I can't believe I've not bothered to discover Sigur Rós till now, after having heard of them for quite some time. They make such beautiful music. Listening to this evoked a whole new spectrum of emotions. I was so profoundly, beautifully messed up for a while.

On a separate (and not entirely unrelated) note, I've just got to visit Iceland someday.

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Seems like you never really knew me
Seems like you never understood me
Seems like you never really knew how to feel

Is it not impossible to be fascinated by compartmentalisation? How, during the war officials could murder thousands at death camps yet return home as exemplary husbands and fathers?
I sometimes wonder if this exists in everyone - the lady ( Read more... )

 Oh, it took no forcing of any sort to get the entire - well almost - indoor stadium on their feet the moment those 3 awesome people graced the stage.

What followed next was possibly the most awesome 100 minutes of my life. As far as I'm concerned, they're the world's best live band, even if this was my first rock concert.

I totally lost it when they ( Read more... )

 please don't make me despise Malaysia more than I already do.

 The Singapore government just donated $50,000 to the Haiti earthquake victims. You can see the original post here.

I'm just so... speechless. Well, I don't have to utter a word. It sort of speaks for itself.

 Sometimes I can't even read my own emotions.

Like after having received my rejection letter from Cambridge. I'll admit it was a surprise, really, because I did think that the overall process went quite well and personally I thought that I was a good enough candidate to be at least pooled. Yes, I really did, and no, I wasn't complacent. Heck, I did ( Read more... )

 I've been really lazy at posting here lately, but what the heck, I just have to do a round-up of sorts for the year.

It's been crazy, really. From slack army life to screwed up APEC involvement to the mad rush of university applications and finally to being able to visit (at last) one of my dream countries (schön/magnifique/bello Switzerland, baby ( Read more... )

Finally, finally , FINALLY I'm done with my university applications. My flight to Zürich leaves in 4.5 hours and I'll be away from this humid, sweltering (all though not so much at this time of the year) Singapore weather and freeze my ass off in Europe. Can barely wait ( Read more... )

Some questions cannot be answered

Her pockets are bulging, her shoulders sagging from the weight as she slowly turns to look at me. Such desolation in her eyes, such volumes they speak of how her curiosity turned into an unimaginable burden. Such deadened eyes.

They become familiar weights in hand
She reaches out to me, and it's all I can do to ( Read more... )

 Name your favourite books, authors, films and/or musical artists.

This comes straight out of the Stanford supplement I'm staring at right now, and the more I think about my (truthful) answers, the more dubious my character seems, since the instructions are "Please respond to the following questions so we can get to know you better". But what if I ( Read more... )