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2046

Tonight I saw the teaser 'clip' for the film 2046 by Wong kar-wai, staring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li [pictured above], Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung and many others. Melancholy... yet glorious! Can't wait to see it! Remember In The Mood For Love [3.48MB; .mov]? MonkeyPeaches rocks!

Little Things

My family went through a bit of a 'storm' last weekend, but things are getting a bit better now. So that was what happened. Thanks for everyone's concern.

Tomorrow I'll be heading down to the Ebell Theartre box office to get tickets to see The Magnetic Fields, playing July 17, I'm egg-cited about that! Bitter hearts... it will be a beautiful show!

This week I worked on my list thingy, for a couple of hours... I dislike making lists... I'm just calling it Little Things... And now Alec and I are off to Coco's for din din! Have a wonderful long weekend everyone. Play safe and have fuuun!

June Gloom

The sun only came out briefly today. Overcast mostly and at one point while driving, it sprinkled. Gloomy Sunday.

It wasn't an usual day. Something happened. Anyway, personally, I don't see the matter as a bad thing; only a lesson, out of many, to be learnt by all. I said that it may actually be a blessing, but only time will tell. People say they want world peace, but at times, I see peace between 2 people are enough of a struggle... Time can be a good friend, but it can also be a daunting enemy.

Time will tell all... if you want it.

The Best Things In Life

Couldn't sleep. Was on the phone with my brother for over 2 and a half hours earlier tonight, he called and just wanted to vent and have someone to talk to. Out of the 4 kids, I think I get along with him the best. My family is quite complex so I won't go into details. We had a great time talking about whatever that came to mind, we also reminisced the old times like when we were kids... When he was young, I remembered his asthma was really bad at one time, he would be in and out of the hospital like for 6 months out of the entire year. He told me he fell behind a year in school because of that... Childhood was rough back then, but tonight we just laughed about it. My brother is a great guy, yet a lot of times, he just gets misunderstood. Some of the stories that he was telling me tonight almost brought me to tears...

On another incident, today I found out a friend of a friend just did a home pregnancy test this morning, and it was positive. She's been trying to get pregnant for quite some time now, and of course, she was very egg-cited. After she did the test she also went to see her doctor to have her blood drawn just to make sure. But oddly, the doctor told her that somehow he could not detect the heartbeat of the fetus, and she was also informed that for the next several days, it's the most critical time for whether the fetus is going to live, or die. She's going to find out in 3 days. All the while I was hearing this from my friend, all I thought about was the little heart... The tiniest thing, not yet pumping blood or whatsoever, and in certain hour, it might give life on its very own... The first beat... I was dumbstruck. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

There might not be a clear correlation between the 2 stories, but I know it's there. The best things in life aren't things. Take hold!

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Do you not have one of those special songs that remind you of something? I have a lot of these songs actually. I've been listening to the Cocteau Twins a ho lot lately. Tho nothing in particular. One of my favourite tracks is Aloysius [4.1MB]... remembering my high school days, the year 1984 to be egg-xact. 20 years ago and the song sounds just as good as the first time I heard it. Their music had changed my life forever.

On another note, thanks to Karl, I'm thinking of coming up with my own list of 100 things... K, maybe not a hundred, but like 27 or 35 items prolly, I dunno... And the above Flash animation was inspired by... hmm... nothing really. I like it cuz it looks kinda purrrrdy, to me anyway. So let's see...

No. 001: To make a list.

Yellow Girl

She tells her boat to stand by,
She tells her car to stand by,
She tells her plane to stand by,
But nobody knows she’s a stand by for life.

Stand by for life, stand by for life,
Somebody up there is giving her a run around.

She tells her men to stand by,
She tells her friends to stand by,
She tells her world to stand by,
But nobody knows she’s a stand by for life.

Stand by for life, stand by for life,
Somebody up there is giving her a run around.

Yellow girl, yellow girl, when will you learn?
Your life is sharp as knife,
But remember it cuts both ways.

Stand by for death, stand by for death,
Somebody down there is giving her a run around.

Yellow girl, yellow girl, when will you learn?
Your life is sharp as knife,
But remember it cuts both ways.

Ev’ry day’s a Sunday for yellow girl...

