Thursday, 19 Jun 08
Retreating
Off to JB.
See you guys tomorrow.
:(
<3
Wednesday, 18 Jun 08
‘When I Love’ by Nizar Qabbani
When I love
I feel that I am the king of time
I possess the earth and everything on it
and ride into the sun upon my horse.
When I love
I become liquid light
invisible to the eye
and the poems in my notebooks
become fields of mimosa and poppy.
When I love
the water gushes from my fingers
grass grows on my tongue
when I love
I become time outside all time.
When I love
all the trees
run barefoot toward me…
‘Lovesong’ by Ted Hughes
He loved her and she loved him.
His kisses sucked out her whole past and future or tried to
He had no other appetite
She bit him she gnawed him she sucked
She wanted him complete inside her
Safe and sure forever and ever
Their little cries fluttered into the curtains
Her eyes wanted nothing to get away
Her looks nailed down his hands his wrists his elbows
He gripped her hard so that life
Should not drag her from that moment
He wanted all future to cease
He wanted to topple with his arms round her
Off that moment’s brink and into nothing
Or everlasting or whatever there was
Her embrace was an immense press
To print him into her bones
His smiles were the garrets of a fairy palace
Where the real world would never come
Her smiles were spider bites
So he would lie still till she felt hungry
His words were occupying armies
Her laughs were an assassin’s attempts
His looks were bullets daggers of revenge
His glances were ghosts in the corner with horrible secrets
His whispers were whips and jackboots
Her kisses were lawyers steadily writing
His caresses were the last hooks of a castaway
Her love-tricks were the grinding of locks
And their deep cries crawled over the floors
Like an animal dragging a great trap
His promises were the surgeon’s gag
Her promises took the top off his skull
She would get a brooch made of it
His vows pulled out all her sinews
He showed her how to make a love-knot
Her vows put his eyes in formalin
At the back of her secret drawer
Their screams stuck in the wall
Their heads fell apart into sleep like the two halves
Of a lopped melon, but love is hard to stop
In their entwined sleep they exchanged arms and legs
In their dreams their brains took each other hostage
In the morning they wore each other’s face
On the list
Movies to watch:
The HulkKung Fu PandaIndiana Jones and The Crystal Skull of SuckSex and the City- Wall-E
- Star Wars - The Clone Wars
Get Smart- Don’t Mess With the Zohan
- Mamma Mia
- Ice Age 3
- Dark Knight
- 007 - Quantum of Solace
Monday, 16 Jun 08
Liu Lian Liu Lian
Oooooh.
Goodwood Park Hotel Durian Fiesta 2008
1 March - 31 July
The annual Goodwood Park Hotel Durian Fiesta is back with an exciting range of 10 Durian pastries and cakes, each filled with the richness and goodness of D24 Durians!
Apart from the signature Durian Puffs and legendary Durian Mousse Cake, the range also includes all-time favourites such as the Durian Crepe, Durian Crumble, Durian & Crunchy Hazelnut Tartlet, Durian Pudding and Durian Roll. Back by popular demand is also the fragrant Durian, Pandan & Coconut Cake.
This year’s new Durian pastry creations - the Durian & Brownie Chocolate Cup and the Durian Oreo Cake, are all set to please all Durian Connoisseurs! A first in Singapore, the Durian Oreo Cake is the ideal cake to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, with its rich D24 Durian pulp sandwiched between layers of vanilla sponge sprinkled with gula melaka syrup and covered with crunchy Oreo cookie crumbs!
-taken from Goodwood Park Hotel website
I. Want. Just look at ‘em brownie studded durian pulp cupcakes. Drool.
Mahjong kakis are going for durian buffet! Wooo!
Grumpychooks
*MUTTER*STAFFRETREAT*MUTTER*OHWHYOHWHYOHWHY?
I have to miss choir this week because of frickin’ staff retreat.
Sigh.
