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//Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:05 PM

The Moonwalker

That day I woke up to the sms on my phone, one message after another from all my friends, saying the same thing...Michael Jackson has passed away. At first I cannot believe it, I got up, my heart started to beat faster..I thought "this can't be real"..I googled it and people were reacting to it all over the internet, I quickly turned to Channel Newasia and there it was the latest news of the day. I didn't know how to react other than a loss of words. As the day gone by, the reality of it started to hit on me. I am really sad, he never had a normal childhood and grew up in front of the world, even my father knows how to sing his songs..he did so much for the world. When I got home that night, I just wanted to watch him and hear him sing again.. Music and me, I'll be there, ABC, The love you saved, speechless, stranger in moscow, with a child's heart, childhood, heal the world, we are the world, man in the mirror, off the wall, thriller, smooth criminal, billie jean, black or white, liberian girl, human nature, will you be there, you are not alone and so many many other MJ tunes everyone grew up listening to..I still remember clearly when I was about 7 years old, whenever my father brought us to the SAF electrical store, I will run to the big TV screen where they always play MJ's smooth criminal, Ghosts, all his classic MTV..that's my favourite spot, I will just be glued to the TV and be so captivated by MJ. He will always live in my heart, forever the "King Of Pop" ...I never was able to watch him in concert and I was really wanting to go next year when I saved up the money. Now I will never be able to see him in this lifetime but I know one day when I get to heaven, I will see Michael Jackson there.

// 12:39 AM

Michael Jackson We all miss you so much

MJ You will always live in my heart....Thank you for your life, for the music and everything you gave to the world~

I am going to miss you so very much.. you will be remembered in our hearts forever and ever.

This song/video tells the story of Michael Jackson : Childhood

//Saturday, June 27, 2009 3:43 AM

Michael Jackson..a legend forever

Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time, leaves an indelible imprint in the history of music and in the lives of many people. Coming 29th August will be his 51st birthday. Well I really cannot believe it when I got this news. My heart is saddened because we have lost one of the greatest entertainers of all time. The first music video that changed MTV forever is none other but “Thriller.” MJ changed the game. He revolutionized music, dancing, style, performance, pop culture for 4 decades and today his "Thriller" still remained as the biggest selling album of ALL time . Berry Gordy said "When he was not on stage, he was loving, respectful and shy. When he WAS on stage, he was so in charge you would not believe he was the same person!" Although MJ's life was full of challenges, accusations and pain, yet he was a man full of love and warmth for people especially children. Take away all the tabloids, the controversies and the critics, what you left is simply an amazingly gifted man who always longed and wanted to live a normal life since he started as a lonely child singer of an abusive parent at aged 5... As I watched and listen to the music he made so beautifully, the message of the lyrics he penned, the way he sings, the reflections and poems he wrote, the heart to heart interviews, his dance of impossibly perfect motion and his children, family he loved so much, I really do not think that he was a freak nor was a bizzare man like what the media has always try to portray him as, he was just different..so incredibly different, special and magical. I am truely fascinated and inspired by Michael Jackson. His great contribution to humanity, his courage and audacity to do what was never done, his life that was lived will forever & ever be remembered. I pray his soul to keep. Rest in peace MJ, you are gone but never forgotten. Thank you for being an inspiration to me and to the millions… I have faith & hope that you are doing the “moon walk” on the streets of gold in heaven right now! Keep on dancing!

(Beatles) Sir Paul McCartney remembered "the massively talented boy man with a gentle soul" as he paid tribute to his occasional musical partner Michael Jackson.

"I can't stop crying over the sad news. I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever. My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless." — Madonna, pop star.

"I knew Michael as a child and watched him grow over the years. Of all the thousands of entertainers I have worked with, Michael was THE most outstanding. Many have tried and will try to copy him, but his talent will never be matched." — Dick Clark, host of the old "American Bandstand."

