The Name Meme

THE NAME MEME!

1.YOUR PORN STAR NAME
(name of first pet + street you live on):
Harriet Bishan

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME
(grandmother's/father's first name + favorite snack)
Ceylon Dulce De Leche Butter Cookies

3. YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME
(first word you see on your left + favorite restaurant)
Fairprice Max Brenner

4. YOUR SOCIALITE NAME
(silliest childhood nickname + first town where you partied):
Nosey Bishan

5. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME
(first initial + first three letters of your last name)
slee

6. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME
(favorite animal + name of high school):
Chinchilla Xinmin

7. YOUR BARFLY NAME
(last snack food you ate + your favorite drink)
Twisties Frappucino

8. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME
(middle name + city where you were born):
Wan Heng Singapore

9. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME
(favorite candy + favorite musician's last name):
Reese's Bells Zinner

10. YOUR OPPOSITE SEX NAME
(name of [opposite sex] friend + cell phone company you use):
Elizabeth Singtel

11. YOUR STAR WARS NAME
(first 3 letters of your last name + last 3 letters of mother's maiden name)
leeang

A walk

Though sickly and nursing my inflammed throat with heavy doses of cold water to numb my pain (haha.), I'm still blogging about my journey down my school to bishan. Breathtaking, really, in a literal sense. But before I move on, just a tiny, simple statistic.

Comment: Hey, guess what? I walked all the way from school to Bishan!
Response: 4 out of 7 people asked 'Why??' immediately, suggesting incredulity or shock. The other three were people who understood people who enjoyed walking. So I guess that means we've been taking public transport for-granted and wouldn't really care if our grandparents had to walk that same distance everyday when they went to school, on that same mundane, boring path, eh? Haha.

Anyway,
I, Samuel Lee, had walked nearly 5 km from Hougang to Bishan, and found it quite calming on the nerves. It took about an hour and I snapped some photos on a puny VGA camera phone that had lasted me from a year and a half ago. I'm proud of my achievements and it gives me a sense of accomplishment and joy. (consider them modern-day polaroids) and view them here!



Or you can click that picture above too.

Another meme

I get all of these stuff from my sister XD

Which song reminds you of your parents?
Sorry I don't exactly associate my parents with mere songs

Which songs remind you of your friends?
Hey Ya by Outkast (it was the sec 1 orientation dance)
Fruits Basket opening theme (because I had that for my ringtone during the class chalet last year)
The Owls Go by Architecture In Helsinki (because that was probably the song playing at the time my iPod got stolen. Hmph.)
Beautiful by Belle & Sebastian

List 5 songs you're into now.
1) Puzzles Like You by Mojave 3
2) Black Cab by Jens Lekman
3) Abel by The National
4) Heartbeat by Annie
5) Wait by Get Set Go

ooh can I add a few more? =D
6) Everyday is a holiday (with you) by Esthero
7) Art Star by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

State 5 friends and state which song which friend reminds you of.
1) Andrea - So Long by Rilo Kiley
2) Elizabeth - Clear Spot by Pernice Brothers
3) Nicholas - Dial: Revenge by Mogwai
4) Ruimin - Sunrise by Norah Jones
5) Zizhao - Wandering Star by Portishead


Name 10 songs you have on your MP3/MP4.
(If I had another one? Hmph.)
1) Pin by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2) Autemn Sweater by Yo La Tengo
3) Four Hours In Washington by M. Ward
4) Flowers In December by Mazzy Star
5) Magic Mountain by Blonde Redhead
6) Surfing On A Rocket by Air
7) Shiny by The Decemberists
8) Soft Like Me by Saint Etienne
9) Art Star by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10) Garçon Glaçon by April March

Lastly, choose five people to do this quest ~
Preferably,
1) Elizabeth
2) Zizhao
3) Sherina
4) Nicholas
5) Gwendolyn
and everyone else
but I'll leave them to discover this and blog about it on their own.

Easy-peasy French Cooking

I decided to make a Rather French-ishyesque Dinner today. And I had no idea it was so simple! All I had to do was caramelized some onions, boil spaghetti and pour white pasta sauce (albeit with Japanese mushrooms and bacon) and serve. Interestingly, I decided to heat up some chicken pieces with cheese over them just in case the spaghetti didn't turn out well. (It was kinda like the first time I was cooking spaghetti, you see).

I love onions!

I've been rather interested in cooking these days, I realize. Especially after the Home Econs SA1 Practical incident in which my butter cookies went very wrong at first but really delicious in the end (due to the over-use of butter and frantic adding-of brandy to the initially slimy and horribly oily dough). Sandwiching them with generous spreads of Dulce De Leche squished in-between them only added to the risk of heart-disease from one piece. (I mean, double the butter and brandy mixture with caramelized condensed milk.) Health nuts, diabetics and the cholestrol-conscious would all probably squirm with disgust by now, but I'm beginning to dismiss the oxymoron of 'healthy and delicious' cooking. Because delicious food isn't possible without even the remotest trace of fat or cholestrol, so probably the solution to get around this is to eat a really cold salad consisting of celery, with all that negative calories. And perhaps, a cube of cheese or two?

Besides, cooking takes my mind away from conspiracy theories, darker and hidden agendas, and issues concerning the socially-challenged inevitably blamed for being outcast.

