R.E.M. - 'I'll Take The Rain'

Album: Reveal

I used to think
As birds take wing
They sing through life so why can't we
You cling to this
You claim your best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain

Frankie Chan & Roel A. Garcia - 'Second Killing'

Album: Fallen Angels OST

I haven't been scribbling lately either.

It feels like forever since I last scribbled.

The Cure - 'Lullaby'

Album: Disintegration

I had a flash of loneliness and insecurity shot through me, and I don't have my usual crutch: poetry.

It's so difficult to find poetry that I could and would read.

David Darling & the Wulu Bunun - 'Lugu Lugu Kan-Ibi'

Album: The Very Best of the Far East

First as we were descending to Changi Airport, then again on the cab ride home, I mused about how it could be nice to fly into Singapore because: one, you get to breeze through the passport check as a citizen/permament resident; and two, you could view Singapore through tourist lenses.

I think it's always nice to pretend to be a tourist in Singapore.

Dennis Brown - 'Things In Life'

Album: Money In My Pocket: Anthology 1970 - 1955

Frazzled Friday.

Mr. N. offered an extension of my contract for 30 hours/week, minimum of 6 months (but he says he'll be gunning for 12 when he speaks with the APJ G.M.).

I don't know what to do.

Looks like I'm gonna be spending my weekend in Bangkok thinking it through. He wants an answer by Monday.

Reena Bharadwaj - 'Yeh Rishta'

Album: Meenaxi: Tale of Three Cities OST

Well, I think tomorrow's gonna be a loooooong day.

After I knock off, I'm BBK-bound.

I'm gonna miss Doggie so very muchly.

Sunn 0))) & Boris - 'Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)'

Album: Altar

Tired after a full day of doing nothing, I turned down Pumpkin's invitation for a midnight supper ... even though I don't have to work tomorrow.

Nothing unto nothing.

Bonobo - 'Recurring'

Album: Days To Come

I'm bored and - quite suddenly - really aimless, directionless.

Lost.

Manbai - 'Kau Ilhamku'

Spent the day eating, card-making, eating, web-surfing and eating, eating, reading, watching Miami Ink and eating, web-surfing and eating, eating, walking the dog, and eating.



Year of the Pig, indeed.

Fat Freddy's Drop - 'Dark Days'

Album: Based On A True Story

I survived.



Save one prolonged tense moment when I was fighting to keep from saying, "You see me three bloody hours once a fucking year, you fuck. What the fuck makes you think you're qualified to weigh in on how I live my fucking life?"

Yoko Ono and Le Tigre - 'Sisters O Sisters'

Album: Yes, I'm A Witch

Thought of the day:

Thursday's children have far to go because, if the rest of them are like me, they have no sense of direction whatsoever in life.

Sukhwinder Singh - 'Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Today My Heart Desires)'

Album: Monsoon Wedding OST

I am forced to admit my personal Lunar New Year traditions of the purchase of mithāī (must haves: laddū and katli) and the application of mehndi, when the Indian man told me he was surprised to see me - a Chinese - in Little India on the eve of Lunar New Year Eve.

But, seriously, how will I survive the foisted-on and force-fed Chineseness and Chinese traditions without a generous dollop of something Indian?

Still - mujhe mār dālā!

Fat Freddy's Drop - 'Cay's Crays'

Album: Based On A True Story

Ab shurū ho gayā.



Hāi bhagvān: bacāo!

Mohd Aslam & Naresh Iyer - 'Paathshala'

Album: Rang De Basanti OST

10:50
Toilet realization: I’m bored, so utterly bored with work - it’s time to move on, maybe.