"He shredded pop music as we know it, creating audacious art without precedent or succession. But the misinformed public and the hungry media couldn't keep from feasting on Michael Jackson's life. Perhaps death will afford him the dignity so long denied while alive"

"Michael Jackson must be remembered for the music he wrote. For his impossibly perfect motion; his thwarted, abject love; and the face of trauma he presented as an artistic gesture to exquisite pain, pain we all beheld, and turned away from – as he expected – in disgust and terror."

"Will the popular press and the public continue to feast on his controversial life, or will they elegiacally “forget the Past,” and let him have even a measure of dignity – dignity that the many refused him, because of his profound otherness and profound beauty that became greater each time he asserted – through surgery, fashion and performance...."

//Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:31 PM

The trailer is finally out!!

Finally the trailer is out! Must go watch it! haha~~

//Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:07 AM

Dear God

Dear God, Please hear me......I tried & I tried....

Hey Mr. Curiosity
Is it true what they've been saying about you
Are you killing me?
You took care of the cat already
And for those who think it's heavy
Is it the truth
Or is it only gossip
Call it mystery or anything
Just as long as you'd call me
I sent the message on did you get it when I left it
See this catastrophic event
It wasn't meant to mean no harm
But to think there's nothing wrong is a problem

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Love is a mystery
Mr. Curious...

Come back to me
Mr. waiting ever patient can't you see
That I'm the same the way you left me
In a hurry to spell check me
And I'm underlined already in envy green
And pencil red
And I've forgotten what you've said
Will you stop working for the dead and return
Mr. curious well I need some inspiration
It's my birthday and I cannot find no cause for celebration
The scenario is grave but I'll be braver when you save me
From this situation laden with hearsay

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
And love is a mystery
Mr. Curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me, oh
Find, find me, find me

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Trying not to ask why
Cause love is a mystery
Mr. curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me

Love is blinding when the timing's never right
Oh who am I to beg for difference
Finding love in just an instant
Well I dont mind, at least I've tried
And I tried, I tried...

//Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:17 AM

Money

Right now, I am making a decision which I really do not want to make..and it is all about money! Money Money Money must be funny in the rich men's world!!! Have you heard this song by ABBA before?

Like time, there's always time
On my mind
So pass me by, I'll be fine
Just give me time

Older gents sit on the fence
With their cap in hand
Looking grand
They watch their city change
Children scream, or so it seems,
Louder than before
Out of doors, into stores with bigger names
Mama tried to wash their faces
But these kids they lost their graces
And daddy lost at the races too many times

She broke down the other day, yeah you know
Some things in life may change
And some things they stay the same

Like time, time, there's always time
On my mind
So pass me by, I'll be fine
Just give me time,
Time, there's always time
On my mind
Pass me by, I'll be fine
Just give me time

//Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:57 AM

Fruitful Day

God is good all the time and all the time God is good!!! A few things to really thank God for this day....

First thing I woke up today, got a call asking for a freelancer to work on a project for one month on site....goodness! I just prayed like 1 day ago that God will bless me exactly a one month project so I could earn some good money before school starts in July(if i got in). Woah God answer specific prayers! I should have also prayed specifically for a higher hourly rate too man! hahaha..well after washing up, I went to open the letterbox, lo and behold I finally saw the big brown envelop with the word SIM printed on the top left hand corner, I just grabbed the package which i have been waiting for 3 weeks, as i opened the letter, there it wrote" I am pleased to inform you that you are offered a place in the programme(Bachelor Of Design in Communication Design) awarded by RMIT University..Praise the Lord! I am going to study again haha be a good hardworking student and suck in as much as I need to learn~~

After that I went to UOB to cash out the cheque my client finally gave me..too bad yishun branch had closed, so i had to go all the way to amk hub. However when I got to amk, somehow I got lost, I just cannot find where UOB is at, the first person came to my mind..Jialing! Jialing lives in amk so she will surely know...immediately I called her and thanks Jialing.. she helped me to locate the place just in time. Then I quickly rushed down to lavendar to get my project contract signed. Everything went well and I will be starting work tomorrow so time to wake up early again though this is the only thing I am not looking forward to.

