kick kick kick!

feels good to be relaxing, just going with the flow. heading out for a swim be it day or night, going for a jog, or the gym, reading, watching some shows, seeing the lil ones and having nice and inexpensive meals. i'm pretty happy. seeing a coach makes it all so sweeet(: hahah.

well, being a male at this age, everyone's all about NS etc. seeing some guys getting their enlistment letter, ranging from may till august, makes me want to treasure the civilian life i have. i'm definitely not dreading to book into tekong (YET), but right now, i feel it's a wee bit too soon. i wanna hopefully do some stuff that i've listed down, and catch up with all those people whom i've been neglecting. just hope it all works out. BTW, haven't got it yet HA.

talking about friends, some close dude friend told me that "friends come and go". well, not that i do not know that it happens, but realising that it might be happening NOW is a bit disheartening don't you think? the consolation i can think about is knowing who the real ones are. life goes on!(:

where the light is

I've always told abang that if i could, i would sit at the balcony outside my room and just strum away on a lazy afternoon. though that's just probably a fantasy, this guy (points to picture above) sure does it well. damn it, i was introduced to john mayer about 2 years ago, and the first song i heard was something i wasn't impressed with. the next song that came along was your "body is a wonderland", and i thought, 'hey, sounds pretty neat'. so i started listening to more tunes of his and i swear to god, i've been pretty hooked ever since.

BEST SONG OF ALL TIME: I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR by JOHN MAYER, LIVE IN LA!

tried to put the video here but blogger has to be a bitch. but yeah, this song's so soulful, and really, cliche or not, this song freaking makes me feel good everytime. trumpet solo, sax solo and JM's solo (i like how he and i have the same initials). add in the awesome ending and BOOM! there you go, a work or art!(:

PLUS, who says this song isn't especially meaningful to me?(:

The yellow lines

It's funny how some people can be so ridiculously inconsiderate. Though it shouldn't come as a surprise actually. Taking the mrt during peak periods can be really a hassle. Ok it IS a hassle. I, for the first time, witnessed (with the best view) the extremely unique behaviour of people boarding the train. First of, the LTA has painstakingly got contractors to paint pretty yellow lines that provide a very clear understanding of where to stand for commuters to wait at a diagonal side of the door so as to not block the commuters who are disembarking from the trains. However, we have a special breed who do not seem to be able to follow this simple procedure.

And here are the possible reasons that I can think of:
1) they really can't see it
2) they refuse to see it
3) they don't know where to stand even after seeing it
4) they refuse to stand where they're suppose to
5) they're all just plain outright retards
6) on top of either of the above points, they want to rush into the trains for a seat

All of these reasons are really sad. And the last one being the more obvious reason is extremely barbaric. I stood at the line with the intention of letting passengers come off the train first. This Malay lady came beside me. Stood in the middle of the doors, and shoved her way in when the doors opened. She went for the seats and god should everyone have seen her facial expression. She had this I-must-get-it look on her face the whole time, with her mouth opened and her eyes so wide, I could've sworn she looked like a dinosaur.

Coming from a society that stereotypes based on merit, awards and other non-characteristic attributes,boy do we have a long way to go.

the scent of familiarity

there's someone sipping on a very aromatic cup of coffee, and it's highly distracting because I've just realised that the smell reminds me of being in foreign land. Be it cafes, hotel lounges, during breakfast, walking pass some random stranger with a cuppa warmly tucked in his palms on a chilly afternoon, and of course at night at the occasional diners where some people just need that kick to get them going. GAWD. WHY NOW? of all the places and time. noooooooooooo........