I wish you love...

Goodbye, no use leading with our chins,
this is where our story ends,
Never lovers ever friends.

Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day,
but before you walk away,
I sincerely want to say.

I wish you you blue birds in Spring,
to give your heart a song to sing,
and then a kiss, but more than this
I wish you love.

And in July, lemonade to cool you
in some leafy glade, I wish you health,
and more than wealth,
I wish you love.

My breaking heart and I agree,
that you and I could never be.
So with my best, my very best
I set you free.

I wish you shelter from the storm,
a cozy fire to keep you warm,
Most of all, when snowflakes fall,
hot damn, I wish you love.
All kinds of love, a whole gang of love.

-Frank Sinatra

Lightning strikes

The Sun was magnificent today. It got overcast about three plus and then eventually started pouring. Just before it did, there was this brilliant flash of lightning followed by the indomitable boom of thunder.

The flash was just a tad too bright and the boom too loud to be far away. What followed was a crack of something breaking.

Looking into my neighbour's house, I saw a chunk of masonry on the glass roof. The glass was cracked, with spiderweb patterns, and it just led me to think of the force of that lightning strike. Also what would happen if I were at the receiving end. Haha, somehow, I don't think I'd end up like The Flash.

Three fun facts about lighting:

At any given moment, 2,000 thunderstorms are estimated to be underway around the world, and lightning strikes the ground about 100 times each second, or 8 million times a day. The U.S. has more thunderstorms than any other nation in the world, averaging over 100,000 thunderstorms a year; China is second in the world with over 85,000.

Lightning does strike the same place twice. The Empire State Building in New York City is struck about 23 times a year, on average.

When an aircraft in flight is struck by lightning, the aircraft itself usually induces the flash. Typically, there is little or no damage to the flying aircraft. Commercial aircraft are struck by lightning once every 5,000-10,000 flight hours.

For more information on lightning check out Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

Went to Amir's place yesterday evening. It was kinda partly for Hari Raya.. And his mum's nasi briyani was quite good... We played a really old-school game of Payday.. It was fun enough. I suppose. For a bunch of guys over 21 years old! (Except Josh, Lol.)

We eventually left Amir's place after 1am, much to the chagrin of his mum. Long story short I ended up at Emerald Hill with Josh after he had washed off the bird-droppings (Time was either 0220, o221 or o222. We'll see if it comes out.)

Anyway, I really like talking to him. Budding friendship. Gaaah! After a pretty long but I suppose nice chat, we headed home. It was already almost 4.

Later on tonight we're supposed to be going for dinner to celebrate Joshua's (my brother this time) 18th birthday. He normally likes meat so perhaps we'll go for Brazilian at East Coast.

Ecstatic

Was talking to dad today... And I told him that it was time to pay for my Uni fees as the new year starts this March.

He actually gave me a cheque to open a new bank account! So tomorrow will be heading down to OCBC to open a current account...

You cannot believe the excitement I am feeling. Though the plans look pretty solid, I cannot fully grasp this happiness, because money is fleeting. In the sense that money is rolling in now, but in the fickle world of business, if the customer drops us, well, we're fucked.

I also cannot help but feel selfish in this pursuit of my future... By going overseas, of course there will be a burden on the family. I can only do my best to balance work and studies there, and try to supplement my income.

Newcastle has just changed their course accreditation. It was initially a five year course - the first three years a mandatory Bachelors in Design (Architecture) and only upon graduation do you get to proceed to the final two years where you get a Bachelors in Architecture. Now, they've changed that to a Masters! At least now I don't have to think I'll be behind those in Singapore since they too get a Masters in five years.

Need to go walk Mandy now...

Bleak

Am feeling way better today though I was cooped up at home the ENTIRE day! The contractor from next door was over today to fix that hole in my wall.

It was interesting though, when I first woke up in the morning and wondered what that bright orange steak was.. Until I realised it was the thin layer of masking tape that covered the hole.

So while I wilted away most of the day trying to figure out small but oh-so-annoying HTML problems and errors blogspot kept showing up. And then I realised, "Oh! I have to revert back to the stupid old format!" What's the point of upgrading if the two systems aren't even compatible?!

On a more positive note, because there wasn't much food at home and I think I ate quite healthy - nut bars, almonds, pistachios, peanut butter (Oh, man, this one really sticks to the roof of your mouth! I think the brand was Adams'.)

Kinda hungry now... TGIF.

Oh, and the album Joshua recommended, Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion, is awesome! Also the theme song for Luct, Caution is stuck in my head. But it is a beautiful piece.

Oooh... Argh... Too much of the good thing?

Man, been trying to add in a new blog skin. Tried following all them instructions but still to no avail.

It is infuriating.

Didn't feel too good today. Was sleeping in the boot of the car for a bit and when we got down to go for tea I had this slight headache. Of course I had been having a queasy tummy since morning.. So I guess I already wasn't well. No idea what caused it.

Dinner was at the Sha Villa - Rosette was it? SHATEC's training school. Marcus's grading of sorts was this week and he asked Nadia and I to come down.. We called Nick too.

The food was so-so only. I suppose I will still go to rate food like this in the future since I of all people feel the need to encourage talent. The duck was tough, the soup salty, the palate cleanser too overpowering and there was nothing velvety about the desert - which was named "something-velvet".

We bumped into Chin Sin and his mum while we were there. He was ever so gracious to offer us a round of red wine. Such a gentleman.

I was frank with my opinions with Marcus... Hopefully they learn as a school. There was this charming girl too - Czarina. Gorgeous really. And then there was the innuendo about me liking milk when she was serving coffee. Lol, that was hilarious.

Feeling a little under the weather. Going to turn in.

The icing on the cake

Aren't they pretty? Fairy cupcakes.

In the movie "No Reservations", Catherine Zeta Jones asks her shrink why life can't be like a recipe. You mix only what the recipe asks for and the results will always be the same...

Of course I am still an novice and the next time I do those cupcakes they could well look completely different. (They were by the way, made for my twenty second birthday.)

I am actually trying to force myself to type something here.. I guess if I do go to Australia to study I still want to keep in contact with family and a couple of friends back home. But it is trying. I can never like this whole blogging thing. Plus I suck at IT and thus cannot pretty up my page with HTML. Oh well, I guess in time.

I went for mass today. A few of the closer people asked if it was because of JL. No it wasn't. Although I must say I feel so dirty next to him... And he does make me want to be a better person. Religiously.

I think I should try going more often though I can only feel comfortable with Holly there.

It's late. Need sleep.

Of birthdays, unfulfilled wishes and hopes...

Was meaning to start this new blog just as I hit 22. It was supposed to be a more serious place to pen down thoughts... Because I feel i have been very messed up recently.

I suppose in some sense I want a place I can place my opinions - I don't know if people view me as just a dud or a good time, with nothing more than a joke to share. Besides, it is time to grow up. I want to take a political side, stand up for homosexuals, and be well-read on literature. Sound impossible.

Josh's a nice guy. Yup, that's all I'll say right now. Of course I've edited this post! Lol. :)

(I can't believe I am talking about something as frivolous as a boy in my first post! But I guess "keep the end in mind")

That dream of studying architecture is just around the corner... I can only hope I make it good.