Yep it's finally done

I've been talking about creating a blog solely for poems and prose. Well, here it is. I've tried to cut down on my very bad habit of surrealism in my first piece :)

I Am The Starfish And The Sea Breezes Past Me

Saturday Morning Inspiration

Thanks to Judith's constant-singing-of-praise of CAP, I'm thinking of starting preperations for my portfolio now. I'm going to create a blog and I'm gonna post poetry there.

That is, once I have time.

Gah.

just another blog meme about music

Open your Music, and hit Shuffle, and write the artist and the title of the song, next to each question.

Soundtrack of your life

Opening Credits: Belleville Rendez-vous by The Triplets of Belleville

Waking Up Scene: Born To Make You Happy by Britney Spears

Car Driving Scene: World Looking In by Morcheeba

High School Flashback Scene: Open Sea Theme - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Nostalgic Scene: Yellowcard - Breathe Your Name by Sixpence None The Richer

Bitter, Angry Scene: In The Bath by Lemon Jelly (huh?? my music's so juxtaposed)

Break-up Scene: The Point Of No Return from The Phantom of The Opera (how fitting. For once)

Agony scene: Love is Everywhere I Go by Sam Philips (which is supposed to be a happy-lazy song)

Regret Scene: Proof by Coldplay

Nightclub/Bar Scene: Perfume by Sparks

Fight/Action Scene: It's Oh So Quiet by Bjork (which can be rather schizo)

Lawn Mowing Scene: Clear Spot by Pernice Brothers

Sad, breakdown scene: Simple Kind Of Life - by No Doubt

Death Scene: Dilworth's Theme by Saint Etienne

Funeral Scene: Enter Laughing by Electrelane

Mellow/Pot-smoking Scene: Come Down on Me by Lemon Jelly

Dreaming About Someone Scene: 99 Luftballons by Nena

Sex Scene ( eww!): Dancing with Myself by The Donnas

Contemplation Scene: Girl Singing In the Wreckage by Black Box Recorder

Chase Scene: Sweet Dreams are Made of These by Eurythmics

Happy Love Scene: Sadness by Enigma (right.)

Happy Friend Scene: Scarborough Fair by Vienna Boy's Choir

Closing Credits: Victor's Piano Solo by Danny Elfman

Wednesday

It's finally Wednesday! The only day this week that I'm totally completely free!
Sadly, I don't really know how to spend it.

I've been thinking of getting that pencil case for a long time now...

Heh heh. No. Must... abstain... from... spending... more... money... Because I've spent about $10 yesterday on sushi-on-a-conveyor-belt.

I've been thinking of getting that pair of havaianas for a long time now...

ARGH!

I'll be going out later with my mum and esther to visit different areas of the Singapore Biennale later. Do pray for me, I can't seem to stop spending money!

I really do need a wallet...

No, actually, I'm fine with my present one. It has kinda grown into me.

I think I'll try to cook dinner again. I'll just need to buy some of those things i saw in NTUC.

See? Idleness revolves around contemplations of spenditure.

Monday

Steve Irwin, the croc guy, apparently was stung by a sting ray and died.
It's sad to see a great and happening environmentalist like him go off like that.
And why does everyone associate him with a green tortoise??

I wouldn't be surprised if it was all one big conspiracy. He has probably uncovered something so disasterous and impactful—negatively to some 'organization'—that they decided to get rid of him. It's so simple, really. All they need to do is propagate this information to the mass media, especially the Internet with its millions of users who fall prey to everything they hear, creating a domino effect. And soon everyone has heard. Mission: possible. I can't stand new world orders.

Or a more logical point. Could it be just one publicity stunt? Steve Irwin's popularity just isn't as prominant as with recent years. There have already been rumours of his death since 1997 circulating around the internet. Could he have borrowed this idea of faking his death to gain back a waning viewership?

I still remain sceptical, anyway.

Friday

I'm still recovering from a morning stuck in a web of fickle and messy ideas of my routine. My idea of a packed day: lunch with family then visit library. But then I had a change of plan so it was: lunch with family then go with mum to church. But then again, Esther was complaining about not having anyone to talk to as she walked along the corridoors of J8, lonely, in search of her friends, so: lunch with family then go with sister to Junction 8 then take bus to church to meet mum.

Then during lunch, we decided to go to BBC nearby. So: lunch, then visit BBC, then go to J8, then go to church.

And finally to lay the final sticky strand of silk to tangle myself in a near-cocoon of confusion, someone gave us a lift home in a cool new van, leaving me too confused to one further. End of day. Do you rest in peace, my dear Friday routine! You started off well enough, reached your peak, but fell swiftly before you even materialized. May I spend the remains of your illusions of enthusiasm on making dinner for everyone, albeit having to endure an afternoon sated with ennui.

I think I'm going mad; no one blogs about the death of one's plans.

Anyhow, since I have nothing to report or ramble on about, I'll blog about my sister's happiness.
She has been accepted into Xinmin and Zhonghua (just that interview to get past) via DSA! But more importantly, she's just watched The Devil Wears Prada and really loved it. Cuz she broke into a babble of Singlish (that was a behaviour most unlike her) and enthused, 'it was so nice lor!'
So, should I be paying twenty-something to read the book, eight/nine/ten dollars on the movie, or 30-something for the DVD? Esther's enthusiasm is a tad too contagious.

And, before I forget, it's Vera's birthday today! Happy birthday!