send a
Blue Boy
To cheer up
Little Girl Blue

2006-07-29T08:39:00.000-07:00

Now that I have found you,
I must hang around you.
Though you may refuse me,
You will never lose me

If the human race is
Full of happy faces
It's because they all love
That wondrous thing, they call
Love

He loves, and she loves
And they love, so won't you love me
As I love you

And all that Jazz

2006-07-29T08:32:00.001-07:00

In the wee small hours of the morning

When the whole wide world is fast asleep

I stay up and think about the girl

And never even think of counting sheep

When the whole wide world has learnt its lesson

She'll be yours if only you would call

In the wee small hours of the morning

That's the time she'll miss you most of all

Dare I call in the wee small hours?

In the Evening

2006-07-28T08:36:00.000-07:00

In the Evening,

When the kettle sounds for tea

An old, familiar feeling settles over me

And its your face I see

And I believe that you are near

When I'm dreaming,

And I find myself awake, without a warning

And then I rub my eyes,

And fantasise,

And all at once I realise

It is morning, and my fantasy is fading,

Like a distant star at dawn

My dearest dream is gone

I often think theres just one thing to do

Pretend that dream is true

And tell myself that you are there

2006-07-16T06:38:00.000-07:00

A silly conversation between David and I about Monday's PE basketball lesson...

to the ends of the earth says:
i cannot shoot

None but the arcane secret says:
i feel like skipping

to the ends of the earth says:
why?

None but the arcane secret says:
a lot of things to do

to the ends of the earth says:
huh you mean skipping is a module?

None but the arcane secret says:
erm as in ponning!!!!!

to the ends of the earth says:
ahhaa

None but the arcane secret says:
wahaha

to the ends of the earth says:
if u pon i will

It just reminds me of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book

2006-06-09T06:22:00.000-07:00

THE TYGER
By William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

When toys come alive..they tell stories

2006-06-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

When She Loved Me

When somebody loved me,Everything was beautiful

Every hour we spent together lives within my heart

And when she was sad,I was there to dry her tears

And when she was happy,So was I

When she loved me

Through the summer and the fall

We had each other, that was all

Just she and I together,Like it was meant to be

And when she was lonely,I was there to comfort her

And I knew that she loved me

So the years went byI stayed the same

But she began to drift awayI was left alone

Still I waited for the day

When she'd say I will always love you

Lonely and forgotten,I'd never thought she'd look my way

And she smiled at me and held me just like she used to do

Like she loved me

When she loved me

When somebody loved me

Everything was beautiful

Every hour we spent together lives within my heart

When she loved me

This song from ToyStory really brings me back memories. Heard it whenI was watching the TV premiere with Michelle and Joseph. Though Huizhong left early. Coz we had quartet practice and i asked Joseph to tag along after church, which he did. Well it was fun! When was that...Sunday? Yea. I kind of like the rider piece by haydn, and Tchaikovsky's andante cantabile is indeed quite a beautiful piece. Actually we were supposed to watch xmen 2...but i think we made a mistake in the time and so we wound up watching toy story instead.

Talking about Tchaikovsky, every since the Inspirations VI concert in which we played his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, I realised that i'm getting more and more drawn to his wispy, dreamy melodies. None but the Lonely Heart, Serenade Melancolique and of course his famous Canzonetta.

Class outing to Sentosa on Monday was smashing. Actually its not really class outing...its erm Party@Sentosa. Haha i think sam coined it to make our class seem uber funky. We met at 8.30am at harbourfront then trooped to siloso beach. We played volleyball and frisbee! Oh yes talking about volleyball...there's this bar by the beach which set up about 6 volleyball nets and courts along the beach and attempted to charge us $30 an hour just to play. As with all sane people we of course declined. Bt all the courts were empty anyway so we played near the courts and slipped in and out of one of them to use the net while the lifeguard-cum-caretaker-cum-employee of the bar was not looking.

Anyway he caught us and blew some whistle and shouted something like "Either you're stupid of you don't understand English" Haha...well we didn't feel like playing anymore anyway so big deal. Oh yea..I made hot dogs for the class! hope they liked it, though i forgot to eat. haha i'm getting quite lazy eh, i don't even bother to use the caps lock. Oh and peculiar thin is we all got sunburnt even though it wasn't especially sunny. come to think of it, it was overcast. Strange. Extraaaooooodinary...anyway the latter is what blinky bill or winky bill or some bear cartoon character on tv always says. erm i'm sure you don't remember. haha its ok. really!

Then after that i left at about 1.30pm coz i had to meet huizhong, calvin, michelle and yanmin for quartet again at Jurong east mrt station. and due to the insane number of buses, trams i had to take just to get from siloso beach to harbourfront mrt station, i was fashionably late. One hour to be exact! i'm sorry sorry guys (and gals!) And thanks for buying lunch!

On wednesday i went to CMPB for the ns medical screening nd it took so long! i was there from 8.30am to 2.00pm. It's so long and full of waiting. Oh but something interesting...i did my irst urine test. erm just that i never tried doing it before, yea.

Hooray this is quite a long post, isn't it. But rather disjointed. Please erm... join it up!

So long!

ps: Haha this reminds me of something i said to my juniors during some mass convo...those in the know will know;)

The Sadist and the Masochist

2006-06-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

Tomorow's SAT. Its going to be a long SATurday, cause i think i will be there (ACJC) from 7.45am to 2.oopm. Actually maybe this is part of the test to. To test your patience and concentration.

Can I add just one more last word from the word list? I can't help it...

Masochist: person who enjoys his own pain

The masochist begs, "Hit me." The sadist smiles and says, "I won't."

Thanks to all who gave me advice and wished me luck for tomorow, including David, who said it was compulsory to turn up in full ACS uniform or else i would be turned away at the exam hall the security guard. Thanks David for the great tip =)

Inauguration

2006-06-01T05:23:00.000-07:00

Well, this is my first entry.

And I surprised that I have finally thought of someting to write about! I used to fear that my first maiden entry would be a mundane "Hi this is Abel!" but I pleased that it's not going to be so. It could have been a self-fulfilling prophecy, I really have thought hard and I hope that this turns up well. But what if it doesn't? Well these are just some uncertainties in life against which we must stand together and overcome with great fortitude. Fortitude - I like that word.

Just in case you think I'm just buying time and really can't think of anything now, I'm not ok? Really wasn't!

Was reading through the SAT word list and I was laughing...really. The examples were reeaaally funny. Something i wouldn't expect from pedantic professor- publishers (my first alliteration!) of the book. Lets see:

1. Despise (v) : Look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful

Mr Bond, I despise spies; I look down on them as mean, despicable, honorless men, whom I Would wipe from the face of the earth with as little concern as I would scrape dog droppings from the bottom of my shoe

2. Devoid (adj) : Lacking

You may think her mind is a total void, but she's actually not devoid of intelligence

3. Pariah (n) : Social outcast

If everyone ostracised singer Mariah Carey, would she then be Mariah the pariah?

Even as I type, my mouth is upturned in an irrepressible smile=) I really think it's funny, and I don't why half the world isn't laughing. Ha ha.

And this last one from the list seems a good piece of advice to those attempting memorise the entire SAT word list of 3500 words...

4. Mammoth (adj) : Gigantic, enormous

To try to memorise every word on this vocabulary list would be a mammoth undertaking

And so ends my maiden entry. Gosh, I realise that I sound quite queer and eccentric. Is this my personal voice? Hmm

I'll promise to write more!

- "If the mountain does not go to Muhammed, then Muhammed must go to the mountain"