AND LIVERPOOL HAS WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

and oh, oh what a match it was.

three nil down at half time, and i was swearing like a sailor. what effing luck maldini had to get that free kick at an angle, and his goal changed everything. i almost gave up hope, but this is liverpool, and there are 45 minutes to go, and there has to be hope, because a team that has fought so valiantly the whole season cannot end it like this. gerrard’s header in the 54th spurred the comeback, and smicer grasped onto the momentum to add a 20 yard drive. and gerrard ran like emlyn hughes to get a penalty and it was 3 – 3.

it wasn’t the flurry of goals that made this game such a great one, it was the heart. carragher was my man of the match, to constantly deny shevchenko. in one telling display of mind over matter, just as jamie-lad ran back onto the pitch after cramps, he made a full stretch to deny the ukranian marksman once again; truly an instant of desire over skill and talent.

and then it was penalties, and liverpool rode the momentum they gained to win it all. i screamed four times into the thursday morning and for the first time in ten years that i had supported the club, they have finally won a truly major championship; it was the stuff of tears.
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i just met jac and her loverboy! haha the silly happy thing. and bloody bollocks my comp’s crashed again zz.

a friend of mine caught rufus wainwright in concert on the 17th may, a policemen lamented on the state of pop and high culture in singapore on the 18th and all i can really say is fuggit i want coldplay and mazzy star and k’s choice and bloc party and rachael yamagata to perform life in singapore! alright not altogether because a corporal’s pay is really corporeally little but we need to have a really gorgeous band to perform here in singapore. that did be the stuff of dreams.
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it rained heavily today and i reminisced of lifetimes ago when i was sprinting in the falling tears and pushing the hurdles trolley back to the track room. i was happy and infallible (because we will win our 2nd championship for boys in as many years) and tired but everything was so happy then.
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jac is back (dup de dup) in singapore! and in time for the great singapore sale too. departmental stores beware.

12th may, 21st may, inverse numbers of the same month. how fast nine days have gone, and the production set has gone up and then down and all i can say that it has been a wonderful reprieve from tepid stupour. but then tomorrow is monday (6 hours actually) and then i have to go back to camp for guard duty.

the computer has broken down again and i am once without a cd player for the umpteenth time; what is life without music? and all i can say is that ms chua, please help me get my ipod from the states!! i did owe you so so much.

production this year was fun, and so many things could have gone wrong but then there is always faith in mr perry because things simply cannot go wrong. it works in an odd way but it suffices in its own quaint fashion and i will say that cash on delivery was a continuation of a tradition of excellence. ruimin, bernie, aaron, sam fong, sam toh, debbie, grace and janice, cheers!

anyway, updates till here for the time being. waikit’s getting me off for mahjong. i sincerely hope i wont lose too much money.

this is really a random thought, but i just realised i haven’t had a crush since a year and 8 months ago; i m practically celibate! but honestly, this is such an arbitrary thing to wonder about at 7am in the morning in front of the close circuit television. how your mind drifts when you’re just about to sleep with your eyes open.
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what does it take for me to be able to download songs again?!?! ah bollocks.
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if you are sad you should eat a cookie, and that’s probably why i’m so fat these days. ms chua! i accept my defeat. ms seow! i may have to pang seh you!
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fuggit.

yesterday was the fifth of may 2005 and what symmetry it is! 050505 looks almost like binary but 5 is never a 2 or a 1 and i can assure you that that is true for gp. camp mates go, you speak english well but you can’t write! ha you only got a 5 for gp neh neh neh so what makes you think you can write better than xiaxue or me for that instance?

i remain quiet and pained – what else can i say really.

it is may, and surely there has to be some sense of urgency now.

LIVERPOOLLLLLL!!!!

96 minutes of epic, sheer battle, and liverpool wins chelski by a goal to nil! what competition, what valour, the reds winning the blues for the first time in 5 matches, the previous 3 times having lost unluckily. this time, baros lofted the ball to goal, garcia finished it in the 4th minute; in the 95th minute, my heart nearly jumped out when gudjohnson’s shot flashed past the goal and missed drogba’s chest by centimetres and maybe there is a red god afterall and there is such jubilation that i jumped around the house at 4.45am in the morning despite having hobbled heels. liverpool is going to istanbul!

but cannot la, it is 4.58am in the morning now and my eyes are going to kill me; i must sleep.

LIVERPOOL!!!!

If I could take you away
Pretend I was queen
What would you say
Would you think I’m unreal
‘Cause everybody’s got their way I should feel

Everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
Want to be your everything

Everything…

Everything’s falling, and I am included in that
Oh, how I try to be just okay
Yeah, but all I ever really wanted
Was a little piece of you

And everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real

Everything will be alright
If you just stay the night
Please, sir, don’t you walk away, don’t you walk away, don’t you walk away
Please, sir, don’t you walk away, don’t you walk away, don’t you walk away

And everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real

And everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody’s talking how I, can’t, can’t be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real

I want to be your love, love, love

Be Be Your Love – Rachael Yamagata

basketball today for the first time in two weeks and i am happy! i haven’t played like that in a long time so maybe it was heartening to know that despite looking like a tub of lard i can steal balls and defend and slash past people. oh well. and happy belated birthday to phoebe! it seems like this weekend has been one of incessant parties and sunday was no different; mm mahjong and dota and food and escaped dunking = yay!

what an absurdly happy post.

