a trip around singapore town

ive found the best place in Singapore to…stand. it is quite simply awesome. the river, the skyline, the sunset, the tourists, the pubs (which incidentally, i realise, show the US Open on widescreen plasma screens! why have i never known this), the parliament house, the courts. sigh, it is beautiful. i decided to take a walk down to raffles city to meet a friend for dinner – and the walk from boat quay to raffles city is amazing! let me enthrall you with the pictures, taken with my trusty lil motorala (:

and below, is the best picture i found on my phone of OCBC building, my prison for the past 5 weeks. Well, to be honest the architecture really pales in comparison to its more glamourous and taller, slimmer cousins on the Singapore Skyline. Ho yea, even buildings can never be thin and tall enough. Like Ewen (or was it Louis) put it, it is still quite an ‘ah-pek’ building (: oh wells, nonetheless:

and then further down, just a stone’s throw away we have the awesome st. andrews’ cathedral. and i found myself just curiously venturing in on a weekday evening, when there was scarcely a soul around. it was lit up, and almost…magnificent. almost. there was construction going on and noisy traffic around to ruin it.

-contented sigh- look, Singapore can be photogenic! when the sun has set, and with a little help from picasa (: but nonetheless. oh, maybe im just in a rather contented mood these days. i love it here!

– 24th dinner at equinox.  

when you are so loved, by man and by God, what more do you need? You have imagined that there is so much you need in order to be happy, and even in order to survive. You have made this all up. Because as you approach the end of your life on earth, you will realise how little any of this matters. You will realise you have struggled for nothing. all the frivolities in the street windows, acquiring the price tags and brand names and the riches of the world – Nothing.

You will realise you had never needed all this to survive. You always had enough – you would never have gone hungry or cold! you had it all, in abundance!  

 - you’re alpha, omega, beginning and end. you’re my saviour, messiah, redeemer and friend (: my saving grace, you’re every reason, every answer, everything i will ever need (:

– 26th dinner with the extended family. 

i will not be there. But God will catch you when I can’t. And to love someone means simply this: to silently [in the quiet of your heart!] wish him all the peace in the world, and joy everylasting. no, no words are needed, no texts, no handwritten cards, no pricey gifts; these ostentatious temporalities that any whore on the street with fifty bucks in her pocket can easily contrive.

but no, even if you dont know this now, even if you will never know this, and even if you dont wish the same for me, i wish you will go experience the torrents of the world, fall to the depths of hardship, and pick yourself up, become stronger in character and in Faith; i pray you will see the world, spread God’s word, find love – as you know it. im so thankful we have crossed paths; im so glad you’re in my life; and i’ll adore you for lifetimes to come.

i went down for the daily caffeine pick-me-up (also known as “uh…tall caramel frappucino please with no whipped cream”) and got more than i bargained for. hours of staring at the IBM Thinkvision at work left my eyes as glazed as Krispy Kremes. and i think i looked like death.

But some people just approach death differently. This guy in particular, was trying to sell me Prudential Unit Trusts. And boy did he cheer me up, even though i wasnt about to buy half a unit of anything from him. And we actually parted on more cheerful terms than real acquaintances did - ”you have a real nice evening, miss!” he said to me, with that huge grin and a genuinity that felt like he had just waved a wand and bestowed me with a nice evening.  

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earlier on in the day, a colleague [lets call her jane, though theres already a jane in my office and the colleague in question is not the real jane. hm, on second thought lets call unnamed colleague june], June, today told me that she wanted to exchange hp numbers and personal email addresses with me. because despite the generation gap [shes almost my moms age] she felt that she could connect with me (:

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and remnant thoughts from a fitful sleep, sigh. sometimes i wonder, how are you not like a slave? you take a couple of steps from your den, feel like you could enter the civilisation of the sane again, and the locks and chains just tug you back. back to the den where only you reside. the den is grimy, filthy, dark. and that is what you are calling home. you, me, we all have this slimy den hidden somewhere, dont we.

JM: haha well at least myspace is authentic. i really dont honestly think andy roddick has a facebook account :x he’d have people poking him all the name, no? (:

Chris: rest assured. andy and i talk about you ALL the time over coffee, dear summer bitch -grin-

so my plea to be swamped with work has been answered. and i like it. getting to know some of the colleagues better over lunch, during morning run-ins at starbucks/the pantry. and it really makes a world of difference (:

and on annoying matters.

splitting the proverbial hairs over words that probably dont even mean a thing to you. or do they? i cant be sure.

it irks me that you can appear so darling to everyone else, but will always either (a) cold-shoulder me or (b) be a bitch to me. i cant decide which i prefer. it just irks me either way. and i would really rather not cross paths with you. of course, thats not the right thing to say. is it my fault that we cant click? we definitely wouldnt be best of friends; i get this feeling you somehow despise me. not my way of life, not my attitude, just me. and i cant, for the life of me, figure out why.

hello legs! well, that above rant was -sigh- thankfully making no reference to the Girls. the level of comfort and ease we share, somehow is such a blessing. the pictures were taken at lower pierce reservoir. yes! there is life outside orchard/cityhall!

i’d had alot more to say: about the shops’ bringing in of fall season clothing hastening my seasonal blues :x not enough prancing around in shorts and skirts-sans-tights! zero sunbathing. zero tennis! zero sentosa. not enough flipflop utility. and you’re bringing in the wool/boots/tights already? just looking at them is making me feel permanently cold once more -sad-

Roddick on my facebook

Who needs six degrees of separation. I am hereby one degree from A-Rod and heres facebook with the proof! (:
Oh, Maria left a couple of messages on Andy’s wall. First-name basis we are on. Yawn. No biggie. Now on to more exciting news – check out this youtube video. Whoever said treadmills had to be boring?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

So kiddos who happen to have six treadmills and four very bored (and possibly gay) men at your disposal, please dont try this at home.