what you do in life, echoes in eternity

good luck my brothers

"tough times don't last, tough men do " - Poh

"Only the weak get left behind" - Poh

"It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." - Isaac told me this before brunei which i told jh before brunei

Talk

Let's talk, about tomorrow

Tell me everything you're gonna do

Laugh at how the world will end

And when it's said and done we're all just fools

Let's talk about tomorrow

Sit around and we'll laugh and cry

Talk about, where we're gonna go from here

Talk about how we love, we live, we die

maybe you'll be there

Each time I see a crowd of people
Just like a fool I stop and stare
It's really not the proper thing to do
But maybe you'll be there
I go out walking after midnight
Along the lonely thoroughfare
It's not the time or place
To look for you
But maybe you'll be there

You said your arms would always hold me
You said your lips were mine alone to kiss
Now after all those things you told me
How can it end like this?
Someday if all my prayers are answered
I'll hear a footstep on the stair
With an anxious heart
I'll hurry to the door
And maybe you'll
Be there

ben and jerrys. supporting our resident rock star, mark seow 

driving down the autoshow 

driving down the (101) nicoll highway.

in the times of high stress these days, i have found a fantastic way to destress.

driving with my favourite jazz pieces playing.

"the loneliness of paris, seem so sadly gay, the glory that was rome, was of another day. i've been terribly alone and forgotten in manhattan. im coming home to my city by the bay..

I left my heart, in San Francisco. high on a hill it calls to you..to be where, little cable cars. climb halfway to the stars. the morning fog, may chill the air, i dont care. my love waits there..."

or

"oh the good life, full of fun, seems to be the ideal. mm the good life, lets you hide all the sadness you feel. you wont really fall in love. when you can't take the chance. so please be honest, with yourself, dont try to fake romance.

its the good life.. to be free and enjoy the unknown.. like the heartaches, you must learn to face them alone.. please remember i still want you, but in case you wondered why.. just wake up, kiss the good life goodbye.."

sometimes i really wonder if i want to do what i want to do. working at dragonfly has been a great journey for me and will be crazy busy in dec. random thoughts. do i really want to do i-banking ? is the pay attracting me or the glamour ? the prestige ? or the name of merrill lynch or citigroup or ubs or goldman or credit suisse or jp morgan ?

was driving down nicoll highway that day at 320am and thoughts were just flying through my mind. i want a challenge. and that challenge will come with i-banking. but is that really what i want.

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
but we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way

"pock"

new hardware detected

Retail Therapy is good for the soul; bad for the wallet

hullo

it's been a long tiring journey since the start of this sem and as usual toward the end of the semester our posts get shorter and shorter as the exams get nearer and nearer. Now that exams are in a week's time, everyone's just about getting jittery and snappy. So just to let everyone relax i shall tell a little story about me.

It begins with a "Long time ago... "

I've always been a geek and a sucker for geeky gadgets. It's a wonder i don't own an mp3. All i have is an MD and a Discman (which i bought for 300 bucks when Ipods were[are] the craze. i'm stupid yes) After countless burning of mds and cds sometimes you get so fed up that you stop burning them altogether because it's just so fucking ley chey. You end up listening to the same bloody CDs yet reminding yourself on the bus ride to go home and churn up another playlist. If you're like me you'd have some of the symtoms:

• You associate songs together because your playlist keeps repeating the same songs in the same fashion
• You know all the lyrics to the songs, and can even add in your own extra vocals when appropriate
• You're not even listening to the CD because you're so used to it that you just listen to your discman for ambient noise. Plugging in also gives you the right to stare at people who will guiltily glance away when you stare at them.

My MD and discman lasted awhile, till the earphones all broke off and frayed into non existence. So after shelving my discman and my semi functional MD, in comes along the nice and sweet k750i sony ericsson phone. WOW WEE Mp3 ringtones and 2.0 mpxl Camera! Hot swappable SD card slot! lots geek functions too! What a dream come true. I can not only listen to the songs i want, i can change my playlist at will!

But of course everything comes with a price for those who are poor (or cheap). I had only 64mb of space on the SD card. That gave me about what, 16 songs? and being lazy i didn't always bother to change the bloody songs. So i went back to the same routine of listening to the same fucking 16 songs everyday to school. OMG i can rap eminem word for word and do in sync air punches with my chemical romance. But because i'm a poor and cheap student, it sufficed to alleviate some of the annoying morning commute. UNTIL.

The left earphone started fraying and suddenly, i was commuting to school every morning with Augustana pelting out tunes in my right ear and young secondary school girls bitching in my left ear. But what can i do? I can't change the headphone jack cause it's those phone handsfree set thingies. Buy a new one? Nah not worth it. And to make matters worse, the entire world was taken over by the ipod revolution. Everywhere you go you see those suspicious white earbuds peeking out. Not to mention how apple made the bloody things so goddamned delicious. Everyone's plugging in, have you plugged in yet????? THE SOLUTION.

After debating for almost 5 years, i came to a conclusion(solution). In the midst of understanding aggregate expenditure versus aggregate product and the cobb douglas model, i finally had it! I stood up, looked bravely into my friend's eyes, and told him i had to leave him for a short while. I was to embark on a perilous journey to save myself from eternal torture. He knew my heart was true and didn't stop me from my calling. I hopped on the mrt and headed for Cineleisure.

say hellllllllllllooooooooooooooooo to the PEEPEEPOD!

Majestically sitting on my table at last. This ebony beauty set me back 400 bucks ):








Unveiling the gadget that will make me disappear into myself even more:



ooh the sweet seduction of steve jobs. Even the casing was oh-s0-pretty. compact and minimalistic, apple is seriously getting slightly satanic.

They even gave me a "genuine leather" nano case, and let me choose from many different colors too. "....."

well, it was worth $39 bucks so it's really not too bad.








It's really cool how they packaged it. Peel away the sticker and "WALA!"
















"Arise Lord Vader...."
















it's aliveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

















nifty little wires all hidden in the small package.

it's great that apple has minimal instructions for operating the nano. Not that i need it, but it's still nice to see them trying to use pictures instead of a whole chunk of words.





nice green case with (finally) new and in mint condition earphones. i can plug in now, can you?

ok whatever.
just one gripe, i hate itunes.
have fun mugging, this is your daily tech dose.

i got hot chick too. and damn right. its better than yours. 

Grace

Andrea

the greatest battle lies within

http://www.ifilm.com/presents/spiderman3

Maritess vs the Superfriends

The story of a Filipina Domestic helper working for the most powerful beings in the world.

jon stewart

sorry cai, i've no money to go thailand
sorry isaac, i've no money to go bangkok


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new york here i come