And It All Comes Back in the End

For reasons not worthy of mention (really!), the army uniform was recovered from that old, steely stash of manhood-ness.
I visited an old barracks (not my camp, though I spent a week there before), smelled that familiar armour metal smell and spent a quarter of a day with a number of new boys, for a start.
I was and still am pretty surprised. That, surprisingly, it turned out to be easy. A bunch of smelly boys getting together, joking/poking around. You know, that kind of stuff.
It was easy.

I have the habit of cutting my adolescence up into different parts. While other parts are bursting with rainbows and pretty flowers, this is a part which few people shared, which I dreaded and which my nubile mind, unknowingly, always fought against.

狂奔: 6

如果有一件事是重要的。
最后，转身，有你的背影。

（23／02／2009）

Some Things Wild

Recently, I cannot stop listening to these:

1. The Virgin Suicides OST (2000), Air
2. Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust (2008), Sigur Ros
3. Where the Wild Things Are OST (2009), Karen O and The Kids

Loaned The Virgin Suicides OST from my editor. Don't know if it still can be found in CD shops?

And nope, I haven't seen WTWTA yet and really, I really can't wait (caught the cringe-inducing New Moon though). Please, please open in Singapore soon. As I wait impatiently, once in a while, I go to here and look at other wild and pretty things.

Turning 24

I turned 24 two weeks ago. Long time friends would know that I don't celebrate birthdays the extravagant way (that explains the lackof happy birthday photos, oops). I met two of my best friends for dinner and hung around town and caught a blockbuster movie and then went home. Simple and sweet.

My friends don't sing any birthday songs for me, because I'd feel awkward and don't know what to do during that few minutes of awkwardness (Do I clap along? Do I smile proudly?). Also, I don't think I've accomplished so much that it calls for a celebration.

This past year: I landed in my dream job and started work right after army. I visited HMV and Kinokuniya more regularly; I bought more CDs and half-read far too many books and magazines; My interest in fashion grew. I switched to a new brand of perfume because I thought I should smell more mature with age, but only to realise I like my old one better still. I started playing with cameras more. I visited Kaohsiung and Taipei and Bangkok, but not Tokyo or Oslo or Paris.

p.s. I received a wooden clock, an iPod Classic (160GB!!!) and a Golden Half as presents. Thank you guys!

Hello!

where is your phone?

table

your hair?

bangs

your mother?

menopausal

your father?

too

your favourite food?

taiwanese

your dream last night?

insomnia

your favourite drink?

coffee

your dream/goal?

happy

what room are you in?

mine

your hobby?

music

your fear?

undone

where do you want to be in 6 years?

Paris

where were you last night?

home

something that you're not?

power-hungry

muffins?

brother

wish list item?

Gregory

where did you grow up?

Singapore

last thing you did?

photograph

what are you wearing?

tee

your tv?

none

your pets?

childhood

friends?

dance

your life?

transit

your mood?

swings

missing someone?

...

vehicle?

slowdance

something you're not wearing?

uniform

your favourite store?

none

your favourite colour?

black

the last time you cried?

Saturday

your best friend?

lost

one place that i go to over and over?

Kinokuniya

facebook?

over

favourite place to eat?

Doongji

*****

Open tag from makeiteasy. Answers have to be one-worded.

I've been following this blog for a while now. Got to know about Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson's collaboration and Wes Anderson, to name a few, from here. Aron also likes Nobody Knows and is nice enough to reply my random comment in one of his blogposts. :)

And now! It's my turn to tag, and I tag Wallflower and val and jo. Umm, how many people can I tag, by the way?

p.s. Finally I put my mini rainbow flag to use. *waves frantically* 

狂奔: 5

一开始，你并不叫作狂奔。
你只是他们之中，另一个男孩。

在某个晚上，我碰到了刚跑完步的你。你光着上身，在房间里做着伸腰拉筋。
我们开始交谈。
实际上我们谈了些什么，事后再也记不起了。只知道，我们聊得起劲，午夜两点多我才离开。

狂奔这个小名，就是这么来的。

当然，凭那晚的谈话，并没有造就现在我意识里的狂奔。
你冷冷的孤傲，我无厘头的个性，从来不搭。

也只有在我卸下武装之后，你才坦然地把自己展现。

狂奔: 4

1. 春天在车厢里 - My Little Airport
2. Pills - The Perishers
3. 好想要挥霍 - 卢广仲
4. Yellow - Coldplay
5. 伯乐 - 林宥嘉
6. Mr Brightside - The Killers（你说这首歌很有意思）

A Conversation: 1

P says:
did u watch 500 days of summer?
L says:
yeah
love it?
P says:
loved it.
love it?
L says:
yeah are you tom or summer?
P says:
i was told i'm a summer, sadly.
are u a summer or a tom?
L says:
i figured since you said i'm emo... i'm a tom?
P says:
but u look quite a summer.
P says:
anw, summer is actually really emo.
L says:
why??
P says:
u dont think?
she only de-emofied herself towards the end when she's married.
L says:
i need to go and watch again
P says:
definitely worth the watch.
L says:
i didnt think of it that way
P says:
u didnt think that it was worth the watch?
L says:
as in i didn't think from summer's point of view
now then i realised she de-emofied herself
P says:
yea she sure did.
L says:
you think she liked tom?
P says:
imagine, before she got married, she never had a reason to trust or to find heartfelt joy before.
she sure did, but he probably didn't give her the closure she needed.
but they were indeed vry happy together though,
L says:
thats the saddest thing
P says:
some parts of the movie i actually held it against tom for making everything about himself. u know?
L says:
wow
P says:
yes its sad, but if they ended up togetehr, then the beauty of the movie is goneeeee.
L says:
this is the first time i heard it from summer's pov
everyone around me sympathises with tom.
P says:
i do too, but if they had gotten married then we would have to sympathise with him forever cos he was always in awe with summer, but he never trully understood before. would u wanna be with someone whom u will never ever understand forever?
L says:
wow
i wouldn't
that's the beauty of it all, like you said

******

I didn't like the ending of the movie. Tom shouldn't have met Autumn and found love in her. I remember proclaiming it loudly to friends after the movie.
I didn't realise I was actually implying: It shouldn't be so easy!

And then a few days passed. And I realised I couldn't remember the movie as one whole, only in bits and pieces. It was shot that way- the scenes ran in circles and more circles. As we watched the film playing, we followed Tom's lead and ran in circles too.
Just like how the snapshots of our memories work.
My heart ached silently.

I'm a Tom, by the way. You?

狂奔: 3

灰蒙蒙之中，看见你的笑脸。是那种双眼呈倒转半月状、嘴角微微地翘起来的笑。

是在那个时候，我爱上了你的吧。

A Travelogue and Somemore

Came across this video a few days ago from here.
The images are that of Taipei City; The voiceovers are interview excerpts of various Taiwanese's impression of Singapore City.

It reminded me of this:



For those who don't understand Cantonese or Mandarin, this song talks about a young couple discussing ways of dying together. 《北歐是我們的死亡終站》can be loosely translated into "Scandinavian Lands are our Final Destination".

I like travelling on buses. And peering out of bus windows.