Text: Yoko Ono

Beetles & Eggs

I made the shirt finally... Damn, and I was thinking of wearing the above new shirt on this year's Earth Day!!! heh! But I don't like large crowds really, well, if more than a group of 5 [including myself], that's pushin' it! I don't like phone calls much, and I'm a hermit. One might say I live in a large bubble. That's okay.

But I do love people. More than you know.

Music: Cocteau Twins - A Kissed Out Red Floatboat

Spring Cleaning

Now I looove spring cleaning... twice a month! I've been wanting to hire a maid to clean up my mess, I mean to tidy up for the past couple of months, and today was her first day. She was a referral from a friend of a friend of my coworker [complicated eh?]. When my coworker had her place cleaned about a month ago [from another maid], after she got home, she told me that she was almost in tears when she walked in the door. Everything was spotless. Every tile and grout and crack [not hers of course!] was cleansed. I was like: Wait, what's the big deal! Your place is already cleaned, unlike my filthy pad!

So after I got home today, I almost fell to the floor. I couldn't open my closet doors before, now I could. She'd tidied up almost every corner of the place. She even laid out the comforter [originally it was half folded in the closet] on the bed with Alec's stuffed Scooby Doo on top of it! awh! She emptied the trash, took out the plastic bottles, wiped all the vertical blinds, even dusted and placed all the framed pictures strategically. The top of my fridge was so caked with dust/dirt. Now? I can eat off it, but I won't. The coffee grinds that Alec spilt in the kitchen utencil drawer? Grindless [that sounded sad dunnit? heh!]!! So she'll be back in 2 weeks, now I wonder how much mess I can make before she returns. But I won't, least I'll try not to!

I swear the first thing that came to mind when I walked in the door was: "WOW!!!" And my second thought: "Oh poor thing, worked so hard!" Well, she got paid and I got my place cleaned, and the next time when she's here, she'll get the same pay but it'll be a whole easier for her... I'm glad. Thanks Veronica.

So today I found Princess... She's so cute. The animation sorta reminds of the good ol' Saturday morning cartoons like 'em Care Bears, but not really... What do you think?

PS. NSFW. Need you ask? heh!

Run Run Run Sleep

Poor little chap [1.3 MB, .mov]! I wonder if he gets doggy insomnia? I wish I can do that... Just typing away and when I least... zzzzzzzzzzzz...

It's Only Time

Text: Stephin Merritt

From their new release i, a splendid track from the prodigy behind The Magnetic Fields. Transcendent! mp3 [5.3MB]

A Lighter Note

Sometimes I'm just too... hmm, or shall I say, not too happy! How my weblog appears to be anyway. Today an acquaintance told me [via email] that my entries are kinda depressing [if you're reading this, yeah, that's you! haha!]... I guess I do appear to come off that a bit, but in person, I'm really a happy boy. I make enough fun-knee remarks to be somewhat witty, I think I have good listening skills even though I have short term memory due to old age [and too much acid prolly!]! I don't hate people THAT much... And I think I'm a great guy to hang out with especially when you're drunk... heh... heh...

After my dinner with my friend Gina tonight, I stopped off at Amoeba Music and got a few CDs. I wanted to get the new Pixies DVD but they were all sold out! Fuckturd! So anyway, back to the lighter side of things, here are some fun-knee links. hehe! Check out Bush, the nerves!!! A short QT video named The Cat with Hands... Surreal and shit yet creepy and good! If you're familiar with the Brothers Quay, this is pretty similar! Remember BadgerBadgerBadger and Kenya? Well, this is Banana Phone! Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding....

What else did I find... Y'all remember the Exorcist in 30 Seconds [Re-enacted by Bunnies]? Here's The Shining in 30 Seconds! And lastly, another banana link and my personal favourite, it's a gadget which keeps your big banana fresh - all day! Great as stocking stuffers for the holidays! Or as a 'stuffer' for whatever reasons! Ho Ho Ho!

PS. Oh and my long-awaited DVD came in the mail today, tho I already have it on VHS! woohoo!

Music: Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk

Perfection

This particular song used to make me cry [yeup, call me a cry-baby, I don't care!], yet it also made me feel warm and fuzzy inside... The world isn't 'perfect'... war, famine, poverty, death of a loved one, or even the unimaginable... but yet I think to myself, when we do finally put every little thing together in this vast universe, it IS perfect... it is as perfect as perfect can be.