Later on I got down to orchard and went shopping. Oh my it's a Wednesday and there are crowds of people everywhere! And then I realised because Singapore Sales is going on right now. Well that means I must buy something man, afterall I just got my cheque and it is SALE now! hahaha I pampered myself with a steaming yummy hot bowl of ramen, bought some stuff for some friends and of course for myself too heehee. I passed by takashimaya B1 and to my surprise Barbie is holding a mini collector items promotion!! Vera Wang Barbie, Elvis & Priscilla Barbie, Mary Poppins Barbie, Marilyn Monroe Barbie and VINTAGE Barbie 1959, the model that had stop reproduction for sooo long is now finally available again! Brunette Barbie 1962 is there as well..All the past limited collections are there! Oh dear they are all so beautiful, so sexy and so charming. Right on the spot, I just wish I can grab all of them home with me:P It has been such a long time since Mattel has an "exhibition" like that. But there is one thing I do not understand why some of the barbies nowadays(for the younger generation) are just not as nice as before because their heads are so big and very commercialize looking! Well not all the girls will like barbie dolls when they were young but in my own definition barbie is never just a kind of toy, it's something more than that...it's an expression, an artform, fashion..it's a classic and should always be!

Alright to sum up, it has been a fruitful and happy day but I am still looking forward to my happiest day of 2009 hahaha hmm..June 13 & 14 YES! Vanness is coming! Finally he is coming!! I have been waiting for him to come to my church for soooo long..Yeah it's a very foolish and the silliest dream one could ever have but Praise God! THANK God that He even make this silly dream of mine come true HAHA it's like a birthday present too!:)

CHEERS!

//Tuesday, June 2, 2009 5:51 AM

"A powerful and beautiful film"

"a wonderful many layered experience that put a smile on my face again"

I was totally impressed and very surprised by this great masterpiece! Pleasantville is a stunning film!

The story, along with the cinematography works magic. The use of color, or lack there of works two different ways. First, it makes the story a "whites and colored" film. It's about oppression based on your color. This film tries to show, and i think succeeds in showing how closed minded people can be when it comes to the color of your skin. The other reason that the use of black and white and color is a good idea is because of how they deal with it. You become color by discovering something inside yourself, something you never saw...a passion, a understanding. The film implies how learning about ourselves gives us a favor, makes us all colorful.

Gary Ross does a great job at the filming of this. The look of the film, the shot selection and the angles shown to be shot at are amazing. Several of the scenes are priceless, and as someone before commented, the drive through a black and white scenery with coloured blossom weaving through the soft winds will leave you breathless. The acting is amazing. I'm not a fan of Reese (aka Greesy Reesy) but she did a really good job in this film. Macy was good as always, and all the supporting cast did their role above average. That brings me to Tobey. Tobey is one of the best young actors that i've seen. He doesn't get by on his looks (freddie prinze), he gets by on homely looks, and straight up amazing and stunning acting skills. Tobey will be around, being in great films like Pleasantville and of coz spiderman for a long time to come.

You know, i really can't say enough about this film. Not only does it look beautiful, but it carries a very deep and important message if you just watch with open eyes. And it also talks about change. People fear change. The film suggests that changing and growing as a society and as people -- even if scary -- is good. I really don't understand how people can not like this movie. This movie is an amazing film, that didn't get the credit that it deserved but thats fine because people that discover this film wont be sorry. Life isn't always pleasant, but that's what makes us unique and special....life is only what you see when you really open your eyes.

By the way check out the soundtrack: Across the universe by Fiona Apple..Brilliant & Sweet!

//Monday, June 1, 2009 6:24 AM

C.S.LEWIS

If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,

I can only conclude that I was not made for here

If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,

then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared

Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan as I wait for hope to come for me

Am I lost or just less found? On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way?
Is this a soul that stirs in me,

is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?
'Cause my comfort would prefer for me to be numb

And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become

For we, we are not long here
Our time is but a breath, so we better breathe it
And I, I was made to live, I was made to love, I was made to know you
Hope is coming for me
Hope, He's coming