Mew
Friday was the last day I had to go to uni for courses.
This is my last ever weekend as a student.
Actually, the weekend is over - it’s Monday now, and I have officially been seconded to my new workplace.
Will be reporting tomorrow at 9am, and then next Monday is my first day of real real work as a teacher.
I’ve put off working for quite awhile now, as my post-grad diploma in education took a year to complete.
But I can’t put it off any longer.
I’m grieving. I’m nervous and excited and afraid.
I miss being a student already.
Here’s to waking up at 6am every weekday for work.
Here’s to overtime and no overtime pay.
Here’s to students both hardworking and lazy, whether they’re academically inclined or not.
Here’s to heartbreak and joy, anger and happiness.
Here’s to marking English scripts all weekend long.
Here’s to the death of my social life.
I want to go back to uni and do my masters already!
Sunday, 15 Jun 08
What goes around comes around
Yay! Had a good mahjong day today :) after a long, long spell of never winning anything…
Okay, I might have completely used up my store of luck for the rest of the year :/
Full of durian!
<3
Friday, 13 Jun 08
Disregard this post if you don’t know what I’m talking about
If you read the webcomic Ctrl-Alt-Del, you’ll have seen the latest comic story arc which involved Lilah getting pregnant and then miscarrying the baby - a strange storyline for a gaming comic, perhaps, but I thought it would later unravel to show how Ethan may have been shocked out of his childish behavior at least long enough to put his girlfriend’s emotional distress first - Ethan being typically portrayed as madcap and wild and completely without regard for proper social behavior. However, the story ended abruptly without any sort of real self-realization or maturity from Ethan. Guh, okay, whatever. Move on, right? It’s just a comic.
Then I read the comic artist’s news post about the storyline. The artist described his desire to “stress test” his characters’ relationships, “to see if there is really something there that would keep them together despite Ethan’s antics, and I decided that this was the best way to go about it.” He described how he and an ex had gone through a miscarriage, and how it had been the straw that broke the camel’s back in that event. Neither in his comic nor his news post did he show much understanding or compassionate empathy for couples who have been through traumatic miscarriages. He went from “Gee, poor Lilah, this must really suck for her” to a comic about Dungeons and Dragons. No resolution, nothing. He didn’t even show how their relationship had gotten stronger or weaker due to the incident. Nada, zip, zilch.
And I was quite peeved, to see how lightly the whole thing was treated. And one of my favorite webcomics, known for their complete irreverence and political incorrectness, has referred to the matter in their latest comic as well, quoting Tim’s insensitive blog post verbatim. The vibe this comic gives off is that it’s equally annoyed with the pathetic and tactless way Tim dealt with the matter, which I completely agree with. But I suppose it’s a bit hypocritical of Explosm too, since they’re obviously not noted for their own tact and sensitivity.
Meh. But still, I really really think nobody, especially not one who claims to have been through the trauma, should treat the subject of miscarriage so lightly and trivially. Women - and men! - all over the world have gone through really awful depression and trauma over the loss of a child that they had eagerly been anticipating and awaiting. It’s not something to be so easily passed over.
Thursday, 12 Jun 08
Friends who give friends lifts to school
This morning, Amelia gave me a lift to school - she was a little late, so I was at the bus stop waiting for her and promised, in the interim, to compose her a poem in gratitude for the lift. After about ten minutes at the bus stop I came up with this poem, which I then declaimed to her in the car amid much hilarity.
A Poem On The Generosities Of Friends Who Give Friends Lifts To School
The traffic’s quite heavy, the people asleep
But not for me is the EZ link beep!
Amelia’s giving me a lift today
and I’m thankful - more than I can say.
For NTU’s located in a faraway place
(the end of the world - to cut to the chase).
She’s saved me an hour of precious sleep
So I won’t have to endure the EZ link beep.
So thank God for a loving friend with a car
who drives to a uni that’s so damn far!
*bows*
JADEITE