Maybe this is some sort of a grand delusion that I've made up for myself, a 'safety net'... maybe not. Or like my idea of when a person dies - whether one was 'good' or 'evil' - there's no heaven or hell, but to go to a 'good' place so the spirits can move on... and I've been told that I'm being totally 'selfish' to have such a thot!

One's good life can turn awry in a heartbeat. Take the good and the bad, whatever it is. The world can be topsy turvy, and even with all the mess and chaos, I'd still like to think that there is something genuinely good out there for each and every one of us... Believe and you shall receive. Truly.

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LIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE*
When I come to the dock and sit very still,
I wonder why on earth we fight and kill.
I see a light on the other side flickering to me,
As if to say, you’re alright, you’ll find your way.

The world is so beautiful when I’m out here,
Why can’t it be the same when we’re back there?

Above my head, straight ahead,
I see a bird gliding
As if to say, I’m alright, I’ll find my way.

Windows are shattered,
Streets are battered,
Kids are frightened,
Men are still at war.

Moms are feeling sad,
Dads are feeling bad.
I wanna know, I wanna know
If the world’s gone mad.

Above my head, straight ahead,
I see a bird gliding
As if to say, I’m alright, I’ll find my way.

Text: Yoko Ono

*I dedicate this song to Sushil. Hope you like it. mp3 [1.9MB]

A Very Special Day

...yet a boring post! A hot day indeed, in the 90's... I didn't go to work today due to some seriously bad traffic... A 'jumper' on the freeway!?! So if I were to leave on time, getting there would prolly take me about a good 3-hour duration! No thanks! I called my boss [he was half way there!] and he decided to turn around and head back to his place... We met up for a good lunch at Wendy's! [OMG, I had a salad!]

Not a very productive day at all. Did some grocery shopping after lunch. Headed home and noticed that I missed an UPS delivery. Damnit! Called them up and arranged for a same day pickup instead, between 7-9pm tonight. Got on the computer, did some work and read some blogs. Then threw my ass on the couch [literally] and started watching Married With Children around 5:30pm. Dozing off... then decided to head to bed and take a nap rather. Did I mention it was a hot day? Slept for about an hour and a half. While still in bed, I called back UPS thinking to have them re-deliver my package instead, but to no avail. They can do that on the following day [Wednesday] the earliest.

Around 7:45pm, I dragged my ass [sheesh! I loove that word!] up and got ready. A good 10-mile drive each way. Coming back stopping off at McD's for dinner. Eating my fries while driving home, I was thinking:

"I'm so lucky... I can practically do anything I please... I have a great job, I have someone who loves me, I can buy pretty much whatever I want [within reasonable limits, of course!], I have a few great friends and my family is healthy... So what more do I need? Nothing I can think of!"

More porn maybe? Just kidding!!!! Anyway, thinking it could be from all the salt in the fries that triggered all that!?! I dunno...

Came home and then got on the computer again. Pretty unproductive evening. Today was quite uneventful and so why a special day? Cuz it's Alec's birthday today, and I miss him so. I guess I'm feeling a bit melancholy because I'm not spending his birthday with him, but inside, I'm still very egg-cited about this day. He's having a great time and that's what matters, right? Happy Birthday HB! A boring post - see, I told you!

Bah-da-bah, bah-da-baah...

This weekend is the Coachella Festival... While doing laundry this afternoon and walking back to my unit, my upstairs neighbor - a cute early 30 something guy named Mark, was walking downstairs... "Nice wings... why aren't you at Coachella? The Pixies is playing!"

I didn't even know it was this weekend. "Yeah, Air, Stereolab and Radiohead as well... Nah, it's friggin' hot today... Maybe I would consider it if I were 20 years younger!" ...and that's a BIG ASS maybe! blahblahblah...

Who wants to stand under the scorching heat to an all day event like this, and the drive is close to 2 hours... ugh... I would've had a ho lot more fun seeing Matt's Dildos in the Desert [Thanks Homer!], or just Matt! heehee! Good grief, it's May already! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

PS. Alec's on a cruise for the entire week, what's a boy to do???

Bah-da-bah, bah-da-baah... mp3 [3.4MB]

Music: Stereolab - Margerine Rock