Basics

Your gender: male
Straight/Gay/Bi: Straight
Single?: yeap.
Screennames?: pak la.
Birthdate: 24th july 1985
Age you act: 4. no la, 8.
Lefty/righty/ambidextrous: right
Your family: mom grandma aunty!
Have any pets?: nope
Addictions?: music books ANY food and dota -_-
Do you speak another language?: chinese and hokkien vulgarities in volumes.
Do you have a webpage?: not really, other than this.

Deep Thoughts About Life and You in it

Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?: can la
Do you have any secrets?: simplistically, yes.
Do you like your handwriting?: many don’t, especially the tutors. -_-
Do you have any bad habits?: i am always late.
Can you sing?: eh heh heh heh.
Are you a loner?: yes.
Are you passive or agressive?: both actually.
Do you have a journal?: yes.
Do you think you are emotionally strong?: yes.
Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?: too many, but no point thinking about it now innit.
Do you think life has been good so far?: can certainly be better!
Do you think you are good looking?: :(
Are you confident?: sometimes

Do You…

Read the newspaper?: yes
Pray?: no.
Go to church?: no.
Talk to strangers who IM you?: no.
Take walks in the rain?: yes.
Talk to people even though you hate them?: yes, but i almost cannot truely hate someone.

Would or Have You Ever?

Hurt yourself?: yes.
Been out of the country?: yes.
Been in love?: no, even though i live for love HAHA
Gotten beaten up?: yes.
Beaten someone up?: yes.
Been picked on?: oh man, you should know eh.
Been on stage?: yes.
Pulled an all nighter?: yes.
If yes, what is your record?: 48 hours
Gone one day without food?: yes. amazing huh.
Talked on the phone all night?: yes.
Had a dream that came true?: yes. it’s like while i m doing something i will suddenly stop and think, i think i ve been in this situation before but when?! and i thought i was the only one who had this thing until i read jesley s quiz.
Met a famous person?: yes.
Had a nervous breakdown?: no.
Had a dream that kept coming back?: yes.

Beliefs

Believe in life on other planets?: yes.
Miracles?: yes.
Magic?: i read hellblazer, you think?
Luck?: yes
Yin and yang (that good cant exist w/o bad)?: yes. wah law just say balance la.
Witches?: yes. rose mcgowan!
Believe its possible to remain faithful forever?: a certain sense of ambiguity here because i truly believe that both can exist.
Do you wish on stars?: no. but i love them anyway.

Friends

Who is your best friend?: no one. but there are close ones.
Who’s the one person that knows most about you?: me
What’s the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?: to study! by too many people!
Newest?: study pak!
Shyest?: ehhhhhhhhhhhh. shit i don’t know. i’m quite shy actually ;p
Funniest?: eugene, not because he’s really funny but wah law he talks too much la.
Sweetest?: jac and shining.
Closest?: i don’t know if its reciprocated ;p
Weirdest?: me. oh, i don’t count do i. oh wait, jinwei and joel tee.
Smartest?: jesley la.
Friends you miss being close to the most?: too many, r and m in particular.
Last person you talked to online?: emilyn.
Who do you talk to most online?: these days, emilyn, fuzzy, jesley.
Who are you on the phone with most?: don’t use the phone, but prolly waikit cos of bball arrangements. no wonder step hates me :(
Who do you trust most?: haha i have quite dependable friends!
Who listens to your problems?: jesley and emilyn when i do talk about them.
Who do you fight most with?: ns camp mates la.
Who’s the nicest?: everyone in their own way.
Who’s the most outgoing?: phoebe. hands down ;p
Who’s the best singer?: ruimin and emilyn.
Who’s your second family?: haha.
Who’s the loudest friend?: eugene. no arguements.
Do your friends know you?: some of them. i think.

Who Was the Last Person…

That you laughed at?: i think it was eugene -_- if it’s not then its jinwei heh.
That laughed at you?: jinwei or phoebe. oh yah phoebe cos i have “bumblebee” eyes. sulks.
You went shopping with?: too long man!
That broke your heart?: it’s always the same people.
To make you cry?: my contacts. oh, uh, keira knightley and the best friend cos i just watched love actually again.
That you thought about?: boo.
You talked to on the phone?: uh. phoebe?
You saw?: eugene waikit mingmao
You lost?: grandfather.

Right This Moment…

What are you wearing right now? i better not say.
Body part you’re touching right now?: none? -_-
What book are you reading?: primo levi’s periodic table and hellblazer: son of man
What’s on your mousepad?: my mouse?
Are you bored?: yes.
Are you tired?: yes.
Are you talking to anyone online?: shining.
Are you talking to anyone on the phone?: nope.
Are you listening to music?: Ash – Orpheus.